Gig Archive
2018 Dates
Saturday 13th January
Crooke Hall Inn
Crooke Rd, Standish – Lower – Ground, Wigan
Sunday 28th January
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
4:00pm – 6:00pm
Wigan
Sunday 4th February
Old Pear Tree
Wigan
Saturday 10th February
Folk Gathering
with A.D. Cooke
Gerrard Winstanley House, Crawford St, Wigan WN1 1NA
Saturday 3rd March
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
Wigan
Sunday 4th March
Old Pear Tree
Wigan
Wednesday 7th March
Folk Night
with Corrie Shelley
Sunday 11th March
“Doing It For Joan”
Fundraiser in memory of Joan Blackburn
Saturday March 17th
The Mayor’s Charity Evening
Llandudno Junction Community Centre
Saturday 24th March
“Elleswake” Narrowboat – The Mayor’s Charity Evening
Saturday 31st March
Flixton Conservative Club
‘Brewery & Music Night’
Manchester
Sunday 1st April
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
Wigan
Tuesday 12th April
An Evening Of Music To Support ‘Beyond Wigan Pier’
The Old Courts, Gerrard Winstanley House, Crawford St, Wigan WN1 1NA
Saturday 21st April
Tan Hill Inn
(The highest pub in Britain)
Long Causeway, Richmond DL11 6ED
Sunday 22nd April
Tan Hill Inn
(The highest pub in Britain)
Long Causeway, Richmond
Saturday 28th April
Lancashire Night – with a hotpot supper!
St. Elizabeth’s Church Hall, Aspull, Wigan.
Friday 4th May
Little 15’s Bar
73, High Street, Standish WN6 0HD
Launch of the Uncle Joe’s Gin
Sunday 6th May
Old Pear Tree
Wigan
Bank Holiday Monday 7th May
Heritage Day
Trencherfield Mill
Friday 11th May
Music & Poetry Night
at The Barlow, Edgeworth.
Sunday 13th May
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
Wigan
Sunday 20th May
Garstang Ukulele Festival
Saturday 9th June
Aspull Worm Charming Championships
The Parish Hall Fields, Aspull
Sunday 10th June
Coppull Folk Festival
Alison Arms
Friday 22nd June
Manitoba Hal
Supporting Hal on his UK tour.
Parbold
Saturday 23rd June
Horwich Carnival
Sunday 24th June
Horwich Carnival
Saturday 30th June
Private Booking
Saturday 7th July
Rawtenstall Annual Fair
Whitaker Park, Rawtenstall
Friday 27th July
The Old Courts
supporting THE QUAINTEST SHOW ON EARTH
Saturday 28th July
Private Booking
Saturday 11th August
Uke – A – Bay
Antioch, Colwyn Bay
Sunday 12th August
Uke – A -Bay
The Royal
Colwyn Bay
Friday 17th August
Wigan Live Festival
Wigan Central
Sunday 19th August
The Venture – Gin Festival
Thursday 23rd August
‘Pie Night’ at The Rigbye Arms
Saturday 25th August
Wigan’s Got Talent
Guest Appearance
Haigh Hall Country Park
Sunday 26th August
Private Booking
Saturday 1st September
Fleetwood Folk & Blues Festival
Marine Hall – ‘Wyre Lounge
Fleetwood
Saturday 1st September
Fleetwood Folk & Blues Festival
Fleetwood FY7 6BN
Sunday 9th September
‘The Orwell Journey’
Sunshine House, Wellington St, Wigan WN1 3SA
Tuesday 11th September
People’s History Museum
Part of the TUC Congress Fringe
Manchester M3 3ER
Sunday 23rd September
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
Wigan
Sunday 28th October
Baillif Bar – The Old Courts
Friday 2nd November
Private Booking
Sunday 4th November
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
Wigan
Saturday 24th November
Lancashire Night!
St John the Evangelist Parish Hall
Wednesday 12th December
Chip ‘n’ Ern Ale House
Bingley
Sunday 23rd December
A Chonkinfeckle Christmas!
Bailiff Bar – The Old Courts
2017 Dates
Friday 10th March
Wigan Diggers’ Festival and The Orwell Society.
‘From Wigan Pier to Nineteen Eighty-Four’
Sunshine House Community Hub
Friday 17th March
Chorley Little Theatre
supporting
Whiskey in the Jar
Wednesday 5th April
Tyldesley Library
12:45pm – 1:45pm
Friday 7th April
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
Grand Re-opening Night! 8:00pm
Tuesday 18th April
Ashton Library
1:45pm – 2:45pm
Saturday 22nd April
The Wellfield Hotel
75, Wellfield Road,Wigan, WN6 8NQ
Sunday 23rd April
Lincoln Ukulele Festival
Wednesday 26th April
Shevington Library
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Saturday 27th May
Carry on Dubbin – VW Camping Weekend
Moat Lane, Rixton, Warrington
Thursday 22nd June
Veterans Event
Sunshine House, Wigan
Friday 23rd June
The Quirky Chapel
Shropshire
24th – 25th June
Ukulele Festival of Wales
Gower Heritage Centre, Parkmill, Swansea. SA3 2EH
Thursday 29th June
BBC Radio Manchester with Mike Sweeney
Saturday 8th July
PRIVATE EVENT
Sunday 9th July
Rawtenstall Annual Fair
Whitaker Park, 12 Willow Tree Ave, Rawtenstall, BB4 6RW
Sunday 16th July
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
Jaxons Court, Hallgate, Wigan WN1 1LR
Saturday 22nd July
Private Booking
Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th July
ARC Country Fair
Charity Farm, Smithy Brow, Wrightington, WN6 9PP Wigan
Saturday 5th August
‘Parbulele’ – Parbold Ukulele Festival
Sunday 12th August
Uke -A – Bay
The Station, 1 Station Rd, Colwyn Bay, LL29 8BP
EVENING SESSIONS AT
The White Lion Inn, Llanelian, Colwyn Bay, LL29 8YA
Friday 18th August
BBC Radio Manchester with Becky Want
Friday 18th August
The Rigbye Arms
2 Whittle Ln, Wrightington, Parbold
Sunday 27th August
Botany Bay Canal Festival
Canal Mill, Botany Brow, Chorley
Bank Holiday Monday 28th August
Family Fun Day
Ashton Jubilee Park, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Sunday 3rd September
Mosley Common in Bloom
Mosley Common Rd, Tyldesley
September 8th-9th-10th.
The Langdale Charity Folk Festival
The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale, Ambleside, Cumbria
Saturday 16th September
Folk Gathering
The Old Courts, Crawford St, Wigan WN1 1NA
Sunday 17th September
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
Jaxons Court, Hallgate, Wigan WN1 1LR
Saturday 23rd September
World of Ukes 1st Birthday Party
World of Ukes, 48 Cecil St, Carlisle CA1 1NT
Saurday 14th October
Private Booking
Saturday 28th October
Wigan Athletic
Pre-Match Entertainment & Corporate Rooms ‘Lancashire Day’
Wigan Athletic vs Blackburn Rovers
DW Stadium, Loire Dr, Wigan WN5 0UH
Friday 10th November
Anything Goes
BBC, On The 7th, Media City, Salford Quays
Thursday 16th November
Newbold Verdon Ukulele Club
Giles Football Club, Barton Road, Barlestone CV13 0EP
Sunday 26th November
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
‘Lancashire Day’
Jaxons Court, Hallgate, Wigan WN1 1LR
Saturday 2nd December
Standish Live Festival – Potter’s Bar
Saturday 9th December
Private Event
Tuesday 12th December
BBC Radio Manchester with Mike Sweeney
Live from Bolton
2016 Dates
Sunday 10th January
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
16, Jaxons Court, Wigan, WN1 1LR
Friday 22nd January
Folk Night
With A.D. Cooke 7:30pm
Simms Road Inn, 532, Garswood Road,
Ashton – In – Makerfield WN4 0HX
Thursday 4th February
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
NEW OPEN MIC SESSION!!
8:00pm
16, Jaxons Court, Wigan, WN1 1LR
Friday 5th February
Private Booking
Saturday 13th February
Private Booking
Saturday 27th February
Standish Live Festival
Monday 29th February
Bradford Ukulele Club
Friday 4th March
Simms Road Inn
532, Garswood Road,
Ashton – In – Makerfield WN4 0HX
Sunday 10th April
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
3:00pm
16, Jaxons Court, Wigan, WN1 1LR
Friday 15th April
Wigan & Leigh Hospice Do!
Sunday 24th April
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
Supporting
Mike Sweeney
(Salford Jets & BBC Radio Manchester)
4:00pm
16, Jaxons Court, Wigan, WN1 1LR
Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May
Heritage Day
Trencherfield Mill, Wigan Pier Quarter,
Wallgate, Wigan WN3 4BF
Friday 13th May
The Rigbye Arms
‘Pie Night’!
2, Whittle Lane, Wrightington, Wigan WN6 9QB
Tuesday 17th May
The Gild Hall
Church Road, Formby, Liverpool. L37 3NG
Thursday 26th May
D.W. Stadium
Steve Gohouri Memorial Night
Loire Dr, Robin Park, Wigan WN5 0UH
27th – 29th May
Grand Northern Ukulele Festival
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
Bank Holiday Monday 30th May
Private Booking
Saturday 4th June
Charity Night
Sunday 12th June
Coppull Folk Festival
Supporting Jon Brindley
Alison Arms, Preston Road, Coppull Lancashire PR7 5DU
Saturday 25th June
Rainford Ukulele Festival
The Junction Pub, 102 News lane, Rainford Merseyside, WA11 7JU
Sunday 26th June
Ukulele Festival of Wales
Gower Heritage Centre, Parkmill, Swansea. SA3 2EH
Saturday 2nd July
D.W. Stadium
Josephs’s Goal Charity Ball
Loire Dr, Robin Park, Wigan WN5 0UH
8th – 10th July
Great Midland Uke Festival
Warwick Racecourse, Hampton St, Warwick CV34 6HN
Friday 22nd July
Music & Poetry Night
The Old Courts, Gerrard Winstanley House,
Crawford St, Wigan WN1 1NA
23rd – 24th July
Isle of Wight Ukulele Festival
Friday 5th August
The High Moor Restaurant
High Moor Lane, Wrightington, Wigan, WN6 9QA
Saturday 6th August
Greenfest
Greenslate Farm, Greenslate Rd, Billinge, Wigan WN5 7BG
Sunday 7th August
‘Parbolele’ – Parbold Ukulele Festival
13th & 14th August
Colwyn Bay Ukulele Festival
Saturday 20th August
Charnley Arms
Almond Brook Rd, Standish, Wigan WN6 0SS
Fundraising Concert for Derian House & Three Wishes
Sunday 21st August
Haigh Show
The Windmill Field, Copperas Lane, Haigh, WN2 1PE
Saturday 27th August
Aunty Maggie’s 90th Birthday Bash!
Saturday 3rd September
Beer & Gin Festival
The Wayfarer, Parbold
1-3 Alder Lane, WN8 7NL, Parbold
Sunday 4th September
Mosley Common in Bloom
Mosley Common Rd, Tyldesley
September 9th-10th-11th. 2016
The Langdale Charity Folk Festival
The Old Dungeon Ghyll, Great Langdale,
Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 9JY, UK
Saturday 17th September
Private Function
Saturday 24th September
Uke East
Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
29th September
Wigan Town Hall
Private Function
Friday 14th October
Private Function
Saturday 15th October
Private Function
Sunday 16th October
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
3:00pm
16, Jaxons Court, Wigan, WN1 1LR
5th & 6th November
The Uke Express 2016
Pickering, North Yorkshire
With Andy Eastwood, Phil Doleman and Ian Emmerson, Dead Mans Uke
and Feckless, Fuddle and the Fossil.
18th November
The Rigbye Arms
2, Whittle Lane, Wrightington, Wigan WN6 9QB
Saturday 10th December
BBC Radio Lancashire
with Steve Royle
from 9:00am
Monday 12th December
Children In Need Concert
with BBC Radio Manchester
Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, Salford.
31st December – NEW YEARS EVE!
The Rigbye Arms
2, Whittle Lane, Wrightington, Wigan WN6 9QB
2015 DATES
Sunday 25th January
Folk Sunday
The Old Courts, Crawford Street, Wigan
Saturday 31st January
Bents & Bongs Beer Festival
Formby Hall, Atherton, M46 9EY
Sunday 1st February
Wigan Central
Arch No. 1, Queen Street, Wigan, WN3 4DY
Saturday 7th February
Martland Mill Brewery
for the launch of Chonkinfeckle – The Real Ale!
Unit 5, Otterwood Square, Martland Mill, Wigan, WN5 0LF
Wednesday 11th February
The York Hotel, Morecambe
87 Lancaster Road, Morecambe LA4 5QH
27th February
Private Booking
27th February
Wigan Beer Festival
Robin Park Sports Hall, Loire Drive, Wigan, WN5 0UH
Saturday 7th March
Wigan Food & Drink Festival
with The Lancashire Hotpots
Market Place, Wigan
Wednesday 11th March
An Evening with Mike Hind (Uncle Elvis)
&
Chonkinfeckle
Bailiff Bar, The Old Courts, Crawford St, Wigan, WN1 1NA
Friday 20th March
BBC Radio Manchester
on the Liam Bradford show.
10:30pm
Saturday 28th March
Joseph’s Goal Charity Ball
with Archie Kelly from Phoenix Nights
Sunday 5th April (Easter Sunday)
Haigh Hall
(Friends of Haigh Hall Event)
Saturday 25th April
Private Booking
Sunday 3rd May
Private Booking
Bank Holiday Monday 4th May 2015
Heritage Day
Trencherfield Mill, Wigan Pier Quarter, Heritage Way, Wigan WN3 4EF
Saturday 16th May
Chonkinfeckle
and
A.D. Cooke
The Swinley, Coppull Lane, Wigan, WN1 2LQ
23rd – 24th May 2015
GNUF – Grand Northern Ukulele Festival
Huddersfield.
Friday 29th May
Wigan Youth Zone
Friday 29th May
My Life – A Musical Extravaganza!
Charity Fundraising Event for ‘My Life’
Thompson House Equestrian Centre,
off Pepper Lane, Standish, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 0PP
Saturday 5th June
Coppull Folk Festival
Alison Arms, Preston Rd, Coppull, Lancashire, PR7 5DU
Friday 19th June
Armed Forces Rugby Match
at the DW Stadium
Pre-Match Entertainment
Sunday 21st June
Wigan Live Festival
Wigan Central, Arch No 1, Queen St, Wigan, WN3 4DY
Friday 26th June 2015
Wigan Ukulele Festival
Crooke Hall Pub, Crooke Village, Standish-Lower-Ground
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th June
Haworth Ukulele Festival
H.U.G.E.
The Old School Rooms, Church St, Haworth, West Yorkshire, BD22 8DR
Friday 3rd -Sunday 5th July
Leamington Spa Ukulele Festival
Friday 10th July
Jon Brindley
&
Chonkinfeckle
Unity Club, Cross Street, Standish
Saturday 1st August
Shevington Fete
Plough & Harrow Stage
Saturday 1st August
Greenstock
A gig for Greenslate Community Farm
Sunday 2nd August
Private Booking
Saturday 8th August
Colwyn Bay Theatre
Sunday 9th August
The Station Pub
Colwyn Bay
Part of the Uke-A-Bay Weekend
Friday 14th August
‘Wild West BBQ’
My Life Concert
Thompson House Equestrian Centre, off Pepper Lane,
Standish, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 0PP
Saturday 15th August
The Junction Ukulele Festival
with Phil Doleman & The Mersey Belles
The Junction Pub, 102 News Lane, Saint Helens, Merseyside WA11 7JU
Sunday 16th August
Haigh Show
The Windmill Field, Copperas Lane, Haigh, WN2 1PE
Saturday 22nd August
Private Booking
August 29th – 30th
Yorkshire Dales Ukulele Weekender
Hawes, North Yorkshire
Wednesday 2nd September
Wigan Barbershop Pier Town Chorus
25th Anniversary Concert
in Aid of Wigan & Leigh Hospice
The Swinley, Coppull, Lane, Wigan, WN1 2LQ
Saturday 5th September
Parbold Street & Beer Festival
The Wayfayer
1-3 Alder Lane, Parbold, Lancashire WN8 7NL
Sunday 6th September
Mosley Common in Bloom
Mosley Common Rd, Tyldesley
Friday 11th September
Private Booking
Sunday 13th September
Haigh Hall Carvery
Haigh Hall, School Lane, Haigh Country Park, Wigan, WN2 1PE.
More Details HERE
Thursday 17th September
Reet Good Beer Festival
Mesnes Field, (Behind Wigan Youth Zone)
Friday 18th September
Reet Good Beer Festival
Mesnes Field, (Behind Wigan Youth Zone)
Saturday 19th September
Reet Good Beer Festival
Mesnes Field, (Behind Wigan Youth Zone)
Saturday 19th September (Evening)
Charity Evening in aid of
The Brick, Homeless Charity
Aspull Civic Hall, Wigan
Friday 2nd October
Rebuild Mexico
Charity Fundraiser
Hanging Green Lane, Hest Bank, Lancaster, LA2 6JB
3rd October
Private Booking
9th -11th October
GSUF – Grand Southern Ukulele Festival
Kings Theatre, Portsmouth
Friday 16th October
Charity Evening at St. James Parish Centre
In aid of MacMillan Nurses & Dr Naqvi
St James Road, Orrell, Wigan, WN5 7AA
With Andie Dee & Just Vintage.
November 7th & 8th
The Uke Express
North York Moors Railway, Pickering
More Details & Booking HERE
Thursday 26th November
Lancashire Day Event
For Wigan & Leigh Housing Association 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Leigh Masonic Hall, 2 Ellesmere St, Leigh WN7 4LQ
Friday 27th November
Lancashire Day
at Blackburn Indoor Markets
Friday 4th December
The Silver Tally
41, Shevington Moor, Standish, Wigan WN6 0SQ
Sunday 6th December
Tap ‘n’ Barrel
16, Jaxons Court, Wigan, WN1 1LR
Wednesday 16th December
Saltaire Ukulele Jammers – Christmas Party!
Chonkin’ Choons-day session
The Old White Horse Inn, Bingley, West Yorkshire BD16 2JW
Monday 21st December
BBC Radio Manchester
Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays with Mike Sweeney
2014 Dates
March 8th 12.00pm
Wigan Food & Drink Festival
Supporting The Lancashire Hotpots.
March 22nd 7:30pm
53rd Lancaster Scouts Hut
with Keith Donnelly
26th April (Saturday)
The Pendle Witch
Warburton place, Atherton, M46 0EQ
11th May (Sunday)
12.00pm – 4.00pm
Haigh Hall Carvery, Haigh Hall.
May 16th – May 18th
N’ukefest weekend 2014
at The Cotton Arms, Wrenbury, Cheshire.
7th June
Wigan Youth Zone, Wigan
Wigan Youth Zone – 1st Birthday Carnival
Monday 23rd June
Part of the Lytham Arts Festival
The County Hotel, Lytham
Saturday 28th June
H.U.G.E.
Haworth Ukulele Group Extravaganza
The Old School Rooms, Haworth
Saturday 12th July
Proms on the Pond
Thornton in Craven, (Nr Skipton)
Saturday 12th July
Private Booking
Leyland, Lancashire
11:00pm
25th – 27th July
2nd Czech Ukulele Festival, Prague
2nd August
Uke-A-Bay
The Interchange, Old Colwyn Bay, LL29 8UR
Sunday 3rd August
Rhos Fynach, Rhos on Sea, Wales.
Thursday 7th August
Pint & A Song!
GNUF Flash -Mob Event
Vinyl Tap Record Store,
Huddersfield, HD1 1ER
15th August
Haigh Show – Hog Roast Evening
Tickets and More Information
17th August
Haigh Show
Saturday 30th August
Wigan Live Festival
4:00pm John Bull Chophouse – 6:15pm The Boulevard
Saturday 6th September
Sounds on the Green
Old Springs, Kitt Green, Wigan
Sunday 7th September
Mosley Common Variety Show
September 13th – 15th
Grand Northern Ukulele Festival 2014
at Huddersfield Town Hall
Saturday 27th September
Private Booking
Derbyshire
Saturday 11th October
Battle of the Buskers
12:00pm til 2:00pm
Friday 7th November
Charity Fund Raising Event
The Unity Club, Cross Street, Standish, Wigan
Friday 14th November
Boothstown British Legion – 3rd Beer Festival
Boothstown British Legion, Elizabeth Street, M28 1HQ
Thursday 27th November
Arnside Ukulele Club
Workshop & Performance
