JENNIFER REID
LANCASHIRE DIALECT FOLK SINGER
INFO EMAIL INSTA BANDCAMP

PROJECT𝓢

PERFORMER, RESEARCHER, PANELIST, SPEAKER, PROVOCATEUR.



INTERPRETATION

2015 - present
I perform the ballads as they were on the streets of Manchester.

2015 VENICE BIENNALE WITH JEREMY DELLER
2017 NEW YORK HIGH LINE WITH MARINELLA SENATORE

2023
WORKED WITH THE HARRIS IN PRESTON TO SHOW HOW BALLAD PERFORMANCES WERE
2024 WORKED WITH CHETHAM'S TO SHOW THE RELEVANCE OF BALLADS TO THE PANDEMIC
2024 WORKED AS A CONSULTANT WITH THE SCIENCE MUSEUM GROUP
2025 BLINDBOY’S GUEST AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL







BRADFORD 2025

2025
I devised a performance at the Industrial Museum with children from Fagley Primary School to celebrate the mill culture of Bradford for their City of Culture celebrations.

MAY 2025 BRADFORD CITY OF CULTURE EVENT



THE GALLOWS POLE

2020-1
I played the role of Barb in Shane Meadows’ critically acclaimed period drama.

2021
MUSICALLY DIRECTED THE WAKE SCENE IN EPISODE ONE



BENGALI MUSICAL LIVES

2024-5
An intergenerational project with the South Asian community in Rochdale. 

05/2025 COLLECTED ORAL HISTORY FROM MIGRANT COTTON WORKERS
06/2025 USED THESE TO LEAD A SERIES OF HERITAGE CRAFT-BASED WORKSHOPS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS 
07/2025 INTERGENERATIONAL SHARING EVENT IN ROCHDALE TOWN HALL




FUSION

2016-2020
I have worked with world music artists to explore historical material.

2016 EDWARD II MANCHESTER BALLADS / GIGS AT GLASTONBURY AND CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVALS
2020 PRESTON CARNIVAL BAND FOR PETERLOO MASSACRE MEMORIAL PARADE