FREE FRINGE @ The Drawingroom Sunday 24th May
FREE FRINGE @ The Drawingroom Sunday 24th May
1.30pm – Jon Bickley and the Invisible Folk Club Band – Four piece folk group. Lively originals, stirring traditional songs, wild gypsy violin, tango accordion and dynamite harmonies.
3.00pm – Eddie Mol Le Pipo – This incredible World Music artist was originally booked to perform for a ticketed event on Saturday night. We’re very lucky to have him and his band come and perform as part of our Free Fringe after a slot became available.
4.30pm – Callum Granger is a compelling singer-songwriter guitarist who blends contemporary folk, Americana, and roots music with an occasional bluesy edge.
Restrictions: All ages
Doors: Please arrive with plenty of time to spare prior to the performance. This is a Free Fringe event and so the venue will be open to the general public. There is no ticket reservation for this event and entry will be on a first come first served basis. Once capacity is reached, the venue entry will be one out / one in.
Accessibility: please note that toilets are located upstairs at this venue and are only accessible via stairs.
If you enjoy the performance, please support the artist by donating some cash to the collection towards the end and after their set. There may also be an electronic card reader used for donations if you don’t carry cash.
FREE
Event Information
Jon Bickley and the Invisible Folk Club Band - In 2024 Jon released one of Mojo's top ten folk albums and in 2025 toured with Angeline Morrison and Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne.
The Invisible Folk Club Ban are three of the finest folk musicians in these parts.
Eddie Mol Le Pipo - is a Black British singer/songwriter born in DR Congo, living in London, England. In DR Congo he listened to Congolese soukouss, rumba and foreign music. He covered few songs with district friends, boarding school mates, for fun, some playing acoustic 'ALMAZ' guitars with a chair as a drum. Later in Europe, he played in bands. He and the band Formule 1, in which he was a member, sang with the great PAPA WEMBA in the film PIECES D'IDENTITES written, directed and produced by NGANGURA MWENZE ( who also worked on LA VIE EST BELLE film) Then he pursued a solo career. His first album titled AVENUE MAYALA is a masterpiece of world music that Eddie Mol Le Pipo calls melting-pot music because of the different countries, cultures of his team members. His songs are in Lingala, French, English and other languages. The sound and influence are a mixture of African, European, Asian and American styles.
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Callum Granger - The 2025 Watford Folk Songwriter Award Winner tackles everything from the classic, love and loss, to the harsh realities of the cost-of-living crisis; the consequences of conflict, to the NHS, and anything that he feels he can constructively comment on. His guitar playing can range from soft warm fingerstyle to a driving acoustic, almost, folk-rock / blues sound, and then dial in the occasional sympathetic thump of his homemade stomp box to give a percussive punch, and you get performances that are guaranteed to leave a lasting impression.
Callum has 100’s of gigs and dozens of festival appearances under his belt. Over the last decade he's played at Latitude and Weyfest and made repeat performances at Broadstairs Folk Week, Rickmansworth folk fest and Selbourne zig zag festival the list goes on, (In fact if there’s a half decent PA, a tent and some bunting, Callum probably won’t be far away)!!!
In 2024 Callum released his equivalent to a “double A sided” single and has followed that up this year by releasing his first full album “Shadows in an Empty Room”.
2026 there will be more emphasis on live shows, collaborations and he will be back in the studio recording new music.