Simon Nicol and Debs Earl
Wednesday, 11th September, 2024
Bedworth Folk Club
Exservicemens Club,
Rye Piece Ringway,
Bedworth
CV12 8JH
Hosts: Malc Gurnham & Gill Gilsenan
Saturday, 14th Septenber 2024
RICHARD DIGANCE and Anthony John Clarke
Philharmonic Music Room,
Philharmonic Hall,
Sugnall St,
Liverpool
L1 9BP
Box Office Opening Hours (telephone) - 0151 709 3789
Wednesday, 25th September 2024
Cramlington Folk Club,
Benedictine Social Centre,
Glenluce Drive,
Cramlington,
NE23 6YA
Contact: Sean Taylor
Thursday, 26th September 2024...new venue!
Darlington Folk Club
Rolling Mills Social Club,
Longfield Rd.
Darlington,
DL3 0HX
https://www.darlofolkacoustic.co.uk
Friday, 27th September 2024
Festival Hall,
Caistor Rd,
Market Rasen,
LN8 3HT
Les Worrall: 01673 843036 /07771 745 470 les@worrall.myzen.co.uk
1st-8th October, 2024
Costa del Folk,
Portugal
https://www.costafestival.co.uk
Thursday, 10th October 2024
Fleetwood Folk Club,
Strawberry Gardens
Poulton Rd,
Fleetwood
FY7 6TF
Contact: Tony Winstanley
Wednesday 16th October 2024 8pm
Irvine Folk Club,
Vineburgh Community Centre,
Quarry Rd,
Irvine
Ayrshire
Conact irvinefolkclub@gmail.com
Stephen Quigg 07786 892 801
Wednesday, 23rd October 2024
Dunfermline Fok Club,
Glen Tavern,
110-112 Pittencrieff St,
Dunfermline
KY12 8AN
Friday, 25th October 2024
Woodman Folk Club,
Ashwood Marina,
Lower Lane,
Kingswinford.
DY6 0AQ
Debbie Jones: 07761 115 469
Thursday, 31st October 2024
Ruthin AllStyles Music Club
The Feathers Inn
52 Well Street
Ruthin,
Denbighshire
LL15 1AW
Saturday, 2nd November, 2024
Denholm Festival,
Denholm,
Scottish Borders
Contact: Kenny Spiers 07795 463 199
Wednesday, 6th November 2024
"Everything Good Goes"
2 Westgate,
Tadcaster
LS24 9AB
David Stainthorpe: 07988 496 567
Thursday, 7th November 2024
Private Event
Friday, 8th November 2024
Cambridge Folk Club,
The Golden Hind
355 Milton Road
Cambridge
CB4 1SP
Details: 01638 603986
email: enquiries@cambridgefolkclub.co.uk
Saturday, 9th November 2024
Fleur de Lys,
30 Main Rd,
East Hagbourne,
Didcot OX11 9LN
thefleurdelyspub.co.uk
Wednesday, 13th November, 2024. with Dave Pegg
Crooked Billet,
Newlands Ln,
Stoke Row,
Henley-on-Thames,
RG9 5PU
Contact: 01491 681048
Thursday, 14th November 2024 with Dave Pegg
Banbury Folk Club,
The Three Pigeons PH,
Southam Rd,
Banbury,
OX16 2ED.
Contact: Ian Ralph Huckin 07484 674 882
Sunday, 17th November 2024
Forest of Dean Folk Club,
Orepool Inn,
Chepstow Road,
Sling,
Coleford.
GL16 8LH
forestofdeanfolkclub@gmail.com
Thursday, 21st November 2024
Lyceum Folk Club
Crindau Constitutional Club,
Malpas Road,
Newport,
South Wales,
NP20 5PJ
Ruth Smith: 07966 754 366
Friday, 22nd November 2024
Wessex Acoustics,
The Royal British Legion,
Church Lane,
Blandford Forum,
Dorset
DT11 7AD
Kathy - 01202 732239 or 07590 411515
Saturday, 25th January 2025
Coal Aston Live,
Eckington Road,
Coal Aston,
Derbyshire
S18 3AX
Contact Petegray@scuppered.org
Pete : 07860752471
Sunday, 19th January 2025
Folk in the Barn Afternoon 3pm
The Tea Cosy Sessions
The Barn, The Street,
Kingston,
Nr Canterbury,
Kent CT4 6JB
Contact :Debs Earl, 07799 790738
www.folkinthebarn.co.uk debs@folkinthebarn.co.uk
https://folk-in-the-barn.webflow.io/gigs/anthony-john-clarke
Thursday, 30th January 2025
Sunderland Folk Club
Blue Bell Pub,
Fulwell Rd,
Roker,
Sunderland
SR6 9AD
Saturday, 1st March 2025
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
Tickets £15
Wednesday 5th March 2025 with Dave Pegg
CAST Theatre, the Second Space,
Doncaster
Thursday, 6th March 2025 with Dave Pegg
Cubley Hall Hotel,
Penistone,
S36 9DF
Friday, 7th March 2025. with Dave Pegg
Black Dyke Mills,
Unit 27 Brighouse Rd,
Queensbury,
Bradford
BD13 1QA
Tel: 07920 122735
Sunday, 9th March 2025 with Dave Pegg
Anthony John Clarke and Julia Porter -
50 years celebration concert, with Guests
Christ the King
Liverpool
L16 6AW
Contact: Lesley Scholes 07762 360 591
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
Saturday, 21st June, 2025
Private event
Saturday, 19th July, 2024
Folk on the Farm,
ANGELSEY
July 2025
Bromsgrove Folk Festival
Bromsgrove Rugby Club
August, 2025
Cropredy MC
August 2025
Broadstairs Folk week MC
Middlewich Festival (dates to be announced)
Friday, 27th February 2026
Bingham Folk Club
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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)
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
Choose to read either as a
beautiful hardback book for your shelves,
£10 (plus £2 p&p)
or if you are a Kindle reader, it's now available,
thanks to MARTIN WALKER's valuable help,
via Amazon (£7.86)
Bacs, cheque, Paypal or simply enjoy a gig and we can chat during the break, perhaps.
julia x
Julia ( 07518 228 933)
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