All welcome to the first Pop Up Folk Club of the year! Warm your bones by the music of our three guests Sammy Leary, Hannah Morrell and Chris Priestly. Doors open 4:45Music starts at 5pm, finishes at 8pmTea, coffee and bikkies provided, BYO other drinks.All ages welcome! $20 adults, $15 students, $10 teens 13-18, 12 ... Read more
Chris Penman has been thrilling audiences with her strong crystal clear vocals since she was kneehigh to a grasshopper. She grew up performing with her dad Jack Penman and her siblings David and Theia and now her own children. They have for many years run the Family Session at Auckland Folk Festival delighting and encouraging ... Read more
Bevis England has performed a wide variety of music in pubs and restaurants, and at festivals and folk clubs in many countries. When he returned to New Zealand in 1986 he became a regular performer at folk clubs across Auckland. He has also been a guest at most of these clubs, both solo and as ... Read more
Dusty Lands is an acoustic folk quartet based in Whangārei. Blending American folk with their unique Northland campfire style, Dusty Lands invites you to join them at their first ever performance for an evening of luscious harmonies, soulful songwriting, banjos, mandolins and resonators. Mother and daughter Val and Leah Land make up two-thirds of the ... Read more
Pomahaka-Tyne are a folk duo who perform songs and tunes from North-East England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia and beyond.Janet sings and plays guitar, alongside Helen who plays the Northumbrian Small Pipes and a variety of whistles. The name 'Pomahaka Tyne', is after their home-town rivers. Club night - floor singers first half.
Celtic Ferret are delighted to be return to Music at Midday and playing more of their favourite songs and tunes. The sounds of guitar, mandolin, whistles, smallpipes, bodhran, harmonica and flutes will drift from the magnificent drawing room to echo through the beautiful art-filled rooms of the Pah Homestead. Steeped in the folk tradition, their ... Read more
Album Launch - Jean Reid You may know Jean from her performances around the country as part of the duo, Celtic Ferret. However this August Rafters are privileged to have Jean all on her own launching her solo album. Originally from Scotland, Jean has been plying her craft in the folk scene in Aotearoa for ... Read more
Inspired by songs that deliver on both melody and lyrics, WilkieMac will take you on a journey around the globe and spanning the centuries. Their repertoire will have you singing along, laughing out loud, tapping your feet; it will tug at the heartstrings, draw you along the path of whimsy, cast light into a corner, ... Read more
Dynamic folk duo featuring stunning tunes and songs with violin, guitar and mandolin.
Originally from Scotland, Jean has been plying her craft around the folk clubs and festivals of Aotearoa for over 50 years. A performer with a rich and haunting voice, she accompanies herself mainly on guitar. Much of Jean's material is from the British tradition, and she is also a fine songwriter. She has always enjoyed ... Read more
“Daughters of Orpheus Return” Freshly returned from the homeland of the music, Tui Mamaki is offering a Series of Open Workshops with Medena Ensemble: 4 OCT : NEDELINO village = Potent diphonic mountain song, learned with Aneta Emilova 5 OCT : BISTRITSA village = Driving diphonic trance-lore, learned with Dina Koleva 1 NOV : PLEVEN ... Read more
“Daughters of Orpheus Return” Freshly returned from the homeland of the music, Tui Mamaki is offering a Series of Open Workshops with Medena Ensemble: 4 OCT : NEDELINO village = Potent diphonic mountain song, learned with Aneta Emilova 5 OCT : BISTRITSA village = Driving diphonic trance-lore, learned with Dina Koleva 1 NOV : PLEVEN ... Read more