The Village Folk Club with Cath and Phil Tyler

18th February 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 

Cath and Phil Tyler are raw and raucous in their approach to American and British folk songs and tunes - but manage sensitivity and fragility, too. We're not sure how they do it, but we love them and hope you will do on their first visit to The Village.

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"There's an earthiness and grittiness and a reality about this that I find personally incredibly appealing, the simplicity of the music is absolutely stunning." Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2.

Happy new year - and Ollie King!

Hello Village Folk Clubbers. We hope you've had a great festive period, with lots of carolling and figgy pudding. Happy new year!

To bring in the new year, we'll be welcoming Ollie King to the club on Tuesday January 21st. He's a fantastic young melodeon player originally from Cambridge but now resides in Folk Capital of the UK, Sheffield. He's guested on recordings by Megson and The Young 'Uns, and you can see him for a mere £8 (£6 concessions) in the centre of Manchester. Who'd have thought it? Tickets can be bought right here...

Ticket prices

Full price £8.00 GBP Concessions £6.00 GBP

You can read more about Ollie here.

As ever, we welcome floor spots - of the song and tune variety - so please come on down and show off your new Christmas presents. Doors 7.30pm for an 8pm ish start, downstairs in Taurus bar.

The Village Folk Christmas Carol Club

17th December 2013

Taurus Bar, 1 Canal Street (just five minutes walk from Piccadilly station)

7.30pm doors open for 8pm start
Just £2 on the door

Is it that time of year again? We can't quite believe it either, but we love belting out a carol or two - and judging by your fine voices at the club with 4Square this week, we know you do, too! Come along for a song and a mince pie, and revel in everything Christmassy. Let us know if you'd like a Christmassy floorspot, too!

The Village Folk Club with 4Square

19th November 2013

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

Sophie from The Village Folk Club crew has just got back from English Folk Expo where she saw 4Square. It might have been approaching 1am when the band were playing, but all the talkative souls at the bar, clutching their pints, soon fell silent at 4Square's antics.

After all, there's nothing quite like them. Rhythms are frenetic and varied, sauntering from one tradition, one culture, to another. Instrumentation is is deft, swapping mind-staggeringly frequent. And dance? Well, if you're not dancing by the end, one of 4Square will be - and you can't let her dance by herself!

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The Village Folk Club with Dr Butler's Hatstand Medicine Band

15th October 2013

Taurus Bar, 1 Canal Street (just five minutes walk from Piccadilly station)

7.30pm doors open for 8pm start

£6.00 / £4.00 concessions

In a little change to our programme, we now have Dr Butler's Hatstand Medicine Band joining us on Tuesday 15th October, rather than the previously advertised Bo Weavil.

You may have seen Dr Butler's in some unusual places over the past few years... folk trains, art galleries, festival stages, birthday parties... They describe themselves as 'a trav­el­ling troupe of mu­si­co­lo­gical min­strels, ped­dling the good Doc­tor's unique good-time tonic to all four corners of the land.'

 

Their music is a rag-tag mix of old timey jazz and blues, some swing and ragtime, with a folky treatment - so you never know quite what you're going to get!

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