07852 143 580

Friday 5th - Wed 10th August 2022
Sailing Club. Saturday 10.30am
MC from 5th-10th
Broadstairs Folk Week
Kent
www.broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk
Thursday, 11th - Saturday 13th August 2022
Cropredy Festival,
nr Banbury,
Thursday, 8th September 2022
Darlington Folk Club,
Copper Beech,
Neasham Road,
DL1 4DH
darlofolkacousticclub@gmail.com
Friday, 9th September 2022
Swinton Folk Club,
Westhoughton Conservative Club,
Tithebarn Street,
Westhoughton,
BOLTON
BL5 3TF
Thursday, 6th October 2022
Black Swan,
23 Peasholme Green,
YORK
YO1 7PR
Saturday 22nd October 2022
Blawith and Nibthwaite Village Hall
Water Yeat,
Ulverston,
LA12 8DJ
Vera Grant: 01229 885662
Wednesday, 26th October 2022
Cramlington Folk Club,
Benedictine Social Club,
Glenluce Drive,
Cramlington
NE23 6YA
Details from Christine Jeans, via Facebook
Friday, 4th November 2022 (AJ and Dave Pegg)
Village Folk
Melbourne Assembly Rooms
High Street,
Melbourne
Derbyshire,
DE73 8GF
Saturday, 5th November 2022 (AJ and Dave Pegg)
Areley Kings Village Hall,
Stourport-on-Severn,
Worcestershire,
DY13 0NB
E: akvhbookings@gmail.com
T: 07939 318973
Sunday, 6th November 2022 (AJ and Dave Pegg)
Stratford Keys
6 Ely Street,
Stratford upon Avon,
CV37 6LW
enquiries@thekeysatstratforduponavon.co.uk
Wednesday, 9th November 2022 (AJ and Dave Pegg)
Fleur de Lys,
East Hagbourne,
Didcot,
OX11 9LN
info@thefleurdelyspub.co.uk 0r 01235 813247
Thursday, 10th November 2022 (AJ and Dave Pegg)
Wessex Acoustic Folk Club,
Royal British Legion,
Church Lane,
Blandford Forum,
DORSET
DT11 7AD
Details from Kathy 01202 732239/ 07590 411515
https://wimborne-acoustic.co.uk
Saturday, 12th November 2022 (AJ and Dave Pegg)
Wychwood Folk Club,
Tiddy Hall,
Shipton Road,
Ascott-u-Wychwood,
Oxfordshire
OX7 6AG
Mark/Elaine: 019938 31427/ 07870 563 299
Sunday, 13th November 2022
Opening for Merry Hell
Half Moon,
Putney
Friday, 18th November 2022
Woodman Folk Club
Ashwood Marina,
Ashwood Lower Lane,
Kingswinford,
DY6 0AQ
Thursday, 24th November, 2022
Blue Bell Folk Club,
Fulwell,
SUNDERLAND
SR6 9AD
Patricia Haswell: 07983 784 010
Thursday, 15th December 2022
Hungry Horse Folk Club,
The Whitby Club,,
Chester Rd,
Ellesmere Port,
CHESHIRE
CH65 6QF
John and Angie Owen: 0151 678 9902
Saturday, 17th December 2022
Christ the King Hall,
Score Lane,
LIVERPOOL
L16 6AW
lesleyscholes@blueyonder.co.uk
And looking to the future....
Wednesday, 15th March 2023
Banbury Folk Club,
BANBURY
Thursday, 16th March 2023
Lyceum Folk Club,
NEWPORT
Thursday, 4th May 2023
Nitten Folk Club,
The Dean Tavern,
80 Main Street,
Newtongrange,
Dalkeith
SCOTLAND
EH22 4NA
Charlie Boyle: 0131 538 1085
Venue: 0131 663 2419
18th - 20th August 2023
Moira Furnace Festival 2023
Furnace Lane,
Moira,
Swalincote,
Leicestershire,
DE12 6AT
www.moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk
August 2023
Cropredy Festival
Shrewsbury Festival
details to follow
....... 2024
Music at Ulpha,
CUMBRIA
.
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.
Kilburn Village Institute 25th March 2019
This erudite and charming man provides entertainment of the highest quality. He is hailed as one of the countries leading singer ....He enthralled the audience for over 2 hours......singing very witty and verbally complex songs, telling stories........ think Victoria Wood on a good day crossed with Mike Harding Eric Clapton and an Irish accent!
TRUDY CLARKE, 5th April 2019
"Loved your show at the Woodman from start to finish- music, songs, stories, tales and jokes all complimenting each other. Kevin and I watched your great DVD 'One more story to be told' today - just hope there's more to follow x"
MJ BALDSPUR JARVIS 6th April 2019
"Ellen Malin and I have seen Anthony John Clarke compere at Cropredy and always thought what a great bloke he seems. I have had interactions with him yet never seen him perform live. At last, tonight we saw him at the Queens Head, Belper -. it was even better than I could have imagined.
A genuine, heartfelt and lovely man. The music was beautiful, and the connection between Anthony and his wife Julia is something to behold."
When Irish Eyes are Smiling. Chris Birchill
(10th October 2019. Ruthin All Styles Music Club)
In fact, every single pair of eyes in the room were smiling, whilst those Irish eyes were twinkling as their owner’s beautifully crafted songs were interspersed with tales of his Irish upbringing and anecdotal yarns about his musical journey through life.
You will go a long way to find a more entertaining and engaging folk singer than Antony John Clarke. He has his own unique style of modern folk songs with words that conjure up pictures of life, painted with humour and a not insignificant touch of the old blarney.
He was accompanied on piano by his lovely wife Julia, who also wore a beautiful smile throughout the evening despite bearing the brunt of many of his jokes. It was Julia’s 63rd birthday and Anthony John made much of the fact that it heralded the beginning of the annual eight-day period when he is technically a year younger than her.
The humour comes effortlessly, both within the songs and in the narrative between them. The whole of his performance is full of fun with lively and uplifting songs such as “The Cockerel Has Done a Runner”, “We Pulled Through”, “I Hate Camping” and “They Don’t Write Them Like That Any More”.
As with his 2017 concert, Anthony John and Julia stayed over in The Feathers’ comfortable accommodation which once again resulted in him overrunning our usual finish time by almost an hour. Not that anybody objected.
and now, about the annual (November/ December)
Mirth & Music TOUR
Featuring Dave Pegg, Fairport Convention, Anthony John Clarke, Irish stand up and song smith supremo.
Two legendary musicians and consummate entertainers unite for an evening of outstanding song and music, with plenty of humour.
Belfast born Anthony John is recognised as one of the top songwriters on the acoustic/ folk scene, 12 albums and 3 singles including the beautiful “Seven in Ireland” and “Irish Eyes”. Anthony John enjoys an enormous following in UK, Europe, Australasia and USA.
Legendary Fairport Convention multi-instrumentalist Dave Pegg joins Anthony John. The friends draw from a wealth of hits and much loved songs for an evening of exquisite, outstanding music and a lot of humour.
Truly astonishing musicians, delivering songs that make your spine tingle. You can feel their friendship, as much funny humour, laughs & and smiles as belting songs
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