WELCOME
NEWSWelcome to the official website of Barnsley's finest entertainer- Dave Cherry! Since 2005 Dave has been working tirelessly to raise money for Barnsley Hospice, recording numerous singles and making appearances on TV and Radio, recordings of which can be viewed on this website.
Although Dave attributes much of his success to the skills of his producer, Jimmy Echo, it's his trademark sense of humour and Barnsley dialect and lyrics that have struck a chord with people throughout his hometown.
To date Dave has raised over £52,000 for Barnsley Hospice, around £20,000 of which has come from CD and DVD sales and £10,000 from concerts, not to mention the resounding sell-out success of the Old Club Trip Musical that raised another £10,000. The second run of the play, now titled The New Old Club Trip, raised a further £7,100.
On the media page you'll find song and video clips from Dave's recordings - a list of which can be found on the discography page - and elsewhere on the site you can look at press cuttings, pictures and jokes.
The lyrics to Stairfoot Rarndabart and The Old Club Trip are also online for your viewing pleasure, written in the Barnsley dialect that is the trademark of Dave's songs.
You can also find out all you need to know about Dave on the biography page.
Click here to read about Dave's fundraising work for Barnsley Hospice as part of a BBC Online report on volunteering and fundraising.
Click here to see a picture of Dave on BBC Online entertaining girls from Dromfield School Choir.
01/06/2011 - Dave has two new videos on Youtube! Check out the media page to view them, one is an interview with Jason Thelwell where Dave discusses how he writes his songs. The second is the brand new video for Dave's song 'The Clokk, It's Brokk'. Enjoy!
05/11/2010 - Happy Bonfire Night! To celebrate why not check out this very funny new interview and performance from Dave Cherry on the Barnsley Chronicle website? Just click here to go to the webpage.
26/10/2010 - Some updates on the press page for you to enjoy!
More importantly - Dave has started his own company, called 'DAVE JA VIEW'. He's currently doing a lot of work with the new museum copying old cines for their exhibition EXPERIENCE BARNSLEY and will hopefully be appearing soon on Look North to talk about it.
See below for a description of what Dave will be doing with DAVE JA VIEW and you can also view his new company logo on the pictures page:
Home Movies/ Cine Films/Photos/Mini DVD’s/Videos/Weddings filmed Converted to DVD/Competetive prices/quality service Offered in presentation packs/Personalised Disks and Cases Complete with Photographs/Professionally Prepared By Dave Cherry
06/09/2010 - EXCLUSIVE - Dave has got a new video up on Youtube, it's a live performance of 'My Brother Slyveste' from The New Old Club Trip musical. You can view it on Youtube or on the media page on this website.
You can also view videos of Dave performing The Old Club Trip and Jumble Lane, along with a performance of The Old Club Trip from the eponymous musical, on his Youtube channel, 'davecherry08'. Just click the link!
We also have a little bit of new press about Dave's new DVD over on the press page (where else?).
22/08/2010 - Dave's new CD 'Cherry Pickin', an updated compilation of his best songs, has been added to the discography page. The official poster for the Cherry Pickin' DVD has been added too.
A picture of the cast of The New Old Club Trip musical celebrating raising £7,000 for Barnsley Hospice has been added to the pictures page.
09/08/2010 - REVEALED - The cover for Dave's brand new DVD 'Cherry Pickin' - check it out on the pictures page or click here for an exclusive viewing!
A press release has been issued by Barnsley Hospice to help promote the Cherry Pickin' DVD. It is available to view on the link above or on the press page. Our discography page has also been updated with details of the Cherry Pickin' DVD - including two exclusive clips of the songs 'The Clock (It's Brock)' and 'Looking At The End of My Rainbow Story' sung by Sophie Brown, who you can also see a picture of on the pictures page, along with a new picture of Dave with Harriet Grant appearing on the radio.
You can also listen to the clips, along with other Dave songs and videos, over on the media page.
08/08/2010 - Apologies for the lack of updates lately, especially as so many things have been going on in Cherry world of late! Put it down to 'technical difficulties'!
Because of this however we can give you a mega-bumper-crop of Cherry-related updates today, summarised below:
On the media page we have two new interviews with Dave, one on Sheffield FM and the other on Dearn FM.
On the press page we have some press reviews and reports of the New Old Club Trip musical, which was a sellout and has raised thousands of pounds for Barnsley Hospice.
On the pictures page we have some cast photos from the New Old Club Trip for you to enjoy.
Finally - Dave's brand new DVD called CHERRY PICKIN' will be out this Wednesday! Contact Dave via the contact page if you want to order a copy, or pop into your local Barnsley Hospice store!
15/06/2010 - Check out the column page for Dave's latest article in the Barnsley Chronicle about the ups and downs of modern technology!
17/05/2010 - Dave has another column from the Barnsley Chronicle online, check out the column page to read it!
18/04/2010 - Some more press on Dave and also his first ever column for the Barnsley Chronicle, have a read of it here! Reproduced with kind permision of the Barnsley Chronicle.
18/04/2010 - A new poster has been released for 'The New Old Club Trip' musical, click here to download it!
05/04/2010 - A quick update this time, with more to come shortly! Check out the press page for a couple of small Cherry-mentions in the local press.
05/01/2010 - A small update for you today - A mention of the upcoming Old Club Trip musical over on the press page, with a couple of new pictures on the pictures page of Dave Cherry mentions in brochures and magazines.
31/12/2009 - Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year! Happy festive seasons to everyone out there in Cherry land, tickets for the next run of the Old Club Trip musical are on sale now and are selling like hot cakes - over 100 in the first week! Get 'em quick before they sell out!
20/10/2009 - Dave Cherry on Radio Sheffield - Dave appeared on BBC Radio Sheffield recently alongside Donna Turner who is the director for the musical this year. The track is now online on the media page and you can see a nice picture of Dave and Donna with the presenter, Gareth Evans on the pictures page.
06/10/2009 - Auditions for new Old Club Trip musical announced. The auditions for the next performance of the Old Club Trip musical, now titled 'The New Old Club Trip', will take place on Monday 12th October at Gilroyd WMC in Barnsley at 7pm.
The casting directors are looking for two male and two female 40something comedy actors. Also required are dancers and extras.
Preferences will be given to amateurs who are willing to give their time for this charitable enterprise.
Contact Vicky Stead, the Barnsley Hospice fundraiser, for more information, on 01226 219614.
There is also a new joke on the jokes page for you to enjoy!
25/09/2009 - Old Club Trip Musical to run in 2010! The Old Club Trip musical will definitely run again in 2010, with a run starting on Monday July 12th. Read more on the press page - including how much the play raised and details on the new director!
1/08/2009 - A DVD clip of the Old Club Trip musical is now available to view on Youtube and on the media page! The five minute clip shows the theme song of the musical, performed live during the sell-out run of the show at the Lamproom Theatre in Barnsley, which raised over £10,000 for Barnsley Hospice.
Check out old news updates in the archive.
The Old Club Trip musical DVD was released on Tuesday July 28th 2009, on sale at Barnsley Hospice stores around Barnsley.
Watch a clip of the Old Club Trip musical on Youtube or the media page.
Listen to Dave on the radio discussing the musical on the media page.
Click here to download the foreword to the musical Old Club Trip, written by Dave Cherry himself.
Read the press release and musical review on the press page or download it here.
Old Club Trip: The Musical was performed at the Lamproom Theatre in Barnleys, starting June 1st 2009 for six nights only. It was a complete sell-out and raised over £10,000 for Barnsley Hospice.
The play was run again the following year, retitled The New Old Club Trip, and raised a further £7,100.
Well done Dave and everyone involved in the musical - what an achievement!
It featured eleven songs, including the new tunes OVERTURE and THREEPENNY BIT THEME.
A flyer promoting the Old Club Trip musical was printed, check it out below!
The musical was generously sponsored by Stagecoach Bus and will be again for the 2010 run!
If you are interesting in buying a Dave Cherry CD, these are available at the Barnsley Hospice charity shops, dotted around the town, or at Dave's gigs, advertised on this site. Alternatively you can email Dave using our contact page!
To check posters for older gigs go to the pictures page.
Dave Cherry performing with Special Guests at George and Dragon in Wentworth on August 26th, starting at 7pm.
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