NOV
05
What
Larks!
What Larks! are a 4-part female a cappella group who sing mainly traditional songs with lots of sing-along choruses. We are all individual performers and met originally via social media & the Grove Folk Club in Leeds.
Sue Thornton lives in Castleford and often performs with her husband Mark Ludlow.
Anne Curran lives in Wakefield and has toured the clubs extensively in the past as a solo singer and guitarist.
Heather Woodhead, who helps run the Grove Folk Club in Leeds, is also a singer, songwriter & guitarist and has released 4 other albums.
Lilian Grace plays concertina & guitar & finished her folk degree at Leeds conservatoire in 2020. She released her 1st full solo album last year.
What Larks have just finished recording their first album ‘Larking About’
Admission: £5
NOV
19
Chris
Manners
Chris Manners has washed elephants in Thailand, delivered newspapers in Rio, marveled at a volcano in Hawaii, sat in a thousand traffic jams and yawned at countless inter-office memos. He’s been honing his songwriting and performing craft for over 40 years, his work deeply rooted in the English folk tradition and influenced by the likes of Martin Carthy and Nic Jones, Bill Caddick and Jake Thackray.
He lives in West Yorkshire, cut his performing teeth in Barnsley and is a long-time resident at Pete Coe’s Ryburn folk club and with the folk development organisation Ryburn 3 Step. He has performed all over theUK, including Sidmouth and Towersey festivals and West End Theatres. He is also part of the editorial and production team at TykesStirrings, the listings magazine for folk music in Yorkshire.
www.chrismannersmusic.co.uk
chrismanners.bandcamp.com
Admission: £5
DEC
03
Roisin Ban
Admission: £5
DEC
17
Christmas
Singers'
Night
Admission: £2
JAN
07
T.B.A
Admission: £tbc