A Night of Folk Tunes, Songs and Poetry

Name: A Night of Folk Tunes, Songs and Poetry
Start: 2025-08-23T18:30:00+01:00
Location: Lovaine Place, North Shields, NE29 0, United Kingdom

Schedule

Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Lovaine Place, North Shields, NE29 0, United Kingdom | North Shields, EN

A night of acoustic music in the lovely peaceful setting of the garden.
Bring your own food and drink.
Seating is provided and there is shelter in case of rain and a garden toilet. There is also a regular toilet 2 min walk away at the North Shields Transpot Hub and this year there will also be an opportunity to go and buy a drink from The Tipsy Pig down the road and use their toilet.
To buy tickets (£6) please message us for bank details. Tickets on the door will be £7.
About the performers:
Miggins Fiddle are Maurice Condie and Marina Dodgson.
For more information here is a link to their website:
https://phoenixfolk.co.uk/artists/miggins-fiddle
Harry Gallagher is a poet and performer whose work has been published all over the world. He has written for the BBC, The Great North Museum and Northern Rail, and he is very much looking forward to playing in the garden, a brilliant community project.
Beneath This Ground.
In Newcastle’s Ouseburn Valley, tucked between modern housing and old industrial units, sits an open green space. There is nothing unusual until a closer inspection reveals that the paths are made of old gravestones. This is the Ballast Hills Burial Ground.
There were periods during the 18th and 19th centuries when more people were buried at Ballast Hills than in all of the other Newcastle burial grounds combined. When it was closed in 1853, an estimated 40,000 people had been laid to rest there.
Using poetry and fiddle tunes, this collection of words and music, created and performed by Marina Dodgson, Maurice Condie and Harry Gallagher, begins to tell their story.
Buy the book and album here: https://phoenixfolk.co.uk/product-category/book/