Updated 22/03/25
Welcome to our most basic of websites!
We hope it provides you with most of the information you want and all of the information you need.
Almost all of our gigs take place at:
Grayshott Village Hall, Headley Road, Grayshott,
Nr. HINDHEAD, Surrey GU26 6TZ
For further information about all of our events or for all ticket enquiries, either call:
Des O'Byrne on: 01428 607096
or e-mail:
grayshottfolkclub@btinternet.com
We also sell tickets online, through Ents 24.
Go to: www.ents24.com and search for "Grayshott Folk Club"
and you will find a ticketing link to all of the gigs we are currently selling tickets for.
Established in January 2011, Grayshott Folk Club brings you the finest in Folk, Roots and Acoustic live music events.
We generally host one or two events most months and have a well-appointed and comfortable venue, which has wonderful facilities for both performers and audience alike, as well as having superb acoustics.
We run a fully-licensed Bar, which stocks a range of quality bottled Bitters such as: Hook Norton "Hooky", Old Speckled Hen and Long Man Best Bitter.
We also stock Red and White Wine, Cider, Lager and a variety of soft drinks.
Perhaps you might prefer Tea or Coffee?
We sell all of these at reasonable prices but remember, we are a CASH ONLY organisation.
We do not have card facilities at our venue.
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NEXT UP AT GRAYSHOTT FOLK CLUB:
This gig is now SOLD OUT
Sorry.
Saturday 29th March 2024
Steve Knightley
As founding member and main song writer for Show of Hands, Steve has been at the top of the Folk tree for many years. They sold out The Royal Albert Hall on several occasions. But Steve is not somemone who is prepared to rest on his laurels and has set out to re-establish himself as a major solo performer. It is where he began, after all.
He wrote, recorded and released his solo album "Winter Yards" earlier on in 2024 and then embarked upon a major national tour which proved to be a massive success.
Listen to "The Winter Yards" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjLhCYTGQkY
We've just heard that "The Winter Yards" has been voted Folk Album of the Year (2024), by The Daily Mirror, The Daily Mail and
The Morning Star.
Bouyed up by this achievement, Steve is repeating this exercise but this time, he will be visiting places which are off the beaten track and which he has not been to before.
We are of course delighted that Grayshott Folk Club will be one such place and we are very much looking forward to his visit.
The word is out and already, tickets are selling well so don't leave it too long, before you get yours.
Tickets £22
Available from Des O'Byrne on 01428 607096
or
online at Ents 24 here:
https://www.ents24.com/hindhead-events/grayshott-village-hall/grayshott-folk-club-introduces-steve-knightley/723036
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Future gigs for 2025:
Saturday 3rd May 2025 @ 7.30pm
HONEY & THE BEAR + FRIENDS
This gig has now been incorporated into The Haslemere Festival 2025 so we hope to reach some new people and give them the opportunity to savour the wonderful music we have on offer.
Honey & The Bear have visited us twice before (May 2022 and November2023), so we know what to expect; wonderful singing, brilliant musicianship and songs about Suffolk folklore, courageous people they admire, their passion for Nature and a heartbreak or two.
Honey & The Bear are: Lucy Hart (Guitar,Ukelele, Bass, Banjo, Mandolin, Percuusion and Lead Vocals) and Jon Hart (Guitar, Bass, Bouzouki, Vocals). They have been songwriting since teaming up together in 2014. They have played at revered venues and top festivals across the UK, as well as touring Europe. They have supported Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys on two UK tours and opened for The Shires at the world renowned Snape Maltings.
One of the highlights of their musical career to date was a sold out, headlining show at Snape Maltings. You can see and hear them here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXgR7g5AMG8
You'll notice that Jon and Lucy have some of their friends with them on stage and we are delighted that they will be appearing with:
Toby Shaer (Whistles, Harmonium, Flute, Fiddle, Bass.
Archie Churchill-Moss (Melodeon)
Evan Carson (Percussion, Drums, Bodhran).
All three are top Folk musicians who are very sought after by a range of bands and all of them have played at Grayshott before.
This promises to be a great night of music as Honey & The Bear reflect back over more than ten years together. In that time they have produced three excellent full-length albums and they will cherry-pick audience favourites and the songs and tunes they love to play.
Tickets £18
Available from Grayshott Post Office
(from Monday 31st March 2025 onwards), in person only.
Call 01428 607096
Online ticket sales at Ents 24:
https://www.ents24.com/hindhead-events/grayshott-village-hall/honey-and-the-bear-friends/7269747
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Wednesday 4th June 2025 @ 7.30pm
ADAM BEATTIE & FIONA BEVAN
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Friday 1st August 2025 @ 7.30pm
MERRY HELL
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Saturday 2nd August 2025 @ 7.30pm
STEVE WICKHAM (ex The Waterboys) + RAY COEN
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Saturday 20th September 2025 @ 7.30pm
BOB FOX
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Saturday 4th October 2025 @ 7.30pm
JACOB & DRINKWATER
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Saturday 18th October 2025 @ 7.30pm
HEIDI TALBOT
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Thursday 13th November 2025 @ 7.30pm
GATEHOUSE
(on tour from Ireland)
Listen to "The Gypsies" here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw_XGvrQqIc&t=1s
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Saturday 29th November @ 7.30pm
JANICE BURNS & JON DORAN
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Saturday 13th December 2025 @ 7.30pm
Grayshott Folk Club's "Christmas Special"
with: THE FURROW COLLECTIVE
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PAST GIGS AT GRAYSHOTT FOLK CLUB
August 2021-March 2025
Friday 6th August 2021
MERRY HELL
Sunday 5th September 2021
SERIOUS CHILD WITH ANDY RUDDY
+ KIRSTY MCGEE
Saturday 30th October 2021
INDIA ELECTRIC CO.
Saturday 6th November 2021
THE TANNAHILL WEAVERS
Friday 12th November 2021
COIG
+ COPPER VIPER
Friday 28th January 2022
NIALL MCNAMEE & BAND
Saturday 19th March 2022
THE TRIALS OF CATO
Friday 22nd April 2022
CUA
+ ANTOINE & OWENA
Friday 14th May 2022
HONEY & THE BEAR
with FRIENDS (Toby Shaer & Evan Carsons)
Friday 15th July 2022
BOB FOX
Saturday 6th August 2022
THE OCELOTS
Saturday September 2022
KATHRYN ROBERTS & SEAN LAKEMAN
Saturday 15th October 2022
BLACKBEARD'S TEA PARTY
Friday 4th November 2022
STEVE WICKHAM & RAY COEN
+ Rebecca Jayne
Saturday December 3rd 2022
INDIA ELECTRIC CO.
Friday 16th December 2022
ST. AGNES' FOUNTAIN
SOLD OUT
Saturday 28th January 2023
BARN DANCE/CEILIDH WITH: THE HOG'S BACK BAND
Saturday 11th February 2023
KITEWING
(Alden & Patterson with The Shackleton Trio)
Saturday 24th March 2023
THE HONEYBEES
(Odette Michell, Amy Goddard, Zoe Wren)
Saturday 22nd April 2023
THE OCELOTS
(Ashley & Brandon Watson)
+ Hannah Scott
Friday 26th May 2023
JOHN BLEK
Saturday 5th August 2023
MERRY HELL
+ Virginia Kettle
SOLD OUT
Saturday 23rd September 2023
SILVERBLUES
(Ray Jackson-Lindisfarne, Ric Sanders-Fairport Convention,
Tom Leary-Feast of Fiddles, Vo Fletcher-The Ric Sanders Trio)
SOLD OUT
Saturday 14th October 2023
JAMES YORKSTON with NINA PERSSON (The Cardigans)
SOLD OUT
Saturday 11th November 2023
HONEY & THE BEAR
+ Friends (Archie Churchill-Moss, Evan Carsons)
Thursday 30th November 2023
POLICE DOG HOGAN
SOLD OUT
Wednesday 20th December 2023
JOHNNY COPPIN, DIK CADBURY, PAUL BURGESS
with: "ALL ON A WINTER'S NIGHT"
Saturday 27th January 2024
SIMON MAYOR with HILARY JAMES & Friends
SOLD OUT
Saturday 24th February 2024
ADAM BEATTIE with FIONA BEVAN & Friends
Friday 22nd March 2024
SAM KELLY with JAMIE FRANCIS
Monday 22nd April 2024
THE LEISURE SOCIETY
Friday 10th May 2024
STEVE WICKHAM & RAY COEN
SOLD OUT
Friday 31st May 2024
MERRY HELL
SOLD OUT
Friday 28th June 2024
HARP & a MONKEY
Saturday 20th July 2024
RUM RAGGED (on tour from Newfoundland, Canada)
Friday 27th September 2024
THE HENRY GIRLS
SOLD OUT
Saturday 19th October 2024
RACHAEL McSHANE & The Cartographers
Friday 29th November 2024
BELLA HARDY (with Jenn Butterworth)
Friday 13th December 2024
Grayshott Folk Club's "Christmas Special"
with MELROSE QUARTET
Saturday 18th January 2025
SHOWMAN & COOLE + RUBE & RAKE
(on tour from Canada)
Saturday 8th February 2025
THE TANNAHILL WEAVERS
+ Ed Blunt
Saturday 1st March 2025
POLLY PAULUSMA with Jon Thorne
Tuesday 11th March 2025
KRIS DREVER & CHRIS STOUT
At Churt Village Hall
--------------------------------------------Please note: our e-mail address is:
grayshottfolkclub@btinternet.com
Or you can call us on 01428 607096
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A little bit of Grayshott Folk Club history:
Grayshott Folk Club went live with our first ever gig on
22nd January 2011. The main aim of Grayshott Folk Club is to bring "quality live music at affordable prices " to Grayshott, which is a village near HINDHEAD in South-West Surrey but Grayshott Village Hall itself, is actually situated just inside the Hampshire border by about 50 yards and is officially the biggest village hall in the whole of Hampshire.
We mostly host Folk bands/musicians and our past guests have included;
Acoustic Strawbs, Altan,
Ashley Hutchings/Blair Dunlop/Becky Mills, Belshazzar's Feast, Bob Fox, Breabach, Coig, Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies, Jon Wilks,
Katherine Priddy, Kris Drever + Chris Stout, Lau, Melrose Quartet, Merry Hell, O'Hooley & Tidow,
Sam Carter/Sam Sweeney, Sam Kelly/Jamie Francis,
St. Agnes' Fountain,
SilverBlues
(Ric Sanders, Ray Jackson, Vo Fletcher and Tom Leary),
Steve Wickham (ex-The Waterboys) & Ray Coen,
Tannahill Weavers,The Bully Wee Band, The Churchfitters,
The Young 'Uns and Tide Lines, amongst many others.
We occasionally stray off-piste with a little bit of live Americana/Pop/Rock/Prog Rock music and
Caravan, Colin Blunstone & Band, James Yorkston/Nina Persson, Jarrod Dickenson, Joe Topping & Scott Poley, Linda Lewis, Mike d'Abo, Police Dog Hogan,
The Christians and The Leisure Society
have all played for us since we started out.
Basically, we do whatever we can, to keep it live, keep it local and to keep hungry musicians off our streets......
Our first choice venue is:
Grayshott Village Hall,
Headley Road,
Grayshott,
Nr. HINDHEAD,
Surrey GU26 6TZ
and from time to time, we also use
St. Alban's Church, Tilford Road,
HINDHEAD, Surrey GU26 6RB
as venues to host our live music events.
If you wish to buy tickets for our gigs, you can buy them in person from:
Grayshott Post Office, Crossways Road, Grayshott GU26 6HJ
Alternatively, you can call Des O'Byrne on 01428 607096
or e-mail me at: grayshottfolkclub@btinternet.com
for all enquiries relating to Grayshott Folk Club.
We also sell our tickets online through ENTS 24 but please be advised there is a 10% surcharge for using this service.
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Watch this space and do please keep coming back to us for updates!