AK Patterson

Gigs · Cambridge

AK Patterson

Tuesday 9 March 2027 · Doors 19:00

Portland Arms, Cambridge

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AK Patterson is on Tuesday 9 March 2027 at Portland Arms, Cambridge, with doors at 19:00. Tickets start at £18.20, including the booking fee.

AK Patterson is a London-based alternative singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music is defined by emotional depth and an intimate approach to storytelling. Her music sits “on the cusp between rock and folk”, with distinctive open guitar tunings that move with her powerful, unmistakable voice. Raised playing fiddle in the Irish cultural preservation movement Comhaltas, Patterson later led choirs in South London’s men’s prisons, experiences that helped shape her fascination with outsiders and the stories we rarely hear. Her debut album, I Have More When I Have Not, emerged after a psychosomatic illness left her unable to sing, becoming a powerful exploration of loss, identity and resilience. Praised by Guy Garvey and The Independent for her song-writing, she has supported alt-J and Johnny Flynn and performed with Bastille. She is now signed to London independent label 5DB Records. Price includes a 50p venue levy

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