Mark your calendar

With these dates, so you don’t miss these coming events.

September 2015

Library Jam – Friday 4th September at 7.30 pm.

September 5th at 7.30pm with Beau Redding and Lance Shepherd performing at Tsunami Sound Studios

September 11th guest artists are “Black Eyed Susie”. Blackboard 1st half from 7.30 pm.

Acoustic night is on Friday 25th – at the Horowhenua Scottish Society Hall, 7:30pm. $2 entry. (incorporates a drumming workshop)

October 2015

Library Jam – Friday 2nd October at 7.30 pm. Update – October Jam cancelled.

Club Night 9th October. Our October guests are Steph Casey and the Racketeers

Wellyfest -October 23 – 26th Early bird discounts available until 30 September

Acoustic Night – To be confirmed, 30th October (incorporates guitar workshop)

November 2015

Library Jam – Friday 6th November at 7.30 pm

Club Night – 13 November. Guest artists are Frank Burkitt Band

Acoustic Night 27th November

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Steph Casey

Special “Plus One” member deal in October – Bring your non-member friend for $5!!

Steph Casey is a former Horowhenua College student who is now a singer-songwriter based on the Kapiti Coast. Her sound is a mix of indie-folk/pop, americana and soul, and her debut album Whisper & Holler went straight to #4 in the NZ Indie Album charts and #8 in the NZ Album Charts upon release. Three of the songs on the album were semi-finalists in the 2013 UK Songwriting Contest and the remaining nine received Commended Entry. The judges are Grammy, BRIT and CMA Award winning producers and artists, and over 7000 entries are submitted each year.

Whisper & Holler received glowing international reviews and Steph won the People’s Choice Award at the 2013 Wellington Folk festival. Steph has a strong international following on soundcloud.com with 250,000 plays and over 7,000 followers. She has been invited to the USA to record her second album with internationally acclaimed record producer Jason Rubal (The Cure, Amanda Palmer, Robert Smith) in April 2016. Her musical influences are Over the Rhine, Lucinda Williams, Mary Gauthier, The Civil Wars, Anika Moa, The Swell Season.

Steph plays with Alan Galloway (Let’s Planet) on second guitar, and Hanne Jostensen (also a published singer-songwriter) on backing vocals.

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Wellyfest 2015

START PLANNING FOR WELLYFEST 2015

Early Bird Registrations are Open

Head to our web site at http://www.wellingtonfolkfestival.org.nz/

The exciting guest list is:

ULC Trio, Rob Joass, Albi and the Wolves, Kirsty Bromley, Kelburn Viaduct Municipal Ensemble Jug Band, The Muggeridge Family, King Leo, Fred Smith and Liz Frencham, Pipi Pickers, Rosy Tin Teacaddy, Gillian Boucher and Bob McNeill, Kim and Dusty, The Ewan McColl Critics Group, The Looking Forward showcase concert and the usual variety of dances, workshops and other events

Tickets for the festival are on sale now with early bird discounts available until 30 September. Bunks are available until sold out (last year they were gone in less than a week) so if you want bunk accommodation, please book ASAP.

There are a very few powered sites available for camper vans – these cost an additional $25 and you must include a note with your booking request for one of these. Like bunks, they will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

So mark your diaries now; 23-26 October = Wellyfest. Save up on sleep before hand so you are ready for the long, exciting, inspiring, beautiful musical days and nights of this fabulous festival……

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