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of folk, roots and acoustic music every Wednesday, 8.30pm in the Miller's Bar, The Mill Arts Centre, Spiceball Park, Banbury, Oxon |
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From 7pm Friday to 5pm Sunday Drayton Leisure Golf Centre, Warwick Road, Banbury. OX17 1HJ  Click here for the booking form A fun weekend all in one venue, consisting of sing arounds, tune sessions and spot surprise guests. Camping is available on Friday and Saturday for tents, campervans and caravans @ £5 per person, per night. Arrivals from 12 noon on Friday. (*Additional camping on Sunday by arrangement with the owners, Nick & Lesley Turner.) Weekend tickets are £15, Friday £5, Saturday all day/evening £10, Sunday £5. There will be a choice of hot meals available on Friday and Saturday evenings @ £6 including a vegetarian option. Breakfast rolls and snack menu available from the Golf Centre plus a selection of Real Ales. This is a fundraiser event for Banbury Folk Festival and will include games and raffles! See attached booking form or contact Derek and Mary on 01295 709881 for further information. |
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Our Open Stage nights have proved very successful over the past few years. They are usually fully booked a month in advance! At the last one we were delighted to a wide variety of acts. Many of these acts will almost certainly have a future booking either at the club or the festival so by coming along to our Open Stage nights, not only as performers, but as a listening audience gives you the chance to preview the acts first. To book a slot, either e-mail us or ‘phone Derek and Mary on 01295 709881 and leave a message. |
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Theme of Summer! Led by Kevin Sexton Kevin is a great singer and will set just the right tone, the day after May Day, to welcome in the summer at this evening’s SSLaP night! These are open sessions in our programme to encourage everyone to have a go in a less formal setting. A chance to try something new, join up with other performers, join in the singing or just have a good old jam! Please bring your instruments and voices, poems & stories! |
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Transatlantic folk inspired by the traditions of America and Britain Supported by Bluebird www.hickmanandcassidy.co.uk We are very excited to have this duo at the club! James Hickman and Dan Cassidy are a transatlantic folk and roots duo. Dan Cassidy (USA) provides an exciting array of fiddling renditions, while James Hickman (UK) brings his driving guitar playing and wonderfully unique interpretations of songs to their mixture of new and old folk music. While touring professionally in the U.K. in the 1980’s, Dan was introduced to the music of Shetland fiddler Aly Bain, which sparked his keen interest in Celtic music, and the U.K. folk scene in general. Dan has spent the last 15 years in Iceland as a successful session musician, and has been returning to the U.K regularly to perform with his own group, The Dan Cassidy Swing Quartet. He appears on several recordings of his sister, the late Eva Cassidy. James also performs in the UK and Europe as part of ‘Hickman and Quinn’ and with ‘The Dan Cassidy Swing Quartet’. James and Dan have recently released their debut CD “Severn Street” James and Dan will be supported by the duo Bluebird, who also have an American connection with Mandy Woods having spent some time in Nashville in 2010. Mandy has teamed up with singer/guitarist and good friend Amanda Burgess, who moved to Oxfordshire in 2010. As Bluebird, they perform Mandy's original material mixed in with cover songs, mainly with a Country/Americana feel. Mandy writes some great songs and is no stranger to the club - the duo recently took part in the Folk Club song-writing competition. |
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Swing Back To The Sixties Relive the magic of the Shadows with Mike Moyse Delight to Bill McKinnon's sounds of the 60's Join in the fun on Saturday 12th May King's Sutton Memorial Hall from 7.30pm Live music, music quizzes and a delicious ploughman's supper . Come in 60's costume! Pay bar, real ales, Tickets £10 to include a ploughman's supper Tickets now on sale at the club, at Kings Sutton Post Office, or on the door. |
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Support tba. www.motl.co.uk Great to see one of our favourite bands on the scene again! This is the group that started it all for us at the club back in 1999! Folk-rockers 'Meet on the Ledge'are back, enthralling and stimulating their audiences around the country. The line-up is now "Big" Ron Holmes who is a founder member with super musician/songwriter Allen Maslen, bass player, Phil Dipple and Phil Vickers, on percussion. This will be a night to remember and the group will have their latest CD, “Long Shadows" available for sale on the night. |
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www.acousticvillage.co.uk A welcome return to the club after too long a break! Jim originally hails from the West Coast of Scotland. Young Jim (as he was then called) was brought up on a staple diet of Scottish and Irish Folk, with lashings of Old-Timey and Country Music for dessert. An original singer songwriter with strong roots in Celtic and American traditional music, coupled with a distinctive guitar style and unique voice sets him apart from his contemporaries currently on the folk and acoustic circuit. In the true style of the troubadour he brings songs to life through the art of performance as well as giving original and sympathetic interpretation to the music. Whether he’s inspiring you with his own material, making your feet tap with Country Blues, moving you to song with Celtic and Traditional folk, or re-inventing fellow artistes’ material, Jim McLean brings any club to life with pure entertainment and passion. Isn’t that what it’s all about? |
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Our Open Stage Nights have proved very successful over the past few years. At the last one we were delighted by a wide variety of acts. Many of these acts will almost certainly have a future booking either at the club or the festival, so by coming along to our Open Stage Nights, not only as performers, but as a listening audience, gives you the chance to preview the acts first. This one is fully booked already! For details of future Open Stage nights phone us on 01295 709881. |
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www.thesnapes.org.uk Although Peter and Barbara have been performing together for only a short time, this popular duo from the North West of England have become noted for their well crafted arrangements of traditional songs, including songs that recapture the atmosphere of the Lancashire music hall. It has been said that they embody an uncluttered, more organic attitude to their music — the very spirit of real folk. With a broad repertoire, time spent with The Snapes is varied, interesting and enjoyable. Barbara sings in a lovely direct way with a flexibility to adapt to whatever is required of a song, whilst Peter provides melodeon accompaniment that intuitively enhances the character and subtle nuances of both song and singer. The use of guitar and concertina on selected songs brings an added dimension to their music and is in keeping with a careful and crafted approach for which they are noted for. |
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Open Session Led by Julian Procter and Friends Open sessions in our programme are to encourage everyone to have a go in a less formal setting. A chance to try something new, join up with other performers, join in the singing or just have a good old jam! We are inviting local artists to lead these sessions. Please bring your instruments and voices, poems and stories! This one will be led by our very own apprentice story teller and podcaster, Jules, who will be inviting friends to join him. |
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Supported by Paula and Stuart Tindall www.harveyandrews.com Harvey Andrews has been writing and performing songs for forty-five years. He began singing in childhood, but while at college he was turned on to American folk. He began singing at a folk club owned by the Ian Campbell Folk Group in 1964, and appeared on an EP with folk revivalist Martin Carthy in 1965. Harvey was a teacher through most of the late '60s, before becoming a professional Folk Artist, touring Folk Clubs, Concert venues and Festivals worldwide, as well as several TV appearances. Harvey has produced 17 successful albums singing his own songs, many of which have also been recorded by other artists and his songs are widely known on the folk circuit. Harvey’s effortless stories and anecdotes between his beautiful songs are hugely entertaining, amusing, thoughtful and even deeply philosophical at times. Harvey is still capable of deep social and political comment which formed so much of his formative years, about politicians, selfish motorway drivers, modern poetry, TV fame shows and the use of social media. This is one not to miss! Supporting Harvey at the club will be Paula and Stuart Tindall. Paula and Stuart have been playing at folk clubs since the early '80s and formed the family band in 2005, when the girls were just 13 and 10, with gigs at folk clubs and festivals across the Midlands and Home Counties. Now that daughters Sarah and Kathryn are off doing their own thing, Paula and Stuart are back to performing as a duo. Their music spans many "genres" of contemporary, traditional and acoustic music, featuring rich vocal harmonies on songs from Fleetwood Mac to Fairport Convention, Bruce Springsteen to James Taylor as well as songs written by Stuart. They are very pleased to be supporting Harvey, who has always been a favourite of theirs. |
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www.petewatkins.co.uk Pete played at last year’s Club BBQ and we felt he should have a whole night at the club this time! Well known in the Banbury area, Pete’s solo performances are legendary, playing songs from the widest possible range of era’s and styles. Always entertaining, Pete’s goal is to ensure the audience has a great time and that’s why so many people keep coming back for more. What makes it so much more satisfying is that Pete is out for a good time too and that comes through strongly in the performances. Pete chooses his set ranging from lilting Irish ballads through to hard driving rock classics, songs to remind you of every era, a soundtrack to your life. Pete studied singing under a nationally recognised vocal trainer in Wales and has been playing guitar as a soloist and in bands for many years. What a lot of people do not realise is that Pete is an excellent songwriter too! Pete will be joined by some of his many musical friends for this evening’s performance. |
to internationally renowned musicians, the Banbury Folk Club is an entertaining way to enjoy live music.
Floor Spots – You are welcome to book in for a floor spot, usually two to three numbers,
on club guest nights apart from Special Guest nights.
Just have a word with us at the club, phone and leave a message on 01295 709881 or e-mail us!
Derek and Mary
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