Four Rivers Folk Club

Four Rivers Folk Club The Four Rivers Folk Club is based in the Hertford Club, Bull Plain, Hertford SG14 1DT. Featuring headline acts and performers from the local area.

The club runs twice a month on the second and fourth Wednesdays. Acoustic Music

Final adjustment to rest of 2025 for Four Rivers Folk Club....I hope!
24/06/2025

Final adjustment to rest of 2025 for Four Rivers Folk Club....I hope!

Some other Folk coming up in Letchworth in July..it's all in the poster but Peter Crossley and myself have sets
20/06/2025

Some other Folk coming up in Letchworth in July..it's all in the poster but Peter Crossley and myself have sets

Coming up for rest of year, awaiting one confirmation
13/06/2025

Coming up for rest of year, awaiting one confirmation

Right then, we had another wonderful evening of music on Wednesday with a super set from our headline act M G Boulter ac...
13/06/2025

Right then, we had another wonderful evening of music on Wednesday with a super set from our headline act M G Boulter accompanied by Paul on Double bass. Fantastic songs , voice and guitarmanship from Matt.
We had as support Colin Frid, Dude Indigo, Will Crane & Peter Hart . I was accompanied by Paul Hilder playing super guitar ...no more superlatives!
Thanks to Archie for his sound control expertise and to our audience for contributing to give the headline their return bus fare, they should be home to Southend by now!

Next time out on the 25th June we have a very welcome return of Causation Walker. Bryan Causton playing a variety of 8 stringed instruments and Penni MacLaren Walker on guitar and great singing. We love them and very happy for their return to the club.
We'll have support from Mary Doyle, Peter Crossley, Sam Smith, and Graham Moss and if time Peter Crossley will accompany me on fiddle.
See you all then.

Well that was another fine evening we had on Wednesday the 28th May. Graham Moss kicked us off with a nice we set includ...
30/05/2025

Well that was another fine evening we had on Wednesday the 28th May. Graham Moss kicked us off with a nice we set including an "a ca****la" song. Then myself and Peter Crossley followed, well someone has to actually do Folk Music at a "FOLK" Club , Peter played his fiddle beautifully accompanying my set. Next up was Nuala O'Halpin accompanied by Sam Smith on lead guitar and Wiliam Hayter on percussion, great set with Nuala's lovely voice and guitar picking. The it was Mike Excell's turn in the barrel singing some of his well crafted song and intelligent lyrics.
Or headline act was "Why Not?" who performed songs from their album , "The Project", featuring songs from local singer songwriters and a couple of new ones which are yet to be recorded by them.

Next time out on the 11th June we have a very welcome return of M G Boulter. M G writes superb songs and plays a mean acoustic guitar and was per last time he'll be accompanied by Paul on double bass.
Here is a short description....

"Serving his apprenticeship in numerous bands in the hotbed of the Southend-on-Sea music scene M G has been quietly working at creating rich and evocative story songs since 2013. Garnering praise from reviewers like Uncut describing his work as “gorgeous in a word” and R2 listing him as “a weapons grade songwriter. M G’s songwriting creates vignettes of ordinary life and seaside communities. This writing is no better shown than in his 2021 album Clifftown, a themed album based on his personal experiences and the wider hidden histories of his hometown, Southend-on-Sea”

Our supports will be Colin Frid, Dude Indigo, Will Crane and Peter Hart...should be a great evening..see you all then...all 3 of you?

I forgot to announce but I'd like to give my appreciation to the very welcome return of Archie as our sound engineer. Great mixing and assistance and means I can relax and enjoy the evenings again..less bad temper too!

Hi Hertford Folkies, we had another great evening on the 14 th May with "The Man with the Corduroy Heart" as our headlin...
22/05/2025

Hi Hertford Folkies, we had another great evening on the 14 th May with "The Man with the Corduroy Heart" as our headline act with his jazzy tinged , mostly humour filled, songs in excellent voice. We had superb support from Colin Frtid, Mike Excell , Dude Indigo and poet Peter Hart.

Next time out we have a showcase from local duo "Why Not?" who have made this an opportunity to make it the Hertford Album Launch of their album "The Project" which is a compilation songs written by local songwriters. Here is there description....

"Behind every song there is an untold story...When we first thought of this project, our idea was to add our own style to some of the excellent songs written by local song writers. We are so grateful that everyone not only embraced this idea but also told us the hidden story of how the song had been conceived. How wonderful to have this extra layer of meaning behind the lyrics! We hope you enjoy them as much as we love performing them"

Our support slots tonight will be from Peter Crossley, Nuala, Mike Excell and Graham Moss.

29/04/2025

Time runs so fast and can even get away from you.
Our outing on the 23rd March was another very fine evening of music not a bad spot anywhere.
Our headline act of Kelvin Davies and Chloe Turner with some gob harp from Gary Jones was excellent, as always, great songs, musicianship and harmonies they were a real treat!
Most of our other acts that night were also of a bluesy feel with Steve Ingrey performing a stellar set of acoustic blues, Paul Hilder with Gary Jones on harp both in top form, Graham Hine playing wonderful blues played on his Dobro accompanied by Peter Brown on bass, great songs and perfect slide guitar.
As a contrast we had Lara Gisborne with her wonderful voice performing a set here for the second time, a complete change of mood and tempo, just great! I've booked Lara as a headline act on the 27th August.
I played a few of my lesser performed songs with Paul Hilder accompanying me on lead guitar....I don't know how he does it but always great leads to songs he hasn't heard before, thanks Paul!
A huge thank you to all our performers and to the audiences contribution in the old bowler, which is now falling apart...just like some of those attending and performing....you'll know who you are!
Next time out is Wednesday 14th May which I've advertised previously.
Pip pip Pat

Advance warning for May 14th. Our featured artist will be "Man In A Corduroy Hat aka Ryan Davis."Blending poetic, heart-...
23/04/2025

Advance warning for May 14th. Our featured artist will be "Man In A Corduroy Hat aka Ryan Davis.
"Blending poetic, heart-warming storytelling with a hint of dry British humour, Man With A Corduroy Heart is an artist whose music reflects the charm of life’s quiet, unvarnished moments. With a sound that combines modern folk and Americana, his grounded songwriting has been described by The Big Takeover as “much more relatable than those of self-appointed modern-day gap-year troubadours” and by Lost in the Manor as “a lyrical masterpiece”"

Support from Colin Frid, Mike Excell, Dude Indigo and Peter Hart.

Well we had another very full evening last time out on Wednesday 9th April with a superb headline from Karen Johnson and...
14/04/2025

Well we had another very full evening last time out on Wednesday 9th April with a superb headline from Karen Johnson and Tony Clark superb voices , harmonies and musicianship. We had a nice selection of supports from Sam Smith, John Abbott, Paul Hilder and Stuart Nicholson.
Wednesday 23rd April has a mainly blues feel with our Headline act of Kelvin Davies and Chloe Turner with some accompaniment on harp from Gary Jones.
‘Kelvin Davies & Chloe Turner are rooted in beautifully harmonised voices and intricate guitar work. Tapping deep into the history of acoustic roots music and delivering sounds from a past time, expect to hear stunning versions of songs by folk legends such as The Carter Family, The Delmore Brothers and more, as well as wonderful self-penned material. Their new EP, ‘Some Songs That We Like’ is certainly one to be on the look out for!’
There'll be a another full night of superb support from Steve Ingrey, Paul Hilder, the Graham Hine Trio and something a wee bit different than the blues from Lara Gisborne. Paul Hilder will accompany me on some songs too...he needs the practice?

It was a great night last time out and that's not because The Junkyard Dawg Jugband were playing. A huge thanks to That ...
31/03/2025

It was a great night last time out and that's not because The Junkyard Dawg Jugband were playing. A huge thanks to That Blue Patch, Paul Hilder and Gary Jones, Peter Hart and The Paul Booth Trio for excellent performances.
Next time out on the 9th April we have visitors from Bishop Stortford area. Karen Johnson and Tony Clark are superb musicians and singers and their repertoire consists of Folk to Music Hal and originals plus good harmonies. Support will be Sam Smith, Paul Hilder, John Abbott and Stuart Nicholson.

"Clark and Johnson not only sing and play exquisitely, but draw the audience into the fun of live performance. Join them in folk-and-modern songs about life, love and absurdity,"

By popular demand, well a Bailiff letter anyway! Added a very welcome return of "That Blue Patch"..transfer from diary t...
14/03/2025

By popular demand, well a Bailiff letter anyway! Added a very welcome return of "That Blue Patch"..transfer from diary to poster went awry! Oooops!

Next Four Rivers evening will be an Irish night...there might even be a rough house for a few minutes!!
06/03/2025

Next Four Rivers evening will be an Irish night...there might even be a rough house for a few minutes!!

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SG141DT

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