The Thursday Chronicles
All bands evolve. Here (in reverse order) is how we got from there to here...
2024
Line-up: Mark Gamon (voice/gtr), Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, viola, mandolin), Rhys Wilson (voice, gtr), David Cammish (bass)
September 7th: Anstey Church Triple Header with John Meed, and Kelly and Woolley
August 21: East Anglia Beer and Cider Festival @ Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
July 20th: Wimpole Hall - Sunset Series Folk Picnic
June 23rd: Railway Arms CB11 3HQ (part of Saffron Walden Fete de la Musique)
June 19th: Baldock Folk Club The Orange Tree
March 22nd: The Battered Case CD 'City of Song' launch double header with John Meed. Full line up plus guest vocals Ali Cossor at Cambridge Folk Club @ The Golden Hind
February 16th: The Battered Case (Matt and Mark) at the Milkmaid Folk Club, Bury St Edmunds
February 7th: Bury Folk Collective: Contemporary Folk night
2023
Line-up: Mark Gamon (voice/gtr), Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, viola, mandolin), Rhys Wilson (voice, gtr), David Cammish (bass)
24 November:Royston Live (without David)
3 November: Milkmaid Folk Club, Bury St Edmunds
4 October: Bury Folk Collective - contemporary folk night
1 October: Royston Music Fest
16 September: St John The Evangelist Church, Cambridge - double header with John Meed
15 September: Lockdown Folk Live 3, Haddenham
28 June: Golden Hind, Cambridge, Bridge fundraiser
8 June: Loughton Folk Club
27 May: Cambridge Acoustic Night @ Thrive Cafe Norfolk Street
31 March: Royston Folk Club (originally supporting Chris Wood, who had to cancel because of Covid; and without Mark)
29 January: The Secret Garden Sessions, the Waterman, Cambridge
2022
Line-up: Mark Gamon (voice/gtr), Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, viola, mandolin), Rhys Wilson (voice, gtr), David Cammish (bass)
20 December: Anglesey Abbey Winter Lights, for Cambridge Folk Festival (four sets!)
25 September: Royston Arts Festival
23 September: Cambridge Folk Club
9 September: Royston Folk Club
15 June: Baldock Folk Club
8 June: Four Rivers Folk Club, Hertford
3 June: Bish Bash, Bishop's Stortford
28 May: St Mary's Church, Ware, Herts Double header with John Meed.
21 May: Golden Hind Fundraiser for 'The Bridge' multi-artists night including Kelly and Woolley, Red Velvet, Dave Streatfield and Stella Hensley & Chris Newman
19 May: Loughton Folk Club. Loughton Club
14 May: St John The Evangelist, Hills Rd Cambridge. Double header with John Meed
26 March: The Portland Arms, Cambridge double header with Black Scarr (after two postponements for covid - and then we all got covid 3 weeks before the gig! )
2021
Line-up: Mark Gamon (voice/gtr), Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, viola, mandolin), Rhys Wilson (voice, gtr), David Cammish (bass)
8 Dec: Bishops Stortford Acoustic Club, The Horn at the Half Moon
Line-up: Mark Gamon (voice/gtr), Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, viola, mandolin), Rhys Wilson (voice, gtr)
20 Nov: Thrive Cafe/Bistro, Cambridge
26 Sept: Royston MusicFest
21 Aug: St Mary's Church, Ware (with John Meed). Secret weapon Abby Wollston, cello
15th Aug: Music in the Parks for Cambridge Live
4th Aug : Bury Folk Collective
2020
17th Dec: First rehearsal with Rhys Wilson and Abby Wollston
Line-up: Lucinda Fudge (voice, viola, fiddle), Mark Gamon (voice/gtr),
Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, viola, mandolin), Nick Blishen (gtr)
15th Mar: Live on Jane Clayton's show, West Norfolk Radio (minus Nick)
7th Mar: Sir Alfred Hitchcock Hotel, Leytonstone (with Black Scarr)
16th Feb: St Mary's Church Stotfold, Herts
13th Feb: Great Bardfield Folk Club
8th Feb: Cambridge Acoustic Nights (The Sook Space).
30th Jan: Loughton Folk Club.
6th Jan: Les Ray's Strummers and Dreamers, Cambridge 105.
2019
Line-up: Lucinda Fudge (voice, viola, fiddle), Mark Gamon (voice/gtr),
Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, viola, mandolin), Nick Blishen (gtr)
10th Nov: FaB Club, Grays.
25th Oct: Cambridge Folk Club.
22nd Sept: Royston Musicfest.
14th Sept: New Routes at Cambridge Junction 3.
7th Sept: Woodfest acoustic stage
25th Aug: Royston Folk Club Summer Shindig.
4th July: Folk from the Fens, Haddenham Arts Centre.
29th June: Bury Folk Festival.
20th June: Relevant Records, Cambridge. Matt's birthday party!
9th May: Loughton Folk Club.
5th May: Bishop's Stortford Music Festival (Bish Bash).
6th Apr: The Wanstead Tap - support for the launch of Black Scarr's album 'Drunken Generation'.
6th Mar: Bury Folk Collective.
2018
Line-up: Lucinda Fudge (voice, viola, fiddle), Mark Gamon (voice/gtr),
Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, viola, mandolin), Nick Blishen (gtr)
30th Nov: Royston Folk Club, supporting Brooks Williams.
16th Nov: Thetford Folk Club.
10th Nov: CB2, Cambridge - support for the launch of John Meed's album 'Never Enough'.
21st Oct: Concert in St Peter's Church, Felsham, Suffolk.
23rd Sept: Royston MusicFest Gala Concert.
21st Sept: The Milkmaid Folk Club, Bury St Edmunds.
8th Sept: Woodfest, Hatfield Forest.
6th Sept: Wivenhoe Folk Club.
3rd Aug: Club Tent feature set, Cambridge Folk Festival.
8th July: Guitars and Strings for Royston Arts, Old Bull Inn, Royston.
29th June: Pre-festival showcase, Cambridge Folk Club.
3rd June: Jane Clayton's Folk Show, West Norfolk Radio.
26th May: Bude Folk Festival.
24th Mar: Bury Folk All-Dayer, Bury St Edmunds.
17th Mar: Cambridge Folk Club.
16th Mar: Redbourn Folk Club (Mark, Matt, and Nick).
7th Mar: The NAF Club, Silsoe.
19th Jan: Cambridge Americana at the Portland Arms, Cambridge.
2017
Line-up: Lucinda Fudge (voice, viola, fiddle), Mark Gamon (voice/gtr),
Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, viola, mandolin), Nick Blishen (gtr)
23rd Nov: Bishops Stortford Acoustic Club (Mark, Matt, and Nick).
11th Nov: Support at the Red Express Reunion, Fairycroft House, Saffron Walden.
3rd Nov: Cambridge America second series inaugural, CB2 Cafe, Cambridge.
27th Oct: Royston Folk Club Triple Header.
30th Sept: Concert in St George's Church, Anstey, Herts.
24th Sept: Two sets at Royston MusicFest 2017.
2nd Sept: Wimpole Hall Great Barn, Cambs (Mark, Matt, and Nick).
27th Aug: Cornwall Folk Festival, Wadebridge.
1st July: Bury Folk Festival, Bury St Edmunds.
3rd June: Bishops Stortford Football Club. Fundraiser for Herts Ravens Basketball Team.
20th May: Cambridge University Botanical Gardens Festival of Plants.
11th May: Great Bardfield Folk Club.
30th Mar: Bury Wired Folk (Mark, Matt and Nick).
11th March: Cambridge Acoustic Nights, CB2 restaurant/cafe.
17th Feb: The Milkmaid Folk Club, Bury St Edmunds.
20th Jan: Album launch night at Cambridge Folk Club.
2016
Line-up: Lucinda Fudge (voice, viola, fiddle), Mark Gamon (voice/gtr),
Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, viola, mandolin), Nick Blishen (gtr)
22nd Nov: The White Horse Folk Club, Hertford.
18th Nov: Cambridge Americana at the Portland Arms, Cambridge.
13th Nov: Cambridge Americana Preview Feature at West Norfolk Radio.
3rd Nov: The Plough, Shepreth.
8th Oct: We Shall Overcome concert raising money for the homeless, Golden Hind, Cambridge.
7th Oct: feature set at Tiller Flat Folk in the Golden Hinde, at Clink St on the South Bank, London.
25th Sept: Two sets at Royston MusicFest 2016.
20th Sept: Private performance at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens.
17th Sept: Newnham Croft Sports and Social Club (Mark, Matt and Nick).
11th Sept: Wimpole Hall Produce Fair.
27th August: Cornwall Folk Festival - Shanty Street, Fringe Stage, Bridge on Wool.
12th Aug: Royston Folk Club.
22nd July: Cambridge Americana at CB2 Restaurant Cafe.
16th July: Duxford Village Show, Cambridgeshire. From the back of a truck, no less.
8th July: The Running Well Acoustic Music Club, Wickford, Essex.
10th June: showcase, Cambridge Folk Club.
9th June: headline, Loughton Folk Club.
28th May: private concert (Mark, Matt and Nick).
8th May: Red Velvet Music Marathon at Golden Hind, Cambridge.
1st April: feature set at Tiller Flat Folk in the Golden Hinde, at Clink St on the South Bank, London.
10th Feb: feature set, The Hertford Club, Hertford.
17th Jan: five-song slot at the Chequers Sessions, Barley (Mark, Matt and Nick).
2015
Line-up: Lucinda Fudge (voice, viola), Mark Gamon (voice/gtr), Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, mandolin),
Nick Blishen temp. retired (DIY induced broken arm)
11th Dec: Cambridge Folk Club, supporting Brokedown Palace.
13th Nov: The Milkmaid Folk Club, Bury St Edmunds.
4th Nov: Baldock and Letchworth Folk Club.
25th Oct: Apple Day with Kelly and Woolley, Cambridge University Botanic Gardens.
24th Oct: Album launch with Kelly and Woolley, CB2 basement.
Line-up: Lucinda Fudge (voice, viola), Mark Gamon (voice/gtr), Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, mandolin),
Nick Blishen (gtr)
25 Sept: Royston Folk Club, Triple Header concert with Floyd Hartwell Hines and
Martin Kaszak and Fara Afifi.
28 Aug: Royston Folk Club, supporting Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker.
13 Aug: Great Bardfield Folk Club, feature spot.
4 July: Bury Folk Festival (Mark and Matt. Secret Weapon Gary Woolley on guitar).
31 May: Bury Folk Collective, acoustic night.
30 April: The Plough, Shepreth.
27 Mar: Newnham College Bar.
15 Mar: Red Velvet Music Marathon at Golden Hind, Cambridge.
19 Feb: The Nightingale, Hitchin (Mark, Matt and Nick).
14 Feb: Cambridge Acoustic Nights, CB2 basement, feature slot.
25 Jan: unplugged at Bury Folk Collective.
8 Jan: Loughton Folk Club, featured act (Secret Weapon Francine Loze on cello).
2014
Line-up: Mark Gamon (voice/gtr), Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, mandolin, Nick Blishen, gtr)
22 Dec: first rehearsal with Lucinda Fudge.
21 Dec: open air charity event, Arbury.
14 Dec: Bury Folk Collective acoustic night.
14 Dec: Loughton folk club floor spot.
27 Nov: The Nightingale, Hitchin.
5 Nov: Baldock Folk club double header with Hannah Sanders.
Line-up: Lizzie J Taylor (voice, gtr), Mark Gamon (voice, gtr), Matt Kelly (voice, fiddle, mandolin),
Nick Blishen, gtr)
07 Sept: Woodfest, Hatfield Forest.
29 Aug: Royston Folk Club, supporting Colgarra (Mark, Matt, and Nick. Secret Weapon
Bella Chipperfield on harp).
28 Aug: The Nightingale, Hitchin.
08 Aug: Royston Folk Club, Showcase night.
09 July: Bury Folk Collective acoustic night.
04 June: The Boat House, Cambridge.
29 May: The Nightingale, Hitchin.
23 May: VicFest, the Victoria, Hitchin (Lizzie, Mark and Matt).
11 May: Bury Folk Collective, wired folk night.
01 May: The Nightingale, Hitchin.
23 March: Red Velvet Music Marathon at Golden Hind, Cambridge.