DIARY DATES
Who is playing where and whenSUNDAY
BOLLINGTON
www.bollyfolk.com
(NB: New times - 7.30pm to 10.30pm)
Singers nights 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month
BOTHY (Southport)
www.bothyfolkclub.org.uk
December 22nd - Xmas Party
December 29th - Closed
January 5th - Singers Night
January 12th - Pete Morton
January 19th - Singers Night
January 26th - Alistair Anderson
February 2nd - Singers Night
February 9th - Joe Topping
February 16th - Singers Night
February 23rd - Mike Silver
March 2nd - Singers Night
March 9th - Will Finn & Rosie Calvert
March 15th - Singers Night
March 23rd - Singers Night
March 30th - Bob Fox
April 6th - Holly Clarke
April 13th - Singers Night
April 20th - Singers Night
April 25th-27th - Bothy 60th Birthday Weekend
Further Details To Follow. Please Keep The Weekend Free!
WARRINGTON
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Sunday 27th October Mossy Christian and Megan Wisdom
Sunday 8th December Becky Taylor & Sam Lawrence
Sunday 22nd December Christmas "Do"
2025
Sunday 2nd March Pete Coe
Sunday 27th April Karen Pfeiffer and Paul Walker
May / June
Gordon Tyrrall and Barbara Mainland TBC
Sunday 21st September Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
All other Sundays are Singers' Nights
MONDAY
CLWB GWERIN CONWY
www.conwyfolkclub.org.uk
New venue: The Gladstone
YsGuborwen Road, Dwygyfylchi
Penmaenmawr, LL34 6PS 8pm to 11pm
Weekly Singarounds - until further notice
(NB: Guest act suggestions are now invited by the organiser - see website for submission forms)
COPPULL (weekly - Singers Nights)
www.coppullfolk.co.uk
Start time - 8pm until 11pm
June 9 to 11 Free Folk Festival at club venue
ROOM AT THE TOP (Newburgh)
www.markdowding.co.uk
Singers Nights - weekly
Zoom sessions on Thursdays
For further info contact: maggihuyton@yahoo.com
RUNCORN (weekly)
www.runcornfolk.club
February 10th - WELCOMME, FINNAN & CHRIMES
March 10th - WILL FINN & ROSIE CALVERT
April 7th - VIRGINIA KETTLE’S ROLLING FOLK
May 12th - GRAHAM BELLINGER & ADRIAN DEAR
June 23rd - PETER PRICE
Admission on Guest Nights - £5
All other Mondays are Singers Nights when entry is free.
SKIPTON (3rd Monday)
www.skiptonfolkclub.co.uk
Monthly Singers nights
SWINTON
Weekly Singers Nights
Just to remind everyone that our guest nights are held on the 2nd Friday of the month (Feb-June + Sept-Dec)
Singarounds are held every Monday from 8pm
26th July BERNARD CROMARTY
SUMMER BREAK: JULY & AUGUST
13th September GARY & VERA ASPEY
11th October JON BRINDLEY
8th November STAFF FOLK (Ged Todd & Dave Wynn)
13th Deceber CHRISTMAS PARTY
TUESDAY
WOODEN HORSE (Rainford)
www.woodenhorsefolkclub.uk
Tuesdays 2pm-4pm
Check Facebook page and club website for updates and contact details.
BUSH ACOUSTIC (Droylsden)
No programme available
CORNMARKET ACOUSTIC
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First Tuesday of the month
No programme available
DRAGON’S BREATH (weekly)
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(Treuddyn, nr Mold)
All other dates - Singarounds
June 4th Wet the Tea
Sept Flat Irons (awaiting confirmation)
Oct 15th Dewi and Eileen
November dtc The Mighty Fiddlestone!
15th January John Warburton
4th March Paul Walker and Karen Pfeiffer
MAGHULL (Liverpool)
www.maghullfolkclub.co.uk
Weekly Singers Nights & Singarounds
Tuesday 25th February: Red Letter Road + Floor singers
Tuesday 4th March: Women floor singers night.
Tuesday 18th March: Irish Theme floor singers night.
Tuesday 8th April: Country song theme night.
Advanced date: Tues. 22nd October: Tom Lewis (Ticketed)
Other Tuesdays evenings are singers nights (Admission £2.00)
SALE
Every Tuesday singers night except August when we are closed.
www.salefolkclub.co.uk
WEDNESDAY
LANCASTER FOLK
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No programme available
OVER HULTON (Bolton)
overhultonfolkclub.com
WILLOWS (Kirkham, Preston)
www.thewillowsfolkclub.co.uk
The Wrea Green Institute (The Tute)
Station Road, Wrea Green, Preston, PR4 2PH
February 19th - Calum Gilligan
March 19th - The Brothers Gillespie
April 16th - Janice Burns and Jon Doran
May 14th - Other Roads
June 11th - Chris Fox
Summer Break
Sept 17th - tba
October 15th - Jon Wilks
November 12th - Gatehouse
December 17th - Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones
THURSDAY
DABBERS (Nantwich)
Singarounds -- 1st Thursday
bernpot@talktalk.net
FLEETWOOD (weekly)
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GARSTANG ‘RE’PLUGGED
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Singers Nights (last Thursdays)
Enquiries: 01995 602795
September 5th Annie Radcliffe/Keith Mitchell (seperate, not a duo)
October 17th Steve Tilston (duo)
November 14th Angie Palmer
HUNGRY HORSE ACOUSTIC
www.hungryhorseacoustic.com
(Ellesmere Port, Cheshire)
10th October - Singers, Musicians, Poets - THEME NIGHT -- “BEATLES MUSIC & WORDS”
17th October - CLIVE GREGSON - Oak Room concert - Pay on door or via - www.wegottickets.com
24th October - BIG Spot - CLOSE QUARTERS
31st October - BIG Spot -- THE TIME BANDITS
7th November - Singers, Musicians, Poets Night
14th November - BIG Spot -- SPLIT LEVELMusic (Phil Chisnall & Lynne Strange)
21st November - Oak Room - Fundraising Concert - in aid of Maggie’s Wirral Cancer Charity -
VOCAL POINT (trio)
RITA FITSPATRICK (poet)
CAN’T REMEMBER (duo)
TENNESSEE WALTZ (duo)
GERRY FFRENCH & HARRY LOWRY
Pay on door or via - www.wegottickets.com
28th November - Singers, Musicians, Poets Night
5th December - BIG Spot - OLD’SCOOL (duo)
12th December - THE LOST NOTES (trio) - Oak Room concert - Pay on door or via - www.wegottickets.com
19th December - Singers, Musicians, Poets -- Christmas Party Night
26th December - CLUB CLOSED
2025
2nd January - CLUB CLOSED
9th January - BIG Spot - (act tbc)
16th January - Oak Room Concert (act tbc)
23rd & 30th January - Singers, Musicians, Poets Nights
6th February - Singers, Musicians, Poets
13th February - BIG Spot - (act tbc)
20th February - Concert -- MERRY HELL BAND
27th February - Singers, Musicians, Poets
6th March - Singers, Musicians, Poets
13th March - Oak Room Concert (act tbc)
20th March - BIG Spot - (act tbc)
27th March - Singers, Musicians, Poets
3rd April - Singers, Musicians, Poets
10th April - Oak Room Concert (act tbc)
17th April - Singers, Musicians, Poets
24th April - BIG Spot - (act tbc)
1st May - Singers, Musicians, Poets
8th May - BIG Spot - (act tbc)
15th May - Oak Room Concert (act tbc)
22nd May - Singers, Musicians, Poets
29th May - Singers, Musicians, Poets
LYMM (weekly)
www.lymmfolkclub.org.uk
Venue: Spread Eagle Hotel, WA13 0AG
NEW EVERYMAN (weekly Singers Nights)
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Christmas break, 19th December-9th January '25
2025
February 6th Tim Eady
March 6th Tommy Dewhurst
April 3rd Jez Lowe
May 15th Calum & Caithlin Gilligan
June 12th Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
August closed
September 18th Tony Gibbons & Kate Bradbury
October 9th Steve Turner
November 20th Reg Meuross.
WREXHAM
www.wrexhamfolkacoustic.club
3rd Oct - Singers Night
17th Oct - Paul Walker and Karen Pfeiffer
7th Nov - Singers Night
FRIDAY
FOLK AT THE BARLOW (Edgworth)
www.folkatthebarlow.com
All events start at 8pm
21st March - WET THE TEA with ES & CHRIS CHORLTON
18th April - PETER & BARBARA SNAPE and POPPY WEATHERALL with HERDING CATS
16th May - The ROSIE HOOD BAND with WATCH THE WALL
20th June - SYKES MARTIN with THE MATILDA TRIO
18th July - THE HUNCH with NAT CLARE
8th August - AUGUST SHOWCASE, Folk at the Barlow regular performers
19th September - DOUGLAS and MOSS with DANDELION TRAIN
17th October - PHIL BEER with THE STEVE CANAVAN TRIO
21st November - ANDY IRVINE with TONY GIBBONS & KATE BRADBURY
19th December - JOHN KIRKPATRICK with MIKE COSGRAVE
Singarounds the 1st Friday of the month
FRODSHAM (weekly)
www.frodshamfolkclub.com
Singers afternoons - NB: 4pm to 6pm + BIG Spots featuring:-
Dec 20 - Paul Thompson
Jan 31st - Skinner & Twitch
Feb 28th - Tom Browne
Mar 28th - Steve & Julie Wrigley
Apr 25th - Mountain Hares
May 23rd - Locktup Together
Jun 20th - The Waite Collective
(All other Fridays are Singers Sessions)
LAKE DISTRICT FOLK & ACOUSTIC (Staveley)
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March 14th - Will Finn & Rosie Calvert - young, folk and traditionally inspired musical duo from the North East of England (ex Teacups) Buy Tickets - £10
April 11th - Singers & Musicians - new acoustic performers & listening audience welcome £3
NEWCASTLE & POTTERIES
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New venue: The Cafe, Fenton Town Hall, 1 Albert Square, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 3FA
Friday 14th March - Will Pound
Friday 11th April - Virginia Kettle & The Rolling Folk
Friday 9th May - Pete Coe
Friday 13th June - Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell
Friday 11th July - Summer Showcase
Friday 8th August - Summer Showcase
Friday 12th September - Doug Eunson & Sarah Matthews
Friday 10th October - Anthony John Clarke
Friday 14th November - Jez Lowe
Friday 12th December - John Kirkpatrick's Carolling & Crumpets Christmas Show
Also, on Saturday 20th September, we are holding a Folk Day at Fenton Town Hall with concerts, ceilidhs, singarounds, sessions, workshops, morris dancing and more.
NORTHWICH (weekly)
www.northwichfolk.co.uk
07-Feb-25 Singers' Night General £3 Members £3
14-Feb-25 7:30pm Pete's Simple Song Session - Singers Night – Theme - Love Songs General £3 Members £3
21-Feb-25 Lizzy Hardingham General £9.00 Members £7.00
28-Feb-25 Singers' Night General £3 Members £3
07-Mar-25 Singers' Night - Theme - Chorus Songs and Club Birthday General £3 Members £3
14-Mar-25 Winter Wilson General £11.00 Members £9.00
21-Mar-25 Singers' Night General £3 Members £3
28-Mar-25 Bob Fox General £13.00 Members £11.00
04-Apr-25 7:30pm Steve's Tunes Session - Singers Night General £3 Members £3
11-Apr-25 AGM - Singers Night General £0 Members £0
18-Apr-25 Singers Night - Jackie Conn superspot General £3 Members £3
25-Apr-25 Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne General £9.00 Members £7.00
02-May-25 Singers' Night General £3 Members £3
09-May-25 Singers' Night - Theme - TBA from AGM General £3 Members £3
16-May-25 Tristan Seume General £13.00 Members £11.00
23-May-25 Singers' Night General £3 Members £3
30-May-25 Singers' Night - Marbury Park 7pm - 9pm General £3 Members £3
PHOENIX (Poynton) (monthly)
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February 7th - The Tannahill Weavers
March 7th - Lauren South
April 4th - Reg Meuross
May 2nd - Other Roads
June 6th - Colin Henderson
July 4th - GraceNotes & Friends
August 1st - Singaround (Free Entry)
September 5th - Flossie Malavialle
October 3rd - Lazlo Baby
November 7th - Colum Sands
December 5th - Winter Wonderband
RHYL (weekly)
www.rhylfolkclub.com
1st Friday - Monthly Zoom sessions
SOUNDBOX (Chester)
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March 5th - Miranda Sykes & Jim Causley
March 13th - Kris Drever with Chris Stout
April 5th - Jackson Williams (trio), with Graham Bellinger supporting
April 11th - Visions of Albion (plus support tba)
May 11th - Leveret
May 17th - Jon Wilks (at St Mary's Handbridge Centre, CH4 5HL)
May 30th - Jack Badcock
June 20th - Dan Walsh (Opening set from Raphael Callaghan)
October 9th - Brooks Williams & Vera Van Heeringen
October 24th - Chris While & Julie Matthews
November 16th - Mishra (the 6-piece line-up)
December 6th - Jackie Oates & John Spiers
SWINTON
Just to remind everyone that our guest nights are held on the 2nd Friday of the month (Feb-June + Sept-Dec)
Singarounds are held every Monday from 8pm
13th September GARY & VERA ASPEY
27th September SIMPLY DYLAN
11th October JON BRINDLEY
25th October CAROLE DUNNINGTON-DEAN
8th November STAFF FOLK (Ged Todd & Dave Wynn)
29th November REMEMBERING THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC
13th Deceber CHRISTMAS PARTY
TIMPERLEY (1st & 3rd Friday)
21 June - Singers plus Guest Stars from the USA: Mary Anne McAllister & Ronee Stolzberg
SATURDAY
MUSIC AT MOTTRAM
Hosted at Mottram St Andrew village hall
(between Wilmslow and Macclesfield)
The multi award-winning Nancy Kerr and James Fagan will be performing at Mottram St Andrew, on Saturday 8th June.
Tickets are a bargain at £16 each and can be purchased from musicatmottram.com or from Steve on 07904 072190.
October 21 Phil Beer
November 25 Sam Kelly & Jamie Francis
Tickets £16 each, further information and tickets from musicatmottram.com or call Steve on 07904 072190
SHAMROCK PROMOTIONS
No programme this quarter
THEATRES / ARTS CENTRES
THE BRINDLEY (Runcorn)
Friday 27 September | 7.30PM - Jenny Colquitt - Buy Tickets
Thursday 3 October | 8PM - Merry Hell: Lost Songs, History & Chat - Buy Tickets
Friday 4 October | 7.30PM - An Evening With Greg Oldfield - Buy Tickets
Friday 18 October | 7.30PM - Billy Mitchell & Bob Fox - Buy Tickets
Friday 8 November | 8PM - Far Rockaway - The Songs Of Phil Ochs: Featuring Phil Odgers & John Kettle - Buy Tickets
PHILHARMONIC HALL (Liverpool)
Sept 2 Simply Dylan
THE ATKINSON (Southport)
@ Grateful Fred’s:
THE MET (Bury)
Sept 10 Daphne’s Flight
Sept 15 The Houghton Weavers
Nov 23 Flook
WEST KIRBY ARTS CENTRE
* ‘The Stage is Yours’
Singers' Nights - every Friday, 7pm for 7:30pm
Contact: - cmackintosh84@gmail.com
* ‘Acoustic Afternoon’ sessions
Singers, Musicians, Poets
2nd & 4th Friday 2pm to 5pm
Contact: - ian_elder@btinternet.com
KARONA SESSIONS
Friday 15th December: Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones
St Thomas The Martyr Church, Up Holland, Lancs
Buy Tickets £12 each 7.30pm [no support]
All concerts being held at Dean Wood Golf Club, Lafford Lane, Up Holland WN8 0QZ
Tickets on sale by the beginning of December.
More concerts currently being scheduled. More details: www.karonasound.co.uk/sessions and @karonasessions on Facebook.