Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵

You can preview the music of Sunday night's guests Will Allen and Terence O'Flaherty at Readifolk here: youtube.com/@willallentr... and youtube.com/@turlach10?s... @rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social

Image advertising Readifolk's guest night with Will Allen and Terence O'Flaherty on 22nd February at 8pm. In the centre are photos of WilleAllen playing fiddle and Terence O'Flaherty playing guitar and singing. The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £10 cash on the door (£5 if you are under 25) and you bring your own refreshments. The poster surrounding the photo is colourful with musical images of notes and instruments. It includes a QR code leading to www.readifolk.org.uk and a logo for the club. There are social media icons for @readifolk on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram.

We were so excited about Sunday's gig we forgot to give you a picture. So here for your delectation is our flyer for Sunday's fabulous evening with Will Allen and Terence O'Flaherty.

Sunday = a fantastic evening with Will Allen (one of the country’s foremost diatonic button accordionists & a well-respected and versatile fiddle player) and Terence O'Flaherty (powerful Co Clare traditional ballad singer, guitarist, bouzouki player, songwriter). @rdgwhatson.bsky.social

Snapshot from Reading Arts advertising two Readifolk sessions: Will Allen & Terence O'Flaherty on 22nd February and a theme night (Songs and Tunes of Wales) on 1st March. There are logos for Reading Arts and Readifolk.

Look what's coming up at the club. You can read all about it here: whatsonreading.com/venues/readi...
Our next guest night is on Sunday with Will Allen and Terence O'Flaherty. Not to be missed!
#SundayNight
#FolkMusicNight in #TheDing

🎶 TONIGHT 🎶
#ComeAllYe
#YouAreTheMusic
#SundayNight is
#FolkMusicNight in #TheDing

We ♥️ singing together too.

🎶 #YouAreTheMusic
🎶TOMORROW in 🎶
🎶the ♥️ of #TheDing🎶
(or sit back and listen if you prefer)
Just £3 on the door (free if you are under 25) and BYOB = a bargain night out!
#SundayNight is
#FolkMusicNight

What sort of music do we like?
Join @readifolkradio.bsky.social tonight on @folkfridayradio.bsky.social where Ian Freedman and a guest presenter from our community will be sharing a selection of our favourite songs and tunes.

We're excited to be bringing another weekend of music in #TheDing to a close. That's us sharing our songs in our customary #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight bottom right corner!

Music in #TheDing is really coming on in 26, and there we are, in our #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight slot, bottom right in the poster. This week it's the one where you make the music (or sit back and listen - it's up to you) in the ♥️ of town!

What happens at a singers' night?
We're glad you asked!
Singers' nights are informal evenings where everyone is encouraged to share a song or a tune. Singers and players of all standards are welcome.
And there is no pressure: you are welcome to just sit back, listen and join in with a chorus or two.

Image advertising Readifolk's singers' night at 8pm on Sunday 15th February The image is colourful with a green and blue background and shapes of musical notes and instruments. The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £3 cash on the door (free if you are under-25) and you bring your own refreshments. There is a QR code, leading to www.readifolk.org.uk and social media icons for @readifolk on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram.

🎵Our next session 🎶
One of our popular singers' nights🎵
Everyone is encouraged to share songs and tunes.🎵
A warm welcome whatever your level of skill and experience 🎶
But no pressure, it's ok too to come just to listen. 🎶
@rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social

#LiveMusic to look forward to in the ❤️ of #TheDing at the end of the Summer!

Image advertising Readifolk's guest night with Will Allen and Terence O'Flaherty on 22nd February at 8pm. In the centre are photos of WilleAllen playing fiddle and Terence O'Flaherty playing a fretted instrument and singing. The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £10 cash on the door (£5 if you are under 25) and you bring your own refreshments. The poster surrounding the photo is colourful with musical images of notes and instruments. It includes a QR code leading to www.readifolk.org.uk and a logo for the club. There are social media icons for @readifolk on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram

Our next guest night brings together the sparkling melodeon and fiddle talents of Will Allen, described as the finest box player of his generation, and the voice, guitar and bouzouki of traditional Irish-born singer-songwriter Terence O'Flaherty. @rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social

Photo of folk singer Bob Wood playing guitar and singing at Readifolk

Collage of photos of Bob Wood and local floor singers, including Simon Mayor and Hilary James at Readifolk

Some snaps from an excellent evening of song with Bob Wood and floorsingers #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing

🎵 TONIGHT 🎵
🎵 In the ❤️ of #TheDing 🎵
We invite you to join us for an evening of song with Bob Wood.
#SundayNight
#FolkMusicNight

🎵🎶 TOMORROW 🎶🎵
Join us for an evening of song and nifty guitar work with Bob Wood
#SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing.

You can hear a track from this week's guest tonight after 8 on @readifolkradio.bsky.social hosted by club regulars and friends on @folkfridayradio.bsky.social.

What a fabulous weekend, and there, bottom right is Readifolk's not-to-be-missed #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight guest Bob Wood.

What's on #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight?
Bottom right in this weekend's roundup of music in #TheDing and there's Bob Wood our guest this Sunday. Find out more at www.readifolk.org.uk!

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Our guest on Sunday 8th is Bob Wood.
Read all about him here: www.bobwood.uk

Photo of Bob Wood (folk song and acoustic guitar) playing guitar, advertising Reading Folk Club on Sunday 8th February, with links to www.bobwood.uk and www.readifolk.org.uk

On Sunday 8th we look forward to an evening of traditional and contemporary song with Scottish-born singer and guitarist Bob Wood.
Find us at 8pm in the ♥️ of Reading in Watlington House Community Hall, access on foot from South Street RG1 4RA.
@rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social

Image of emojis representing animals featuring in songs shared at Readifolk. Here is a list of *most* of the animals that featured in our songs and tunes. Mule, Salmon, Dog, Ape, Chicken, Cow, Ox, Cockerel, Ass, Dove, Unicorn, Alligator, Elephant, Goose, Camel, Chimpanzee, Rat, Cat, Owl, Fly, Horse, Ferret, Hare, Bird, Bear, Dormouse, Hedgehog, Squirrel, Ram, Hen, Bat, Stag, Reindeer, Frog, Mouse, Bee, Snail, Tom Cat, Porcupine, Hippopotamus, Sheep, Cricket, Termite, Rabbit, Lizard, Dove, Spider, Mole, Caterpillar, Butterfly, Swallow, Ladybird, Kangaroo, Baboon, Pony, Fox, Wolf, Hawk, Seagull, Parakeet, Bird, Turkey, Scarab

So many different animals in last night's songs! We've found emojis for lots of them, and there are more in the alt text!
#LiveMusic
#SundayNight
#FolkMusicNight in
#TheDing

Graphic listing the songs that were shared on the theme. There are images of animals, including mammals, insects, reptiles and sea creatures, and the list: Hard Times, Salmon Tails/Up the Water, Sinatra and I, Transplant Calypso, Coocoorucoo, You’re Never Gonna See the Unicorn, Summer Fly, Wild Horses, My Grandfather’s Ferret, The Bonny Black Hare, Rene and Georgette Magritte with their Dog after The War, Hibernation Song (original), The Derby Ram, Cluck Old Hen, Exmoor Song, Ride On, Run, Run, Rudolph, The Frog’s Wedding, All God’s Children Got a Place in the Choir, Sheep-Crook and Black Dog, The Aviary, Horse with No Name, Peace in the Valley, I Can See a Nasty Spider, The Zoological Garden, The Pink Pony Club, The Fox, A Mexican Cowboy, Boomer Song, Reunion Hill, A Seagull and His True Love, Treat Me Daughter Decent, On the Amazon

What an impressive set of songs we shared on the "Animals" theme. Look out for a list of the animals we shared too!

Rabbits!
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That's right, it's the first of the month and tonight's #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight theme is "Animals". How fitting!
See you later in the ♥️ of #TheDing.

TOMORROW NIGHT
Is a theme night where we are sharing songs and tunes linked to ANIMALS.
For inspiration, you can check out what we shared at some recent theme nights here. drive.google.com/drive/mobile...

Find out what sort of music we like from 8pm on @readifolkradio.bsky.social @folkfridayradio.bsky.social when club regulars and friends will be sharing the music we enjoy.

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Animals is the theme this #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight at the club. And there we are in our customary bottom right corner rounding off another musical weekend in #TheDing.
Our theme nights are where we share as many songs and tunes as we can with a link to the theme (however tenuous).

🎶🐎🦉🕷🐳🐁🐼🐓🎶
Animals is the theme this #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight at the club. And there we are in our customary bottom right corner rounding off another musical weekend in #TheDing.
Our theme nights are where we share as many songs and tunes as we can with a link to the theme (however tenuous).

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Some things we like this week:
🎵 TONIGHT in #TheDing The @castletapsessions.bsky.social
🎵 THURSDAY Maidenhead Folk Club
🎵 FRIDAY Slightly Plugged night at The Flowing Spring
And, of course, SUNDAY #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight with our Theme Night - Animals
See you soon!