Proud to be associated with
24 - 26 August 2012
FESTIVAL TICKETS ON SALE
CENTRE STAGE - Queens Road, BH2 6BE
between Bournemouth Triangle and Westbourne village centre
Please no flash or obtrusive photography!
half-price major gigs;
£3 local gigs
BOOKINGS
updated
updated
May 2012
to July 2011
Thursday 17 May |
HUNGRYTOWN |
£5  |
Sunday 20 May |
GALLEY BEGGAR |
£5 |
Thursday 24 May |
MARTIN SIMPSON solo |
£15 |
Sunday 27 May |
JIMMY LEE
& the Edge of Chaos Orchestra |
£10 |
Thursday 31 May |
EMILY MAGUIRE |
£10 |
Bournemouth Folk Club closes for Summer from 31 May - re-opens Sundays only from 23 September 2012 |
||
24 - 26 August PURBECK FOLK FESTIVAL |
||
Sunday 23 September - DJAMBO |
£5 |
|
Sunday 30 September - PIERRE BENSUSAN |
£14 |
|
| Sunday 7 October - SPANK THE PLANKS | £5 |
|
Sunday 14 October - WHILE & MATTHEWS |
£14 |
|
| Sunday 21 October - TBA | £5 |
|
Sunday 28 October - THE OLD DANCE SCHOOL |
£12 |
|
Sunday 4 November - LUCY FARRELL & JONNY KEARNEY |
£10 |
|
| Sunday 11 November - ANT HENSON | £5 |
|
Sunday 18 November - local headline |
£5 |
|
| Sunday 25 November - BOO HEWERDINE | £10 |
|
| Sunday 2 December - BRIGHT MORNING STAR (BBC Folk Award winner BELLA HARDY with Chris Sherburn + Anna Massie) |
£14 |
|
| Sunday 9 December - JASMINE NEWSOME-STONE | £5 |
|
| Sunday16 December - | ||
| Sunday 23 December - local | £5 |
|
| Sunday 30 December - local | £5 |
|
2013 |
||
| Sunday 6 January - local headline | £5 |
|
| Sunday 13 January - local headline | £5 |
|
| Sunday 20 January - VIN GARBUTT | £12 |
|
KAN
The Centre Stage, Bournemouth
November 14
Bournemouth tuned out in force for the much anticipated visit of newly formed Celtic band KAN. Irishman Brian Finnegan (whistles) and Scot Aiden O’Rourke (fiddle) from revered bands Flook and Lau joined forces with guitarist Ian Stephenson and drummer Jim Goodwin to deliver what can only be described as Celtic firepower to a packed Centre Stage. Grouping several tunes into sets, they kicked off with Belfast, a medley of three reels followed by Steps, a set of three jigs. After a messy false start, they slowed things down with Only, all three sets being taken from Brian Finnegan’s recently released album RAVISHING GENIUS OF BONES. It was back to jigs with the very lively Craignish set and three great tunes given the title Forest before they closed the first set with their lengthy Epic; a grouping of four tunes, the first entitled Lunchtime Boredom, a slow almost bluesy offering followed by three up tempo tunes from Northumberland, Scotland and the Basque region of Spain.
Inevitably, there was brisk business on the merchandise counter during the break before they returned with Bah Humbug from Aiden O’Rourke’s album SIRIUS and Ian Stephenson’s self penned Module 1. Starrs, a lovely tune inspired by Brian Finnegan’s grandmother and again taken from RAVISHING GENIUS OF BONES was followed by two more from the same album, the lively Nightride (to Armagh) and the set Marga’s. All too soon the evening was drawing to a close and the band finished with another pairing from Ian Stephenson and Aiden O’Rourke under the title Noble. This was Celtic music at its very best and the knowledgeable audience understandably clamoured for more. Needing no other encouragement, the band returned to deliver what was the stand out tune of the evening but having only recently been introduced, has yet to receive a title.
Again, Bournemouth Folk Club are to be congratulated for bringing such a talented group of musicians to the town and one can only hope that KAN stick together and continue to thrill their audiences. No one at the BFC went home disappointed.