LAKE District Folk and Acoustic Club celebrates its third birthday in January and since it started has attracted many first class performers to the River Bar, at Staveley's Hawkshead Brewery.

Carrying on that tradition, the club's next gig features Kim Lowings and The Greenwood on Friday, December 14.

Based in Stourbridge in the West Midlands, they play a mix of contemporary, original and traditional folk song. The Greenwood have supported acts such as Martin Simpson, Dave Swarbrick, Faustus and Belshazzar's Feast.

Kim and The Greenwood four-piece have firmly rooted themselves into the British folk scene. Mike Harding describes their sound as "punchy and authentic" and cleverly combines original songs with familiar traditional tales highlighting the continued relevance of tradition today. Singer-songwriter Kim Lowings heads up the four piece alongside Jarv Lowings, Tim Rogers and Dave Sutherland, with a grace and charisma that draws you in, reminiscent of troubadours of old.

They were winners of the First Friday Folk and Roots song Competition 2012 and won the Warwick New Folk Competition 2014.

Kim is best-known for her work with The Greenwood and The Company Of Players. She's also a solo artist. Using the piano, guitar and trademark mountain dulcimer, she sings songs of love, loss and rebellion; tales old and new. Each with a modern twist and a purpose.

The folk and acoustic club gig on Friday, December 14, starts at 8pm.