LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB PROGRAMME

September October November December January
6 SEPTEMBER ALAN DAY £8 cash Traditional & music-hall songs, tunes & monologues with Anglo concertina. 13 SEPTEMBER SCOLDS BRIDLE £10 cash https://www.facebook.com/p/Scolds-Bridle-100063539583625/ Sue Bousfield & Liz Moore sing their own songs, beautiful, funny & thought-provoking, in delightful vocal harmony, with guitar. 20 SEPTEMBER JOHN KIRKPATRICK £15 cash https://www.johnkirkpatrick.co.uk/ Email to reserve places, bring the right money in cash on the night John Kirkpatrick is a superb singer, great writer, fine dancer & the best English squeezer bar none. He is one of the great solo acts on the folk scene & has played with the Albions, Steeleye Span, Brass Monkey, Band of Hope & many more. JOHN KIRKPATRICK WORKSHOP: PLAYING FOR MORRIS DANCING (ANY INSTRUMENT) 10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22) John Harvey Tavern, Bear Yard, Lewes BN7 2AN Email to reserve places, bring cash on the day SUNDAY 21st SEPTEMBER JOHN KIRKPATRICK WORKSHOP: SHROPSHIRE CAROLS IN HARMONY 10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22) Email to reserve places, bring cash on the day 27 SEPTEMBER LEVERET £15 cash https://www.leveretband.com/ Email to reserve places, bring the right money in cash on the night Leveret features three of England's finest folk musicians in an exciting collaboration. Andy Cutting (melodeon) Sam Sweeney (fiddle) & Rob Harbron (English concertina) are each masters of their instrument & are involved in numerous collaborations with a huge range of artists. Together their performances combine consummate musicianship, compelling delivery & captivating spontaneity. ANDY CUTTING MELODEON WORKSHOP 10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22) Email to reserve places, bring cash on the day ROB HARBRON CONCERTINA WORKSHOP 10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22) Email to reserve places, bring cash on the day SAM SWEENEY ENGLISH FIDDLE WORKSHOP 10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22) Email to reserve places, bring cash on the day
4 OCTOBER TOM KITCHING & MARIT FAELT £12 cash http://www.tomkitching.co.uk/ 'WHERE THERE'S BRASS' Tom is an inspired fiddler with his own style & an accomplished writer. Marit is a brilliant Nordic mandola player. 'Where There's Brass' tells the story of the contemporary London waterways: a floating slum at worst, a bohemian, alternative, vibrant community at best. It is a love letter to the waterways & a rallying cry for what they can be in the future. The stories old and new are interwoven with a specially composed suite of music. 11 OCTOBER THE WILDERNESS YET £15 cash https://www.thewildernessyet.com/ Email to reserve places, bring the right money in cash on the night Rosie Hodgson (voice, songwriter, guitar, banjo) Rowan Piggott (fiddle, voice) & Philippe Barnes (flute, guitar) mix Irish, Scottish, Swedish flavours into traditional & new songs with a deep love of the natural world. ROWAN PIGGOTT: SWEDISH FIDDLE WORKSHOP 10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22) Email to reserve places, bring cash on the day PHILIPPE BARNES: IRISH FLUTE WORKSHOP CANCELLED 18 OCTOBER ALISTAIR BRAIDWOOD & TIM LAYCOCK £12 cash https://www.timlaycock.co.uk/ Email to reserve tickets, bring the right money in cash on the night Tim Laycock is a fine singer, Crane duet concertina player, songwriter, actor & storyteller with a deep love of the songs & music of Dorset. Alistair is a singer, actor & highly skilled with more than one sort of yarn. They present a mixture of songs, tunes & stories from the West country & beyond. 25 OCTOBER GEOFF LAKEMAN £10 cash https://www.geofflakeman.co.uk/ Geoff sings entertaining & thoughtful English & Irish trad songs, Americana & jazz with Crane duet concertina. He’s the dad of Seth, Sean & Sam & father-in-law of Cara Dillon & Kathryn Roberts.
1 NOVEMBER RACHAEL ROSE EDMUNDS £8 cash Traditional & new songs in a glorious, compelling voice, unaccompanied & with shruti box. 8 NOVEMBER ANDY TURNER & MAT GREEN £10 cash https://www.andyturnermusic.uk/mat_andy/ English trad songs & tunes with fiddle & anglo concertina. Mat & Andy are founder members of the band Magpie Lane. Mat was Squire of Bampton Morris for 25 years & Andy is now the musician for Headington Quarry Morris Dancers. 15 NOVEMBER JESS & RICHARD ARROWSMITH £12 cash https://arrowsmithmusic.co.uk/ Email to reserve places, bring the right money in cash on the night Traditional English music & song, plus songs by Jess, in vocal harmony with fiddle & melodeon. With Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Jess & Richard are half The Melrose Quartet. They are also top dance musicians. JESS & RICHARD ARROWSMITH VOCAL HARMONY WORKSHOP 10:45 - 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22) Email to reserve places, bring cash on the day Teaching will be by ear, but with dots & words provided. 22 NOVEMBER DEREK SEED Derek has been a folk performer for decades, first in Liverpool & then as a resident of Lewes Saturday Folk Club. He founded the Shellback Chorus, which toured extensively abroad. Derek specialises in sea songs & industrial songs of all sorts. Come ready to join in with plenty of choruses. 29 NOVEMBER BING LYLE £8 cash Bing is a fine accordion player & singer of traditional English songs & tunes & many he has written himself. He's a member of the Sussex Pistols dance band & for years was in a duo with fiddler Ben Paley. He is a great promoter of the traditional music of Ukrainian refugees in Sussex & performs with them.
6 DECEMBER ROBB JOHNSON & ROGER WATSON £12 cash Robb is a great songwriter & guitarist with a social conscience & a fine sense of humour. His newest CD, The Optimist Hotel, features Roger, a songwriter in traditional style & hugely influential melodeon player. 13 DECEMBER JACKIE OATES & JOHN SPIERS £15 cash Email to reserve tickets, bring the right money in cash on the night Traditional English music & song with Jackie's fiddle & John's melodeon from two of the top performers of our times. JACKIE OATES ENGLISH FIDDLE WORKSHOP 10:45 – 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22) Email to reserve places, bring cash on the day JOHN SPIERS MELODEON WORKSHOP 10:45 – 16:45 £45 cash (2 under-25 year olds £22) Email to reserve places, bring cash on the day 20 DECEMBER CHRISTMAS PARTY £6 cash We light the open fire & a blaze of candles & serve home-made mince pies. Bring a seasonal song or reading, or choose a carol from our book for everyone to join in. Ballgowns optional. We always finish by singing Shepherds Arise by firelight & candlelight alone. 27 DECEMBER SHEPHERDS ARISE £8 cash Email to reserve tickets, bring the right money in cash on the night Old Sussex carols with fiddle, flute, bassoon, serpent, whistle & concertinas, Sussex tunes, Sussex readings, Sussex mummers' play.
3 JAN COPPER FAMILY £15 cash Email to reserve tickets, bring the right money in cash on the night The genuine article: Sussex traditional songs in harmony from a family who have been singing them for at least ten generations.