15/06/2026
22 June 2026 at The Bridge Folk Club – Singaround: singers, musicians, residents, visitors and audience
As always, there will be no pressure to perform. Get up and do a spot if you want or just sit back, relax and have a lovely night with good friends and great music
All we ask if you do a spot is that you contribute something that fits the spirit of folk music – and that doesn’t mean it must be ‘traditional’; plenty of very talented people are writing superb new material that we love to hear
Hope to see you there
Gan canny
NB: We don’t have a card reader – please be traditional and bring cash
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Future Events and Guests at The Bridge –
6 July 2026 – Sam Baxter and Merle Harbron
17 August 2026 – Phil Tyler and Sarah Hill
31 August 2026 – Closed (Late Summer Bank Holiday)
7 September 2026 – Mills & Farrell
Janet Mills and David Farrell are very well known to our club regulars and we are all looking forward to this guest night. Their superb first album ‘Crooked Path’ is now available; see their website at https://millsandfarrell.com/ for purchasing options, and to enjoy more of their music go to –
https://soundcloud.com/user-481884431
https://www.instagram.com/millsandfarrell/
https://www.facebook.com/millsandfarrell
https://www.youtube.com/
28 September 2026 – Steve and Kristi Nebel
Steve and Kristi from Washington State are long-time friends of the Bridge and it’ll be wonderful to have them here again after a much-too-long break
12 October 2026 – Anne Alderson
2 November – Sally ironmonger and Brian Carter
16 November – Pipe Dream
7 December – Fundraiser Singaround for Crisis
14 December – Salty Dog
*** All other Mondays are our usual Singarounds ***
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Elsewhere and Elsewhen
25 to 28 June – Alnwick Playhouse (and beyond)
What a Wonderful World Festival
Don’t miss ‘JON BODEN: The Floodplain Trilogy on Saturday 27 June
See the full programme and get tickets from https://whataww.org/
Friday 24 July 2026 – Little Theatre, 1-4 Saltwell View, Gateshead, NE8 4JS
Tim Dalling in ‘Ivor Cutler and the Shinytribe: A Double Bill of Songs and Stories’
Tickets (£16.50 including the booking fee) from We Got Tickets at https://wegottickets.com/f/16316
Tim will be our first guest at The Bridge in 2027 (27 January)
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**************** Our Regular Reminders ****************
The Bridge Folk Club page and YouTube channel
New music is uploaded every day – Like us or Follow us on Facebook, or Subscribe to us on YouTube
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Let’s keep everyone safe and healthy
If you're feeling unwell in any way at all (even if you think it’s only a bit of a cold) PLEASE just relax at home and come back to see us when you're feeling completely better
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Driving to us
Parking outside of the club is free after 7.00 pm
If you arrive early the charge is £1.90 an hour up until 7.00 and the council very kindly offers several wonderful ways for you to give them the fee:
• Via the PayByPhone App. The location code is 808937
• Via PayByPhone online at paybyphone.co.uk
• Or by calling 0330 400 7275
• If you’d rather pay by card (contactless only) you’ll find the payment machine outside of the Vermont Hotel
The Clean Air Zone in Newcastle city centre doesn’t affect anyone driving to the club in a private car, and most vans are OK. If you want to make absolutely sure that your vehicle won’t be charged you’ll find the answers at https://www.breathe-cleanair.com/
and
https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/our-city/transport-improvements/transport-and-air-quality/newcastle-and-gateshead-clean-air-zone #:~:text=A%20Clean%20Air%20Zone%20(CAZ,any%20vehicle%20until%20January%2030
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Things change
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