Saturday 13th June & Sunday 14th June 2020
MUSICIANS GALLERY
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Some of the musicians appearing in the 2020 Festival. Click on the thumbnails to see the photos in a larger size. Watch this space as more information is added...
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Jim Minogue performs a range of easy-on-the ear traditional folk ballads and self-penned songs. Jim’s interest in folk music started at school when he was given a copy of Fairport Convention’s eponymous debut album, and he was hooked! Since then he has sung and played in different folk bands’ line-ups and may be joined at the Festival by various family members. Jim plays at South View on Saturday from 12.30pm-1.30pm. |
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Will & Wolfie are pictured here playing at the Henfield Haven in the 2017 Gardens & Arts Festival, and performing their usual breezy mixture of ragtime, 1930s songs and, blues with vocals and their open special brand of guitar magic. They play 1950s rock'n roll at Red Oaks on Sunday, from 3.30pm-4.30pm. |
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Folk instrumental trio The Rude Mechanicals, based in Shoreham-by-Sea, provide stylishly distinctive acoustic music for all occasions. They have a huge repertoire of varied material including original arrangements of traditional tunes and new compositions. They play from 2.00pm-3.00pm on Saturday at Hacketts Cottage. |
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Di Plumer and Chris Wolferstan - alias Diana & Wolfie - will be entertaining you at Red Oaks on Saturday with a fun combination of country songs by the likes of John Prine and Norman Blake, and Western Swing style songs from the Bob Wills songbook and others. Di & Wolfie will be playing at Red Oaks on Saturday from 12.00pm-1.00pm. |
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Earwig Corner are Brad Chick (anglo concertina, voice, pipe & tabor) Carole Chick (fiddle, mandolin, voice) Bryan Creer (English concertina, fiddle) & Valmai Goodyear (English concertina) - all residents at Lewes Saturday Folk Club. The band was formed following a workshop on early music for folk musicians at the club led by the wonderful New Scorpion Band. The quartet plays at Red Oaks on Sunday from 2.00pm-3.00pm. |
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Mike Ainscough has been playing guitar both professionally and semi-professionally since 1962. After starting off in folk clubs, he graduated to a London-based jug band called "The Egbert Sousé All Stars", before moving to Sussex in 1976. Over the years he has played mainstream jazz, rock'n roll, 60s funk'n soul, and currently plays in a 5-piece ceilidh band - "Unreel". As well as band work, Mike - as "Will Fly" - plays with Brighton guitarist Chris Wolferstan in the "Will & Wolfie" duo. He and Chris play as guests in local folk clubs, and in Brighton pubs. Mike also plays at local sessions. He plays solo guitar at Rosemount in Windmill Lane from 12.00pm to 1.30pm on Saturday, and again at St. Peter's Cottage - with Kate Hawkins on flute - from 11.30am to 12.30pm on Sunday. |
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Drummer Raye du-Val first formed the Soho Village Jazz Band in Soho in 1953,and reformed it in 2005 after playing many different styles of music in the intervening years. Sadly, Raye died, but the band lives on under the direction of Graham Cox, and will be at the Hart again this year, from 3.30pm-6.00pm each day. |
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In The Pink is a female sax quartet and part of the Perdido Players, a swing band which plays for charity events throughout Sussex. Here they are, in the photo on the left, playing at Hacketts Cottage as part of the 2017 Festival - and they will be there again from 11.30pm-2.00pm on Saturday 13th June. |
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Phil & Jane perform a varied range of folk music from traditional to contemporary. They love close harmonies and also love to hear the audience joining in with some of their chorus songs. They also perform some self penned songs, mainly about the beautiful scenery around Sussex and Hampshire. Phil & Jane will play on Saturday at Old Mill House from 11.30am-12.15pm, and from 2.30pm-3.15pm at Red Oaks. You can also see them on Sunday from 12.00pm-12.45pm at Red Oaks and from 2.30pm-3.15pm at Kindersleys. |
The Sussex Waits are: Michael Withers – shawms, curtal, crumhorn, recorder Kate Jackson – sackbut, crumhorn, recorder, percussion Hilary Ougham – shawms, curtals Mike Clemens – shawm, curtal, recorder, percussion |
Sussex Waits was founded in 2013 to explore the repertoire of the shawm bands that flourished in the UK and across Europe in the Middle Ages. Shawms were the staple instruments for all the town waits from the mid 16th to the late 17th centuries and played for all kinds of civic and ceremonial occasions. But the town waits were also expected to play ‘softer’ instruments as well, so Sussex Waits will put the shawms to one side from time to time and play a variety of other instruments including recorders, rebecs, gemshorns and bagpipes. They play on Sunday from 1.00pm-2.00pm at St. Peter's Cottage, and from 3.00pm-4.00pm at Corpus Christi RC church. |
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The Pyecombe Village Choir are a fun, friendly group who enjoy singing different styles of music and who perform at local village events. They can be heard on Saturday from 11.00am-11.30pm at Red Oaks, and from 2.00pm-2.30pm at Moustows Manor. |
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Patcham Silver Youth Band is a community run brass band with players aged 5-18. They perform a very wide range of music from Abba to Bach in a variety of styles. Their concerts are made up of lively pieces. Members of the band come from across Sussex and they are able to support beginner players as well as those having lessons at school. From time to time adult players join them in order to develop their confidence before joining the senior band. The band will play at Staples Barn House on Sunday at 2.00pm and 3.00pm. |
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Whispering Woods is the only a cappella community choir dedicated to singing outdoors. It was initially started in 2011, to take part in the first Whispering Woods event at West Dean Arboretum in West Sussex. Since then, the choir has sung at special events at Bignor Park in 2012 and 2014, the Weald and Downland Museum, Woods Mill and Bramber Beeches.The choir sing on Saturday, from 1.00pm-2.15pm at Red Oaks, and from 3.00pm-3.45pm at Old Mill House. |