Folk-Club-Bonn

Samstag, 12. Juli 2025

Hit The Road Street Music Festival in Königswinter Sunday 13th July 2015 between 12:00 - 20:00 hrs

Das Straßenmusikfestival in der Altstadt Königswinter

Ein ganzer Tag voller Musik und guter Laune!

Das dritte Hit The Road Festival startet am Sonntag, 13.07.25 in der Königswinterer Altstadt!

Über 50 Musikerinnen und Musiker füllen die Altstadt den ganzen Tag mit Straßenkonzerten! Von der Rheinpromenade durch die Fußgängerzone bis zur Drachenfelsbahn: Gute Laune, tolle Menschen, verschiedenste großartige Musik.

Einen Besuch wert!

Cafe´Bonjour (Standort hier klicken)

Drachenfelsbahn (Standort hier klicken)

12:00 - Cesar Hermes
13:00 - Max Goedecke
15:00 - Ginger & Lemon
16:00 - Les Ducs De La Pompe

Marktplatz/Altes Sealife Center (Standort hier klicken)

13:00 - ME
14:00 - DRuCs
16:00 - Tobey Trueblood
17:00 - Stegreif & Ohrenschmaus

Wasserspiele/Clemens-August-Straße (Standort hier klicken)

Alte ZERA/Fußgängerzone (Standort hier klicken)

12:00 - Matze
14:00 - The Streetworx
15:00 - Beyond June
16:00 - Was Auch Immer

Weitere Artists

Christian Sievers
Andreas Sliwka
Bite
Daniel Al-Ayoubi

LOCATION Altstadt Königswinter
TERMIN 13.07.2025 12:00 Hrs 13.07.2025 until 20:00 Hrs

I shall be playing Blues harp at 13:00 hrs to 14:00 hrs with the Band Hofjebräu at Café Bonjour on the Rhein Allee just a touch downstream from the Königswinter ferry point, and once again just a touch further downstream at 15:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs at the route 66 Tram Stop Clemens August Strasse near the Wasserspiele at the corner of Rheinallee, with Christoph Thiebes, "A Little Bit Of Blues, And A Wee bit Of Folk"

We'll look forward to seeing you there!

First impressions of FCB # 159 on Friday 04.07-25

Featured Artist Darren Cross from Sydney in Australia a brilliant instrumental guitarist was warming up on the Thursday evening, prior to the Folk Club Bonn first Friday Folk evening, after arriving in Bonn from several days and gigs in Paris, on the Thursday evening in Kater 26 on the Römer Strasse in Bonn. Thanks to Tana and all the staff and guests in Kater 26 for a wonderful Thursday musical evening!

On the first Friday of the month Folk Club Bonn evening after a resounding, resonating, "Ladies & Gentlemen" call to order, the show got underway with a little bit of Blues from me. Dear Stephan Westphal followed me on the stage and the audience is still not quite sure, did he actually have a real violin in his case? and if he did have a violin in his case, could he actually play it? I do so love such mysteries! Watch this space and keep your eyes and ears peeled and attentive! :-)

The Molitones aka from left to right, Steffi Sawatzki, Carsten Exner, and Iris Brück.

They took us on a harmonious musical journey ending up with

Jethro Tull's "Locomotive Breath", written by Ian Anderson, Jethro's crazy,

wild one-legged mad flute-playing front man

Next up were Uwe Gillert, admirably accompanied on the guitar by Bernd Sachs. All songs were written by Uwe Gillert and the last one was a hommage to his wife Margot

Performer of the evening award went to a quiet dark horse who regaled us all, Ute Brüggerman.

who even gave us a wonderful a cappella rendering og "Summertime" from the musical "Porgy & Bess"

Before treating us to some Reinhard May and Bläck Fööss. We weren't quite expecting that dear Ute, but we were thankful nevertheless!

Darren Cross, our featured artist for the evening, was well rehearsed, having played every night for the last month on his European tour, finishing up in Paris prior to his final last three gigs before flying home to Sydney in Australia on the Sunday. He was a little bit sceptical about playing completely unplugged and acoustic as an instrumental guitarist to a seventy-strong Bonn Folk Club crowd, but his fears turned out to be unjustified and he enjoyed the experience as much as the audience did!

After the break came Wolfgang Schiefer and Hans Ihnen who took us on

a journey "Far, Far Away" with the old Slade song of the same name.

Next up were Gedankenspiel ( Play on thoughts, as in play on words) comprising of

Petra Sigmund and her wife Ragna. Petra used to visit the folk club in Haus Mühlestumpe

and it was good to hear her self-penned tunes again!

Another very regular visitor to Bonn Folk Club during our time in Haus Mühlestumpe in Graurheindorf was Richard Limbert who was schoolboy in those days, but was a persuasive one, who used to be able to persuade his father to drive him from St. Augustin to Graurheindorf on many a first Friday evening and this is probably where Richard acquired his love of the Blues and Folk music, which he later went on to study in Leipzig where he still lives and works, having landed a dream job as an archivist for a music publishng company, getting paid to accomplish something that he would have gladly done, just because he enjoyed it so much!. Oh, What a Lucky Man!

Richard is developing into quite an accomplished singer/songwriter himself and he has taken upon himself to write two songs a month, one in German and one in English, which is quite a formidable task and we wish you good luck with that dear Richard. On this evening when he performed three of his own songs and kindly invited me to play Blues harp on his last song, "Losers" by Dave Van Ronk. Always a pleasure to see and hear you Richard!

At the end of the evening we were treated to another five instrumentals from Darren Cross, all his own except for his penultimate tune "Sunflower River Blues" for which Darren gave us the choice and it was Richard who cried out for the John Fahey tune, expertly executed by Darren who quipped that ut was one of the younger members of the audience who knew the value of this tune from the 1970s!

Thanks for a wonderful evening Darren, and all that was left to be done and said and sung was the last song of the evening, dedicated to our patron, "Jock Stewart."

This is what Darren wrote on Instagram:

QUOTE

D.C Cross at the Folk Club Bonn. What a wonderful night playing with a bunch of local Bonn Folkies. First show I’ve done playing acoustic without electricity to a large gathering! Super fun. Thank you Folk Club Bonn. 🦘🕊️ #folkmusician #acousticguitar #bonn song is D.C Cross - UNQUOTE

Dienstag, 1. Juli 2025

Dear Folk Club friends,

This coming Friday, 4 July 2025, marks the 159th edition of the Folk Club.

Australian guitarist Darren Cross will be the featured artist for the upcoming evening. Darren is an extremely versatile musician who has been active in various musical styles throughout his 30-year career. We are very excited to see him perform.

As always, the evening will be rounded off with performances by several musicians from the region.

The theme of the evening is ‘travel.’ This should provide plenty of scope for appropriate contributions from the artists.

Let yourself be surprised and enjoy the evening!

Here is a summary of the most important details:

Date: 4 July 2025

Start: 7 p.m. until approximately 10 p.m. The hall will be open from 5 p.m., offering the opportunity to enjoy a leisurely meal and drinks before the concert. Those who arrive early will also be able to sit in the front row.

Location: Dotty's Sports Bar and Restaurant (public clubhouse of the Bonn Tennis and Hockey Club – BTHV), Christian-Miesen-Straße, 53129 Bonn (Dottendorf)

And as always, admission is free

Attached you may find posters for the evening at the Folk Club in German and English.

Preview:

- The Folk Club will be taking a break in August

- 5 September 2025; theme of the evening: ‘Magic’; the duo ‘Butterfly Moon’ (Ashleigh Edwards and Gareth Price-Baghurst) will be the featured artists. Two touring troubadour thespians who are also narrow boaters and who manage to make the English countryside both safe and intrepid simultaneously, who are also excellent musicians who have already done two floor spots at Bonn Folk CLub

A little note:

If you would like to hear Darren Cross before the Folk Club, you will have the opportunity to do so on Thursday, 3 July 2025, from 8 p.m. at Kater 26, Römerstraße 26, 53111 Bonn. The Kater also serves excellent Pilsner Urquell and delicious Czech wines. Admission is free, but there will be a collection for the artist.

And a few more announcements

On Saturday, 5 July 2025, from 5 to 8 p.m., some of the Folk Club's regular musicians (John Harrison, Hans Ihnen and Shay McVeigh) will be giving a guest performance at Café Melody Bistro in Bonn-Graurheindorf, Werftstraße 5-7 (free admission, hat collection).

On Sunday 6th July 2025, from 12 noon to 1 p.m., John Harrison will be playing at the city festival on the Rhine in Wesseling on the art mile on Ruttmann's meadow.

- Those who prefer Königswinter can also hear Shay McVeigh there as part of the Siebengigsmuseum festival on 5 July 2025 from 4 to 5 p.m. (Lord Byron Square). After his performance, Shay will rush to the Café Melody Bistro in Graurheindorf, where he will receive a well-deserved cool beer!

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Liebe Folk-Club-Freunde,

am kommenden Freitag, den 04. Juli 2025 steht die 159. Ausgabe des Folk Clubs bevor.

Zum kommenden Abend hat sich der australische Gitarrist Darren Cross als Featured Artist angesagt. Darren ist ein äußerst vielseitiger Musiker, der in den über 30 Jahren seiner Karriere in verschiedenen Musikstilen aktiv war und ist. Wir dürfen sehr gespannt sein.

Der Abend wird wie immer abgerundet mit Auftritten mehrerer Musiker aus der Region.

Das Thema des Abends lautet „Reisen“. Das sollte viel Spielraum für passende Beiträge der Künstler liefern.

Lasst euch überraschen und genießt den Abend!

Hier zusammengefasst die wichtigsten Daten:

Datum: 04. Juli 2025

Beginn: 19.00 Uhr bis voraussichtlich 22.00 Uhr. Der Saal ist ab 17.00 Uhr geöffnet und bietet die Möglichkeit, vor dem Konzert gemütlich zu speisen und zu trinken. Wer früh kommt, kann zudem in der ersten Reihe sitzen.

Ort: Dotty’s Sports Bar und Restaurant (Öffentliches Vereinshaus des Bonner Tennis- und Hockey-Vereins – BTHV), Christian-Miesen-Straße, 53129 Bonn (Dottendorf)

Ferner das „Allerwichtigste“: wie immer Eintritt frei

Anliegend erhaltet Ihr Plakate für den Abend im Folk Club jeweils in deutscher und englischer Sprache.

Vorausschau:

- Im August hat der Folk Club Pause

- 05. September 2025; Thema des Abends: „Magie“; als Featured Artist hat sich das Duo „Butterfly Moon“ (Ashleigh Edwards und Gareth Price-Baghurst) angemeldet.

Anliegend erhaltet Ihr ein Plakat in deutscher und englischer Sparache für den Abend.

Kleiner Hinweis:

Wer Lust hat, Darren Cross schon vor dem Folk Club zu hören, der hat dazu Gelegenheit am Donnerstag, den 03. Juli 2025 ab 20 Uhr im Lokal Kater 26, Römerstraße 26, 53111 Bonn. Zudem gibt es im „Kater“ ein gepflegtes Pilsener Urquell und leckere tschechische Weine.Der Eintritt ist frei, es gibt eine Hutkollekte für den Künstler.

Und noch einige Ankündigungen:

Am Samstag, den 05.07.2025, 17-20 Uhr geben einige Stamm-Musiker des Folk Clubs (John Harrison, Hans Ihnen und Shay McVeigh) ein Gastspiel im Café Melody Bistro in Bonn-Graurheindorf, Werftstraße 5-7 (Eintritt frei, Hutkollekte).

Wer Königswinter vorzieht, kann dort im Rahmen des Museumsfests ebenfalls am 05.07.2025 um 16-17 Uhr Shay McVeigh hören (Lord-Byron-Platz). Shay eilt nach seinem Auftritt im Galopp zum Café Melody Bistro nach Graurheindorf.

Am Sonntag, den 06.07.2025 um 12-13 Uhr spielt John Harrison beim Stadtfest am Rhein in Wesseling auf der Kunstmeile auf Ruttmanns Wiese.