Ferris & Sylvester are a husband-and-wife duo who have spent the last 10 years writing, recording and performing music together, building an ever-growing and fiercely loyal fanbase. Since meeting as solo musicians at London’s blues joint Spiritual Bar, Issy Ferris & Archie Sylvester have released albums and EPs through their label ‘Archtop Records’ and toured the globe playing festivals and selling out venues. They have married and grown a family. They have relocated from their makeshift kitchen-studio in Streatham Hill and built a studio/label hub in the west country, writing and recording albums. Straddling the worlds of folk, blues, soul and Americana, it is honest storytelling that is at the centre of all they do.
The duo’s debut EP ‘Made In Streatham’ was released in 2018 and was recorded in their flat’s kitchen, a gamble which found them topping Spotify’s UK Virals chart and packing their car for a year of touring. They shared the stage with their heroes, including Robert Plant, and started to build a devoted fanbase. They were coined as Rolling Stones ‘Americana Acts To Watch’ in 2019, praised for their ‘immaculate harmonies’ and marked as ‘one of the best bands of recent years’ by BBC Introducing. Their debut album ‘Superhuman’ was released in 2022 and talked of their life on the road, playing 100s of shows each year. The album debuted at No.1 in the UK’s Official Blues Chart and picked up ‘UK Album of The Year’ at the 2023 UK Americana Awards. They played stages at Glastonbury and SXSW amongst many, all with a baby on the way.
Issy and Archie’s lives took an unexpected turn in 2022 when their son was born 7 weeks early during a festival trip to Nashville. Thousands of miles from home back in England and the lives of baby and mother in question, their introduction to parenthood was far from ordinary. The bandmates married in Centennial Park, Nashville when their son was just ten days old. Determined to return to music, the duo released their second studio album ‘Otherness’ in 2024, which topped both the UK’s Official Folk and Americana charts and received top reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone ‘a manifestation of strength’ and Classic Rock ‘an oasis of beauty’. The album sent the duo on their most successful tour to date, selling out venues across the UK and Germany.
Today, Issy and Archie have welcomed their daughter and have released their third studio album titled, ‘It’s A Joy To Be Alive’ which explores finding hope and joy in the darkest parts of life, inspired by the duo’s own experiences in music, marriage and parenthood. Written and recorded in their studio and released through their label Archtop Records, this album is their strongest and most vulnerable.
Book a table for pre-concert dining
Acapela Studio provides pre-concert dining between 6.00pm and 7.30pm from our pizza oven. To view the current menu visit here.
BOOKING A TABLE FOR AN EVENT IN 2026
Please purchase your concert tickets first before booking a table. We will not accept any table bookings that do not have a corresponding ticket purchase.
Then return to the event page to book your table, by selecting the date of your event, number of diners and time you require table. The times shown are the only vacancies left. Please complete your email and phone number as this is required to ensure your table is allocated. You will receive confirmation of your booking by email and text.
If on the date you have chosen no tables are available - no times will be shown and the booking system will revert you back to todays date - PLEASE ENSURE YOU BOOK THE CORRECT DATE!
PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE RELIES ON THE INCOME FROM DINING TO ENSURE WE CAN BOOK ALL THE GREAT ACTS PERFORMING.
Income from the provision of pizzas is very important to the venue and if you have booked a table it is a requirement that all people sat at tables order food - a salad alternative is available to pizzas. Please do ensure that all individuals will be ordering on your table - if this is not the case please cancel your table so others who are looking to dine can do so. Our apologies to raise this but recently we have had many tables (some very large) where less than 50% of those sat at tables have ordered food. Financially this is a real problem to the sustainability of the venue.
- All seating at tables must purchase a pizza - so please do not book a table if everyone is not eating.
- Please ensure that you arrive 10 minutes before the time slot allocated to order your pizzas prior to your booking time.
- Tables not seated within 15 minutes of the allocated time may be lost and allocated to other audience members wishing to order pizzas.
- If you wish to book a table for 6 or more please email info@acapela.co.uk
BOOKING A TABLE FOR EVENTS IN 2027
From the 1st January 2027, all tickets for table dining will include the price of the pizza included within the ticket price. When purchasing table tickets you will have a choice of purchasing tickets to dine at certain times.
If you wish to join your booking with another table so you are sat at the same table then please email info@acapela.co.uk requesting the tables to be joined.
If you arrive 15 minutes after the time booked your table may be given away to other ticketholders who have purchased pizzas on the evening.
As with all out tickets – the venue has a no refund ticket policy
Please note that all of our pizzas are made fresh to order and cooked in an authentic wood-fired oven. It may take up to 45 minutes to be served during busy periods.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please note that no alcohol or other drinks not purchased on the premises are allowed to be brought into the venue. Thank You.
Please note that all of our pizzas are made fresh to order. It may take up to 45 minutes to be served during busy periods.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO BOOK A TABLE YOU CAN STILL ORDER PIZZAS ON THE NIGHT (USUALLY ON BUSY NIGHTS NO LATER THAN 7.15PM) AND WE WILL SERVE THEM TO YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE SAT IN THE VENUE - IN A PIZZA BOX.