Burns Night at Greentrad, Tuesday 29th Jan, Haggis, Pipes, Tunes, Address and more!
We will be celebrating Burns Night at GreenTrad as usual this year on the closest Tuesday to it which is 29th Jan (next week). Come down for Haggis, Whisky, some Scottish tunes, the traditional address to the Haggis, Bag pipes and more! See you there! Greentrad #BurnsNight #Greentrad #Greenwich #Folk #Session #London
Dates for end of 2018 and early 2019
Greg has sent an email! And within that email he says please take note of these notable dates for forthcoming sessions: 18/12/18 - Session with carols. We'll have tunes, but we'll sing a few carols too. Maybe some mince pies. 25/12/18 - We'll all be busy elsewhere. 1/1/19 - Most of use will be recovering. VERY unlikely to be a session. 8/1/19 - First session of the new year 12/1/19 - WASSAIL EVENT at the Brunel Museum Keep an eye on the Facebook group, but starting at 6:30pm
Come all ye and Wassail! And Burns Night plans...
Don’t miss the Brunel Museum Wassail (near the end of Tunnel Road, Rotherhithe Tunnel) this Saturday 14th, January. If it's snowing or raining we will be cosied up for the ceremony in the huge Underground Chamber at the museum so don't worry about getting wet! Free deluxe hot Wassail Punch for all musicians! Look forward to seeing you there! More details here - https://midnightapothecary.designmynight.com/midnight-apothecary-wassail And! Make sure you join us for Burns night
St. George's Day at The Star And Garter
We'll be playing from 4pm apparently! Come on down! #Greentrad #TheStarAndGarter #StGeorgesDay #Greenwich #Folk
We are Moving! Last Session at The Hood ever on 22nd December 2015!
Just a note to let you all know that Tuesday 22nd December will be the last ever Greentrad folk session at the Lord Hood in Greenwich! Come on down to celebrate and see out our wonderful time at this incredible establishment in style! We've had a great run at The Hood over the last 10 years and our deepest thanks go to landlady, Helen, and all the bar staff that have helped and supported us in that time. We'll be recording some of the session on the 22nd, so come down for the
New 8.30pm Start Time!
GreenTrad now starts at 8.30pm. This gives us more time for playing (and drinking). We look forward to seeing you in The Lord Hood! #greentrad #folk #session #greenwich #london #english
Happy New Year and 2015 business!
Happy New Year! 2015 promises to be 365 days full of events and also big changes for GreenTrad. Keep your eye on the tweets and right here on the blog for everything that's going to be happening. The biggest news is that 2015 marks 20 years of the GreenTrad English Session happening in Greenwich! We are going to have a special session at some point in May to celebrate and everyone will be welcome to come down and play with us to honour this fantastic milestone. The session ha
Tall Ships Festival, Greenwich
After a quiet summer with many GreenTrad members away at folk festivals, we welcomed in September by playing at the Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Festival. Our repertoire of sea and water-related tunes includes Midnight on the Water, Jacky Tar, Salmon Tails Up the River, Portsmouth, Ipswich, Newcastle, and many, many more. Thanks to Cecil Sharp House Choir for letting us join them at the Kings Arms pub in Greenwich after their ‘Music of the Sea’ performance at the National Mari
'Keepers of the Tunes' - Billy Dudley's short film on the session is available to watch here!
'Keepers of the Tunes' is a short documentary taking a look at London's only weekly english folk session, which takes place every Tuesday night at The Lord Hood, a traditional south east London pub. During the video, session regulars discuss their love for the music and why the session is so important. Check out cameo's from Bill Dudley (Senior), Mick The Pole, Holly Cook, Sam Brace, Laura Bradley, Ellie Pridgeon and Aiden McGee. #greentrad #documentary #film #billydudley #en
Billy's film premier at the session tonight!
Billy Dudley's film on The GreenTrad session will be premiered live at the Lord Hood tonight at 9pm! The film is dedicated to Pete Gibson, so we are hoping some of his family may make it. It's a short film of c.10 minutes - I have just watched it - and it is excellent. Highlights include 'cameos' with Lisa, Mick the Pole, Bill Dudley Snr and many, many more... Hope to see some of you there. #petegibson #billydudley #greentrad #documentary #shortfilm #folk #english #traditiona
