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The beautiful and unique voice of "Folk America" give a concert in Bournemouth armed with powewful and haunting new album
Better Times Will Come. which marks the arrival of a fresh and distinctive voice. "Diana sings of the hard times, murderous urges and chilling loneliness that haunt the old Anglo-Celtic ballads but, with one exception, sets her plain-spoken narratives resolutely in the present."
Tickets £12 adv. from Val Munro (vmmunro AT tiscali.co.uk) 01202 707498
www.bournemouthfolkclub.com
Free
9.00 pm
Email tonynfa AT aol.com
Tel 01773540270
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/32/32431/Royal_Portland
www.freewebs.com/musicnfa
www.youtube.com/musicnfa
www.myspace.com/musicnfa
Introductory evenings of Playford dances for anyone who’d like to learn some of the basics.
In the Great Hall with live music.
7.30 pm to 10.30 pm
Tickets £5 (£4 concessions); book in advance as numbers are limited to 40.
Contact Ann Hinchliffe
annhinchliffe AT hotmail.com
12.30, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30
£1.50 per person. Children please bring adult with you.
Weavers Club, Westbury, Sherborne, Dorset
Yetties Music Night
An open mic. night for music, song, poetry etc.
Tickets £6 - phone Pete Shutler (01935 814667)
Start time: 8 p.m.
Contact Pete Shutler: 01935 814667
12.30, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30
£1.50 per person. Children please bring adult with you.
12.30, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30
£1.50 per person. Children please bring adult with you.
The triple bill includes the superb singer/songwriter and guitarist Maurice Dickson from Northern Ireland with the wonderful traditional uilleann Irish piper Catherine Ashcroft. Also playing are acoustic duo Tinderbox from Bournemouth, and event organiser and banjo and fiddle whiz, Bridport’s own Stompin' Dave Allen.
Belfast born Maurice Dickson, a professional musician for over thirty years has built an enthusiastic audience for his powerful brand of contemporary folk, Irish folk & blues. This journeyman has toured across the UK, Ireland, Europe and America. He has performed at many of the major folk festivals including Sidmouth, Edinburgh, Shetland, Belfast, Aaron, and Cork. Maurice is joined by the wonderful uilleann pipe player Catherine Ashcroft
www.mauricedickson.com
Tinderbox recently returned from a yet hugely successful US tour where they received standing ovations. This original acoustic folk duo feature the "honey-like" vocals of Monique Houraghan, and the intricate finger style guitar of Dan Tucker. They have supported many high profile acts, such as Ralph McTell, Jon Allen & Corinne West. They will be performing across the UK this summer with appearances at Wimborne, Swanage, & Wadebridge Folk Festivals.
www.tinderboxacoustic.com
Following a rip roaring support of Hayseed Dixie in February and a successful gig with his Electric Band in May, Dave is fast becoming a favourite at The Electric Palace. A busy summer of stompin' is ahead for Dave with many festival performances scheduled, including Glastonbury, Tolpuddle Martyrs, and The Great Dorset Steam Fair, culminating in competing in The American National Bluegrass Banjo & Guitar contests in Kansas this September.
www.stompindave.com
Tickets £10/£12 on door available from Bridport TIC.(01308 424901)
www.sublimefolk.com
http://www.electricpalace.org.uk/
Confirmed acts for the festival So far include, Fabula Rasa, The Scoville Units, Fernhill, John Hicks, Inu, Angel ridge, Hodmadoddery, Ali George, Leski, Tim Graham and Rachel Hall.
Also a 5 day summer school in Irish music as well as workshops in many other folk traditions.
We have some excellent tutors booked for the summer school and we can confirm that we will have classes in fiddle, timber flute, Guitar and Irish singing as well as workshops in Hungarian Music.
There will also be a mummers' workshop on Sunday 8th
More details as they become available
2nd Sundays and 3rd Saturdays from May to 11th July. 1300h-1630h with 30-min break.
A chance to learn early dance, mainly English, in a splendid historical setting. No experience (or partner) necessary! You’ve played the tunes in many a pub – come and join the dozens who’ve enjoyed finding out how to dance them.
Note: Sessions originally planned for dancers who enjoy a challenge have been postponed to 17th July onward, with extra sessions – dates tbc.
Entry to property is free for participants. Dancers will be asked for a £3 donation towards musicians’ and tutors’ expenses. The Hall will stay open to other National Trust visitors.
Dancers need suitable shoes, i.e. flexible, supportive, low or no heel. Clothing loose and comfortable. Wear black or white, or both, in some form if possible – jeans, tee-shirts, skirts etc, patterned or plain.
National Trust restaurant open till 1645h; or bring a packed lunch or tea. Drinking water recommended.
For more details, contact Ann Hinchliffe: 01935 472771 or annhinchliffe AT hotmail.com
Halsway Folk Dance Group Summer Picnic and Dance
This is an opportunity to invite new people to join us, plus any friends who have shown an interest in joining the Group and need some encouragement!
Bring your picnic at 7 pm, if fine, in the Village Garden next to the Tithe Barn
Dance 8 - 10.30 p.m. with Jane Thomas and the Quantock Quarenders
Entry - £5.00
More info from 01643 709320
Free
9.00 pm
Email tonynfa AT aol.com
Tel 01773540270
http://www.royalgeorgeatwestcoker.co.uk/
www.freewebs.com/musicnfa
www.youtube.com/musicnfa
www.myspace.com/musicnfa
Free
8.30 pm
Email tonynfa AT aol.com
Tel 01773540270
http://www.restandbethankful.co.uk
www.freewebs.com/musicnfa
www.youtube.com/musicnfa
www.myspace.com/musicnfa
Eileen Ann (founder of Acorn Folk Club) invites all Acorn supporters to her
Birthday Party!
Bring your voices and instruments or just come. Very informal evening but please email acornfolkclub AT googlemail.com to confirm to give landlady some idea of numbers.
7.30 for 8.00 pm.
The popular Showcase/Buffet Nights cost £3.50 for members, £4.00 for non members and £2.50 for Students and Children. The Showcased artiste will play the final set of the evening at about 9.45/10pm. The rest of the evening is normal Open Mic, so if you want to play get there early at about 8pm.
01278 785365.
12.30, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30
£1.50 per person. Children please bring adult with you.
12.30, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30
£1.50 per person. Children please bring adult with you.
A rare chance to experience the outstanding, vocal harmonies of Tom & Holly, together in Somerset for the first time in over 4 years. if you attend one performance this year, make it this one!
for more info...www.tom-palmer.co.uk
free gratis
Start time: 08.45
Finish time: 00.00
Contact allison / lisa: 01935 862334
hello AT royalgeorgeatwestcoker.co.uk
Accoustic 'story in song' evening
Book online or phone the booking line on 07522 112 786.
Ange Hardy is coming to a Somerset village hall near you! Don't miss out on the chance to see Ange performing in these small and intimate venues.
We're going to light some candles, make sure the bar is well stocked, and encourage you to join her for an incredible evening of beautiful acoustic music.
Ange uses her honest and exposed lyrics combined with a stunning vocal performance and delicate guitar picking to tell the songs behind her story and the stories behind her songs.
Ange has been compared to artists including Katie Melua, Eva Cassidy, Suzanne Vega and Kate Rusby. It's easy to see why!
£7 in advance, £8 on the door
7.30 - 9.30
Contact Ange Hardy: 07522 112 786
ange AT angehardy.com
12.30, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30
£1.50 per person. Children please bring adult with you.
2nd Sundays and 3rd Saturdays from May to 11th July. 1300h-1630h with 30-min break.
A chance to learn early dance, mainly English, in a splendid historical setting. No experience (or partner) necessary! You’ve played the tunes in many a pub – come and join the dozens who’ve enjoyed finding out how to dance them.
Note: Sessions originally planned for dancers who enjoy a challenge have been postponed to 17th July onward, with extra sessions – dates tbc.
Entry to property is free for participants. Dancers will be asked for a £3 donation towards musicians’ and tutors’ expenses. The Hall will stay open to other National Trust visitors.
Dancers need suitable shoes, i.e. flexible, supportive, low or no heel. Clothing loose and comfortable. Wear black or white, or both, in some form if possible – jeans, tee-shirts, skirts etc, patterned or plain.
National Trust restaurant open till 1645h; or bring a packed lunch or tea. Drinking water recommended.
For more details, contact Ann Hinchliffe: 01935 472771 or annhinchliffe AT hotmail.com
Free admission with a Jug Collection- this means that you decide what you consider to be a fair ticket price. This is what the artists receive
Contact: Bob Kirkpatrick on 07786 654 074 bob AT bobkirkpatrick.co.uk
http://www.sunrayfolkclub.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/bobkirkpatrick
These dazzling fifteen piece festival favourites take Balkan and Klezmer music as their starting point for a searing live musical journey that has captured audiences around the country. With massed ranks of fiddles, brass, vocals and much more besides, their blazing passion on stage creates a swirling spectacle of sensation and sound which in the last few years they have brought to London's Barbican, and festivals including Glastonbury, Sidmouth and, locally, the Larmer Tree. They had so much fun here in rural Dorset last summer, selling out both Artsreach venues, that they're looking forward to much more of the same on their return visit this summer, helping us celebrate our 20th birthday!
Web: thedestroyers.co.uk
7:30pm
Local Box Office: 01258 475137
Website: stur-exchange.co.uk
An Artsreach presentation
http://www.artsreach.co.uk/
Yetties Music Night
An open mic. night for music, song, poetry etc.
Tickets £6 - phone Pete Shutler ( 01935 814667)
No charge for performers.
Start time: 8 p.m.
Contact Pete Shutler: 01935 814667
Over 70 acts booked including Show Of Hands, Dambuskers, The Roots
Union, Run, Pyrates!, London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra, FOS
Brothers, Rick Payne, Hedgepig, A Parcel Of Rogues, Three Sheets
T'Wind, Bag Of Rats, Pamela Wyn Shannon, Stompin' Dave Allen, Boxcar
Aldous Huxley, Phil King, The Sea Kings...
All events on Saturday/Sunday are free. For tickets for Show Of Hands
and Dambuskers visit website:
http://www.folkfest.co.uk
A great little festival with weekend camping in the idyllic setting of a sheep farm in the Purbeck Hills of South Dorset. Music and ceilidh with excellent PA in barns. 400 people bought tickets in 2009, the first year of the festival.
Headliners for 2010 include Dogan Mehmet and Deerhunters, Monster Ceilidh Band, Megson, Gadarene, Martha Tilston and many more.
Tickets via festival website.
www.purbeckfolk.co.uk
Postponed until 11th December
Accoustic 'story in song' evening
Ange Hardy is coming to a Somerset village hall near you! Don't miss out on the chance to see Ange performing in these small and intimate venues.
We're going to light some candles, make sure the bar is well stocked, and encourage you to join her for an incredible evening of beautiful acoustic music.
Ange uses her honest and exposed lyrics combined with a stunning vocal performance and delicate guitar picking to tell the songs behind her story and the stories behind her songs.
Ange has been compared to artists including Katie Melua, Eva Cassidy, Suzanne Vega and Kate Rusby. It's easy to see why!
£7 in advance, £8 on the door
7.30 - 9.30
Contact Ange Hardy: 07522 112 786
ange AT angehardy.com
A startlingly intense reunion from this legendary, ground-breaking duo. All the old skills are demonstrated with a new collection of traditional songs and instrumentals. Their experienced approach to their art lacks none of the fervour of their early days, and brings a maturity born of many years living with the music that is an integral part of their beings.
Tickets £12.50 from Bridport Tourist Information Centre 01308 424901
Doors open 7pm / Show starts 8pm
http://www.electricpalace.org.uk/
The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band consists of dyed-in-the wool traditional players with over 100 years of combined live gigging experience. Joining guitarist Peter Rowan are Jody Stecher, mandolin; Keith Little, banjo; and Paul Knight, bass. The ensemble has graced the stages of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Grey Fox, Merlefest, Rothbury and numerous other festivals, entertaining audiences with original songs executed in vibrant harmony.
Tickets £16 from Val Munro (vmmunro AT tiscali.co.uk) 01202 707498
www.bournemouthfolkclub.com
Concerts, dance displays, workshops, sessions, childrens activities, craft fair and trade stalls - all this and more at Swanage Folk Festival.
www.swanagefolkfestival.co.uk
A sublime songwriter with a varied singing and acting career that spans back to 1986 with The Panic Brothers, his excellent duo with Richard Morton. they recorded one album called "In The Red" .Five years of successful touring and TV work followed, with appearances at Edinburgh, Glastonbury, Sidmouth and all the major British Festivals.
Reg then went on to form The Flamingos who featured ex Graham Parker guitarist Martin Belmont, Bob Loveday from The Penguin Cafe Orchestra & Bob Geldof's Band & Alison Jones of The Barely Works. They recorded one album called "Arrested". In recent years Reg has been a crucial member of Hank Wangford's band, The Lost Cowboys.
In 1996 he released the critically acclaimed CD "The Goodbye Hat" and was nominated for several music awards, including best song for 'Ring around the Roses.' This was followed up in 2004 with the album that really established Reg as one of Britain's finest singer songwriters (Time Out), "Short Stories".
Reg's writing, performing and acting credits include work with people as diverse as the famous French Composer Vladimir Cosma - who wrote the cult movie Diva; Gerard Depardieu; Marsha Malamet; Nick Lowe; Not The Nine O'Clock News; Robbie Coltrane; Chris Difford; Charlie Dore; Gary Clark; Antonia Bird; Lenny Henry; Jeremy Hardy; & Paul Merton. He has been touring with Bath’s great Cellist Bethany Porter, who’s sense of beauty and depth in her music has had her much demand.
7:30pm
£9/£8 Concs.
http://www.bathfolkclub.org.uk/
Five Year Reunion Tour
01460 52912
The Little Red Book Tour
Featuring songs from The New National Song Book (1905) – and its red and more or less little.
Even in 1905 some of the songs went back over two hundred years, having survived some of the most tempestuous years in the history of these islands. And the songs lay between the book covers, waiting for us to meet them in the early 1960s - by now obscure tunes and strange words that made little sense to ears used to the recorded delights of Light and Third programmes. And the stories of these songs could all have ended there - but they really are strong enough - and exotic enough - to survive for more generations yet. Like the Tardis, the Little Red Book is bigger on the inside. And - also like the Tardis - it takes us travelling; back to the days of our youth, and back to those wonderful days when Song was young.
This gig may include community singing!
y'Strel's Band is John Bullock and Helen Coombs: tel. 01305 889256
7.30 pm
£8.00 on the door
2nd Sundays and 3rd Saturdays from May to 11th July. 1300h-1630h with 30-min break.
A chance to learn early dance, mainly English, in a splendid historical setting. No experience (or partner) necessary! You’ve played the tunes in many a pub – come and join the dozens who’ve enjoyed finding out how to dance them.
Note: Sessions originally planned for dancers who enjoy a challenge have been postponed to 17th July onward, with extra sessions – dates tbc.
Entry to property is free for participants. Dancers will be asked for a £3 donation towards musicians’ and tutors’ expenses. The Hall will stay open to other National Trust visitors.
Dancers need suitable shoes, i.e. flexible, supportive, low or no heel. Clothing loose and comfortable. Wear black or white, or both, in some form if possible – jeans, tee-shirts, skirts etc, patterned or plain.
National Trust restaurant open till 1645h; or bring a packed lunch or tea. Drinking water recommended.
For more details, contact Ann Hinchliffe: 01935 472771 or annhinchliffe AT hotmail.com
Come sing, play or listen in an informal setting. All welcome as always. Free entry and "Pass the Piggy" to help with Acorn Guest Nights which are on the first Saturday of each month.
Please visit www.acornfolkclub.co.uk for all details about the Club, or email acornfolkclub AT googlemail.co.uk for more information.
This is the first of these open nights. From October they will be on the 3rd Sunday of the month.
From the crossroads of country, folk & bluegrass, acclaimed American singer-songwriter Rachel Harrington is a roots musician in the purest sense whose unique artistry captures the deep links between country, gospel and soul. Her songs are a primer in Americana, telling personal and mythical stories from the American West. Championed by Bob Harris of Radio 2, her two acclaimed albums hit the top spot of the Euro-Americana Chart. Rachel will be performing with master guitarist and ex-Lindisfarne hitmaker Rod Clements whose consummate musicianship and illustrious folk-roots credentials ensure the perfect accompaniment to Rachel's haunting songs.
Tickets £10 from Val Munro (vmmunro AT tiscali.co.uk) 01202 707498
www.bournemouthfolkclub.com
With the success of the 2009 launch, we are proud to announce the 1st Mafea Festival and a much enlarged venue. Special entertainment’s and performances will occur. Participation and spontaneous involvement will be the norm.
Friday Night 8pm till late individual performances and Jam Session in Club Marquee
Saturday individual performances, group sessions at various on site locations.
12 noon, Jam Session In the Club Marquee till teatime
Saturday Evening 8pm till late Grand Concert in main Marquee (Free) ( Not To Be Missed)
Sunday General relaxed day with various entertainment’s
Sunday night 8pm Survivors session in Club Marquee
On site camping will be available at moderate cost
On site Catering facilities
resident bar facility in Club Marquee
Also tea, coffee and soft drinks will be available all day
Craft Marquee and various Traders on site
Children’s Entertainment
Also in operation will be: First aid, 24 hr Security, 24hr Toilets.
This weekend is an open to all and is also an invitation to folk and other artist to join the Mafea Association.
*Like to steward at this event, if so please e-mail: enquiries AT mendipfolk.org.uk*
Tickets at a reduced fee available in advance.
Advanced (Reduced) £23.00 + camping at £5.00 per person per night
At the festival : £25.00 + camping at £6.00 per person per night
Day pass: 0800 -2359 £10.00
Children under 16 Free
Fully paid up Mafea members £20.00 = entrance fee will be waived.
enquiries AT mendipfolk.org.uk or info AT folkmusicsomerset.co.uk
Taking a night out of his tour of Ireland, we are delighted to welcome Grammy nominated Jerry Harmon, a wonderful singer, guitarist and story-teller from the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. This is a rare event and we are honoured to have him at the club. If you like 'mountain music' or bluegrass style then this is the night for you.
“Jerry Harmon made a great impression on me, our Artistic Director, Joanna McGregor, and audiences at the Festival – on a solo gig in a packed theatre.... Jerry’s authentic country blues approach to singing and song-writing, his droll wit and down-home humour and characterful story-telling seem to me to be very worthy of more exposure here in the UK, Ireland and in mainland Europe.”
Nod Knowles, Chief Executive Officer, Bath International Music Festival (UK) 2009
Tickets £8 (£6 members) from Kathy on 01202 732239
www.wessex-acoustic.co.uk
with interval spot from new young morris team 'Sting in the Tail'
This may be the last in this series of ceilidhs
Accoustic 'story in song' evening
Book online or phone the booking line on 07522 112 786.
Ange Hardy is coming to a Somerset village hall near you! Don't miss out on the chance to see Ange performing in these small and intimate venues.
We're going to light some candles, make sure the bar is well stocked, and encourage you to join her for an incredible evening of beautiful acoustic music.
Ange uses her honest and exposed lyrics combined with a stunning vocal performance and delicate guitar picking to tell the songs behind her story and the stories behind her songs.
Ange has been compared to artists including Katie Melua, Eva Cassidy, Suzanne Vega and Kate Rusby. It's easy to see why!
£7 in advance, £8 on the door
7.30 - 9.30
Contact Ange Hardy: 07522 112 786
ange AT angehardy.com
2nd Sundays and 3rd Saturdays from May to 11th July. 1300h-1630h with 30-min break.
A chance to learn early dance, mainly English, in a splendid historical setting. No experience (or partner) necessary! You’ve played the tunes in many a pub – come and join the dozens who’ve enjoyed finding out how to dance them.
Note: Sessions originally planned for dancers who enjoy a challenge have been postponed to 17th July onward, with extra sessions – dates tbc.
Entry to property is free for participants. Dancers will be asked for a £3 donation towards musicians’ and tutors’ expenses. The Hall will stay open to other National Trust visitors.
Dancers need suitable shoes, i.e. flexible, supportive, low or no heel. Clothing loose and comfortable. Wear black or white, or both, in some form if possible – jeans, tee-shirts, skirts etc, patterned or plain.
National Trust restaurant open till 1645h; or bring a packed lunch or tea. Drinking water recommended.
For more details, contact Ann Hinchliffe: 01935 472771 or annhinchliffe AT hotmail.com
from 7pm
Tickets £10 Adults and £5 Young People and includes a Ploughman’s Supper.
Drinks will be available from the Licensed Bar.
Tickets available from: -
Chris Whitfield on 01929 472159, or Chris Gall 01305 772634
& Pampered Pigs Farm Shop.
This session gets even better. Mostly English.
There will be no session in August so September will be worth waiting for.
Start time: 19:45
Finish time: 23:00
Contact Colin and Ruth Thompson: 01300 321396
fiddler AT casterbridge.net
Free admission with a Jug Collection- this means that you decide what you consider to be a fair ticket price. This is what the artists receive
Contact: Bob Kirkpatrick on 07786 654 074 bob AT bobkirkpatrick.co.uk
http://www.sunrayfolkclub.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/bobkirkpatrick
The Little Red Book Tour
Featuring songs from The New National Song Book (1905) – and its red and more or less little.
Even in 1905 some of the songs went back over two hundred years, having survived some of the most tempestuous years in the history of these islands. And the songs lay between the book covers, waiting for us to meet them in the early 1960s - by now obscure tunes and strange words that made little sense to ears used to the recorded delights of Light and Third programmes. And the stories of these songs could all have ended there - but they really are strong enough - and exotic enough - to survive for more generations yet. Like the Tardis, the Little Red Book is bigger on the inside. And - also like the Tardis - it takes us travelling; back to the days of our youth, and back to those wonderful days when Song was young.
This gig may include community singing!
Ploughman’s Supper on offer (£12 inclusive ticket: contact John on 01305 889256 for booking, which is essential if you want some cheese. Supper will be at 6.30pm!)
y'Strel's Band is John Bullock and Helen Coombs: tel. 01305 889256
7.30 pm
£8.00 on the door
English folk's favourite duo make a triumphant return to the Bath folk club! They we're one of the first acts to play the club when it was started in 2008. Described by The Guardian as “the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene” and twice winners of the BBC Radio 2 folk award for Best Duo, John Spiers and Jon Boden have made the genre of spontaneous, punky English folk very much their own stomping ground.
Loud, proud, and with just a few acoustic instruments, they create a multitude of textures upon which they present traditional stories and dance music which are as much at home on the main stage of Cambridge Folk Festival as they are in a lock-in at the local pub.
7:30pm
£13
http://www.bathfolkclub.org.uk/
Since graduating from Birmingham Conservatoire in summer 2003, Jim Moray is described as the most significant development in folk music in the last 30 years, causing a revolution in the folk world with a series of award-winning albums. He is a singer and multi-instrumentalist who creates startlingly contemporary recordings of England’s most traditional songs.
7.45pm
Full £12 60+ £12 Conc. £2 off
http://www.thebrewhouse.net/
Described by The Guardian as “the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene” and twice winners of the BBC Radio 2 folk award for Best Duo, John Spiers (vocals, melodeon) and Jon Boden (vocals, fiddle) have made the genre of spontaneous, punky English folk very much their own stomping ground.
Loud, proud, and with just a few acoustic instruments, they create a multitude of textures upon which they present traditional stories and dance music which are as much at home on the main stage of Cambridge Folk Festival as they are in a lock-in at the local pub.
"Technically they stand head to head with the best of their generation...Jon Boden plays fiddle with an earthy vigour that's utterly compelling and sings in a frantic breathless manner as if the hounds of hell are taking lumps out of his backside, while John Spiers harmonises and plays urgent driving melodeon to a very high standard indeed...halfway to reinventing the style without even realising it…" fRoots Magazine.
"Strong vocals, excellent musicianship, dynamics, drive and passion"BBC Radio 2 folk website.
John Spiers and Jon Boden have been consistently wowing audiences up and down the country for the last 5 years with their unique blend of traditional English folk song with a contemporary twist and hi-octane dance tunes which get everyone dancing. Spiers & Boden now find themselves at the forefront of the new folk revival both as a duo, and in their fronting of big folk band Bellowhead.
£14 on the door; £12 in advance
Start time: 8pm
Contact Jo Kelly: 01202 828740
info AT thehubverwood.co.uk
We are delighted to have a return visit from the Corrine West, this time with Kelly Joe Phelps, fantastic and unique guitarist and singer/songwriter. Corinne’s own haunting songs will have you spellbound, and with Kelly Joe on guitar and vocals this will be a night to remember.
£10 advance, £12 on the door,
so book early!
colin bowen
www.corinnewest.com www.kellyjoephelps.net
Opening of our Ninth Season A Special Club Night featuring our well-loved Pat (Spoons) Smith and Ned Clamp
http://www.myspace.com/patsmithnedclamp
Entry (on this occasion) £3.00 Raffle. Floorspots, musicians, singers and listeners all welcome.
Doors Open 7.30 for 8.00 pm. Contact Eileen Ann or Jim 01643 709394, email acornfolkclub AT googlemail.com and visit www.acornfolkclub.co.uk for full details and to buy tickets on line.
Accoustic 'story in song' evening
Book online or phone the booking line on 07522 112 786.
Ange Hardy is coming to a Somerset village hall near you! Don't miss out on the chance to see Ange performing in these small and intimate venues.
We're going to light some candles, make sure the bar is well stocked, and encourage you to join her for an incredible evening of beautiful acoustic music.
Ange uses her honest and exposed lyrics combined with a stunning vocal performance and delicate guitar picking to tell the songs behind her story and the stories behind her songs.
Ange has been compared to artists including Katie Melua, Eva Cassidy, Suzanne Vega and Kate Rusby. It's easy to see why!
£7 in Advance (£8 pn the Door)
7.30 - 9.30
Contact Ange Hardy: 07522 112 786
ange AT angehardy.com
For over thirty years Oysterband have managed to perform a balancing act which they have made into a fine art - combining the ideals and knowledge of English folk music with the fire of punk. Their deft mix of poetry, politics and insanely catchy melodies have made this 5-piece one of the greatest folk-rock ensembles of all time.
In their live set they perfom an acoustic journey through classic and rare gems from the Oysterband songbook presented in the inimitable, upfront Oyster style - energetic and melodic songs sparked by clever and insightful lyrics.
£15 / £13
Doors 7:30 pm
www.electricpalace.org.uk
Bridport Tourist Info: 01308 424 901
A day of presentations and taster sessions looking at making music outdoors and the role of music in outdoor performance and celebration, led by Tim Hill with other workshop leaders.
We will look at street bands, landscape music, new approaches to drumming and percussion groups, voice and choirs, and building instruments.
The day is for anyone interested in outdoor music making, including music teachers, educators, theatre and youth workers, musicians. We will be making music but anyone can join in. For more info contact Tim at timhill AT thrivesomerset.org
10.30am to 4.30pm
Free, bring lunch to share
Booking: 01278 422700
Online: www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk
Tinkers Bag are a group of friends that have played music and sung together since 1997, In that the group has written and played 6 full length shows and performed at concerts and clubs throughout the county and at Festivals and clubs well beyond Wiltshire’s borders. They will be presenting a show called A labourer’s year. It describes a year in the life of a labouring man of the 1900’s “To plough and sow, and reap and mow, and be a Farmers Boy” Although life as a farm labourer was hard at the turn of the century , it was not without it’s pleasures and celebrations. The show starts at the beginning of the working year, around March, when the old Farmer is giving over his farm to the new owner and the hard work of the forthcoming spring is about to start. We travel through the year and hear of old customs; like using the early morning May dew to guarantee a beautiful complexion, the Morris dance, the Harvest home, the cutting of the last sheaf of corn, hedging and ditching, mumming plays and the new year celebrations. We end the show with a song about a christening, with reminders of the cycle of life and labour around the year, with the new beginnings coming with the new spring
7:30pm
£9/£8 Concs.
http://www.bathfolkclub.org.uk/
One of the North East's favourite exports, Bob sings a variety of songs with style, aplomb and humour.
Support from the brilliant trio Thornbridge.
Tickets £10 (£8 members) from Kathy on 01202 732239
www.wessex-acoustic.co.uk
9.00 pm
free
Accoustic 'story in song' evening
Ange Hardy is coming to a Somerset village hall near you! Don't miss out on the chance to see Ange performing in these small and intimate venues.
We're going to light some candles, make sure the bar is well stocked, and encourage you to join her for an incredible evening of beautiful acoustic music.
Ange uses her honest and exposed lyrics combined with a stunning vocal performance and delicate guitar picking to tell the songs behind her story and the stories behind her songs.
Ange has been compared to artists including Katie Melua, Eva Cassidy, Suzanne Vega and Kate Rusby. It's easy to see why!
£7 in advance, £8 on the door
7.30 - 9.30
Contact Ange Hardy: 07522 112 786
ange AT angehardy.com
The Little Red Book Tour
Featuring songs from The New National Song Book (1905) – and its red and more or less little.
Even in 1905 some of the songs went back over two hundred years, having survived some of the most tempestuous years in the history of these islands. And the songs lay between the book covers, waiting for us to meet them in the early 1960s - by now obscure tunes and strange words that made little sense to ears used to the recorded delights of Light and Third programmes. And the stories of these songs could all have ended there - but they really are strong enough - and exotic enough - to survive for more generations yet. Like the Tardis, the Little Red Book is bigger on the inside. And - also like the Tardis - it takes us travelling; back to the days of our youth, and back to those wonderful days when Song was young.
This gig may include community singing!
y'Strel's Band is John Bullock and Helen Coombs: tel. 01305 889256
7.30 pm
£8.00 on the door
Few Scottish folk bands have made such an impact in recent years as Malinky. Born out of the Edinburgh session scene of the late '90s, the band soon emerged as the leading young group focusing on Scots song. With their stunning fourth album Flower & Iron, Malinky celebrate their tenth anniversary and introduce a newly revamped line-up, meanwhile underscoring their reputation as one of Scotland’s most distinctive and accomplished folk bands. While retaining their hallmark song-based repertoire, performed by three superb lead vocalists and arrayed with tastefully inventive instrumentation, Malinky today unite seasoned maturity with sparkling freshness, casting their musical net wider than ever.
8pm
£12; £10 members & conc
Booking: 01278 422700
Online: www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk
Dragonsfly perform a mixture of music and song from traditional, original and World sources and have an interest in Breton music.
Archie Churchill-Moss Diatonique accordions (melodeons)
Duncan Moss Electro acoustic Hurdy Gurdies, Half long bagpipes, saxophones, flute, rauschpfeife, backing vocals
Maya Preece Half long bagpipes, lead vocals, guitar, recorders
Daygan Robinson Mandolin, Bouzouki, backing vocals
Tom Simenauer Drums, Tablas, backing vocals
Iccy Slade 6 string bass
Dragonsfly have recorded 3 albums and performed over the UK at festivals and arts centres as well as performing live on Charles Hazlewood's BBC Radio 2 show and have received airplay on Verity Sharp's Late Junction show on BBC Radio 3. They have also performed on the Avalon Stage at the Glastonbury Festival. Members of Dragonsfly have played extensively over the years
including with Shave the Monkey, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Sheila Chandra, Billy Bragg and Andy Cutting.
www.dragonsfly.org
www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk
01278 422 700
The wonderful trio of young musicians who play traditional and traditional style songs with their own flare and style.
Support from Terry McDonald, a great local singer and guitarist.
Tickets £10 (£8 members) from Kathy on 01202 732239
www.wessex-acoustic.co.uk
Dragonsfly is a vibrant union of acoustic musicians influenced by medieval and contemporary world folk music. This well established and widely respected band weave together new and old songs, instrumentals and dance pieces from many world traditions, from France and Brittany to Eastern Europe and beyond. The result is a musical landscape of groove driven music that is passionate, high energy, tender and entrancing played on instruments such as bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy and bouzouki, fronted by stunning vocals.
8pm
£12; £10 members & conc
Booking: 01278 422700
Online: www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk
Last appearance in Bath!
Free parking
Bar available
7.30-11.00pm
Adult £9, Concession £7, 7-16 yrs £2
Contact: Richard & Jo 01225 311634
joanne.lander AT talktalk.net
http://www.poppyrecords.co.uk/bathceilidh/main.htm
England’s finest acoustic roots duo, Show of Hands, embarks, this Autumn on an extensive tour of England’s Cathedrals including a special visit to Wells in Somerset
This is not folk as you know it. Sensitive to the venue’s special environment these musicians eye-defying multitude of instruments are as inspiring as the setting they will be in. From slide guitar to fiddle, mandolin to South American cuatro what venue could be more apt for the Devon-based act described by Peter Gabriel as “one of the great English bands”
Starting the show will be a special guest, to be announced
Doors 6.15pm Start 7.00pm
Tickets Available from
Wells Cathedral Box Office 01749 672773 & 24hrs See Tickets 0871 22 00 260 http://www.seetickets.com
Free admission with a Jug Collection--this means that you decide what you consider to be a fair ticket price. This is what the artists receive
Contact: Bob Kirkpatrick on 07786 654 074 bob AT bobkirkpatrick.co.uk
http://www.sunrayfolkclub.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/bobkirkpatrick
Described by Billy Connolly as Britain’s best singer/songwriter, Ralph McTell is one of the UK’s most consummate entertainers. Travel with Ralph on a journey along the musical path he has followed for over four decades. His astute observation and wry take on life shine through his songs and anecdotes. His rich baritone voice and his virtuosity on guitar promise a very special evening.
7.45pm
£18.50
http://www.thebrewhouse.net/
Accoustic 'story in song' evening
Ange Hardy is coming to a Somerset village hall near you! Don't miss out on the chance to see Ange performing in these small and intimate venues. With tickets at £5 this is incredible value entertainment.
We're going to light some candles, make sure the bar is well stocked, and encourage you to join her for an incredible evening of beautiful acoustic music.
Ange uses her honest and exposed lyrics combined with a stunning vocal performance and delicate guitar picking to tell the songs behind her story and the stories behind her songs.
Ange has been compared to artists including Katie Melua, Eva Cassidy, Suzanne Vega and Kate Rusby. It's easy to see why!
£7 in advance, £8 on the door
7.30 - 9.30
Contact Ange Hardy: 07522 112 786
ange AT angehardy.com
The Little Red Book Tour
Featuring songs from The New National Song Book (1905) – and its red and more or less little.
Even in 1905 some of the songs went back over two hundred years, having survived some of the most tempestuous years in the history of these islands. And the songs lay between the book covers, waiting for us to meet them in the early 1960s - by now obscure tunes and strange words that made little sense to ears used to the recorded delights of Light and Third programmes. And the stories of these songs could all have ended there - but they really are strong enough - and exotic enough - to survive for more generations yet. Like the Tardis, the Little Red Book is bigger on the inside. And - also like the Tardis - it takes us travelling; back to the days of our youth, and back to those wonderful days when Song was young.
This gig may include community singing!
y'Strel's Band is John Bullock and Helen Coombs: tel. 01305 889256
7.30 pm
No bar -- bring your own!
£8.00 on the door
Winner of BBC 2 Young Folk Musician
http://www.myspace.com/jfindlay
http://www.chesilpromotions.co.uk/James.htm
Tickets £5.50 in advance, £6.00 on the door.
Raffle, floorspots, musicians, singers and listeners all welcome
Doors Open 7.30 for 8.00 pm.
Contact Eileen Ann or Jim 01643 709394, email acornfolkclub AT googlemail.com and visit www.acornfolkclub.co.uk for full details and to buy tickets on line.
9.00 pm
Free
With The Gift Band
Two of the country's finest exponents of traditional song, mother and daughter Norma and Eliza have effortlessly engaged new audiences and admirers across two generations. Between them, they have 3 Mercury Prize nominations and have both been presented with BBC Folk Singer of the Year awards, as well as innumerable other accolades.
Although they have recorded together on many occasions over the years, newly released album The Gift is Norma and Eliza's first, much anticipated, duo release. They are touring as a six piece band, including Martin Carthy, performing traditional classics as well as some unexpected gems.
8pm
£17
Booking: 01278 422700
Online: www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk
The hottest contemporary fiddle players from the highlands and islands of Scotland. They capture the excitement, passion and the sensitivity of Scottish music as they showcase solo regional styles of each fiddler as well as all hands jumping in for a wonderful explosion of music. Fiddles and bows blaze away with guitar and piano for one of the most exciting and memorable fiddle ensembles ever to take to the stage.
7.45pm
Full £15 60+ £15 Conc. £12.50
www.thebrewhouse.net
Folk-punk band Levellers have announced a “grass roots” tour in November 2010 taking in 18 towns and cities around the UK stopping off at Bridport's Electric Palace. After enjoying some sweaty club shows in Europe in 2009 the band have decided to book a tour playing gigs not on their usual UK touring circuit. The band will be playing in some of the towns and cities they played at when they were first starting out and others that they have never played before!
Tickets £21.50 available from Bridport TIC or Bridport Music
Doors open 7.30pm / Show starts 8.30pm
www.aweaponcalledtheword.com
http://www.electricpalace.org.uk/
A Midnight Mango presentation
http://www.midnightmango.co.uk
Described by Billy Connolly as Britain's best singer/ songwriter, Ralph McTell is one of the UK's most consummate entertainers. He has won The Ivor Novello Award and a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award for his songwriting.
You, the audience, will travel with Ralph on a ninety-minute journey along the musical path he has followed for over four decades. Ralph's astute observation and wry take on life shine through his songs and anecdotes. His rich baritone voice and his virtuosity on guitar promise a very special evening.
"A big man with a big heart and a big, big talent." Willy Russell
"McTell hits the spot by telling your personal story: yours and everyone's." The Guardian
£18.50
Start time: 8pm
Contact The Box Office: 01202 828740
info AT thehubverwood.co.uk
Accoustic 'story in song' evening
Ange Hardy is coming to a Somerset village hall near you! Don't miss out on the chance to see Ange performing in these small and intimate venues. With tickets at £5 this is incredible value entertainment.
We're going to light some candles, make sure the bar is well stocked, and encourage you to join her for an incredible evening of beautiful acoustic music.
Ange uses her honest and exposed lyrics combined with a stunning vocal performance and delicate guitar picking to tell the songs behind her story and the stories behind her songs.
Ange has been compared to artists including Katie Melua, Eva Cassidy, Suzanne Vega and Kate Rusby. It's easy to see why!
£7 in advance, £8 on the door
7.30 -- 9.30
Contact Ange Hardy: 07522 112 786
ange AT angehardy.com
The Little Red Book Tour
Featuring songs from The New National Song Book (1905) – and its red and more or less little.
Even in 1905 some of the songs went back over two hundred years, having survived some of the most tempestuous years in the history of these islands. And the songs lay between the book covers, waiting for us to meet them in the early 1960s - by now obscure tunes and strange words that made little sense to ears used to the recorded delights of Light and Third programmes. And the stories of these songs could all have ended there - but they really are strong enough - and exotic enough - to survive for more generations yet. Like the Tardis, the Little Red Book is bigger on the inside. And - also like the Tardis - it takes us travelling; back to the days of our youth, and back to those wonderful days when Song was young.
This gig may include community singing!
y'Strel's Band is John Bullock and Helen Coombs: tel. 01305 889256
7.30 pm
£8.00 on the door
Isla presents a wonderful evening of traditional song, folk and modern classics,spiced with personal experiences of her colourful life as a singer, broadcaster and TV personality of the highest quality.
£12.00 & £10.00 (concs)
8.00pm - 10.15pm
Reserved seats now on sale from the Arts Centre Box Office (open Mondays - Fridays 10.00am - 4.00pm and 6.30pm - 7.30pm)
Contact Box Office: 01823 414141
info AT tacchi-morris.com or admin AT tacchi-morris.com
The living legend himself. Great songs, great humour, and a wonderful entertainer, Vin has it all.
Support from Nigel Waite, a local singer-songwriter with a growing reputation.
Tickets £12 (£10 members) from Kathy on 01202 732239
www.wessex-acoustic.co.uk
This summer, Seth Lakeman, widely regarded as the UK’s foremost folk singer songwriter, makes his eagerly awaited return with new album ‘Hearts & Minds’, due for release on Relentless/ Virgin on June 28th. The follow up to 2008’s Top 10, critically acclaimed ‘Poor Man’s Heaven’, ‘Hearts & Minds’ encompasses traditional and modern themes of love, loss and human struggle and represents a further leap forward in both songwriting and sonics.
Tickets £18 in advance / £21 on the door
http://www.electricpalace.org.uk/
The only act booked purely for the club two years in a row. This is quite possibly Scotland’s finest singer and song writer as well as being a very good producer with a career spanning over 4 decades. He was this year presented with the lifetime achievement award at the BBC2 folk award ceremony. Dick has inspired countless musicians along his long career not only with his passionate, humorous and beautiful delivery of both traditional and self written songs but for his oft expressed social and political stance standing up for freedom and fighting oppression on every level.
7:30pm
£14/£12 Concs.
http://www.bathfolkclub.org.uk/
Accoustic 'story in song' evening
Ange Hardy is coming to a Somerset village hall near you! Don't miss out on the chance to see Ange performing in these small and intimate venues.
We're going to light some candles, make sure the bar is well stocked, and encourage you to join her for an incredible evening of beautiful acoustic music.
Ange uses her honest and exposed lyrics combined with a stunning vocal performance and delicate guitar picking to tell the songs behind her story and the stories behind her songs.
Ange has been compared to artists including Katie Melua, Eva Cassidy, Suzanne Vega and Kate Rusby. It's easy to see why!
£7 in advance, £8 on the door
7.30 - 9.30
Contact Ange Hardy: 07522 112 786
ange AT angehardy.com
Free parking
Bar available
7.30-11.00pm
Adult £9, Concession £7, 7-16 yrs £2
Contact: Richard & Jo 01225 311634
joanne.lander AT talktalk.net
http://www.poppyrecords.co.uk/bathceilidh/main.htm
The Little Red Book Tour
Featuring songs from The New National Song Book (1905) – and its red and more or less little.
Even in 1905 some of the songs went back over two hundred years, having survived some of the most tempestuous years in the history of these islands. And the songs lay between the book covers, waiting for us to meet them in the early 1960s - by now obscure tunes and strange words that made little sense to ears used to the recorded delights of Light and Third programmes. And the stories of these songs could all have ended there - but they really are strong enough - and exotic enough - to survive for more generations yet. Like the Tardis, the Little Red Book is bigger on the inside. And - also like the Tardis - it takes us travelling; back to the days of our youth, and back to those wonderful days when Song was young.
This gig may include community singing!
y'Strel's Band is John Bullock and Helen Coombs: tel. 01305 889256
7.30 pm
£8.00 on the door
One of the most potent artists to emerge from the Scottish folk-music revival, Dick Gaughan tells it like it is. His explosive and dexterous guitar-playing, and tremendous voice, express perfectly his passionate, often affectionate, and always truthful songs. Whether reaffirming his own Scottish working-class identity, or contemplating injustices and solidarity, Gaughan has a remarkable gift for drawing his audiences into his personal and poignant commentaries on life and the world. This year Dick was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, to go with his 2009 induction into the Scots Trad Music Hall of Fame.
8pm
£12; £10 members & conc Booking: 01278 422700
Online: www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk
A man of many talents and skills, Pete is a one man folk festival. He sings, plays many instruments, and dances too, a fantastic all-round entertainer! It's good to welcome him back to the club.
Support tbc see website for updates.
Tickets £12 (£10 members) from Kathy on 01202 732239
www.wessex-acoustic.co.uk
Roger Bryant - Cornish Songwriter.
Entry £2.00. Raffle, floorspots, musicians, singers and listeners all welcome.
Doors Open 7.30 for 8.00 pm.
Contact Eileen Ann or Jim 01643 709394, email acornfolkclub AT googlemail.com and visit www.acornfolkclub.co.uk for full details and to buy tickets on line.
www.philbeer.co.uk.
Ambassador of Acoustic Roots Music.
Tickets £8.00, under 16s £6.00 Buy Tickets. Raffle, floorspots, musicians, singers and listeners all welcome. Book early and come early!!
Doors Open 7.30 for 8.00 pm.
Contact Eileen Ann or Jim 01643 709394, email acornfolkclub AT googlemail.com and visit www.acornfolkclub.co.uk for full details and to buy tickets on line.
Belshazzar's Feast consists of Paul Hutchinson (from Hoover the Dog) and Paul Sartin (from Bellowhead), both brilliant musicians and great entertainers. If there's one gig to go to next Christmas this is it!
((More details as I get them -- Steve))
The wonderful Belshazzar's Feast, the remarkable duo of Paul Hutchinson (of Hoover the Dog) and Paul Sartin (of Bellowhead). The two Pauls are as entertaining and amusing as they are talented, and their collection of pieces especially for this time of year will really get your Christmas off to great start.
Tickets £10
colin bowen
www.belshazzarsfeast.co.uk/
Annual Party and Guest Night!
One of the best duos on the folk scene today www.smallpiper.co.uk
Note! For this month only the club is meeting on the SECOND Saturday
Tickets £5.50 in advance, £6.00 on the door. Buy Tickets Raffle, floorspots, musicians, singers and listeners all welcome
Doors Open 7.30 for 8.00 pm.
Contact Eileen Ann or Jim 01643 709394, email acornfolkclub AT googlemail.com and visit www.acornfolkclub.co.uk for full details and to buy tickets on line.
Free parking
Bar available
7.30-11.00pm
Adult £9, Concession £7, 7-16 yrs £2
Contact: Richard & Jo 01225 311634
joanne.lander AT talktalk.net
http://www.poppyrecords.co.uk/bathceilidh/main.htm
Free parking
Bar available
7.30-11.00pm
Adult £9, Concession £7, 7-16 yrs £2
Contact: Richard & Jo 01225 311634
joanne.lander AT talktalk.net
http://www.poppyrecords.co.uk/bathceilidh/main.htm
True Stories is a combination of traditional songs and Simpson’s own original compositions, receiving wide critical acclaim when it was released in 2009. Ranging from solo guitar instrumentals to full band arrangements it features some of the finest musicians around. Influenced by Northumbrian dance tunes, Anglo Scots ballads, blues songs, New Orleans jazz and R and B, the sounds are highly distinctive. Simpson’s own songs are beautifully written and at times most unusual in form.
7.45pm
Full £14 60+ £14 Conc. £12
www.thebrewhouse.net
Hilary (ex Artisan) Superb Voice and Grant an exceptionally talented guitarist bring you traditional and contemporary material presented with great humour.
Tickets £5.50 in advance, £6.00 on the door. Raffle, floorspots, musicians, singers and listeners all welcome.
Doors Open 7.30 for 8.00 pm.
Contact Eileen Ann or Jim 01643 709394, email acornfolkclub AT googlemail.com and visit www.acornfolkclub.co.uk for full details and to buy tickets on line.
Shave the Monkey formed in 1989 and toured the major UK and European Festivals, Arts Centres and Folk Clubs for 15 years (including Fairport Convention's Cropredy, Cambridge, Denmark, Germany and Belgium Festivals), alongside extensive national radio and TV appearances.
Following popular demand, they have organised another UK tour in 2011. Their 4 CDs have also recently been re-released also available on iTunes and Amazon.
More details later!
8.00 pm
www.shavethemonkey.co.uk
www.bridgwaterartscentre.co.uk
01278 422 700
Free parking
Bar available
7.30-11.00pm
Adult £9, Concession £7, 7-16 yrs £2
Contact: Richard & Jo 01225 311634
joanne.lander AT talktalk.net
http://www.poppyrecords.co.uk/bathceilidh/main.htm
Brilliant Young Duo making waves on the folk scene
http://www.askewsisters.co.uk/
Tickets £5.50 in advance, £6.00 on the door.
Raffle, floorspots, musicians, singers and listeners all welcome.
Doors Open 7.30 for 8.00 pm.
Contact Eileen Ann or Jim 01643 709394, email acornfolkclub AT googlemail.com and visit www.acornfolkclub.co.uk for full details and to buy tickets on line.
Quintessentially English Traditional Song
http://www.triothrelfall.net/
Tickets £5.50 in advance, £6.00 on the door. Raffle, floorspots, musicians, singers and listeners all welcome.
Doors Open 7.30 for 8.00 pm.
Contact Eileen Ann or Jim 01643 709394, email acornfolkclub AT googlemail.com and visit www.acornfolkclub.co.uk for full details and to buy tickets on line.