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The pub is the focal point for a vibrant local community, where you can find morris dancers, folk sessions, vintage car gatherings, CAMRA meetings and much more. Thursday night is our regular Folk Session, with Celtic Folk on the third Wednesday of the month, and the Shifting Sunday Session on the second Sunday.
Our Fleecey Folk gig series runs Sept-June, welcoming award-winning artists for around the World class.
All welcome.


Winter Ceilidh - Thu 8 Jan 2026, 7:30pm, £10 (£5)
Our monthly ceilidh night hosted by the Fleece Ceilidh Band, with a seasonal theme.
Join us for a night filled with lively tunes and trad

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Dec 16, 20241 min read


Pizza Fridays!
Our popular pizzas return! Order at the bar for eat in or takeaway on Friday evenings.

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Dec 15, 20241 min read


Wassail! Sat 10 Jan 2026, from 5pm
Enjoy the morris, toast the trees, and stay for a folk session. Please park considerately, and do not block resident access. There is event parking in Back Lane, a short walk to the pub.

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Dec 15, 20241 min read


Burns Night Ceilidh - Sun 25 Jan 2026, 7.30pm, £16
We’re celebrating Burns Night… south of the border! Join The Fleece Ceilidh Band for an evening of English ceilidh dances — the caller will talk you through each dance so everyone can join in.
No experience needed, just enthusiasm. Tickets include a haggis snack.

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Dec 13, 20241 min read


A Flavour of the Fleece – Taste & Tour - Mon 19 Jan 2026, 6.15pm, £38
Explore our fascinating building and the artifacts collected over the centuries with a drink, followed by a 2-course meal.

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Dec 12, 20241 min read


Fleecey Folk: Rum Ragged - Wed 4 Feb 2016, 8pm, £19
Recognised as the finest performers of their Eastern Canadian island’s great, living, musical tradition.

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Dec 11, 20241 min read


Valentine's Ceilidh - Thu 5 Feb 2026, 7:30pm, £10 (£5)
Our monthly ceilidh night hosted by the Fleece Ceilidh Band, with a seasonal theme.
Join us for a night filled with lively tunes and trad

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Dec 10, 20241 min read


Fleecey Folk: Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell - Sun 8 Feb, 8pm, £17
A two-man trad tornado tearing through the folk world with foot percussion, fiddle, guitar, vocals and groove to spare. Mixing Scottish and English roots with modern flair they deliver foot-stomping tunes, rich harmonies, and cheek and charm.

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Dec 7, 20241 min read


Melodeon Tutors Concert: Sun 8 Feb 2026, 2pm, £15
Cohen Braithwaite Kilcoyne + Mel Biggs: A double bill of melodeon mastery as the Tutors from this weekend's Melodeon Playgroup take to the stage.

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Dec 7, 20242 min read


Fleecey Folk: Jim Moray + Maz O'Connor - Wed 11 Feb 2026, 8pm, £18
Jim Moray is an English folk musician, singer, and producer known for his innovative approach to traditional folk music. First gaining notice in the early 2000s for his startling reimagining of traditional songs, blending acoustic instrumentation with electronic production, he has established himself as one of the key figures in the English Folk Revival of the last 25 years.

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Dec 5, 20241 min read


Why Did People Believe in Witchcraft? A talk by Professor Darren Oldridge: Fri 13 Feb 2026, 8pm, £10
Darren Oldridge is a specialist in sixteenth and seventeenth-century religious history. His interests include witchcraft and the Devil, the supernatural, and the religious context of the English Civil Wars. A recurring theme of his work is the rationality underpinning apparently strange beliefs

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Dec 4, 20241 min read


Valentines by Candlelight - Sat 14 Feb 2026, 5pm to 9pm
Treat your special someone to dinner at the Fleece, lit by candle and fire light.

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Dec 3, 20241 min read


A Flavour of the Fleece – Taste & Tour - Mon 16 Feb 2026, 6.15pm, £38
Join Nigel Smith, Landlord of the Fleece Inn, for a tour of our fascinating building and the artifacts collected over the centuries , giving an insight into the pub’s long history and the people who lived here.
Includes a drink from the bar & 2-course meal.

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Dec 1, 20241 min read


Fleecey Folk: Rowan Leslie Trio - Sun 1 March 2026, 8pm, £17
Rowan Leslie is an Irish fiddle player and composer from rural County Antrim, currently based in Glasgow.
His trio of fiddle, accordion (Paddy Callaghan), and guitar (Graeme Armstrong) play tunes from across Ireland blended with self-penned material, producing music that is driving, innovative and evocative.
" The beauty that is music is right here and it's going nowhere " - Grainne McCool, Irish Music Magazine

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Nov 29, 20242 min read


Fleecey Folk: Charm of Finches - Mon 2 March 2026, 8pm, £18
Australian sister duo Charm of Finches delivers intricate folk-pop that is simultaneously graceful and darkly bewitching. Their seamless blood harmonies traverse melancholy and wonder in equal measure.
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Nov 27, 20241 min read


Fleecey Folk: Christina Alden & Alex Patterson - Thu 5 March 2026, 8pm, £16
Christina Alden & Alex Patterson are multi-instrumentalists and songwriters from East Anglia. Their music is rich with intertwining harmony, sensitive accomplished musicianship and a creative songwriting style that is both delicate and moving.

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Nov 25, 20241 min read


Cheltenham Week Pre-Racing Breakfasts - Tue 10 - Fri 13 March 2026
We’re open for pre-race breakfasts 8m-10am throughout The Festival.
A Full English and a glass of fizz - the perfect start to the day!

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Nov 24, 20241 min read


March Ceilidh - Thu 12 March 2026, 7:30pm, £10 (£5)
Our monthly ceilidh night hosted by the Fleece Ceilidh Band, with a seasonal theme.
Join us for a night filled with lively tunes and trad

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Nov 23, 20241 min read


Fleecey Folk: Emily Portman & Friends - Sun 15 March, 8pm, £18
Emily Portman is an award-winning singer and songwriter with a passion for traditional songs, hailed as ‘one of the new British folk scene’s most beguiling presences’ (Uncut).

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Nov 22, 20242 min read


Mothering Sunday - Sun 15 March
We'll be serving our delicious roasts and other seasonal dishes from 12 to 8pm.

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Nov 22, 20241 min read
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