Folk Club Bonn

24/07/2024

Have a listen here to Simon Kempston's new video of his instrumental piece "Moonrise Over Mostar" taken from his instrumental animal album of the same name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uealT36rEyw Enjoy! See you again in December Simon Kempston

The official video for the Simon Kempston composition for classical guitar 'Moonrise Over Mostar', the title piece taken from the collection of original piec...

12/07/2024

"The Eagle flies on Friday baby, and Saturday I go out to play!" This is where I will be playing on Saturday 13.07.24 in BONN-Bad Godesberg from 14:00-14:30 at Kleines Theater and from 15:30-16:00 hrs at the SfC café adjacent. John Harrison & Christoph Thiebes playing "A Little Bit Of Blues" Do come along and say hello! Gruß, John Harrison

12/07/2024

It looks like a sunny Sunday afternoon in Königwinter (and the eastern bank of the river Rhine always gets longer sun!) I will be playing on Sunday 14.07.24 in Königswinter from 14:00-15:00 hrs at Alta Zera in the pedestrian zone on the Hauptstrasse. John Harrison & Christoph Thiebes playing "A Little Bit Of Blues". We will also both be playing a double Bkues harp attack later along with Hofjebräu from 18:00-19:00 hrs at Café Bonjour. in Königswinter. Do come along and say hello! Gruß, John Harrison

04/07/2024

Folk Club Bonn # 148 on Friday 05.07.24 "A Ca****la"
Folk Club on Friday, the 5th July 2024
Dear Folk Club friends,
on Friday, July 5, 2024, there will be the 148th edition of the Folk Club. The organising team has decided to hold the evening on the usual date despite the overlapping quarter-final match between Germany and Spain at the European Football Championship.
The theme of the evening is "A Capella".
In June there will be a Singers' Night without a special featured artist.
The theme of the evening "A Capella" is aimed at singers who perform without accompanying instruments. The evening is intended to offer them a special platform.
Various registrations have already been received for vocal performances without
instrumental accompaniment. But as always, the theme of the evening is only a suggestion and not binding for the contributions.
As always, let yourself be surprised and enjoy the evening!
Here is a summary of the most important dates:
Date: 05 July 2024
Start: 19:00 hrs until probably 22:00 hrs. The hall is open from 5.00 pm and offers
the opportunity to enjoy a cosy meal and drink before the concert. If you arrive early,
you can also sit in the front row.
Venue: Dotty's Sports Bar and Restaurant (public clubhouse of the
Bonn Tennis and Hockey Club - BTHV),
Christian-Miesen-Straße 1,
53129 Bonn (Dottendorf)
Furthermore, free admission as always
Preview: The Folk Club takes a break in August
- 6 September: Theme of the evening: "Friendship"
Information for all those who would like to perform at the Folk Club and secure a date:
Please only use the address playrequestfolkclubbonn AT gmail dot com (spelt correctly with @ and . of course) for your registrations.
Please don't just hit "reply" on this mail you are reading now.
Such a mail unfortunately ends up attached to the original mail in a rat's tail and runs the greatest risk of being overlooked. Unfortunately, this is an unpleasant feature of Gmail.
If you use the special e-mail address for performance enquiries, this will not happen.
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Liebe Folk-Club-Freunde,
am Freitag, den 05. Juli 2024 gibt es die 148. Ausgabe des Folk Clubs. Das Organisationsteam hat sich dazu entschlossen, den Abend trotz des überlappend stattfindenden Viertelfinalspiels Deutschland-Spanien bei der Fußball EM zum gewohnten Termin stattfinden zu lassen.
Das Thema des Abends lautet „A Capella“.
Im Juni gibt es eine Singers‘ Night ohne speziellen Featured Artist. Das Thema des Abends „A Capella“ zielt auf Sänger und Sängerinnen, die ohne begleitende Instrumente auftreten. Der Abend soll ihnen eine besondere Plattform bieten. Es liegen für Gesangsdarbietungen ohne Instrumentalbegleitung schon verschiedene Anmeldungen vor. Aber wie immer ist das Thema des Abends nur ein Vorschlag und nicht bindend für die Beiträge.
Lasst euch wie immer überraschen und genießt den Abend!
Hier zusammengefasst die wichtigsten Daten:
Datum: 05. Juli 2024
Beginn: 19.00 Uhr bis voraussichtlich 22.00 Uhr. Der Saal ist ab 17.00 Uhr geöffnet und bietet die Möglichkeit, vor dem Konzert gemütlich zu speisen und zu trinken. Wer früh kommt, kann zudem in der ersten Reihe sitzen.
Ort: Dotty’s Sports Bar und Restaurant (Öffentliches Vereinshaus des Bonner Tennis- und Hockey-Vereins – BTHV), Christian-Miesen-Straße, 53129 Bonn (Dottendorf)
Ferner das „Allerwichtigste“: wie immer Eintritt frei
Vorausschau:
-Im August macht der Folk Club Pause
-6. September: Thema des Abends: „Freundschaft“
Eine Information für alle, die im Folk Club auftreten und sich einen Termin sichern wollen:
Bitte nutzt für eure Anmeldungen ausschließlich die Adresse playrequestfolkclubbonn AT gmail Punkt com (natürlich korrekt geschrieben mit @ und .). Bitte drückt nicht bei dieser Mail, die Ihr jetzt lest, nur auf „Antworten“. Eine solche Mail landet leider in einem Rattenschwanz an die Ursprungsmail angehängt und läuft größte Gefahr, übersehen zu werden. Das ist leider eine unangenehme Eigenschaft von Googlemail. Wenn Ihr die spezielle Mailadresse für Auftrittsanfragen benutzt, passiert das nicht.📷
Bei Bedarf erhaltet Ihr weitere Informationen bei
Eurem Folk-Club-Team
John Harrison (0228 3670150)
Detlef Stachetzki (0228 671621)
Mario Dompke (02633 470327)

28/06/2024

On Saturday afternoon 29.06.24 I shall be at the Bonn-Bad Godesberg Sommerfest in the Stadtpark on the StattReisen stand, Do come along and say hello! Gruß, John Harrison

25/06/2024

Der erste Freitag im Monat steht vor der Tür und Bonns erste Adresse für unplugged und rein akustische Folkmusik wird zur Abwechslung mal "a ca****la". Die Themen des FCB sind nie zwingend, aber es wird eine Hommage an das älteste und wunderbarste Musikinstrument überhaupt, die menschliche Stimme, sein!

24/06/2024

The first Friday of the month is approaching next month and Bonn's premier venue for unplugged and totally acoustic folk music is going a ca****la for a change. The FCB themes are never mandatory but there will be homage paid to the oldest and most wonderful musical instrument of all, the human voice!

23/06/2024

Am Sonntag, den 23.6. von 10:30 bis 17:30Uhr sind Die Bonner Baimwächter mit ihrem neuen Habitatbaum beim Museumsmeilenfest im Park vom Museum König.

Sunday 23.06.24 I shall be playing at 15:00 hrs together with Christoph Thiebes at the Bonn Baumwächterfest. Do come along and say hello. We'll be playing a couple of songs about the Green Man, and a little bit of Blues.
(Don't worry about the weather, I've had a word!)
Gruß, John John Harrison

14/06/2024

There are some new updates on the Bonn Folk CLub Blog which you can read here: https://folk-club-bonn.blogspot.com/

13/06/2024

Friday 14.06.24 @ 21:00 hrs
The Night Watchman of Bonn set in the year 1698.
It's your history too!
Do come and take a stroll through the past with me and experience Bonn of yore! I shall be taking a nighttime stroll through the old streets of Bonn starting at 21:00 hrs on Friday 16.06.24 so do come along and join me and I'll show you some aspects of this beautiful city that you have probably not seen before the summer
solstice. The Night Watchman of Bonn
You'll never really know who or where you are, or where you are heading for, unless you've taken some time to consider where you've actually come from. Get to know this beautiful city on the river Rhine which has been inhabited since Roman times and even before, by taking an evening candlelit stroll through Bonn in the year 1698 with Master John the night watchman and chance returning a wiser person than you departed.
Learn about religious and political wars, witchcraft, incarcerations and executions.
Learn the contrast between spine-chillingly rough justice on the one hand and astonishing compassion on the other. Why is the number twelve so significant in medieval city architecture in Northern Europe? When were WMPs first employed in a European military campaign? Why did poor beggars fulfil such a useful rôle in this society? Why was Louis XIV, the French Sun King and his German Egonistic henchmen loathed so much by almost all of Europe, and in Bonn especially, by the end of the 17th century? Why does Bonn have a Minster instead of a Cathedral? So many unusual questions, but Master John, a man who you don't meet every day, has answers for all of them. The rarest thing of all though, is that if you
play your cards right and behave yourselves, he might even sing you a song and wet your whistles for you with a 1516er. So do come along to the Brassert Ufer on the second Friday of most months and take a refreshing walk into your own past, and don’t be afeared to bring your friends and family along as well, for as long as you are with Master John, the night watchman, you’ll be safe indeed, even from the ghoulish local ghosts.
Next open tour:
Friday 14.06.24 @ 21:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 11.10.24 @ 20:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 15.11.24 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 13.12.24 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 10.01.25 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 14.03.25 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12 Prior reservations by phone on 0228 2425256. or by E-mail below. Meeting place: near the zebra crossing, Rheingasse, on the corner of Brassertufer.
Prior reservations for the above open tour dates are necessary. Please check online here for the latest updates:
http://stattreisen-bonn.de/tours_in_english.htm...
Private block group tours can be booked on request from StattReisen: [email protected]
Private block group live virtual tours are also available on request at the contact addresses above. This allows you to enjoy a tour of Bonn in the 17th century live from the comfort and safety of your own homes simultaneously with whomever you choose, from anywhere else on the planet with a good internet connection.
(Photo below by kind courtesy of John Hurd of 3SongsBonn - and three is also the number of songs I will be singing during the tour!)

10/06/2024

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10/06/2024

The Night Watchman of Bonn set in the year 1698.
It's your history too!
Do come and take a stroll through the past with me and experience Bonn of yore! I shall be taking a nighttime stroll through the old streets of Bonn starting at 21:00 hrs on Friday 16.06.24 so do come along and join me and I'll show you some aspects of this beautiful city that you have probably not seen before the summer
solstice. The Night Watchman of Bonn
You'll never really know who or where you are, or where you are heading for, unless you've taken some time to consider where you've actually come from. Get to know this beautiful city on the river Rhine which has been inhabited since Roman times and even before, by taking an evening candlelit stroll through Bonn in the year 1698 with Master John the night watchman and chance returning a wiser person than you departed.
Learn about religious and political wars, witchcraft, incarcerations and executions.
Learn the contrast between spine-chillingly rough justice on the one hand and astonishing compassion on the other. Why is the number twelve so significant in medieval city architecture in Northern Europe? When were WMPs first employed in a European military campaign? Why did poor beggars fulfil such a useful rôle in this society? Why was Louis XIV, the French Sun King and his German Egonistic henchmen loathed so much by almost all of Europe, and in Bonn especially, by the end of the 17th century? Why does Bonn have a Minster instead of a Cathedral? So many unusual questions, but Master John, a man who you don't meet every day, has answers for all of them. The rarest thing of all though, is that if you
play your cards right and behave yourselves, he might even sing you a song and wet your whistles for you with a 1516er. So do come along to the Brassert Ufer on the second Friday of most months and take a refreshing walk into your own past, and don’t be afeared to bring your friends and family along as well, for as long as you are with Master John, the night watchman, you’ll be safe indeed, even from the ghoulish local ghosts.
Next open tour:
Friday 14.06.24 @ 21:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 11.10.24 @ 20:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 15.11.24 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 13.12.24 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 10.01.25 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 14.03.25 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12 Prior reservations by phone on 0228 2425256. or by E-mail below. Meeting place: near the zebra crossing, Rheingasse, on the corner of Brassertufer.
Prior reservations for the above open tour dates are necessary. Please check online here for the latest updates:
http://stattreisen-bonn.de/tours_in_english.htm
Private block group tours can be booked on request from StattReisen: [email protected]
Private block group live virtual tours are also available on request at the contact addresses above. This allows you to enjoy a tour of Bonn in the 17th century live from the comfort and safety of your own homes simultaneously with whomever you choose, from anywhere else on the planet with a good internet connection.

(Photo below by kind courtesy of John Hurd of 3SongsBonn - and three is also the number of songs I will be singing during the tour!)

02/06/2024

Thursday 20:00 hrs 06.06.24 in Kater 26 in Bonn

23/05/2024

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07/05/2024

The Night Watchman of Bonn, set in the year 1698
https://www.facebook.com/StattReisenBonn
It's your history too!
Do come and take a stroll through the past with me and experience Bonn of yore! I shall be taking a stroll through the old streets of Bonn starting at 20:30 hrs this Friday evening 10.05.24 so do come along and join me and I'll show you some aspects of this beautiful city that you have probably not seen before.

You'll never really know who or where you are, or where you are heading for, unless you've taken some time to consider where you've actually come from. Get to know this beautiful city on the river Rhine which has been inhabited since Roman times and even before, by taking an evening candlelit stroll through Bonn in the year 1698 with Master John the night watchman and chance returning a wiser person than you departed.
Learn about religious and political wars, witchcraft, incarcerations and executions.
Learn the contrast between spine chillingly rough justice on the one hand and astonishing compassion on the other. Why is the number twelve so significant in medieval city architecture in northern Europe? When were WMPs first employed in a European military campaign? Why did poor beggars fulfil such a useful rôle in this society? Why was Louis XIV, the French Sun King and his German Egonistic henchmen loathed so much by almost all of Europe, and in Bonn especially, by the end of the 17th century? Why does Bonn have a Minster instead of a Cathedral? So many unusual questions, but Master John, a man who you don't meet everyday, has answers for all of them. The rarest thing of all though, is that if you
play your cards right and behave yourselves, he might even sing you a song and wet your whistles for you with a 1516er. So do come along to the Brassert Ufer on the second Friday of most months and take a refreshing walk into your own past, and don’t be afeared to bring your friends and family along as well, for as long as you are with Master John, the night watchman, you’ll be safe indeed, even from the sometimes ghoulish local ghosts.
Next open tour:
Friday 10.05.24 @ 20:30 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 14.06.24 @ 21:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 11.10.24 @ 20:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 15.11.24 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 13.12.24 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 10.01.25 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12
Friday 14.03.25 @ 19:00 hrs € 14 / 12 Prior reservations by phone on 0228 2425256. or by E-mail below. Meeting place: near the zebra crossing, Rheingasse, on the corner of Brassertufer.
Prior reservations for the above open tour dates are advisable. Please check online here for the latest updates:
http://stattreisen-bonn.de/tours_in_english.htm
Private block group tours can be booked on request from StattReisen: [email protected]
Private block group live virtual tours are also available on request at the contact addresses above. This allows you to enjoy a tour of Bonn in the 17th century live from the comfort and safety of your own homes simultaneously with whomever you choose, from anywhere else on the planet with a good internet connection.

(Photo by kind courtesy of John Hurd of 3SongsBonn - and three is also the number of songs I will be singing during the tour!)

02/05/2024

Dear Folkies, for those of you who cannot wait for your monthly dose of live music at the folk club on this Friday 03.05.24 at 19:00 hrs in Dotty's at BTHV in Dottendorf then there is the possibility to come along this evening on Thursday 02.05.24 at 20:00 hrs to Kater 26 in the Römerstrasse 26 in Bonn 53111 where a couple of acts from recent Bonn folk club evenings will be performing. See you later allugators!

01/05/2024

There are a few more updates on the folk club Bonn blog for your perusal https://folk-club-bonn.blogspot.com/

01/05/2024

This Friday 03.05.24 has another instalment of Folk Club Bonn, this time the 146th edition since inauguration.

May your camels and your Maibäume always have water!

15/04/2024

05/04/2024

Dear readers, there are some new posts up on the Bonn folk club blog page.
The omens are very good indeed, that it will be another memorable folk club evening.
These happen on the first Friday of each month and are totally acoustic and unplugged (which is a little bit of a rarity in these modern days!)

Flirting is the theme of the March FCB - but what is flirting? Almost everyone can do it, but not everyone knows how to assess it correctly - hence a scientific digression (I'm quoting the sources so that I'm not stripped of the title of deputy club chronicler at some point - although? Would be less...

03/04/2024

Liebe Folkies, es ist fast wieder der erste Freitag im Monat.
Dies wird ein gutes Treffen mit unserem Künstler, SImon Wahl, der für seinen vierten Auftritt im Folk Club Bonn aus Wien anreist. Die Musik beginnt pünktlich um 19:00 Uhr und die Türen sind ab 17:00 Uhr geöffnet. Im Gegensatz zu den letzten beiden Treffen haben wir keine Warnung vor einem Streik im Nahverkehr erhalten, so dass wir empfehlen, früh zu kommen, um sich einen Platz zu sichern.

01/04/2024

Thursday 04.04.24 in Kater 26, Römerstraße 26, 53111 BONN von 20:00-22:00 hrs. I am pleased, happy and honoured to announce that I will be accompanied by Christoph Thiebes on Blues Harp and Robert Hrubes from Sam Francisco on piano. There is also a much better type of Pilsner Urquell than one normally finds in the USA, the original from Prague!
Admission free with hat collect.

04/02/2023

Some nice Spanish 🇪🇸/ Mexican 🇲🇽 vibes from JerMexiCana on Friday at the Folk Club.

03/02/2023

Eines von David Lübke‘s dynamischen und tiefsinnigen Liedern, am Freitag virtuos mit dem Banjo vorgetragen. Echt gut.

30/01/2023

More details on what to expect at this Friday’s Folk Club Bonn Evening, by 3songsbonn’s John Hurd.

Friday (3 Feb) seesThe first featured artist in 2023 and it’s also a rather special one at Folk Club Bonn – namely an up-and-coming folk star from Hannover. 26-year-old David Löbke won …

08/01/2023

Some cool blues playing by Mario of Fomiander fame and John.

07/01/2023

Folk Club Bonn

07/01/2023

Some amazingly graceful harp music and singing at the Folk Club.