club update

Hi gang ready sorry but been asked to cancel the club due to the bad weather I agree with the guest so we have changed it to 13th February I'll keep you updated luv Lxx

club update

Hi gang hope you're all ok, well this week is a guest night at the club and what a guest we have the absolutely brilliant singer songwriter comedian and comedy writer Kevin Seisay. If you were at the Xmas party he did a short spot for us, Kevin used to come to the club the first time and was really popular then and went on to write comedy sketches including Saturday Night Live and many more. I'm sure we are in for a good night, club opens at 20:30 hope to see you there, but I'm sure you'll kick yourself if you miss it, take care and see you Friday, luv Lxx


P.S. Although it's going to be cold outside, it's going to be warm with laughter inside lol!

club update

Hi gang I hope everyone had been a good Christmas and New Year and duly booked in their local Gym or searching for the easiest diet online lol!My advice don't bother people like you just for you. Well it's that time again the club reopens this week for it's fourth year well done you lot. This week is a singers musicians poets acoustic which basically means anyone can pretty much come to the club and do anything (within reason!) to entertain the audience we're an easy going bunch enjoy most things including a One man band' lol !! guest wise there are a few new face's and great surprise's so the ways to find out what's going on is keep involved on this page or the blog poster's and flyer's but the best way is to come along to the club. The club opens at 8.30pm I hope to see you there luv Lxx.

Sad News

Evening gang it is with great sadness yet again I have to inform you we have lost a true folky Vincent Short many will know him as one of the best if not the best bodrum player known. Vincent played in many musical session I knew him in a number of groups but many will know him from playing in Tony Butler's band Brigantis who played at the club first time around he was also known as he played the bodrum using the stump of his arm he had lost the lower part of his arm but that didn't stop him playing the last time I saw him was last July when he joined us going to Lourdes with Ian Sproson myself and the gang from Salford Cathedral I believe his funeral is on Tuesday at St Margaret Mary's church off Hollinwood Ave New Moston if I get any more info I will let you know luv Lxx Good night and God bless Vincent RIP

club review

Hi gang a big thanks to Ian, for not only being a brilliant resident singer for our club but for a lovely review, I always like to find someone else to do the review so it's a version from the audience's view plus it's a big help to me. Ian admits he's no good with name so I'll do that bit. Our brilliant guest was Jo Zeff Roberts, the amazing band are an alliance of previous singular musicians who regularly played at the club who got together and formed 'Walk like fool does ' look out for them, we also had superb guitarist Paul Dearden, he also put a new string on Jo's guitar when he was a little exuberant lol. We had an excellent singer/songwriter and good friend and supporter of the club Roydan Styles, plus our other resident singer the lovely Jack McCully and a fabulous surprise musician and singer/songwriter Kevin Seisay, Kevin will be our first guest for 2015 on January 30th make sure that is in your diary and 27th February Walk like fool does, I hope I've not forgotten anyone. For the many musicians, singers and supporters who came to the tribute night in memory of Lynn Hardman we raised £190, so thank you for helping to do that. Well, all it leaves me to say is a big big thanks for supporting the club, cos without your support we couldn't do it. I'd also like to thank the people behind the scenes who do so much without question, Kevin and Carolanne Roddy thank you for all the work you do for the club. So on that note I wish everyone a great Christmas and a happy New Year and I hope to see you and more new faces in 2015 lots of luv Lorna xx

club review by Ian Sproson

December 19th Review

I am sat here thinking of words to describe this night, which was listed as our Christmas Party. The problem is that all the usual words like 'Fantastic' or 'Brilliant' I have thrashed to death and I have no doubt the readers will sigh saying this has all been said before. However at risk of grinding out the usual rhetoric, here goes.

I am hopeless with names and as there was so many of us at the Cleveland I will only mention our guest by name, the rest of us rose to the occasion with our usual enthusiasm, and high standard of performance. In common with most other nights I started digging out one of the few Christmas songs, which set the tone for the rest of the evening I hoped. It did including a new band, which was simply amazing! Some old friends we had not seen for more time than any of us care to remember added a further tingle to the night. The mixture also was amazing covering parts of the music spectrum sadly neglected in most other venues. Even Orville made a brief appearance ably assisted with some helium gas used in our balloons. The friendleness and warmth of the Cleveland Folk Club is the best I have ever experienced and I've experienced a few in my time. This warmth was matched and amplified by Joe Seff who ended the night with a storming set complete with intervention of a guitar mechanic who not only replaced the broken string but got the instrument in tune ready to roll!!! Brilliant something that could only happen here. God bless you all and we can all wish each other a super Christmas and a brilliant New Year!!!

club update

Hi gang really sorry post is late but for some reason I was unable to post message cause screen kept freezing. This week it's the club Xmas party yey !! Our guest is the fantastically brilliantly talented singer/songwriter Jo Zeff Roberts. Jo's played at the club previously and always goes down well he runs his own club in Chorlton on Thursday night definitely a great place to go if you are looking for good company and great music, Jo also joined other musicians recently for a fundraiser and tribute night for Lynn Hardman all will be revealed about that tomorrow night. Although it's a guest night it would be good if any previous guests from this year are free to come along and join in to end the year on a high and go out with a bang lol !! Club opens at 8.30pm in the words of Mike Bowden "be there or be talked about" lol hope to see there luv Lxx