GIGS 2025

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We're using two wonderful local venues, with character and style, to promote friendly, seated, listening style gigs.

We also have a third 'guest' venue further south, near Bedford...

Brackenfield Village Hall - DE55 6AR

Small, but beautifully formed! A gorgeous stone building in a quiet village, we don't have a bar, but soft drinks will be available for purchase, and you're very welcome to bring your own alcohol. The venue is accessible, with parking along the roadside.

Palterton Village Hall - S44 6UN

A larger venue, but no less wonderful! Recently refurbished, with a bar, car parking, and, again, fully accessible.

FRIDAY 17th OCTOBER ~ PALTERTON 

Charlie Dore returns to share ‘Songs For The Curious,’ her latest mix of music that refuses to fit categorisation.

As an artist whose music tends to invite several hyphens when reviewers seek to describe it, Charlie loves nothing more than to mix genres, often finding in the process that songs can be re-invented  in unexpected and interesting ways.

A multi award-winning songwriter for dozens of different artists from Tina Turner, George Harrison and Celine Dion to Martha Wainwright, Ricky Ross and Paul Carrack, she loves writing but says “I still have the touring bug -  in spades”.

Alongside Julian Littman, her multi-instrumental, actor-musician friend since drama school, the two create a unique atmosphere, instrument-swapping, story telling, fast-moving  yet relaxed and full of edgy humour. 

SAT. 15TH NOVEMBER ~ BRACKENFIELD

Charismatic, authentic and thoroughly entertaining, Lawrence Menard (USA) and Clare Quinn (AUS) are the transpacific-troubadours known as ‘Those Folk’. Since meeting in Scotland in 2012, they have travelled extensively together and are now based on the Sunshine Coast. 

A partnership forged in the fires of folk music, their songwriting explores love, hope, belonging, and the human condition. Breathtaking vocal harmonies are featured alongside rich instrumental work performed on guitar, piano, accordion, mandolin & banjo. 

Their sound is inspired by iconic duos such as Simon & Garfunkel. Those Folk make not just folk music, but music for all sorts of folk.