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Sat May 24 2025

7:30 PM

Leeds Irish Centre

York Road Leeds LS9 9NT

Leeds Irish Centre

York Road Leeds LS9 9NT

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Forged in the political fires of a generation of Tory rule, Grace Petrie is a protest singer for the modern era.
 
Emerging onto the UK folk scene in 2010 with a handful of unpolished, low-fi acoustic songs,her razor-sharp lyricism and the unassuming charm of her performance style began to grab attention from the get-go. In 2011 The Guardian hailed her as a “powerful songwriting voice”, and the legendary Tom Robinson invited her to perform in session on his BBC 6 Music show. Support slots with the likes of Billy Bragg, Robin Ince and Josie Long followed, and Petrie spent the 2010s amassing a genre-defying army of fans that crossed the boundaries of folk, punk, protest, LGBTQ+ activism and alternative comedy.
 
Proudly DIY, crowdfunding allowed her to independently release her first studio-recorded album in 2018–the critically acclaimed Queer As Folk. Comprising a raft of passion-infused folk anthems, the crowning jewel was breakout single Black Tie, for which she is still best known today. Written as an encouraging, hopefulmissive to her unhappy younger self, the song provided an emotive hymn to queer joy that was embraced by thousands of people both in the LGBTQ+ community and beyond and catapulted Petrie from fan favourite to mainstream attention, with glowing reviews in MOJO, the Observer and The New Yorker to name a few. Following a BBC Radio 2 live session for Jo Whiley, she was invited to open Frank Turner’s 12-date UK arena tour, requested as a support act in Europe for Emmy-winner Hannah Gadsby andbecame a regular musical guest on the smash hit comedy podcast The Guilty Feminist. Black Tie continues to draw new fans from the first listen and to date has accrued 1.2 million streams on Spotify.
 
Her latest release BUILD SOMETHING BETTER is a return to blistering form. A decade afterbeing hailed as “a millennial’s Billy Bragg” (Huffington Post), the protest anthems pour out ofher as fierce as ever and production from folk-punk legend Frank Turner sees them elevated to the crowd barrier hollering anthems he is known for. Upon release, it smashed the UK top 30 and topped both the UK folk and UK download charts, cementing her status as one of Britain’s most beloved songwriters.
 
“An effervescent charm-bomb of a performer” - The New Yorker
“She’s the urgent, pulsing, compassionate talent this world desperately needs” The Observer
“It’s good have Grace back” – Jo Whiley
 
 

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Grace Petrie

  • Grace Petrie

    Grace Petrie

    British Folk

    A folk singer, songwriter and activist from Leicester, UK, she has been writing, recording and touring relentlessly for ten years. She has racked up tour supports with Emmy the Great and Billy Bragg, and in 2019 supported Frank Turner on his UK arena tour.  She has also made her mark in the comedy scene regularly supporting comedians Robin Ince and Josie Long on tour.  She’s appeared at Glastonbury four times at the invitation of Billy Bragg, as well as an eclectic genre-crossing mix of festivals Latitude, Musicport, Blissfields, Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Greenbelt and more including of course Cambridge Folk Festival.  And she has collaborated with some of the most respected names in folk, including Leon Rosselson, Roy Bailey and Peggy Seeger.

    Her unique takes on life, love and politics, and the warmth and wit with which they are delivered, have won over audiences everywhere, across the alternative, folk, political and comedy scenes, amassing her over 18,000 Twitter followers and 7,500 followers on Facebook and has individual Youtube videos with over 50,000 hits.  

    She has quietly become one of the most respected songwriters working in the UK today. She has been a frequent guest on BBC Radio 4’s the Now Show, has appeared on Channel 4’s Random Acts and has been featured in The Guardian, Diva Magazine and The Independent On Sunday’s Pink List of influential LGBT figures.

    Diva magazine nominated Grace for their 2018 Activist Award, presented to an LGBT activist whose work highlights inequality while advocating for positive, meaningful change.  She is currently nominated for Musician Of the Year in the 2019 Diva Awards.

    In May 2018 a Kickstarter campaign for her first full studio album, after five previous available-at-gig-only albums.  She raised £10,000 in just 24 hours and went on to achieve £18.000 in the two week campaign.  The album, ‘Queer As Folk’, was released in September 2018 and has gone on to be named a top 10 Folk Album of 2018 by Mojo magazine..

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Brudenell Presents...

Grace Petrie

Sat May 24 2025 7:30 PM

Leeds Irish Centre Leeds
Grace Petrie

£20.00 adv. Ages 14+

Forged in the political fires of a generation of Tory rule, Grace Petrie is a protest singer for the modern era.
 
Emerging onto the UK folk scene in 2010 with a handful of unpolished, low-fi acoustic songs,her razor-sharp lyricism and the unassuming charm of her performance style began to grab attention from the get-go. In 2011 The Guardian hailed her as a “powerful songwriting voice”, and the legendary Tom Robinson invited her to perform in session on his BBC 6 Music show. Support slots with the likes of Billy Bragg, Robin Ince and Josie Long followed, and Petrie spent the 2010s amassing a genre-defying army of fans that crossed the boundaries of folk, punk, protest, LGBTQ+ activism and alternative comedy.
 
Proudly DIY, crowdfunding allowed her to independently release her first studio-recorded album in 2018–the critically acclaimed Queer As Folk. Comprising a raft of passion-infused folk anthems, the crowning jewel was breakout single Black Tie, for which she is still best known today. Written as an encouraging, hopefulmissive to her unhappy younger self, the song provided an emotive hymn to queer joy that was embraced by thousands of people both in the LGBTQ+ community and beyond and catapulted Petrie from fan favourite to mainstream attention, with glowing reviews in MOJO, the Observer and The New Yorker to name a few. Following a BBC Radio 2 live session for Jo Whiley, she was invited to open Frank Turner’s 12-date UK arena tour, requested as a support act in Europe for Emmy-winner Hannah Gadsby andbecame a regular musical guest on the smash hit comedy podcast The Guilty Feminist. Black Tie continues to draw new fans from the first listen and to date has accrued 1.2 million streams on Spotify.
 
Her latest release BUILD SOMETHING BETTER is a return to blistering form. A decade afterbeing hailed as “a millennial’s Billy Bragg” (Huffington Post), the protest anthems pour out ofher as fierce as ever and production from folk-punk legend Frank Turner sees them elevated to the crowd barrier hollering anthems he is known for. Upon release, it smashed the UK top 30 and topped both the UK folk and UK download charts, cementing her status as one of Britain’s most beloved songwriters.
 
“An effervescent charm-bomb of a performer” - The New Yorker
“She’s the urgent, pulsing, compassionate talent this world desperately needs” The Observer
“It’s good have Grace back” – Jo Whiley
 
 
Grace Petrie

Grace Petrie

British Folk

A folk singer, songwriter and activist from Leicester, UK, she has been writing, recording and touring relentlessly for ten years. She has racked up tour supports with Emmy the Great and Billy Bragg, and in 2019 supported Frank Turner on his UK arena tour.  She has also made her mark in the comedy scene regularly supporting comedians Robin Ince and Josie Long on tour.  She’s appeared at Glastonbury four times at the invitation of Billy Bragg, as well as an eclectic genre-crossing mix of festivals Latitude, Musicport, Blissfields, Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Greenbelt and more including of course Cambridge Folk Festival.  And she has collaborated with some of the most respected names in folk, including Leon Rosselson, Roy Bailey and Peggy Seeger.

Her unique takes on life, love and politics, and the warmth and wit with which they are delivered, have won over audiences everywhere, across the alternative, folk, political and comedy scenes, amassing her over 18,000 Twitter followers and 7,500 followers on Facebook and has individual Youtube videos with over 50,000 hits.  

She has quietly become one of the most respected songwriters working in the UK today. She has been a frequent guest on BBC Radio 4’s the Now Show, has appeared on Channel 4’s Random Acts and has been featured in The Guardian, Diva Magazine and The Independent On Sunday’s Pink List of influential LGBT figures.

Diva magazine nominated Grace for their 2018 Activist Award, presented to an LGBT activist whose work highlights inequality while advocating for positive, meaningful change.  She is currently nominated for Musician Of the Year in the 2019 Diva Awards.

In May 2018 a Kickstarter campaign for her first full studio album, after five previous available-at-gig-only albums.  She raised £10,000 in just 24 hours and went on to achieve £18.000 in the two week campaign.  The album, ‘Queer As Folk’, was released in September 2018 and has gone on to be named a top 10 Folk Album of 2018 by Mojo magazine..

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Ages 14+
limit 10 per person
General Admission
£22.00 (£20.00 + £2.00 Fees, excluding any delivery costs)

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Box Office Collection

Terms & Conditions

This event is 14 and over. Any ticket holder unable to present valid identification indicating that they are at least 14 years of age will not be admitted to this event, and will not be eligible for a refund.