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| Date | Venue | Artist | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9th January 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Tom Reid and friends | From Ireland now based in Wales viaEngland and Australia. Always a singer andnow a fine writer too. A firm favourite at the club - who will he bring with him this time? 'Tom's powerful voice and impressiveguitar...' Folk London. |
| 16th January 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | The Kimberleys | Unfortunately Pete Cooper is ill, hence we welcome back The Kimberleys. Multi-instrumentalists Jim and Isobel perform traditional folk songs on voice, guitar, shruti box and harp. Fine harmonies and imaginative arrangements feature. Seasoned professionals both. An excellent evening in prospect. |
| 23rd January 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Burns Night with Amanda MacLean | Songs from north of the border from a genuine Scot. Amanda, fine singer and acclaimed novelist, invites us to celebrate all things Scottish - including haggis naturally - and there will be prizes. |
| 30th January 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Liz Simcock | Welcome first visit for a much travelled, highly regarded singer-songwriter recently back from a tour with Clive Gregson. Liz will perform her own material, often autobiographical, accompanied by guitar. 'A class act...cliche-free and moving...' AcoustiCity |
| 6th February 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Martin Nail & Panjandrum | Our one-time house-band fronted by our present-day webmaster. Rousing English traditional material with perhaps a smattering of music hall and just maybe the odd gem from Clive James & Pete Atkin. |
| 13th February 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Nick Hart | We've finally got him! 'Probably the finest interpreter of English folk-songs this generation has produced.' Tradfolk 'Superb.' The Guardian |
| 20th February 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Farefeld | Welcome return for a young award-winning duo from Staffordshire. We can expect songs both traditional and self-penned mainly from, or written about, the Midlands. Guitar, bouzouki, whistles and harmonium accompany. |
| 27th February 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer | Vicki (nyckelharpa, flute, bagpipes, voice) and Jonny (guitar, accordion, voice) blend traditional music with newer material in traditional style. Wonderful playing, fine harmonies and bags of experience - top stuff. |
| 6th March 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Joe Topping | Multi-instrumentalist, charismatic, hugely in-demand performer who's played with the big ones (Ashley Hutchings, Andy Irvine, The Fairports). From strong folk roots to the semi-finals of 'The Voice' - welcome to the Brewhouse. |
| 13th March 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Suntrap | Five-piece playing traditional, contemporary and original material - soaring harmonies a speciality.
They have played across the UK and Europe on: guitar, accordion, banjo, whistle, violin, viola, cello, double-bass, mandolin, ukulele... '...utterly gorgeous...' Pate Bradley FATEA Magazine |
| 20th March 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | St Patrick's Night with Linda Moylan and Racker Donnelly | Two performers from the Emerald Isle share an evening of music and verse. Linda mixes her edgy original songs with those from the tradition. Ian Montague accompanies on guitar. Racker brings the stories and rhymes he has performed far and wide to great acclaim. 'Brilliant. Genius. Lovely stuff.' BBC Radio 4 |
| 27th March 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | David Rovics | Songs of social significance from Portland, Oregon. Described as 'the musical voice of the progressive movement in the US' David and his songs are featured on national radio around the world. A compelling performer who counts the founder of Apple Inc as a fan. |
| 3rd April 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | 3-way Split: Bernard Puckett, Paul Steele, and Nancy Smith | An evening to fit the Club's strap-line: Ukulele, poetry, song and broken biscuits from Bernard A cappella singing from Nancy, with material drawn from the tradition and from workers' movements. Paul brings exotic tunings and dexterity on guitar to the songs from his eclectic repertoire. |
| 10th April 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Beskydy | Long overdue return of our own local Eastern European (and beyond) band: fiddles of various sizes, accordion, clarinet, percussion and voices. They have played everywhere from eastern Europe to the concert halls of the Southbank. 'One of the hidden treasures of London' FRoots |
| 17th April 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | End of term singaround | |
| 24th April 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Club Closed | Happy Easter |
| 1st May 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Doves Vagaries | First visit for a duo neither of whom is called Dove - vagaries perhaps. Plenty of props with songs and music from 12th to 19th centuries performed on: voice, melodeon, concertina, dulcimer, smallpipes, cornamuses, hulusi, whistles and flutes. |
| 8th May 2025 | The Alpaca, 84-86 Essex Road, London, N1 8LU -- note change of venue (just for this night) | Robin Gillan | Old-time American and much more from a perennial favourite. Robin sings and plays fiddle and banjo superbly (not to mention guitar, harmonica and mandolin as required). He filled the hole left by Tom Paley in the New Deal String Band, but is equally compelling as a solo performer. |
| 15th May 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Rumpled Muslin | Scottish folk singer, Amanda MacLean, combines forces with Alison Frosdick, (formerly an Islington favourite with Jack Burnaby), and Jazz veteran Wendy Lanchin to create stunning harmonies in traditional folk styles and beyond. |
| 22nd May 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Robb Johnson | Bastion of the left and a fine writer of songs both political and personal. Robb is a witty, angry and passionate performer with one foot in 70's punk and the other in the chansonnier tradition of Jacques Brel. Ever popular - especially in Belgium. 'one of our best singer-song-writers ever.' Mike Harding 'An English original.' Robin Denselow, The Guardian |
| 29th May 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Katie Grace Harris | Welcome to a rising star. An excellent performer, Katie sings beautifully (traditional songs plus some of her own) using piano, dulcimer and accordion as accompaniment. Her recent collaborations include Phil Beer and Reg Meuross. A class act. |
| 5th June 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | John Kirkpatrick | Welcome back to a legend. Virtuoso on melodeon, anglo concertina and button accordion and a wonderful singer to boot. John has featured in many a stellar cast -- The Albion Country Band, The Richard Thompson Band, Steeleye Span and Brass Monkey... As instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, choreographer, and musical director, he has contributed to 200 albums and 60 plays.
Awarded the EFDSS Gold Badge for his outstanding contribution to English Folk Music. '... sheer exhilaration and magic.' fRoots |
| 12th June 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Carol Burtt & Rick Hayter | A double treat. Carol's beautiful voice and sensitive interpretation of material drawn mainly from the English tradition. She may bring her clarinet too. Rick accompanies his acutely observed songs with fine guitar picking. Perhaps a few collaborations and some guests too? |
| 19th June 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Jez Lowe | One of the most in-demand performers on the UK folk-scene, whether solo, (with guitar, cittern and harmonica), with his band The Bad Pennies, or as part of the sell-out theatre show 'The Pitman Poets'.
Award-winning contributor to the BBC Radio Ballads series, he has artists queuing to record his, acute, poignant, witty observations on his native north-east. He's written three novels too ... 'No one writes or sounds like Jez Lowe.' Mike Harding |
| 26th June 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | End of Year Party and Singaround. | Another chance to do your own thing. |
| July - August | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Closed for summer holidays | |
| 4th September 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Jim Murray and The Too Good to Hurry Band | Jim and co. back with an eclectic mix of Geordie humour, traditional and self-penned songs and the odd instrumental interlude. |
| 11th September 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Richard Allen & Friends | An evening of poetry and music. Richard brings his edgy, hilarious verse, machine-gun delivery and formidable
memory. Who else will he bring? |
| 18th September 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Damien Barber | One of our finest exponents of traditional song, whether unaccompanied or with concertina or guitar. Damien also brings contemporary material from the likes of Peter Bellamy, Mike Waterson and Al Stewart. Contributor to a number of lauded musical projects over his 30-odd years in the business. |
| 25th September 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Nigel Stevens & Will Allen | Will has appeared at the Club as melodeon player with Brown Boots and Tower Ravens. Also part of Club Débris he can turn his hand seamlessly to fiddle as required. Nigel provides the songs. |
| 2nd October 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Simon Prager & Wendy Lanchin | Acoustic music from country blues to ragtime, through jazz and skiffle, to swing and humour. Simon (guitar, vocal) has been a name on the British blues scene since the 60s, once accompanying harmonica legend Sonny Terry. Wendy Lanchin (vocal) has worked in musical theatre, cabaret and jazz, appearing at The Vortex and Pizza Express, before coming to folk music. |
| 9th October 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Broomdasher | Richard Cryan, Deena Marcus-Jedamzik, Margaret Moore and Jo Swinhoe sing four-part a cappella harmonies.
Regular performers at folk clubs and fes-tivals, they have hosted their own radio specials, toured cathedrals and written their own folk musical. 'Harmonious and truly entertaining' - fRoots |
| 16th October 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Daria Kulesh & Tristan Seume | Originally from Ingushetia, Daria, a mul-tiple award winner, has toured extensively in the UK and Europe: 'One of the finest voices ... on the present folk scene' Mike Harding Accompanying will be brilliant guitarist Tristan Seume -- 'one of the finest of the new acoustic generation' - Gordon Giltrap |
| 23rd October 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Rattle on the Stovepipe | Perennial favourites playing mainly American Old-Time with a smattering of English music. Pete Cooper (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), Dave Arthur (guitar, banjo, melodeon, vocals), Dan Stewart (banjo, guitar, fiddle) are master musicians all. A class act. |
| 30th October 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Simon Hindley and The Abstract Truth Band | Time for our resident bluesman Simon Hindley to blow our troubles away. Once again Simon's impeccable voice and guitar-work will be complemented by Francesca Shaw (double bass), and Little Paul (voice/harmonica/mandolin).
No need to wake up in the morning, just be there for 8pm. |
| 6th November 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | James Delarre & Saul Rose | James is a superb fiddler and a founding member of critically acclaimed bands: Topette!! and Mawkin. Other credits in-clude: Bellowhead, Eliza Carthy, Jools Holland's 'Later' and various TV and film scores. Saul Rose, vocalist and melodeon-player extraordinaire, is also a veteran of Eliza Carthy's band and a third of power-folk band Faustus. Pedigree reigns -- an outstanding evening in prospect |
| 13th November 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | J Eoin and friends | Vastly experienced London-based singer/guitarist/writer originally from Limerick.
Over a long career, J Eoin has taken his repertoire, rooted in Irish traditional song, far and wide -- from Kazakhstan to Norway -- supporting the likes of Lunasa, Donal Lunny & Michael McGoldrick along the way. 'Good stuff' -- Mike Harding |
| 20th November 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Paul Downes & Mick Ryan | Two top-level artists who have been around and done it all. Mick, acclaimed singer and wordsmith, is joined by Paul, fine singer and brilliant instrumentalist (guitar, banjo, mandolin).
Paul was with us last year, but this is Mick's first visit. 'This duo were always meant to sing to-gether' -- Rachel Cunliffe, Songlines (5 stars) |
| 27th November 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones | Two established folkies from West Yorkshire who recently came together with voices, fiddle, guitar and traditional songs. Glowing reviews abound. 'Straight-up, beautiful and bold folk singing' Mark Radcliffe -- BBC Radio 2 |
| 4th December 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | John Hegley | The Bard of Luton returns to delight us with tales of his French grandmère, bungalows, and guillemots. Come early to avoid the front row and remember to leave your contact lenses at home. Audience participation obligatory. 'Marvellous joyful fun' -- The Daily Telegraph 'An incurable entertainer' -- The Guardian |
| 11th December 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Georgia Shackleton with Aaren Bennett | Top fiddler and fine singer. Georgia creates new arrangements of old songs, and new compositions in traditional style. Aaren Bennett provides guitar and harmonies. A distant relation of Ernest Shackleton (hence Georgia), but the music is why she's back with us again. 'Beautiful' -- Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 |
| 18th December 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Christmas Party & Sing Around | |
| 25th December 2025 | Brewhouse & Kitchen, 2a Corsica Street, London, N5 1JJ | Club closed | Happy Christmas |
If you're interested, here is a list of previous guests, since 1997.
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