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For earlier events click here, H1'17 ; H2'17 ; H1'18 ; H2'18
| 7th Jan | Singaround - Plough Monday |
| 14th Jan | KenWilson - The big guy from the Wilson family released his second solo CD in 2018, bringing a great voice and superb, natural timing to a great selection of folk songs, old and new. Bound to be a great start to our 2019 guest programme. |
| 21st Jan | Singaround |
| 28th Jan | Alistair Russell & Chris Parkinson - First time here as a duo for two old favourites. Ali is a Stockton "old-boy" who moved on from The Distillers to 13 years with the legendary Battlefield Band. "Parky" is a renowned squeezebox player whose list of collaborations reads like a who's who of folk music. Expect a lively mix of Scottish and Irish songs and music performed in great style. |
| 4th Feb | Singaround |
| 11th Feb | Yan Tan Tether - Welome back to a close harmony trio who have been dubbed "the golden tonsils of Otley" by Mike Harding. Tess, Lynne and Rosie play a variety of instruments but concentrate mainly on beautiful a capella arrangements of a fine mix of songs. |
| 18th Feb | Singaround |
| 25th Feb | George Welch & Stewart Hardy - George is a North East institution known for hilarious stories, driving tunes on guitar and moving songs in a fine baritone voice. Stewart is a fiddle player (and teacher) with an international reputation for rhythmic virtuosity and sensitive accompaniments. They promise a night of spontaneous fun. |
| 4th Mar | Singaround |
| 11th Mar | Martyn Wyndham Read - An old favourite, Martyn is a warm, mesmerising singer who complements a superb voice with excellent, unobtusive guitar. He is well known as an ambassador for Australian folk songs but is also a champion for Graeme Miles compositions. |
| 18th Mar | Judy Cook, from Oberlin Ohio, describes herself as a song-finder not a song-writer. She brings a powerful voice to a huge repertoire of (mostly) American songs and ballads. Her command of narrative style and deep respect for traditions have earned respect on both sides of the Atlantic. |
| 25th Mar | Singaround |
| 1st Apr | Singaround |
| 8th Apr | Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith were established after their 2016 visit as one of our favourite duos. Their 2018 album Many a Thousand got 5 star reviews from the likes of fRoots which said "their singing is sublime and their musicianship is both unpredicatable and entirely apt". At home in the tradition, they also add a contemporary edge highlighting political, social and environmental concerns. |
| 15th Apr | The Raffleites are five females (including our own Joy) in beautiful multi-part harmony, ably accompanied by Andy. Their wide-ranging repertoire covers everything from deeply trad. to bang up-to-date contemporary folk with a few excursions into other genres along the way. Door money and a bit more is being donated to the North Tees Hospital Breast Cancer Care Unit. |
| 22nd Apr | Easter Monday -Singaround |
| 29th Apr | Rowan Piggott & Rosie Hodgson are a Sussex-based duo who perform traditional and original folksongs in harmony with fiddle and bouzouki. They're well worth a listen - classy treatments of old songs and some fascinating new ones. They've both contributed to Songhive, a project about the plight of bees. |
| 6th May | Bank holiday - Singaround |
| 13th May | Jez Lowe - details and ticket arrangements to follow |
Listings for other clubs in the north east can be found in "Folk Roundabout", for sale at the club.