The Village Folk Club with Laura Smyth, Ted Kemp and Laurel Swift AND The Beech Band

Tuesday 21 October 2014 

 Taurus Bar, 1 Canal Street 

(just five minutes walk from Piccadilly station) 

 7.30pm doors open for 8pm start 

 £8 full price / £6 for concessions
To buy tickets in advance, please click here

Wow, have we got a line up for you! Not only do we welcome Laura and Ted – formerly Manchester based but now calling London home – to the club for the first time, but they'll be flanked by Chorlton's infamous Beech Band playing a few tunes. It's going to be fantastic!

First of all, there's a good chance you haven't witnessed Laura and Ted in the flesh before... they're relatively new to the gigging circuit, but you might recognise Laura's name as she's recently been made director of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library at Cecil Sharp House in London. So she certainly knows her stuff! The duo have recently released their debut EP and we're looking forward to their thoughtful interpretations of lesser known traditional material, with a Manchester and Lancashire bias. Laura and Ted often perform with Laurel Swift, who you will have seen leaping through the air with a variety of different morris sides. To have a sneak preview, take a listen here.

Laura and Ted were also members of The Beech Band, before they left Manchester for the big smoke, so we're delighted that the band will be on hand to regale us with songs and tunes. For more information about The Beech, please visit their website.

The Village Folk Club with The Rachel Hamer Band

Tuesday 16 September 2014 

 Taurus Bar, 1 Canal Street 

(just five minutes walk from Piccadilly station) 

 7.30pm doors open for 8pm start 

 £8 full price / £6 for concessions
To buy tickets in advance please click here

There's nothing more exciting than when you hear a few excited whispers and decide to book a band on that strength alone. So come along; Rachel Hamer and her musicians could be your new favourite band...

Here's what the band say about themselves:

The Rachel Hamer Band are an exciting new four piece folk band based in Newcastle. The band is made up of North Eastern singer Rachel Hamer, Jedburgh guitarist Graeme Armstrong, Saltburn’s fiddle player and clogger Grace Smith and Glossops’s whistle, flute, pipes and bassoon player Sam Partridge. Forming in 2013 over a shared love of music and song. They perform an exciting blend of traditional and contemporary songs. Since their formation they have performed in and around the North East and are looking forward to the future!

Join the Facebook event page here and visit the band's website here.