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MUSIC & POETRY EVENINGS

@

The Whitby Club

Dunkirk Lane / Chester Road

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 6QF

 

 

EVERY THURSDAY 7.45 pm to 10.45 pm

 

 

There are 3 types of night outlined in the below programme, they are:

 

* Singers, Musicians, Poets Nights (in Presidents Lounge) - FREE entry

 

* Same as above + BIG Spot & Hat collection

 

* Concert Nights usually in Oak Room (see dates below)

 

 

2023

 

JUNE

 

8th   -  BIG Spot - ‘The very best of Joni Mitchell’

             with KATH ORD (of the Simply Dylan band & The Unthanks)

 

15th   - Singers, Musicians, Poets - Theme:

             ‘Songs & Poems of the Countryside’

 

22nd   - Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

29th   -  Oak Room Concert - 'CHARITY FOLK NIGHT' -

               featuring - BROKEN STRINGS BAND  -  VOCAL POINT (trio)

               MEL BARRATT  -   ERIC CRAVEN  -  SPLIT LEVEL MUSIC

                  Admission by donation - Pay on door

               NB: All proceeds will be donated to:

                 "MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATION"

 

 

JULY

 

6th   -    Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

13th   -   BIG Spot - with GERRY FFRENCH & HARRY LOWRY

 

20th   -  Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

27th   -  BIG Spot - 'Donovan/60’s Night' with                           

                  JOHN WARBURTON

 

 

AUGUST

 

3rd   -    Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

10th   -  BIG Spot - with CAN'T REMEMBER (duo)

 

17th   -  Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

24th   - Singers,Musicians, Poets Night

 

31st   -   BIG Spot - with JOE TOPPING

 

 

SEPTEMBER

 

2nd (Saturday) - CHARITY FOLK NIGHT in aid of

              St James Church Restoration Fund.   Concert in church -

              14 Albion Street, New Brighton, Wallasey, CH45 9LF

              VOCAL POINT, SPLIT LEVEL MUSIC, MEL BARRATT

                 and other acts - tbc

 

7th   -   Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

14th   -  Concert - MERRY HELL

             Venue:   St Thomas & All Saints Church

              Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

              CH65 6UW 

              Doors 7.30pm      Start 8.00pm

              Directions:   see map at bottom of 'About' page

              Tickets only available from:

                  www.wegottickets.com  &  www.ticketswirral.com

                 They can also be obtained by phone at:

                  0151-666-0000 - Box office - Floral Pavilion Theatre

                 

21st   -   Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

28th   - Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

 

OCTOBER

 

5th   -   Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

12th   -  BIG Spot - with MEL BARRATT

 

19th   -  Oak Room Concert - HARBOUR MOON

 

26th   - Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

 

NOVEMBER

 

2nd  -   Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

9th   -   BIG Spot - WELCOMME, FINNAN & CHRIMES

 

16th   - Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

23rd   - BIG Spot - KINGFISHER (quartet)

 

30th   - Oak Room Concert - JEZ LOWE

 

 

DECEMBER

 

7th   -   Singers, Musicians, Poets Night

 

14th   -  Oak Room Concert - featuring:

 

PORT SUNLIGHT SEA DOGS & Friends

 

21st   -   Singers, Musicians, Poets - Christmas Party

 

28th   - CLUB CLOSED

 

Advanced Date: -

11th July 2024 -- BIG Spot with JOHN WARD TRIO

 

 

Contact Nos: 07981-639-336 / 0151-678-9902

 

 

Contact email: folksingerjohn@aol.com

 

 

Club website: www.hungryhorseacoustic.com

 

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POETRY

 

Monologues and poems are a feature of this club.   

They add humour, pathos, sincerity and are often

thought provoking.  

 

Although outnumbered by the Singers and Musicians,

these practitioners are an essential aspectof 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

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 send their own

works to Eric to appear on his website.

 

CAROL WARBURTON

Wife of John Warburton - singer/songwriter & team member

 

ALEX JENKINS

Conveyer of monologues/singer & team member

 

PATRICK HAYES

Poems & songs usually with an Irish lilt