Remember next Sunday is the “Hot Day In August” event at Moor’s Meadow. Lots of music from just about all the Bromyard Sessions musicians, blacksmithing exhibition and the chance to wander Ros’s amazing gardens. And all in a good cause!
Full details in the previous post or email info@bromyardsessions.co.uk if you have a question.
Sunday 1st August 11am – 5pm in aid of St. Michaels Hospice, Moors Meadow Gardens & Nursery will again be hosting this event with live Acoustic Music, Blacksmith Demonstrations, Refreshments and Stalls.
We have had so many requests by visitors to our previous events and from people who missed these great days that we decided it was time to hold our 5th “A Hot Day in August”, known to some as “Ros-stock”. The entrance is only £4 for adults, children 4 – 16 years £1 for a whole day of entertainment, just 4 miles North of Bromyard on B4214, Tenbury Road. Guide dogs only.
Moors Meadow is an inspirational garden with international recognition with recent features in local and national papers and magazines as well as overseas, also on local radio. In May the garden and gardeners could be seen on BBC TV Gardeners World, it has also been voted “Most Romantic Garden” in Central England. It is a most remarkable 7-acres brimming with plants and with many intriguing features and sculptures.
The Moors Meadow resident Artist Blacksmiths will astound you with their craftsmanship and creativity, Joshua De Lisle has won several awards and now has a commission for a set of gates for Richmond Park. Jo Williams won top student in the National Diploma of Blacksmithing in her final year at college and excels with her creations of movement and form in her sculptures. A unique demonstration piece will be auctioned during the afternoon.
There will be many talented local musicians and the entertainment will begin with Tony Burt and a tantalizing taste of his huge repertoire of songs.
Other musicians will include the sultry sounds of broadcaster and entertainer Nonny James, the dulcet tones of the folkish Foxtail Soup, the good ole Cajun tunes of Les ‘Ot Potatoes. There will be Ian “Blues Boy” Jackson, the well known and much loved sound of Pete and Stevie Geoghegan, the Ramshackle Bluegrass Band which I think will be playing some ramshackle bluegrass, SamMatt playing som’at, the irrepressible Dave Haigh and the hilarious wordsmith Everton Ken. To bring the event to a close will be Bromyard Sessions with a medley of musicians playing a medley of music.
The Bromyard and District St. Michaels Hospice Support Group will be serving scrumptious refreshments throughout the day whether you require a lovely lunch or just coffee and delicious homemade cakes.
You will also have the opportunity to browse book and knick-knack stalls, purchase preserves and other homemade delicacies, and, for the 1st time, beautiful greeting cards of Moors Meadow Gardens as well as test your brain with a plant quiz, the prize being a £25 garden centre voucher.
Everyone is giving their time and talent freely and the items have been generously donated, all proceeds will go to St. Michaels Hospice who need our support now to help support us in our times of need.
To find out more about the Garden and events visit http://www.moorsmeadow.co.uk/ Or call – 01885 410318 / 07812 041179
Moors Meadow Gardens, Collington, Bromyard, Herefordshire, HR7 4LZ.
This weekend was Bromyard Gala weekend and what a splendid event it was. Vintage tractors, shire horses, Gwatkins cider stall, steam engines, candy floss, fairground rides, WI produce tent, and loads more. It was very well attended and might even have broken attendance records which is great news for the long term health of this terrific event.
Bromyard Sessions provided music for the Exhibitors’ Party on Saturday Night and a good time was had by all. There were about 1500 exhibitors in all and a good number of them were in the arena for the concert.
It kicked off with a foot stomping set by Deadmoney Duo – aka Peter and Cohen Kilcoyne. Then I bashed out a few and was joined by Cohen for the last couple. He played some great concertina on the old shanty “One More Day” and a lovely electric fiddle solo on Randy Newman’s “Louisiana 1927″. Foxtail Soup finished off the first half with a nice mixture of cultured folk and sing-along songs.
The second half kicked off with a lively set from Snakebite – a bluegrass trio made up of Bromyard Sessions regular Al Clearwaters on guitar together with his chums Mike and Ian on mandoline and 5-string banjo respectively. I then threw folk music out of the window for a set of Kinks/Stones/Beatles stuff and Foxtail Soup finished off the night with their “Irish Set” mde up of jigs and reels and the well known Irish repertoire, “Whiskey In the Jar”, “Black Velvet Band”, etc.
I’d like to thank all the musicians for doing a great job and for supporting the Gala by doing it for free! I’d particularly like the thank John Taylor for a major contribution in not only performing with Foxtail Soup but also in managing the sound system for all of us.
Here’s a pretty comprehensive list of sessions on in the first 2 weeks of July. Many thanks to John Taylor for this.
Fri July 2 - Somers Folk Club at The Albion, Worcester – chorus nights & special feature with Roister
Fri July 2- session at the Camp Inn, Grimley
Saturday July 3 – Rushwick Folk Club, Village Hall Rushwick. Reschedule date for July only
Sunday July 4 – session at The Hope Pole, Friar Street, Droitwich
Sunday July 4 – session at The Rose and Lion Bromyard
Tues July 6 – session at the Falcon, Bromyard
Tues July 6 - folk club at The Greig Centre, Alcester
Tues July 6 – session at The Cross Keys, Cross Keys, Withington (between Bromyard and Hereford on A465 main road) – new
Weds July 7 - session at The Talbot, Knightwick
Weds July 7 - session at The Plume of Feather, Castlemorton, nr Welland
Friday July 9 – Somers Folk Club at The Albion, Worcester
Friday July 9 – session at The Rose and Crown Shrawley, nr Holt Heath
Sunday July 11 – session at The Rose and Lion Bromyard
Sunday July 11 – session at The Walter de C, Kempsey – session postponed to Sunday July 18 due to Football World Cup Final
Tues July 13 – session at the Falcon, Bromyard
Tues July 13 - No more sessions at The Green Dragon, Bishops Frome as of this date
Tues July 13- folk club at The Greig Centre, Alcester
Weds July 14- session at The Fleece, Bretforton, nr Evesham
Weds July 14 - session at The Plume of Feather, Castlemorton, nr Welland
Friday July 16 – Somers Folk Club at The Albion, Worcester
Friday July 16 – session at The Cross Keys Linley Green, nr Suckley
Special events:
Friday July 16th - Worcester Music Festival 2010 Fundraiser event at The Worcester Arts Workshop, Sansome Street WR1 1UH. A ceilidh with The Whole Caboodle Electric Ceilidh Band (caller Barry Walmsley) 8.00pm to 11.00pm. Licensed Bar. Tickets admission: £5 (adult) & £3 (under 16)). Advance tickets from – The Guitar Shop, 8 Friar Street, Worcester WR1 2LZ (01905 612 539). Full details on www.wmf2010.co.uk , www.notjustsauce.com , Facebook and Twitter. Email enquiries to : info@worcestermusicfestival.co.uk
The acoustic session at the Falcon Hotel in Bromyard now runs every Tuesday from 8.30 till about 11.30. Sylvia lays on nibbles for all and you can get a very nice pint of Wye Valley Bitter or Brain’s Reverend James. There is also Robinson’s Cider and a recent addition is Glyn’s perry from Thornbury from a barrel on the bar.
This session has gone from strength to strength over the past year and we decided a few weeks back to make it a weekly event. Lots of people commented “I meant to come but couldn’t remember which Tuesday it was on!”. So we’ve solved that issue once and for all.
We get a wide range of performers and although all acoustic music we get a wide variety of styles. Traditional English Folk, Irish tunes, Cajun, Bluegrass, Contemporary Folk, 60′s music, anything provided it’s acoustic. We perform in a sing around format and share the load pretty democratically. If you’re a newcomer and just want to busk along and/or do the odd solo number just say so.
We are going to introduce one night a month (maybe more in time) where we run more of a folk club format where one of our more experienced regulars will do a longer set at the end of the evening and the rest having 2 or 3 song floor spots earlier on. This is partly to give variety but also to give more experience in performance to those who want it.
We get very nice audiences to the session who generally listen rather than chatter and many a guest at the hotel has found that Bromyard offers more than they had expected.
More info on the Falcon Hotel, Bromyard
To ask any questions, email me.
This Sunday’s session at the Rose and Lion in Bromyard is off as the pub is closed for the evening.
Apparently there was an invasion of out of town idiots to the pub after the last England game and Anthony doesn’t want a repetition. A water cannon might have been a better solution followed by a good old fashioned tarring and feathering. But hey, it’s his pub …
We could possibly move the session to the Falcon but as we are back there on Tuesday I doubt we’ll do that. If there’s any more news I’ll post it here. If you have any other questions mail info@bromyardsessions.co.uk.
After a few months in limbo this blog is back in action!
I have moved it from Typepad to WordPress and the facilities are a lot slicker although there’s quite a bit of work still to do to take advantage of the improvements.
If you were an author on the old system your login should still work but give me a shout if you have any difficulties.
A musical evening with a slight difference!
The QE’s Christmas Wassail, “A Party Blower”, in aid of Acorns Charity, on Monday 14th December and Tuesday 15th December at 7.00 pm. Tickets available from Reception. Or see website.
We'll be continuing our sessions in Bromyard right up to Christmas week!
8th December: Green Dragon, Bishop's Frome
13th December: Rose and Lion
15th December: Falcon
20th December: Rose and Lion
22nd December: Wheelwrights Arms, Pencombe
27th December: Rose and Lion
Do come along, all welcome, all sessions thriving!
Venue: The Falcon Mews, Falcon Hotel, Bromyard
Date: Thursday 10th September
Doors Open: 8.00pm
Music: 8.30pm to 11.30pm
Admission: FREE
Artists Performing (no particular order):
+ surprises
This is the opening event of this year's Bromyard Folk Festival and is open to all, whether or not you have a Festival ticket. The performers are all from Bromyard or nearby and can befound regularly at the Acoustic Sessions in and around the town.
The music is pretty wide ranging. Foxtail Soup perform tradional and modern folk music. Typsy Jazz, who are performing a the festival "proper" play amazing Gypsy Jazz, Dead Money Duo offer traditional tunes, Greg's Quartet soft jazz, Brian's band good time rockabilly and Devil's Diamond are my new band focusing on my own material for a change!
It is advisable to get there before 8.30 for a seat as we expect it to be pretty busy.
Any questions email info@bromyardsessions.co.uk
