BLUES singer Helen Watson and saxophonist to the stars Snake Davis return to Hovingham Village Hall tomorrow night for the most inevitable sell-out show of 2011.

“They are our most regular performers,” says The Shed promoter Simon Thackray. “Helen, who’s a painter and decorator by day now, first came here in 1993; she’s like part of the family and Snake is like part of the family, and the whole atmosphere is like a family event.”

If Watson and Davis are the familiar faces of The Shed season, Born To Brew on March 12 is the new name to ponder. “They’re a new piano and improvisational storytelling duo of New York drummer, composer and storyteller Sean Noonan and the wonderful Leeds pianist and keyboard player Matthew Bourne,” says Simon.

“One of Sean’s bands, a very loud group called The Hub, had played at The Dugout in Kirkbymoorside, and Sean said he was putting a tour together and could Born To Brew play The Shed?

“Sean’s approach is very direct and simple: he wants to make things happen and I want to make things happen, and I hope that people will come out of the hills to support them at Hovingham.”

Next up will be electric guitarist Trevor Warren’s Disassembler on March 18, featuring Shed favourite Annie Whitehead on trombone; Polar Bear’s Mark Lockheart on saxophone; Courtney Pine band member Winston Clifford on drums; and Dudley Phillips, from Mark Knopfler’s band, on bass.

Further debuts come from the Monster Ceilidh Band in The Monsters Vs The Touch on March 19 and the Swiss post-modern jazz vocalist and accordionist Erika Stucky on April 7 before the next inevitable sell-out: the Snake Davis Band on June 11.

Doors open at 7pm for the 8pm start at each gig. Box office: 01653 668494 or online at theshed.co.uk