Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club inc.

The Newcastle & Hunter Valley Folk Club supports and encourages Folk Music, Dance, Folk Lore and Bush Poetry in the Newcastle / Hunter Valley region, with regular concerts and activities showcasing international, national and local artists.

Throughout the website you will find information on Club concerts and activities, local folk-related sessions, events and things of interest to our members and other folk-minded people.

If you have something of interest, be it pictures, information or history, that you think would benefit the Folk Music scene in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley please don't hestitate to let us know. We are here to promote Folk Music and related areas for all of us to enjoy.

7.30pm Saturday, 4th February 2012

Chloë and Jason Roweth have been performing and recording for over 18 years together. They share a passion for Australian folklore and bush music, getting great satisfaction out of bringing almost forgotten songs back to life again.

Always a captivating concert experience, Chloë & Jason combine a striking mix of older country and traditional styles, with fresh arrangements and a relaxed delivery, distinctly Australian in character. Their broad repertoire includes strong original songs, old-style ballads, well known bush songs, and lively dance tunes, accompanied by some fascinating background on where the items come from, and the performers who played them.

Chloë & Jason perform as a duo (formerly called Us Not Them), six-piece Australian corrugated iron folk with Collector, along with other side projects. Successful independent artists with thousands of performances around Australia & overseas to their names, their releases include 15 CDs of Australian folk, country and bush music.

Their vast repertoire includes strong original songs, old style ballads, well known bush songs and lively dance tunes.

With Australian influences always to the fore, they will bring us one of their themed presentations ‘THE RIDERLESS HORSE’, an Australian impression of WW1 in their first half, and finish with a concert spot containing many of their old favourites.

This will be a real treat, a’ first’ for us!

SUPPORT: Clark Gormley – poet, singer, songwriter and all round creative FUN musician!

WHERE: WESLEY Centre Hall, 150 Beaumont St. Hamilton – opp. The Exchange Hotel

Saturday 3rd March 2012, 7.30pm.

Jez Lowe is one of the premier singer songwriters of the UK.

He is one of the busiest and most in-demand performers on the current acoustic music scene, and it is a great honour for the club to host this concert.
The legendary Richard Thompson describes Jez as “The best songwriter to come out of England in a long time.”

Born in County Durham to a family with coal mining connections, he has built an enviable reputation as a  songwriter and performer in the world of acoustic music.  He is a recognised ambassador for his native North East with more than a dozen albums over the last 20 years.

Kate Bramley is Jez Lowe’s special guest and has toured Australia with him before. She has a fine voice, plays fiddle, and is a songwriter in her own right.

Together they combine to produce a sensitive and lyrical accompaniment to these songs of North East.

Support: Contemporary, singer /songwriter Jane M.Harding.

Almost ‘local’, Club Member Jane is becoming a very sought after performer by Festivals far and near. Jane is ‘the real deal’.