Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden "The Wassail" Christmas 2025 Tour at Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton.

Coming from the Anglo Saxon waes hael, ‘wassail’ is a toast wishing good health with a ‘be well’. In November/December 2025 Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden combine their considerable talents and reputations within the UK folk scene, touring as a duo once again, for a nationwide wassail across key venues. Presenting seasonal, traditional material on a stage decorated for the occasion, they will take audiences back to some of the oldest songs in the English canon, telling Christmas tales, spreading good cheer and lighting up the darkest days of the year, ahead of Christmas Day itself.‘Beautiful music from two of our very finest and most valuable artists currently working; Glad Christmas Comes is a very easy album to love.’ Folk Radio UK