Oct 8th: Carol Bean Band, Hope & The Hobo, Tim Thorpe, Matthew Dower
The Carol Bean Band is a crossroads where four different styles merge together, then continue as one. They play mix
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Sept 10th: Joass, Mason and Bonnington, The Bitter Brothers, Beneath A Different Sky
“Rob Joass is one of the finest Aussie/Kiwi singer songwriters you’ll hear. Honest, clever, humorous and real.” – Phil Taylor,
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July 9th Wooden Box Band/Kerr, Burgin & Norman/Annette Esquenet
Irishman Andrew Kerr (ex. Jacky Tar) and Alan Norman (The Warratahs, The Rag Poets) have been playing as a duo
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Aug 13th 2024: Open Mic Concert
A ‘full on‘ club night last month: 10 spots and a heap of variety. It was great to see some
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June 11th: Legal Tender + Supports
Legal Tender is based around Ian and Moira Campbell. They have been performing their eclectic mix of rural folk covers
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June 4th: Andrew & Kirsten London + Supports
June 4th was an evening dedicated to the guitar and guitar music, in conjunction with the From Medieval To Metal
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Tuesday May. 14th, 2024: Barry Saunders/Mike Harding + Support
Barry Saunders is from Christchurch. His first public performance was singing “Green –back Dollar” at the Lincoln Coronation Hall, aged
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Tuesday Apr. 9th, 2024: Black Eyed Susie + Supports
Smokey vocals, Originals, Blues, Folk, Celtic mix Black Eyed Susie began in 2006 when guitarist Ramon Oza met violinist Susan
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Tuesday Mar. 12th, 2024: Peter Hall & Friends + Supports
Pete started his music journey as a 10 year old in the brass band world. Discovered rock n roll at
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Tuesday Feb. 13th, 2024: Raven Mavens Quartette + Supports
And we’re back! Here’s to another wonderful year of great music and friendship! This is going to be a great
Read MoreTuesday Dec. 12th, 2023: “Come All Ye” Concert
Our final concert for 2023, Come along for a bit of festivity and enjoy 10 acts for the price of
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Tuesday Nov. 14th, 2023: Biscuits And Gravy, Planet, Te Kura Moana
This month, we will try something a little different. Our concert format is typically three short support acts in the
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Tuesday October 10th, 2023: John Sutherland, Carter Parker Trio + Support
CP3o [Carter Parker Trio] is comprised of Marian Carter, Barry Carter and Graham Parker, and play a mix of originals
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Mainly Acoustic holds two Open Mic concerts a year. The concerts have gone under different names over the years. They
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Tuesday September 12th, 2023: Pops & The Tempests + Supports
Pip Payne first shared a stage with The Tempests (Lynley Christoffersen and Jade Eru) for his gospel blues project –
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Tuesday August 8th, 2023: Open Mic Night
And now, it’s your turn! We are having our bi-annual Open Mic concert. It’s been called a number of things
Read MoreMinutes of the Upper Hutt Mainly Acoustic Club AGM 2023
Date : 17h July 2023 Venue: The Cossie Club. Upper Hutt. Time: 7.30 pm Present: S Homer, L Homer, M
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Tuesday July 11th, 2023: The Salty Hearts + supports
The Salty Hearts have many guises, and are quintessentially ‘Kiwi’ sounding (playing many Kiwi covers). Greg Sayer (Monty Wolf, Gas
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Tuesday June 13th, 2023: Karen Clarke + Supports
Karen Clarke is one of New Zealand’s fine homegrown indie blues women. With 25 years of live performance and two
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Tuesday May 9th, 2023: We Wayward Divas + Supports
“We take our music very seriously but we love to have fun too” Both are famed for their beautiful voices,
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2023-04-11: President’s Patter
Greetings all. A wonderful turnout last month for our April club night! Our advertised main act Black Eyed Susie was
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2022-04-12: Andrew London and Neil Billington + Supports
Andrew London He’s a musician based on the Kapiti Coast near Wellington, New Zealand. He’s primarily a songwriter and satirist and perform
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Tuesday Apr 11th 2023: Raven Mavens + Supports
The Raven Mavens duo features singer songwriter Cindy Muggeridge, queen of the boogie-woogie and blues on piano and songstress Marian
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Tuesday Mar 14th 2023: SHAN + Supports
At our last Grab A Spot, we were quite blown away by SHAN is a newly formed duo so quirky,
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President’s Patter, Feb. 2023
Greetings all. What a month February turned out to be! Cyclone Gabrielle certainly made her presence felt in many
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Tuesday Feb 28th 2023: Krissy Jackson Duo + Supports
Immersed in New Zealand’s folk scene and coveted for her musical ear and dedication to her art, Krissy dances with
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President’s Patter, Jan 2023
Wishing a very happy new year to you all and I hope you had a relaxing break over January and
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Tuesday Dec 13th 2022: Grab A Spot open mic.
Yep, it’s our Christmas Grab A Spot concert. What does that mean, you ask? Well, it’s like any open mic/blackboard
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Tuesday Nov 8th 2022: Wayne Mason + Supports
Wayne Mason has been part of the NZ music scene for the last 56 years . He started his career
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Tuesday October 11th 2022: The KIST + Supports
The Kist was formed after Pat Higgins heard the sound of a cello from deep in the woods at Wellington
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Tuesday September 13th 2022: Downunderdogs + Supports
Like their music, Jack MacKenzie and Peter and Cathy Dyer are American born and bred. Jack’s flat-picking is inspired by
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Tuesday August 9 2022: Tura “Bullfrog” Rata + Supports
Bullfrog Rata’s musical journey has been wide and varied. From busking on the streets in towns like Wairoa & Waipukarau
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President’s Patter: August 2022
Greetings folks and hope all is well with you and yours and that this wet,windy wintry month hasn’t dampened your
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July 12 2022: Grab-A-Spot Concert
It’s our version of an open mic/blackboard concert night. Except that, because we usually get lots of people, it’s ESSENTIAL,
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Tuesday 14 June 2022 : Andrew Kerr and Alan Norman + Supports
Support by: Mike Baines Paul Magarity Don & Clarinda Andrew Kerr and Alan Norman Andrew Kerr and Al Norman are
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Tuesday 10 May 2022: Butter Wouldn’t Melt + Supports
Nick Burfield was a guest at both the Auckland and Wellington folk festivals and when not on the stage, he
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Tue. Feb. 8th 2022: Barry Saunders + Supports
Our next club night will be held under Level 2 restrictions. In collaboration with the Mayfair Cafe we are able
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