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Friday 17th January

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Tickets £14

Mad Jocks and Englishmen are now celebrating nearly 50 years in the music business. However, thanks to hormone regeneration treatment, they are still fit and willing to carry out public engagements at the drop of a Saga brochure. 
The band has not only a firm Birmingham base, but enjoys an established national reputation, and provides a unique blend of music and amusement to suit all audiences. The roots are in folk music but this has developed over the years to encompass contemporary music, bluegrass, country and a generous helping of humour.

The Jocks have appeared throughout the UK, Western Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. The venues include everything from intimate folk clubs and village halls to the Docklands Arena and Olympia. They have ten albums to their credit and have appeared on radio and TV both at home and abroad. 
A typical evening (typical for them, anyway) will include sensational songs, side splitting stories, incredible instrumentals, great gags - all combining to give a belting night out.


Friday 14th February

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Tickets £14

National Forest Folk Club are pleased to bring the amazing PETE MORTON back to Moira!


Pete is a singer and entertainer with a wealth of self penned songs that express everything from the highly personal to the truly international. Often referred to as an old time troubadour he delivers an unruly mix of humanism politics, love, social commentary and humour, all wrapping its way around the folk tradition.


Originally from Leicester, Pete discovered the acoustic music scene at 16, and has been on the never-ending tour as a folk singer songwriter ever since. With his powerful, euphonious voice storytelling and compelling stage presence he continues his merry niche, singing songs, peace, justice, open global inclusion, with a fun, loving and approachable style.


SATURDAY 15th March

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Tickets £20

We’re delighted to welcome Kathryn and her long-time collaborator and accordionist Amy Thatcher for a special evening of jigs, reels, heart-wrenching airs, and percussive clog dancing!


Recognised as the foremost exponent of the Northumbrian pipes, Kathryn Tickell is a composer, performer, educator and successful recording artist, whose work is deeply rooted in the landscape and people of Northumbria.


She is a composer, performer, educator and recording artist whose work is deeply rooted in the landscape and people of Northumbria. She has released 16 of her own albums to date and has also recorded and performed with Sting, Jacob Collier, The Chieftains, Penguin Café Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, London Sinfonietta and many others. In 2015, she was awarded the OBE for services to folk music. She has twice won ‘Musician of the Year’ at the BBC Folk Awards. Kathryn is also a regular presenter for BBC Radio 3’s popular roots music programme Music Planet.

The formidably talented Amy Thatcher is an extraordinary accordionist - and clog dancer - who has worked with Kathryn in her various bands and projects including folk-classical quartet The Side and the current touring big band The Darkening. Amy is also a member of The Monster Ceilidh Band.


Friday 25th April

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Tickets £18

What a joy to be bringing these fantastic people back to Moira! They knocked our socks off on their last visit, so let's get ready for another thrilling night!

Multi-award winning Merry Hell offer joyful, uplifting folk-rock, with a message for troubled times. Native to the North-West of England, the 8-piece musical charabanc was fuelled from the embers of the much-loved folk-punk band The Tansads, before developing a life and feel all of its own. Their energy and passion are complemented by their love of what they do and desire to share hope and togetherness with as many people as are willing to listen.

Through 7 well-received albums and hundreds of gigs, they’ve offered voices of hope and beacons of light to anyone valuing spirit, energy, melody and positive humanity.


Friday 23rd May

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Tickets £14

BBC Folk Awards Best Musician nominee Dan Walsh combines ‘virtuoso playing and winning songwriting’ (MORNING STAR). Describing what Dan does is no easy task but at the heart of it is British, Irish and American folk music delivered with a healthy dose of funky grooves – all performed with his unique and dazzling take on clawhammer style banjo helping to challenge all preconceptions about the instrument.
Add to all that poignant songs, astonishing musical departures and lively humour and the result is a truly memorable live show which has wowed audiences across the world from intimate seated rooms to huge dancing crowds in festival fields.
Dan is a Moira favourite, and there's no surprise in that. Everything about him shouts out "TALENT" and such a lovely guy to boot!


Friday 13th June

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Tickets £14

KELLY'S HEROES ARE A TRUE FORCE OF IRISH NATURE!
The richness provided by the accordion, powerful rhythm guitar and bodhran give a fullness of sound that belies the number of people on stage and with a repertoire encompassing fast and furious Celtic songs and tunes, gentle ballads and quality contemporary numbers by the likes of Christy Moore, Eric Bogle and Ewan MacColl as well as some original material, this East Midlands based band are one of the most sought after on the circuit.
The band was formed in 1983 with vocalist Tony Duga, being one of the original line-up. Since then, Kellys Heroes have even recently played tours of Malta and Thailand and have played to audiences including 40,000 people at the Glasgow Mayfest, 25,000 at the Heineken Big Top with The Pogues, a Chateau in France for a very exclusive birthday party and to 6 people in a kitchen for a family celebration as well as just about every other type of event you can imagine in between!