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Article, Foggy Furze Folk Club, Friday, 29 July 2011

Folk season is in full swing now with festivals cropping up all over the place.  In the next two or three weeks you can visit Staithes or Saltburn, Wantage, Cambridge or Cropredy and any number of other towns far and wide and catch the folkies at play.  It’s all just fun in the sun.

If you want a preview of what Saltburn Festival has to offer, we’re playing host to Cliff Healey on Tuesday, 9^th August 2011.  Cliff does folk and country with equal aplomb and his laid back style and superior technique will have you cheering.  A lovely singer with lovely songs, so get along with your £2 to see him at the Foggy Furze Folk Club in the Athenaeum in Church Street, Hartlepool.

Tonight is the Headland Folk Club night over at the Cosmopolitan and Barrie will be there to welcome you in as your host.  Get in early for a seat and enjoy a bit of craic before it all starts.

The Nursery still plays host to the Hartlepool Folk and Acoustic Club each Monday and they’re enjoying themselves, just a-picking and a-grinning.  Why not go and join them.

Skyran are hosting one of their great evenings over at the Woodcutter in Kingsley Avenue on Saturday, 6 August 2011 so get along there and help them celebrate their evening as well.

You’ve got lots to do, all over town so we’d best let you get started on it.  Don’t forget, FFFC is £1 for singarounds, £2 for guest nights.  You can get in touch through our website at www.foggyfurzefolk.com or chat with me on kay@foggyfurzefolk.com.  And you’re always welcome in a folk club.

Article, Foggy Furze Folk Club, Friday, 15 July 2011

Hope you’ve got loads of get up and go cos there’s so much going on in Hartlepool you’re going to need it.

Over at the Foggy Furze Folk Club, we were roundly entertained by 2/3 of the Monkey Moonshine Band.  Whilst it was a different set to that planned, they carried it off with aplomb and carried the audience with them.  Might be worth considering doing that set more often – it certainly had everyone joining in.

The next guest to be at the FFFC is to be Cliff Healey who will play on Tuesday, 9 August 2011.

The Headland Folk Club is on this Friday, over at the Cosmopolitan.  It was a great evening last time so come along and help it repeat  itself.  You’re always made welcome.

Now the Nursery Inn isn’t open this Monday, 18^th, but is back online on Monday, 25 July 2011 so get down there and enjoy a great night.

Skyran are next taking part in an event in support of Hartlepool & District Hospice on Saturday, 23 July 2011.  This is supported by Hornseys and Surfside over on the promenade at Seaton Carew and a further guest is J B Butterfield.

So don’t forget, fun down at the FFFC in the Atheneum Club in Church Street every week at 8.30 pm, only £1 on a singaround night, £2 for a guest night.  Performers and visitors always welcome.

Article, Friday, 10 June 2011

Lots of stuff starting to happen on the folk front as people start to gear up to the new season.  New songs for sets getting their fine tuning and everyone coming down with summer colds just two days before a gig.  That’s life. Over at the Foggy Furze Folk Club, held at the Athenaeum Club in Church Street, Hartlepool, with its shiny new stairs, they are playing host to Skyran, a local group with a broad base of song genres, some excellent instrumentation and lovely sounds next Tuesday, 14 June 2011.  It’s only £2 on a guest night so why not come along.  Barrie Archer is hosting the Headland Folk Club next Friday, 17 June 2011, over in the Cosmopolitan on the Headland and he hopes you’ll join him there for a rousing singaround.  There is a lot of musical stuff going on at the moment over on the headland and it’s all for joining in.  Go one, get yourself along.  The Pools Folk and Acoustic Club still holds regular evenings on a Monday and you will always be made welcome there. Wednesday night at the Fisherman’s Arms is becoming a regular folkie event.

Don’t forget you’re welcome at any of the venues and most of them celebrate good ale at a reasonable price.  The FFFC is held each Tuesday evening, from 8.30 pm and is £1 on a singaround night, £2 on a guest night.  See you there.

Article, Foggy Furze Folk Club, Friday, 6 May 2011  and weekly news

At the Foggy Furze Folk Club, now at the Athenaeum in Church Street, Hartlepool, there are plenty of seats so why not come along.  Our next guest is Dave Gibb, who has played the FFFC before.  Dave is a Scottish singer/songwriter with a novel outlook on life, very entertaining lovely guitar player with some humorous self penned songs. Guaranteed to make you smile so get to the Athenaeum on Tuesday night, kick off 8 30, be early to claim your seat.

The Headland Folk Club is on again this evening, Friday, 6 May 2011 over at the Cosmopolitan on the Headland.  Singaround may start as early as 7pm I’m told so get there early for a seat.  MC Barrie will make you welcome as usual.

We’re advised by The Pools Folk and Acoustic Club that the excellent Martin Nesbitt is playing at the Nursery on Monday, 30 May 2011, a real Bank Holiday treat.

The Woodcutter is hosting most genially recently and we must alert you to a concert in memory of George Totty to be held on Saturday, 14 May 2011, where there will be at least four of your local groups playing as well as that new-fangled drum we seen played on Easter Saturday with great accomplishment.  Proceeds to the RNLI and tickets are £2.50.

So much folk, so little time.  Don’t forget to keep in touch with the web-site, www.foggyfurzefolk.com or speak with me at kay@foggyfurzefolk.com.  Remember, on £1 on a singaround night, £2 on a guest night at the FFFC.

Article, Foggy Furze Folk Club, 4 March 2011

Folk comes up with some real unexpected gems on occasions, times when you just sit open-mouthed and listen enraptured.  A couple came into the Foggy Furze Folk Club last night, just popped in, they’re on a contract in the area for two days, and we were mesmerised.  Wonderful instrumentation on a quality guitar and a powerful, expressive vocal which just cries out for a stage.  They were Sue and Dave and we might never meet them again but they were magnificent.  Our guests next week are Strings ‘n’ Things, who specialise in Appalachian and American folk songs, some real Carter family classics.  It’ll be good to see them again and only £2 for the pleasure……Over at the Headland Folk Club, they have completed their first cycle of the Cosmopolitan one Friday and the Pot House two Fridays later.  You’re going to have to watch carefully so you know where they are.  Next Friday, 11^th, it’s the Cosmopolitan who have to suffer the influx of instrument cases and beer-swilling folkies.            The Nursery Folk and Acoustic is back on it’s feet after the temporary hiccup so why not pop in there any Monday evening.  The next Seaton folk gathering is yet to be announced.

If you need to get in touch, please contact me on kay@foggyfurzefolk.com or ianferguson0@gmail.com view the website on www.foggyfurzefolk.com/index.  That’ll give you directions to our new pad over at the Atheneum in Church Street, Hartlepool.  You’re always welcome and it’s only £1 on a singaround night, £2 on a guest night.  Pop in and see us sometime.