Whitstable Folk Club

26/12/2024

Henry Says-
Rest assured the mirth or stress of your festive endeavours will soon be packed away for another year. Make way for traditional Hoodener mayhem plus your very goodselves at the last Last Friday of 2024. Those of you have yet to experience the full Hoodener in person you'd never forgive yourself if you missed this one. Hoodening in the Kent tradition (perhaps look it up) is classic re-enactment of a very loose story wrapped in this case by wonderful kletzmer music from the auxiliary performers in the ensemble. You know you've deserved this so do trot along, be there or be square as I've oft said before.
Thanks to all for supporting our endeavours this past year and we look forward to hearing /seeing you next. This'll be my last missive so you'll be getting more coherent reminders in future. All the best

Henry

Whitstable Folk Club meets on the 'Last Friday' of each month in the back room of the Whitstable Labour Club.
Entry fee is £3.00 doors opening at 7.30 for an 8pm start.

23/12/2024

THIS WEEK at Whitstable Folk Club, Friday 27th December, we have
THE WHITSTABLE HOODENERS, who will arrive at some point and disrupt the evening in their own special and very traditional way.

08/12/2024

28/11/2024

Hi Folks,
HENRY HAS BEEN HACKED.
Please ignore any email of posts from him till he sorts it.
Al

26/11/2024

Henry Says:-
Well as we draw towards year end who knows what's instore for us. Yes reflective mode this month. No surprise for many of you I've now moved to North Yorkshire but will be at the club this week and hopefully for the Hoodeners madness, music and mayhem on Friday 27th December. Alan and Nigel will be the guiding lights thereafter. This week it's your very good selves as the star attractions so you know it should be a good evening. See you there.

21/10/2024

Henry Says:-
Well here we are again. Summer draws to an end and clocks about to change. We've cast a much broader net for our guest than usual, Steve Suffet hails from New York and plays limited UK appearances. I was reminded of early Tom Paxton/60's protest songs but no doubt you'll have your own views.
If you want a preview you can employ the services of the tinternet https://stevesuffet.com/biography.html
This as I say often is one you shouldn't miss so hopefully see you all on Friday.

Henry Lewis
[email protected]
07922141401

    Steve Suffet performing with Pete Seeger, Nanci Callahan, and Anne Price at Ecofest in Central Park, New York City. October 4. 2009. Photo by Luis Eduardo Corrales.

18/10/2024

Our 'Last Friday' guest artist this month October 25th is Steve Suffet all the way from the USA to our back room.

All of Steve's performances in the UK, except October 21,
are to support the nonprofit Peoples' Voice Cafe in New York City.
October 21 performance is to support Saint Gemma's Hospice in Leeds.
Steve does all of these as an unpaid volunteer at his own expense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RgQIoCQ1Yo

18/10/2024

Our guest artist at Whitstable Folk Club for October is STEVE SUFFET.

From the USA on his UK tour, Steve Suffet is best described as an old fashioned folksinger. His repertoire is a mixture of railroad songs, trucker songs, coal miner songs, cowboy songs, union songs, old time ballads, blues, ragtime, Gospel, bluegrass, topical-political songs, Woody Guthrie songs, Irish songs, and whatever else tickles his fancy. He takes songs from whatever sources he wishes and then he sings them his own way, maybe rewriting the lyrics on the spot or changing a major key to a mountain modal.

Steve also writes his own songs, sometimes set to the tunes of traditional folk songs, but more often set to an original tune written in traditional style. Some of Steve's songs have appeared in The Folk Process section of Sing Out! magazine over the years. Others can be found in The Digital Tradition on-line folk song database, as well as in the archives of the Centre for Political Song at Glasgow Caledonian University. Many have been played on folk music radio programs throughout the USA, as well as in Canada, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

08/10/2024

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23/09/2024

Al says- despite what I put on the poster under. (Dozy old bu**er) Our entry fee as Paul kindly pointed out is 3 quids not 2 great british pounds.

Henry says:-
Well here we are again . This months Last Friday brings you a not totally unfamiliar to you folks act; as its Nigel Hobbins and Diane Comley. No massive introductions necessary it's Nigel so they'll do what it says on the tin (well cd cover anyhows). There may well be some new tracks or not you'll just have to turn up and enjoy the evening to find out. Obviously with your good selves providing the support how can you fail to have a splendid time. See you there then .

27/08/2024

HENRY SAYS:-
Well here we are for some of you deja-vu all over again.
Yep it's that time of the month. You're the stars and not for the first time you may add. Well done you.
Summer may be drawing to a close but the sun still shines in the back room of the Labour Club. So make an evening of it, see you there, you know it makes sense.

14/08/2024

Henry says -

1) there will be another showcase event arranged by Nigel at the Labour Club. It's Bank holiday Monday 26th August from 2pm weather permitting in the garden. If you fancy doing up to 4 numbers as your own mini gig you'll have a readymade audience. Participants to request more info/volunteer their service to Nigel:-
07903 793872
[email protected]

2) We announced at the last last Friday the passing of Mark Lawson who enlivened our sessions and was a founding father of our current incarnation as well as being part of Dead Horse Morris, the Shanty Crew and Whitstable Hoodeners. I have been asked to forward details of the arrangements:-
Thursday 29th August 9.30 am Church service Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception RC Church Northwood Road, Whitstable
11am Faversham Crematorium ME13 9H
1pm Wake at Goodys Brewery CT6 7NP

All welcome to any of these

10/08/2024

UPDATE- From Alex- Mark Lawson Funeral.

Wake for Mark is to be held at Goodys brewery in Herne from 1 pm on 29 August. Alex