City Ramblers Concert & Tour History

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Date	Concert	Venue	Location
Jul 18, 1958	City Ramblers	Eel Pie Island	London, England, United Kingdom

Genres:

Singer-Songwriter

Bluegrass

Cajun

Old-Time

Italian Singer-Songwriter

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Aug 05, 2026

The City Ramblers were a skiffle outfit who had not come through the ranks of trad jazz, but who were initially a barely proficient trio (after ditching early member John Pilgrim on washboard and pet monkey Saki), often found busking outside Charing Cross station. In 1956 they embarked on a fairly chaotic tour of Germany and Scandinavia with Woody Guthrie-inspired American ‘cowboy singer’, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and cut an EP in Copenhagen, before returning to London, with Elliott electing to stay in Germany. A year later, and they were playing at the Moscow International Youth Festival.

The City Ramblers later embarked on a revival, appearing at Herne Hill Music Festival, and continued gigging as City Ramblers Revival, featuring original member Hylda Sims.