Ashington Folk Club |
After four folk filled years, Jiva (Jimmy & Val) have stepped down as organisers of the club and as of the 3rd January 2008, Ashington Folk Club has been organised by Pat, Doug, Ben & Tristan.
The club is held every two weeks. Most evenings are be singers nights where anyone is welcome to volunteer to sing, play an instrument, read a poem, tell a story or just come along to listen. We have started introducing guests - with the talented Jonny Kearney being our first. We also have the legendary Vin Garbutt coming to us on 18th December!
The club is open to most styles of music - traditional and contemporary, English, Northumbrian, Irish, Scottish and American (any country/county/state/planet for that matter), folk, blues, folk-blues, avant-folk (... it exists!), acoustic, electric (within reason). Anything you want to play or recite really - you tell us what "folk music" is!
As you can see the new website is still under construction, but to get us started, here's a list of club nights taking us through to June 2008.
January |
17th (Bothal Suite) |
31st Theme Night "Love" (Folk Bar ) |
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February |
14th (Folk Bar) |
28th (Folk Bar) |
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March |
13th Jonny Kearney - £2.00 (Folk Bar) |
27th Theme Night "Mine" (Folk Bar) |
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April |
10th (Bothal Suite) |
* Due to previous bookings at The Institute there will be only one Folk Club night in April. But there is an extra night in May to make up for it. |
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May |
1st (Bothal Suite) |
8th (Bothal Suite) |
22nd (Folk Bar) |
June |
5th (Bothal Suite) |
19th (Folk Bar) |
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All events start at 8.30pm and cost £1.00 unless otherwise stated (just put it in the bag - we trust you!)
All events & venues are subject to change.
In the meantime have a look at our MySpace or the Ashington Folk Club Archive
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Ashington Folk Club, The Institute, Institute Road, Ashington, Northumberland NE638HP
Supported by Wansbeck District Council