musician • entertainer • artist
playing at...
The Biscuit Factory • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Every Sunday 2024 • 1 - 2.30pm
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George Welch and Christine Jeans can be found playing outside the café while you wander around the gallery...
16 Stoddart Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1AN
Darlington Folk Workshop • George Welch and Christine jeans
Tuesday 25 February 2025 • 8pm
Travellers Rest
2 West Auckland Road, Cockerton
Darlington DL3 9ER
Past events below...
some of the places we've played before...
Phoenix Folk • George Welch and Christine jeans
Saturday 7 December 2024 • 7.30pm
Livestream and House concert
Cullercoats
Feeding Folk Christmas Special • George Welch and Christine jeans
Monday 2 December 2024 •
Cullercoats Christmas Special
Supporting our local foodbanks
South Shields Folk Club • George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Sunday 10 November 2024 • 7.30pm
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Jack Clark Park
Horsley Hill Road
South Shields
NE33 3HE
North Tyneside Ukulele Festival
Friday 8 - Sunday 10 November 2024
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The Exchange 185
Howard St, Tynemouth
North Shields NE30 1SE
Ukes @ The Globe • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Sunday 13 October 2024 • 1.30pm
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The Globe
11 Railway Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 7AD
Summer on the Square • Photographic exhibition
Sunday 1 September • 2-4pm
Playing some music while you browse the exhibition
Hadrian Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1AL
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Summer on the Square • Byker Groove
Saturday 24 August • 11am - 6:30pm
See us at 11.30 - 12 noon
Hadrian Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1AL
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Davy Lamp Folk Club • 50 years reunion
Saturday 13 July 2024 • 7.00pm
Sold out
sunderlandculture.org.uk/events/the-davy-lamp-folk-club-50-years-reunion
Lovaine Community Garden • George Welch and Christine jeans
Saturday 6 July 2024 • 7.00pm
Junction of Lovaine Place and Cecil St
North Shields NE29 0DH
Sunderland Folk Club • George Welch and Christine jeans
Thursday 23 May 2024 • 7.30pm
The Blue Bell
Fulwell
Sunderland SR6 9AD
Cramlington Folk Club • George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Wednesday 21 February 2024 • 8pm
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Cramlington Community Centre
East Farm Terrace
Cramlington
NE23 1DT
South Shields Folk Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Sunday 14 January 2024 • 7.30pm
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Jack Clark Park
Horsley Hill Road
South Shields
NE33 3HE
South Shields Folk Club • George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Sunday 12 November 2023 • 7.30pm
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Jack Clark Park
Horsley Hill Road
South Shields
NE33 3HE
Gateshead Beer Festival • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Sunday 30 April 2023 • 12 - 2pm
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Gateshead RFC
Eastwood Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE9 5UB
North Tyneside Ukulele Festival
Friday 10 - Sunday 12 November 2023
Friday 10 eve • (Flatpack, May Contain Nuts and The Unlikely Lads, George Welch & Christine Jeans, and The Cherry Pickers)
Saturday 11 eve • (Phil Doleman, Percy Copley and Fragile Lucy)
The Crescent Club, Cullercoats
Phoenix Folk • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Saturday 4 November 2023 • 7.30 - 9.15pm
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Phoenix Folk online Zoom concert
live from Cullercoats
Forum Community Cafe 8th birthday gathering
Saturday 19 August 2023
10 - 2pm
Community Garden
Wretham Place, Shieldfield
South Shields Folk Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Sunday 11 June 2023 • 7.30pm
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Jack Clark Park
Horsley Hill Road
South Shields NE33 3HE
Darlington Folk Workshop • George Welch and Christine jeans
Tuesday 18 April 2023 • 8pm
Travellers Rest
2 West Auckland Road, Cockerton
Darlington DL3 9ER
Sunday by the Fire • George Welch and Christine jeans
Sunday 16 April 2023 • 6.00pm
Cumberland Arms
James Place Street
Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1LD
Sunderland Folk Club • George Welch and Christine jeans
Thursday 30 March 2023 • 7.30pm
The Blue Bell
Fulwell
Sunderland SR6 9AD
Cramlington Folk Club • George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Wednesday 22 February 2023 • 8pm
Glenluce Drive, Southfield Green, Cramlington
Northumberland NE23 6YA
Seaton Sluice Community Centre • Geordie Night
Friday 25 November 2022 •
Including George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Albert Road
Seaton Sluice NE26 4QX
South Shields Folk Club • George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Sunday 23 October 2022 • 7.30pm
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Jack Clark Park
Horsley Hill Road
South Shields NE33 3HE
St Gabriel's Arts and Crafts Festival
Saturday 8 October 2022
George Welch and Christine Jeans will be playing at 1 - 2pm
St Gabriel's Church, Heaton
Newcastle upon Tyne
Allen Valleys Folk Festival • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Sunday 25 September 2022 • 1.30pm
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Allendale Village Hall
Leadgate, Allendale, Hexham, Northumberland NE47 9PR
Sunderland Folk Club • George Welch and Christine jeans
Thursday 28 July 2022 •
The Blue Bell
Fulwell
Sunderland SR6 9AD
Tynefolk • George Welch and Christine jeans
Wednesday 20 July 2022 • 7.30pm
Ye Olde Cross Inn
Barmoor Lane, Ryton
Tyne & Wear NE40 3QP
Seaton Sluice Community Centre • George Welch and Christine jeans
with The Keelers
Saturday 4 June 2022 • 7.30pm
Albert Road
Seaton Sluice NE26 4QX
South Shields Folk Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Sunday 15 May 2022 • 7.30pm
South Tyneside Indoor Bowls and Social Club
Jack Clark Park, Horsley Hill Road
South Shields NE33 3HE
Gateshead Beer Festival • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Sunday 1 May 2022 • 12 - 2pm
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Gateshead RFC
Eastwood Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE9 5UB
Live on the Terrace • George Welch and Christine jeans
Friday 17 June 2022 • 6.30pm
Cumberland Arms
James Place Street
Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1LD
Cramlington Folk Club • George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Wednesday 13 April 2022 • 7.30pm
Nelson Village Social Club
53-55 Nelson Avenue, Nelson Village
Cramlington NE23 1HG
Old Low Light Heritage Centre - Table top sale
Saturday 19 June 2021
The Old Low Light, Clifford’s Fort, North Shields, NE30 1JA
George Welch and Christine Jeans can be found playing outside the café from 10am to 1pm. Come along if you fancy a nice cuppa and some lovely tunes and songs... and buy something at the table-top sale to raise funds for the Heritage Centre...
George Welch and Christine Jeans • Live streamed concert from The Globe
Friday 5 March 2021
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https://theglobenewcastle.bar/product/george-welch-and-christine-jeans/?fbclid=IwAR2Ez-FnKtAhm3mUzrn-DrUgb01c3alTf7CA2guU_33iPRZ6lsQC2ciEQiU
North Tyneside Ukulele Festival • Online Festival
Saturday 9 November 2020
The Spanish City Dome, Whitley Bay
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19:00 – George Welch and Christine Jeans
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20:00 – Opera-Lele
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21:00 – The Hedge Inspectors
YouTube playlist • George Welch • The Chronicles
George reading from his poetry book "The agent gets the ten percent'...
In these days of social distancing this was an experiment to film George on FaceTime from the computer screen and the connection wasn't great but I think it does the job in the circumstances...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfqiLBARJQk&list=PLkcFZw1NOfbqXk5o56dwh-EA36Fnt3tjw
Sheltered sessions in the garden until we can get out and about again...
with added out-takes for a laugh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGAQAJBbAG8&list=PLkcFZw1NOfbrLLKHJaXNnMLNk91uiym9v
Shady sessions in the garden until we can get out and about again...
with added out-takes for a laugh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URUE5RKCpQs&list=PLkcFZw1NOfbpEk6CYYReNED8Jau9Ck4Am
Garden sessions until we can get out and about again...
with added out-takes for a laugh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6eNw5ZR7JI&list=PLkcFZw1NOfbqB0fsioZwCa7OZJde-WJUA
South Shields Folk Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans Postponed
Sunday 5 April 2020 • 7.30pm
South Tyneside Indoor Bowls and Social Club
Jack Clark Park, Horsley Hill Road
South Shields NE33 3HE
The Bellwether Gallery • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Friday 14 October 2022 • 6.30pm
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We will be playing inside the gallery at the preview of it's opening...
Charlton, Northumberland NE48 1PE
Britannia Folk Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Tuesday 18 February 2020
1 Archer Street
Darlington
Co Durham DL3 6LR
Blyth Lightship • George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Monday 6 January 2020 • 7.30pm
South Harbour Middle Jetty
Blyth NE24 3PB
Ashington Folk Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Thursday 5 December 2019 • 8pm
Ashington Cricket Club
Langwell Crescent
NE63 8AB
Live Theatre
Sunday 31 October Halloween Special
George Welch and Christine Jeans supporting Birds of Chicago
Live Theatre, Broad Chare, Quayside
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DQ
Cheviot Folk Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Saturday 19 October 2019
Cross Keys
Thropton
Northumberland NE65 7HX
Monkey Junk Blues Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Thursday 17 October 2019
The Carriage
Archbold Terrace
Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1DB
St Gabriel's Arts and Crafts Festival
Friday 27 September 2019
George Welch and Christine Jeans will be playing at 1.30 - 2.15pm
St Gabriel's Church, Heaton
Newcastle upon Tyne
Cramlington Folk Club • George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Wednesday 19 February 2020 • 7.30pm
Glenluce Drive, Southfield Green, Cramlington
Northumberland NE23 6YA
South Shields folk club • George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Sunday 15 September 2019 • 7.30pm
The Customs House
Mill Dam
South Shields NE33 1ES
Sunderland Folk Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Thursday 25 July 2019 • 7.30pm
The Blue Bell
Fulwell
Sunderland SR6 9AD
Bridge Folk Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Monday 24 June 2019 • 8pm
The Bridge Hotel
Castle Garth
Newcastle NE1 1RQ
Whitby Moor and Coast Session
22 June 2019 • 7.30pm • £15
George Welch and Stewart Hardy, Anthony John Clark, The Hunch
Whitby Rugby Club, 9 Windsor Terrace
Whitby YO21 1ET
Seaton Sluice Festival of Music • One small step
Saturday 8 June 2019 • 12.30 - 5.30pm
Event celebrating 50 years since the first moon landing.
Local musicians • George Welch and Christine Jeans, Mike Waller, Ken Phillipson, Doug Wood
£5 • proceeds to support Musical theatre classes for local children.
Tanfield Railway Mining Heritage Weekend
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May 2019
George Welch and Christine Jeans playing some mining songs, folky songs and lovely tunes...
Saturday and Sunday
11.45am to 12.15pm, 1.30pm to 2pm, 3pm to 3.30pm
Davy Lamp Folk Club • George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Saturday 1 February 2020
Washington Arts Centre
Biddick Lane, Fatfield, District 7
Washington, Tyne & Wear NE38 8AB
South Shields Folk Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Sunday 14 April 2019 • 7.30pm
The Customs House
Mill Dam
South Shields NE33 1ES
Old Cinema Launderette • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Friday 12 April 2019 • doors open 7pm
38 Marshall Terrace
Gilesgate Moor
Durham DH1 2HX
Britannia Folk Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Tuesday 10 April 2018 • 8.00pm
The Britannia
1 Archer Street, Darlington
County Durham, DL3 6LR
Holy Smoke, Linden Hall • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Friday 29 March 2019 • 7.30pm
Linden Hall Golf and Country Club
Longhorsley
Northumberland NE65 8XF
Gateshead Beer Festival • George Welch and Christine Jeans Postponed
Saturday 5 May 2019 • 12 - 2pm
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Gateshead RFC
Eastwood Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE9 5UB
Cramlington Folk Club • George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Wednesday 20 February 2019
Glenluce Drive, Southfield Green, Cramlington
Northumberland NE23 6YA
Tynefolk • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Thursday 17 January 2019
Bridge Street
Blaydon
Tyne and Wear NE21 4JJ
Update...
Well he's out of hospital...
Have uke will travel see you all soon...
Update...
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You wait for ages for a new heart valve then they have to get one from New Zealand... all done and dusted. Done up like a kipper... Home soon...
Penguins in sandals make a flying visit to the Freeman...
Update...
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George still waiting for teeth so he made his own...
Waiting to be transferred to the Freeman for heart valve surgery...
Doesn't like being captive...
George is in hospital so...
All postponed for the time being ...
nice line in illuminated earrings... Comfortable as an old armchair... Would rather have been at Allen Valleys Festival... Being kept in until they've done his heart surgery... Last days with teeth... unused toothbrush for sale on Gumtree... Haven't removed his sense of humour...
North Tyneside Ukulele Festival
Friday 9 - Sunday 11 November 2018
Friday 9 November at The Spanish City Dome, Whitley Bay
7.00pm Cherrypickers
7.30pm George Welch and Christine Jeans - George out of action for the time being...
8.30pm The Cornshacks
Stockton Folk Club • George Welch and Stewart Hardy
Monday 25 February 2019
The George and Dragon
109 High Street
Norton TS20 1AA
Sunday 30 September 2018 • 1.30pm
George Welch and Christine Jeans
Allendale Village Hall - George out of action for the time being...
Newcastle Arts Centre • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Wednesday 3 July 2019 • 2 - 4pm
The Jazz Cafe Mezzanine
Newcastle Arts Centre
67 Westgate Road NE1 1SG
St Gabriel's Arts and Crafts Festival
Friday 28 September 2018
George Welch and Christine Jeans - George out of action for the time being...
St Gabriel's Church, Heaton
Newcastle upon Tyne
Heritage reunion at the Butterfly Cabinet
Tuesday 11 September 2018 • 7-10pm
Butterfly Cabinet, 200 Heaton Road, NE6 5HP
In times long ago... Heritage ran folk clubs at the Darnell and the Ford Arms. Our last performance was 45 years ago. We got back together to do it all again so, if you enjoy singing, come along... it’s time for these old songs to come back... Pay what you feel 7 - 10pm... before the carers come to collect us
Cullercoats Festival of the Sea Folk Concert
Saturday 8 September • 7.30pm
Pegleg Ferret • George Welch and Christine Jeans • Another Penny
St Georges Church, Cullercoats
Tickets available from Phoenix Folk
Dry Water Arts Centre, Amble
Saturday 8 September 2018 • 12-4pm
Dry Water Arts Centre Official opening.
Music, arts and much more...
St Hilda's Pithead Open Day, South Shields
Thursday 23 August 2018 • 11-4pm
George Welch and Christine Jeans will be playing some music...
Tanfield Railway Mining Heritage Weekend
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August 2018
George Welch and Christine Jeans playing some mining songs, folky songs and lovely tunes...
Saturday - East Tanfield Station • 1.30 - 2.00pm, 3.00 - 3.30pm
Sunday - East Tanfield Station• 11.45am - 12.15pm, 1.30 - 2.00pm, 3.00 - 3.30pm
Shoe Tree Café • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Sunday 8 July 2018 • 7.30-9.30pm
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150 Heaton Park Road
Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 5NR
Acoustic Room • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Thursday 31 May 2018
The Magnesia Bank
1 Camden Street
North Shields NE30 1NH
Gateshead Beer Festival
Sunday 6 May 2018 • 12-2pm
George Welch and Christine Jeans • Playing in the bar area
Gateshead RFC, Eastwood Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE9 5UB
Cluny2
Thursday 26 April 2018 • 8pm
George Welch and Christine Jeans supporting
Sheesham, Lotus and Son
Sunderland Folk Club • George Welch and Christine Jeans
Thursday 29 March 2018 • 7.30pm
The Blue Bell
Fulwell
Sunderland SR6 9AD