Christchurch Folk Music Club
PRESIDENT
Steve Stern | email: president@folkmusic.org.nz
All enquiries about booking gigs should be made to Steve.
SECRETARY
Judi Smitheram | phone: h – 384 7401, Mob 027 454 3885
email: secretary@folkmusic.org.nz
TREASURER AND MEMBERSHIP
Gary Elford email: membership@folkmusic.org.nz
Committee
Martin Kraakman
Gerard Manley
If anyone wants anything raised at a Committee meeting, suggestions, bouquets or brickbats, let a committee member know.
Hear Ye:
All correspondence and contributions to the “Hear Ye” or this web site are gratefully welcomed and should be sent to:
Christchurch Folk Music Club
PO Box 964
CHRISTCHURCH 8140
or contact the Editor, on email: president@folkmusic.org.nz
Waimate Summer Folk Festival 2023
3-6 February 2023
Jane Cameron
12 February 2023
Lyrical, story-driven, insightful folk. Jane Cameron is a contemporary folk storyteller who brings moments to life that reflect the joy, yearning and sorrow of the human experience.
Sassafras
19 February 2022
Sassafras is based in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Sassafras is a bluegrass band who pays homage to the Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs era, but also enjoys pushing the edge of progressive Newgrass music as well.
Joël Fafard
26 February 2023
Award-winning guitarist Joel Fafard performs Southern roots and blues classics with the soul of a purist and the showmanship of a seasoned entertainer.
The Wax Birds
5 March 2023
The Wax Birds are a harmonious acoustic duo based in Oxford, Canterbury. Consisting of a husband and wife team with Joanna on main vocals and Pete on guitar and harmonies.
Braggins & Wardrop & Dunne, with guest appearance by Molly’s Remedy
12 March 2023
Braggins and Wardrop and Dunne are three fabulously talented Otautahi Christchurch-based artists who have joined forces and are now creating wonderful music together. They encapsulate what fine performance is all about – innate talent, super musicality and wonderful storytelling.
Enda Kenny
19 March 2023
For over three decades, Dublin-born Enda Kenny has delighted festival audiences across Australia and toured internationally to a dozen countries. His annual tours to UK and Ireland have established a reputation as a cracking entertainer with a razor wit and a swag of songs you’ll want to join in with.
The Dee Street Band
26 March 2023
The Dee Street Band is a Dunedin-based band who play original folk, blues, rock, and protest music, with the occasional sea shanty thrown in for good measure.
We Mavericks
14 May 2023
Nominated for Best NZ Folk Artist 2022, they pack punches but bring songs to heal the scars. Lindsay Martin’s masterful strings and vocals meet Victoria Vigenser’s magnificent voice, in driving rhythms and a connection, you have to hear to believe.