George Murphy and Frank Cassidy will be the guests at Irvine Folk Club next Wednesday.
We look forward to a good night of Irish music.
George sings, plays guitar, harmonica, tin whistle and bodhran and Frank sings and plays the bouzouki. Looking forward to a good night.
Bob Wood – 9th August
22nd September Hicks and Goulbourn
Fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Steve Hicks and singer songwriter Lynn Goulbourn met at a gig in 2007. With a mutual love of folk, jazz, roots and acoustic genres, their musical partnership has flourished and taken them to all corners of the UK, to Germany, France, The Netherlands and the USA.
They thrive on the creative process of stretching established boundaries and perform mesmeric arrangements of traditional, contemporary and self-penned songs and music.
Expect the unexpected……….
Re-opening at long last!!!
Irvine Folk Club will restart on Wednesday 8th September at 8pm in The Vineburgh Community Centre. Admission is £8 for non members £6 for members. Please try to bring the correct entrance fee to reduce the handling of cash. Its BYOB and although we supply glasses it might be better to bring your own till this pandemic is over. There is a cafe serving teas, coffees and soft drinks. Masks must be worn and windows will be opened (slightly) to ensure good ventilation so bring a scarf or wear a ‘hoodie’
Sounds like a lot of rules but we just want everyone to feel safe and avoid any further lockdowns. HAGGERDASH are very popular in Irvine and we look forward to hearing them again.
Good News
The Club will restart on September 8th. Its been a long wait but at last we can meet again as a Club. Lots of you have kept in touch over the past eighteen months and like me just cant wait to get back to ‘normal’
The programme is
September 8th Haggerdash
September 22nd Hicks and Goulbourn
October 6th George Murphy and Frank Cassidy
October 20th Fil Campbell and Tom McFarland
November 3rd Mile Roses
November 17th The Lauren Collier Band
December 1st Tim Edey
December 15th Stephen and Pernille Quigg
Looking forward to seeing everyone again.
Christmas Video
Hi there
To remind us all of happy nights at Irvine Folk Club Stephen and Pernille have put together a wee Christmas Folk Night for us. It went live a day of so ago – but is still available on YouTube to listen to at your convenience.
The link is:
https://youtu.be/5MZWylNFZEo
The book is proving very popular.
Sorry no mince pies!
Have a lovely Christmas.
Joyce
NOTE: This is a repost of an earlier news item where the link was faulty.
50 Years of Marymass Folk Festival
The book 50 Years of Marymass Folk Festival will be ready 7th December. If you haven’t yet ordered your copy please text me and I’ll keep one for you.
Pete has made an excellent job of it. Lets hope we can get back to some kind of normal next year. We’re all missing the club. Stay safe and well.
BOOK 50 Years of Marymass Festival
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
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:
Tom will be cremated at a private service in Glasgow. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.