Welcome to this week’s Dreamers Newsletter
The last singers night proper of 2025 was another success last Sunday with plenty of performers and some excellent material, some of it seasonal as we approach Christmas and the end of the year. Whilst we’ve had a few Sunday nights during 2025 when numbers have been disappointing, they have been far outnumbered by those with a good turn-out of regulars and a good number of visitors from afar. We’ve also had some excellent guests so thanks to Jonathan for all his work is booking them – because my email address is in the public domain, I get a fair few approaches from people looking for bookings. I pass these straight on but I can see it’s far from easy to choose those of most appeal to Dreamers (and who we can afford!) and that many of those offering their performances have to be disappointed.
On to our Christmas Party night this Sunday, 14th December. The buffet food will be available from 6.00 if you’ve paid for that and we’ll then have the usual mix of sketches and regular singers, no doubt mostly with the time of the year in mind. All welcome – it should be a great evening. And then the final Dreamers night of the year with seasonal songs and offerings on 21st December before we close down until 2026 when Baldricks Plan will help us welcome in the New Year on 4th January.
The Cornish Zoom Folk Club will go ahead on its usual 4th Saturday which is December 27th. We usually get a good turn-out for that too even if it is close to Christmas with all the other things going on. Again, all welcome – the invitation will probably go out earlier than usual this time.
More great online attractions from Live to Your Living Room this week
Tomorrow night, Friday 12th December at 8.00, you can join Karine Polwart live from Pathhead Community Club in her small, cosy Midlothian home village. This should be a beautiful and intimate performance – with a few musical surprises from some of the neighbours! Enjoy an eclectic mix of classic Celtic folk, re-imaginings of contemporary tunes, as well as breathtaking guest performances from the music-loving residents of Pathhead! Buy tickets – Karine Polwart – Zoom
And on Tuesday 16th December at 8.00, you can watch Hannah Rarity and Anna Massie for their annual Christmas celebration. An evening of festive and folky fun with two of Scotland’s foremost folk performers, lots of traditional Christmas standards, as well as some silly sing-alongs, another gig to get you in the festive mood. Buy tickets – Hannah Rarity & Anna Massie – Zoom
And, very much out of season, I’ve just had my first email promoting the 2026 Sidmouth Festival starting on 30th July. They’ve already got lots opf [performers booked and are selling early bird tickets. If you’re up for planning so far ahead, tickets and more info can be found at Tickets – The Sidmouth Folk Festival
That’s all for this week, look forward to seeing you on Sunday evening
All the best
Nigel