Stroud audiences can expect an unconventional evening of live music when The Long Table hosts Sanctum | Unicorn Ship Explosion + Elliot Galvin on Friday 28 August 2026.
The event is scheduled to run from 8pm to 10.30pm. Organisers describe it as “a night of explorations through sound”, bringing together the improvisational duo Unicorn Ship Explosion and Elliot Galvin, a prominent figure in the UK jazz scene.
Experimental music without a fixed plan
Unicorn Ship Explosion is made up of Roberto Pennypincher and Sash! Oblong. Their performances are presented as an unpredictable exploration of improvised music, with the event description promising “kaleidoscopes of sound with rhythmical nonsense”.
The duo’s debut album, There's A Rhinoceros In The Mega Church, was released by Stroud’s own Sound Records. The record is described as drawing on post-rock while using unusual structures, sudden changes and an experimental approach.
An acclaimed jazz performer joins the bill
Elliot Galvin has released five solo albums and has been recognised in album-of-the-year lists by DownBeat and Jazzwise, according to the event information. He is also a member of the Mercury-nominated band Dinosaur.
His past collaborations include Shabaka Hutchings, Emma-Jean Thackray, Norma Winstone, Marius Neset and Mark Lockheart. The Guardian’s John Fordham described Galvin as “A virtuosic, risk-embracing one-off”.
Tickets are listed for the event, although the supplied listing does not state their price or provide further booking details. The event is organised by The Long Table Stroud.