.PAST EVENTS
January 2024
3 New Year Session. Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! £1 contribution. There will be a draw for a prize.
10 Jez Lowe and Andy May. Jez is a well known and respected singer songwriter with songs widely sung by other performers. Known through his bands The Bad Pennies, the Pitmen Poets and other collaborations. https://www.jezlowe.com/ Club Performer Robin McLean Entry £8 (£6 for members)
17 Pure Malt Long established local band, Gordon and Stuart perform Scottish folk songs and popular classic hits. www.facebook.com/p/Pure-Malt-100063562093043/ Club Performer Alex Black Entry £8 (£6 for members)
24 Euan Johnston Euan is a weel-kent singer at the club on a welcome return visit. www.facebook.com/johnstonandgordon Club Performer Colin Frame. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
31 Session with a celebration of Robert Burns. Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
February 2024
7 Andy Chung . Kirkcaldy-born, now Edinburgh-based, Andy is a singer-songwriter performing songs original and traditional. www.andychung.co.uk/ Club Performers Robert Sim. Entry £8 (£6 for members
14 Alastair McDonald Alastair McDonald is a Scottish banjo-playing folk and jazz musician. projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmusicawards/mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2022-alastair-mcdonald/ Club Performer Deirdre Watson Entry £8 (£6 for members)
21 At Fire Station Creative - click and scroll down for map and other details
The Quiggs Stephen and Pernille Quigg "A concert with The Quiggs is a chance to hear folksong in its original form - simple, yet highly expressive, beautiful harmonies and songs that seek the audience's participation." www.thequiggs.com/ Club Performer Glen Tavern Four Entry £8 (£6 for members)
28 Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
March 2024
6 Plaidsong Nicky Small and Syd House are both from Perth, Scotland and have collaborated musically for several years. They combine historical research interests with traditional, original singing/songwriting. Nicky and Syd draw on an age-old tradition of finding and learning songs from the many cultural sources of Scotland, adapting and reworking old tunes and new words. https://www.plaidsong.co.uk/ Club Performer Colin Frame Entry £8 (£6 for members)
13 Iona Lane Folk singer, song writer and story teller. Club Performer Susan Kirkwood Entry £8 (£6 for members)
20 Sir-Reel Clarks a Scottish Family Folk Group with a twist of genres. Champion melodeon player Aaron Clark and guitarist Andy Clark provide music and song. https://www.facebook.com/SirReelClarksFamilyBand/about Club Performer Michael Back. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
27 Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
April 24
3 Tanninzie One of Ayrshire's prominent folk bands - an acoustic trio of Fiona Golder, Ken Lorimer and Mik Shaw. Club Performer Robin McLean Entry £8 (£6 for members)
10 SESSION Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club. Finding Kemback ** POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS** (Based in Glenrothes, this couple have been playing together for 7 years. They love spreading folk music and try to do as many community-based events as theycan. https://www.facebook.com/FindingKemback Club Performer Alec Robertson Entry £8 (£6 for members))
17 Kenny Speirs has been a well-known figure on the national and international folk circuit for over twenty five years and is also one of the leading figures of the Borders folk scene www.kennyspeirs.com Club Performer Margaret Gillan Entry £8 (£6 for members)
24 Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
May 24
1 Steven Clark songwriter and singer from Glasgow, Scotland. His songs range across politics, pies, people and places, drawing on local and global events and concerns in an eclectic mix of styles and moods. https://stevenclarksongs.wordpress.com/ Club Performer Michael Back Entry £8 (£6 for members)
8 Jack Badcock Singer and guitarist now based in Glasgow he delivers a solo show of original songs, interpretations of traditional songs, and poetry set to his own music www.jackbadcock.com Club Performer Glen Tavern Two (or more) Entry £8 (£6 for members)
15 Simpkins & McLagan Ian Simpkins is a singer and guitarist living in Perthshire and delivers his own take on Americana, traditional and contemporary folk songs as well as his own material. Dave McLagan, a native of Almondbank in Perthshire, plays melodeon and bass guitar. He has eclectic musical tastes from the traditional to hard rock! https://www.youtube.com/@iansimpkins/videos Club Performer Alec Robertson. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
22 Tich Frier. Well known on the folk scene, performing at folk clubs and festivals from Shetland to Jersey. Club Performer Ena Robertson. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
29 AGM 7pm for 7:30 followed by a Session at 8pm Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
June 24
5 Pauline Valance Pauline is a singer/songwriter and clarsach player from Ayrshire. In usual circumstances, she likes to play in as many varied settings as possible, from Stirling Castle to Tannahill's Cottage, from an extinct volcano to a riverboat in Australia. Club Performer Colin Frame. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
12 Jim King is an acclaimed singer and songwriter who has been performing for more than 50 years. His songs tell stories of beauty, prejudice, and the kindness of people. jimking.me.uk/Club Performer Songbirds Entry £8 (£6 for members)
19 Forgaitherin A Fife-based folk group, Forgaitherin have a reputation for their wide range of songs, four-part harmonies and sympathetic instrumentation with guitar, accordion, keyboard and whistle. They are: Hamish Grant, Hugh and Lesley Toner and John Reid. see them on facebook. Club Performer Alex Black. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
26 Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
July 24
3 Dave Spittal Singer-songwriter “The music that I love to play and sing, just me and my Rainsong guitar and a whole heap of enthusiasm.” : Club Performers: Michael Back and friends. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
10 John Ward Duo Based in East Anglia, John Ward, is a renowned songwriter on the folk, roots and acoustic music scene and has 9 critically-acclaimed CDs and 2 published books to his name. John tours extensively across the UK and beyond, mostly with his Trio, and sometimes as a duo with wife, Lynne. He is a fine musician, specialising in acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica and bodhran and is also an experienced 6-string guitar, bass and bodhran teacher. Club Performer Deirdre Watson. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
17 Steven & Sam Kritzer American Steve Kritzer is an internationally recognized singer-songwriter, as comfortable with Celtic and Bluegrass music as he is with traditional Folk, Country, Rock, contemporary inspirational, traditional hymns, and Big Band Swing . https://stevekritzermusic.com/ Club Performer Isobel Watson. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
24 NO CLUB - Glen Tavern closed for holiday.
31 Elsa Jean McTaggart with Gary Lister. This is a welcome return visit to the club for these favourite guests. https://music-info.elsa-jean-mctaggart.com/Home/ Club Performer Robin McLean Entry £8 (£6 for members)
August 24
7 Adam Holmes Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter who “crafts lyrics that resonate like old folk songs, set to melodies rooted in the haunting slow airs and church hymns that echoed throughout his childhood” Club Performer Laura Hardie & Brian O'Donnell Entry £8 (£6 for members)
14 Club Evening - performances by club members. There will be a prize draw.
21 Shared Grazin Shared Grazin are a Dunfermline based musical project with inspirations ranging from Tony Rice, Norman Blake and Neil Young to the Corries, Tom Paxton, the Country Gentlemen and Tom Waits. Featuring a diverse selection of material from these great artists alongside their original songs, they have been developing their unique sound and bringing it to local audiences across the East Coast of Scotland. Shared Grazin are James Reekie: Rhythm Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica; Kyle Brown: Lead Guitar; Shane Franks: Banjo,Guitar,Vocals. Club Performer Colin Frame Entry £8 (£6 for members)
28 Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
September 24
4 John Graham & Jim Jack John and Jim have played on the Folk scene for 50 years and present an eclectic mix of songs and music on a range of instruments. https://www.facebook.com/folkandfiddle Club Performer Robert Sim Entry £8 (£6 for members)
11 Wildwood Jack are husband and wife Adam Piggott and Jayne Freeman, brought together by a love of music when they first met in 1991 at Hull University and they’ve been travelling on musical journeys ever since. their adventures and journeys are richly woven into their song writing, songs that sparkle with originality and the craft of storytelling. Contemporary folk played with outstanding acoustic guitar and ukulele. www.wildwoodjack.com/ Club Performer Joss Ayub. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
18 Dave Gibb . Club Performer Jim Wardle.
25 Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
October 24
2 Bonus Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club.
9 Will Finn and Rosie Calvert. Will and Rosie play and sing traditional and contemporary folk music "with variety and flair - intricate vocal harmonies, rousing instrumentation (piano, ukulele and steel pan), married with joyful and confident stage presence". https://www.patreon.com/willfinnandrosiecalvert Club Performer Robin McLean Entry Entry £8 (£6 for members)
16 North Sea Gas Dave Gilfillan, Grant Simpson and Ronnie MacDonald make up this popular folk bands "with great vocals and tremendous three part harmonies. Guitars, Mandolin, Fiddle, Bouzouki, Harmonica, Whistles, Bodhrans, Banjo and good humour are all part of the entertainment." https://www.northseagas.co.uk/ Club Performer Michael Back Entry £8 (£6 for members)
23 Anthony John Clarke Originally from Belfast, he is a singer songwriter "perhaps the funniest at serious songs and the most serious about funny songs" https://anthonyjohnclarke.com/ Club Performers Songbirds Entry £8 (£6 for members)
30 Almost-Halloween Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
November 24
6 Graham Carter Graham's shows consist of the folk songs of the UK and Ireland with the odd blues/American or self-penned song. reverbnation.com/grahamcarter Club Performer Colin Frame. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
13 Johnny Campbell is passionate about the songs and stories of northern England. Taking inspiration from traditional material, as well as penning new songs of his own, he explores what it means to be human today, as well as looking back at our history. www.johnnycampbell.co.uk Club Performer Joss Ayub Entry £8 (£6 for members)
20 Bruce Davies Musician and entertainer on a welcome return to the club https://www.brucedavies.com/ Club Performers Laura Hardie & Brian O'Donnell. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
27 St Andrew's Eve-ish Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
December 24
4 Andrew Gordon has a passion for Scottish songs plays a wide range of traditional, as well as some slightly more modern folk music, accompanied by guitar and bodhran. https://www.andrewgordon.co.uk/ Club Performer Robin McLean. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
January 2024
3 New Year Session. Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! £1 contribution. There will be a draw for a prize.
10 Jez Lowe and Andy May. Jez is a well known and respected singer songwriter with songs widely sung by other performers. Known through his bands The Bad Pennies, the Pitmen Poets and other collaborations. https://www.jezlowe.com/ Club Performer Robin McLean Entry £8 (£6 for members)
17 Pure Malt Long established local band, Gordon and Stuart perform Scottish folk songs and popular classic hits. www.facebook.com/p/Pure-Malt-100063562093043/ Club Performer Alex Black Entry £8 (£6 for members)
24 Euan Johnston Euan is a weel-kent singer at the club on a welcome return visit. www.facebook.com/johnstonandgordon Club Performer Colin Frame. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
31 Session with a celebration of Robert Burns. Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
February 2024
7 Andy Chung . Kirkcaldy-born, now Edinburgh-based, Andy is a singer-songwriter performing songs original and traditional. www.andychung.co.uk/ Club Performers Robert Sim. Entry £8 (£6 for members
14 Alastair McDonald Alastair McDonald is a Scottish banjo-playing folk and jazz musician. projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmusicawards/mg-alba-scots-trad-music-awards-2022-alastair-mcdonald/ Club Performer Deirdre Watson Entry £8 (£6 for members)
21 At Fire Station Creative - click and scroll down for map and other details
The Quiggs Stephen and Pernille Quigg "A concert with The Quiggs is a chance to hear folksong in its original form - simple, yet highly expressive, beautiful harmonies and songs that seek the audience's participation." www.thequiggs.com/ Club Performer Glen Tavern Four Entry £8 (£6 for members)
28 Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
March 2024
6 Plaidsong Nicky Small and Syd House are both from Perth, Scotland and have collaborated musically for several years. They combine historical research interests with traditional, original singing/songwriting. Nicky and Syd draw on an age-old tradition of finding and learning songs from the many cultural sources of Scotland, adapting and reworking old tunes and new words. https://www.plaidsong.co.uk/ Club Performer Colin Frame Entry £8 (£6 for members)
13 Iona Lane Folk singer, song writer and story teller. Club Performer Susan Kirkwood Entry £8 (£6 for members)
20 Sir-Reel Clarks a Scottish Family Folk Group with a twist of genres. Champion melodeon player Aaron Clark and guitarist Andy Clark provide music and song. https://www.facebook.com/SirReelClarksFamilyBand/about Club Performer Michael Back. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
27 Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
April 24
3 Tanninzie One of Ayrshire's prominent folk bands - an acoustic trio of Fiona Golder, Ken Lorimer and Mik Shaw. Club Performer Robin McLean Entry £8 (£6 for members)
10 SESSION Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club. Finding Kemback ** POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS** (Based in Glenrothes, this couple have been playing together for 7 years. They love spreading folk music and try to do as many community-based events as theycan. https://www.facebook.com/FindingKemback Club Performer Alec Robertson Entry £8 (£6 for members))
17 Kenny Speirs has been a well-known figure on the national and international folk circuit for over twenty five years and is also one of the leading figures of the Borders folk scene www.kennyspeirs.com Club Performer Margaret Gillan Entry £8 (£6 for members)
24 Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
May 24
1 Steven Clark songwriter and singer from Glasgow, Scotland. His songs range across politics, pies, people and places, drawing on local and global events and concerns in an eclectic mix of styles and moods. https://stevenclarksongs.wordpress.com/ Club Performer Michael Back Entry £8 (£6 for members)
8 Jack Badcock Singer and guitarist now based in Glasgow he delivers a solo show of original songs, interpretations of traditional songs, and poetry set to his own music www.jackbadcock.com Club Performer Glen Tavern Two (or more) Entry £8 (£6 for members)
15 Simpkins & McLagan Ian Simpkins is a singer and guitarist living in Perthshire and delivers his own take on Americana, traditional and contemporary folk songs as well as his own material. Dave McLagan, a native of Almondbank in Perthshire, plays melodeon and bass guitar. He has eclectic musical tastes from the traditional to hard rock! https://www.youtube.com/@iansimpkins/videos Club Performer Alec Robertson. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
22 Tich Frier. Well known on the folk scene, performing at folk clubs and festivals from Shetland to Jersey. Club Performer Ena Robertson. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
29 AGM 7pm for 7:30 followed by a Session at 8pm Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
June 24
5 Pauline Valance Pauline is a singer/songwriter and clarsach player from Ayrshire. In usual circumstances, she likes to play in as many varied settings as possible, from Stirling Castle to Tannahill's Cottage, from an extinct volcano to a riverboat in Australia. Club Performer Colin Frame. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
12 Jim King is an acclaimed singer and songwriter who has been performing for more than 50 years. His songs tell stories of beauty, prejudice, and the kindness of people. jimking.me.uk/Club Performer Songbirds Entry £8 (£6 for members)
19 Forgaitherin A Fife-based folk group, Forgaitherin have a reputation for their wide range of songs, four-part harmonies and sympathetic instrumentation with guitar, accordion, keyboard and whistle. They are: Hamish Grant, Hugh and Lesley Toner and John Reid. see them on facebook. Club Performer Alex Black. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
26 Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
July 24
3 Dave Spittal Singer-songwriter “The music that I love to play and sing, just me and my Rainsong guitar and a whole heap of enthusiasm.” : Club Performers: Michael Back and friends. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
10 John Ward Duo Based in East Anglia, John Ward, is a renowned songwriter on the folk, roots and acoustic music scene and has 9 critically-acclaimed CDs and 2 published books to his name. John tours extensively across the UK and beyond, mostly with his Trio, and sometimes as a duo with wife, Lynne. He is a fine musician, specialising in acoustic guitar, bass, harmonica and bodhran and is also an experienced 6-string guitar, bass and bodhran teacher. Club Performer Deirdre Watson. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
17 Steven & Sam Kritzer American Steve Kritzer is an internationally recognized singer-songwriter, as comfortable with Celtic and Bluegrass music as he is with traditional Folk, Country, Rock, contemporary inspirational, traditional hymns, and Big Band Swing . https://stevekritzermusic.com/ Club Performer Isobel Watson. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
24 NO CLUB - Glen Tavern closed for holiday.
31 Elsa Jean McTaggart with Gary Lister. This is a welcome return visit to the club for these favourite guests. https://music-info.elsa-jean-mctaggart.com/Home/ Club Performer Robin McLean Entry £8 (£6 for members)
August 24
7 Adam Holmes Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter who “crafts lyrics that resonate like old folk songs, set to melodies rooted in the haunting slow airs and church hymns that echoed throughout his childhood” Club Performer Laura Hardie & Brian O'Donnell Entry £8 (£6 for members)
14 Club Evening - performances by club members. There will be a prize draw.
21 Shared Grazin Shared Grazin are a Dunfermline based musical project with inspirations ranging from Tony Rice, Norman Blake and Neil Young to the Corries, Tom Paxton, the Country Gentlemen and Tom Waits. Featuring a diverse selection of material from these great artists alongside their original songs, they have been developing their unique sound and bringing it to local audiences across the East Coast of Scotland. Shared Grazin are James Reekie: Rhythm Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica; Kyle Brown: Lead Guitar; Shane Franks: Banjo,Guitar,Vocals. Club Performer Colin Frame Entry £8 (£6 for members)
28 Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
September 24
4 John Graham & Jim Jack John and Jim have played on the Folk scene for 50 years and present an eclectic mix of songs and music on a range of instruments. https://www.facebook.com/folkandfiddle Club Performer Robert Sim Entry £8 (£6 for members)
11 Wildwood Jack are husband and wife Adam Piggott and Jayne Freeman, brought together by a love of music when they first met in 1991 at Hull University and they’ve been travelling on musical journeys ever since. their adventures and journeys are richly woven into their song writing, songs that sparkle with originality and the craft of storytelling. Contemporary folk played with outstanding acoustic guitar and ukulele. www.wildwoodjack.com/ Club Performer Joss Ayub. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
18 Dave Gibb . Club Performer Jim Wardle.
25 Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
October 24
2 Bonus Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club.
9 Will Finn and Rosie Calvert. Will and Rosie play and sing traditional and contemporary folk music "with variety and flair - intricate vocal harmonies, rousing instrumentation (piano, ukulele and steel pan), married with joyful and confident stage presence". https://www.patreon.com/willfinnandrosiecalvert Club Performer Robin McLean Entry Entry £8 (£6 for members)
16 North Sea Gas Dave Gilfillan, Grant Simpson and Ronnie MacDonald make up this popular folk bands "with great vocals and tremendous three part harmonies. Guitars, Mandolin, Fiddle, Bouzouki, Harmonica, Whistles, Bodhrans, Banjo and good humour are all part of the entertainment." https://www.northseagas.co.uk/ Club Performer Michael Back Entry £8 (£6 for members)
23 Anthony John Clarke Originally from Belfast, he is a singer songwriter "perhaps the funniest at serious songs and the most serious about funny songs" https://anthonyjohnclarke.com/ Club Performers Songbirds Entry £8 (£6 for members)
30 Almost-Halloween Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
November 24
6 Graham Carter Graham's shows consist of the folk songs of the UK and Ireland with the odd blues/American or self-penned song. reverbnation.com/grahamcarter Club Performer Colin Frame. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
13 Johnny Campbell is passionate about the songs and stories of northern England. Taking inspiration from traditional material, as well as penning new songs of his own, he explores what it means to be human today, as well as looking back at our history. www.johnnycampbell.co.uk Club Performer Joss Ayub Entry £8 (£6 for members)
20 Bruce Davies Musician and entertainer on a welcome return to the club https://www.brucedavies.com/ Club Performers Laura Hardie & Brian O'Donnell. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
27 St Andrew's Eve-ish Session Sing a song, play a tune, tell us a story, or sit back and enjoy! There will be a £2 collection for the club
December 24
4 Andrew Gordon has a passion for Scottish songs plays a wide range of traditional, as well as some slightly more modern folk music, accompanied by guitar and bodhran. https://www.andrewgordon.co.uk/ Club Performer Robin McLean. Entry £8 (£6 for members)
