Foakies is an evening devoted to singer songwriters and poets performing their own original songs and writing. It takes place on the first Tuesday of every month (except January) in the downstairs lounge of The Royal Oak at 1 Infirmary Street in Edinburgh. We charge £3 entry, which is really a method of restricting the crowd to those who seriously want to listen and also so that we can pay for publicity and a website as well as giving something to the main performers. Foakies came from an event called the Songwriters Showcase, which Tom Fairnie organised with a lot of help from Mark Barnett. It ran for 73 consecutive evenings during the Edinburgh Festival of 2003 and it was a real challenge. It almost seemed to take over Tom and Mark's lives and in many ways they were glad when it ended although it did give the people who attended some fantastic evenings. However, Mark was keen to keep the momentum going, which is why he and Tom decided to start Foakies. It has, at times, been absolutely magical and it has never been less than a great evening. There's been a wealth of talent at Foakies and it's into the third year now. It is intended to put all the posters and all of the somewhat notorious Foakies emails on this site as soon as possible.Some of the fantastic performers who have played Foakies include:The Travelling Waverlies, Tom Clelland, David Ferrard, Nick Allmark, Donald Buick, Martin Boland, Kenny Vass, Arthur Wilson, Ken Kennedy & Kathy Stewart, Gill Reid & Audrey Hunter, Bernard Brogue, Sara Kamin, Andi Neate, Chris Rogers, Peter Nardini, Robin Laing, Taxicab, Michelle Hughes, Mark Barnett, Tom Fairnie, Gavin Inglis, Nancy Somerville, Steven Harvey, Ash Dickinson, Irene Brown, Jane McKie, Mark Rafferty and Andrea Tomlinson, Rob Cairns, Mike Dillon, Karen Dietz and many more...................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ......................NO FOAKIES IN FEBRUARY - WATCH THIS SPACE FOR ANY UPCOMING FOAKIES EVENTS OR CONTACT [email protected]..................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................... YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FOAKIES ON TOM'S WEBSITE WHICH IS www.tomfairnie.com UNDER THE FOAKIES SECTION
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