Coming up soon at the Troubadour
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- Sunday 29 June 2 p.m. Everglades Club
De ZIAH and DATE: Cello and Guitar masters present an afternoon of enchanted Irish music. A fabulous double event: Irish music film Living the Tradition followed by Live Concert Step into the captivating world of Ilse de Ziah and Ian Date, with the enchanting documentary film “Living the Tradition,” where acclaimed cellist Ilse de Ziah… Read more: Sunday 29 June 2 p.m. Everglades Club - Sunday 6 July 2025. Vincent Cross (USA/Ireland) Houseconcert
Vincent Cross, the Irish/American singer/songwriter, is known for his Irish song poetry that draws from various traditional folk idioms and ancient myths. Born in Ireland, raised in Australia, and now based in New York City, he has released four critically acclaimed albums and performed with artists such as Glen Hansard, Odetta, Damien Rice, The Pogues’… Read more: Sunday 6 July 2025. Vincent Cross (USA/Ireland) Houseconcert - SessionFest This Weekend, 6-9 June, Friday – Monday
Session Fest 2025 is on this weekend at the Morriset Showground. Hosted by the Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club, it’s always a fabulous event. If you like folk music or enjoy singing, playing or dancing, it should be on your bucket listlGo for the entire wekend, or just attend for a day, an evening… Read more: SessionFest This Weekend, 6-9 June, Friday – Monday
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Membership
Membership is not compulsory at the Troubadour, but it is fun. Your membership helps support live folk and acoustic music and the spoken word on the Central Coast and throughout NSW and helps us provide community benefits.
Membership costs $15 per year for a singe person and $20 for a family or couple. Join or renew your membership now, using the online link below, and you’ll be covered to July 2026. Join here: www.trybooking.com/CYTQS
Club Performers Night: Second Saturday each month
Club Performers Night (aka Performers’ Cafe’)
Empire Bay Community Hall
Second Saturday each month
Join club members and other local musicians on-stage. Refreshments/snacks provided for a gold coin donation, or BYO.
When: 7.00 p.m. Second Saturday each month except January and December
Where: Empire Bay Progress Hall, 1 Gordon Rd, Empire Bay
Tickets: Just $10. Pay at the Door, cash preferred.
To perform – please book a performance spot (15 minutes). Some blackboard spots (1 song or verse) available most nights. All enquiries, call MaryAnne: 0407 917 117.
First Friday Sessions
First Friday Sessions provide an opportunity for anyone to join in and make music. We get together from 7 p.m. on the first Friday of each month in the community hall behind the Holy Apostles Anglican Church 149 Blackwall Rd in Woy Woy. Musicians at all levels are welcome. If you play an instrument, bring it along. Singers are also always welcome.
Cost $5 to cover hall hire.
More info: Jeff 0417 064 352; or Michael 0432 597 886.
Bush Dancing on the Central Coast
Bush Dances and Workshops in the Gosford Area CCBDMA
More information: Robyn Northwood, Central Coast Bush Dance & Music Association, (CCBDMA), tel: 0410 446 485, Website: www.ccbdma.org
Bush Dances For 2025 at Teralba Community Hall (Lake Macquarie area)
Further information please contact Newcastle & Hunter Valley Folk Club Inc. Dance Groups’ Co-ordinator.
Margaret Kenning – 0413 229 740 Email – westwick1@dodo.com.au