As Winter Mountain Cornishman Joe Francis has toured the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland, opening for some of the world's most talented artists including Richard Thomson, Seth Lakeman, Cara Dillon, Rosanne Cash, Leann Rhimes, Patty Griffin, Benny Gallagher, Paolo Nutini, Fleet Foxes and many others.

He has also graced the stage at some of those countries most distinguished venues including The Ulster Hall in Belfast, Union Chapel London, The Belfast Waterfront, Vicar Street in Dublin and headline sets to sell-out crowds at the likes of the infamous Camden Barfly and Dublin's Whelans Bar.