Lots of Great Music for 2025!
We are pleased to announce some dates in 2025. We will meet on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month.
Cash only on the door please, £8 for guest nights, £2 for Singers Nights. Doors open at 7.30 for 8pm start
and we look forward to seeing you all very soon.
Sunday January 5th Singers Night
Sunday January 19th Eos Revisited
Stalwarts of Forest Folk Club since time immemorial, Doug McLean, Jan O’Neill, Jan Vaisey and Ian Harvey are getting together for a special guest night performance. Jan O’Neill and Doug formed part of the group “Something Stirred” way back in the 1980’s when they produced the album “Twixt Severn and Wye” featuring songs of the Forest of Dean, and appeared on HTV and BBC Points West as well as concerts and venues throughout the South West. In 1998, the two Jans formed the close harmony duo “Eos” and recorded their highly acclaimed album “The Child Inside” and performed at many venues locally and as far afield as Preston, where they were support for Anthony John Clarke! He ended up doing support for them that night, but that’s another story! In the early 2000’s they were joined by talented guitarist and mandolin player, Ian Harvey and continued as a trio, doing many more gigs locally and beyond. Doug and Jan O’Neill formed a duo in 2012, and were encouraged by the FW Harvey society to record an album based on Harvey’s poetry. Entitled “Where Blossom Blows and Severn Flows” it was highly successful locally and they perform many songs from the album at local events. Jan Vaisey and Ian Harvey also continued as a duo, and still perform at many venues throughout the South West and Wales. Their beautiful eclectic mix of contemporary folk and country music is interspersed with Ian’s lovely mandolin tunes, accompanied by Jan on guitar. This special evening will feature a retrospective of their musical history plus new acquisitions with lovely harmonies from the two Jans, and Doug and Ian’s musical versatility on guitar, mandolin and harmonica! A musical feast for the ears!
Sunday 2nd February Singers Night
Sunday 16th February Pete Morton
Pete Morton is a singer and entertainer with a wealth of self penned songs that express everything from the highly personal to the truly international. Often referred to as an old time troubadour he delivers an unruly mix of humanism politics, love, social commentary and humour, all wrapping its way around the folk tradition.Originally from Leicester, England, Pete discovered the acoustic music scene at 16, and has been on the never-ending tour as a folk singer songwriter ever since. With his powerful, euphonious voice storytelling and compelling stage presence he continues his merry niche, singing songs, peace, justice, open global inclusion, with a fun, loving and approachable style. www.petemorton.com
Sunday 2nd March Singers Night
Sunday 16th March Wynford Jones and Geoff Cripps
Wynford Jones and Geoff Cripps are the superduo product of two of Wales’s finest folk bands.Wynford, one of the most searingly perceptive songwriters of his generation, was leader of The Chartists whose song-cycles chronicled the hobnail-hard working-class struggle as never before. Multi-instrumentalist Geoff was the powerhouse at the heart of festival barnstormers Allan Yn Y Fan. Together they are a force of nature. “A stunning combination of brilliant lyrics, virtuoso playing and songs you’ll be humming all the way home,” says Newport’s Tredegar House Folk Festival. “Not so much a gig as a special occasion.” And amidst the hard-hitters there are shafts of glorious light, such as the anthemic ‘Summer Comes Rolling Around’, which could slide its way easily into a Fairport Convention or Show Of Hands set list. While ‘Barry Isle’ with its ginger beer and donkey rides is two and a half lovely minutes of Gavin & Stacey world. All is underpinned with Geoff’s & Wynford’s pinpoint instrumental work on guitars, bass, mandolin, mandolas and bouzouki. “We could have thought of a fancier name than Wynford Jones and Geoff Cripps,” says Geoff. “Then we thought, let’s leave it at that. We’re just two blokes having a great time with great songs, and making sure everyone else has a great time too.”
Sunday April 6th Folklaw
Acrobatic fiddling and earthy vocals are interwoven with distinctive vocal harmonies, mandola and guitars, as FolkLaw deliver a reflective social commentary within a patchwork of inspirational songs and melodies. FolkLaw are well known for their crowd-surfing fiddle antics, engaging on-stage banter, and an energized stage performance across the U.K. and Europe. A genuine “not to miss” band who’ve previously performed at Costa Del Folk, Cropredy, Sidmouth, Great British Folk Festival as well as supporting many of the great bands and events over the last decade. This performance at Forest Folk Club features Nick Gibbs on vocals and fiddle, Bryn Williams on vocals, guitar, mandolin and bohran, and Martin Vogwell on vocals, guitar, mandolin and banjo. www.folklaw.co.uk
Sunday 20th April Singers Night
Sunday 4th May. Singers Night
Sunday 18th May Sian and Rob Colquhoun
Sian and Rob Colquhoun are an acoustic duo based in the southwest of England. They perform a lively repertoire largely drawn from Old-Time, classic Bluegrass and early country. With close harmonies accompanied on guitar, mandolin, clawhammer banjo, autoharp and harmonica, these dynamic performers are skilled interpreters of songs and tunes calling on a rich tradition encompassing their own Scots-Irish roots. sianandrob.co.uk
Sunday 1st June Sarah McQuaid
Sarah McQuaid’s lush, chocolatey voice combines with her engaging personality, “subtle mastery onstage” (Huffington Post) and “brilliant musicianship” (fRoots) on acoustic and electric guitars, piano and (occasionally) drum to create a truly immersive experience. Born in Spain, raised in Chicago, holding dual Irish and American citizenship and now settled in rural England, she brings the eclecticism of her background to her “captivating, unorthodox songwriting” (PopMatters) and choice of material, spanning genres and defying categorisation. All this is abundantly demonstrated by her new live album and video series The St Buryan Sessions — but needs to be savoured in person to be fully appreciated. sarahmcquaid.com
Sunday 15th June Singers Night
Guests booked till the end of year….. WATCH THIS SPACE.