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Hoy at Anke's Tunes Session
Monthly Folk Tunes sessions at Anke’s. Free to join in or listen
James Delarre and Saul Rose
Timeless combination of fiddle & box. ‘Masters of their craft. This duo is just brilliant’ (FATEA)
£10 members, £12 non-members
Emily Slade
Emily is an outstanding acoustic guitarist, singer-songwriter from North Hertfordshire.
£7 members, £9 non-members
Granny’s Attic
The return of Hoy favourites Granny’s Attic. Always a fantastic evening.
£14 members, £16 non-members
The Hoy’s 55th Birthday with Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
A very special evening to mark the Hoy’s 55th birthday.
£ Ticket price TBC
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
Hoy at Anke's Tunes Session
Monthly Folk Tunes sessions at Anke’s. Free to join in or listen
Tom McConville
Fiddle player, folk singer and BBC folk musician of the year, Tom McConville from Newcastle upon Tyne.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Winter Wonderband
Winter Wonderband features four of the most talented musicians on the UK folk scene - Saul Rose,Beth Porter, Jennifer Crook, & Maclaine Colston
£10 members, £12 non-members
Belinda Kempster & Fran Foote + The Umbrella Factory
A Special Night Double Bill
£7 members, £9 non-members
Arfur Do and the Toerags
Hoy favourites Arfur Doo and the Toerags.
£7 members, £9 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 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’.
£7 members, £9 non-members
Georgia Shackleton with Aaren Bennett
Georgia works with fiddle, voice, tenor guitar and drones to create crisp arrangements of old songs, and new compositions.
Georgia will be accompanied by Aaren Bennett on guitar
£8 members, £10 non-members
Pete Morton
Pete Morton is a singer and entertainer with a wealth of self penned songs that "express everything from the highly personal to the truly international".
Often referred to as an old time troubadour, he delivers an unruly mix of humanism, politics, love, social commentary and humour all wrapping its way around the folk tradition.
£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
North Sea Gas
“North Sea Gas” is one of Scotland’s most popular folk bands with great vocals and tremendous three part harmonies.
£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.
Note - Extended evening with a later finish.
£12 members, £14 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
Elizabeth & Jameson
Hannah Elizabeth and Griff Jameson have joined forces to create an acoustic folk-roots sound which encompasses both their individual musical backgrounds. Hannah’s influences are firmly planted in traditional folk-roots, whilst in contrast Griff has formed his musical reputation within folk pop/rock genres. Together, Elizabeth & Jameson arguably offer the best of both backgrounds; this is simplistic, classic song writing at its best - a stripped back harmony-driven sound with acoustic guitar, violin and exquisite vocals.
£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
Winter Wilson
When Mike Harding dubbed Winter Wilson as one of the hardest working duos on the circuit, he'd clearly done his homework. UK based, Kip Winter and Dave Wilson have performed in Germany, Australia, Spain, Canada, Belgium and New Zealand.
£7 members, £9 non-members
Culverake
Culverake is a new traditional singing trio promising gusto and harmonies a plenty. The trio is made up of Seb Stone, Matt Quinn and Lizzy Hardingham, and together they breathe new life into timeless melodies.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Hoy at Anke's Tunes Session
Monthly Folk Tunes sessions at Anke’s. Free to join in or listen
Graham O’Callaghan + Any Good Thing
A Special Night Double Bill
£7 members, £9 non-members
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
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.
£7 members, £9 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
Hoy at Anke's Tunes Session
Monthly Folk Tunes sessions at Anke’s. Free to join in or listen
Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer
“With two grand voices – individually and in harmony” (Folker-German Folk Magazine), the Anglo-German duo Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer offer a versatile miscellany of self-penned and imaginatively arranged songs, delivered with guitar, woodwind instrumentation and occasional percussion.
£8 members, £10 non-members
We Mavericks
Masters in the art of connection, this troubadour duo interweave effortless strings, soulful vocals and driving rhythms to form a singular, intense musical voice. The couple have been called contemporary folk, alt-country and acoustic pop, but words don’t capture their unbelievable musical kinship, or the deeply heartfelt way they relate to their audiences.
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!
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
Sandra & Les Potts + The Silver Darlings
A Special Night Double Bill
£7 members, £9 non-members
Hoy at Anke's Tunes Session
Monthly Folk Tunes sessions at Anke’s. Free to join in or listen
Terry Hiscock & Roger Trevitt + One Tree Hillbillies
A Special Night Double Bill
£7 members, £9 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
Dave Ellis & Boo Howard
Dave Ellis & Boo Howard are a long established London based acoustic singer songwriter duo.
With regular appearances at festivals and folk clubs, Dave & Boo are an integral part of the British acoustic folk scene and firm favourites with audiences up and down the land.
Iona Lane
Driven by awe and wonder of the natural world Iona Lane delivers poetic songs, with subtle musical touches and contemplative melodies that link unheard stories with the world we find ourselves in today
£8 members, £10 non-members
Tania Opland & Mike Freeman
Tania Opland and Mike Freeman have been touring the world together for over 25 years with a unique and eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary material from many cultures - songs in several languages, and acoustic music presented with wit and style and played on more instruments than any sane duo would travel with.
£8 members, £10 non-members
Open Night
Unfortunately the evening with Tania Opland & Mike Freeman is unable to go ahead due to unforseen circumstances. Instead the evening will be one of the Hoy’s popular ‘Open Nights’.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
Brian Peters
Brian Peters is one of the English folk scene’s great all-rounders, a compelling singer and an outstanding multi-instrumentalist on squeezeboxes and strings.

