FAVERSHAM FOLK CLUB

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(Unless otherwise stated entrance = (£6 Members / £7 Non-Members)

PLEASE NOTE:- Doors Open at 7:30 Music starts at 8:00


And Booked So Far - 2024
1^st May	The Kimberleys (£9 / £10)	The Kimberleys are a multi instrumentalist duo based in London. Their repertoire is drawn from traditional folk songs of the British Isles. Their honest arrangements, exceptional musicianship and glorious familial harmonies combine to make an impact much greater than their two piece line up. It is magical to witness. The Kimberleys have recorded with folk icons Gordon Giltrap, Andy Cutting (Leveret, Blowzabella, 3 time BBC Radio 2 Folk musician of the year award winner) and Dave Swarbrick (Fairport Convention). They have toured and performed with Wolfscote (Telegraph Best Folk Albums, producer Jim Kimberley), The Albion Band, Julie Felix and cult acid folk innovators Comus.
15^th May	Pip Ives (£8 / £9)	Is a local Musician of note.
5^th June	Kate Lissauer (£8 / £9)	Kate’s one-woman and ensemble shows are all packed with beautiful music, both lively and mournful, anecdotal repartee, and humour. As well as being a solo artist (playing both her own tunes and honouring those of many well-known Bluegrass and Old-Time artists) Kate is the founder and leader of two other highly sought-after acts – Buffalo Gals - (recipient of the “Old-Time Mountain CD of the Year” award from Iowa’s Rural Roots Music Commission) and Sonic Silents – an homage to black and white Oscar-winning Hollywood movies, featuring live performance of original Old-Time inspired scores to silent films. Kate is currently offering all of her usual menu of possible musical events, plus rehearsing and tour-booking (for shows in Spring 2024 – Spring 2025) as a special duo ‘Night Out’ with stunning Appalachian step-dancer, Sibylle Riesen. Kate has six recoded music projects to her name, three solo albums, and three with Buffalo Gals. To listen to or purchase Kate’s solo or Buffalo Gals music please take a look and click here. If you are interested in Kate Lissauer performing at your venue - as solo, duo or as a band, please view her reel here and get in touch. We’d love to hear what you think would suit your venue and your event.
12 June	Andy Turner & Mat Green (£10 / £11)	Mat and Andy are both founder members of Magpie Lane providing the instrumental drive at the heart of the band's dance music repertoire. Mat was born and bred in Bampton in Oxfordshire, and has been dancing and playing for the morris for over 40 years. He has developed a unique, utterly danceable, quintessentially English fiddle style. As well as playing in Magpie Lane, he was a member of the justly popular ceilidh band, the Woodpecker Band. Andy also has many years' experience playing dance music, with Polkabilly, Geckoes and most recently The Oxford NAGS. He has a punchy, rhythmic concertina style, but is also able to play in a slower, smoother style to accompany his own fine singing. Together, Mat and Andy play mainly traditional English dance tunes. They specialise in little-known tunes from eighteenth and nineteenth century village musicians' tunebooks, but essentially will play any good dance tune from almost anywhere! The tunes are interspersed with songs - again, mainly from English traditional sources.
3^rd July	Paul Hutchinson & Deb Hannis (£10 / £11)	A member of the much-loved duo Belshazzar’s Feast, Paul has 20 years of touring in the UK, appearances on television and radio gained them many plaudits including a nomination for Best Duo at the BBC Folk Awards in 2010. He is regarded as one of the top accordionists in the country because of his unique, refreshing, and at times ‘classical’ approach to playing. Debra is a talented young traditional singer from Gloucestershire and sings with a maturity of style far beyond her years. She has been described as “The west country’s Julie Murphy” Brought up in a musical family, (her grandparents were “collected” source singers) she grew up surrounded by the folk music of her native county. With a repertoire encompassing well known shanties & chorus songs, traditional ballads, songs from Gloucestershire and songs from her own family, she is also a fine flautist specialising in 18th and 19th Century English country dance tunes.
10^th July	Cathy Barclay & Sarah Yarwood (£9 / £10)	Mother & daughter duo Cathy Barclay & Sarah Yarwood weave delicate vocal harmonies into songs of the folk tradition. Cathy sang with a capella bands Beggars Velvet & Bryony. She also plays the dulcimer. Their album 'Our Thyme' was released in April 2023.
17^th July	Sound Tradition (£11 / £12)	Sound Tradition is an a cappella folk foursome (David, Linda, Catherine and Moose) singing in glorious harmony. Their varied repertoire ranges from lively chorus songs to lilting ballads, and from medieval times to the modern day, but always with an ear for the English folk tradition. They have proudly supported such luminaries as Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick, Chris Wood and Roy Bailey but also enjoy the main stage in their own right. Hailing from East Anglia, Sound Tradition can be found at clubs and festivals across the country – come and join in! “Powerful and rousing traditional songs with lovely harmonies. Go and see them!”
All Wednesdays without guests.	Singers Nights. Admission £2 for everyone.	Bring your instruments, poems, stories and particularly your favourite songs and join in - or just listen or sing the choruses.

Contact PAT on 01795 423674 to book seats or for information