Britain’s real ale revolution has brought us microbreweries and micropubs and now it’s bringing us microgigs.

Popular Yorkshire folk duo Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow have written an album about the nation’s growing love of independent, locally-produced ales and now they’re heading out on the road in their trusty old camper van to play 30 micro gigs in 30 real ale venues.

That includes The Oval Tavern in Croydon on October 8.

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Speaking to Vibe, Belinda O’Hooley said: “It came from our newspaper in Huddersfield.

“We found out there was a real ale revolution across the land. A lot of pubs that were corporate owned pubs that were shutting were being opened by small independent people making their own beer.

“After reading this, we wrote a song called Summat’s Brewing about the real ale revolution and that was on our last album.

“People just seemed to take the song to heart and we had this idea of writing a whole album about the nation’s fascination with alcohol and drinking and playing these songs in places that serve real ale.

“It caught people’s imaginations.”

The pair - whose record The Hum was one of Mojo’s Top 10 Folk Albums of 2014 and received a five-star live review from The Guardian – put a message on Facebook asking for suggestions of which small brewing  venues they should play.

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Belinda said: “The response was just incredible. We had hundreds of people get in touch.

“We loved all the enthusiasm behind the offers.”

The tour has already kicked off and O’Hooley and Tidow are relishing the change in venue size.

“There is a great atmosphere. It seems to have brought people together.

“It’s much more intimate. We’re used to playing arts centres and festivals where the crowd seems to be quite far away.

“It is much more going back to the folk club thing we used to do where the audience is virtually sat on your knee. You can see the whites of their eyes and it’s good because you get a connection.”

Clearly there is something that clicks between the music and the venues.

Belinda said: “It’s the music of the small person, the music of the independent person. Folk music is that really. It is the small, independent thing similar to these microbreweries.”

O’Hooley and Tidow play The Oval Tavern on October 8. Tickets cost £10. Go to ohooleyandtidow.com