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25 Music SKIMMITY HITCHERS 15 November Sandford Orchards, The Cider Works, Commonmarsh Lane, CREDITON, EX17 1HJ. 6.30pm. £15. sandfordorchards.co.uk. MADDIE MORRIS 15 November East Quay, Harbour Road, WATCHET, TA23 0AQ. 7.30pm. £5. eastquaywatchet.co.uk. “Maddie Morris reworks traditional folk songs to highlight contemporary issues and offer a fresh perspective on the world we live in today.” RAG MAMA RAG 15 November Caryford Community Hall, Maggs Lane, CASTLE CARY, BA7 7JJ. 7.30pm. £12. caryfordhall.co.uk . SOUNDCELLAR 5 15 November The Mowlem, Shore Road, SWANAGE, BH19 1DD. 7.30pm. £14. 01929 422239 / themowlem.com . “Funky soul-jazz.” JOANNA LAM 16 November Kimmeridge House, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, POOLE, BH12 5BB. 3pm. £25. 01202 745516 / bournemouthchambermusic.co.uk . “Award-winning young pianist.” THE FABULOUS RED DIESEL 16 November Marine Theatre, Church Street, LYME REGIS, DT7 3QB. 8pm. £16 / £14. 01308 424901 / marinetheatre.com . “Beautiful original songs and sublime arrangements.” SUNDAY BIG BAND JAZZ 16 November CICCIC, Paul Street, TAUNTON, TA1 3PF. 12.15pm. £20 / £15. 01823 337477 / ciccic.co.uk . TERJE ISUNGSET ICE QUARTET 19 November Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.45pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk . “This ice concert is a tribute to the most important thing in the whole world – nature – played on instruments made during Isungset’s annual Ice Music Festival in Norway.” PETER KNIGHT & JOHN SPIERS 19 November Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, SALISBURY, SP1 3UT. 7.30pm. £22. wiltshirecreative.co.uk . “A captivating blend of folk and classical in fl uences from legends of the English folk scene.” DONOVAN HAFFNER QUINTET 20 November The Grasshopper, 139 - 141 Bournemouth Road, POOLE, BH14 9HT. 7.30pm. £17.50 / £10. soundcellar.org. “Rising star saxophonist brings his excellent quintet to Poole.” BSO STRINGS ENSEMBLE: ‘MUSICAL FAMILIES’ 20 November The Exchange, STURMINSTER NEWTON, DT10 1FH. 7pm. £14 / £6. 01258 475137 / artsreach.co.uk . “A fascinating programme of musical exploration.” Glaxo Babies “In the annals of Bristol music history Glaxo Babies could have a book and a zone of greatness all of their own. Singles and EPs such as Christine Keeler and This Is Your Life , along with the seminal Avon Calling compilation John Peel recorded session version of It’s Irrational , stormed the zeitgeist of late ‘70s, early ‘80s UK post punk. Four decades on, in 2025, another great leap forward brings the story to a stunning new destination with the vinyl and digital release on Bristol Archive Records in conjunction with their own imprint Liberated Sound Development of Men of Stone , the band’s fi rst new album in some forty years.” GLAXO BABIES + SIMON CHESTERFIELD + OMEGA INSTITUTE 20 November: The Louisiana, Wapping Road, Bathurst Terrace, BRISTOL, BS1 6UA. 7.30pm. £15 / £12.50. wegottickets.com/event/674771.