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

Next Outing will have The Trees (Acoustic) as our headline act
18/11/2025

Next Outing will have The Trees (Acoustic) as our headline act

Well then I'll be performing some of my songs at Beam theatre m Hertford on Tuesday 18th November at 12:30 and accompani...
08/11/2025

Well then I'll be performing some of my songs at Beam theatre m Hertford on Tuesday 18th November at 12:30 and accompanied by Paul Hilder on guitar too! A 40 minute set so it'll be difficult to squeeze my 400 odd songs in that time but I'll be selecting the ones that go down best...(voice from the kitchen " that'll be one then!"...mmmmm!
We hope some of you can make it...lotsa love to y'all!

Another "Americana Night " coming up at the end of the month...another for your diaries!
04/11/2025

Another "Americana Night " coming up at the end of the month...another for your diaries!

At the end of January , Wednesday the 28th to be precise we will have "The Junkyard Dawg Jugband" headlining, we should ...
03/11/2025

At the end of January , Wednesday the 28th to be precise we will have "The Junkyard Dawg Jugband" headlining, we should have practiced by then...I hope! Again by popular demand..especially our wives to get us out of our houses!

Our First headline of 2026 will be the "Debt Brothers" who performed superbly earlier this year and as a result I've rec...
03/11/2025

Our First headline of 2026 will be the "Debt Brothers" who performed superbly earlier this year and as a result I've received many requests for their return...I'm happy to oblige...sometimes!

Next one is Paul Hilder as our headline on Wednesday December 10th. This is the best snap I could get but I have to say ...
03/11/2025

Next one is Paul Hilder as our headline on Wednesday December 10th. This is the best snap I could get but I have to say the SM58 looks very frightened! Acknowledgement to the photographer Peter Alan Gill.

Ok then, other performers are wanting (maybe needing) to advertise their upcoming performances so I've produced posters ...
03/11/2025

Ok then, other performers are wanting (maybe needing) to advertise their upcoming performances so I've produced posters for Four Rivers Folk club events up to the end of the year and the first two of 2026 here they are in glorious technicolour one at a time ....more details of these events later. BTW one is missing it's our "Americana" & "Americana Old Timey" evening on Thursday 27th November...I'm nearly there but I just need a few confirmations (not religious I hasten to add)

First up the Trees doing an acoustic set on wednesday 26th November.

This coming Monday the 27th October I'll be performing at EMC2, 17 Chase Side, N14 5BP (The Southgate Club). I'll be mor...
25/10/2025

This coming Monday the 27th October I'll be performing at EMC2, 17 Chase Side, N14 5BP (The Southgate Club). I'll be more than ably accompanied by Peter Crossley on fiddle....this'll be great just to hear Peter's fiddle alone! I haven't a clue as yet what I'll be singing but there's plenty of songs to chose from and since I've some Dylan songs practiced so they may be in the mix. Hope some of you can make it. Thanks to Vic Newman for the invitation to play. Cheers Pat

25/10/2025

Hi there folkies and Dylanfreaks.
Firstly Four Rivers Folk Club note for Wednesday the 22nd October.
We had a superb headline from "The Medlars", great vocals, harmonies, fiddling and guitar from them. A fantastic selection of songs all in the true folk tradition just wonderful and highly recommended to any Folk Club!
We also had some excellent folky support from support from "Duelling Melodeans" and "Pass The Buch". Poetry (with a bit of singing and music) from Tashaney which was also wonderful! "Luca" performed four of his self composed songs. Last, but not the least by any means, a vibrant and high energy set from "Amanda & Elisha". with Amanda's great dynamic acoustic guitar playing and Elisha's powerful vocals they performed a super set. My favourite was "Black Girl" top notch!

Secondly on Thursday 23rd October we had one of our selected artist nights where I pick a famous performer and ask a selected few to perform four of their songs for us.
This time we had an opening of some of Peter Hart's stinging poetry on current USA goings on...that sharpened the knives!
John Abbott then performed solo with "Blowing in the Wind", "Simple Twist of Fate", "Forever Young" and Boots of Spanish Leather".
I then followed, accompanied by the superb Peter Crossley on fiddle, with "Blind Willie McTell", "Love Minus Zero/No Limit", "One More Cup of Coffee" and "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome".
Next up was "Peter Crossley" putting his fiddle down and picking up his guitar for a set of Dylan songs that he said he'd stolen from Rod Stewart albums?? "Only a Hobo", "Girl From the North Country", "Just Like a Woman", and "Tomorrow Is a Long Time".
Paul Hilder was next in line with changes of hat and harmonica braces (stolen from a dentist I believe) Paul performed "He Was a Friend of Mine", It Takes a Train To Laugh", "Maggies Farm" and "I Don't Want To Do It".
"Karen and Tony" then strutted their stuff with ""Tangled Up In Blue", "Make You Fell My Love", "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" and "Don't Think Twice It's Alright".
Lastly we had "The Badmen" with "When I Paint My Masterpiece", "Billy", "Outlaw" and "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" we had time so we squeezed a last song of the evening from them with "All Along the Watchtower".
A huge thanks to our Soundman "Archie" and the bar crew of "Marie" and Heidi" who had to stay a bit late.

There'll be another extra evening on Thursday 27th November with an Acoustic Americana evening. On Thursday 29th January 2026 we'll have an Acoustic Kinks Evening and on Thursday 26th February an Acoustic Beatles evening...and more to follow as 2026 progresses.

Pip pip Pat

Revised Date ...sorry!!! On thursday the 23 October we are having another Acoustic Bob Dylan Night. with the following p...
10/10/2025

Revised Date ...sorry!!! On thursday the 23 October we are having another Acoustic Bob Dylan Night. with the following performers playing four songs they've chosen. Here are the performers in approximate alphabetical order

John Abbott
The Badmen
Pat Crilly
Peter Crossley
Paul Hilder
Irvine Hunter (poetry)
Karen and Tony

You'll have to come along to hear who performs which of the Nobel Laureates songs they've chosen.

Hoping to see you "Aong the Watchtower" or at "Maggies Farm" for "Another Cup of Coffee"...

A quick review of last Wednesday's Four Rivers Folk Club before the ad for next time we have a coven. I kicked off with ...
10/10/2025

A quick review of last Wednesday's Four Rivers Folk Club before the ad for next time we have a coven. I kicked off with a few songs of my own ( some rarely performed) with Claudio accompanying me on some subtle percussion. Mike Excell came long with some of his great songs about playing footie on the council green spaces and one about his father's lost Gibson. Then Vic Newman performed a mostly up tempo and dynamic set of his own songs. Mary Doyle performed a lovely set with her lovely voice and finished with a very nice version of The Black Velvet Band....nice to hear a female voice singing it. Unfortunately Peter Crossley had caught the dreaded flu and informed beforehand that he could;ldn't perform but we still filled

Our headline act was South of Polaris with a wonderful selection of songs with Spanish guitar and fiddle and superb vocals. Their music had a very Iberian feel to it and a lot of songs were in Spanish which we all appreciated...a lovely evening of music.

Now for next time out on Wednesday the 22nd October.... we will be blessed by the first appearance at Four Rivers Folk club of "The Medlars". The Medlars will come to us with great songs and musicianship. They have a very traditional approach with accompaniment of guitar and fiddle with great harmonies and a wealth of super songs!

Here is their bio....

Rich sounds in the authentic folk tradition that reminds me of the great folk bands of yesteryear.’

The Medlars are a folk trio from East Anglia, performing songs and tunes originated and rooted in the folk tradition, revisiting, and creating new arrangements of classic English folk songs with a contemporary feel. Alie grew up with the influences of the East Anglian fens in her blood and has been performing and running folk clubs since the mid-1980s. Emma has a classical music background and Tom is a self-taught guitarist, with a wide range of influences from folk to punk. Whilst original influences remain, these have expanded, drawing in ideas from within and outside the tradition.

The Medlars are Alie Barnes - vocals, Emma Hardy - fiddle/vocals, Tom Hardy guitar/vocals.

“Evocative and transporting, Tom and Emma’s beautiful, sensitive instrumental arrangements intricately weave and flow around Alie’s mesmerizing vocals.”

https://www.themedlars.co.uk
https://themedlars.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/TheMedlarsFolkTrio

Our floor songsters on this evening will be
Amanda and Elisha
Pass the Buch
Dueling Melodeums
Luca
Tashaney (a female poet)
I'll be doing the sound as Archie is performing with his band in London

See you all then

p.s. on the next evening, Thursday 23rd October, which is the anniversary of the The Battle of El Alamein and Frank my brother's birthday we are having another acoustic Bob Dylan evening with lots of local artists performing his songs with no repeats. More on that later...once I make a poster for it!

pip pip Pat

We had another wonderful evening of music at the old Four Rivers Folk Club last wednesday with a variety of styles from ...
30/09/2025

We had another wonderful evening of music at the old Four Rivers Folk Club last wednesday with a variety of styles from our four song floor spots of Rob White covering the acoustic covers, Steve Ingrey a magnificent acoustic blues set, John Abbott with some mighty self penned and folky covers and Amanda & Elisha playing a very wonderful and appreciated uptempo set with great rhythm guitar from Amanda (shape up guys!) and super vocals from Elisha and close harmonies too. I did a few requests to fill in the time available to us.
Our headline act of That Blue Patch were superb as always covering so many styles in their performance. They're a favourite of mine and at the club and it was a real pleasure to have them back with Ruth on vocals, harmonica, ukulele , foot tambourine, melodica and swaying! With Dave keeping the steady rhythm he's known for.

Next time out on Wednesday 8th October we have "South of Polaris" a duo with a sort of "Spanish" feel. I've seen them at the Acoustic Club in Bishops Stortford and at The Cambridge Folk Club.
Our four song support acts that evening will be Peter Crossley, Mary Doyle, Vic Newman and Mike Excell all who have played at the club before.
Here is the "South of Polaris" bio...

"South of Polaris is the Flamenco-infused Alt Folk duo of Danii Reales (UK) and Saúl Díaz (Spain), whose music is as emotionally raw as it is sonically rich. Their sound blends intimate folk storytelling, the fire of flamenco, and the theatrical energy of rock, anchored by Danii’s unforgettable vocals and violin, and Saúl’s intricate Electro-Classical Guitar.

Born from grief, their music became a form of healing, transforming intense emotion into honest, relatable songwriting. Their performances are immersive and dynamic, offering audiences a visceral experience that’s both grounded and transcendent.

In just three years, South of Polaris has carved out a distinct space in the UK folk scene. They’ve been featured on BBC Introducing, Alan Ritson’s Fine Folk, and Cambridge Radio’s Folk Club, and have opened for acclaimed acts like Mad Dog Mcrea and Rioghnach Connolly & Honeyfeet. Their debut EP The Year After (Dec 2024) marked a powerful artistic milestone, earning them a nomination for a Cambridge NMG Award in the Folk & Americana category."

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Hertford Club, Bull Plain
Hertford
SG141DT

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