CORNISH trio 3 Daft Monkeys are rounding off a festival-packed summer with a national UK tour including a date in Falmouth next week.

In 2008/9 the band were invited to play shows as special guests for The Levellers, Show of Hands and Hawkwind and they wowed festival crowds across the country at festivals including Trowbridge Village Pump Festival, Cornbury and Belladrum.

The band are Tim Ashton on vocals, guitar, whistle and foot drum, Athene Roberts on fiddle and vocals and Jamie Waters on bass guitar.

"A veritable melting pot of styles make a colourful carnival of sound," fROOTS magazine.

3 Daft Monkeys' music is a unique brand of rousing vocals, frenetic fiddling, 12-string guitar, dancing bass and foot drum produce a 'style' which is far too diverse to the pigeonholed into one genre.

They create a stunning blend of upbeat, danceable music which, despite all its world influences, remains undeniably British. Their most recent album, Social Vertigo, has been acclaimed by critics and fans alike and several tracks have been aired on BBC Radio 2. The band's previous album Hubbadillia sold over 5,000 copies purely through word of mouth, and without any distribution or label deal.

Whatever your taste in music, 3 Daft Monkeys offer something special and their unique blend of high octane, funked-up folk is guaranteed to get you dancing!

Catch them at the Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, on Thursday, December 3. It starts at 8.30pm and tickets are £8.50 from the box office 01326 211222 or www.princesspavilion.co.uk or via The Poly and Hall for Cornwall.