ONE of the most creative, prolific and original singers in the UK and now winner of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of The Year award, Bella Hardy’s taking her Thirty for 30 tour on the road to celebrate a milestone birthday.

Four-time nominee at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, and winner of Best Original Song in 2012 for The Herring Girl, Bella, above, will be welcomed to Forest Arts in New Milton on June 24.