As a Club we strive to be a friendly and informal gathering with acoustic performances of many kinds and genres.  We always extend a warm welcome to those who prefer to come along and just listen and highly value our ‘audience’.  We see many experienced and gifted singers and musicians but those perhaps just ‘starting out’ in performance are made equally at home.

The Club is really eclectic these days .. witnessing individuals, duos, trios and sometimes larger impromptu groupings delivering material from folk to blues, from tradition to contemporary, from ‘covers’ to singer/songwriter, from Americana to Celtic and plenty more besides..

Songs and instrumentals are the norm but there’s a place as well for recitation and poetry.

Visitors to the area are welcome as performers or listeners.. perhaps on a visit to the Oxfordshire Cotswolds or the City of ‘dreaming spires’ a few miles to the south east.

A little guidance on club nights:

All of our club nights are ‘singarounds’ where we go around the room and invite anyone wishing to perform a song or tune to do so.  We rotate MCing month by month and reckon all our esteemed MCs have a ‘light touch’ but bring their own style to the evening.  Performers can remain where they are or take a performance ‘space’ depending on venue!  A music stand is provided if needed.  There’s no especial guidance on use of words/crib sheets/music or otherwise but, for obvious reasons, it’s best if performers are reasonably familiar with their material and have any instrument[s] tuned up in advance of their ‘slot’. 

Usual start time is 7.30pm. Typically we would have a short interval 9.00/9.15 ish.. a chance to chat, catch up and recharge glasses etc.  We aim to wind up sometime after 10.00pm  and have been known to stray to half ten on occasion..

Some nights are very popular so, in fairness to all, we sometimes have to decide on the night how much time is allotted to duets, trios and groups.  We like everybody who wants to contribute to be able to participate so if the evening isn’t particularly busy duets and groups, at the discretion of the MC, may be invited to perform more songs. But we hope you’ll understand if, as a group, you are perhaps only invited to perform one song per half on a particularly full occasion.

If in doubt.. come along and have a look at us..