Dilettante

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Dilettante is the brain-child of multi-instrumentalist and longtime BC Camplight member Francesca Pidgeon. Live shows are a genre-phobic loop-fest, featuring everything from fuzzy guitar licks to 5-part saxophone harmonies.

They have sold out headline shows in Manchester, Leeds, Halifax, London, Newcastle, Hull and Liverpool. They have supported the likes of Self Esteem, Caribou, Graham Coxon (Blur) and Philip Selway (Radiohead) plus festival appearances at Kendal Calling, Live at Leeds, Manchester Jazz Festival, Focus Wales and The Great Escape.

Dilettante’s debut album 'Tantrum’ was released in October 2022 and she was recently granted the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists. She has begun scoring for filming, winning a nomination for best composer at Underwire Film Festival. The live band currrently consists of Francesca, alongside Aaron Collins-Wood (bass) Jack Mee (drums) Katie Pham (guitar/synth/vocals/percussion) Caitlin Laing-McEvoy (sax/synth/vocals) and Robin Koob (violin/synth/vocals) in various formations.