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MUSIC & POETRY EVENINGS

@

The Whitby Club

Dunkirk Lane / Chester Road   Ellesmere Port

        Cheshire         

CH65 6QF

 

PRESIDENT's LOUNGE

             EVERY THURSDAY   (7.30pm to 10.30 pm)

 

 

There are 3 types of night held at this folk music venue.  They are:

 

 1.....       In the - President's Lounge: -

Singers, Musicians, Poets Nights - FREE entry - 7.30pm to 10.30pm

 

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2.....        Also in the - President's Lounge: -

Singers, Musicians, Poets Nights + 1 hour BIG Spot - Hat collection

7.30pm to 10.30pm

 

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Concert Nights -

Held usually in - The Oak Room Suite (see dates below) - 7.45pm to 10.30pm 

Pay on door or (for some concerts) - book in advance via the ticket agency: www.wegottickets.com

 

              

 

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THE CLUB PROGRAMME

 

2024

 

SEPTEMBER:

5th   --  BIG Spot - "COMEDY PLAYTIME" -

              with

              BARRY POWELL, BERYL TIDBURY & Co.

 

12th  --  Singers, Musicians & Poets

 

13th to 15th  --  'FOLK ON THE COAST FESTIVAL' at the

Floral Pavilion Theatre, New Brighton, Wirral featuring -

MARTIN CARTHY, MARTIN SIMPSON, MARTIN JOSEPH,

The BAR STEWARD SONS of VAL DOONICAN

JOE TOPPING and many other high quality acts, see

www.floralpavilion.com for tickets and more info

 

19th  --  Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

26th  --  Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

NB: NOT an Oak Room concert

 

OCTOBER:

3rd   --  Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

(NB: 9th is  JOHN LENNON's birth date)

10th --  Singers, Musicians, Poets -

              THEME Night -

              "BEATLES MUSIC & WORDS"

 

17th  -- Oak Room Concert with

              CLIVE GREGSON

              (Pay on door & www.wegottickets.com)

 

24th  --  BIG Spot - with

              CLOSE QUARTERS

              Hat collection

 

31st  --   BIG Spot - with

               THE TIME BANDITS

               Hat collection

 

NOVEMBER

7th   --  Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

14th  --  BIG Spot - with

               SPLIT LEVELMusic

                i.e. Phil Chisnall & Lynne Strange

               Hat collection

 

21st  --  Oak Room FUNDRAISER Concert

               in aid of Maggi's Wirral Cancer Charity

               with

              VOCAL POINT (trio), CAN'T REMEMBER (duo)

              TENNESSEE WALTZ (duo), 

              GERRY FFRENCH & HARRY LOWRY

 

28th  --  Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

DECEMBER

5th   --  BIG Spot - with

              OLD'SCOOL (duo)

 

12th  --  Concert - act still tbc

 

19th  --  Singers, Musicians, Poets

              Christmas Party Night

 

26th  --  CLUB CLOSED

 

Advanced Date:  2025

Thursday 20th February -- venue: -

St Thomas & All Saints Church

Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port

CH65 9AY

Concert - with MERRY HELL BAND

 

Thursday 10th June -- venue tbc

Concert - with JAMES KEELAHAN

                           + David Woodhead

 

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2025 CALENDAR

At the present time approval for the use of both the President's Lounge and the Oak Room Concert Suite are briefly outlined as follows: -

Oak Room Concerts: -

Thursdays:

16th January - act tbc (to be confirmed)

20th February - @ St Thomas & All Saints Church

concert featuring - MERRY HELL BAND

Tickets from - www.wegottickets.com

20th March - act tbc

17th April - act tbc

19th June - concert featuring JAMES KEELAHAN &

                                                    DAVID WOODHEAD

Tickets from - www.wegottickets.com

18th September - act tbc

16th October - act tbc

20th November - act tbc

18th December - act tbc

 

President's Lounge: -

BIG Spot Nights will be held on

the second Thursday of each month

except for May - 1st & 29th

July 31st - second BIG Spot that month

28th August - second BIG Spot that month

 

President's Lounge: -

Singers, Musicians, Poets Nights:

All other Thursday evenings not mentioed above

will be Singers, Musicians, Poets Nights

 

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IF YOU HAVE AN ENQUIRY THEN

PLEASE CONTACT: -

07981-639-336

or

0151-678-9902

or email: -

folksingerjohn@aol.com

 

 

Club website is: -

https://www.hungryhorseacoustic.com/

 

 

 

 

POETRY

 

Monologues and poems are a feature of this club.   

They add humour, pathos, sincerity and are often thought provoking.  

 

These practitioners are an essential aspect of the atmosphere at this excellent folk club.

 

Topics are varied and prior to reciting, short explanations

of what to expect are usually given by each performer.

 

Some of the regular performers are: -

 

ERIC CRAVEN

NB:  Eric held a very successful book signing morning at Lingham's Booksellers in Heswall, Wirral on Saturday 6th July 2024 where he was kept busy signing copies of his latest new poetry book - 'Love, Hurt & Whimsy'

You can find Eric and his poems at -

https://www.ericscraven.com/about-eric

NB:  His website is well worth a 'look see'.

Other poets are welcome to email their own works to Eric for publication on his website.

 

CAROL WARBURTON

Wife of John Warburton - singer/songwriter

 

ALEX JENKINS

Conveyer of monologues/singer & team member

 

PATRICK HAYES

Poems & songs usually with an Irish lilt