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

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

Dee Street Band

31 August 2025
The Dee Street Band is a Dunedin-based band who play original folk, blues, rock, and protest music. For this performance, they are joined by well-known Christchurch musicians, Rob Allan and Bruce Penno, of the Remnants and Saltwater Creek, among others.

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Open Mic Night – 7 September 2025

7 September 2025
We provide an outlet for local acoustic performers – singers, songwriters & poets all welcome. We encourage all levels – novice or expert – to hone performance skills in front of a sympathetic audience.

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Port Hillbillies

14 September 2025
Emerging from the shadows of the Port Hills, Christchurch, New Zealand. One American, Justin Rogers on mandolin, guitar and vocals, one Aussie Gary Elford on guitar, acoustic bass and vocals. They meet up with a six-toed Kiwi singer, banjo and guitar player Steve Stern to share their love of Bluegrass, Old Time and Americana music.

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Muddy Mama’s Blues Band

21 September 2025
A Christchurch band made up of some of the best blues musicians around, and led by the inimitable Judi Smitheram – Mama Judi with her powerful bluesy vocals bringing the magic, with support from the epic keys talent of Mary Ruston, with bass and groove being driven by Tim, drums from the consistent Lynden, and the saxophone and harmonica (shout out to Davey Backyard!) in the mix.

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Amalgo

5 October 2025
Fresh from the mythical Valley of Amalgo, this rollicking quartet brings tunes, songs, and grooves drawn from the evolution of Celtic music across the globe

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Fingerpicking Delights X

23 November 2025
Jon Hooker will be the featured artist at this year’s FP Delights concert, which is also celebrating its 10th Anniversary.

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Charlotte Yates + Show Pony

30 November 2025
One of our most potent songwriters’, Charlotte Yates, is a singer-songwriter with a decent sized catalogue of solo and collaborative work, including four poetry-to-song projects devoted to the work of James K Baxter, Hone Tuwhare, Witi Ihimaera & Katherine Mansfield.

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