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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Tue. December. 14th 2021 Helen Dorothy, Bob Cooper Grundy and Neil Billington, Kate Marshall and Cindy Muggeridge
Our next club night will be held under Level 2 restrictions. In collaboration with the Mayfair Cafe we are able
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Tue. November. 9th 2021 Carol Bean Band, Ain’t Superstitious, Jo Sheffield
A crossroads where four different styles merge together, then continue as one. They play mix of Americana Blues and Country
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Tue. Oct. 26th 2021 Hobnail, The Muggingtons, La Wellington Tipica
Greetings One and All I am delighted to advise you all that we plan to go ahead with a long
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August 10th 2021: 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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July 13th 2021: “Grab A Spot” concert
Most people would call this an open mic night. Some would call it a blackboard concert. We ourselves used to
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President’s Patter, June 2021
Greetings one and all, So here we are back on Level 2 again though hopefully by the time you
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June 8th 2021: Dr Blue + Supports
Originally from the UK, now based in Wellington, the versatile, talented and award winning, internationally touring Blues & Roots singer-songwriter
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May 11th 2021: Wayne Mason + Supports
May is New Zealand Music Month, a time to look at our own New Zealand artists and music. And what
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April 13th 2021: Paul Schreuder Trio + Supports
Paul Schreuder started playing music in the sixties and has written and recorded over 150 songs scattered over 14 albums.
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President’s Patter, April 2021
Greetings one and all and by the time you receive this I hope you will have had a joyous and
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April 13th 2021: Gillian Boucher & Bob McNeill + Supports
Some things come round again. Bob first met Gillian when the world was young – well, in the early 2000s
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Feb 9th 2021: Colin Speir + Supports
Colin Speir, guitarist and banjo picker, has been around the NZ music scene for many years. During this time he
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8th December 2020: Christmas Open Mic Night (themed)
Our annual “Come All Ye” concert, soon to be renamed “Grab A Spot” because it has always been so popular.
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10th November 2020 : Dave Murphy and Janet Muggeridge + Supports
Dave and Janet play their own special brand of Americana, blues and originals, underpinned by Murphy’s driving fingerstyle acoustic guitar,
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President’s Patter, November 2020
Greetings one and all as we enter that pre Christmas month that you may or may not prefer to be
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13th October, 2020 : Raven Mavens Quartette + Supports
Raven Mavens started as a duo with Cindy Muggeridge, queen of the boogie and blues on piano and Marian Carter
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8th September, 2020: Four (4!) Mini Concerts
This time around, we’re changing things up a little. Instead of the usual headliner + supports, we are putting on
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President’s Patter, September 2020
Greetings one and all! With Spring just around the corner and Covid in our immediate vicinity on the wane who
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August 11 2020: Kelburn Jug Band + Supports
The Kelburn Viaduct Municipal Ensemble Jug Band are: Neil Worboys – Vocals, banjo, mandolin, blues harps, kazoo, jug, whoops Carol
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President’s Patter, August 2020
Greetings one and all and what a great turnout we had last month for our first club night following lockdown.
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Minutes of the Upper Hutt Mainly Acoustic Club Annual General Meeting 2020
Date: 27th July 2020 Venue: The Cossie Club. Upper Hutt. Time: 7.30 pm Present: S Homer, L Homer, M Khalil,
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July 14th 2020: Come All Ye Open Mic Night
We’re holding our first post-lockdown concert evening and what better way to celebrate and catch up with old friends than
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Mar. 10th: Barry Saunders (Warratahs) + Supports
Barry Saunders started his music career in Christchurch. His first public performance was singing “Green –back Dollar” at the Lincoln
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Feb 11th: Red Dog Acoustic Duo + Supports
The Red Dog Acoustic Duo, formed by Dave Murphy and Dougal Speir, is an acoustic spin-off from the Red
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November 12th 2019: Legal Tender + Supports
Legal Tender (Ian and Moira Campbell) have been performing an eclectic mix of Rural/Folk originals and covers around New Zealand
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President’s Patter, November 2019
Greetings one and all, Hard to believe this is our second to last newsletter for the year. Promise I won’t
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October 8th 2019: Charlotte Yates and Show Pony
Charlotte Yates is a singer/songwriter & recording artist based in Wellington, New Zealand. She has released seven of her own
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September 10th 2019: Wai.Tai + Supports
WAI.TAI merges original contemporary and traditional music from right here in Aotearoa, with music from all over the world, and
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Aug 13th 2019: Ain’t Superstitious + Supports
Hailing from the Hutt Valley & the Kapiti coast, Ain’t Superstitious will be playing their eclectic brand of jazzy, soul
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President’s Report, 2019
The last 12 months have been a most rewarding and satisfying time for the club, with good audience attendance and
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July 9th 2019: Open Mic Evening.
Come along with your instrument and regale us with a couple of songs. Last time we held an open mic,
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Monday, 15 July 2019, 7:30 Upper Hutt Cossie Club, Logan St, Upper Hutt If you are a financial member
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June 11th 2019: Carol Bean & Jack McKenzie: Songs from the Ash Grove
Carol Bean (Kelburn Viaduct Jug Band) and Jack McKenzie (DownUnderDogs) have teamed up to present songs they’ve honed over the
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May 14th. 2019: The Timeliners
The TimeLiners consists of long-time cohorts Neil Worboys, Maurice Priestly, & Steve Carlyle. All three are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, and
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April 9th, 2019 The Salty Hearts / Shenanigans
This month, we are having a first: a double header evening. We are presenting two artists that we feel were
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March 12th 2019: Simon Kempston (UK)
Our next guest is Simon Kempston, ‘one of Scotland’s best songwriters’ (The Sunday Herald) and leading fingerstyle guitarists. Simon’s original,
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