The book, 50 Years of Marymass Festival, is now available to PRE-ORDER. It is being printed in limited quantities – our own ‘First Edition’. Please place you orders over the next couple of weeks and then the book will be sent off for printing. It is a large book – about 1 inch thick in old money – with lots of photographs and plenty to read and dip in and out of over time. The club needs pre-payment to be able to pay for the printing, so please order online of you can, or contact Joyce to make other arrangements. Here is the link to order: BOOK 50 Years of Marymass Folk Festival
Author: Pete Heywood
50 Years of Marymass Folk Festival – A few clips and a preview of the book
On what would have been the weekend of Marymass Folk Festival, were it not for the Covid interruption, here are a few ‘historic’ audio and video clips for you to enjoy – featuring Iain Mackintosh, Adam McNaughtan, The Sands Family, Eric Bogle, Bill Barclay and the 4 A’s. Plus a chance to see some of the content for the book ’50 Years of Marymass Folk Festival, which is now almost ready to go to press. You will be able to order it over the next couple of weeks to get your very own ‘First Edition’. It is a large book, over 350 pages, lots of photographs, many memories and a few things you may be surprised to find out. An absolute bargain at only £20. Order via the Irvine Folk Club website.
THIS VIDEO WILL BE PASSWORD PROTECTED UNTIL 7.30 PM THIS MARYMASS SATURDAY. So look out a bottle, perhaps get some stories on the go, and sit back and enjoy. USE THIS LINK TO SEE THE VIDEO. It lasts around 30 minutes. vimeo.com/449733144
Virtual Marymass Folk Festival, 2020
Marymass TV, with the assistance of what would have been our guests for Marymass Folk Festival, 2020, has put together a video for you to enjoy – a mini ‘virtual Marymass Folk Festival, 2020’. Look out a drink of your choice, and perhaps get the stories ready. Here is a link. It is live now:
Video Interview with Mary Stewart
Mary has lived in France for many years and came over for the 50th MFF. She lived in Irvine and sang at the club and festival – a wee while ago. This video hasn’t been edited but I hope you find it interesting.
This is a video interview I did with Blair some time ago.
This is a video interview I did with Blair some time ago. It hasn’t been edited but I’m sure Blair won’t mind you seeing this. You might be surprised how far back he goes with folk music. Something to enjoy during lock down.
An Irish folk group – Cua – at Harbour Arts Centre this Sunday
Members might be interested in this group on at Harbour Arts Centre this Sunday. They come highly recommended by Fiona Forbes who had them at Sangsters’ club last week.
The 51st Marymass Folk Festival – Thursday 23rd – Sunday 26th August, 2018
It’s time to start planning for the Marymass Folk Festival, telling your friends, and even booking your tickets. Artists booked so far: Celtic Quines, Siobhan Miller Band, Tom McConville & Andy Watt, Sheena Wellington, Fiona Forbes, Fiona Hunter, Barbara Dymock, Pernille and Stephen Quigg, The Wendy Weatherby Band, John Graham & Jim Jack – plus storytelling sessions for all ages. Festival MCs: Willie Sinclair & Dominic Boyce. Tickets are available from the club, from Joyce Hodge or ONLINE: www.irvinefolkclub.org.uk/tickets
MARYMASS FOLK FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
EVENING CONCERTS
THURSDAY 23 August: Celtic Quines in concert with Festival Residents
Vineburgh Community Centre – 8pm to 11pm – Tickets £15
FRIDAY 24 August: Siobhan Miller Band in concert with Festival Residents
Vineburgh Community Centre – 8pm to 11pm – Tickets £15
SATURDAY 25 August: STRONG WOMEN: Sheena Wellington, Fiona Forbes, Fiona Hunter, Barbara Dymock in concert with Festival Residents
Volunteer Rooms, High Street, KA12 0AB – 7.30pm to 12midnight – Tickets £15
DAYTIME EVENTS
Friday Lunchtime Session: The Ship Inn, 12.30 – 2pm
Friday Folk Concert for Senior Citizens: Volunteer Rooms, 2 – 4pm
Friday The Danny Kyle Tea-Time Session: The Ship Inn, 4.30 – 6pm
Saturday The Marymass Saturday Bash: Woodlands Centre, 11.30 – 3pm
Saturday A Session at The Ship: The Ship Inn, 2 – 5pm
Sunday The Marymass Sunday Singaround + World Whammy Diddling and Chuckie-Chucking Championships: Vineburgh Community Centre, 2 – 5pm
Sunday The Big MFF High Tea: Vineburgh Community Centre, 4pm (£5 must be pre-booked 01294 551047 by Friday)
Sunday The Survivors’ Session: The Ship Inn, 7pm onwards
The Johnny Silvo Story – The Townhouse, Irvine. Friday 27th October, 7.30pm
We have previously announced two possible dates for the first of our special Marymass 50 concerts. Apologies for the confusion – but the final, final date is the FRIDAY evening. Friday 27th October, 7.30pm in the upstairs hall in The Townhouse / The Portal, Irvine. This is the fabulous room where we held the Marymass Exhibition launch.
Marymass 50 Concert: The Johnny Silvo Story – The Townhouse, Irvine. Friday 27th October, 7.30pm
The confirmed date for the first of our special Marymass50 Concerts in the Townhouse is FRIDAY 27th October, at 7.30pm. Tickets are £8, available from Joyce at the Folk Club, or on-line. We can now announce that the main ‘storyteller’ for this evening will be Alastair McDonald. Please tell your friends about this concert. It will be a wonderful evening.
Marymass 50 Concert: The Johnny Silvo Story – The Townhouse, Irvine. Friday 27th October, 7.30pm
Tickets are now available online for the first of our special Marymass 50 Concerts to be held in the upstairs hall in The Townhouse, The Portal, Irvine. Friday 27th October, 7.30pm. This first concert is The Johnny Silvo Story
Johnny Silvo was a regular performer at Marymass Folk Festival over most of its 50 year history, and he was one who connected more than most with Irvine audiences. Johnny Silvo sadly passed away in 2011, just a few weeks after he had headlined the Marymass Saturday Evening Concert. Thankfully we have some wonderful live recordings of Johnny at Marymass and his musical legacy lives on in his songs and our memories. Johnny’s life story is a fascinating one and The Johnny Silvo Story will give you insight into the life of a travelling musician who was at the heart of the post war revival of music making which swept the country from the 50s and 60s setting the scene for so much of the music which thrives to the present day. Through the wonders of technology, The Johnny Silvo Story will be another chance to experience the music of Johnny Silvo, to sing along with him, and to see images from the recent and not so recent past. With Special Guests.
Tickets are £8 and are available online from this website www.irvinefolkclub.org.uk/tickets/ or will be on sale at Irvine Folk Club. The hall upstairs in the Townhouse is a lovely venue (it was where we held the Marymass Exhibition launch). We are limited to a capacity of 80 people, for what promises to be a very special evening. Please book your tickets early.