Lymm Folk Club

From humble beginnings, this band rapidly became a force to be reckoned with! To find out more about these icons of folk, visit their website! Oh, and don't forget they're playing for this year's Festival Ceilidh!

...music with immense vitality & style!

Kerfuffle played a stunning set at our Festival for two years running, so inviting them back was an easy decision, as the young traditional quartet won over the audience with a balanced set of songs, tunes and memorable dancing from Hannah James. The young bar staff of the Rugby Club were heard to say, “I've never heard music like it before... it's just so cool!”

Four of the finest young musicians on the folk scene today, Sam Sweeney, Hannah James, Jamie Roberts & Tom Sweeney perform their music with immense vitality and style…drawing their influences from all over Europe and perform a vibrant and inventive live set.

If you didn't see them last time, ask around Lymm, everybody is talking about them!

...and ...get this! Stewart Lever has 15 free tickets for anyone under 15!. Order by texting him on 07919 270 916, the mobile phone line opens at 08:00 on 116 June 2010 with one ticket per text.

The Perfectly At Home String Band came together, for the first time, at our 2008 Festival. They totally surprised everyone, including Lymm Folk & Acoustic Music Club organiser Stewart, as it brought together two acts, Nick & Lin Tysoe and Nelson Peach, who are Club Residents (see below or click the links).

They make a wonderful sound... with Nick Tysoe (vocals, guitar and banjo), Lin Tysoe (vocals, autoharp, mandolin and double bass), Lesley Nelson (vocals, guitar, double bass and harmonica), Rick Nelson (vocals, mandolin and guitar) and Richard Peach (vocals, fiddle, guitar and double bass). The band members have a wide variety of musical backgrounds including playing folk, jazz and blues for the past thirty years.

The band came together through a mutual love of American Old Time music. This music started in the Southern Appalachian mountains, where if you wanted to go out to a dance on a Saturday night you had to make sure at least one of your friends could play an instrument or you had nothing to dance to. With the advent of cheap(ish) radio in the twenties it became popular with a much wider audience.

Basically, it's about everyone having a good time. So come along and enjoy yourself. Foot tapping, clapping and even dancing is allowed.

What a way to end Lymm Folk & Acoustic Music Club's part of the Festival, dancing the evening away!

The Marmalade Band includes Clare Rigby (flute and whistle), Marian Sudbury (violin), Heather Bamforth (guitar and flute), Helen Jocys (Accordian) and Kathie Taylor (flute and whistle). Sadly, holiday flight problems meant Kathie missed last year's Festival Ceilidh, so better luck this time!!

Gillian Sheill (caller) makes things easy for everyone to dance, and she's most persuasive! If she can't get you up dancing, you must be made of stone!

There won't be any worms this year... because we're in the Methodist Church Hall, just 50 yards from the Spread Eagle. Only those who've been to Festival Ceilidhs in the Railway marquee will know what I'm talking about!