Bluegrass treat in Leigh


NZ-born fiddler George Jackson, now based in Nashville, and Baltimore-based clawhammer banjoist Brad Kolodner will be guests of the Whangateau Folk Club on Tuesday, February 20.

The show will be held at the Leigh Hall, not the Whangateau Hall as usual, as Whangateau is closed for refurbishment.

Jackson was awarded Instrumentalist of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association in 2022 and has been playing with Kolodner for the past couple of years.

The duo met at an Appalachian String Band Music Festival in West Virginia and have formed a musical bond, which has led to a number of recorded projects.

Doors open at 7pm.

Tickets are $20 and can be reserved by emailing whangateaufolk@gmail.com, with the subject line ‘George and Brad’.