Category: Music

Saturday 11 July 2026: Fund-raiser for the UNICEF Venezuela Earthquakes Appeal @ The Wheeltapper, 60 Woodgate, Loughborough, LE11 2TZ:

Organised by The Wheeltapper and Eric Turtle who says: I was really moved by the heartbreaking news reports of the Venezuelan earthquake. I wanted to do something. Seems as thought I am not alone. Let’s raise a few quid and help a little. UNICEF are my chosen charity. They have boots on the ground and are helping now. Our Gig is on the 11th.

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1021895640487172

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Friday 24 July 2026: 7.30pm, The Crown Inn, 10 Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom, LE13 1AE

Organised by Eddie Smith and Alan Wilce for their friend, Nigel, who has a terminal illness.

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21 to 23 August 2026: Hosting Moira Furnace Folk Festival singarounds with Missouri Mick

We’ll be there on Friday evening 8 to 11pm and Saturday 12.30 to 3.30pm at the Railway Inn, 31 Ashby Rd, Moira DE12 6DJ. Entry is free

Many thanks to Rich Wakefield:

3 Sept 2025: Botheration @ Duffys Bar, Leicester:

Sheila Mosley… i like a huge range of music but my first loves remain folk music and the 1960’s greenwich village troubadour tradition… and Sheila sits perfectly into this area… beautiful voice and singer Sheila delivers a range of songs from those genres, ranging form the strongly political social comment… especially her rivetting performance of Peggy Seeger’s defence after an incident at Greenham Common… and the more gentle love songs and ballads. A lovely mix of high class mainly familiar material and as she did last sunday, had me groping for a tissue with her closing “Another Train”… a song that means so much…
Sheila is a no frills just top quality great performer.. totally committed and sincere in every aspect… if you dont know her work go see her when you can… superb!!

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This is the first Leicester-based folk festival in years, and it is due to the energy (and bravery) of Missouri Mick, who started the Common Folk at The Regent.

Details of the festival are here: https://commonfolk.uk/common-folk-festival/

Please excuse the self indulgence but I’ve not had a month like this one, and want to record it somewhere. I’ve had lots of fun. Many many thanks to those who make live music happen.

This month started with playing two sets each day as part of the Melton Mowbray Folk Festival on the first weekend of August.

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6 August, I sang at the Hiroshima memorial event organised by CND at the Peace Tree in Victoria Park, Leicester

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We went to the Saltburn Folk Festival weekend 8-10 August 2025, and joined the amazing singarounds.

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15 – 17 August 2025: on the Friday I opened the festival on the Neil Dawson stage of the MoiraFurnace Folk Festival, which was amazing.

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I have a mini tour in June 🙂
Friday 7 June: Folk at the Factory in Fleckney – folk music evening with a number of musicians, raising money for local Motor Neurone Disease charity and LOROS. 7.30pm -11pm

Sunday 16 June: The Tap, Queens Road as part of the Clarendon Park Arts festival – an acoustic event 5-9pm (starting at thr end of the street fair) and I am first of 5 ‘acts’.