Mansfield Folk Club at the Black Bull


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For many years there has been a folk club in Mansfield. From October 2011 the venue changed location to the Black Bull pub, on Woodhouse Road in Mansfield, and the Club now meets each MONDAY Every Monday at 8:30 p.m. Doors open 8:00 p.m. Generally this is either an open singers' night or a guest night, alternating each week, but it does vary. A "Feature" night gives the artist a fuller performance opportunity than is possible on a busy singers night.	The Black Bull, Woodhouse Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 2BQ Map
There is a break halfway through the evening for a buffet (included in admission fee) and a raffle. All Singers' Nights and Feature Nights £1 admission • Singers’ nights: all singers and musicians welcome. • Feature nights: 2 short spots from featured artist + floor singers. • Guest nights: admission as listed below (with discount for members).
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February
6	Feature: Backyard Buskers This Sheffield based trio have a love for Americana, folk, whiskey, tea and fudge; they also have beautiful three-part harmony singing and an eclectic mix of music. The line up is Jane Foggin on vocals, banjo and dulcimer, Richard Pointer on vocals and guitar, and Kathy Cookson on vocals, guitar and mandolin. They made themselves very popular when they visited the club on a couple of singers nights in 2011 Don’t forget ...some floor spots are always available on feature nights
13	Singers
20	Feature: No Fixed Abode Playing original and traditional folk music and living in Derbyshire, No Fixed Abode are fronted by Una Walsh singing in her own lilting Irish accent and Tony Dean supporting on acoustic guitar. You may well have seen them at the club in 2011- don’t miss what is bound to be a truly memorable appearance. There’s always a few floor spots available on a feature night .. so don’t forget your instruments
27	Singers

March
5	Jigabit with Bob Ballard & Paul Mein on vocals Jigabit is a great ceilidh band comprising Fi on accordion, Al on bass, John on guitar, mandolin, banjo and fiddle and Bob on guitar, vocals and calling the dances. They've adapted their repertoire for tonight's club performance and Bob, ably joined by Paul on harmonica and vocals, will be incorporating some of his own songs. (£2 members)	£3
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19	Feature: Stitherum Resident singers at Gainsborough folk club, Mike and Sue Dewsbury have supported many great names at local gigs. Their varied musical styles and wit proved very popular when they visited on a singers' night last year. There's always a few floor spots available on a feature night
26	Singers

April
2	Elbow Jane + support from Philip Cockerham I've been trying to get this band to the club for at least 4 years and now they're established as one of the finest acoustic acts in the UK. They bring emotion, energy and excitement to their music. Every one of their impressive line up of : Kev Byrne guitar, keyboards, vocals; Chris Chester bass guitar; Colin Burgess percussion; Joe Topping vocals, guitars, mandolin, harmonica and Richard Woods guitars, bazouki, vocals, has a great musical pedigree too long to list. Phil Cockerham won a lot of fans when he played for us last year - I'm really pleased that he's agreed to do the support tonight. (£3 members)	£5
9	Singers

Every Monday Doors open 8:00 p.m. for prompt start at 8:30 p.m. Finish 11:00 p.m. All Singers' Nights and Feature Nights £1 admission • Singers’ nights: all singers and musicians welcome. • Feature nights: 2 short spots from featured artist + floor singers. • Guest nights: admission as listed (with discount for members). Mansfield Folk Club Organisers: folkclub@kochut.co.uk Phone: 01623 825382

Newer Folk Club videos will be found on this page, as well as directly on the Youtube website.

Note:

you can watch the videos right here on this page, by clicking on any of the items in the scrollable list above, then clicking on the player.
November 2009 - slight change. You will find the player above may need an extra click to start to play the video. That's to fix a bug: Youtube was not correctly counting the number of views. (Number of views shown was lower than the actual number of views).
Note that there is a delay of a few minutes (or maybe hours) before youtube refeshes the statistics, so you may not see the view count change immediately.

The older videos (more than 40 of them) are still available, see the Brown Cow Livevideo website

Links. Other websites related to the Brown Cow:


	Mansfield Folk Club on Facebook Photos, comments, discussions and more about the Mansfield Folk Club at the Black Bull. (Formerly held at the Brown Cow).
	The Mobile Stage Trailer stage hire nationwide - ideal for outdoor events of all kinds.
	Mansfield Folk Festival 2011 Friday/Saturday 1st-2nd July 2011 Free Admission.
	Mansfield Folk Festival 2009 Friday/Saturday 10-11th July 2009 Free Admission.
	Videos - Mansfield Folk Festival 2009 Some videos from the Mansfield Folk Festival 2009.
	Ghost of Mansfield Morris Meet in different pubs around the Mansfield area every Wednesday night from around 8:30 pm.
	Belper Folk Club A club with open nights where performers and audience are welcome. At least once a month there's a quality guest booking.
	The Music Well Internet Folk Music radio station. Formerly Radio Britfolk.
	Folkwaves Campaign to Save Folkwaves! Enjoy two hours of the best in Folk music every Monday evening, on BBC Radio Nottingham. 95.5 FM and on DAB. Listen live via the internet, or catch up with a recording of the latest broadcast.
	Mansfield Folk Festival 2008 Background information for the festival in 2008.
	Folk and Roots Music Festivals A useful listing of UK folk festivals from Folk and Roots
	Music Festival List Another listing of music festivals in Britain, courtesy of fROOTS magazine. A good way to plan your festival visits.
	Three Legged Dog Ceilidh Band Nottingham-based Ceilidh Band - featuring among others, our own John Crawford.
	Neil and Julie Smith - members of the folk club who perform and record their own material.
	The Bouviers Local band and well-known members of the Folk Club.
	Calm Down Another band whose members are frequent participants at the folk club.
	Kick 'n' Rush Where would we be without them? A band with a history about as long and venerable as the folk club itself.
	www.robertpitt.co.uk Local photographer Rob Pitt - MySpace. A varied display of photos, mostly of musicians. Websites showcasing Rob's photography.
	Mansfield & Dukeries Irish Association aims to foster and promote Irish culture and heritage.
	Southwell Folk Festival 2010 10 - 13 June 2010. An Exciting Weekend of the Best in Folk Music & Dance
	Dumbles Folk Sing around Group held every 2 weeks at the Dumbles Pub, Southwell.
	Wes Dolan Wes, singer/songwriter and member of the folk club. From his new album, Video - Reason to Exist"