What's on Club nights
We have a range of events on our calendar...
Sunday Club Night: a feature concert every week (apart from some holiday weekends) 7.30 pm. Floorspot performers often invited from local musicians in the first half. Cafe and bar open. See notes on each night for featured performers or events.
Thursday Open Mic Night: a warm welcome to all, 7.30 pm. Gold coin entry. Cafe open.
Special Concerts - may be scheduled on other nights
Our venue for club events is the Opoho Bowling Club rooms, 80 Lovelock Avenue, North Dunedin
In the current covid climate, some may wish to wear a mask when up and moving around.
Coming up for the Dunedin Folk Club
She & the Trio Keening
31 August 2025
She & The Trio Keening introduced their beautiful, storied sound with the release of their debut album ‘Middle Island’ in 2017. After a hiatus starting families the Trio are excit...
Vic McDonald
7 September 2025
Vic has been a member of the folk club since the late 70's. Started singing ballads- still does! Joined "Lost in the Bush" band as singer /dance caller for some years until the band disb...
The Phil Corfield Band
14 September 2025
Phil Corfield writes “I was listening to the radio and the songs were so mediocre. I thought to myself, “I can write something better than this”. It was 1981 and I was living in r...
Swingbridge
21 September 2025
Opoho musician Bridget Ellis and friends bring a set of yet to be recorded songs, both old and new. Characteristically earth-centred and uniquely presented. Looking forward to see you there. ...
Shaky Hollows
28 September 2025
Shaky Hollows are a local alt-country band based in Dunedin. After a brief hiatus following their debut EP 'A Communion of Sorrows' in 2017, singer/songwriter Casey hilder put together a fr...
Bare Essentials
12 October 2025
Bare Essentials, William Davidson and John Meddings is a duo with a wealth of experience nationally and internationally. William and John have played together in various projects over several decades ...
Grumpy Scotsmen Ceilidh Band
9 November 2025
Introducing the Grumpy Scotsmen Ceilidh Band: Jock Walton on button accordion Iain Mitchell, acoustic guitar. (Both men sing and indulge in delightful banter). They are accompanie...
Stephen Young & his Old Mates
16 November 2025
Stephen Young presents a retrospective of decades of his songwriting – ably helped by his Old Mates Rob Piggott, Denis Gibbins and John Fielding. Stephen is an APRA Silver Scroll winner and...
Life & Rhymes of Banjo Patterson
23 November 2025
Experience the Life and Rhymes of Banjo Paterson show on the 125th anniversary of Banjo’s visit. Yes, Banjo Paterson was in your town in 1900 or 1901 and now three-times Australian ...
Chris Priestley
7 December 2025
Chris Priestley is a singer, songwriter and NZ historian. He has recorded eight albums, three of which were Tui Folk Music Award Finalists. As a hospitality entrepreneur, he was co-founder of R...
Burns Supper, Songs and Poems
25 January 2026
Featuring | Address to the Haggis | Potluck Burns Supper | Concert of the songs and poems of Robert Burns ...
Scott Cook & Pamela Mae
22 February 2026
In 2007, Albertan songwriter Scott Cook quit his job teaching kindergarten in Taiwan and moved into a minivan. He’s made his living as a troubadour ever since, touring almost incessantly across ...
Jennifer Reid
1 March 2026
Folk music has lost its way, and people have lost track of their geographical heritage. The working classes made music as a provocation and this is a tradition Jennifer continues. She is a performer o...
