October 2025

What a night it was at The Barlow on 17 th October with our guest Phil Beer, ably
supported by Steve Canavan and Poppy Weatherall. With a great crowd and a
fantastic guest, anyone who was there had an evening to remember.
The next singaround at Folk at the Barlow will be on 7 th November.
Our next guest night will be on the great Andy Irvine on 21 st November. Andy is
an Irish folk musician, singer-songwriter, and a founding member of Sweeney's
Men, Planxty, Patrick Street,  Mozaik , LAPD and Usher's Island. He also featured in
duos, with Dónal Lunny, Paul Brady, Mick Hanly, and Dick Gaughan. Irvine plays the
mandolin, mandola, bouzouki.
Andy has been influential in folk music for over six decades, during which he
recorded a large repertoire of songs and tunes he assembled from books, old
recordings and folk-song collectors rooted in the Irish, English, Scottish, Eastern
European,  Australian  and American old-time and folk traditions. Along with Johnny
Moynihan and Dónal Lunny, Irvine is one of the pioneers who adapted the
Greek bouzouki—with a new tuning—into the Irish bouzouki. He contributed to
advancing the design of his instruments in co-operation with English luthier Stefan
Sobell.
Andy will be supported by Tony Gibbons and Kate Bradbury. These two have been
performing together for many years as their rapport demonstrates. Their act
combines humour, melancholy, lovely accompaniments singable choruses and
songs with a story.
This concert is now SOLD OUT but Anne is operating a waiting list via the email
address on our website www.folkatthebarlow.com. Please do not turn up on the night
without a prearranged booking, as we are FULL.
For details of these events, booking details and future events at Folk at the Barlow,
please visit our website at www.folkatthebarlow.com We ask that wherever possible
that you book your places in advance via our website, or alternatively pay at the door
by Debit or Credit card. We will, of course, always accept cash, but if we can keep
this to a minimum it will make life much easier for us.

The tunes sessions that have taken place at various venues in Edgworth over the
last few years, have resumed at the Rose and Crown, and will start at 8pm on the
third Monday of the month. This means that the next one will be on 17 th November.
The monthly song session will be at the White Horse in the first Monday each month,
starting at 8pm; the next, therefore will be on 1 st December.
A new session has started on Tuesday evenings at The Plough, on Lee Gate in
Harwood. Contact Fiach and Amber McDonald, or Kirsty at The Plough for further
details.

For fans of open mic style sessions, The Saggy Bottom Girls hold their events at the
Masons’ Arms in Egerton. The next one is on 19 th November, and again on the third
Wednesday of each month thereafter.
The Met, in Bury present a varied and interesting programme of related music. Visit
their website at themet.org.uk/whats-on/folk-music/ .

1.12.25 Song Session, White Horse, Edgworth. 8pm
7.11.25 Singaround at Folk at the Barlow, 8pm
17.11.25 Tunes Session, Rose and Brown, Bury Road Edgworth. 8pm
19.11.25 Folk Evening Masons’ Arms, Egerton
21.1.25 Andy Irvine, supported by Tony Gibbons and Kate Bradbury,

Folk at The Barlow www.folkatthebarlow.com

Tuesday
Evenings

Song and tune session, The Plough, 157 Lea Gate. Harwood