14 January. Maidenhead Folk Club, The Seven Stars, Bath Road, Knowl Hill, Maidenhead, Berks. The first booking of the year! Full concert 7.30pm. £5 on the door. For details, call Tony or Pearl on 0118 944 8269.
21 March. Readifolk (Reading Folk Club), The RISC Centre,35-39 London Street,Reading RG1 4PS. A really friendly club that has been going for many years. We\'ll play a full concert of tunes, songs and stories. 7.30pm £5.00 on the door. Call Anne 0118 961 3586 or Una 0118 948 3145 for details.
10-14 April. Anna and Jon are taking the Oxford Harp Ensemble (a quartet of young harpists) up to the Edinburgh Harp Festival where the group will perform various folk/Celtic pieces. For more information, go to http://www.harpfestival.co.uk/
24 April. Wytham Village Hall, 7.30pm. £10.00. At the very attractive village hall in Wytham, just outside of Oxford. A full evening concert with drinks, etc. Further details, contact Angie Johnson on 07761561345.
12 June. Folk for MS, Grove, Wantage. This is an annual charity event that\'s been held for 20 years. Big names at a beautiful location. Go to www.folkforms.org for details and tickets.
18 June. Alcester Folk Festival, evening concert. We\'ll be in and out of the festival all weekend, including a concert spot on the Sat evening. Go to alcesterfolkfestival.org for more details.
23 June. As part of the Wolvercote Festival, Moonrakers will perform a concert plus slide show and talk on the history of the Celtic harp and its music. Come along and be educated as well as entertained! 7.00pm All Saints Church, Wytham Village OX2 8QA. Call 01865 769206 for details.
2 July. A benefit for MS, to be held in the evening (7pm) at 2 Post Box Lane, Little Wittenham, Abingdon, OX14 4RE. Come and sit under the willow trees with your food hamper and listen to Moonrakers! Call 01865 407572 for your invitation and for further details.
....more to come....
Reviews
The Moonrakers concert on 13 February 2009 included two Irish harps lent a very distinctive quality to the pieces they played, and the atmosphers was informal and friendly. Besides the harps, there was a very lively acoustic violin from Liz van Santen, and Jon Bennett, the group leader, himself played guitar, mandola, whistles and bodhran and sang solo or with Jo Daley. They attracted a large audience of all ages who came out at the end walking on air and humming their favourite songs.
Elizabeth Burchfield
Moonrakers raised the standard with a buoyant selection from the Celtic tradition....
Review of Oxford Folk Festival, 2009
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