Saturday, 14th November 2026

The 9:30 Friends are a Maidenhead-based group, who started off life as a church group playing at 9:30 Mass at St Edmund Campion church, before branching out playing for fund-raising concerts and parties. Their repertoire ranges from obscure folk music to popular covers. An important part of preparation for Peppard will be deciding how many people can fit on our stage this ime!

(Last month The Chequers Experiment had eleven!)

Dave King needs no introduction. . . he is very well known around a vast area of Didcot and Reading, looking for his camel while filling reams of books with self-penned songs and poems .

This is the 20th birthday of Dave's first album and he will be playing some songs off that.

Leigh Williams usually gets his musical kicks playing double bass for The Mysteries, Heather-Jayne and the Red Shoes, and Rain Dogs, but occasionally he gets the urge to venture out solo and play some folk and country songs that the other bands won't let him play.

John Houston is the anchor-man for  The Cornermen, Tonight he will be performing with Ben Heaney; John vocals and guitar and Ben on fiddle. As a duo they perform a mix of original and Trad songs, and have recently toured the UK with Damien Dempsey and supported Ian Prowse. Also on Spotify.  

Paul Grant fell in love with Spanish guitar and in particular flamenco music on trips to Spain many years ago.  His love of the genre is still strong and he would love to share some of his favourite pieces with you  

Tim Coulson plays acoustic guitar (left handed!) and sings a range of songs from originals to covers from jazz standards to lesser known gems. Acoustic guitar players he loves include John Renbourn, John Martyn and Joao Gilberto. He used to mainly play in bands such as Heather Jayne and the Red Shoes playing a mixture of styles but now it’s solo for the first time in years. 

Lucy Loves Vincent are husband and wife duo Damien and Jen, who found their collaborative voice on the Brighton open mic scene. They use guitar and flute to provide a simple backdrop to accompany their natural vocal harmonies. They choose lesser known songs in order to avoid scrutiny. One day they hope to feel confident enough to perform their own original material, if they ever get around to writing any! They are also in The 9:30 Friends.

The food is yummy. . . 

The stage is set . . .