Crowes Pasture Concert
Sat 22nd March 2025
Saturday’s concert was 5 years in the making, but boy was it worth waiting for. The ever reliable Mansfield-Smith kick–started the evening in fine form, then Crowes Pasture charmed us with beautiful well crafted songs and gorgeous harmonies. It really was a wonderful night with two great acts performing at their best. Big thanks to Monique, Andy, Guy and Cathy for giving us a night to remember, Steve Shaw for sound, Amy for the pics, The Cotswold Club for providing a cosy atmospheric performance space, and last but certainly not least our discerning audience who turned out to support live music.
https://crowespastureduo.com/home
The Spinners at MFC!
12th Sep 2024
What a wonderful evening we had last night, thanks to an informal visit from Hughie Jones of the Spinners and his family and friends, led by Hughie’s son Danny, himself a folk singer. I last saw Hughie 3 times in the late 1960s in concert at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, when I was a teenager just getting into folk. He is now 88, and his voice and playing are still wonderful – this link takes you to a clip of him playing the great sea song ‘Ellen Vannin’, which he wrote. Chris Newton
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94457642@N03/albums/72177720320303928
RIP JOHN MILLS, 1937 – 2024
Founder of Minchinhampton Folk Club
John Mills, who founded our club in July 2003, sadly died in April after some years of poor health. He had just passed his 87th birthday. John had a passion for folk, particularly the trad kind, and brought enormous warmth and enthusiasm to the club’s early years. He was a great believer in upbeat chorus songs and familiar sing-along material, and had a wonderful ability to get the room going and encourage everyone to join in. Thank you for everything John.
2019 – New venue for MFC – Minchinhampton Cotswold Club
After two and a half happy years at the Old Crown in Paganhill, we were given the opportunity in 2019 to move back to Minchinhampton. We now have the use of a wonderful room at the Cotswold Club in High Street Minchinhampton, only two doors away from our original home at the Crown, where we we began life in July 2003 (in fact on November 8 2019, the day after our first gathering at the Cotswold Club, the Crown reopened after more than five years of closure).
We have use of the main bar which is the perfect size for our usual gatherings of 30-40 people and there’s plenty of seating available. Please arrive in good time before the music starts at 7.45. Access is at street level and very convenient, the very reasonably-priced bar is equally handy. We have a small PA available for those who prefer a little amplification.
Parking is often available on the High Street, but if you can’t find a space, turn right just past the Market House and you’ll find a small car park. If that’s full, carry on up Friday Street (the narrow lane past the car park) to find parking in the Tobacconist Road/Tetbury Street area, or turn left past the church where there is parking on the street or up towards Minchinhampton Common.
