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This is where it all began.... back in the mists of time, musicians got together in alehouses, kitchens, living rooms, mud huts or whatever for the sheer joy of making music together. Thus Folk Music was born. This of course still happens.
There are 5 prime session spots at BunkFest - The Cross Keys, the Coach & Horses, the Late Night Festival Club, the Singing Train. and, new for 2006, the Portcullis Club Bar.
Click here for a map of Wallingford showing BunkFest venues and the Festival Bus routes
The Cross Keys pub
High Street (West)
Home to continuous impromptu sessions and merrymaking. Limited disabled access.
All are welcome to bring their instruments and voices, come and join in or just sit back and enjoy the music!
"Organised" :-) sessions as follows (start 20.00):
Thursday evening
Anything goes with Al Weikert - a session just like the first Tuesday in the month where anything can happen, from blues to jazz and from folk to rock.
Friday evening
Bill's Third Tuesday - the regular folk riot hosted here every month by Bill McKinnon pays a special visit to the BunkFest.
Saturday evening
Bluegrass - The regular second Tuesday session returns to the BunkFest for the fourth year running.
Sunday evening
Anything goes with Pat Cogswell - a session just like the first Tuesday in the month where anything can happen, from blues to jazz and from folk to rock.
The Coach & Horses
Kinecroft
Also home to continuous impromptu sessions and merrymaking. Limited disabled access.
All are welcome to bring their instruments and voices, come and join in or just sit back and enjoy the music!
"Organised" :-) sessions as follows (start 20.00):
Thursday evening
Bill's First Thursday - the regular monthly folk and all sorts session, OK we know it's the last Thursday but whatever, hosted by the irrepressible and ubiquitous Bill McKinnon.
Friday evening
Blues with
Kinda Blue - come along for a rare chance to join in with popular bluesmen Stu Weetman & co.
Saturday evening
Big Sing with Tony & Pearl O'Neill - raise the roof with some of the best voices in the South of England.
Sunday evening
Bill's First Thursday - this must be a very short month, once more displaced in time, hosted by the irrepressible and ubiquitous Bill McKinnon.
Wallingford Sports Park Pavilion
Hithercroft Road
The Late Night Festival Club features a Come-All-Ye session on Friday and Saturday nights in Woollies Bar, 21.00 start.
Portcullis Club Bar
Access via Goldsmiths Lane, into the courtyard, round to the right and through the door...
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Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday all day.
New for 2006, non-stop tunes sessions! All styles and genres welcome, open country for all tune players and accompanists of all descriptions. All are welcome to bring their instruments, come and join in or just sit back and enjoy the music! Good disabled access.
The Singing Train
from Wallingford Station, Cholsey & Wallingford Railway
where you can play 2 tunes a quarter of a mile apart! Saturday and Sunday.
Click here for full details.