Our aim is to book the best live acts on the folk circuit and provide a complete evening's entertainment. 

Ticket prices vary reflecting the cost to the club

Here are our upcoming club guest nights, all on WEDNESDAY nights (unless otherwise stated).

Other Wednesdays are Open Floor nights. See HERE for details.

To book tickets for any of the GUEST nights (recommended) please phone Kathy on 01202 732239 in the first instance, or John on 01202 690856. 

or book online here.

We can guarantee you entry if you have pre-booked but we can't guarantee you a seat if you arrive after 8pm.

All our guest nights start at 8pm with doors open from approximately 7.30pm, although you can come and have a drink and/or meal in the pub before that. 

We are running a membership scheme which will qualify members for a discounted entry price on guest nights. Annual membership is £10 to December 31st 2008.  (NOTE: membership extended to the end of the calendar year)

Tickets for guest nights will vary in price according to cost, but club members get a minimum £2 discount each time. 

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DIARY

At The Dorset Soldier, 117 Wareham Rd, Corfe Mullen, nr Wimborne, BH21 3JZ as from April 16th. 

7th May - Open Floor

14th May - Open Floor

21^st May - Dave Pegg & PJ Wright £12 (£10 member)

Yes! They are back! After giving us such an amazing night last year at The King Charles we had to book them again. Come and relax with this pair of superb musicians as they enjoy themselves entertaining you!

Dave Pegg is currently performing with Fairport Convention, and PJ Wright was recently with us as part of Little Johnny England. Both are outstanding musicians and have much longer pedigrees having had fingers in many musical 'pies'.

28th May - Open floor

4th June - Open Floor

11^th June - Pete Coe £9 (£7 mem)  

Singer, songwriter, melodeon, banjo, dulcimer and bouzouki player, bandleader, arranger, broadcaster, dance caller, teacher, step dancer, entrepreneur, folk club organiser, record label boss, sallow-faced wit, raconteur and all-round good guy, Pete Coe in many ways represents the backbone of the modem folk revival. A stalwart of clubs and festivals, he will entertain us royally.

Pete on Youtube

2^nd July - Issy & David Emeney with Kate Riaz £8 (£6 mem)

Much of their material is original, but their style is distinctly traditional. Accompanying themselves on melodeon, guitar and bouzouki, with fine vocal harmonies and strong arrangements, their audience is with them from the word go.

Issy is an outstanding melodeon player. Inspired to take up the box by the playing of Norfolk squeezer Tony Hall, she has developed an unusually sensitive and creative style “a delight to play with” John Dipper.  David’s guitar style was, he says, influenced by the playing of one of his folk heroes, Vin Garbutt. But various elements, not always folkie, of David’s eclectic taste in music can also be detected in his distinctive and thoughtful accompaniments.

The duo have been joined by brilliant cellist Kate Riaz. Her exquisitely skilful and creative playing has proved the perfect third dimension to an already successful duo.

This trio so impressed us and the audience at Swanage Folk Festival 2007 that we just had to book them for our club. Do not miss them - they are an absolute delight!

Issy, David & Kate on Youtube

23^rd July - Vin Garbutt £12 (£10 mem) + Dorset Buttons clog dancing

13^th August - Isambarde £8 (£6 mem)

3^rd September - Roy Bailey £12 (£10 mem)

24^th September - Nancy Kerr & James Fagan £10 (£8 mem)

15^th October - Column Sands £12 (£10 mem)

5^th November - PJ Wright + friend t.b.a.

26^th November - Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies £12 (£10 mem) 

10th December - Charity Carols Night with Paul Downes + Mummers play (free entry but bring a fat wallet for donations)

17^th December - Colvin Quarmby £12 (£10 mem)