Titirangi Folk Music Club

Kindred musical spirits since the world was middle-aged, two of New Zealand’s best known musicians take the stage together for a rare live run through the wealth of music they’ve recorded together.  Their shared love of the beauty that makes us listen to music will be to the fore as they play tunes from their Spanish-American collaboration Project Feijoa, Bob’s Lost Stars solo album and a few choice covers.  They’ll show us their tunes connection too… one of the sweetest combinations you’ll hear. 

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

From Gosport, Portsmouth and Brighton via the Red Lion, the Hand in Hand, somewhere south of Cape Horn and Galbraith’s, Ian is back solo at his “home” club of Titirangi.

After the exhausting journey and eventually emerging from his folkie closet into the folk scene at the 2000 Auckland Folk Festival, he has become a seasoned performer with groups such as Thursday, Westumbria, Supersheep and most recently Celtic Ferret.

Known as the windbag, he plays pretty much anything that can be blown (including bottles!) Ian also plays instruments that require being hit, shaken, rattled but never rolled.

He will be here at Titirangi breathing new life into songs and tunes from his British roots, stuff long buried in his repertoire.

Bring along your voices to join him for an evening at Titirangi as he meanders along a musical jaunt of songs, tunes and stories tall and short.

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

Our guests tonight are drawn from the diverse range of people that attend our Friday Folk’n’Jam sessions.

NO FLOORSINGERS TONIGHT – we’ve got a full line up of diverse talents from Friday Folk’n’Jam, so you can sit back, relax and enjoy.

Our AGM will take place at half time – we estimate soon after 8.45pm so do make sure you are there to elect the new committee, hear about constitution changes we need to make to fit in with the Incorporated Societies Act 2022, and contribute any ideas you may have on how the club runs.

Towards the end of the evening we’ll have an all join in singalong session, with the 2 songs you can download below:-

Wild Mountain Thyme

Star of the County Down

Doors open 7.30PM for an 8.00PM start.
Free Admission!

Seán is a Dublin balladeer who has been a constant in the Irish music scene in Auckland for almost fifty years. His gigs are rare these days, but not to be missed. Come and enjoy an evening of traditional and Irish music with Sean, accompanied by his two daughters Sinéad and Sarah.

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

Barry and Lorna Swallow met through Folkie friends back in the late 1970’s. They shared a love of the music of Nic Jones, who has subsequently been a major influence on Barry’s guitar playing.

They settled in Taupo and raised their family there, and in retirement purchased their distinctive motorhome/bus which enabled them to enjoy the music and fellowship of folk festivals.

Barry uses open tunings on his guitar to work out intricate accompaniments, for songs he has chosen for their thought-provoking lyrics and strong melodies.

In recent years, Lorna has developed an interest in playing Celtic tunes on low whistles, tunes chosen for their memorable melodies.

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

Sammy Leary comes from Tamaki-Makaurau and performs traditional & original music often with strong New Zealand themes but also from the broader Folk traditions of Ireland, Britain and the USA.

Performing with a varied range of instruments from the banjo to the bones to the concertina and the musical saw and of course the unaccompanied voice, you will find his performance thoroughly absorbing with songs wending from the dark and dreary to the jovial and absurd, with many’s the fine chance for good audience participation.

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