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- Troubadour Calendar 2026
Coming at Troubadour Folk in 2026 Troubadour’s Great First Friday Session Enquiries: Jeff 0417 064 352 from 6 FebFIRST FRIDAY each month (except Jan) 7.00 p.m. at Anglican Hall, 143 Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy Wed 14 January 2026 6-9 pm Houseconcert Dan Walsh (UK) https://www.trybooking.com/DHQJP BBC Folk Awards Best Musician nominee,… Read more: Troubadour Calendar 2026 - Fri 13 March, 6-9 p.m. Grainne Hunt +Jules Stewart (Ireland)
Fri 13 March, 6-9 p.m. HOUSECONCERT. SOLD OUT Gráinne Hunt (Ireland) & Jules Stewart (California) Gráinne Hunt is one of Ireland’s most compelling vocalists and songwriters – blending raw emotion, commanding power, and a voice that stops audiences in their tracks. Performing as a duo with San Diego’s Jules Stewart on drums and vocals, the… Read more: Fri 13 March, 6-9 p.m. Grainne Hunt +Jules Stewart (Ireland) - Sun 22 March 2-5 p.m. A SPECIAL EVENT: Martyn Wyndam-Read (UK), Warren Fahey (Aust), with Marcus Holden and Gary Steele (Aust)
‘Bushwacked, Buggered and Bewildered”Sunday 22 March, 2-5 p.m. Everglades Club, Woy Woy Tickets $25 (members)/$30 (non-members) Book Here: https://www.trybooking.com/DIPYX Martyn Wyndam-Read (UK), Warren Fahey, Garry Steel and Marcus Holden (Aust) Bush ballads, folksongs, recitations, yarns and curious stories from two of Australia’s most celebrated masters of folk music. Bushwhacked, Bothered & Bewildered: Celebrating the Golden… Read more: Sun 22 March 2-5 p.m. A SPECIAL EVENT: Martyn Wyndam-Read (UK), Warren Fahey (Aust), with Marcus Holden and Gary Steele (Aust) - Sunday 19 April 2026 Celtic Guitar Heaven – Tony McManus and Marcus Sturrock
Tony McManus (Scotl) and Marcus Sturrock (Aust)An afternoon of heavenly celtic guitar music (and a few surprises) 2-5 p.m., Sunday19 April, 2026. Auditorium, Everglades Club, Woy Woy $25 members/ $30 general public. Click or Tap here to book: www.trybooking.com/DKCDX Two truly great finger style guitarists together in one afternoon: Tony McManus originally from Scotland and… Read more: Sunday 19 April 2026 Celtic Guitar Heaven – Tony McManus and Marcus Sturrock
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[] MEMBERSHIP: Join the club!
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 and AUDIENCE NIGHT: Second Saturday each month
Club Performers Night (aka Performers’ Cafe)
Empire Bay Community Hall
7 p.m. Second Saturday each month
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A PERFORMERS NIGHT IN OCTOBER 2025. INSTEAD, we welcome all to attend the Troubadour Performance at the Empire Bay COMMUNITY FAIR at 2 p.m. Saturday 18 October
Whether you come as audience or come to perform, it’s always a great night of live music and verse at the monthly club concert in Empire Bay. If you’d like to get on stage, you’re welcome to give it a try. 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 of each month
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, friends and audience are also always welcome.
Cost $5, if you have it, to cover hall hire. No money? Come anyway. Everyone welcome.
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 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