One of our favourites returns for another year – join eight incredible musicians from across Europe in a unique, mesmerising and often joyfully raucous celebration of cross-cultural collaboration.

Based around an annual residency and tour, Making Tracks is based around the idea that musical encounters have the power to reach across social, cultural and geographical divides, while fostering a deeper appreciation of musical and cultural diversity.

Making Tracks also believes that musicians are in a unique position to inspire reverence for and engagement with the natural world. As part of its environmental focus, Making Tracks sees artists travelling to the UK by train, while the project is also introducing a new annual nature theme. The inaugural theme for 2022 is Birds.

This October, following a two-week rural residency, eight extraordinary musicians embark on a tour of 10 venues, sharing new collaborative works and solo performances.