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Topsham Folk Club is held every Sunday at the Globe Hotel, Fore Street, Topsham. Singers and musicians are welcome and entrance on singers nights is free. If you want to perform on a singers night, please make sure you arrive by 8.15pm and make yourself known to the evening's compere. People normally perform 2 songs or tunes within a 10 minute slot. Don't worry it is not compulsory to perform! you are welcome to come along and just listen. Most Sunday's are singers nights and are held in the restaurant starting at 8.30pm. Guest nights are held in the Malt House at the rear of the Globe and start at 8pm. Singers and guest nights finish by 11pm. For directions click here. |
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21 Mar 2010 |
BRIAN PETERS Brian is one of the English folk scene’s great all-rounders: a compelling singer, a top squeezebox player and a skilled guitarist. He is one of the country’s best anglo-concertina players and is just as good on melodeon, while he’s also internationally-known as a singer of traditional ballads. |
£6 |
| 18 April 2010 | KRIS DREVER - Kris Drever is a talented guitarist and singer from the Orkney Islands whose debut solo album ‘Black Water’ won him the Horizon Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007. ‘His voice draws you in and his phrasing brings the words to life. All this, and guitar work which underpins and enhances the essence of each song.’ |
£10 |
| 23 May 2010 | **TOM KITCHING & GREN BARTLEY - Tom Kitching and Gren Bartley are one of the brightest young acts on the folk scene today playing music from a remarkably broad range of sources. 'The instruments spark, with the combination of the bright fiddle and the acclaimed finger picking style of Bartley giving a lovely flow to the tunes' - Maverick Magazine. 'Bartley proves to be an accomplished songwriter, with a restful voice that lulls its way into the mind and heart.' - Allmusic.com | £6 |
| 27 June 2010 | **BARRON BRADY - Ros Brady and Si Barron are contemporary songwriters and interpreters of traditional English folk song. Drawn to strongly narrative songs from Devon legend to contemporary rural reportage. They have a dynamic acoustic style with an assured stage presence. Simon’s ballistic fingerstyle guitar complemented by Rosalind’s harmonium and whistles underlines their harmony singing. | £6 |
** part of a series of concerts featuring younger up-and-coming musicians . Supported by funding from Phil Beer’s benefit concert in February 2010.
To Book tickets for guest nights and workshops please call Brian Lewis on 01404 44498 or email.
Contact for artists bookings and enquiries: John Stephens on 01392 875332 or email
Click here to see our latest flyer for further details
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