Friday Folk ‘n’ Jam – Friday 26th February 2021

Circle of Friday night musicians in the Beach Hall
Circle of Friday night musicians in the Titirangi Beach Hall

An evening of taking turns to share music and songs around the circle, joining in when you can, with harmonies on your instrument or voice. Participate or listen. The choice is yours.

Doors open 7.30pm for a 7.30pm Start
Admission $5

We’re a totally informal, small friendly group of people who like to sing and play music. This is a good place for experienced musicians to meet up and enjoy playing together.

If you do not sing or play and would like to then here you’ll find encouragement. There is never any pressure and you may wish to visit a few times to get confidence or you may already be confident, it does not matter, no one will criticise, only support.

Doors open 7.30pm for a 7.30pm Start
Admission $5

We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.

Pick o’ the clubs – Auckland Folk Festival – Saturday January 30th 2021

Titirangi FMC are again hosting a day of music in the Barn featuring folk clubs from around the Auckland region & a bit further afield.

Times may be subject to change, so do check the Barn programme on the day.

10.00 AM East Coast Bays Club

10:45 AM Rafters Folk Club

11:30 AM Titirangi Folk Music Club

The Outsiders – Helen Douglas, Mark Sanders & Bill Newns

12:15 PM Shanty Session

Picture of Lew Black
Captained by Lew Black

1:15 PM Hamilton Folk Club

2:00 PM Hibiscus Folk Club

2:45 PM Katikati Folk Club

🎅 Cameron Bennett – Friday 11th December 2020 – Note Change of Date 🎅

Cameron Bennett. Photo: NZ Herald

Cameron’s day job is making television documentary and current affairs, but after-hours has always been about making music – from trad folk to bluegrass and country.

He plays acoustic and lap steel guitars in a number of line-ups, including Chris Priestley’s ‘Unsung Heroes,’ ‘Martha and the Backseat Drivers’ and ‘Bluegrass & Beyond.’

For the past decade, he’s turned his hand to writing songs that draw on the heritage, heartache and hope of this country of ours.

Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start.
Floorsingers First half.
Admission
Members $8.00,
Non-Members $12.00,
Under 18s Free.

We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.

🎅 Friday Folk’n’Jam – INTERNATIONAL Edition – Friday 4th December 2020 🎅

Time: Dec 4, 2020 19:30 NZ – 06:30 UTC.

Time to get together with fellow folkie Zoomers from near and far for another Friday Folk INTERNATIONAL Edition.

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🎅 Friday Folk ‘n’ Jam – Friday 18th December 2020 🎅

Circle of Friday night musicians in the Beach Hall
Circle of Friday night musicians in the Titirangi Beach Hall

An evening of taking turns to share music and songs around the circle, joining in when you can, with harmonies on your instrument or voice. Participate or listen. The choice is yours.

Doors open 7.30pm for a 7.30pm Start
Admission $5

We’re a totally informal, small friendly group of people who like to sing and play music. This is a good place for experienced musicians to meet up and enjoy playing together.

If you do not sing or play and would like to then here you’ll find encouragement. There is never any pressure and you may wish to visit a few times to get confidence or you may already be confident, it does not matter, no one will criticise, only support.

Doors open 7.30pm for a 7.30pm Start
Admission $5

We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.

CONCERT with Aro – Saturday 14th November 2020

NOW AT GLEN EDEN BAPTIST CHURCH 97 GLENDALE RD, GLEN EDEN.

This will be the first time we’ve put on a concert for some time, but we’ve got some great guests, and a great support act, to make it all worthwhile.

Aro
Aro
Aro

Aro are a husband and wife duo, made up of Charles (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Te Ata, Te Ati Awa) and Emily Looker (nee Rice). The pair met at Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau (University of Auckland), both studying for a Bachelor of Music (Pop), and discovered that they shared a passion for the power of language and music to tell stories, create community and remind us of our cultural identity.

Love defines this jazz-pop-RnB, husband & wife pair, and harmony is their signature.

Their first single Kōtare is a showcase of the distinctive sound that Aro has become known for; a warm blend of pop, R&B, jazz, and taonga pūoro. The track is a jubilant guitar driven melody, inspired by the kōtare (kingfisher). The gorgeously harmonious dual vocals carry the song, Emily’s honey-voiced jazz blending with Charles’ full throated haka sound, allowing the poetic te reo Māori lyrics to truly shine. Punctuated with percussive clicks and joyful whistles, Kōtare is an uplifting and beautiful example of the energy of the manu.

“The musicianship throughout – haunting and interlocking vocals, stick percussion, evocations of taonga pūoro, touches of Latin rhythms – is clever and diverse”

– Graham Reid, Elsewhere – Manu album review

To open the evening local group HIGH, WIDE & HANDSOME will perform a selection of…

  • Songs of the sea and songs of the land.
  • New songs, old songs, that centuries span.
  • Songs from all over, dusted out in the light.
  • Songs of joy and despair, of love and delight.
  • Stories of success and failure, some sad, some gloomy.
  • Songs we will sing with you so glad and so groovy!
High, Wide & Handsome

ADMISSION: MEMBERS $20, PUBLIC $25

We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.

Friday Folk ‘n’ Jam – Friday 27th November 2020

Circle of Friday night musicians in the Beach Hall
Circle of Friday night musicians in the Titirangi Beach Hall

An evening of taking turns to share music and songs around the circle, joining in when you can, with harmonies on your instrument or voice. Participate or listen. The choice is yours.

Doors open 7.30pm for a 7.30pm Start
Admission $5

We’re a totally informal, small friendly group of people who like to sing and play music. This is a good place for experienced musicians to meet up and enjoy playing together.

If you do not sing or play and would like to then here you’ll find encouragement. There is never any pressure and you may wish to visit a few times to get confidence or you may already be confident, it does not matter, no one will criticise, only support.

Doors open 7.30pm for a 7.30pm Start
Admission $5

We are here. At the bottom of Titirangi Beach Road, just beyond the car park.