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Chris Fox Album Launch postponed to 2nd December September 9, 2022 14:31

The Golden Hind will be closed on 9th September as a mark of respect for Queen Elizabeth II.

The Chris Fox Album Release concert has therefore been postponed. The new date for the concert is 2nd December.

Tickets for 9th September will be valid for 2nd December.

If you have tickets for 9th September and are unable to attend the concert on 2nd December, please email enquiries@cambridgefolkclub.co.uk so that we can refund the cost of your tickets to your PayPal account.


Chris Fox Album Release Concert postponed. September 8, 2022 22:56

The Golden Hind will be closed tomorrow as a mark of respect for Queen Elizabeth II.

The Chris Fox Album Release concert has therefore been postponed.

We will soon be announcing a new date for this concert.

Your tickets will be valid for the new concert date.

If, when the new concert date is announced, you are unable to attend, we will refund the cost of your tickets to your PayPal account.


IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Milton Road closed on Friday evening, 9th September. September 8, 2022 17:29

Milton Road (A1309) will be closed for road works from 7pm on Friday evening, 9th September. Access for cars to the Golden Hind will be via Kings Hedges Road.

 

DIVERSION ROUTE:

From the City Centre: Take the Histon Road (B1049). After 1.25 miles the road becomes a dual carriageway. Turn right here into Kings Hedges Road, signposted Arbury, Orchard Park, Kings Hedges. Follow Kings Hedges Road until it ends at the Golden Hind. As the road is closed at the Golden Hind, you will probably have to pass some Road Closed Ahead signs to reach the pub.

 

From the A14: Leave the A14 at junction 32 (B1049) and follow signs to Cambridge B1049 City Centre. Take the first left into Kings Hedges Road signposted Arbury, Orchard Park, Kings Hedges. Follow Kings Hedges Road until it ends at the Golden Hind. As the road is closed at the Golden Hind, you will probably have to pass some Road Closed Ahead signs to reach the pub.

 

More details and a map of the road closure can be found at: https://www.greatercambridge.org.uk/sustainable-transport-programme/other-transport-schemes/milton-road-1


Chris Fox advertising his Album Launch at the Golden Hind on 9th September August 6, 2022 18:10

See Chris Fox putting up posters for his album launch on 9th September: 

https://www.facebook.com/100019957837881/videos/1477851369322540

You can buy tickets here.


Knight and Spiers Concert Sold Out March 11, 2022 16:01

The Knight and Spiers concert this evening, 11th March, is SOLD OUT.

Only a few tickets left for Knight and Spiers March 7, 2022 14:45

There are only a handful of tickets left for Knight and Spiers on Friday 11th March at the Golden Hind. See the detailed programme for details and tickets.

Friday 11th February: Live concert with Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer February 10, 2022 12:48

On Friday 11th February at 8pm, Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer are live at the Golden Hind with support from Matt Kelly. In advance of the concert, Mark Walsh interviewed Paul and Karen on Sunday's BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Folk Show. You can listen to this interview on https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bhvtmm

 


Live Concerts start again on 21st January January 12, 2022 00:27

After two weeks with virtual concerts on Zoom and Facebook, we return to the Golden Hind on 21st January for live concerts every Friday starting with a concert with Polly Paulusma supported by Anna Hester.

Friday 22nd October 2021: Heidi Talbot and Boo Hewerdine September 29, 2021 13:57

Friday 22nd October 2021:
Heidi Talbot and Boo Hewerdine

Support: Anna Hester

8pm (Doors open 7.30pm)

at the NCI Club, Holland Street, Cambridge CB4 3DL

Entry: £20(door), £19(advance), £18(members).

Please buy tickets in advance.

To ensure social distancing, the number of seats will be limited.

Heidi Talbot & Boo Hewerdine
Heidi Talbot will be celebrating 21 years as a professional singer in 2021 with 20 concerts across the United Kingdom and Europe and a September 2020 release of a compilation album featuring tracks from Heidi’s 5 solo albums. She has shared the stage and recorded with Mark Knopfler, Graham Coxon (Blur), Idlewild, King Creosote, Tim O’ Brien and Jerry Douglas. Heidi has been nominated for folk singer of the year at the BBC radio 2 folk awards and Irish Music Awards.

Joining Heidi on her Autumn tour will be long-time collaborator, Ivor Novello award nominated singer-songwriter Boo Hewerdine. Boo has performed with and written songs for major artists such as Chris Difford, kd Lang, Kris Drever, Duke Special and Eddi Reader. He is in constant demand as a musician, songwriter, producer, teacher and live concert performer.
Boo and Heidi have recorded and toured together extensively going back to Heidi’s first solo tour of the UK in 2005.

A concert not to be missed.

https://www.heiditalbot.com/

https://boohewerdine.net/

 

Anna Hester
Anna Hester has a ‘powerful and confident voice’ (Fatea 2014), and moves ‘effortlessly between genres, but always with an emotional core’ (Cambridge Music Reviews 2018). Her songs have been played on BBC Introducing Cambridgeshire and the BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Folk Show. Anna has performed widely in the South East and East of England, including at The Stables in Milton Keynes, Cambridge Junction, and several times at Milton Keynes International Festival. She has also performed in Berlin. Anna has released two EPs. Her debut album Postcard Songs, on which every song is inspired by a postcard, came out in August 2021.

www.annahester.com
www.annahester.bandcamp.com


Live concert in September September 10, 2021 23:22

Our first live gig this autumn is on 17th September and features the John Ward Trio with support from Kaszak and Afifi. See the detailed programme for 17th September for more information.

Cambridge Folk Club Programme July -September 2021 June 21, 2021 22:41

No Folk Club on 25th June 

Friday 2nd July: Virtual Open Stage with special guest Cindy Stratton

No Folk Club on 9th July 

Tuesday 13th July: Mill Road History Society, in conjunction with the Cambridge Folk Club, have a very special musical event from Emily Peasgood, entitled Songs and Verses from North Cambridge: An Acoustic Selection. You can read more about this event at https://millroadhistory.org.uk/event/songs-and-verses-from-north-cambridge-an-acoustic-selection/

No Folk Club on 16th or 23rd July 

Saturday 24th July: Cambridge Museum of Technology 1pm-5pm outdoor face-to-face event
Musicians appearing include:
Chris Fox
Fred’s House
Jackson Creek Band
Mythopoeic

Friday 30th July: Virtual “Not the Cambridge Folk Festival”
Kevin Hunt
Clark and Johnson
Rhys Wilson
John Meed
Causton and Walker

No Folk Club in August

Friday 3rd September: Virtual Open Stage



Cambridge Folk Club Virtual Gigs in April and May April 19, 2021 21:58

We have some really great gigs coming up!

April 23rd: Lucy Ward is our headline act. Also on the bill, we have Tom Smith (USA), Tu-Kay and Ryan, and Paul McClure.

April 30th: Fran McGillivray and Mike Burke are our headline duo. We also have Shanna in a Dress (USA), Eric Sedge and Sam Shemmell.

On May 7th we have another Open Stage and welcome back an old friend of the Club, Tom Conway, for the final slot of the evening.

On May 14th we are planning an Americana evening with the duo Tennessee Twin as our headline act. Other acts confirmed so far are Sarah Yeo and Josh Robins.  

May 21st: Local duo Cambridge and Walker, who have just released a CD, are our headline act. Other acts that evening are Serena Grant, Hugh Boyde and Sarah-Louise Boyle.

May 28th: Boo Hewerdine will be joining us for a very special evening. Also on the bill are American singer-songwriter Kim Richey, Honey and the Bear and Sascha Osborn. We will be keeping up the well-established Cambridge Folk Club tradition of supporting EACH (East Anglian Children’s Hospices), as we will be donating our tip-jar contributions that evening to EACH. It will be Boo Hewerdine’s 11th EACH charity gig.