About

Saltwater Creek was formed in early 2024 when a group of five long-time friends and musical collaborators - Al Mackenzie, Bruce Penno, Chris Chamberlain, Lesley Askin, and Rob Allan - decided to get together and start something new. Drawing upon their years of musical experience and wide-ranging tastes, they formed a covers band with a set-list that traverses many decades and a wide range of genres, from folk, to blues, soul, pop, and rock. Instrumentation includes acoustic, electric and bass guitars, blues harp, fiddle, and percussion. With five capable vocalists, lead vocal duties are shared around, and when all those voices combine, the result is a rich vocal texture that is not often heard in live music these days.

The five original members have recently been joined by Mike Boulden on drums, anchoring the rhythm section and helping the band do justice to the more up-tempo rock numbers.

Artists that you'll hear covered in a Saltwater Creek set-list include: Crowded House, Dave Dobbyn, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Bruno Mars, The Beatles, The Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and many more.

Support act of Kristina Godfrey and Tony Hale are celebrating a decade as a duo. Sensitively attuned guitar picking by Tony enriches Kristina's entrancing vocals, fusing their sound as one. Their repertoire of covers, by artists such as Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez, is both wide-ranging and rhythmically diverse.Outside of the duo, Kristina sings with the female trio Saffron Sisters, and continues as a singer-songwriter, releasing her CD in 2018, Good Enough For Love. Tony organises his annual Fingerpicking Delights concert and publishes research into local folk music and Irish Society history.

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Christchurch Folk Music Club
29 Domain Terrace, Spreydon, Christchurch 8024

VENUE: Irish Society Hall, 29 Domain Terrace, Spreydon The hall is situated up the long driveway, directly next to Domain Park, and there is plenty of well-lit off-street parking.

Doors open 7pm. Performance starts at 7.30pm - online bookings will close 2 hours prior to the event start time.  After this time only door sales will be available on the night and will be dependant on the number of seats available in line with the Hall capacity.

LIMITED DOOR SALES AVAILABLE IF ONLINE SALES ARE NOT SOLD OUT. 

Please note that Door Sales are CASH ONLY: Tea, coffee, biscuits and cake available during the break, also bar facilities for cold refreshments throughout the night, Eftpos available at the bar for purchases only, no cash-out facility.

Folk Club and Irish Society members please remember to bring your membership card for licensing purposes. Non-members sign in at the bar if making purchases. 

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