Presenting live acoustic music in Twickenham most Sundays, usually at Patchworks, The Cabbage Patch pub, at 8pm (doors open 7.45pm)
Coming up at TwickFolk:
21 July: Old Time Wasters: Old Time American tunes and songs
Tickets £9 on the door or £7 / £9 + booking fee if booked online
Rip-roaring, foot-stomping, knee-slapping, rib-tickling Old Time music (with an English accent) played on banjo, fiddle, guitar and mandolin.
Comprising Steve Blake, Jo Cooper and Paul Martin, The Old Time Wasters play and sing American traditional old-time music and songs drawn from the dark and dusty corners of the 20s and 30s string band repertoire, with the occasional detour into English music-hall. Their often eccentric and amusing selections are complemented with rock-solid rhythm and infectious three-part harmonies.
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28 July: Singaround: bring a song or two, join in, or just come and listen!
Tickets £3 on the door or £3 (+30p booking fee) if booked online
TwickFolk volunteer Peter O’Dowd
Another of our popular singaround evenings.
Expect anything from sea shanties to psychedelia, with a mix of original songs, traditional songs and covers of well known and less known songs.
Some performers will take requests on the night.
If you fancy a go at singing in public, then this is the place to start.
If you just want to sit back and listen, that’s also fine. In fact listening, and paying attention to the words and music, is what an evening of folk is all about.
We welcome anyone with a song or a tune to play. Or a poem or a story tell. Expect a warm welcome and a supportive ring of singers and audience.
Non-performers are welcome to come and there is no need to pre-book.
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You can now download our Summer 2019 programme. And if you also download this cover page you will then have a complete copy of our current publicity flyer!
TwickFolk is a registered charity, no 1159059, and is affiliated to Folk21, a loose affiliation of folk clubs who are trying new avenues of gaining audiences
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See our YouTube playlist of highlights from previous TwickFolk events