We have continued to increase our 2024 membership to 54. Remember it’s £10 in cash for the year until Christmas, free entry to singers and musicians’ nights every Wednesday at 8.15.

We have two guests who are new to the club on Wednesday 21 February, although both have been at the Gate to Southwell Festival in recent years. Lauren is a singer and multi-instrumentalist who has built up a reputation as one of Warwickshire’s finest folk musicians. Her honeyed vocals are backed by tenor guitar, fiddle or shruti box and Reg Meuross writes ‘Lauren’s voice has a distinctive and unique beauty that allows her to turn every word she sings into a kind of magic formula’. Becky Syson is a singer-songwriter from Farnsfield who ‘seems to radiate positivity’ (Left Lion) in her own first-rate songs and covers. Becky and Lauren will each perform solo for part of each set but also have interesting collaborations.

Admission is £7 but only £5 for current members. Please bring cash as we don’t have card facilities. Doors open at 7.45 pm for an 8.15pm start and we finish by 11pm.

We have guests booked for the following dates in 2024:

Wednesday 21 February – Lauren South & Becky Syson – young up-and-coming folk stars

Wednesday 20 March – The Brothers Gillespie – Northumbrian duo with ‘blood harmony’

Wednesday 17 April — Damien Barber – tradition from Norfolk and new Yorkshire songs

Wednesday 15 May — Virginia Kettle – vocalist/guitarist in Merry Hell: pleased to come to us

See you any Wednesday in our comfy redecorated room upstairs at the Gladstone.