Rafters Music Club

Rafters is a friendly music club in central Auckland.

Held on the 3rd Friday of each month

Time: 8-11pm

Admission: $10 cash at door

Venue: Unitarian Church, 1a Ponsonby Road. Next to the Art Station. Between K'rd and Hopetoun St.



Rafters Music Club promotes music from traditional to contemporary. We welcome new performers. 

Our format is open mic (without a mic!) in the first half, supper, then guest/s. Anyone who would like to perform in the first half is welcome to see Graham at the door, but please put your name down before the 8.00pm start. 
Tea, coffee & biscuits provided for supper.



Contact Rafters

Email: raftersmusicclub@gmail.com

or contact us via Messenger 




Music Club Links

- Auckland Bluegrass

- Devonport Folk Music Club

- East Coast Folk Club

- Titirangi Folk Music Club

- The Barebones Acoustic Folk Club

- Auckland Folk Festival. A great camping weekend full of concerts, workshops, dances and fun.    

 Held at The Unitarian Church
1a Ponsonby Road
at 8pm every 3rd Friday of the Month.

$10 cash at the door 

Our Guest for Friday August 16th 2024 is

The Couple

Crissi Blair and Neil Finlay

What a treat it will be to hear this multi-talented couple on Friday night at Rafters! 

Neil picked up the guitar as a teenager, and his love for old-time blues has seen him sharing the stage with international blues and country musicians. He has toured with the likes of Brownie McGhee, Billy Joe Shaver, and Townes Van Zandt. His repertoire spans genres including country, blues, jazz and swing, and he has played in many a jazz bar, blues club, and at folk and jazz festivals, both as a soloist, or with one of his many bands. 

Crissi has enjoyed a lifetime love of folk and country music, playing guitar and singing in Irish bars, folk clubs, and at the kitchen table.

Neil and Crissi are partners in life, weaving their unique talents together to produce a guest spot of folk, Americana, blues and more. Brave the cold and come and enjoy the warmth of an evening that will delight, and remain in your memory.

Programme

The first half of the evening brings musicians old and new to warm us up before supper and our main guest/s. We welcome new performers. See Graham at the door if you want to perform, but you will need to be there before the 8pm start.

Photos and Videos

Photos and some videos of performances will be taken during the evening and displayed on our Facebook page. We also have a Rafters Music Club YouTube channel where we display some videos (type Rafters Music Club into YouTube search to find these videos). Please see Linda if you do not want your images publicly available.

See you there

Graham, Linda, Jennifer and Alistair