15th May 2025 • The HERALD • Page 37 v GET OUT & ABOUT WITH THE HERALD v OUT & ABOUT MAIN ROAD, EAST BOLDRE SO42 7WL • TEL: 01590 612331 • enquiries.turfcutters@gmail.com • www.the-turfcutters-new-forest.co.uk Opening Times: Monday to Thursday: Bar 12-9pm • Kitchen 12-2pm and 5.30-8pm Friday: Bar 12-10.30pm • Kitchen 12-2.30pm and 5.30-8pm • Saturday: Bar 12-10.30pm • Kitchen 12-2.30pm and 5.30-8pm • Sunday: Bar 12-8pm • Kitchen 12-5pm A PROPER FOREST PUB! • Children’s Play Area • Bouncy Castle • Good Food, Good Beers, Comfortable Accommodation • Cosy Open Fires • Covered Eating Space • Lovely Garden • Sunday Roasts • Takeaway Thurs–Sat, 5-8pm TURFCUTTERS ARMS SPRING MENU COMING SOON SPECIALS Monday Lunch Roast Club: Choice of roast meats or veggie nut roast with all the trimmings £12.50 Friday Fish & Chip Night: Two portions fish, chips, peas and homemade tartar sauce for only £28; add a bottle of house fizz and its £45 Saturday Steak & Chips Night: Two Ribeye steaks cooked to your liking and served with fat chips, peas, mushrooms and a grilled tomato only £36; add a bottle of house red/white and it’s £52 LIVE MUSIC AND OTHER EVENTS Friday evenings normally 8.30pm start; Sunday afternoons normally 3-6pm • Friday 16th May - Ed Martin Duo • Thursday 22nd May - PJ’s Quiz Night • Friday 23rd May - Nat & Ryan • Sunday 25th May - Beaulieu Brass Band and Just Jammin• BANK HOLIDAY Monday 26th May - Zac & The Zeros • Thursday 12th June - Blues@theturfs • Friday 13th June - The Transitions • Sunday 15th June - Father’s Day (book now and get a free pint for Dad) • Thursday 19th June - Supper, music and magic evening in support of FRIENDS OF PICU children’s charity LIVE JAZZ AND ARTS EVENTS IN HYTHE performances alongside live music or poetry. He is also a creative/devising dancer with two London based companies. He teaches and creates dance in school settings, is an accomplished storyteller and also sings. *Please note the venue is accessed by a staircase.* New Forest Jazz and Arts is run by a passionate team, committed to sharing the joy of live jazz and arts events with the local community in Hythe. e last Thursday of each month at e Meridian Lounge, on e Marsh in Hythe, New Forest Jazz and Arts will showcase di erent quality jazz ensembles from around the country and beyond. First up on Thursday 29th May, will be e Claire McAllister Trio (Claire McAllister vocals, Martin Pyne drums, Volodymyr Vasylenko electric accordion) plus special guests (Alex Western-King saxophone, Martin Bowes dance), doors open 7pm, music starts at 7.30pm. Tickets £15 are available on the door but to avoid disappointment book your tickets in advance: https:// www.universe.com/events/new-forest-jazz-and-artspresents-the-claire-mcallister-trio-guests-ticketsK0DQY1? Award winning jazz vocalist and singer songwriter Claire McAllister is a Guildhall Music School graduate with two original album and EP record releases to date with Turquoise Coconut Records. She ran her eponymous jazz function band for 10 years and has performed at Milton Court, the Barbican, the Guardian Hay Festival, Hampton Court Palace, e Princes Hall, and e Reform Club. She has played or studied with numerous artists including Dennis Rollins, Liane Caroll, Brigitte Beraha, Carlos Lopez-Real and Scott Stroman. In her new trio she will be playing a mix of fresh arrangements of her compositions which speak about our common shared experiences o en questioning how we can nd and create more joy and peace alongside some well known songs. Her sound is o en compared with Sade, Abbey Lincoln, Liane Le Havas or Karen Carpenter. She is joined by virtuoso electric accordion player Volodymyr Vasylenko who is one of ve in the whole of Ukraine who plays jazz on accordion and bayan. He has numerous awards and formal quali cations alongside many concert performances in Ukraine and beyond. More recently he taught music in schools before having to ee Kharkiv where he used to live with his family before the war. Also joining Claire is the inspirational and creatively versatile improviser, composer, drummer and percussionist Martin Pyne who also works as a soloist and in ensembles o en performing with dancers and accompanying silent lm at the Barbican, London. Special guests Alex Western-King and Martin Bowes will also perform. Alex is an award-winning musician and one of the most sought a er saxophone players on the London jazz scene. Described as “reaching deep into the core of jazz”, Alex is passionate about communicating through music and preserving the jazz tradition. Since graduating the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2017, Alex has performed extensively throughout the UK and Europe including playing sold out shows at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho, Royal Albert Hall, Hideaway Jazz Club and many theatres around the country. Martin Bowes is a physical performer and creative dancer. He has collected many movement techniques of Eastern and Western origin. He performs in lm, theatre, and non traditional indoor/outdoor spaces. His dance ranges from outright athletic to nuanced gesture; transformative, freeing and cathartic - expressing a range of emotions appropriate to the art and audience. His practice involves ensemble dance theatre, immersive theatre and also solo improvised Tickets at £15 available on the door or to book click QR code: Meridian Lounge Bar, 16 The Marsh, Hythe
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