ARTS Alive is delighted to offer local audiences a pre-Christmas treat asThe New Budapest Café Orchestra plays powerful and driving folk-based sounds inspired by the music of Eastern Europe.

With four fabulous musicians on violin, guitar, accordion, double bass, saz and balalaika, the New Budapest Café Orchestra plays an impassioned but often tender mixture of Hungarian Czardas, Russian and Ukrainian folk songs, and dances from Romania and Bulgaria, as well as their own electrifying compositions. The music evokes vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires – all in the comfort of the Silvester Horne Institute/The Market Theatre in Ledbury.

"The New Budapest Café Orchestra go down a storm with Arts Alive audiences and nearly always sell out," says Sian Kerry of Arts Alive. ‘So book your tickets early to avoid disappointment."

The New Budapest Café Orchestra will be at Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton on Friday, December 12 at 7.30pm. To book, call 01694 720132 or visit artsalive.co.uk.

The New Budapest Café Orchestra will be at The Market Theatre, Ledbury on Saturday, December 13 at 8pm. To book, call 07967 517125 or visit themarkettheatre.com