Full Moon Folk

 

Full Moon Folk is now being held seasonally

 

Please RSVP to ensure a seat ~ we can seat about 50 people (plus about 10 standing)

The concerts are free – but we do ask for a donation of $4 – per person – to help cover the costs of hiring chairs, wine glasses and miscellaneous expenses.

Please bring a plate and the beverage of your choice. Children are welcome (although young ones may have to sit on cushions if it's crowded. Full Moon Folk is a 'No Screen Zone' – children and teenagers are not allowed to play computer games or watch TV).

Time: 7:00 p.m. (music starts at 8:00 p.m. and ends at 11:00 p.m. on weeknights, with an Interval at about 9:30 p.m. We finish around midnight on Friday and Saturday nights).

Performers should note that we intend to document Full Moon Folk in a series of podcasts. We will only release material that has your consent and doesn't breach copyright laws.

Some of Nigel's more advanced students will occasionally be invited to perform at Full Moon Folk.

Please note: attendance at Full Moon Folk is by invitation only – not open to the public.

 

Full Moon Folk – Saturday, 7th April, 2012 / Full House

Performers, in order of appearance:

Nigel Foote

Dawn Egan

Karen Lynne & Martin Louis

Allan Caswell

~ Interval ~

James Church

Martin Foote

James Church, Martin Foote & Glenn Skarratt

Pat Drummond

Nigel Foote & Dawn Egan

 

Full Moon Folk – Friday, 11th November, 2011 (Remembrance Day) Full House

(Songs from the 1960s Folk Revival, and anti-war songs – songs of peace...

Performers, in order of appearance:

Ryan Tremble – singing Simon & Garfunkel songs

Jim Jarvis and Meera – Jim plays wonderful folk-blues guitar

Jack Fitzgerald & Lachlan Foote – talented young guitarists – first performance together

Pat Drummond – Australian songwriting treasure!

~ Interval ~

Tracey Campbell & Dawn Egan with Rachael Brady, Georgia Pearson-Bourke – wow!

Lulu Skehill & Lachlan Foote – everyone wanted more last time – well, here's your chance

Paul Eastment – warm, engaging performer – just dropped in from the 1960s Folk Revival

Martin Foote – hot guitarist playing Beatles medley, Day Tripper/Lady Madonna

 

Full Moon Folk – Monday, 15th September, 2011

(Songs of the 1960's Folk Revival)

Performers, in order of appearance:

Ciaran Walker-Healion

Paul Eastment

Ryan Tremble and James Audet

Pat Drummond

~ Interval ~

Martin Foote and Ben Greene

Nat James

Allan Caswell

 

(There was no Full Moon Folk concert in August)

 

Full Moon Folk – 15th July, 2011

Performers, in order of appearance:

Nat James

Lulu Levin–Skehill & Lachlan Foote

Iris Echo – (Mikael and Nick Sandstrom) two members of the Blue Mountains band

Nikki Madden – unique – one of the Blue Mountains finest talents

Karen Lynne – beautiful singer – great new country album

Pat Drummond – Australia's Pete Seeger!

Brilliant performances contrasted with a rather cold and drizzly night outside. Great to see the young folk's high standard of performance and musicianship, plus some memorable moments from the established artists.  Thank you to everyone involved!

Full Moon Folk – 16th June, 2011 / Full House

Performers, in order of appearance were:

Nigel Foote

Ryan Tremble

Dawn Egan

Martin Foote

Ryan Morrison

Allan Caswell

Kate Rowe

Simon Watts & Mick Reid

What a great night, and such a treat to have Kate Rowe and Ryan Morrison play for us before their second tour of England with the Spooky Men. And another big thank you to Allan Caswell for filling in for an injured Pat Drummond. Happy Birthday Simon!

 

Full Moon Folk – 17th May, 2011 (first one for 2011) Full House

Performers, in order of appearance were:

Nigel Foote

James Church

Gigi Levin-Skehill

Martin Foote

Allan Caswell

Glenn Skarratt, Simon Watts and James Church

Andrew Knight & Lisa Williams

The performers played to the biggest audience yet, as 'Full Moon Folk' returned after a four-month break. It was a lovely, still night, and the music was awesome! It was a special treat to have ex-mountaineers, Andrew and Lisa (down from Lismore) for to play for us.

 

Full Moon Folk – 21st December, 2010 / Summer Solstice / Eclipse / Full House

Performers were:

Pat Drummond

Karen Lynne & Martin Louis

Glenn Skarratt

James Church

Philip Braithwaite and Mick Reid

James Audet

Ryan Tremble

Dawn Egan

Martin Foote

Nigel Foote

Wow, what a special night – what a powerful finish to the year! A total lunar eclipse on the Summer Solstice – the last time that happened was 21st December, 1638!

The Foote Family would like to thank all the musicians and friends for making the first year of Full Moon Folk such a success. We started the year with a Blue Moon and finished with an Eclipse!

 

(Full Moon Folk was cancelled for November)

 

Full Moon Folk – 22nd October, 2010 / Full House

Performers:

Allan Caswell – a "master songwriter" singing songs from his new album "Behind Bars"

James Audet – outstanding young guitarist – plays 6 and 12 string guitar

Ryan Tremble – passionate guitarist – lives for his music

James Church – gifted musician – plays dobro like he was born to!

Dawn Egan – twice nominated for an ARIA for her Celtic harp recordings

Martin Foote – anyone who performs "Classical Gas" on debut has served notice!

Nigel Foote – "and the wind in the pine still sings beneath my fingers"

Lachlan Re – a young student making his second appearance at Full Moon Folk

Another 'Full House' was treated to some really wonderful moments – thank you to all the musicians for sharing your music simply for the joy of it!

 

Full Moon Folk – 23rd September, 2010

Performers, in order of appearance were:

Glenn Skarratt and Simon Watts

Pat Drummond

Karen Lynne

'Conspire' – (Lenny Marks, Richard Delaney and Peter Kennard)

Jack Pledge

I booked fewer artists this time as the nights have been running a bit late in my opinion. A small but enthusiastic audience (about 30 people) enjoyed one of the very best nights of music we have had yet – outstanding! What a pleasure it was to have Glenn Skarratt make his first appearance at Full Moon Folk – back soon I hope!

 

(Full Moon Folk was cancelled for August)

 

Full Moon Folk – 26th July, 2010

Performers, in order of appearance were:

Nigel Foote

Ryan Morrison

Allan Caswell

(Interval)

Al Ward

James Church

Dawn Egan

Simon Watts

The moon blessed us with her silvery presence, and another night of music and friendship was shared by all – finishing at midnight with Simon Watts playing his fiddle and then leading us down the hall – Pied Piper fashion – and out into the street to gaze at the moon – brilliant night! Thank you one and all.

 

Full Moon Folk – 25th June, 2010

Performers, in order of appearance were:

Nigel Foote – (Home By Dark – tribute to Sam Griffin)

Jack Pledge

Lachlan Re

Karen Lynne & Martin Louis – with young William Louis on ukulele!

(Interval)

Jim Jarvis

Martin Foote

Nikki Madden

Pat Drummond

As the night was dedicated to the memory of Sam Griffin (one of my students), it was fitting that the music was of such a high standard. A special thank you to all the musicians and friends who made it such a beautiful night.

 

Full Moon Folk – 28th May, 2010

The Performers were:

Paul Eastment

Martin Foote

Lachlan Foote

Nigel Foote

Ryan Tremble

Nat Eastment

Allan Caswell

Kate Rowe

Ryan Morrison

Dawn Egan

Another good crowd turned up to enjoy some fine folk music and celebrate Kate Rowe's Lennon Award win. Thank you to all the musicians for your great songs and tunes, and to the audience for supporting these nights to help make them such a success!

 

Full Moon Folk – 28th April, 2010

What a great night – one of the best – thank you everyone!

The Performers, in order of appearance were:

The Milltown Trio (James Church with Rebecca Pagan and Tony Stuart)

Nat Eastment

Martin Louis

Nikki Madden and Mick Reid

Allan Caswell

Nigel Foote

Dawn Egan

The beckoning of Winter blessed us with a clear night and our first shining full moon!

The music was superb as usual.

 

Full Moon Folk – 30th March, 2010 / Our second Blue Moon!

Another great night of first-class music, performed by some of Australia's finest singer-songwriters and musicians at Redlands, Katoomba.

Performers, in order of appearance were:

Lenny Marks, Richard Delaney and Peter Kennard (Conspire)

Pat Drummond and Karen Lynne

Phil Braithwaite and Mick Reid

Martin Foote

Tracey Campbell, Phil Campbell and Warren McAllister

Allan Caswell

Simon Watts

Dawn Egan

The second Blue Moon in three months was not visible due to a rainy, misty, mountains night – but about 40 folk turned up to share an evening of good music and cheer – one of the best nights yet! Thank you to all the musicians who cast a spell upon us, and to our friends for your warm company.

 

Full Moon Folk – 1st March, 2010

A wet Monday night didn't dampen the spirits of over 40 hardy souls who attended the second concert in the Full Moon Folk series, organised by Nigel Foote and Dawn Egan.

Performers in order of appearance were:

Mick Reid and Simon Watts

Kate Rowe and Ryan Morrison

Pat Drummond

Allan Caswell

Jim Low

Karen Lynne and Martin Louis

James Church

Jack Pledge

Thanks again to all the performers and friends who made it such a memorable evening!

The night was recorded, and will eventually be the first of a series of Full Moon Folk podcasts.

 

Full Moon Folk launch ~ 30th January, 2010 / Blue Moon / Full House

Some of Australia's finest songwriters and musicians, plus a circle of friends, gathered in Katoomba, at the invitation of Nigel Foote and Dawn Egan, to launch Full Moon Folk.

Performers were:

Pat Drummond

Allan Caswell

Kate Rowe

Ryan Morrisson

Martin Louis

James Church

Martin Foote

Paul Eastment

Tracy Campbell

Phil Campbell

Tom Bilby

Nat Eastment

Dawn Egan

Nigel Foote

It was a Blue Moon, a 'Full House' and the night was a great success! Nigel and Dawn would like to thank everyone for their company and contributions to the evening.

"Thank you to all the musicians who shared their music with us, and thank you to Steve Norris and Michael Small who captured the atmosphere of the evening with some wonderful photographs, some of which will be displayed in the Photo Gallery shortly".

Love to you all

Nigel and Dawn

 

 

 

 

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