Christchurch Folk Music Club

 7 September 2025

• Members $20
• Non Members $25
• Students (with ID) $5

Sharing songs, creativity and exceptional musicianship. Supporting Graham’s concert will be Alex Kilday.

Graham has been playing guitar and singing professionally for over fifty years. He mainly plays as a soloist, but he has also accompanied many artists and played in countless bands. Recently, he has performed with several orchestras around the country.
His talent and passion for music are evident through his extensive experience as a professional fingerstyle guitarist. His versatility in various music genres has allowed him to work with a diverse range of artists and to perform in concerts and festivals around New Zealand and overseas.

Highlights:

Playing alongside Tommy Emmanuel, Martin Taylor, Michael Fix, Gray Bartlett and many other international artists; 11 tours of concerts and festivals in Canada, 2 tours in the UK. Countless tours in Australia, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea and around Aotearoa New Zealand. Backing Slim Dusty, Anne Kirkpatrick, Suzanne Lynch.

Opening shows for Gerry and the Pacemakers, Michael Crawford, Vanessa Mae, Icehouse… the list goes on. And, of course playing concerts and gigs with Elizabeth Braggins, Rosa Shiels, Tom Rainey and many other great musicians.

It has been a great honour to be invited to play concerts of original music. With seven albums of his compositions having been released on CD and over 80 streaming sites, it’s a thrill to be asked to play a concert of original music at the Christchurch Folk Club.

Graham is a unique and notable musician, songwriter and composer in New Zealand and beyond.

See Rosa Shiel’s excellent article about Graham here: www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/graham-wardrop 

Alex Kilday

Alex Kilday is a guitarist from Christchurch.
While studying a Bachelor of Music Arts from Jazz School (ARA), he fell in love with fingerstyle
acoustic guitar and decided to become a soloist. Alex plays various styles but is most
comfortable playing jazz and country.
He recently founded ‘Good Guitars Christchurch’ – a charitable organisation providing instruments
and tuition to those who don’t have access to it, with the goal of giving everyone the chance to
make music.
Alex regularly performs around Christchurch and is an enthusiastic tutor as well as a guitar
technician.