Month: August 2026

Kevin Mayes & Rosie Whinray met through a mutual love of unaccompanied folk singing. Kev’s background farming in Sussex shaped his repertoire & style, while Rosie was brought up in the Auckland folk scene.

Both now live nearer the head of the fish, in Shannon (Kev) & Wellington (Rosie). Strong solo singers in their own right, they also sing together in harmony. Songs of land & sea, love & war, beer & wine, politics, comedy, work, magic, & sheep: hearty history sung the traditional way.

Rosie’s Dad Paul Whinray was a folk singer back in the days of his youth, harmonising with Raynor Asher, & later a world-renowned maker of Baroque flutes & recorders out of his workshop in the Bethells bush. With luck Paul will get up & sing a few songs too!

Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start.
Floorsingers First half.
Admission
Members $10.00,
Non-Members $15.00,
Under 18s Free.

Rescheduled from 11th April.

The Asher family – John and Monica with children Raynor, Innes and Gavin – were founding members of the Titirangi Folk Music Club. Raynor, Innes and Gavin will perform with Innes and Nigel’s son Harry Champion and other whānau.

Harry is half of a duo with Hanna Wiskari who play tunes mainly from Scandinavia.

Raynor guested at Titirangi in the early days with his bluegrass group Crystyallised Figmunchers String Band, then with Paul Whinray, and once solo.

Innes is an occasional floor singer, and plays whistle and sings in Irish music sessions.

Gavin is a well known folk performer who started at Titirangi at the age of 13, and hasn’t stopped since, with many guest spots to his name, and albums in 1993 and 2024.

They are honoured by this invitation to play and sing together.

At some point in the evening our 2026 Annual General Meeting will be held, your chance to have your say on how the club is run and maybe even join the committee!

Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start.
Floorsingers First half.
Free Admission – due to AGM.

The Mollymawks are an acoustic guitar/vocals/fiddle/harmonica duo from Aotearoa playing original songs and tunes with a Celtic flavour. Their music has been played on National Radio, bFM and EastFM.   

The duo comprises Al Baxter on vocals and guitar, and Emily Allen on fiddle. Al writes and performs in both the Mollymawks and the band Hoop who host the Ministry of Folk in Mount Eden. Emily Allen plays with various ensembles and symphony orchestras. She studied violin in Oxford with the legendary violinist Kato Havas OBE.

The Mollymawks songs have themes of love, relationships, humour and politics – all set to enchanting melodies and lovely acoustic arrangements.

Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start.
Floorsingers First half.
Admission
Members $10.00,
Non-Members $15.00,
Under 18s Free.

Take your pick on which one’s High, Wide and Handsome but one thing’s for sure – these guys are entertaining, with Lew Black’s powerful voice, Andrew Gough’s intricate guitar work and John McKeown’s smooth harmonica playing, together with their combined harmonies. All three are multi-instrumentalists with a long involvement in the folk music scene.

Raised near the Liverpool docks, Lew has performed solo at various clubs, guested at the Auckland and Hamilton Folk Festivals, played Irish music in ‘Paddy Mac,’ and performed, internationally and locally, shanties with the Maritime Crew.

He and Andrew have collaborated previously in groups ‘Brouhaha’ and ‘High Wide & Handsome v1.’ Andrew has also performed in Honiara, Solomon Islands, and Fiji, and has the odd habit of hanging out with the Bethells Beach Firecrew band.

John’s involvement goes way back to his upbringing in Stoke, his time in Wales and, after emigrating here, he played trad with ‘Morgan Magan’ in the Kapiti Coast in the ‘80’s and since then with various line-ups down country and now in Auckland. He helps run ‘Friday Folk’ at Titirangi and enjoys having fun with the guys in HW&H.

High & Wide & Handsome will entertain you with their collection of eclectic songs with some humour thrown into the mix.

Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start.
Floorsingers First half.
Admission
Members $10.00,
Non-Members $15.00,
Under 18s Free.