TwickFolk Birthday Concert 2024

The String Fellows - Bernie Dembowski, John Rogers Prosser, John Davies

Sue Graves
The String Fellows - Bernie Dembowski, John Rogers Prosser, John Davies
Amrit Sond
Ivor Game
Mandy Woods
Martin, Helen and Vanessa
Michael De Podesta
Paul Solman
Paul Vile

TwickFolk - The Cabbage Patch Pub, 67 London Road, Twickenham, TW1 3SZ
www.twickfolk.co.uk

21st January 2024

Paul Solman & Paul Vile

A great mix of current and vintage performers, together with the friendly and fun atmosphere that has made TwickFolk so popular for more than four decades.

Amrit Sond

Last Sunday at TwickFolk marked the final night of my year long art residency. It has an been an amazing privilege to experience such high quality performers, to hear their music and to sketch them of course. The year started with a re-brand of the TwickFolk logo and the unveiling of a new stage banner. I felt very proud to watch the performers strut their stuff in front of the banner. And it is testament to the team at TwickFolk and especially their official photographer, Riikka Gregorowski, that images of the folk musicians (and the banner) can be found all over social media.

Ivor Game

There were several highlights of the residency. First must be the quality of the floor spots. These brought both new discoveries to my attention but also an appreciation of the talent that is the TwickFolk team ranks. My favourite night of the year was the Young Folk Showcase, curated by Jennie Higgins, and featuring Sean Spicer, Seb Stone, and East Corner Trio. It's good to know that the future of British folk music is in such good hands.

Sue Graves

I'm very grateful for the Sunday night welcome I received from Sue Graves, Paul Kenny, Paul Vile, Paul Solman, Riikka and the rest of the team at TwickFolk each week. It really is a special folk club and they would not have been able to flourish for 41 years without nurturing a community around them. I feel fortunate to have been placed at the heart of this community for a year of my creative life.

Mandy Woods

Martin, Helen and Vanessa

Michael De Podesta

 

Twickfolk - 40th Anniversary Bash

Pip Collings

Pip Collings
John Davies
Sue Graves
John Prosser
Paul Vile
Bernie Dembowski
Jennie Higgins

TwickFolk - The Cabbage Patch Pub, 67 London Road, Twickenham, TW1 3SZ
www.twickfolk.co.uk

5th February 2023

Sue Graves

As TwickFolk entered a second week of 40th birthday celebrations, they brought together many of the characters who have helped nourish and sustain live music in Twickenham on Sunday nights over four decades.

John Davies

John Davies, singer-songwriter, guitarist, sax player, flautist and one-time TwickFolk MC and sound man, returned from Devon, and harmonised with former band-mate, Sue Graves. Sue, current TwickFolk stalwart and treasurer, is universally known across south-of-England folk clubs as the Surrey Songbird, and records and tours widely as a solo act and as part of the polyphonic Suntrap.

Paul Vile

John Prosser, singer-songwriter, guitarist, banjo and mandolin player and former TwickFolk treasurer, performed with TwickFolk's current sound man and longest-serving  committee member, Paul Vile.

John Prosser 

John Davies, John Prosser and Bernie Dembowski performed as the String Fellows.

Jennie Higgins

Jennie Higgins, who performed at TwickFolk last week to a packed audience, took a break from her educational role at the English Folk Dance and Song Society to entertain Twickenham folk lovers once more. This week she launched her new album Where Are All The Women?, you can buy a copy here https://jenniehiggins.bandcamp.com/album/where-are-all-the-women.

Bernie Dembowski