Category: Club Night

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.

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

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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.

Jenny Kilpatrick, vocals/ bass/whistle and

Tony Ricketts, vocals/guitar/songwriter are PORTABLE PANIC,

the PLUS is Jude Douglas, violin/vocals.

Jenny and Tony have been playing music together off and on for decades, stealing the name Portable Panic from their company. 

Teenage Jenny was introduced to the Wellington folk scene by her big brother, and was known for singing British Trad. She and Tony were fixtures on the Auckland folk scene  in the nineties and noughties (Easy St, Tattie Jock etc). In 2012 they moved to Wellington, where Jenny’s been busy playing bass and singing with The Madillionaires, The Eagals and The PJs, among others, while Tony went quiet for a while. Last year they decided to revive him to give his songs old and new an airing. 

Tony was an Auckland singer-songwriter with a penchant for old pop songs. He wrote ‘King of the Roses’  and co-wrote with John Philip ‘Harvest Fields of Cromer’ for the TFMC 20th anniversary songwriting competition. His first group was Easy St. with Chris Price and Kerrin Worsfold before Chris moved to Wellington. Early this century he was part of a Celtic band called Tattie Jock. There have been three albums of his songs.

Jude has played or recorded with a range of musicians including Mike Harding, Cath Woodman, Wayne Gillespie, Chris Priestley, The Overdogs and Damian Wilkins, as well as making a CD of fiddle tunes, including several she composed. She teamed up with Portable Panic last year.

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

Come and celebrate Mother’s Day with the homespun harmonies of Jean and Andrea Reid!

Andrea was performing with her mum from a very early age, and although she lives in Wellington these days, they sing and play together whenever they get the chance.

Titirangi Folk Music Club was always supportive and encouraging to Andrea, who now has an impressive body of work of her own and with the exciting Butter Wouldn’t Melt.

Jean has performed solo and with many groups over the years, and is currently half of the popular duo Celtic  Ferret.

Andrea and Jean welcome this opportunity to perform together and look forward to seeing you all on the 9th of May.

The evening will be MC’d by the Mother of all comperes:-
Tricia Lee!

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

We hope you can stay warm and dry tonight and tomorrow and hope to see you soon.

New date:- September 12 2026. Which seems like an eternity, but hey, it’ll be great when it comes!

Sixteen years in, Jennifer moves between worlds with ease. She was once described as having “irreverent puckish vim” in a mag. She plays Barb in Shane Meadows’ The Gallows Pole, has opened for Pulp and John Cooper Clarke and performed for Chanel’s Metiers d’Art. She’s toured with Eliza Carthy for 18 months, and in 2025, took her songs to Aotearoa’s North Island to critical acclaim.

Rooted in archives and oral histories, her work braids nineteenth century music with the present: teaching, performing, sharing, researching, advocating and supporting spaces for memory and making in the tradition.

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

Experience the magic of Joni Mitchell’s timeless music brought to life by the captivating talents of singer-songwriter and guitarist Jan Elliott. With her distinctive voice and heartfelt performances, Jan delivers an enthralling concert that pays homage to one of the most influential songwriters of the 20th century.

From iconic hits like Big Yellow Taxi, Help Me and Circle Game, Jan’s repertoire showcases the legendary depth and artistry of Mitchell’s songbook. Joni’s melodious tunes and poetic, deeply personal lyrics, resonate with authenticity and timelessness.

Jan leads a stellar lineup of musicians, including:

• Cadzow Cossar on acoustic and electric guitars. A seasoned performer on festival stages worldwide, Cadzow adds a worldly touch to the familiar melodies, complementing them without overpowering their essence.
• Stephen Moody on bass. A recent Joni enthusiast, Stephen found himself immersed in the intricate basslines of her music, which have become a key highlight of the performance.

This is the 14th Joni Mitchell tribute concert Jan and her band have performed to great reviews.

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

The Skiffy Rivets are worth turning out for, thanks to their fun approach with a repertoire that stretches from the funny to the thoughtful — all delivered with tasty harmonies.

Holly Carrington and Pete Parnham share most of the lead vocals with Pete switching guitars to suit the genre. Meanwhile Sue Tearne adds another whole dimension with top-end harmonies, while Cathy Dyer on bass provides the beating heart of the ensemble.

It’s going to be a great evening with new songs and old favourites.

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

The Slow Water Band –  combines the sounds of guitar, fiddle, whistles, bodhran, and vocals with a touch of Celtic magic!

The band are all experienced musicians and have performed throughout New Zealand. Based on the North Shore, they play stirring music, of the type that might be heard in the pubs of Ireland. They’re equally at home on a stage, at a music festival, in someone’s front room, at special parties or at a Session in a pub. See: https://www.facebook.com/SlowWaterBand/

Alan Wagstaff and his wife, Ruth, were  immersed in the English Folk music scene from a young age. As educators they brought music and the arts to their classes on a daily basis. Alan is  our guitarist, lead singer and arranger;  Ruth plays recorders, whistles and the bodhran. Sarah Poppe is a natural dramatic performer. She is also an educator, showing her pride in her Celtic heritage with her lively fiddle playing.  Stephen Cope captivates audiences when he is playing music and is never far from his accordion. 

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