the friendly festival
PHIL CHISNALL
Wirral based Phil is a singer songwriter who plays regularly at The Floral Pavilion, New Brighton
Funny Folker JEFF STEWART A singer songwriter from the East Lancashire mill town of Colne, who delivers comic songs and storied with a good dollop of nostalgia
Brian is a local singer who will have you singing along with him - he works tirelessly to raise money for charity
ALISON SCHULTZ
Alison is an experienced musician and singer and is also a caller for ceilidhs
Two Black Sheep are songwriting duo Amy Chalmers & Ian Davies, who play guitar and violin
GORDON MORRIS (Compere)
STEWART LEVER (Compere)
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Virginia Kettle is one of Merry Hell's frontline as singer and songwriter and is a successful solo artist in her own right
JOHN WALSH & MARTIN POPE
John was lead singer of the Liverpool Irish
group “Cream of the Barley” whose music dominated the local Irish popular music scene for over twenty years. John has teamed up with long time friend and talented instrumentalist Martin Pope to entertain with a mix of traditional
and contemporary arrangements of songs in
their own style.
IAN CAMPBELL
Ian is an accomplished ukulele tutor and runs the Greasby Ukes
THE FINAL NAILS
With their chirpy, bluegrass songs and tunes, this Wirral based band play at festivals, weddings, celebrations and arts evenings
THE REMNANTSThis six-piece band were formed in 2017 and play a mix of country, Celtic, folk and Americana
JOHN FINNAN (Compere)
WILL MORGAN (Compere)
ALL@SEA
They sing shanties and songs of the sea with close harmonies - some even have actions!!
Local girl Kate plays mostly acoustic music, consisting of contemporary and traditional folk, as well as some jazz and original material
VOCAL POINT
Vocal Point are the resident band at The Hungry Horse Folk Club
GREASBY UKESThis group have entertained groups in the area for the last few years and are guaranteed to have you tapping your feet
THE MARROWBONES
The Marrowbones have been playing folk music for over 40 years and are well-known in folk clubs on Wirral
CLIVE POWNCEBY (Compere)
JOHN OWEN
(Festival Co-director)