Category: Shirley Folk Club

All about the Shirley Folk Club at the Red Lion

February 20, 2012

Songwriter’s Circle

17th February 2012 – Songwriter’s Circle A warm, relaxed feeling came over us all on Friday night as we enjoyed the songwriter’s circle featuring Simon, Pete and Simeon. Each songwriter introduced a song and talked a bit about the inspiration behind it before performing it. […]

February 4, 2012

Romance lives on!

3rd February – Performer’s night On a cold February night we gathered once again to enjoy a performer’s night and warm ourselves up with a good sing. MC Pete kicked off in his usual fine style and he was followed by Steve making his debut […]

January 26, 2012

Now We Are Two!

Second Birthday Performer’s Night and What’s Up Next? Well, two years on from our humble beginnings we celebrated in fine style with a performer’s night graced by many of our regular performers and a good night was had by one and all. Next up is […]

January 8, 2012

Pilgrim’s Way get the new year off to a fine start

6th January – Pilgrim’s Way A brilliant concert by Pilgrim’s Way got us off to a great start this year. Lucy Wright is a fine singer with power and feeling in her voice. Tom Kitching and Edwin Beasant are both superb musicians playing fiddle, mandolin, […]

December 20, 2011

Pilgrims Way start our new year programme

Next up – 6th January – Pilgrims Way We start the new year with a concert from the excellent three piece band Pilgrims Way. Playing their own particular brand of Folk music, they were brought together by a series of chance meetings at sessions around […]

December 20, 2011

The Big Christmas Sing

16th December – The Big Christmas Sing featuring Thrupp’ny Bits Festive Fayre Our last meeting of the year was just great fun with crackers, jokes, silly hats and great songs. Thrupp’ny Bit gave us a real treat with their Festive Fayre which featured a wonderful […]