Bellowhead frontman Jon Boden’s Waitsian parlour ballads and Napoleonic power-pop, are performed alongside the band’s sixteen-year back-catalogue of traditional and original songs and tunes.

Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings

The North Wall Arts Centre Oxford

Long before the tradition of carolling, festive revellers would go house-to-house, exchanging songs for money, food and ale. Coming from the old English waes hael, 'wassail' is a toast wishing good.

Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden's Wassail

The Haymarket

Before there was carolling, there was wassailing, where seasonal songs were exchanged for money, food and ale. In the countryside trees were blessed, while in the towns wassaillers went house to house with their songs and calls for Christmas treats. Coming from the Anglo Saxon waes hael, ‘wassail’ is a toast wishing good health with a ‘be well’.

The Wassail with Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden

Yoko Ono Lennon Centre

Before there was carolling, there was wassailing, where seasonal songs were exchanged for money, food and ale.  In the countryside, trees were blessed, while in the towns wassaillers went house to house with their songs and calls for Christmas treats. Coming from the Anglo Saxon waes hael, ‘wassail’ is a toast wishing good health with a ‘be well’.

Jon Boden

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May 13, 2026

Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings · The North Wall Arts Centre

Dec 14, 2025

Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden's Wassail · Anvil Arts

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