Christchurch Folk Music Club

50th Weekend

Finding our folk at the Christchurch Folk Music Club’s 50th celebrations. Thank you Warren Watson for recording these wonderful memories.

Thank you to Tony Hale for selected captions

Morris Dancers

Barrie McDonald

Frank Povah

Sophia Bidwell and Russell Gillies

Vicki Smith and David Lloyd

Ian Costello Band

Fab Poetry

Early Hear-Ye Editors

Martingale

Eileen Marciana Reid

The Morris Band

Kay Reid Hudson

Liz Nicol

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Baby Marrow (Lyn de Groot)

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Slim Pickin’s

Ian Costello

Dueling Banjos

Sarah Lawrence

Sue Galvin

Charlie and the Band

Liz Nichol and Eileen Marciana Reid

Presidents Past and Present

Baby Marrow

Gary Elford with Paul Trenwith

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Marg Layton and John Hooker

All Kilted Up

Life Members

The three surviving Life members L-R Russell Gillies, Libby Stuart and Mike Long enjoying themselves and being appreciative of the weekend

Andy Thompson

Barry Smith

John Stafford

Kristina Godfrey

Lawrence Morritt

Liz Nicol

Manuka Hunnies

Marg Layton

Mary Cathrine Chetty of Baby Marrows

Peter Morgan

Rob Ferris

Roger Lusby

Rusell George

Sue with the original Rimu Rattlers posters

Tony Hale and Jon Hooker

Wayne Robinson

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Roger Lusby

Al Park

9 October 2022
A man with a history of song and stories -Al Park has been a name on the Christchurch music scene for some considerable time

Fiddlesticks

16 October 2022
Fiddlesticks return home – And happy to be so!

20 November 2022
Christchurch-based female musical quartet are happiest exploring and experimenting with a variety of genres, infusing their sweet harmonies and musicianship, original songs and selected covers into Americana, alt-folk, country and blues gems.

Izzy Millar Bell

27 November 2022
Following on from two sold out concerts in Tasman & Nelson Ma Bell brings her Songbird of the South show to the Folk Club stage accompanied by John Bevin, Mike Kime & Guests.

Kilmarnock Edition

4 December 2022
The Kilmarnock Edition began performing as a group over thirty years ago. The group features mainly Scottish and Irish songs, both serious and amusing, with audience
participation welcomed.