BERE REGIS
MUSIC NIGHTS
Last Tuesday of each month at 8:00pm
at the drax arms, bere regis, bh20 7hh
Upcoming Dates
28 February
Murphy’s Lore Trio, Lydia Gee and Richard Wirdnam on accordion.
No entrance fee. Doors 7:30pm for 8pm.
Location: Skittle Alley @ Drax Arms, Bere Regis
28 March
Enda McCabe, Sophie Wright and Confluence – Folk Duo.
No entrance fee. Doors 7:30pm for 8pm.
Location: Skittle Alley @ Drax Arms, Bere Regis
25 April
Hicks & Goulbourn
A refreshing fusion of soulful vocals and breathtaking fingerstyle guitar.
Tickets in advance £10. Doors 7:30pm for 8pm.
Location: Skittle Alley @ Drax Arms, Bere Regis
30 May
Kevin ‘The Growling Fruit Cake’ Anderson, Peter Aston, and The New Billionaires.
No entrance fee. Doors 7:30pm for 8pm.
Location: Skittle Alley @ Drax Arms, Bere Regis
27 June
Polly Morris plus others to be confirmed.
No entrance fee. Doors 7:30pm for 8pm.
Location: Skittle Alley @ Drax Arms, Bere Regis
25 July
John & Di Cullen plus others to be confirmed.
No entrance fee. Doors 7:30pm for 8pm.
Location: Skittle Alley @ Drax Arms, Bere Regis
29 August
No event in August we are on holiday.
26 September
Sherburn Bartley Sanders
No entrance fee. Doors 7:30pm for 8pm.
Location: Skittle Alley @ Drax Arms, Bere Regis
24 October (a week earlier then normal)
Bruce Watson “a major Australian songwriter and performer in the folk tradition” plus others to be announced.
No entrance fee. Doors 7:30pm for 8pm.
Location: Skittle Alley @ Drax Arms, Bere Regis
28 November
Hickory Moon and others to be confirmed.
No entrance fee. Doors 7:30pm for 8pm.
Location: Skittle Alley @ Drax Arms, Bere Regis
19 December (a week earlier then normal)
Stompin’ Dave, Mummers and another to be confirmed.
No entrance fee. Doors 7:30pm for 8pm.
Location: Skittle Alley @ Drax Arms, Bere Regis
Previous Performers
Allison & Tatiana
Drawing on the roots of old time and bluegrass.
Stan Graham
Songs like Whitby Harbour, Alice, Closing Time and Sarajevo, are taking their place as “folk classics” up and down the country.
The Bow Legged Skeeters
They love their bluegrass both self penned and traditional.
Richard Smith
“The most amazing guy I know on the guitar. He can play anything I know, only better.” Chet Atkins, CGP (music legend)
Les Wild
Enjoys sailing 29ft yacht, playing music, bouzouki and guitar in Irish sessions and as a solo act for folk clubs, open mics, showcase sessions.
Chris Moreton
A multi-instrumentalist rated as the UK’s “best bluegrass guitarist” and as playing “truly world class lead guitar”.
Becoming Branches
Acoustic Rooster
Adrian Legg
Adrian Legg is an English guitar player who has been called “impossible to categorize”. He plays custom guitars that are a hybrid of electric and acoustic.
Milton Hide
They tell stories through original song, blending guitar and pure vocal delivery with arrangements including percussion and clarinet.
Ted & Beth
Father and Daughter team playing original material as well as covers.
Paul Openshaw
Paul Openshaw has a great reputation around the folk clubs which is well deserved. His songs can be amusing, outright funny or very sensitive and caring. He plays guitar with DADGAD tuning rather the traditional tuning which gives an additional uniqueness to his compositions.
Tin Angel
American roots music: blues, old-time, swing, and ragtime. Twin-fiddle-fuelled string band music rocks.
Screamin' Miss Jackson
Screamin’ Miss Jackson and The Slappa your Thigh Big Band
Robin Greenwood
Known for Skiffle and Bluegrass. He can also make his own guitar.
Fiddleback
Guitar, Fiddle & Harmony Vocals. Popular covers, classic favourites, originals & foot stomping folk tunes. Based South West UK Dorset/Somerset.
Antoine & Owena
Tim Edey
“Tim Edey plays a host of different instruments to a standard us mere mortals can only dream of. Listen and weep” (Jim Byrne, The Living Tradition).
Maclaine Colston and Saul Rose
Two masters of their instruments: The Songman in War Horse, Members of Eliza Carthy Band, Kings of Calicutt, etc.. BBC Folk Award Nominees, RPC Orchestra (Lord of the Rings).
Phil King
Singer Songwriter, Acoustic Folk, Americana, Blues & Roots.
Sunjay
Sunjay’s style has that natural drift between folk and blues and both camps have recognised his obvious flair.
Hicks and Goulbourn
Fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Steve Hicks and singer songwriter Lynn Goulbourn with a mutual love of folk, jazz, roots and acoustic genres.
Chimney Fish
A rustic mix of folk, rock’n’roll, country and jazz. Individual and entertaining, the material is an autobiography punctuated by loss, love, sex, booze, redemption and moving ever onwards as well as lots of well-known covers.
