Sam Carter brings tour to Southside this weekend

BBC Folk Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist Sam Carter brings his Spring Tour to Lincoln this Saturday.

Sam is renowned for his lyrical storytelling, which Uncut described as being “as penetrating as Richard Thompson’s best work”.

For over 15 years, he has been stirring audiences from Camden to Canada, from major festivals to intimate clubs. Carter’s expressive fingerpicking led Jon Boden of Bellowhead to call him "the finest English-style fingerpicking guitarist of his generation," while Ivor Novello-winner Nitin Sawhney has praised his "killer voice."

With a discography that spans six solo albums and two releases with the folk-rock band False Lights, Sam’s music reflects a blend of traditional English folk, shape-note singing, and rock. Notable highlights in his career include a spellbinding performance on Later… with Jools Holland, when he played songs from his shape-note-inspired album The No Testament alongside well-known fiddler Sam Sweeney.

Lincoln audience members will be able to judge Sam’s talents for themselves when he takes to the stage at Southside at 7pm, Saturday, March 7. 

Tickets at £17.80 are available at https://www.gigantic.com/sam-carter-tickets/lincoln-southside/2026-03-07-19-00