Thursday 11th September 2025 at 7:30

_{Double Header Bradford Booking
Hazjak}

_{Hazjak are Lynne O'Malley and Steve Chapman Smith, both well-known and respected musicians on the Northern acoustic scene. Together they play an eclectic style of Americana, Roots and Folk music with close harmonies. Their live performances are filled with passion and storytelling, but also laughter and fun.}

_{Steve - vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, bass}

_{Lynne - vocals, banjo, guitar, whistle, piano, harmonica}

_{Hazjak have released two albums to date - Listerville in December 2020 and The City Sleeps in Nov 2023, both to great critical acclaim.}

_{“Excellent instrumental skills, impressive harmony vocals and heartfelt delivery” - Dave Haslam, R and R magazine March 2024}

_{"High calibre musicianship. Roots based music of the finest kind. They write raw and penetrating songs of truth and heart-rending stories to stir your souls" - Ian Mayor, Drystone Radio}

_{Pete Dilley}

_{Pete Dilley is a singer/songwriter from the North-East, before absconding to Kendal, Hebden Bridge, and now Todmorden, West Yorkshire. Pete works in Bradford. With a background in Classics and Heritage, his songs are primarily based in the folk idiom, and explore his passion for the natural world and history.}

_{He plays guitar, lap steel, banjo, and bouzouki, and will have a bash at most others too! His latest album, 'Half-Truths and Hearsay', (2021) recorded in Kendal, features an array of Lakeland talent. It has been praised by Steve Tilston and Martin Simpson.}

<sub>Pete has opened for the likes of Ralph McTell, Emily Barker and Marry Waterson, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Dr Feelgood. He is currently 1/4 of the band Living with Machines who released an an album of forgotten strike ballads after a commission between Leeds City Museum and the British Library. The eponymous debut album was released in 2024.

https://wegottickets.com/event/652492</sub>

_{Entry £9 (£6 members)}

_{Doors open 7pm}

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<sub>A collection of folk songs about people, groups and special places in Bradford District.

To mark Bradford City of Culture in 2025 the Topic Folk Club is gathering together folk songs about the story of the people and/or groups who work to make Bradford District a welcoming and supportive place.</sub>

_{Please send any observations and questions to bd25topic@gmail.com}

_{See the 40 songs uploaded so far at Topic SWABA - a few more have been added in February.}

 

_{THE TOPIC'S HOME is at Hullabaloo, a couple of minutes walk from Groove Pad, nearer the station. There is parking on Crowgill Street. See MAP for venue location. Hullabaloo site: hullabalooshipley.org.uk/ Hullabaloo's Facebook page: facebook.com/PuttingTheHipInShipley/}
 

Coming Soon

_{Bradford is City of Culture this year - Bradford Booking in the listing below indicates when a guest artist from Bradford has been booked to appear.}

_{18th September Singers and Musicians}

_{25th September Becky Mills}

_{2nd October Singers and Musicians}

_{9th October Bradford Booking Den Miller support Ben Ashton}

_{16th October Singers and Musicians}

_{23rd October Sunjay}

_{30th October Union Jill}

_{6th November Singers and Musicians}

_{13th November Bradford Booking Double Header: Reuben and the Bridge and Chris Manners} 

_{20th November Singers and Musicians}

_{27th November Jon Palmer Acoustic Band support Eric Sedge}

_{4th December Singers and Musicians}

_{11th December Bradford Booking Plumhall}

_{18th December Singers and Musicians}

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