BERE REGIS
MUSIC NIGHTS
MUSIC NIGHTS
Last Tuesday of each month at 8:00pm
at the drax arms, bere regis, bh20 7hh
at the drax arms, bere regis, bh20 7hh
Upcoming Dates
4 July
The Bere Essentials, Lydia & Ryan plus Paul Openshaw will be playing to raise funds to help with the running of the Bere Regis Communibus.
No entrance fee but donation towards the up keep of Communibus will be appreciated. Doors 7:30pm for 8pm.
Location: Skittle Alley @ Drax Arms, Bere Regis
25 July
John & Di Cullen, Dorset Phil plus Richard Spears.
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
Entrance fee to be decided. 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” supported by Dorset Wrecks Shanty and Paul Thomas
No entrance fee. Doors 7:30pm for 8pm.
Location: Skittle Alley @ Drax Arms, Bere Regis
28 November
Hickory Moon, Nigel Waite and Martin Bliss.
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.
Richard Smith
“The most amazing guy I know on the guitar. He can play anything I know, only better.” Chet Atkins, CGP (music legend)
The Bow Legged Skeeters
They love their bluegrass both self penned and traditional.
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
Becoming Branches based in the New Forest are doing well and have had a busy 2023 with major gigs including Cambridge Folk Festival and several in London.
Acoustic Rooster
Acoustic Rooster, Dorset based Folk Band. Wide repertoire of Traditional, Contemporary and Irish Folk songs. Festivals, Fund Raising and Private Events.
Erika Lewis
From classic country to cosmic Americana to dreamy indie folk, Erika plays an ever-expanding pool of roots music styles.
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.
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).
Antoine & Owena
Together they combine the interpretive folk violin styles of Owena Archer, with the folk-rock guitar and bouzouki rhythms of Antoine Architeuthis.
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.
The Bere Essentials
Old Americana tunes, Western Swing, Country and the odd Pop cover with a smile. They are the Folk Night’s house band.