Commoners Choir

@commonerschoir

An ever changing rabble of ne'erdowells singing about the world around us, with hope and anger in four part harmony. Boff writes our songs 🎶 Based in Leeds, Yorks. Will travel. GSOH. commonerschoir.com Most posts from JC, sofa media division.

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Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· 26d

Otley is getting an Autumn Bookfest. Hurrah! Launch and Fundraiser this Saturday night at #OtleyCommon We've got new songs🎶🎶 #Otley #Yorkshire #LeedsMusic #booksky 🩵📚

Picture of a clocktower made of s pile of books.
A shop lined high street behind.
Text: OTLEY BOOKFEST 2026 LAUNCH NIGHT & FUNDRAISER

COMMONERS CHOIR

OTLEY UKULELE ORCHESTRA

COME AND SUPPORT THE FIRST OTLEY BOOKFEST

SATURDAY JULY 18 - 7PM

AT OTLEY COMMON - TICKETS £12 / £6 CONC. TICKETS FROM: WWW.OTLEYCOMMON.ORG/EVENTS

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Jul 11

Yay! 'We' finally made it. Not me this time ;) They had a wonderful day. Lots of pics of banners and this... #DurhamMinersGala #Unions #community

Photo of a sign.
Text: They said I had
A job for life
I was dead at 32

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Jun 23

Original art and chat this weekend as part of Commoners choir DIY weekend. Just come along.. Also workshop and music slots. Book yr tickets at shorturl.at/qP0KV #BoffWhalley #GeeVaucher #JeremyDeller #CarolHodge #ActsOfResistance #JonnyHannah @rickardsisters.com #LeftCultures

Flier with text:
Speak Up

FEATURING WORK BY GEE VAUCHER, JEREMY DELLER, ANTHONY BURRILL, RICKARD SISTERS. EXHIBITION OPENS AS PART OF COMMONERS CHOIR'S DIY WEEKEND WITH PANEL DISCUSSION AT 12 NOON, SATURDAY 27 JUNE, FEATURING JONNY HANNAH, RICKARD SISTERS, MARTA (ROCKAWAY), PHIL WRIGGLESWORTH (LEFT CULTURES) & BOFF WHALLEY

Rockaway

EASTCOURT ROAD TEMPLE CLOUD BS39 5BU FULL DETAILS & TICKETS FROM ROCKAWAYPARK.CO.UK

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Jun 16

Come down to #RockawayPark to celebrate the true meaning of DIY. We're bringing together wonderful artists for workshops, talks Fri/Sat; Sat gig with us, #CarolHodge, #SteveLake, #ActsOfResistance; Protest art exhibition. Tix n info at shorturl.at/qP0KV @rickardsisters.com #JeremyDeller #Bristol

ALT TXT
COMMONERS CHOIR & ROCKAWAY PARK PRESENT A WEEKEND CELEBRATION OF DO-IT-YOURSELF WITH MUSIC, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS & TALKS

GETTING SHIT DONE

FRI, SAT, SUN 26-28 JUNE 2026

SAT EVENING CONCERT WITH COMMONERS CHOIR, ACTS OF RESISTANCE & CAROL HODGE

Rockaway, EASTCOURT ROAD, TEMPLE CLOUD BS39 5BU

FULL DETAILS & TICKETS FROM ROCKAWAYPARK.CO.UK

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Jun 16

Come on down to the brilliant #RockawayPark to celebrate the true meaning of DIY. Workshops Fri/Sat. Protest art exhibition. Gig with us, @carolxhodge Steve Lake and Acts of Resistance. Tickets and info www.rockawaypark.co.uk/whatson/do-i... #rickardsisters #jeremeydeller #leftcultures #jonnyhannah

Text: COMMONERS CHOIR & ROCKAWAY PARK

PRESENT A WEEKEND CELEBRATION OF DO-IT-YOURSELF WITH MUSIC, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS & TALKS

GETTING SHIT DONE

FRI, SAT, SUN 26-28 JUNE 2026

SAT EVENING CONCERT WITH COMMONERS CHOIR, ACTS OF RESISTANCE & CAROL HODGE

Rockaway

EASTCOURT ROAD

TEMPLE CLOUD

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Apr 13

We love Kinder :) Here's Helen S in 2017. #KinderScout #RightToRoam

Woman dressed in black with blue sky behind., leaning against a cairn (trig point). She's smiling and holding a flag which shows an upside down crown and says 'commoners choir'.

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Feb 27

Smile 😁 10 April, doors 6pm, Hebden Bridge Picture House. Full choir set, free screening of 'Modern Times' in its 90th year, new song inspired by the film, custard pie tips for your favourite billionaire. #HebdenBridge #CharlieChaplin #fourpartharmony www.commonerschoir.com/Shop.php#!/S...

Flier with Charlie Chaplin in his bowler hat, grinning.
Text: IN TIMES LIKE THESE, WE ALL NEED REASONS TO SMILE
COMMONERS CHOIR
FRIDAY APRIL 10 DOORS 6PM £17

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Feb 26

We don't have a particular party allegiance, but we certainly know who we don't want to get in in Gorton. Sticker by @markthomasinfo.bsky.social :)

A black wheely bin with 'Mind The Farage sticker'.

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Feb 20

Come and watch Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Modern Times’ (90th anniv.) at Hebden Bridge Picture House, a full choir set, and a short workshop on preparing and delivering a custard pie to your favourite billionaire. Fri 10 April, doors 6pm. #HebdenBridge #CustardPies www.commonerschoir.com/Shop.php#!/S...

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Nov 26

My 2 fave pics from our trip to Manresa. Commoners on la Torre de Caterina. (Ta @alisontomlin.bsky.social ) #Catalunya

A short squat tower with a flagpole on top, flying the catalan flag, surrounded by a group of people in black. Dryish grass in foreground, clear blue sky above.

Looking up from inside a short circular stone tower we see a circular see through platform with people on it, silhouetted against the sky.

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Nov 22

News just in from Manresa- 1st rehearsal went well, choir now wandering the streets. This pic reminded us of a song we know ;) youtu.be/n3sJYIDuM3c?...

Shop shutter painted with books.
Text: Omnia Sunt Communia.
Ex-Libris

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Oct 15

This Fri @thetradesclub.bsky.social benefit for Palestine Medical Aid with #MaddieMorris. I hear we may debut 2 new songs- one in Spanish which we'll be singing with Incordis choir in Catalunya (so not written by us). #HebdenBridge #Yorkshire #LiveMusic Tix at thetradesclub.com/events/common5

The Union Jill flag - a very colourful version of the Union Jack.
Text:
COMMONERS CHOIR WITH MADDIE MORRIS

HEBDEN BRIDGE TRADES CLUB FRI 17 OCTOBER £8/£10 DOORS 8PM

BENEFIT FOR PALESTINE MEDICAL AID TICKETS WWW.THETRADESCLUB.COM

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Oct 9

It's not that well known ... yet.

The Union Jill flag. A very colourful alternative to the Union Jack.

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Jul 8

Commoners Cake Division is limbering up for our tenth Anniversary at @OldWoollen on 20th July. Come n sing us happy birthday, listen to songs from our 10 years and enter the lip synch competition! Oh and we've got a special new 🎶 usb 🎶 Tix at oldwoollen.seetickets.com/event/common...

Pic of upside down birthday cake.

Text: CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF VOCAL YOBBERY, RABID CAKE-EATING & ASSORTED UN-CHOIR-LIKE ACTIVITIES

COMMONERS CHOIR
WITH SPECIAL GUEST BECCY OWEN'S LIP SYNC

SUNDAY JULY 20. 7PM £15 THE OLD WOOLLEN, FARSLEY TICKETS FROM WWW.OLDWOOLLEN.CO.UK

INFO: WWW.COMMONERSCHOIR.COM

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· May 21

Smashing photo of us singing to the sunrise crowd at Cow n Calf quarry last weekend. Photographer: Geoff Chalmers. #IlkleyMoor #TheBradfordProgress @bradford2025.co.uk

Looking down into quarry entrance, steep cliffs to each side, trees and fields in the distance.
A semi circle of black clad singers, with lots of other people gathered to make a circle. Lone man in middle conducting the choir (Boff).

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Apr 21

Boff will be happy.

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Jan 28

Ey up new followers. Like most people on here, we're unlikely to follow you unless you have a bio and have done some posting. Trying to weed out the bots ;)

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Jan 22

Philip K Dick x 1984

Two big eyes.
Text: 1984 by George Orwell
Part One - Thoughtcrime:
Chapter One - Big Brother Is Watching You.

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Jan 17

Well this is very nice, from RnR magazine :) #Ramones #RamonesCovers #RnRMagazine www.commonerschoir.com

Clip from magazine.
Pic of a record cover, text:
HEY! HO! COMMONERS CHOIR & WEST YORKSHIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PLAY THE HITS OF THE RAMONES.
Main text:
COMMONERS CHOIR & WEST YORKSHIRE SYMPHONY combine
forces on one of the most unlikely, but surprisingly likeable, ten-inch vinyl EPs, Hey! Ho! Play The Hits Of The Ramones. It's a five-track collection that celebrates a half-century since the foundation of the New York punk-rock pioneers. The seventy-five-member Choir and forty-piece Orchestra transform the music of three-chord institution The Ramones via imaginative and inventive arrangements, often monumental, as on 'Blitzkrieg Bop' and 'Rockaway Beach'. The best is left to last, when they gloriously rework 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker', turning it into something beautifully expansive and rather delightful.

www.commonerschoir.com

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Jan 10

MARCH FOR PALESTINE 🎶WITH SONGS OF RESISTANCE🎶 Led by Commoners Choir This SAT 11 JAN 1PM AT MERRION ST GARDENS #Leeds Mask wearing encouraged, to keep others safe. Quiet area with seating and access resources. Curb free march, with quieter, slower section at the back. #PalestineSolidarity

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Dec 15

Cash for cakes! Cakes for cash!

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Dec 6

Welcome back #BandcampFriday. You can buy our albums and zines on @bandcamp.com but if you want a mug you need to befriend a commoner or come to a gig ;) There are a few tix left for the 15th Dec concert, celebrating the Ramones 50th year. commonerschoir.com #TheRamones

Cover of a 10" vinyl record.
Text: Hey! Ho! Commoners Choir and West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra play the hits of the Ramones.

Mug with sketch of a woman swimming along a river.
Text: Swim your life....
(Other side says 'against the tide')

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Nov 30

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 20/20 #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #BookChallenge

A tiny little seedling in the middle of text:
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR

THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE
KIM STANLEY ROBINSON

'A novel that presents a rousing vision of how we might unite to overcome the greatest challenge of our time'
TED.com

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Nov 29

Have a nice day. #BlackFriday

Large Forbidden sign.
Text: DRAW SOMETHING
SEW SOMETHING
COOK SOMETHING
SING SOMETHING
BUILD SOMETHING
MAKE SOMETHING
BUY NOTHING

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Nov 29

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 19/20 #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #BookChallenge

Drawing of a woman in leotard with huge wings flying upwards.
Text:
Nights of the Circus
Angela Carter
Author of Wise Children

'An ebullient till tale... spellbinding... entrancing'
Los Angeles Times Book Review

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Nov 28

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 17/20 #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #BookChallenge

Glimpse of sky through a narrow path in a pine forest.
Text:
The Overstory
Richard Powers

Winner of the National Book Award

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Nov 27

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 18/20 #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #BookChallenge

The back of a person silhouetted against an orange sky, looking up at a huge orange planet, standing on a inside a caldera.
Text: Panther Science Fiction
Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author

URSULA LE GUIN
The Dispossessed

'Certain to become a classic' SCIENCE FICTION MONTHLY

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Nov 26

Hey! Ho! Let's go. Last call for the toilet queue at CBGBs, beer n whisky at the bar, don't get stuck to the sticky floor, here we go, 1, 2, 3, 4! 40 tickets left for the launch concert and pre-orders for the 10" vinyl at www.commonerschoir.com

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Nov 26

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16/20 #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #BookChallenge #cycling #DervlaMurphy

Photo of a track winding through mountains.
Text:
ELAND

Full Tilt
Ireland to India with a Bicycle
DERVLA MURPHY

Commoners Choir@commonerschoir· Nov 25

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 15/20 #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #BookChallenge