Welcome to Cambridge Folk Club
Intimate roots and acoustic music
Cambridge Folk Club presents Open Stage, Showcase and Guest Nights. Buy your tickets on-line from this website or phone 01638 603986
We are a live music club offering all styles of acoustic and folk music. We support local and national artists in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We meet every Friday night at 8.00pm in the upstairs function room at The Golden Hind, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1SP. This easily accessible pub offers a wide selection of draught lagers, beers and ciders, and a great range of pub food, and there's parking too.
For details of what's coming up, see the Programme at a glance page and the Detailed Programme page.
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Praise for the Folk Club
Maddie Morris sent us this after performing at the Folk Club on 16th February:
"Cambridge Folk Club is an example of what a folk club should look like, and the direction I hope the folk scene continues to go in. With a commitment both to the tradition, and to creating events that welcome everyone. Cambridge Folk Club is a warm, welcoming and safe atmosphere for artists and audiences and a true embodiment of what folk music should be. People coming togend tickets.
ther, sharing music, laughter and community through song. The team are welcoming, friendly and helpful, the sound is beautiful and the audiences are appreciative."
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Open Stage 2024 album
This album is now available on streaming platforms.
A play list is available on YouTube at:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yLo4_Tifwg&list=OLAK5uy_lfzk4z7Fz8WqDfPC66H3enzvB_YWqhFGY
For more details see the Open Stage 2024 Album page.
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Friday 27th September 2024: Showcase with
The Boxwood Chessmen;
Tuesday Night Tea Club;
Melody Coles
At the Golden Hind, 355 Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1SP
8pm (Doors open 7:30pm)
Entry: £12(door), £11(advance), £10(members).
The Boxwood Chessmen are a semi-acoustic, four piece band from East
Anglia and Middlesex, raiding a fabulous musical pantry stocked with the
finest roots ingredients - Folk, Americana, Angliana, hokum, a light dusting
of swing all delivered with panache and fun ..... Pretty much anything goes
into the pot. We call it Gloriana.
The Boxwood Chessmen are:
Penni McLaren Walker – Lead vocals, Guitars, Bouzouki, Whistles, kazoo,
Accordion and percussion, not necessarily all at the same time.
Hector Ringtone, AKA Steve Collins – Vocals, E-Melodeon, Melodeon,
Ukulele, harmonica, guitar, kazoo and percussion.
He misses Whicker Island.
John Campbell Armer – Vocals, bass, guitars, percussion and other noises.
Bryan Causton – Vocals, mandolin, guitar, bouzouki and percussion.
Which is nice.
http://www.theboxwoodchessmen.com/
Tuesday Night Tea Club are a local act comprising of Matt H (Earl Grey) Matt J ( Tippss) and 'Dargeeling Dave'.
The two Matts have been friends and song writing companions for many years and although there is more tea drank then tunes written, they have a varied repertoire of mostly relaxed, perhaps ironic, thought provoking numbers. They are regularly played on Les Ray's folk show on Cambridge 105fm and can be heard on Soundcloud, Spotify and all streaming bits and pieces.
Cambridge folk club is a favourite spot and getting out to play live is a rare occasion, so not to be missed!
https://www.facebook.com/Tuesday-Night-Tea-Club-749166045154955
Cambridgeshire based singer-songwriter Melody Coles was born into music and immersed into the life of folk and country music from childhood. Growing up a toddler sleeping in guitar cases beside the stage whilst her parents performed, Melody now gigs on stage with her dad in their own musical duo. Playing country-folk infused songs with raw, emotive lyrics she tells powerful stories of motherhood, growing up and life.
Some of her proudest musical moments include singing at Thatchers Sessions presented by Huw Stephens, and supporting a number of respected folk acts on the folk club scene including Megson, Elizabeth and Jameson, Richard Digance and Nancy Kerr & James Fagan to name a few.
She's also gained past radio support from BBC Introducing and Radio 1, and is enjoying being back at it after having her two children and some health problems between 2019 and 2023.
She's released new music for 2024 with a single "Me Without You" and is ready to take to the stage.
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Friday 4th October 2024:
Open Stage with special guest
Laura Dannan
At the Golden Hind, 355 Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1SP
8pm (Doors open 7:30pm)
Entry: £5(door), £4(advance), £3(members & performers).
Laura Dannan is a singer songwriter from Hertfordshire. With her quirky narrative style and relatable lyrics, Laura's songs combine story telling with the use of vivid imagery as she brings a lighthearted approach to pondering life's trials and tribulations.
Becoming a musician slightly later in life, Laura initially learnt to play the drums. Then in the first lockdown of 2020 she decided to teach herself guitar, and her love of songwriting really began.
Fast forward to now and Laura has had a great couple of years performing and sharing her songs to wonderful audiences in a variety of places including folk clubs, festivals, and iconic London music venues including "The Troubadour" and the "Half Moon Putney".
Laura lives in St. Albans and is mum to two teenage girls... and Stella the cat. She is rather partial to a large glass of red at about 5pm and likes to consume chocolate frequently. Laura is a sunset lover who also enjoys making candles and aromatherapy potions ( she is a qualified Aromatherapist ). As well as that, she loves sharing musical joy with little ones in her work as a part time early years music teacher with her little-sunbeams.
At the moment Laura is focussing on recording her songs and working on her first album.
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Monday 7th October 2024:
Round-the-room session
TICKETS NOT REQUIRED
Round the Room Session starting at 8:00 pm
At the Golden Hind, 355 Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1SP
Another opportunity to come along and perform. Instruments welcome. There’s no need to book, just turn up.
Free admission but donations welcome.
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Friday 11th October 2024:
Pete Morton
Support: False Colours
At the Golden Hind, 355 Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1SP
8pm (Doors open 7:30pm)
Entry: £12(door), £11(advance), £10(members).
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.
Originally from Leicester, England, Pete discovered the acoustic music scene at 16, and has been on the never-ending tour as a folk singer songwriter ever since.
With his powerful, euphonious voice storytelling and compelling stage presence he continues his merry niche, singing songs, peace, justice, open global inclusion, with a fun, loving and approachable style.
"An independent spirit, an old school troubadour...he continues his merry niche" Froots Magazine
False Colours are an "award-winning" duo (otherwise known as Polly and David) performing their own unique and intricate style of uplifting, 'happy/sad', rhythmic, indie, jangle folk music. Based in East Anglia, the pair have become known throughout the live music scene of the south east of England for their highly entertaining, and often unexpected, live jangle folk show, playing many of the regions best festivals- from Broadstairs Folk Week to FolkEast, and (almost) everywhere in between.
Their inventive and ear worm-inducing songwriting combines traditional open and fresh sounding folk style tunes, with a tenor guitar sound which is reminiscent of 1960’s jangle pop- which David plays both harmonically and melodically, but probably also rhythmically, at the same time as providing a percussive drive with a nice, not too big, bass drum. When combined with Polly’s "beautiful voice," warm and characterful bass-lines and the never ending vocal harmonies in their interesting but well blended singing styles, the thoughtful lyrics come to life with an original, unexpected sound that is sure to captivate, welcome, divert and uplift the listener.
In 2023, after five years of planning, writing, learning, recording and then ripping it all up and starting again, False Colours finally released their second EP- "On The Verge"