Lansdowne Folk Club presents the Philadelphia based musical duo Gaffney Beach on Thursday, September 25, 2025.
Held at the Twentieth Century Club, 84 S. Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, PA, doors open at 7:00 PM and the show begins at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $20 when purchased in advance online or with an advanced phone reservation and $25 without an advance reservation. Season Series for all four concerts is $68.
For reservations, parking information, advance ticket sales and more information visit website https://folkclub.org, email Lfolkclub@gmail.com, or call (484) 466-6213. Only cash is accepted at the door. When tickets are purchased online, we do not mail physical tickets. Your purchase will be on the reservations list and giving your name at the front desk will get you admitted.
We provide free tea and coffee and have soda, water and snacks for sale. People are free to bring food, beverages, and BYOB. Those who plan to eat there should email or call us in advance to reserve a table.
We suggest that our patrons park on the side streets near the Club or at the Septa train station lot two blocks away. Street parking is available on Lansdowne Court (adjacent to the 20th Century Club) or on Dudley Ave, (across Lansdowne Ave. from the 20th Century Club). Handicap parking* is behind the building.
* There is one ADA designated parking spot in the area behind the building, but we can set aside additional handicapped parking if you notify us in advance by email at Lfolkclub@gmail.com.
Gaffney Beach is a new musical project that unites the songwriting skills of Kate Gaffney and the interpretational abilities of Bob Beach.
Singer-songwriter Kate Gaffney honed her skills in her native Philadelphia, jumped from coast to coast and toured everywhere in between. She laid musical roots in Northern California, building a loyal following in Sacramento and within the San Francisco Bay Area music community. Pennsylvania has since called her back home.
“There’s something about Kate…something a little 80’s, a little 90’s, with a touch of the modern day, all steeped in the Summer of Love. You get a feeling, when you listen to Kate, that she understands the blues, but serves as a muse to keep the blues away.”- Aaron Redner, musician/writer
Bob Beach plays harmonica with calm fierceness. A mouth-harp maestro who swaggers into a solo like The Marlboro Man, then quietly leaves the set while the rest of us wonder what just happened and how such a tiny instrument could possibly sound like that.
Bob has been a working professional musician for 50 years, bringing harmonica, flute, and vocals to a broad scope of genres. A native Philadelphian, Bob relocated to Western PA after high school and worked in bands and musical projects from 1976 to 1997 while based in Pittsburgh. He returned to Philadelphia in 1997 where he has been a vital part of the music scene.
Together they are Gaffney Beach a unique new duo on the Philadelphia music scene.
Other upcoming concerts include Shanna in a Dress on October 23, Jon Shain on November 13, and John Flynn on December 4.
Founded in 1993, the Lansdowne Folk Club is a 501(c) (3) all volunteer non-profit corporation dedicated to presenting folk, acoustic and blues music.