Saturday 23rd August 2025

RAFTERS Xtra

Admission: £3.00

Time: 8.00 p.m.

Location: Saint James' Rooms

Our popular monthly RAFTERS Xtra SINGERS NIGHT, giving a platform to our talented band of singers, musicians and poets. Turn up and play / sing / read (no booking necessary) ….. or just turn up and listen as part of the audience. The more the merrier! It’s a simple, informal format with no raffle, merchandise etc. - just wall to wall music all night. Come along and give it a try.

Saturday 13th September 2025

REMEMBER THE COAL by ALAN WOOD & JOHN SNOOK

Admission: £5.00

Time: 8.00 p.m.

Location: Saint James' Rooms

Raising the Rafters are proud to host a production of the highly acclaimed musical documentary REMEMBER THE COAL - the history of the Mining Industry in words and song..
Moving, informative., funny and at times immensely sad, this musical drama has played at venues throughout South and West Yorkshire and in the South Wales area.
Featuring almost a dozen Alan Wood original songs and, for the first time ever, also including live actors instead of audio voiceovers to bring the characters truly to life
The event will be raising funds for the charity Help 4 Homeless Veterans

Saturday 27th September 2025

RAFTERS Xtra

Admission: £3.00

Time: 8.00 p.m.

Location: Saint James' Rooms

Our popular monthly RAFTERS Xtra SINGERS NIGHT, giving a platform to our talented band of singers, musicians and poets. Turn up and play / sing / read (no booking necessary) ….. or just turn up and listen as part of the audience. The more the merrier! It’s a simple, informal format with no raffle, merchandise etc. - just wall to wall music all night. Come along and give it a try.

Saturday 11th October 2025

DEN MILLER

Admission: £5.00

Time: 8.00 p.m.

Location: Saint James' Rooms

DEN MILLER went down a storm at our October club in 2024 with the organisers being besieged with requests for us to book him again! An incredibly talented singer/songwriter , Den writes songs both humorous and very profound. So one year on from his Rafters’ debut ….. he’s back.

Saturday 25th October 2025

RAFTERS Xtra

Admission: £3.00

Time: 8.00 p.m.

Location: Saint James' Rooms

Our popular monthly RAFTERS Xtra SINGERS NIGHT, giving a platform to our talented band of singers, musicians and poets. Turn up and play / sing / read (no booking necessary) ….. or just turn up and listen as part of the audience. The more the merrier! It’s a simple, informal format with no raffle, merchandise etc. - just wall to wall music all night. Come along and give it a try.

Saturday 8th November 2025

JACK’S RAKE

Admission: £5.00

Time: 8.00 p.m.

Location: Saint James' Rooms

Prepare for a wall of sound to welcome in cold November! Mark, Catherine, Hannah, Rob, Becky and Claire are all accomplished musicians in their own field, but put them together and you get a band that’s greater than the sum of its parts! Two fantastic flautists, guitar, mandolin, violin , bodhran to name but a few. A fantastic evening of music guaranteed.

Saturday 22 November 2025

RAFTERS Xtra

Admission: £3.00

Time: 8.00 p.m.

Location: Saint James' Rooms

Our popular monthly RAFTERS Xtra SINGERS NIGHT, giving a platform to our talented band of singers, musicians and poets. Turn up and play / sing / read (no booking necessary) ….. or just turn up and listen as part of the audience. The more the merrier! It’s a simple, informal format with no raffle, merchandise etc. - just wall to wall music all night. Come along and give it a try.

Saturday 13th December 2025

KOOTCH

Admission: £5.00

Time: 8.00 p.m.

Location: Saint James' Rooms

What a way to end a fantastic year! Our old friends KOOTCH are back - a.k.a. Beth Lilleyman, Dean Lilleyman, Katie Campbell and Ian Tilbrook. They play traditional, contemporary and songs that they have composed themselves on guitar, twelve string guitar, fiddle and mandolin. And they’re great run

Saturday 10th January 2026

TO BE CONFIRMED

Admission: £5.00

Time: 8.00 p.m.

Location: Saint James' Rooms

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