Pontardawe VALLEY FOLK CLUB
VALLEY FOLK CLUB
HAS RETURNED TO
PONTARDAWE
About (Pontardawe) VALLEY FOLK CLUB
Valley Folk Club usually meets on 1st. 3rd. and 5th Fridays with a few exceptions which are posted in the diary on the web page.
1st Fridays are usually Open Nights, 3rd Fridays Guest Nights and often a 50/50 Night on 5th Fridays featuring 2 acts.
On OPEN NIGHTS a warm welcome is extended to everyone to sing, play, recite or just enjoy. We sometimes allow a short set showcasing visiting performers. Please make contact to pre-arrange this. Open Nights are £2 to cover room hire.
GUEST NIGHTS Usually 2 x 40/45 min sets with floor spots before the 1st set. Usually £8 - £10
Evenings usually start at 8pm.
The club web page is www.casbar.co.uk/pontardawe-valley-folk-club/ which is updated regularly.
Email:- PontyVFC@casbar.co.uk
We are also on Facebook. See Pontardawe, Valley Folk Club
https://www.facebook.com/Pontardawe-Valley-Folk-Club-267787909911885/
For contacts please see the Folk Clubs page on this web site.
START TIME - 8pm Guest Nights £ see below Open Nights £2
All club nights are held in Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, The Old Stables, Herbert St.
Pontardawe SA8 4EB (Behind the Dillwyn Arms at the traffic lights.) There is ample parking in the town car parks. Free after 6pm. Bring Your Own Refreshments.
July & August Folk Club Summer Break
FOLK SERVICE in GELLIONNEN CHAPEL
on Mynnydd Gellionnen,
above Pontardawe
AUGUST 18th 10.45am
Join members of the congregation and performers from Valley Folk Club for this much loved and well attended annual social event.
Service led by Marian Littlepage.
FOLLOWED IN THE AFTERNOON by a FREE
VALLEY FOLK CLUB SHOWCASE between 2 - 5pm in
PONTARDAWE HERITAGE AND VISITOR CENTRE,
The Old Stables, Herbert St. Pontardawe SA8 4EB
when a dozen or so of our regular performers will entertain you. We would like to ask you to put a little something in the pot for the Heritage Centre. DOORS OPEN 1pm.
The venue is behind the Dillwyn Arms at the traffic lights. There is ample parking in the town. (Please don't use the pub car park.) BRING YOUR OWN REFRESHMENTS.
OPEN NIGHT September 6th 8pm £2
GUEST tbc September 20th 8pm
OPEN NIGHT October 4th 8pm £2
HALLOWE'EN SPECIAL October 18th 8pm
with ANDREW McKAY & CAROLE ETHERTON £8
It’s Alive!
Resurrected from before Covid, we present:
The Halloween show!
Or
Mystery, Mayhem & the macabre
Featuring, in this, that or any other order:
The Singing Undertakers Mr Dai Laffin & Ms Mona Lott
Assorted Ghosts, Spooks and Spirits
Rural Stalwarts Mr & Mrs Ernest Clumpers
Operatic Alto-Cumulus Dame Peachy Melba
and her accompanist Mr Hugo First
Mistress Erratica Dale of the Royal College of Witchcraft
Welsh Vampire Hunter Mr Ivan Helsiog
Messrs Naylor & Sawne, Bespoke Carpenters
(Coffins fitted while you wait)
Ms Arabella Nightingale, Witch in Training
From the Parish Church of St Just-Around-the-Corner:
The Reverends Archibald Slaphead & Patsy Bottomly
Sexton & Gravedigger Mr Dan Theole
and many more.
Incorporating Two Theatrical Masterpieces
“The Saga of Stingy Jack”
(The Origin of Pumpkin Lanterns)
and
“Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber”
(Cut-throat Competition in the Hot Pie Business)
Your Hosts:
Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton
OPEN NIGHT November 1st 8pm £2
LOWRI EVANS November 15th 8pm
Described by Bob Harris as “One of his absolute favourite artists” Lowri is blessed with a voice capable of wide
emotional power, her songs taking their musical colours from a broad palette that includes Americana, Folk, Country and Blues, all beautifully knitted together through her innate musicality and
heartfelt delivery.
Lee Mason’s beautifully judged guitar playing and subtle harmonies have been integral to Lowri’s music from the outset. Together they have released 7 albums, 5 EP's, toured the USA, performed
sessions for Bob Harris on BBC Radio 2, been playlisted on BBC Radio and regularly perform in venues across the UK and in festivals such as Cambridge Folk, Underneath the Stars, Celtic Connections,
Wychwood Festival, Greenman Festival and Hay Festival.
50/50 NIGHT November 29th 8.30pm £8
NEIL & LOUISE THOMAS & PAUL LLOYD NICHOLAS
The evening will be starting later than usual due to Father Christmas visiting the venue.
NEIL & LOUISE THOMAS
Stalwarts of the South Wales folk scene making a rare appearance.
PAUL LLOYD NICHOLAS
is a South Wales singer/songwriter whose albums have been released to high critical acclaim. Paul, who will be familiar to many at Pontardawe Folk Club, has performed at Cardiff's Millennium Centre and at festivals and clubs nationwide. He also teaches guitar and songwriting at retreats in the UK and abroad.
Paul's songs are regularly played on radio stations as far afield as Australia and Canada and, of course, across the BBC. His song Hold The Line is curated by the National Folk Museum of Wales.
Along the way, Paul has picked up some illustrious fans. “He writes such beautiful songs,” says Fairport Convention’s Dave Pegg. “He plays a really lovely set,” adds Phil Beer. “I thoroughly enjoy Paul’s approach to lyric storytelling,” says Harvey Andrews.
Folk Wales magazine writes: “Paul can hold an audience transfixed with a beautiful song...he enriches the folk scene.”
For more info and videos, visit plnmusic.co.uk.
OPEN NIGHT December 6th 8pm £2
XMAS PARTY with WHISKEY RIVER TRIO
December 13th 8pm
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Whiskey River play Americana - Cajun, Zydeco, Folk, Good Country, Blues and a spattering of Celtic Music. With many years experience
of performing, these guys deliver the goods. The acoustic trio comprises Martin Blake, Aidan Sheehan & Alan Cooper. Superb musicianship and singing, excellent variety, stylistically innovative and not least, great
fun.
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JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2025
To make things more comfortable for everyone in these cold months we will be trying Sunday afternoon folk club sessions.
These will start at 2pm and will take place on the Sundays following a 1st, 3rd and 5th Friday.
Then back to the usual Friday sessions from March.
All STARTING AT 2pm on a SUNDAY AFTERNOON
January 5th Open Night in the afternoon. £2
January 19th Guests ANGHARAD JENKINS & PATRICK RIMES £10
February 2nd (to replace a 5th Friday 50/50 night) WYNFORD JONES & GEOFF CRIPPS + ANOTHER GUEST TBC. £8
February 9th Open Night in the afternoon. £2
February 16th GUEST TBC
MARCH ONWARDS - BACK TO FRIDAY EVENINGS
March 21st TOM KITCHING
April 4th Guest THE JAKE LEG JUG BAND tbc
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