Author: Pete McKenna

November 18, 2018

7th December 60’s & 70’s Night

Yes, the 60’s and 70’s are back! Did they ever go away I hear you ask! So dig out your flares, tye die shirts, your hot pants and your platform shoes for another fun packed evening of music and song from that era. No feature […]

November 4, 2018

16th November Feature Guests ‘The Lost Notes’.

Our Feature Guests, The Lost Notes are a 5-piece band based in Moseley, Birmingham, they write songs about things that matter. Like the perils of one night stands and plastic surgery, the plight of bankers, greaseballs, snakes, Greco-Roman health and safety failings, mules, mermaids and […]

October 20, 2018

Simeon Packard Feature Guest 2nd November

Club regular, Simeon Packard first performed in a folk club  at the tender age of 17 in a pub just across the road from the Red Lion in Shirley. As prelude to the 60’s and 70’s theme night coming up on the 7th of December […]

October 10, 2018

Paper Circus Featured Guests 19th October

Our next Featured Guests at the Shirley Folk Club at the Red Lion (B90 3AX) on the 19th October are the wonderful trio, Paper Circus. They have dropped in a few times over the last few months and each time left us wanting more. So […]

September 24, 2018

Amit Dattani Featured Guest 5th October

Our next Feature Guest at the Shirley Folk Club at the Red Lion will be no other than Amit Dattani. A singer songwriter known for his unique brand of roots-driven guitar and striking lyrical originality. With his raconteur spirit lies superb musicianship, nimble finger-picking and […]

September 13, 2018

Dave Sutherland Featured Guest 21st September

Our next Featured Guests at the Shirley Folk Club at the Red Lion (B90 3AX) is no other than singer songwriter Dave Sutherland. Dave, known to play anything he lays his hands on and when he is not backing some of the West Midlands best […]