PERSHORE’S the place to be if you want a seat for Belshazzar’s Feast this Christmas.

One of the most celebrated and eccentric double acts in folk are heading to Pershore Number 8 with festive fun.

A spokesman said: “They are on tour with their celebrated Christmas show that mixes traditional folk music, seasonal material, stirring in classical, pop and music hall, all topped off with audience participation and lashings of wry humour.

“Paul Sartin (of Bellowhead and Faustus) and Paul Hutchinson (of Hoover The Dog) together stun audiences across the UK, USA and Australia with their eclectic and eccentric mix of tunes and between songs chat that always sends audiences home with smiles on their faces.”

Paul Sartin was a member of the multi-BBC Radio 2 Award-winning big band Bellowhead, and is currently in trio Faustus. Consultant and Director of the Andover Museum Loft Singers.

He is also a BASCA-nominated composer whose commissions include works for the Central School of Speech and Drama, the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford, Streetwise Opera, Aldeburgh Music, and the BBC Radio 4 series ‘Playing the Skyline’.

Paul Hutchinson’s love of fusion music originates from his days in the renowned Celtic jazzers, Hoover the Dog. Pagoda Project, with jazz clarinetist, Karen Wimhurst, “is the next exciting chapter in his musical journey providing a vehicle for his own compositions”.

Their debut album received a 5 Star review in the March edition of Songlines.

The spokesman added: “Belshazzar’s Feast received a coveted nomination for the Best Duo Award at the 2010 BBC Folk Awards and are regulars at folk festivals across the summer,and their popular annual Christmas tour of seasonal songs and tunes. They have released a series of critically acclaimed albums across their long career, the latest being The Whiting’s On The Wall .

The date for the diary is December 20. Tickets: 01386 555 488.