Brand New Folk Club run by musicians. We are aiming to promote folk and acoustic music to a wider audience as well as keep those already converted happy.
Venue - The Upstairs bar of the Hobgoblin on London Road, Brighton. Very close to the main Brighton train station. It has wooden floors and great acoustics. (and yes they serve Hobgoblin! and probably Hobgoblins too!)
As you can see above, often we are running a session which is lead by competition winning Irish Musicians. However, a variety is nice so come along what ever kind of tunes you play or songs you sing. (although we are talking folk/acoustic here!)
Hope to see you soon, all the best, Alex, Tess and Sarah
More Details
The session is £FREE!
The folk club is every monthish. As well as the main artist you also get:~
~:Support from Irish house band 'GR'
+ floor spots from great local musicians. If you are interested in performing please email brightonfolkclub@hotmail.co.uk
All for £5! That's little more than a pint these days!
The next two artist nights feature:
Anna Tabush on the 12th of June
Anna Tabbush is one of the hottest new British folk singer-songwriters on the scene. Her honest lyrics and haunting melodies combine to create a unique, heart-breaking sound.
"Gentle melodies and ambient musings from charming Surrey singer/songwriter Anna, who steps across the divide from folk to angelic pop in evocative originals with fresh-faced innocence and enchanting style"
Nuala Honan and Lizzy Westcott on the 10th of July
"The incredible Australian songstress who's inspirational lyrics will change your life forever! She's an immensely talented singer/songwiter who never fails to get her audiences up on their feet! A truly inspirational artist. One of kind"
With a voice that “..curls, rasps and slides, slips and skims around her tightly knit and complex lyrics” (RedRag, local Devon Street Press),
On this particular trip to the seaside, Nuala will be accomapanied by superb fiddler Lizzy Westcott, most recently seen playing the Albert Hall with Show of Hands!
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace -
2 of 230, walkaboutsverse.741.com: WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
The second BEATtheMIX weekly chart is tomorrow with the winning song played hot off the press between 9pm-9.30pm on Juice Brighton. The winner is also invited into the studio to do an acoustic set so don't miss out!
It could be you!
Simply upload your songs, gigs, music videos and classifieds for FREE to get yourself seen and heard! Check out the prizes up for grabs this week at WWW.BEATTHEMIX.CO.UK
VOTE for your favourite song and help them reach the number 1 spot. All voters will be entered into a draw to win an IPOD donated by Solutions Inc. Miss it, miss out! Listen to all the songs on BEATtheMIX
It's open mic time at The Juggler again, tomorrow (that's Thursday). Last week was great we had a band down from London for the evening, they played some great songs individually and as a collective, check them out if you get a chance The Alexandria Quartet. We also had another visit from Australia's Josh Wello, there were other's who were equally good, but sadly they do not have MySpace pages for you to check out.
Anyway, as always we have happy hour (see myspace for details) prices for performers and it all kicks of at 9pm.... Do it!
Kaf x The Juggler (cnr Weston Road & Brunswick St East)
Hi there, thanks for finding me on the old myspace thing. Your night looks pretty cool. I would love to get involved and come over and play. Drop me a line sometime...
Hi there, thanks for finding me on the old myspace thing. Your night looks pretty cool. I ould love to get involved sometime and come over and play. Drop me a line sometime...
