Yes yes yes!!

They're back!!

 We are so excited to welcome this fantastic band back to "The Birch again". The last time they came tickets sold out in a matter of weeks. If you like Dylan Like the Pogues like Springsteen? You will Love Jar!

Do not miss this opportunity to see one of the best live bands in the country! 

Not Live music but Fun nights Out!!

So if you've lost your light and toss and turn and  can't sleep at night. Get on your dancing shoes and boogie the night away to the funky sounds of Northern Soul at these two separate events.

Plenty of parking and full bar available.

Encore!

 The last time this band visited they certainly had the audience dancing in the aisles with full on fiddle, banjo and Irish pipes interspersed with haunting vocals,cello and guitar. Barrett, a multi instrumentalist perhaps best known for his work with John Otway, certainly has created a band with a unique sound and a performance full of fun,dry humour and wit.

 "very different from anything else you will experience in the UK at the moment ...  what a wonderful evening of unique and fresh musical entertainment!”   Simon Icke

A spectacular concert of some of the most beautiful classics and film music ever written !

 Roses from the South, Bolero, Intermezzo, Merry Widow, Skaters’ Waltz, Madam Butterfly ,Sleeping Beauty Waltz and many more, including Fordanté’s very  own enchanting music.

With stunning projected visuals and computer controlled lighting, these popular classics and much loved film music are presented in a light hearted and entertaining manner, adding to the enjoyment of the concert atmosphere.

Hurrah they're back !

 They've visited us twice before on their way up and now as they reach a pinnacle, they're back again! O’Hooley & Tidow are now regarded as ‘one of British folk’s mightiest combinations’ (Mojo).

Their new album Shadows is the follow up to their groundbreaking album, The Hum. That earned them a place in Mojo’s Top 10 Albums of 2014, and Shadows has done the same for 2017. They also got a nomination for ‘Best Duo’ in THIS year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards - the second such nomination for them.If you haven't seen this duo before you are in for a real treat!

Not Live music but a Fun night Out!!

So if  all that's left is a band of gold all that's left of the dreams you hold, is a band of gold.  Don't be glum get on your gladrags and boogie on down to some great Northern Soul classics 

Plenty of parking and full bar available.

Back by public demand!

We are delighted to have here again these six individual songwriters and musicians from Hartlepool who decided to pool their talent and create their ‘industrial folk’ sound.Max Bianco on vocals, guitar, harmonica, and percussion, Dali on vocals, guitar, slide guitar, and percussion, Richie Docherty on vocals, guitar, and percussion, lead guitarist and singer Chris Hooks, bassist and vocalist Keith Wilkinson and drummer Kez Edwards. They have been busy earning a hard won reputation on the live stage They’ve mesmerised, entertained and thrilled punters at well over 400 gigs including over 70 festival performances. Now you have another chance to be entertained and mesmerised by them!

Do not miss this opportunity to see one of the best live bands in the country! 

Not Live music but a great night out

So if you've lost your light and toss and turn and can't sleep at night. Get on your dancing shoes and chase away those winter blues to the funky sounds of Northern Soul 

Plenty of parking and full bar available.

A return visit for this talented guitarist!

Ready for a unique and talented take on a wide range of musical traditions? Claude Bourbon is known throughout Europe and America for amazing guitar performances that take blues, Spanish, Middle Eastern, and Russian stylings into uncharted territories. Each year Bourbon plays more than 100 shows around the world.

Born in France in the early 60’s, Claude Bourbon grew up in Switzerland, where he was classically trained for many years. This finger picking guitarist has performed and studied all over the world; He has played countless venues, including Glastonbury Festival, Isle of Wight Festival, Colne Great British & Blues Festival, Rock O'Z Arene, Avenches, Switzerland, among others. 

Back again this fabulous acoustic duo

Sue and Lisa Chapin-Wickwar are a Cumbrian singer-songwriting duo, whose debut album “if…” was released in 2015 receiving fabulous reviews and much radio play as well as being runner up for the   'Best Album from a Duo' category in the FolkWords Album Awards.

Come and enjoy a  performance of self-penned evocative songs, inviting you on a musical journey, carried smoothly along by sensitive guitar melodies and wrapped in rich, smooth vocal harmonies.