Fig 1: Local musicians perform songs from Singing the Seam at The Pit micro pub, Newstead, in 2019.

Songs and Rhymes from the Mines at The Bentinck

About the Event: Local musicians and some of the original singer /songwriters will be performing some of the songs from the ‘Singing the Seam’ CD as part of a 2026 autumn Folk Music tour of the Ashfield region being promoted by Ashfield Creates. Singing the Seam was part of the 2018 arts / heritage initative, ‘Songs and Rhymes from the Mines: An East Midlands View’ at Nottingham Trent University. 

Fig 2: Sleeve from Singing the Seam CD, 2018.

The event is part of the commemorations for the centenary of Bentinck Miners Welfare Institute and local musicians performing include Ruth Notman, The Two Robs, Terry Faulkner and Borderland Folk. Introductions by Prof. Natalie Braber (Nottingham Trent University) and Dr David Amos (Mine2Minds Education).

Fig 3: Bentinck Miners Welfare Institute in 1999.

Venue: The Bentinck (formerly Bentinck Miners Welfare Institute), Sutton Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. NG17 8GS

Date: Sunday, 18th October 2026 (3pm – 6pm)

Cost: Free event.

Tickets / Bookings: Although it is a free event, booking a place is advisable. Bookings at https://ashfieldcreates.co.uk/events/folk-music-tour/  Entry on the door will be available on the afternoon.

Public Transport: Trent Barton service 3B runs by The Bentinck. Hourly service on Sundays. Nearest railway station is Kirkby-in-Ashfield on the Robin Hood Line which is around one-mile away.

Fig 4: Recording for the Singing the Seam CD at the Paperstone Studio in 2018.