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Hoy at Anke's Tunes Session
Monthly Folk Tunes sessions at Anke’s. Free to join in or listen
The Hoy at Anchor's Annual General Meeting
The Hoy is run by, and for, it’s members. The AGM is a chance for members to participate and elect the committee for the following year.
Phil Beer
Phil is one of the most popular ambassadors for acoustic roots music. A dazzling multi-instrumentalist.
£10 non-members. Free to members (i.e those who were existing or new members at last Tuesday’s meeting)
No new memberships or renewals on the night.
Toby Shaer, Archie Moss and Jack Warnock
A brand-new trio formed by three seasoned session musicians, this collaboration between Toby Shaer, Archie Moss and Jack Warnock was born out of a shared love for traditional music from the UK, Ireland, and mainland Europe. Since meeting in 2019, the trio have established themselves not only as dynamic performers but also as sensitive re-interpreters of the tradition.
£12 members, £14 non-members
John Ward Trio
John performs in folk clubs, festivals and theatres across the UK and beyond, mainly with wife, Lynne, and band mate, Les Woodley, as the imaginatively titled John Ward Trio! This line-up delivers powerful 3-part harmonies, with acoustic guitar, bodhran, harmonica, double bass, mandolin, accordion and recorder to bring a fuller sound to John's excellent songs. The Trio also draws on its wider repertoire of traditional and contemporary folk tunes and songs, many of them suited to communal singing. The Trio’s performances are authentic and heartfelt, engaging audiences with their choice of material, thoughtful arrangements, versatility and humour, not to mention John’s blistering bodhran solos, which all blend to delight and entertain folk audiences in intimate venues and bigger stages alike. £8 members, £10 members
£8 members, £10 non-members
Chris Wood
Folk troubadour Chris Wood has been described as “the Ken Loach of songwriting” (fROOTS Magazine), a testament to his powerful narrative flair.
With his anecdotal and impassioned storytelling, the self-taught musician has forged his own distinct path within folk heritage.
£12 members, £14 non-members
Hoy at Anke's Tunes Session
Monthly Folk Tunes sessions at Anke’s. Free to join in or listen
Special Night - The Silver Darlings + The Empty Bears
A Special Night Double Bill
£8 members, £10 non-members
Open Night
Like an ‘Open Mic’ without the ‘Mic’ - a full evening of floor spots and a chance to showcase local folk talent.
Always a great, fun evening full of variety.
£2 Members, £4 non-members. Free for performers
Special Night - Belinda & Fran + The Hoy Shanty Crew
A Special Night Double Bill
£8 members, £10 non-members
Arfur Do and the Toerags
Hoy favourites Arfur Doo and the Toerags.
£8 members, £10 non-members
The Medlars
Originally formed in 2009 The Medlars are folk trio from Essex, performing songs and tunes originated and rooted in the folk tradition, revisiting and creating new arrangements of classic English folk songs with a contemporary feel. Its current line up formed from a chance encounter at Folk East 2017, The Medlars are now Alie Barnes - vocals, Emma Hardy - fiddle/vocals, Tom Hardy guitar/vocals.
Open Night
Like an ‘Open Mic’ without the ‘Mic’ - a full evening of floor spots and a chance to showcase local folk talent.
Always a great, fun evening full of variety.
£2 Members, £4 non-members. Free for performers
Broomdasher
London-based acapella group who first came together in 2016 having spent many years performing both solo and in other groups.
They share a love of traditional songs from across the British Isles entertaining with their arrangements of both the much-loved and less well known songs and encouraging audiences to join in.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Counters Creek
Counter's Creek is an acoustic folk band based in London who make original music inspired by the folk music of the British Isles and beyond.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Kathleen O’Sullivan, Carlene Anglim & Andrew Warminger
Traditional singer Kathleen learned to sing from her mother, and all her family sang and played traditional Irish music. She toured with the London Lasses for many years before returning to her unaccompanied singing roots.
£10 members, £12 non-members
Open Night
Like an ‘Open Mic’ without the ‘Mic’ - a full evening of floor spots and a chance to showcase local folk talent.
Always a great, fun evening full of variety.
£2 Members, £4 non-members. Free for performers
Bird in the Belly
A return to the Hoy for Bird in the Belly, a Brighton-based Folk group. They collect little known and forgotten lyrics, poems and stories from around the UK, and set them to their own “hypnotically original compositions” (fRoots)..
£8 members, £10 non-members
The Famous Potatoes
An earthy mix made up of folk, celtic, cajun, hillbilly, bluegrass, country, rockabilly, skiffle… and anything that brings that ‘old time, good time’.
£8 members, £10 non-members
True Foxes
Travelling in their little white van, the duo has taken their music from the South West to major cities across England, Scotland, and Wales. They have graced the main stages at major UK festivals, sold out shows, completed multiple debut headline tours, and shared the stage with renowned folk bands and acts such as Sound of the Sirens, Steve Knightley, Flats and Sharps, Daisy Chute, Willie and the Bandits, The Magpies, Alex Hart, Mark Radcliffe, David Boardman and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Open Night
Like an ‘Open Mic’ without the ‘Mic’ - a full evening of floor spots and a chance to showcase local folk talent.
Always a great, fun evening full of variety.
£2 Members, £4 non-members. Free for performers
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
Described in The Living Tradition as ‘captivating, bold and striking’, Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne is at the forefront of his generation of English folk musicians as both a powerful and commanding singer and a masterful player of the Anglo concertina and melodeon.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Special Night - Linda Moyan Trio + The Umbrella Factory
A Special Night Double Bill
£8 members, £10 non-members
Churchfitters
The Churchfitters is a folk band like no other. The three virtuoso musicians from England and France strut their stuff on a stage that bristles with instruments.
£12 members, £14 non-members
Tom McConville
Fiddle player, folk singer and BBC folk musician of the year, Tom McConville from Newcastle upon Tyne.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Open Night
Like an ‘Open Mic’ without the ‘Mic’ - a full evening of floor spots and a chance to showcase local folk talent.
Always a great, fun evening full of variety.
£2 Members, £4 non-members. Free for performers
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
Vicki Swan & Jonny effortlessly blend traditional material with contemporary sounds. Their performances showcase new interpretations of old songs alongside original self penned tunes and new contemporary songs that are entirely at home in the tradition.
Be entranced by the haunting nyckelharpa, amazed at the cow horn (one of the worlds earliest communication devices) and meet some of the bagpipes that didn’t come from Scotland.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Jack Forbes Tribute
Dan Forbes presents a tribute to his late father, Jack Forbes. There will be performances from many of his friends and former bandmates to remember a local and national folk legend.
£7 Members, £9 non-members.
Tom Lewis
Tom's repertoire—from traditional shanties to songs fashioned out of his own seafaring background—recruits his audience for a voyage by turns reflective, dramatic and humorous. Born in Northern Ireland, Tom's Celtic heritage is obvious in his clear, strong voice, evoking quiet sorrow for a fisherman lost to the sea just as honestly as it powers out a shanty "to be heard above the gales."
£8 members, £10 non-members
Granny’s Attic
The return of Hoy favourites Granny’s Attic. Always a fantastic evening.
£14 members, £16 non-members
Open Night
Like an ‘Open Mic’ without the ‘Mic’ - a full evening of floor spots and a chance to showcase local folk talent.
Always a great, fun evening full of variety.
£2 Members, £4 non-members. Free for performers
The Music of Nic Jones with Darren Jones & John Corden
CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
An evening of great music from local favourites Darren & John.
Jez Lowe
The return of Hoy favourite Jez Lowe
Over the past four decades, Jez Lowe has been one of the UK’s busiest singer-songwriters, playing for audiences the world over, either solo, or with his long-time band The Bad Pennies.
Along the way he has gathered a long list of awards and nominations, including from the BBC Folk Awards and the Sony Radio Awards. His pace and enthusiasm for writing, performing and touring shows no sign of waning.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Open Night
Like an ‘Open Mic’ without the ‘Mic’ - a full evening of floor spots and a chance to showcase local folk talent.
Always a great, fun evening full of variety.
£2 Members, £4 non-members. Free for performers
Aaron Catlow & Brooks Williams
Brooks Williams & Aaron Catlow create joyous and virtuosic music that not only tugs at the heart-strings but also gets you up on your feet.
£10 members, £12 non-members
George Sansome and Matt Quinn
In an exciting collaboration between two leading lights of their generation of traditional singers, George Sansome (Granny’s Attic) and Matt Quinn (Dovetail Trio) sing traditional folk songs from the British Isles, both unaccompanied, and accompanied by mandolin and guitar.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Hoy at Anke's Tunes Session
Monthly Folk Tunes sessions at Anke’s. Free to join in or listen
Mossy Christian and Meghan Wisdom
Hailing from Lincolnshire and East Anglia respectively, Mossy Christian and Megan Wisdom perform traditional English folk songs, unaccompanied or supported by a variety of instruments. With songs from traditional singers such as Cyril Poacher, Sam Larner, and Oscar Woods, influenced by revival era performers such as Peter Bellamy, Anne Briggs and Nic Jones.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Max De Bernardi & Veronica Sbergia
"Good time blues is alive and well and residing in... Milan, Italy. A band with a mission" - Folk & Roots Magazine
Veronica Sbergia & Max De Bernardi passionately play country blues and ragtime, hokum, jug band and rural music from the 20's and 30's.
Expect an evening of joyous music and dazzling musicanship!
Damien Barber
Unfortunately Tony Hall is unable to perform, so in a change to the programme, Damien Barber will be appearing solo.
Raised in Norfolk and heavily influenced by such earlier Norfolk singers as Walter Pardon and Peter Bellamy, Damien is a stylish and distinctive singer, either a Capella or accompanied on guitar or English concertina. Though he has lived in West Yorkshire for over 20 years he retains a strong East Anglian identity.
Open Night
Like an ‘Open Mic’ without the ‘Mic’ - a full evening of floor spots and a chance to showcase local folk talent.
Always a great, fun evening full of variety.
£2 Members, £4 non-members. Free for performers
Hoy at Anke's Tunes Session
Monthly Folk Tunes sessions at Anke’s. Free to join in or listen
Richard Grainger & Chris Parkinson
Richard Grainger & Chris Parkinson have been performing together as a duo for a few years now.
These Northern folk legends are a force to be reckoned with and, since their reunion, have been delighting audiences at Folk Clubs and Festivals around the UK, Europe and New Zealand.
£10 members, £12 non-members
Open Night
Like an ‘Open Mic’ without the ‘Mic’ - a full evening of floor spots and a chance to showcase local folk talent.
Always a great, fun evening full of variety.
£2 Members, £4 non-members. Free for performers
Special Night - Goodnight Crow + Matt Boulter
A Special Night Double Bill
£8 members, £10 non-members
Special Night - Greg Brice + The Owl Service
A Special Night Double Bill
£8 members, £10 non-members
Hoy at Anke's Tunes Session
Monthly Folk Tunes sessions at Anke’s. Free to join in or listen
Jim Causley
Jim Causley is a folk-singer, award winning songwriter, musician, proud Devonian and all-round entertainer.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Open Night
Like an ‘Open Mic’ without the ‘Mic’ - a full evening of floor spots and a chance to showcase local folk talent.
Always a great, fun evening full of variety.
£2 Members, £4 non-members. Free for performers
Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner
Individually, and in combination with a variety of well-known singers and bands, Lynne Heraud and Pat Turner have both served long apprenticeships on the shop-floor of folk music.
Their style is a unique blend of stunning song and harmony, and a humour which takes their audience on a roller-coaster ride - "everything from high tragedy to ingenious smut in glorious vocal harmony!"
£7 members, £9 non-members
Patakas
Exceptionally talented brothers Joe and Will Sartin launched their first recording ‘When You’re Ready’ with festival performances in summer 2023. Bringing driving rhythms and innovative harmony to their fresh interpretations of traditional music and their own original tunes and songs, the brothers beautifully and skilfully express the music-making and folk tradition that runs through the very core of their family.
£10 members, £12 non-members
Hoy at Anke's Tunes Session
Monthly Folk Tunes sessions at Anke’s. Free to join in or listen
Steve Tilston
Steve Tilston is one of our most celebrated song smiths, widely recognised within the world of folk and contemporary music; the words, arrangements and subtle, quite superb guitar playing could be no one else.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Open Night
Like an ‘Open Mic’ without the ‘Mic’ - a full evening of floor spots and a chance to showcase local folk talent.
Always a great, fun evening full of variety.
£2 Members, £4 non-members. Free for performers
Louise & Chris Rogan
Louise and Chris Rogan are an award winning daughter and father Folk Duo.
£8 members, £10 non-members
John Kirkpatrick
John Kirkpatrick has been dancing, singing, and playing his way around the English folk scene since he joined Hammersmith Morris Men in 1959 at the age of twelve. – including spells in Steeleye Span, The Albion Band, Trans Europe Diatonique, in a long term duo with Roy Bailey, Band of Hope, lengthy stints with Richard Thompson’s Band, The Sultans of Squeeze, and Brass Monkey.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Hoy at Anke's Tunes Session
Monthly Folk Tunes sessions at Anke’s. Free to join in or listen