Brighton Folk Choir
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Brighton Folk Choir Pub Crawl Wassail for Brighton Women’s Centre
There are two types of wassail: the one where you sing at apple trees and honey bees, and the door-to-door cheeky begging variety, which is the precursor to modern carol singing. Just like the bar in The Blues Brothers which does both types of music (country and western), I’ve dabbled in assorted wassails over the Read more
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The Threechurches at Brighton Folk Choir End-Of-Term Cabaret, and Christmas Panto in Kemptown
A couple of performances to start the week, after a wonderful weekend in Sheffield. First up, The Threechurches – the name of any combination of three members [1] of The Highchurches taking to the stage together – played a short set [2] at the Brighton Folk Choir’s end of term cabaret at The Rose Hill. Read more
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Brighton Folk Choir End Of Term Cabaret
Twice a year a lovely thing happens at The Rose Hill, the city’s most interesting music venue and Brighton Folk Choir’s rehearsal space most Mondays during the academic year. After practice, the bar is opened up and we have a little cabaret. Members share whatever they want – a song, a story, a poem, a Read more
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Brighton Folk Choir at Jack In The Green 2025
A wonderful day of glorious nonsense. I “tour managed” this one, to allow Jo to focus on the music. This was a very fancy way of saying I got to repeat things Jo said in a loud, commanding voice, and got to tell people when we were due onstage if such a piece of information Read more
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Brighton Folk Choir at Apple Blossom Day, Stanmer Orchard
Mainly notable, in my mind, for the photos of Ruth’s terrifying puppet, which cursed the villagers and turned the apples to dust. Nevertheless I’m sure a good time was had by all. Read more
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Brighton Folk Choir at the Toad Lickers Collective Folklore Exhibition, Newhaven
It was glorious to return to the world of folklore and strangeness, as the Brighton Folk Choir found ourselves in an artistic studio looming above the port of Newhaven. The only time I’d previously been here was to take the ferry to Dieppe, and my train today was full of French families readying themselves for Read more
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“Come follow me…” Hurstpierpoint Wassail 2025
A quick write-up of Saturday’s wassail in Hurstpierpoint, which was without a kernel of a doubt one of the most enjoyable wassails I’ve done. And I’ve done a lot of wassails. This one was organised by our choir leader and nearby-Hassock resident Jo Burke. It was very kind of her to schedule it for a Read more
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Wake me up before you play a gig in a Grade II listed gothic ex-church
It’s been a breakneck few days since my dad’s funeral, which went about as well as these events can. The turnout was huge, and the wake was full of stories and cheer. Lots of people from Dad’s overlapping lives (work, family, being a geezer) came up to me to say how much they enjoyed the Read more
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Indie Brighton
Does anyone use listings any more? The hope is yes, as I’m setting up a weekly one for Brighton via my newsletter. I’m probably showing my age, but I still love reading about what’s coming up at any given location. Facebook events killed off a lot of the listings sites. The ones that remain are Read more
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