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Wed 27 Airs & Disgraces. Julie Roberts, Leonie Mansell + Gary Holder. Arundel Festival.
Norfolk Centre. 4pm.
Wed 27 Rory McLeod. Komedia Brighton.
Wed 27 Shep Wooley - One Man Show. Kings Theatre Studio. Southsea Hants.
Fri 29 Rory McLeod. HOP FESTIVAL SPECIAL. Faversham Folk Club
Fri 29 CELIDH CLUB. "Scottish dancing - it makes you smile" No experience necessary.
Hammersmith Town Hall London
Sat 30 -
Sun 31
Faversham Hop Festival
Hop-stringers, Kent
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Fri 05 Titus. Brighton Folk and Blues Club (formally the Eclipse Hove). Now at The Good Companions. Seven Dials Brighton. 8pm. £5 on door.
Fri 05 CELIDH CLUB. "Scottish dancing - it makes you smile" No experience necessary.
Cecil Sharp House London
Sat 06 Lewes Arms Workshop No 97. MARIAN BUTTON: BALLAD FORUM. + evening performance
Sat 06 A Day of European Dance with Arcadia and Kerry Fletcher .
St John's Church, Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3JN
For further details: see arcadiadance's myspace website here
Sat 06 Mawkin:Causely. Footlinghts. West Chltington Village Hall.
Sun 07 Chris Moreton. Legendary guitar flat picker plays bluegrass, as well as old time, country, folk, classical, banjo and sings! £5/£3 Horsham Folk Club
Mon 08 Kirsty McGee + Mat Martin. The Ravenswood Sharpthorne. ACOUSTIC SUSSEX
Wed 10 Dave Ellis and Boo Howard. Faversham Folk Club
Thur 11 "Listen and You Shall Hear: The Life and Work of Lucy Broadwood". Irene Shettle & Ralph Jordan.@ the Surrey History Centre in Woking. Presented by Surrey Heritage, with generous assistance from Surrey History Trust. Tickets: cost £10 (to include an interval glass of wine) and must be booked in advance. On sale from July 22, from Surrey History Centre (tel:01483 518737 ) or emailshs@surreycc.gov.uk
Full details http://www.myspace.com/listenandyoushallhear
Thur 11 Eliza Carthy. Komedia Brighton
Thur 11 Scottish Country Dance Taster evening. RSDS-Brighton . Ventor Hall Hove BN3 3YF. £1
11 - 14th Seaford Live!'08.
Fri 12 CELIDH CLUB. "Scottish dancing - it makes you smile" No experience necessary.
Cecil Sharp House London
Fri 12 +
Sat 13
Salome. Part of the Equator Autumn 2008 series. Shiva Nova. Ashford Youth Theatre TN23 1HU. (not suitable for children under 16). £8/ Seniors £7/ Full-time students £5.
Booking online or Ashford TIC. See brochure on our Bulletin Board here
Sat 13 The Warsaw Village Band. The Maltings ELECTRIC VOICES
Thur 18 Airs & Disgraces. Julie Roberts, Leonie Mansell + Gary Holder. Sanctuary Cafe
Brunswick St. East. Brighton. 8pm.
19 - 21 Deal Maritime Folk Festival
Sat 20 +
Sun 21
Global Voices - weekend workshop. (Adult/15+) Lucky Moyo (Zimbabwe) Shaheen Khan (India) Tea Hodzic (Bosnia) THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Workshop Details here
This project is produced by Music for Change for The Stables and other members of the roots/round/about consortium. Course fee £40 / Students £20. Leading to:
Sunday. 7.30pm: Global Voices Performance. Tickets £5
Sat 20 Lewes Arms Workshop No 98. Fenland Tunes with Mary Humphreys & Anahata. + evening performance
Sat 20 Jackstraws Morris. Dancing out. Yateley Morris Day of Dance Hants.
Full programme on Buletin Board here.
Sat 20 Celebration of 50 years of Horsham Folk Club and commemorating 50 years since the death of esteemed English composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams. St. Mary's Church Horsham 7.30 pm. - 10.00 pm. Details on Bulletin Board here
Sat 20 Ditchling Morris FREE taster session. Clayton Village Hall. 10.00am to 1.00pm.
See Flyer on Bulletin Board here
Sun 21 Craig, Morgan, Robson. Horsham Folk Club
Sun 21 Airs & Disgraces. Julie Roberts, Leonie Mansell + Gary Holder.Windsor fringe Festival.
Windson Arts Centre. 8pm.
Sun 21 Hot Club of Cowtown. Komedia Brighton
Mon 22 Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick. Support :Lisa Knapp. The Ravenswood Sharpthorne. ACOUSTIC SUSSEX SOLD OUT – CANCELLATIONS ONLY
Tue 23 Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick. The Electric Theatre. ELECTRIC VOICES
SELLING FAST - BOOK NOW!
Wed 24 Funi. Faversham Folk Club
Wed 24 Preston Reed. Komedia Brighton
Fri 26 Chris Wood. The Electric Theatre. ELECTRIC VOICES
Fri 26 CELIDH CLUB. "Scottish dancing - it makes you smile" No experience necessary.
Cecil Sharp House London
Fri 26 Nick Hennessey. Eastbourne Storytellers. The Lamb, High Street. Eastbourne. 7.30pm. £5
Sat 27 Nick Hennessey. Lews Arms Folk Club £5.
Sat 27 Chiddingly Beer Festival. Morris & Mummers. Faustus @ 7.30pm Chiddingly Village Hall.
Starting
Sun 28-
Nov 02
'The Ceilidh Experience' Workshops (6 sessions). 10 am-12.30pm.
THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Workshop Details here. Course fee £70 / Students £45 for 6 sessions. Leading to:
Sunday November 02. The Ceilidh Experience' concert and dance. 7.30pm £5
Sun 28 Nick Hennessey. Horsham Folk Club
Mon 29 Stefan Grossman.Studio The Hawth 8.15pm. £12 (£10)
Tue 30 TheDawgs @ the Six Bells. part of Chiddingly Festival.
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OCTOBER



Thur 02 Mandy Murray. The all-Ireland champion concertina player who is also a remarkable singer. Re-scheduled from July. Folk at the Royal Oak, Lewes. £5
Fri 03 Ruth Notman. Studio The Hawth 8.15pm. £12 (£10) tbc
Fri 03 tbc. Brighton Folk and Blues Club (formally the Eclipse Hove). The Good Companions. Seven Dials Brighton.
Fri 03 Eliza Gilkyson with Robert McEntree. Chequer Mead. ACOUSTIC SUSSEX
Fri 03 TENTERDEN FOLK FESTIVAL. opening Ceilidh with The Committee Band + Nik Walden 8pm
Fri 03 -
Sun 05
TENTERDEN FOLK FESTIVAL
Sat 04 "RVW". Vaughan Williams Anniversary Celebrations @ Cecil Sharp House LONDON.
EFDSS. Full details on Bulletin Board here.
Sat 04 Uiscedwr Big Band Show featuring Karen Tweed Special guest Ric Sanders.
Hailsham Pavilion. SPYBOY
Sat 04 Jonatha Brooke. The Undiscovered Music of Woody Guthrie. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Sat 04 Euro-Ceilidh Gig CB! Caller Chris Shaw. Adastra Hall. 8pm. BYO.
Sun 04 Show of Hands. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Sun 05 Workshop on traditional & folk song with Shirley Collins. 11am – 5.30pm
Royal Oak, Station Street, Lewes BN7 2DA . Part of Brighton Early Music Festival
Tue 07 Seasick Steve. (Blues) Concert Hall The Dome Brighton
Thurs 09 roots/round/about presents the 21st Century Afro Sounds Tour Kasai Masai & Atongo Zimba. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Fri 10 Belshazzar's Feast. The Music Institute Guildford.
Fri 10 Chris Wood. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Sat 11 MELTDOWN ENGLISH CEILIDH. Clair Hall Haywards Heath.
PEEPING TOM + Pete Rees.
Under 25's Full-time Student Discount ticket STILL ONLY £5!
Supported by SEFAN with additional support from Hobgoblin Music
Sat 11 OXFOLK CEILIDH. Kennington Village Hall, Kennington, near Oxford, OX1 5PG.
The Woodpecker Band with Gordon Potts and Rockhopper Morris
Sat 11 Richie Havens. Special joint promotion with THE HAWTH and ACOUSTIC SUSSEX. £17.50.
Sun 12 Chris Wood Komedia Brighton
Sun 12-
Sun 19
Brighton Festival of World Sacred Music
Tues 14 Billy Cobham & Asere. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Wed 15 Julie Fowlis +support Ella Edmondson. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Thurs 16 Derrin Nauendorf. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Fri 17 KNEES UP CECIL SHARP CEILIDHS Cecil Sharp House, London, NW1 7AY. Climax Ceilidh Band + Chris Pitt.
Fri 17 'A Most Sunshiny Day' with Shirley Collins. An illustrated talk on Sussex traditional folk songs and singers, which also tells of the influence of folk music on English classical
music. Pelham House, Lewes BN7 1UW. Part of Brighton Early Music Festival
Fri 17 Richard Durrant. Studio The Hawth 8.15pm. £12 (£10)
Sat 18
The Big National Ceilidh event. Raising funds for WaterAid.
... dances in region ...
WHITE HORSE CEILIDH Scratch'n'Sniff + Mike Courthold
GODALMING BOUROUGH HALL (GBH)
PolkaWorks + Cat Kelly
HADDENHAM CEILIDHS Random + Alan Simpson
BROADSTAIRS Toothless Mary + Phil Bassindale
CECIL SHARP HOUSE (EFDSS) Mr. Gubbins' Bicycle + John Kirkpatrick
Sat 18 Lewes Arms Workshop . Coope Boyes & Simpson: Vocal Harmony. + evening performance
Sat 18 Lewes Arms Workshop . Georgina Boyes: Seminar on Wassails, Carols & Winter Customs
Sat 18 Ceilidh with Rattlebone, St Mary's Catholic Church Hall, Surrenden Rd, Brighton BN1 6PA
8pm. Part of Brighton Early Music Festival
Sat 18 Papa Noel & Adan Pedroso. Master guitarists from the Congo and Cuba.
Part of the Equator Autumn 2008 series. Shiva Nova. St. Mary's Church TN23 1QG.
Booking online or Ashford TIC. See brochure on our Bulletin Board here
Sun 19 Workshop on traditional dance music 1714 - 1837. with The Carnival Band and Mary Collins (dancer). A fun family day, open to players of old and modern instruments and dancers of
all levels. All players will have a chance to dance as well! Ralli Hall, 81 Denmark Villas Hove BN3 3TH (near Hove station). 11am - 5pm. Part of Brighton Early Music Festival
Sun 19 Richard Digance. Hailsham Pavilion. SPYBOY
Sun 19 Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes.
Details on Bulletin Board here
Mon 20 Bob Fox & Stu Luckley. The Ravenswood Sharpthorne. ACOUSTIC SUSSEX
Thurs 23 Maire Ni Chathasaigh, Chris Newman, Nollaig Casey & Arty McGlynn. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Fri 24 Meet the Neighbours. Opening gala concert with some of the leading classical and traditional players and singers from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. St George's Church, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1ED. 8pm. Part of Brighton Early Music Festival
Fri 24 Bella Hardy & Chris Sherburn. The Music Institute Guildford.
Fri 24 -
Nov 02
10th Return to Camden Town. Festival of traditional Irish music, song and dance. The london Irish Centre 50-52 Camden Square London NW1 9XB
Sat 25 Show of Hands. All Saints Church Eastbourne. SPYBOY
almost sold out ... BOOKING ONLY AT THE HAILSHAM PAVILION - 01323 841414
Sat 25 Lewes Arms Workshop. John Kirkpatrick: Moded (any instrument) + evening performance
Sat 25 M1 Music Night - Terry Emm & Navaro. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes.
Details on Bulletin Board here
Sun 26 Wandering Fiddlers An exciting blend of baroque virtuosity and Irish traditional music.
St George's Church, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1ED. 7.30pm.
Part of Brighton Early Music Festival
Tues 28 Etran Finatawa. Sounds of the Sahara. Part of the Going Global series @ THE HAWTH Crawley. Studio. £12 (£10)
NOVEMBER
Sat 01 Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri. Hailsham Pavilion. SPYBOY
Sun 02 'The Ceilidh Experience' Finale. concert and dance. 7.30pm £5
THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Mon 03 John Tams & Barry Coope. Chequer Mead. E.Grinstead. ACOUSTIC SUSSEX
Tue 04 Lau. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Fri 07 Dan Raza. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Fri 07 Guy Tortora. Brighton Folk and Blues Club (formally the Eclipse Hove). The Good Companions, Seven Dials, Brighton. 8pm.
Fri 07 Mary Humphreys & Anahata. The Music Institute Guildford.
Sat 08 MELTDOWN ENGLISH CEILIDH. Clair Hall Haywards Heath.
BOLDWOOD + Jackie Alen
Under 25's Full-time Student Discount ticket STILL ONLY £5!
Supported by SEFAN with additional support from Hobgoblin Music
Sat 08 OXFOLK CEILIDH. Kennington Village Hall, Kennington, near Oxford, OX1 5PG.
The Hosepipe Band + Andrew Swaine.
Sat 08 Young Artists Showcase, including Emerald performing baroque & trad. Music from Ireland
The Unitarian Church, New Road, Brighton BN1 1UF. 1pm.
Part of Brighton Early Music Festival
Sun 09 The Writing on the Wall - Roy Bailey and Tony Benn. Hailsham Pavilion. SPYBOY
Fri 14 Eliza Carthy. Part of the Equator Autumn 2008 series. Shiva Nova in collaboration with Tenterden Folk Festival. Norton Knatchbull School Ashford. TN24 0QJ.
Booking online or Ashford TIC. See brochure on our Bulletin Board here
Fri 14 Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes. (re-scheduled) Hailsham Pavilion. SPYBOY
Seats: NOW ALL SOLD - Telephone 01323 841414 for returns
Sat 15 GBH CEILIDH. Whapweasel + Nick Walden. Goldalming Borough Hall.
Sat 15 Karine Polwart. Hailsham Pavilion. SPYBOY
Mon 17 Kreg Viesselman (tbc) The Ravenswood Sharpthorne. ACOUSTIC SUSSEX
Tue 18 Eva Selis.THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Tue 18 Seth Lakeman Corn Exchange Brighton.
Fri 21 KNEES UP CECIL SHARP CEILIDHS Cecil Sharp House, London, NW1 7AY.
Glorystokes + Gordon Potts.
Fri 21 Tom Bliss. The Music Institute Guildford.
Sat 22 Yvonne Lyon. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Sat 22 Lewes Arms Workshop. Roy Clinging & Neil Brookes: Cheshire tunes (any instrument)+ evening performance
Thur 27 JIGJAW (Janet Russell, Rosie Davies, Kerry Fletcher, Frances Watt)
Folk at the Royal Oak, Lewes.
Sat 29 Junctions: Spiers & Boden and The Tacet Ensemble. Cranleigh Arts Centre.
DECEMBER
Tue 02 Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes.
Details on Bulletin Board here
Thurs 04 Jeb Loy Nichols, Michael Weston King & Peter Bruntnell. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Fri 05 Miller Anderson. Brighton Folk and Blues Club (formally the Eclipse Hove). The Good Companions,Seven Dials Brighton. 8pm
Fri 05 Les Barker. The Music Institute Guildford.
Sat 06 Junctions: Spiers & Boden and The Tacet Ensemble. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Sat 06 WHITE HORSE CEILIDH Grove Village Hall OX12 7JY. Swinging Mollly + Caller Will Hall
Sat 06 Songs for the Season - the Copper Family & Friends. Underground Theatre Eastbourne.
SPYBOY
Sat 06 Lewes Arms Workshop. Paul Hutchinson Accordion
Lewes Arms Workshop. Paul Sartin: Fiddle. +evening performance
Mon 09 Dougie MacLean. Chequer Mead E.Grinstead. ACOUSTIC SUSSEX
Wed 11 Junctions: Spiers & Boden and The Tacet Ensemble. Jacqueline Du Pre Music Building, Oxford
Fri 12 KNEES UP CECIL SHARP CEILIDHS Cecil Sharp House, London, NW1 7AY.
The Committee Band + Nick Walden
Fri 12 Rhiannon Giddens & Sxip Shirey. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Sat 13 MELTDOWN ENGLISH CEILIDH. Clair Hall Haywards Heath.
FLORIDA + Nick Walden.
now "traditional" dress code of Reds and Blacks ... Dress to express!
Under 25's Full-time Student Discount ticket STILL ONLY £5!
Supported by SEFAN with additional support from Hobgoblin Music
Sat 13 OXFOLK CEILIDH. Kennington Village Hall, Kennington, near Oxford, OX1 5PG.
Boldwood with Fee Lock and Cat Kelly - Christmas Spectacular ... Dress to impress!
Sat 13 Junctions: Spiers & Boden and The Tacet Ensemble. Cranleigh Arts Centre.
Sat 13 Orchestra Cache Salsa Band. Part of the Equator Autumn 2008 series. Shiva Nova. Brake Hall. Ashford School. TN24 8PBTN23 1QG.
Booking online or Ashford TIC. See brochure on our Bulletin Board here
Tue 16 Koshka: Russian Winter & Gypsy Fire. THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Details on Bulletin Board here
Fri 19 The Copper Family. The Music Institute Guildford.
Sat 20 GBH CEILIDH.Bursledon Village Band + Pete Rees. Goldalming Borough Hall.
Listen Again to "Christmas Champions" by Chris Wood & Hugh Lupton. Commissioned by Late Junction BBC Radio 3.
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