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‘Ruddington Rhythm’ Music Night

For musicians, and those who love to listen to “live” music, how about this monthly gathering in Ruddington? The event takes place right here, in our village centre, and is open both for artists who’d like to perform and for audiences who like to hear a range of genres. These include Americana, country, blues, rock ‘n’ roll, standards, pop, folk … and even sea shanties. Entry is £3.00 to the Live Music and Open Mic session which starts at 8pm in The Cottage Hotel on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Ruddington Rhythm (formerly ‘Ruddington Folk…

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‘Ruddington Rhythm’ Rescued!

Graham Wright

The organiser of a popular acoustic music night, which has been running in Ruddington for seven and a half years, has revealed a second change of village venue in just nine months. In February this year there was delight among regular attendees when founder Ron McSweeney {pictured top left} announced he’d found another location for ‘Ruddington Rhythm’ which was prepared to host its monthly gatherings for free. This enabled entrance for musicians and audience members to be kept without charge, as has been the case since it launched as ‘Ruddington Folk &…

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‘Ruddington Rhythm’ Returns

Graham Wright

Our village’s regular, acoustic music night has a new venue for 2023. From now on its sessions will take place at Ruddington Conservative Club – still on the 3rd Thursday of each month. After seven years at The Cottage Hotel, rising costs for the venue meant it could no longer offer its facilities free gratis for ‘Ruddington Rhythm’ this year – and organiser Ron McSweeney {pictured top left} did not wish to introduce an entrance charge. However, having missed only a month, he was welcomed by the Kempson Street venue to continue his gatherings there instead –…

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‘Ruddington Rhythm’ Launches!

Graham Wright

Our village’s regular, acoustic music night now has a new name. The monthly gathering at The Cottage Hotel will be known as ‘Ruddington Rhythm’ in the future – rather than ‘Ruddington Folk & Blues’. Organiser Ron McSweeney explains: “I have been considering a change of name for several months. I realised that some people were ‘put off’ attending as audience members by ‘Folk & Blues’ conveying a narrow area of music. We always had a wide range of styles and genres so the name now reflects the diverse music that is performed.” Singer…

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