Everyman Folk Club, Saxmundham (2025)

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http://www.everymanfolkclub.co.uk/

04/06/2025

An excellent end to this season at the Everyman Folk Club with guitar virtuoso, Kevin Dempsey on Friday. Kevin dazzled us all, not only with his incredible dexterity, but also his immense repertoire and ability to switch between genres and styles in a performance that included folk, blues, jazz, funk, and bluegrass. We were entertained with an imaginative variety of traditional and modern songs such as rhythmic Wicked Polly; complex All For You; and sensitive Just Around The Corner (Kieran Goss). The tremendous yet unpretentious display by this versatile entertainer ended with Kevin’s beautiful and haunting rendition of The Parting Glass – a supreme end to a superb evening.

We are grateful to the night’s engaging floor singers: Phil Lyons, Ian & Michelle Wright, Dave Tricker, Charlie Haylock (the night’s magnificent MC), David Cotter, and Bill Johnston & Sheila Darling. Well done one and all.

As ever, huge thanks to the bedrock of the Everyman - our amazing audience for support and encouragement throughout this season. We wish everyone a lovely Summer, and we’ll see you on Friday 26 September 2025 when Damien Barber and Mike Wilson open our new season.

🔗 http://www.everymanfolkclub.co.uk
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[ID: Photograph of Kevin Dempsey, standing singing and playing guitar at the Everyman Folk Club. Kevin is wearing a white t-shirt. The image is set in a yellow square, with the Everyman logo in plum at the foot.]

24/05/2025

🎶 For our last club night of this season, we welcome back world-class guitar maestro and top entertainer, Kevin Dempsey. Known for his impeccable musicianship and versatile playing style, Kevin seamlessly blends elements of folk, jazz, and world music, creating a unique and captivating sound. His virtuoso playing attracts lovers of all musical genres, and his multifaceted career has brought him iconic status as a musician, singer, and songwriter.

“A beautiful guitarist.” - Martin Carthy

“One of the UK’s most admired and charismatic guitarists.” - Colin Irwin

🎟 https://bit.ly/EverymanTickets and on the door
ⓕ https://bit.ly/DempseyEverymanFacebookLink
🔗 http://www.everymanfolkclub.co.uk
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Community non-profit organisation

26 Sep 2025 - Damien Barber & Mike Wilson
31 Oct 2025 - Tim Edey
28 Nov 2025 - Narthan
(Freya, Fraser, Matthews, Eunson)
30 Jan 2026 - Pagoda Project
(Hutchinson, Wimhurst, Cu***ng)
27 Feb 2026 - Steve Turner
27 Mar 2026 - George Sansome & Matt Quinn
24 Apr 2026 - Carolyn Robson & Moira Craig
29 May 2026 - John Kirkpatrick

🎼 Venue: The Riverside Centre, Gt Glemham Road, Stratford St Andrew, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1LL
Doors and bar open at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start

All are welcome at this friendly and traditional folk club.

https://kevindempsey.net

26/04/2025

A sensational evening with Nancy Kerr & James Fagan who performed for a sold-out crowd at the Everyman Folk Club yesterday. Their exhilarating performance included exciting new material as well as familiar songs from their 30-year partnership, augmented brilliantly by Nancy’s violin and viola, and James’ 8-string-bouzouki and guitar. It was a privilege to hear some of the songs they have discovered from archives of English music – through their Music-Heritage-Place project. The virtuoso musicianship of this skilled duo was remarkable in their sets of tunes – from Macedonia and Croatia as well as fabulous Australian waltzes. This joyous evening was filled with glorious singing and harmonies, exquisite playing, and superb arrangements, all presented with passion, vitality, and warmth.

Last night’s entertainment included great floor spots from Louise Forster & Kelly Woods, Steve Danby, Will Martin, and Bridget Cousins & Phil Bennett. Thank you all for your contributions to the evening.

Our splendid audience joined in at every opportunity – of course – and we’re looking forward to seeing and hearing you all again next time – on Friday 30 May 2025 - when Kevin Dempsey is our guest for the last night of this Everyman season.

http://www.everymanfolkclub.co.uk

24/04/2025

🌟🎶 This event is sold out 🎶🌟
Thank you all for your support. Please do not attend if you do not have a ticket, as we will have to turn you away at the door.

🔗 http://www.everymanfolkclub.co.uk
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Nancy Kerr and James Fagan

20/04/2025

Happy Easter everyone 🎻🥁🥚🐥🐇🎶

31/03/2025

🌟 UPDATE - This event is sold out 🌟
Please do not attend if you do not have a ticket, as we will have to turn you away at the door. Thank you for your support 🎶

🎶 We're thrilled to welcome Nancy Kerr and James Fagan back to the Everyman Folk Club on Friday 25 April 2025. Combining stunning vocals and stellar instrumentation on fiddle, guitar, bouzouki, and mandolin, the couple have brought joy, inspiration and some memorably energetic arrangements to global audiences for 30 years. First ever recipients of the BBC Radio 2 Best Duo Award, and the inaugural Horizon Award, Nancy and James have toured internationally, most notably in the British Isles, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Don't miss this opportunity to see them in Suffolk!

"Performed with the unique blend of precision and passion that makes them such a captivating live act." - Tykes News.

"Nancy's fiddle playing is dazzling... James's songs excellent." - Living Tradition.

🎟 Tickets are available now for this event (and for May 2025)
https://bit.ly/EverymanTickets and on the door
ⓕ https://bit.ly/KerrFaganEverymanFacebookLink
🔗 http://www.everymanfolkclub.co.uk 🐑

🗓 25 Apr 2025 - Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
🗓 30 May 2025 - Kevin Dempsey

🎼 Venue: The Riverside Centre, Gt Glemham Road, Stratford St Andrew, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1LL
Doors and bar open at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start

All are welcome at this friendly and traditional folk club.
Community non-profit organisation

30/03/2025

An abundance of traditional music from Mat Green & Andy Turner at the Everyman Folk Club on Friday night, performed with energy and verve by these two tremendous musicians. Mat’s unique and vivacious fiddle style was matched brilliantly by Andy’s punchy Anglo concertinas and one-row melodeons – the perfect combination for their assortment of English rhythmic dance tune medleys that included jigs, barn dances, quick steps, and polkas. The evening included an interesting selection of well-researched songs, with some gorgeously smooth playing to accompany Andy’s fine voice. A wondrous performance, enhanced by the natural charm of this personable duo.

Very well done to all the evening’s floor performers: Dave Tricker, Paul Gill, Bill Johnston & Sheila Darling, Shirley Harry (the evening’s terrific MC), Matthew Robertson, and Colin & Karen Cater – thank you all for your songs and tunes.Thanks as well to everyone in our fabulous audience, for your excellent singing and for making our guests and visitors so welcome.

We look forward to seeing you next month, when Nancy Kerr & James Fagan join us on Friday 25 April 2025.

http://www.everymanfolkclub.co.uk

07/03/2025

🎶 It will be an absolute delight to have Mat Green & Andy Turner - founding members of Magpie Lane - as guest performers at the Everyman on Friday 28 March 2025. Fiddle player, Mat, has tradition running through his veins, and Andy is an outstanding player of the Anglo concertina. Don't miss their exceptional musicianship and their joy of singing and playing together.

"remarkable instrumental medleys ... songs delivered with evident passion" - Bright Young Folk

"folk music simply, and well, performed by two accomplished and experienced musicians" - folking.com

🎟 Tickets are available now for this event (and all our gatherings to May 2025)
https://bit.ly/EverymanTickets
ⓕ https://bit.ly/GreenTurnerEverymanFacebookLink
🔗 http://www.everymanfolkclub.co.uk 🐑

Community non-profit organisation

25 Apr 2025 - Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
30 May 2025 - Kevin Dempsey

🎼 Venue: The Riverside Centre, Gt Glemham Road, Stratford St Andrew, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1LL
Doors and bar open at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start

All are welcome at this friendly and traditional folk club.

🌐 https://www.andyturnermusic.uk/mat_andy/

04/03/2025

Thanks to Green Matthews for a superb performance at the Everyman Folk Club on Friday evening. Chris and Sophie delivered a wealth of songs and tunes from their extensive traditional repertoire, as well as songs by Chris, and words by poets including Cicely Fox Smith set to their own tunes. One highlight was the poignant poem by May Wedderburn Cannan – Lamplight – beautifully sung by Sophie to a heartrending tune by Chris. We also enjoyed a couple of numbers from their recent musical adaptation of Wind in the Willows, with their new lyrics to traditional tunes taking us to the river bank and on a drive with Mr Toad! Their engaging introductions were enlightening about the pieces and informative about the multitude of instruments they were playing – a wonderful evening!

Huge thanks to all our floor performers for their songs and stories - Jeremy Fox, Graham Schofield, Penny MacKay, Robin Pooley, Terence Blacker, and the night’s marvellous MC – Charlie Haylock.

Thanks too to our magnificent audience for your support and your singing. See you next time, when Mat Green & Andy Turner are our guests on Friday 28 March 2025.

http://www.everymanfolkclub.co.uk

23/02/2025

🎶 What a treat it will be to have Green Matthews at the Everyman this Friday - 28 February 2025. With a repertoire spanning 600-years, Chris Green and Sophie Matthews play English traditional songs and tunes in a thoroughly 21st-century kick-ass style. Using a blend of ancient instruments including cittern, English bagpipes and shawm as well as modern folk instruments such as guitar, flute and piano accordion, they breathe new life into material from hundreds of years ago, making it fresh and relevant for a modern audience.

“Inexhaustible creative energy” - FATEA Magazine

"Eclectic and enjoyable" - English Dance and Song

"Awesome!" - Director of Music, Shakespeare's Globe

🎟 Tickets are available now for this event (and all our gatherings to May 2025)
https://bit.ly/EverymanTickets and on the door
ⓕ https://bit.ly/GreenMatthewsEverymanFacebookLink
🔗 http://www.everymanfolkclub.co.uk 🐑
Community non-profit organisation

28 Mar 2025 - Mat Green & Andy Turner
25 Apr 2025 - Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
30 May 2025 - Kevin Dempsey

🎼 Venue: The Riverside Centre, Gt Glemham Road, Stratford St Andrew, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1LL
Doors and bar open at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start
All are welcome at this friendly and traditional folk club.

https://www.facebook.com/greenmatthewsuk

01/02/2025

An enthralling and delightful evening in the company of Cathy Barclay & Sarah Yarwood at the Everyman Folk Club yesterday. When singing separately, each has a distinctive voice, but the harmony singing of this mother and daughter duo has a magical quality. We enjoyed a glorious assortment of songs; the blend of traditional and newly written material being as terrific as the fusion of their voices – and their commentary on the sources of their music was both fascinating and moving. Their renditions of Ay Waukin’ O and Linden Lea were exquisite, and we were all touched by Sarah’s Mother, Maiden, Crone. Dave Webber’s My Lady of Autumn was the perfect encore.

We were also treated to songs, poems, tunes, and monologues from the evenings floor performers - Tracey Wisdom, Sammy Holland, Steve Danby (with his guitar making its debut), Alan Day, and Keith & Mary-Jane Tyrrell. Brava tutti! We are very grateful to Shirley Harry for her seamless emceeing, together with Jackie & Dave Tricker and everyone who helped ensure the evening ran smoothly.

Thanks as well to our fantastic and supportive audience, who ventured out on a very wet and cold evening, overcoming disruption on the roads to be with us. It is always a pleasure to witness your superb chorus singing, and we can’t wait to hear you again next time, when Chris Green & Sophie Matthews – Green Matthews – are our guests on Friday 28 February 2025.

http://www.everymanfolkclub.co.uk

27/04/2024

A terrific evening at the Everyman Folk Club last night with our charismatic guests, Donnelly and South. This energetic duo treated us to an evening of self-penned songs and sensitive ballads, each with intricate and melodic accompaniments on Keith’s guitars, and Lauren’s violin, shruti box, and tenor guitar. Their accomplished musicianship was evident throughout, and we were enthralled by the selection of Lauren’s beautiful tunes too. Keith and Lauren’s introductions were peppered with wit and laughter, and great fun was had by all.

We were also entertained with songs and monologues from our enjoyable floor performers - Dave Tricker, Louise Forster (first appearance at the Everyman), Robin Pooley, Stephen Atkinson, and Charlie Haylock. Thank you very much.

As always, our incredible audience responded wholeheartedly to every opportunity to sing. Thank you all for your enthusiasm and, of course, your support. See you next time for the last club night of this season – Friday 31 May 24 with Crows: Mick Ryan, Dave Bordewey, Paul Downes, and Pete Harris.

www.everymanfolkclub.co.uk

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