| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Coordinator: | |
| Group email: | Acoustic instrument players group |
| When: | Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons Fortnightly - 1:45pm |
| Venue: | Empingham Cricket and Social Club |
GROUP LEADER: Andy Gilliard.
Contact him via the Groups Contact page - Send a Message. Do feel free to contact me at any time by clicking on the link on this page. Maybe arrange to drop in and join us for taster session? I will get back to you promptly to discuss any further questions and information you may need.
VACANCIES:
DATE AND FREQUENCY: We meet fortnightly on Tuesdays between 1:45 - 4.15 pm
VENUE: We meet at Empingham Cricket Club. Group members who turn up are individually paying the cricket club and the cost to hire the facility is £30 for 2hours 30 minutes. This currently works out at £3 per person.
DESCRIPTION: We welcome acoustic players of all instruments and abilities and our group members are a mixed group of abilities who meet together. The group has been active since 2013 and we play an eclectic mix of popular and traditional songs - please see our songbook index via the link on this page.
The styles of music played are as diverse as members wish - folk, jazz, blues, classical, pop, bluegrass, heavy metal and we also encourage those who wish to add their original songs to our repertoire - as long you as it can be played on portable acoustic instruments we’ll give it a go! Just get in touch to express an interest, dig out your acoustic guitar, bass, mandolin, ukulele, autoharp, dobro, banjo, resonator, flute, trumpet, cajon or whatever and let's play! Although we began with mainly fretted instruments we would welcome relaxed players of other types of acoustic instruments too.
It is a big step for a player to go from solo lessons and practising at home to playing with other people but it is very rewarding and leads to a definite improvement in playing skills. We are happy to play almost any type of music, all you have to do is turn up and join in.
(Page last updated March 2025)