The Churchfitters is a folk band like no other. The Brittany-based trio boasts a bass guitar made out of a frying pan, heart-wrenching vocals accompanied by a musical saw, and traditional fiddle tunes reinvigorated with mesmerising jazz sax.

The three virtuoso musicians from England and France strut their stuff on a stage that bristles with instruments, adding flute, banjo, dulcimer, tin whistle, bouzouki, guitar, ukulele, stand up dustbin bass and a sackful of percussion to their ensemble.

The Churchfitters will be performing their entertaining mix of English and Celtic folk songs and tunes in Pembrokeshire next week - not in a church but in a chapel! On Wednesday, May 15, the trio will attempt to fit themselves and all their instruments onto the compact stage at Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, for the latest of the chapel’s popular series of acoustic music concerts.

“They are more used to performing on the big folk festival stages, such as Cropredy, so it could be a bit of a squeeze,” admitted concert organiser Keith Johnson, who added that the band’s Breton bass player Boris Lebret was particularly looking forward to visiting west Wales.

“He is from Lanion in Brittany and is fascinated by the similarity between place-names in Brittany and Pembrokeshire,” said Keith.

The concert starts at 7.30 pm and tickets are available from Main Street Music in Pembroke or from 01646 651725.