The Sugar Loaf Band play in a traditional English style but draw from many sources which are both traditional and recently penned.

They were formed from within Mad Jack's Morris for a ceilidh at which they were dancing at Battle in 2007. This was so successful that they carried on to include other local musicians and have decades of experience between them with other bands such as Banjax and the Catsfield Steamers.

The band takes its name from a folly built by Mad Jack Fuller at Dallington, East Sussex.

They are (from left to right)
  • Nigel Taylor - bass guitar
  • Alan Jeffries - anglo concertina & melodeon
  • Pete Davis - whistle
  • Bryony Leech - violin
  • Lynda Ridley - recorder & percussion
  • Goose - melodeon & harmonica
  • Dave Rimmel - guitar
  • Keith Leech - caller, trombone & melodeon
The Sugar Loaf Celidh band

Gigs

Sunday 24th June 2012 - Charity Ceilidh at Bewl Water - 16:00 to 19:00
Saturday 30th June 2012 - Fundraising ceilidh for Hastings, Rye and District Scouts, Bodiam
Friday 19th October 2012 - Sugar Loaf Band Ceilidh at The Carlisle, Hastings Seafront 20:00-23:00
Saturday 20th October 2012 - Tunes for Trafalgar Day Celebrations at the Bull's Head, Boreham Street, BN27 4SG from 19:00-20:00

Contact

For bookings or further information please contact mail@sugarloafband.co.uk or 01424 465838

Listen to the band

The Band's Sampler Tracks

Links

Also available for booking are 

Mad Jack's Morris

and for Hog Roasts Pigs Do Fly