Taylor will be performing as a featured artist with Allen Buxton Express and Friends at The Cheshire Cheese, Buxton, SK17 6HA starting at 8pm on the evening of Thursday 18 July during the Buxton Festival.

The Buxton Festival is recognised nationally and internationally as one of Britain’s leading arts festivals, a summer celebration of the very best music and literature at the heart of the Peak District.  It has a lively Fringe providing a showcase for performers and artists of all kinds in a variety of venues.  Many venues in Buxton arrange events during the Festival and this is one such.

Taylor will be performing at the Buxton Festival Fringe on Friday 12 July at 5pm as the Fringe @ 5 performer in the Buxton Pavilion Gardens Bandstand, entertaining people gathering for the evening events at the Buxton Festival, an annual summer festival of opera, music, and literature.  The Buxton Pavilion is the hub of the Festival.

This is the fortieth year of the Buxton Festival Fringe which runs from Wednesday 3 July to Wednesday 24 July.  The Fringe provides a showcase for performers and artists of all kinds in a variety of venues and is one of the largest fully independent Fringes in Britain. 

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Taylor is performing at a special event at James Martin Manchester on Tuesday 16 July.

On this occasion there is a 'dinner with James Martin' when you can enjoy a question and answer session with award winning chef James Martin, together with a five course dinner and matching wines.

Diners and guests at the bar have the opportunity to listen to live music.  Taylor will be playing and singing from 6-10pm.

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Taylor will be performing at the Manchester Americana Festival hosted by Picnic Area on the evening of Saturday 6 July at the Fuel Cafe Bar in Withington.

This is the eighth such festival.  Fuel Bar is well established as one of South Manchester’s leading live music venues. Fuel is at 448 Wilmslow Rd, Withington, Manchester M20 3BW, quite close to Burton Road tram stop and immediately on the Wilmslow Road bus routes in and out of Manchester.

As at previous festivals, the lineup is a mixture of well-established and up-and-coming acts, with an emphasis on New Country.  Admission is free for the whole event, but there will be doing collections during the evening towards the acts’ expenses. Fuel Bar serves great vegetarian food in the afternoon into early evening and there are plenty of other eating places nearby.

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Taylor with be performing at the Disability Stockport - Mini Conference, to be held in the Stockport Plaza Main Auditorium on Wednesday 17th July from 2-5 pm.

This is a free event which will be hosted by Mike Sweeney and will be attended by the Mayor and Mayoress Elect of Stockport (Councillor Laura Booth and Mrs Lynne Glover) and will feature VIP Guest Actress, Campaigner and Charity Worker Samantha Renke.  There will be high profile speakers and a panel discussion.  Those living with a disability, health professionals, service providers, care givers and family members of those living with a disability are particularly encouraged to attend.

Disability Stockport is a voluntary organisation which assists and supports people with physical disabilities and/or sensory loss or impairments.

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Taylor will be performing at the Disability Stockport: 40th Anniversary Festival - Women and Disability Evening, to be held in the Green Room at the Stockport Plaza on Thursday 18 July at 6 pm.

This is a free event featuring: Miss-diagnosis /Womens Health–Speaker / Panel Discussion / Music.

There is lift access to The Green Room from the main foyer and the space has adapted cloakroom facilities.

Disability Stockport is a voluntary organisation which assists and supports people with physical disabilities and/or sensory loss or impairments.

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Taylor has now released Tick Tock, recorded at Semitone Studios by sound engineer Josh Arnold. An upbeat little ditty about being bound by time and yet not ever having enough of it, and being lost (literally and not so literally). Inspired in part by Einstein's Theory of Relativity, and there's also a little Quaker reference in there. Now available digitally worldwide. Thanks to Snapes in Poynton for providing the location for the album photography. Listen here.

Taylor will be performing at the Spinning Top on Sunday 16 June as a guest of George Borowski.

Just £2.50 on the door with 50p going towards the Stockport CP Society

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Taylor will be performing at Foodie Friday on 28 June in Stockport's Historic Market Place.

Foodie Friday is Stockport’s hugely popular street food event taking place between 6pm and 9pm at Stockport Market Place on the last Friday of every month.

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Taylor will be performing on Sunday 29 September at a benefit for Noah's ART at the New Stalybridge Labour Club from 2 to 11pm.

A fabulous day of talented artists in a fundraiser for Noah's ART, a not for profit social enterprise supporting people of all ages and rescued animals.

Noah’s ART has been developed by an experienced mental health nurse. The service supports people to enjoy contact with animals; to develop mutual respect and develop kindness toward all living creatures, including themselves; to learn how nature and and animals can support the development of mindfulness practices. It supports people to develop the human animal bond which helps people find their voice, make new  friends and work with animals to learn new skills.

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