Author: Joyce Hodge

Fraser Bruce and Gavin Paterson are the guests at Irvine Folk Club on Wednesday 5th October.
After the concert at the Gaiety we look forward to hearing them again. Fraser’s book The Folk River will
be on sale priced £25. It’s a good read and certainly brings back memories for those of us at a certain age.
Because of Covid we were unable to launch the book 50 Years of Marymass Folk Festival. I have 9 copies left if
anyone wants to purchase at the very reasonable cost of £20.

Tonight the guest at Irvine Folk Club will be Steve Turner. Steve has been at Irvine many times before. Check out his web page
steve-turner.co.uk

10th August sees the welcome return of Celine and Neil to Irvine. Favourites at Irvine this is a night not to be missed. It is also the last club night before the Festival. Tickets will be on sale priced £20 Saturday night, £10 Sunday night.
A friend of mine is selling a Fender Acoustic Guitar FA235E. He has to sell due to health problems and the guitar is in new condition. Complete with amp connection, instruction books and accessories. £150.00. If you are interested let me know.

This Wednesday sees the first visit to Irvine Folk Club by The John Ward Trio. Check their website www.johnward.org.uk
The Festival will soon be here and we have added a Survivors Concert on the Sunday Night (21st August) with Rallion, Stephen and Pernille, Haggerdash and guests.
The concert at the Gaiety was a great success and raised £5330.35 for Ukraine.

29th June sees the first visit to Irvine by duo Milton Hide. Milton Hide are couple Jim and Josie Tipler – check their website miltonhide.com
On Wednesday 13th July there will be no club night at Vineburgh. Instead we will all travel by bus (at no cost to members) to a concert in Ayr Gaiety by Ayrshire Folk for Ukraine. This concert will be headed by Alastair McDonald, Fraser and Ian Bruce with Gavin Paterson supported by Dalrymple Ladies Ukes Orchestra.
There will also be a guest appearance by Ukrainian musician Vlada Kupriyanova. Looking forward to a good night.

Paul Walker and Karen Pfeiffer will be the guests at Irvine Folk Club on Wednesday 18th May.
This will be Paul and Karen’s first visit to Irvine and we look forward to hearing them. Check their webpage paulwalkermusic.co.uk
On Thursday 19th May there will be a repeat of the Folk Club/Festival’s appearance on Eggheads (20th July 2017) at 13.45pm on BBC2. Our team of Stewart Durham, Rab Noakes, Fraser Bruce, Kris Koren and John Weatherby with Pete Heywood as reserve didn’t manage to beat the Eggheads but they did well and we were very proud of them.
What we’ll do to get a plug for the Festival!

We look forward to welcoming Eilidh and Mark to Irvine Folk Club on Wednesday 20th April. This is a change from the flyer as Judy Cook had to cancel her UK tour due to Covid. Eilidh and Mark had been booked twice and postponed due to lockdown so delighted that at last we’re able to have them in Irvine.
Check their website www.eilidhandmark.com

Our long awaited return visit of Tommy Sands has had to be postponed due to Tommy testing positive for Covid.
Tommy is very disappointed and this gig will now take place on Wednesday 23rd March 2023. Chloe Matharu will now be the guest that night. Another change to the flyer: Judy Cook has cancelled her UK tour because of Covid and the guest on that date (April 20th) will be Eilidh Steel and Mark Neal. Strange times.