(See below for details of coming events)
Also see Music Fest page later for programme and details of this year's Redbridge Midsummer Music Fest in June, to be organised in partnership with Redbridge Music Lounge
Live music once or twice a month at the Green Fair Music Club, Cranbrook Castle Tennis Club in St George's Road/Pavilion Road Ilford on Fridays 8 - 11pm - details below....
Redbridge Green Fair Live Music Club 2020
Everyone welcome at our regular sessions:
Acoustic Zone & Showcase Nights
(always check listings below for any variations/additional dates)
No membership required. Admission £5 adults £2 under 18's
Doors open 7.45pm
Watch this space for details of 2020 programme
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Our sessions usually run on two Fridays each month, except August. Every session features two or three varied and excellent acts in a friendly and intimate atmosphere
We continue with another fantastic season of the Green Fair Music Club in this great venue with a feel-good evening featuring more very talented acts from the diverse realms of live music - Full details below
FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2020
at the Cranbrook Castle Tennis Club 65 St.George's Road, (entrance in Pavilion Road) Ilford IG1 3PG
(10 minutes walk from Gants Hill station down Cranbrook Road (towards Ilford), turn right along Cranbrook Rise, take second left into St George's Road; Buses 145 and 366 pass the other end of St George's Road as they travel along The Drive)
Doors open 7.45pm
Admission only £5 (Under 18’s £2)
Come early to nab your seats and don’t miss a moment of this fantastic night of live music entertainment
Information: rgfmusicclub@gmail.com 07306 729555 www.rgf.org.uk
Licensed Bar (cash only) No membership required Everyone welcome
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REDBRIDGE GREEN FAIR MUSIC CLUB
SHOWCASE NIGHTS
Our Green Fair Music Club showcase sessions continue running usually one or two Fridays each month. The format will vary from month to month featuring some return appearances by popular previous acts as main guests, opportunities for young performers, debut appearances by acts new to us, and occasional themed nights. The programme provides a host of class acts and fine music as well as offering a platform for some of the brightest and best new talent, especially from the local area.
Expect the best of local rock, jazz, folk, blues, country & Americana artists plus a diverse range of excellent support acts - watch this space for news of our NEW YEAR programme!
Future programmes will continue to be open for new performers - please contact us at rgfmusicclub@gmail.com if you are interested in taking part. All musical genres welcome - solo acts, groups, ensembles
More information: Steve Collins 07306 729555.
Young people aged 16 to 25 years especially welcome following our previous joint initiative with the Young People's Live Music Connections Project led by Redbridge Music Lounge which offered practice, support and performance opportunities for the borough's young musicians so please get in touch if you are interested
REDBRIDGE GREEN FAIR MUSIC CLUB
ACOUSTIC ZONE!
FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY
7.45 - 11PM
at the Cranbrook Castle Tennis Club 65 St.George's Road, (entrance in Pavilion Road) Ilford IG1 3PG
(10 minutes walk from Gants Hill station down Cranbrook Road (towards Ilford), turn right along Cranbrook Rise, take second left into St George's Road; Buses 145 and 366 pass the other end of St George's Road as they travel along The Drive)
HARD2PLEASE
Club debut performance by this 5-piece band with guitars, bass, keyboard, sax and drums.
As they put it, “Hard to define but with little hints of 70’s Prog, 80’s Pop and 90’s Rock but no 20-minute songs or lycra! All the songs are new, original and sound fresh.”
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STEVE RUSHTON
Steve is guitarist with SH!VER, but tonight performs solo with covers ranging from artists such as James Taylor, Stephen Stills, Fleetwood Mac and Oasis
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THE OTHYRS
The Othyrs are a multi-instrumental “electro-acoustic folk and skiffle type thing....” including vocals, guitar, mandolin, violin etc + original songs
Admission only £5 (Under 18’s £2)
No membership required
No age restriction All welcome Licensed Bar (Cash Only)
www.rgf.org.uk 07306 729555 rgfmusicclub@gmail.com
THE MUSIC CLUB WILL CONTINUE AT CRANBROOK CASTLE TENNIS CLUB THROUGHOUT 2020 - WATCH THIS SPACE!
BEST OF THE MUSIC FEST 2019
Best of the Music Fest in the Walled Garden at Valentines Mansion commenced its 7th season of Sunday lunchtime & afternoon concerts in April last year - by the end of that season you could have seen about 50 different acts over seven events! Sessions are usually held on the second Sunday of every month from April until October from 11am to 4.30pm, with a host of diverse and entertaining free live music.
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR DETAILS OF OUR PLANNED 2020 SEASON, SUBJECT TO FUNDING
(Redbridge Music Lounge and the Green Fair Music Club present Best of the Music Fest in
The Walled Garden, Valentines Mansion and Gardens
Emerson Road Ilford IG1 4XA, subject to funding.....)
FREE and diverse live music on the second Sunday each month since 2013
Sunday 13 October 2019 11am to 5pm featured
- LOOSE CHANGE – Bluegrass, folk & country string band
- STEVE RUSHTON - singer/songwriter plus classic covers
- FORGOTTEN SONGS - Indie band with original songs
- CRAYON ANGELS – acoustic folk meets prog & Americana!
- GLADE COMMUNITY SINGERS - Community choir
- HEADS UP! – Jazz quartet with a dash of funk and blues
- SALLY VINSON & RACHEL EYRES – folk/country & bluegrass
- MOORBY JONES - melodic rock trio with original songs
- Final event of 2019 – all donations went to MacMillan Cancer Support
Watch out for Best of the Music Fest 2020 from April onwards
Supported in 2019 by LB Redbridge, Vision & the Gardeners Cottage Cafe
All welcome – bring your picnic blanket! Some seating provided
rgfmusicclub@gmail.com Phone 07306 729555
www.rmluk.org www.rgf.org.uk
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Redbridge Music Lounge and the Green Fair Music Club also presented live music at
Fairlop Fair
The Boathouse Bar
Fairlop Waters
Hainault
Saturday 6th July 2019 from 11am to 6pm
Fairlop Fair Music Programme Saturday 6 July 2019 11am – 6.00pm
Fairlop Waters, Forest Road, Barkingside IG3 6HN (10 mins walk from Fairlop Station on Central Line – Hainault loop). Performance Area: ‘The Boathouse’ Bar Patio overlooking Fairlop Waters
Programme features:
11.00 Kimberli Artist - New age indie pop songwriter
11.35 Al Neville - 'Songs to make you laugh and cry' (from Al's new CD release)
12.10 Crescendo - “from Cinderella Rockafella to Fiddler on the Roof” plus Hebrew songs
12.50 Forgotten Songs - Indie band with original songs
1.30 Deja Vu - Beautiful Songs of Crosby, Stills & Nash in three-part harmony
2.10 Glade Community Singers - Community choir led by Davida Robinson
2.50 Replay - Classic pop songs from 60’s, 70’s, 80’s…..
3.30 Darklights - Melodic pop & jazz, vocal & keyboard duo
4.10 Amanda Blue & John Drummond - Acoustic heartfelt ballads & popular songs
4.50 Blue Roses with Bernice - jazz/blues/American songbook
5.30 Little Rock - American-styled country rock and blues trio
Programme may be subject to slight change Steve Collins 07306 729555 or Chris Wyatt 07929 071155
and
Redbridge Green Fair
Valentines Park
Ilford
Sunday 7 July 2019 from 11.30am to 6.30pm
Specially selected programme of FREE diverse live music
Redbridge Green Fair Cranbrook Centre Field Valentines Park
(5 mins walk from Melbourne Road entrance Ilford Essex IG1 4SD)
Sunday 7 July 2019 – Redbridge Music Lounge Stage 11am – 7pm Cranbrook Centre)
11.00 RML Players Festival Band - Well-loved pop songs!
11.35 Playing Rapunzel - Multi-instrumental female folk duo with stories and myths in song
12.10 Stephan Liebrecht & Sue Lees - Popular covers and original songs
12.50 Deja Vu - songs of Crosby, Stills & Nash in 3 part harmony
1.35 Heads UP! - Funky jazz - sax, guitar, bass, drums
2.15 Loose Change Bluegrass, folk & country trio
2.55 Sally Vinson & Rachel Eyres - Vocal & instrumental folk/bluegrass duo
3.35 Spangles Gang - Old-time, folk, country & bluegrass band
4.15 (Caribbean Carnival Procession Across Green Fair Site…..)
4.30 The Blue Hearts - R&B, rock and soul favourites
5.10 The Traveling Tilburys - songs of Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan & George Harrison
6.00 The Tea Project - Psychedelic blues & rock trio
Programme may be subject to slight change
Further information: Steve Collins 07306 729555 or Chris Wyatt 07929 071155
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