Folk at the Bridge: Bruce Watson
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Folk at the Bridge: Bruce Watson
13 August 2026, Thursday, 7:00pm
Tickets: £7
https://thebridgemos.org.uk/your-centre/folk-at-the-bridge-bruce-watson/
The Bridge, 9 Sea Road, Milford-On-Sea, SO41 0PH
Sea Road car park is free after 6pm
Refreshments and snacks are available to purchase from our licensed bar, open from 6.30pm.
Folk at the Bridge is hosted by Bill Hesp and this month’s guest
is Bruce Watson
Bruce Watson is an icon and longtime favourite of the Australian folk scene.
His performances are joyful and thoroughly engaging, with witty lyrics and energetic
presentation. He is a masterful craftsman of songs, be they evocative and heart
wrenching, or side-splittingly funny.
Bruce has appeared at over 200 folk festivals as well as innumerable folk clubs and other venues across Australia and New Zealand, and made two highly successful tours of the UK in 2019 & 2023. He has received a stack of prestigious songwriting awards and had his songs covered by Eric Bogle, Joe (Shaddap You Face) Dolce, and a host of other Australian and international performers.
Bruce has produced eight albums of original songs and is often heard on the radio waves across Australia. He appears on more than 20 compilation albums, alongside artists such as Eric Bogle, Roy Bailey, Danny Spooner, and Keith Potger (Seekers). He has been a support act for Vin Garbutt, Jez Lowe, Les Barker, Martyn Wyndham-Read, John McCutcheon (US), and Dan McKinnon (Canada) and shared the stage with Tom Paxton.
Eric Bogle has described him as “the best songwriter I have seen in a long time.” Melbourne folk institution The Boite says he is “an Australian folk hero!”
13 August 2026, Thursday, 7:00pm
Tickets: £7
https://thebridgemos.org.uk/your-centre/folk-at-the-bridge-bruce-watson/
The Bridge, 9 Sea Road, Milford-On-Sea, SO41 0PH
Sea Road car park is free after 6pm
Refreshments and snacks are available to purchase from our licensed bar, open from 6.30pm.
Folk at the Bridge is hosted by Bill Hesp and this month’s guest
is Bruce Watson
Bruce Watson is an icon and longtime favourite of the Australian folk scene.
His performances are joyful and thoroughly engaging, with witty lyrics and energetic
presentation. He is a masterful craftsman of songs, be they evocative and heart
wrenching, or side-splittingly funny.
Bruce has appeared at over 200 folk festivals as well as innumerable folk clubs and other venues across Australia and New Zealand, and made two highly successful tours of the UK in 2019 & 2023. He has received a stack of prestigious songwriting awards and had his songs covered by Eric Bogle, Joe (Shaddap You Face) Dolce, and a host of other Australian and international performers.
Bruce has produced eight albums of original songs and is often heard on the radio waves across Australia. He appears on more than 20 compilation albums, alongside artists such as Eric Bogle, Roy Bailey, Danny Spooner, and Keith Potger (Seekers). He has been a support act for Vin Garbutt, Jez Lowe, Les Barker, Martyn Wyndham-Read, John McCutcheon (US), and Dan McKinnon (Canada) and shared the stage with Tom Paxton.
Eric Bogle has described him as “the best songwriter I have seen in a long time.” Melbourne folk institution The Boite says he is “an Australian folk hero!”
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9 Sea Road, Milford on Sea, SO41 0PH, 9 Sea Road, Lymington, SO41 0PG, United Kingdom
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