Quay Arts Rocks

Around 150 people enjoyed a fabulous performance from Peter Knight and John Spires at Quay Arts Centre on the last Friday in February. The two superb musicians kept the audience enthralled with an amazing series of strong folk tunes, expert variations and a superb mix of styles .

If you missed it, you might like to know about the other high quality folk concerts coming up soon at Quay Arts. On Thursday 7th April,  Rachel McShane and the Cartographers pay a return visit https://www.quayarts.org/event/rachael-mcshane-and-the-cartographers/ , Cara Dillon’s original concert was postponed, the new date is Saturday 30th April 19.30.  Cara Dillon | (quayarts.org) , Singer songwriter Boo Hewardine visits the Quay on Thursday May19th https://www.quayarts.org/event/boo-hewerdine/ and finally, the much postponed evening with Martin Carthy, Angelina Grimshaw in support, has been rescheduled to Thursday 26th May. https://www.quayarts.org/event/martin-carthy/

St Patrick’s Day,

Thursday 17th March is awash with events this year. The Traveller’s Joy Folk Club reopens after its winter break at13.30. Later, an Irish themed ‘come all ye’ folk session takes place at a new venue, The Star Coffee House, in Ryde’s High Street. This may herald the start of a new folk club. Irish music can also be heard at The Steamer Inn, Shanklin, The Spyglass, Ventnor and Monkton Arts Centre in Ryde.

Storytellers on the move

The Island Storytellers have a special evening on Wednesday 16th March at Boojum and Snark,  Sandown, starting at 7pm. when the theme is ‘ Traditional Tales’. Booking is essential, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-of-traditional-tales-tickets-271140256807 . The storytellers plan to move their regular meetings to the third Tuesday of the month in future.