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Thank you for all who came down
to this season's Campfire Club performances. In all we hosted 21
shows, with so many beautifully flickering, wood smoked musical
highlights across four fantastic venues. Plans are already
afoot for the expansion of the series for 2018, but between now
and then there are plenty of exciting treats in store.
Our brand new series
Porridge and Knowledge will be bringing together
inspiring speakers and live musicians for an eat as much as you
like breakfast feast every fortnight across the Autumn. Tickets
are just ?15 for adults, and include all you can eat
breakfast, music, entertainment, and the added
benefit of providing a great start to your weekend. For those of
you keen to check out the full program, why not grab one of our season tickets,
and save up to ?25 off the price of buying individually?
Our Folk
at the Foundling season got off to a captivating
start last Friday, thanks to electrifying performances from
Josienne Walker, Kit Downes, and Jeff Warner. There are more
exciting performances ahead from Ranagri and Solasta this month,
and next month Gabby Young will be taking to the stage in the
Foundling Museum's beautiful and intimate Picture Gallery.
We're also putting on loads of gigs in other venues across London
this month: Lisa O'Neill will be taking on our favourite
Islington haunt The Old Queen's Head, and elsewhere
we'll be bringing you everything from the revolutionary
Malian griot of Trio da Kali to the groove-infused strings of
Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards.
Finally, we would also love to hear of your favourite Campfire
Club moments of 2017 for our end of season review, so please post
any pics and memories to our twitter or instagram account.
Hope to see at at some of our upcoming shows. Do come and say hi!
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Porridge & Knowledge
David Babbs | Craig Shaw |
Ayanna Witten-Johnson
Saturday October 7th
Doors Open 9:45 to 13:00 _at_ St Mark's Church Hall (Dalston)
?4-?15
online - Buy Tickets
Featuring
all you can eat porridge, tea and coffee, Porridge &
Knowledge brings world-shaping speakers and spirited musicians to
your breakfast table. In this, our inaugural gathering, we
welcome the following:
Keynote
Speaker:
Babbs:
Building a people powered movement.
Change
Maker:
Craig
Shaw: Core Arts
Musician:
Ayanna
Witten-Johnson
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Nest Collective Presents
Laura Cortese & The Dance
Cards | Karen Turley
Tuesday October 10th
7.30pm to 11pm _at_ Archspace (Haggerston)
?10
online or ?12 on the door - Buy Tickets
Served
up with panache and zing, Laura Cortese & The Dance cards are
both bold and elegant, well-schooled in the lyrical rituals
of folk music and backed by grooves that alternately inspire
Cajun two-stepping and rock ?n' roll swagger.
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Nest Collective Presents
Sarah Jane Scouten | Sandtimer
Thursday October 19th
7.30pm to 10.30pm _at_ The Old Church (Stoke Newington)
?10
online or ?12 on the door - Buy Tickets
Enjoy a
beautiful slice of Canadian americana in Stoke Newington's
sublime Old Church.
"A
sterling example of the top grade Americana coming out of
Canada." Folk
Radio UK
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Porridge & Knowledge
Melissa Harrison | Arcola
Theatre | Lleuwen Steffan
Saturday October 21st
Doors Open 9:45 to 13:00 _at_ St Mark's Church Hall (Dalston)
?4-?15
online - Buy Tickets
Featuring
all you can eat porridge, tea and coffee, Porridge &
Knowledge brings world-shaping speakers and spirited musicians to
your breakfast table. In this, our second gathering, we welcome
the following:
Keynote
Speaker:
Melissa
Harrison: Notebooks on nature, seasons and
chronicles
of the world around.
Change
Maker:
Nick
Connaughton: Arcola Theatre
Musician:
Lleuwen
Steffan?
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Nest Collective Presents
Lisa O'Neill | The Suitcase
Junket
Wednesday October 25th
8PM to 11PM _at_ The Old Queens Head (Angel)
?12
online - Buy Tickets
"At
a time when sameness threatens to drain the world of charm and
surprise, Lisa O'Neill stands tall for difference, as an outlier
with a mission to frame the world as she sees it and to perform
it accordingly. Her voice is her own. No small achievement." - Irish Times (Album of the Week)
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Nest Collective Presents
Trio Da Kali
Thursday October 26th
7.30pm to 10.30pm _at_ The Old Church (Stoke Newington)
?15
online - Buy Tickets
Fresh
from releasing ?Ladilikan' - their new album with The Kronos
Quartet - on September 15th, join these Malian master musicians
for an evening of virtuosic playing in the beautiful Old Church.
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Folk at The Foundling
Ranagri | Solasta
Friday October 27th
7pm to 10.30pm _at_ The Foundling Museum (Kings Cross)
?12
online or ?14 on the door - Buy Tickets
Quartet
Ranagri fuse Celtic folk music with contemporary songwriting,
enhanced by vibrant rhythms and haunting melodies. Their rich
instrumentation ranges from flutes, irish whistles and guitar to
bodhran, bouzouki and electric harp. Fresh from tours with Tony
Christie and Justin Currie (of Del Amitri), Ranagri bring new
vigour to Irish traditional music.
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And Don't Miss...
The Ceilidh Liberation Front
The Ceilidh Liberation Front was set up 5 years ago by Sam Lee,
and is the Nest Collective house band. They are quite simply
masters of the ceilidh, breathing life vim vigour and riotous
virtuosity into the tradition and carving out a reputation as one
of the most innovative and uplifting ceilidh bands in the UK. The
CLF is coming to the end of an amazing summer, with multiple
festival appearances including Port Elliot, Cambridge Folk and
Wilderness, plus shows with Sadler's Wells, the Southbank Centre
and numerous private functions. We are now taking bookings for
2018, and would be happy to discuss any weddings, parties,
festivals or events that you might be planning. Contact captain_at_thenestcollective_dot_co_dot_uk
for more details. See you on a dance floor soon!
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