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Performances
Saturday, 1st March 2025
with John Watterson/ Fake Thackray
Barnoldwick Music & Arts Centre
18 - 22 Rainhall Road
Barnoldswick
BB18 5AF
Pete Barton, Manager
T 01282 813 374
M 07712 628 366
Tuesday, 4th March 2025 with Dave Pegg
Wrecking Ball Records and Books Venue
15 Whitefriargate,
Hull
HU1 2ER
01482 214 941
https://wreckingballstore.co.uk
Wednesday 5th March 2025 with Dave Pegg
CAST Theatre, the Second Space,
Doncaster
Box Office: 01302 303 959
website: castindoncaster.com
Thursday, 6th March 2025 with Dave Pegg
Cubley Hall Hotel,
Penistone,
S36 9DF
John Willis: 07939 148 603
£15 adv, £20 on the door. £50 (Discount Group ticket for 4)
Friday, 7th March 2025. with Dave Pegg
Black Dyke Mills,
Unit 27 Brighouse Rd,
Queensbury,
Bradford
BD13 1QA
Tel: 07920 122735
A very special evening in our home town, and one of Dave's favourite cities,
to celebrate almost 50 years since AJC first arrived.. The show will reflect the deep respect they hold for each other, and the great love and affection they both have for Liverpool.
Sunday, 9th March 2025 with Dave Pegg , and friends...
Christ the King
Liverpool
L16 6AW
Contact: Lesley Scholes 07762 360 591
15th- 17th March 2025
Private event
Wednesday, 19th March, 2025
Banbury Folk Club
The Three Pigeons,
Southam Rd,
Banbury.
OX16 2ED
Contact: Ian Ralph Huckin 07484 674 882
Wednesday, 26th March, 2025
Nova Scotia Folk Club
Woodhill Evangelical Church,
30 Wester Cleddens Rd,
Bishopbriggs,
Glasgow
G64 2NH
Thursday, 27th March, 2025
Crail Folk Club
Community Hall,
St Andrews Road,
Crail.
KY10 3UH
Enquiries: 01333 450572
Sunday, 4th May 2025 afternoon
Private Garden Concert
St Albans
Saturday 10th May 2025
Ludlow Castle Festival
Sunday, 18th May 2024
The Quay Folk Club,
15 Sea Street,
Newport,
PO30 5BD.
Isle of Wight
Donations on the night
Contact : johnbentley765@btinternet.com
Thursday, 29th May 2025
Sunderland Folk Club
Blue Bell Pub,
Fulwell Rd,
Roker,
Sunderland
SR6 9AD
Patricia Haswell: 07983 784 010
13th-15th June, 2025 tbc
Middlewich Festival
Saturday, 21st June, 2025
Private event
Saturday, 28th June 2025
Private event
Saturday, 19th July, 2025
Folk on the Farm,
Tyddyn Mon,
Brynrefail,
Dulas
LL70 9PQ
ANGELSEY
Contact :01248 410580
folkonthefarm@live.com
Saturday, 26th/Sunday 27th July 2025
Herne Bay Festival,
Numerous Venes.
Please see
hernebayfolk.co.uk
(Ray Fielder)
Monday, 28th July 2025
Chichester Folk Song Club
The Chichester Inn,
38 West Street,
PO19 1RP
chifolksongclub.co.uk
tel: 01243 781 866
1st/2nd/3rd August 2025 tbc
Chickenstock Festival,
7th - 9th August, 2025
Cropredy MC
10th - 17th August 2025
AJC is the MC, and will be performing 11th/12th
Broadstairs Folk week MC
https://broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk
Friday 12th September 2025
Swinton Folk Club,
White Lion
242 Worsley Road,
Swinton M27 4TS
Sue & Ged Todd - 01942 811527
Friday, 19th September 2025
Liphook Folk Club,
Liphook and Bramshott Social Club,
Headley Road,
GU30 7NS
Paul Johnson
Friday, 10th October 2025
The Cafe,
Fenton Town Hall,
1 Albert Square,
Stoke on Trent
ST4 3FA
07786 912 494
Saturday 18th October, 2025 with the Lost Notes
Rowington Cricket Club
Rowington Grn,
Warwick
CV35 7DB
Staffordshire
Jenny Williams
Friday, 24th October 2025
Woodman Folk Club
Thursday, 6th November 2025. tbc
Bradden Village Hall
Friday, 7th November 2025
Poppleton (Private Event)
Sunday, 9th November 2025. with Dave Pegg, and with The Churchfitters
Birmingham Conservatoire
21st - 29th November 2025
USA
Thursday, 18th December 2025
Fleetwood Folk Club
The Strawberry Gardens
Poulton Road,
Fleetwood
FY7 62F
Tony Winstanley - 07925 839934
Friday, 27th February 2026
Bingham Folk Club
Bingham Rugby Club Pavilion Brendon Grove
Nottingham
NG13 8TN
Contact 07879226427 / 07867922785
binghamfolkclub@gmail.com
24th July- 1st Aug 2026
Costa del Folk
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Reviews
Review in TYKES, by Nigel Schofield
Peggy and AJ tour together each November. This collection of ten songs is a summation of seven years of doing so. AJ has a keen eye for observation, a sharp wit for writing and a knack for turning phrases, evident in titles that make you wonder “what on earth could that be like? viz Routine Love, Irishman In Paris and Let Me Tell You How It Works.This is not a reproduction of their stripped-back, seated live sound – aside from mandolin, Peggy plays electric and bass guitar; La Belle Julia Porter, who co-wrote the songs, adds piano and strings; Adrian Black provides entirely apt clarinet and Mark Walker plays chimes. The songs benefit from these added dimensions. Try the full-on rock sound of Until the Wall Comes Down or Life’s got its own agenda, a song that could only otherwise exist if Jake Thackery had been transplanted to Basin Street! There are songs that make you smile, songs to make you think and songs for which the only reaction is “yes – exactly”. How can you resist a line like “I lost my religion in a poker game”? The songs are all direct and involve you immediately, but the craft in writing, subtlety of narrative and deftness of observation all reward repeated listens. Even after one listen, those skilfully coined phrases will leap into your head – and you’ll thrash around to recall where it’s from…and when you remember, this album ends up in CD player: it’s an endlessly repeating cycle. Earworms that never get earworn.
'AJC is a National Treasure' (Fairport Convention)
A little book what I wrote. it's not 'Great Expectations' of course and is unlikely to be made into a movie - for regular cinemas anyway - but it means well. It's a collection of observations about Ireland, music, children, religion and marriage served by a Belfast boy on a scurrilous bed of material I have used I stage over the years and somehow got away with... until now.dare.
Hard back now sold out
it's now available,
thanks to MARTIN WALKER's valuable help,
via Amazon (£7.86)