C o n c e r t s - 2024
November 13th 2024 - Hunter Muskett
Wrea Green Institute, Station Road,
Wrea Green, Preston, PR4 2PH
Hunter Muskett is an acoustic/electric 3-piece playing distinctive original songs in a folky, bluesy sometimes Americana vein. Originally formed in 1969 they played at home and abroad until 1974 producing two, now collectable, albums: Every Time You Move with bassist Danny Thompson and then with Keith Relf of the Yardbirds who produced the album Hunter Muskett.
Doug Morter went on to carve out a career as the ‘go-to’ vocalist/guitarist of the folk-rock scene collaborating with the Albion Band, Maddy Prior, Jerry Donahue, and Richard Digance among many others. Since reforming in 2010 Hunter Muskett now tour again and have released two albums of new material: That Was Then This Is Now and Unafraid and Sober.
Entrance £12 Doors 7:15 pm,
start 8 pm
Support from Scolds Bridle
November 27th 2024 - Singers' Night
Wrea Green Institute, Station Road,
Wrea Green, Preston, PR4 2PH
Put your name down on the list at the door of one of our concerts or email info.willowsfolkclub@gmail.com to reserve your spot if you would like to sing, play, recite or otherwise entertain us!
Our Singers' Nights aim to support a charity chosen by our club volunteers. This time, Andrew Green has chosen Live Like Ralph.
Live Like Ralph is a charitable organisation set up in honour of Ralph Roberts, who sadly passed away on the 3rd of January 2021. Ralph, amongst many other things, was a keen skater and creative. It is their mission to help support and maintain both of those communities so that they can continue to grow. They believe, as Ralph did, that by nurturing these communities, and all of the potential talent that lies within them, the positive impact they can have is extraordinary.
All donations they receive go directly towards the Skateboarding & Arts community. This year they donated £2000 to Projexts Skatepark Manchester to provide free skate lessons & equipment for those in deprived areas and donated £3000 to Stanley Park Skatepark, Blackpool in collaboration with Big Woodys Skateshop,
Since Live Like Ralph was founded, every year in September they host, Ralphfest a two day celebration of Ralph, Skateboarding, Arts & Community. In June they put on a Coast2Coast bike ride for Live Like Ralph, inviting absolutely anyone, or any age to take part in the journey from Scarborough to Lytham.
A very busy local charity well worth supporting. Have a look at the range of what they do on their website.
Doors 7:15 pm, start 8 pm
Donation on the door.
December 11th - Tim Edey's Celtic Christmas
Wrea Green Institute, Station Road,
Wrea Green, Preston, PR4 2PH
Tim’s Celtic Christmas concerts present seasonal music from a range of traditions and features music of passion, rare beauty, musical fun and a couple of surprises, all linked by a festive theme and infused with the spirit of Tim’s incredible virtuosity and boundless enthusiasm. Tim has toured the world and recorded with most of the major names in Celtic/Contemporary roots music including; The Chieftains, Christy Moore, Sharon Shannon, Altan and Natalie MacMaster to name but a few...
Now a name on the world stage in his own right after seventeen years of hard work, Tim is rated by many to be one of the world's finest ever Melodeon and Guitar players in the folk & contemporary scene today!
His live solo shows are a stunning mix of world music inspired instrumental virtuosity and passion with a strong Celtic theme. Tim's closing concert at the 2023 Towersey folk festival received no less than two standing ovations… Watch that stunning clip here!
Tim is also a double BBC Musician of the year - BBC ALBA/Scotland Best Traditional musician 2020 and BBC Radio Two Musician of the year 2012 (BBC R2 FOLK AWARDS)
“My favourite guitarist in the whole world.” Natalie MacMaster
“A ferocious passion and a beautiful tenderness, sensitivity, respect, understanding & love perpetually shines out through the music of virtuoso musician Tim Edey.” Sharon Shannon
“Tim Edey plays a host of different instruments to a standard us mere mortals can only dream of. Listen and weep.” Jim Byrne, The Living Tradition
Entrance £12 Doors 7:15 pm, start 8 pm
Support from Mary Hassett