The Ropemakers

07/09/2026

WE have a few places left for our quiz this Tuesday at 8:00pm.
If you would like to book a team in please ring 01308 421255 to book your place.

04/09/2026

Quick rundown of live music at the Ropemakers this weekend…
It’s Hat
It’s Hat Festival weekend so we have…

This Friday (4th September) The mighty fine… Vanilla Radio will play at 8:30pm - Emerging from the darkest depths of Dorset, Vanilla Radio burst onto the funk scene in 2013 delivering their soulful funky grooves to crowds all over the south coast. At its core Jamie Parker, Jack Ansell and Rick Veall have been playing in various line-ups for the last 10 years with the later addition of Will Sear on keys adding another dimension to their sound.
Vanilla Radio’s live set is a funk explosion taking influence from acid jazz, funk, soul and rock. Mixing all out furious guitar and keys, exploding bass lines and outrageous drum breaks to create a sound that will get you grooving.

Saturday (5th September) Prepare to be astonished… The Fabulous Red Diesel, play at 8:30pm - The Fabulous Red Diesel are wonderful but almost indescribable blend of jazz, soul, swing, gypsy punk and Latin with the faintest twist of tiki. Like and subscribe to get all the up to date content !

Sunday (6th September) the fabulously talented Aidan Simpson who will play a gentler set at 4:00pm. Aidan is a wandering poet-singer native to West Dorset. He can often be seen pecking at musical shrubs and small lyrical mushrooms in local parks and wildlands, and has been heard as far afield as BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Radio 2.

02/09/2026

September is looking gooood.....

02/09/2026

✖️✖️✖️ It was great to get to play our set at The Ropemakers in Bridport, our town, on Saturday evening... thanks so much for coming down to see us and supporting our journey into making music.
Watch this space for updates on future gigs plus you can find us on music streaming platforms/YouTube ✖️✖️✖️

https://youtube.com/

https://faithingeometry.bandcamp.com

29/08/2026

It's wet outside and the wind is howling but we are warm and dry in the Ropemakers!
Later on we will have some live music from the talented Faith in Geometry.
Music starts at 8:30pm
Free entry all night
Sounds like this:

FAITH IN GEOMETRY - Mr Coffee @ John Robertson's Seaming Studio, Ax...

27/08/2026

An Exciting weekend is fast looming in the spyglass. It is said that there is much entertainment to be had at the Ropemakers starting with the Mega Meat Draw which will take place at 6:00pm on Friday. There are £250 worth of high quality products for you to buy a ticket. All proceeds are donated to Bridport based The Living Tree Cancer Support Group.

Friday continues to be a treat with Jinder playing to delight you. Jinder is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his extensive catalogue of dark folk- and country-influenced solo work, including his 2019 Top 40 single, 'Keep Me in Your Heart', which features in the 2019 film Fisherman's Friends and has been successfully covered by many other artists. He is also known for his brief tenure as the frontman of the Mercurymen. Music starts at 8:30pm.

On Saturday we welcome Faith in Geometry. Faith in Geometry are a four-piece instrumental band from Bridport, Dorset, blending elements of electro, post-punk, psychedelia and alternative rock into expansive, genre-defying soundscapes. Since forming in 2022, the quartet of Andrea Crociani, Dingo Valaitis, Kathy Kelly and Andy Park, have built a growing catalogue of original music, including their 2024 debut EP, ‘Delete’. Starts at 8:30pm

WE cool down a bt on Sunday with the talented Jamie Parker playing for your delight at 4:00om. Dorset musician Jamie Parker has been playing live since his early teens. His solo acoustic sets feature a mix of classic songs from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, spanning a variety of genres. Expect well-known favourites.

23/08/2026

This afternoon something very special is promised in the form of Michael Prewitt.
Some artists inherit a tradition. Others spend their careers trying to escape one. Michael Prewitt's career has been a prolonged experiment in discovering just how far afield one can go by digging down.

Prewitt grew up immersed in the sounds and stories of the Cumberland Mountain foothills of southeastern Kentucky. He first picked up the fiddle as a young child before discovering the mandolin at twelve, a moment that quietly shaped the course of his life. Drawn first to the restless creativity of musicians like David Grisman, John Hartford and Norman Blake, he later gravitated to the music of earlier innovators like Bill Monroe, J.D. Crowe, and the Stanley Brothers, realizing that the need to create within traditional boundaries was one that each of these artists navigated.

That philosophy has become the defining thread of Prewitt's career.

Over the past decade he has established himself as one of the most respected mandolinists of his generation, spending several years touring internationally with the Grammy-nominated, IBMA Award-winning Special Consensus. Along the way he earned two nominations for the IBMA Momentum Award for Instrumentalist of the Year, recognition of both his technical command and his increasingly distinctive musical voice.

But virtuosity has never been the destination.

As an artist, Prewitt has become increasingly interested in songwriting, not simply as a vehicle for performance, but as a way of exploring the complicated relationships between people, place, faith, memory, and the natural world. His songs often inhabit the space where literary fiction meets traditional mountain music. They ask large questions without pretending to answer them. His aural landscapes are populated by birds and rivers, lonely highways, family histories, forgotten towns, irreverent humor, and moments of quiet spiritual searching.

His writing reflects a lifelong love of literature every bit as much as American roots music. World literature, environmental writing, folklore, and Appalachian storytelling all find their way into his creative imagination. Prewitt finds in traditional bluegrass a deep well of melody and language that can be used for telling stories that still matter today.

His first two solo releases in 2024, The Peerless Mountain Sessions and Something He Can Handle, introduced audiences to both sides of his artistry. One showcased the spontaneity and interplay of traditional acoustic music; the other expanded his vision into a full-band statement that balanced instrumental prowess with increasingly confident songwriting.
Some artists inherit a tradition. Others spend their careers trying to escape one. Michael Prewitt's career has been a prolonged experiment in discovering just how far afield one can go by digging down.

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