25th April - 1st May + highlights to 8th May

Opinions of artists are often taken from club/promoters' publicity and might not be my own opinion (there's several I haven't even heard of, let alone heard!).  However, I have no hestiation in recommending Pete Coe, The Askew Sisters, Steve Donelly, Sam Lee, Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies, Tom McConville, Spiers & Boden (although you'd be lucky if there's any seats left) - and Cara Dillon, Eliza Gilkyson, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Winter Wilson, and Damien Clarke amongst others, could well be worth a listen.  Wishing a speedy recovery to Jeff Henry, who's a special friend of Folk For All.  Keep music live!  Support our folk clubs and events!

FR	25	THE CITY FOLK CLUB, GUIDE HALL	singaround club with an eclectic mix
		FO'C'SLE, Richmond Inn, Portswood SOTTON	JEFF HENRY is indisposed, so St George's Day song session instead
		ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, SEAFORD	Tinderbox are an award winning acoustic duo featuring Dublin born Monique Houraghan with a distinctive ‘honey-like’ vocal, and Dan Tucker with an intricate finger style guitar technique
		MUSIC INSTITUTE	PETE COE
		ROPETACKLE	BUDAPEST CAFÉ ORCHESTRA
		WESSEX (formerly WIMBORNE) ACOUSTICRoyal British Legion, Church Lane, Blandford Forum	Winter Wilson
		RADIO 3	WORLD ON 3 11pm Irish band The Gloaming; music frm Malawi & Grenada
SA	26	LEWES SATURDAY, LEWES	ASKEW SISTERS £7 at THE CROWN, 171 HIGH ST
		GRAYSHOTT SOCIAL CLUB	JED GRIMES
		ASHCROFT ARTS FAREHAM	MAIREARAD & ANNA
SU	27	HORSHAM	Song and Dance
		The Snug Bar, The Mitre, Baker Street (London Road shops), Brighton	RENATA'S SINGAROUND from 9pm. Details:- 01273 383056
		WOOLSTON & BURSLEDON FC	spotlights on Jacquie Daniels: Brian Huggett
		OLD HOUSE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS (Old House at Home, Locksway Rd Milton, Ports	joining In Playround/Jamming Session
		SUNDAY SINGAROUND -JOLLY BREWER, Ditchling rd BN1 6JA	9pm on Enquiries - 01273 383056 or 692849
		The EDINBURGH, 67a UPPER GLOS RD, BTON	BRING A SONG ALONG 9pm acoustic jam session
		WOODIES, Clapham Villge Hall	Spring Open Mic
		BULL INN, DITCHLING	evening? Session last Sunday
MO	28	The Foundry,13-14 Foundry Street, BN1 4AT.	SESSION (mainly Irish but mixed). 9pm. Mandy Murray, Ben Paley and Jim Birch, musicians and singers welcome. Might not be running currently.
TU	29	CHICHESTER FOLK SONG CLUB	club night
		NONSUCH, BISHOP'S WALTHAM SOCIAL CLUB, HOUCHIN RD, BW	Steve Donnelly
		ROUND GEORGES, Sutherland Road, Kemp Town, Brighton	CELLARFOLK SONG CLUB 01273 509552 singarounds + occ theme nts
		JOLLY TANNERS, STAPLEFIELD	DAVE TOYE & FRIENDS OPEN MIC
		SWAN, WORTHING	singaround
		SELHAM 3 MOLES	folk session led by Des McFarlane
WE	30	WILLOWS ARUNDEL	VILLAGE BAND £4
		RED LION, SHOREHAM	THE RUDE MECHANICALS about 8.30
		HOBGOBLIN YORK PLACE BTON	BRIGHTON TIN WHISTLE ORCHESTRA 7.30 -9 £5 D-D (2 OCTAVES) new members can join at any time
		BRIGHTON SINGERS CLUB -Pond Gloucester Rd	singaround from 9pm Phone 01273 692849 or 383056
		STAR SESSIONS, STAR INN HORSEFAIR, ROMSEY	session with a culture of encouraging people hesitant of joining a session; not a folk club, gd balance of songs/tunes/styles. Brucemarshallthescot@yahoo.co.uk
		DORKING FOLK CLUB	singers' night
		BROADSIDE, OLD HOUSE AT HOME, PORTSMOUTH	singaround
		ROOTS AT CHICHESTER INN	Goldie Reed Band - unique meld of Americana, blues, & roots, mixed with more English folk sensibilities - part of the 'new heritage' scene
		NEW SUSSEX HOTEL, SOUTH ST LANCING	OPEN MIC NIGHT 8pm til late; ample free parking (01903 763344
		R2 the folk show MarkRadcliffe 7PM	trad & contemp folk & acoustic music w session from The Rails-Linda & Rich Thompson's dtr Kami + James Walbourne
TH	1	ROYAL OAK LEWES	closed for good
		FOLK AT THE JOLLY JOLLY BREWER DITCHLING RD, BTON	9PM-CLOSING -singing, instruments, poetry, jokes
		JUNCTION, St DENYS, SOTTON	FOLK AT THE RIVERSIDE -singaround, guests from 8pm (now again at the Junction)
		FERRY INN, SHOREHAM	GOLDEN SLIPPER CLUB. Short folk & blues spots
		GUN INN, FINDON	1st Session; Last-singaround
		BUN PENNY PH, LEE-ON-SOLENT	singaround
		SNOWDROP INN, SOUTH ST LEWES	SO LAST CENTURY STRING BAND 9pm free
FR	2	HANGER FARM, TOTTON	CARA DILLON £19.50/17.50
		ROPETACKLE	SAM LEE & FRIENDS £15
SA	3	Holy Trinity Church High st Gfrd	Trinity Folk Festival: Martyn Joseph; Jez Lowe & Bad Pennies; Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston; Luke Jackson; Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, etc
TU	6	CHICHESTER FOLK SONG CLUB	DAMIEN CLARKE - hammer dulcimer & hurdy-gurdy
WE	7	WILLOWS ARUNDEL	come all ye - open stage
		DORKING FOLK CLUB	TOM McCONVILLE -40YRS TOUR
TH	8	MAYFIELD E SUSSEX	SPIERS & BODEN
		ASHCROFT ARTS FAREHAM	Eliza Gilkyson

Folk News 18th-24th April

As best I know... if you know better, please let me know.  Please check with club/venue/whatever if in any doubt before setting out.  I hope you enjoy the music - and the "Folk For All" programme - this week (i.e. 17th) with live session from singer/songwriter/guitarist Stuart Coupe, he of the Evershed Arts Centre.

FR	18	THE CITY FOLK CLUB, GUIDE HALL	singaround club with an eclectic mix
		FO'C'SLE, Richmond Inn, Portswood SOTTON	singaround
		ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, SEAFORD	Michael J Tinker: "Jon Boden says he is “Top notch” and that’s good enough for the Seaford club. Tinker is a magical singer and multi-instrumentalist, Seaford say.
		MURRELL ARMS, BARNHAM	Traditional Singaround
		RADIO 3	WORLD ON 3 11pmNubian singers, frame drummers, a Cypriot trio & music from Ghana
SA	19	LEWES SATURDAY, LEWES	Easter come-all-ye £4 serving home-made Easter biscuits
SU	20	HORSHAM	Open Floor
		The Snug Bar, The Mitre, Baker Street (London Road shops), Brighton	RENATA'S SINGAROUND from 9pm. Details:- 01273 383056
		WOOLSTON & BURSLEDON FC	club closed
		OLD HOUSE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS (Old House at Home, Locksway Rd Milton, Ports	joining In Playround/Jamming Session
		SUNDAY SINGAROUND -JOLLY BREWER, Ditchling rd BN1 6JA	9pm on Enquiries - 01273 383056 or 692849
		The EDINBURGH, 67a UPPER GLOS RD, BTON	BRING A SONG ALONG 9pm acoustic jam session
		HAVANT FOLK CLUB (Hockey/Cricket pavilion	7.15-10 free parking (voucher from clubhouse) no fee, but £3 donation welcomed
		FLORENCE ARMS SESSION, F RD S'SEA Sun12-230	0
		LAMB, BILSHAM	acoustic music from 4pm
		GOSPORT MASONIC HALL	FEAST OF EASTER FOLK £8 a session or £25 all 4; 12-430 {GARY & VERA ASPEY; JOE STEAD; WALKER BROAD; BERNARD POTTER; ADE CULL; PETER, PAUL & MARY'S BROTHER; SHEP WOOLLEY}; 6-10 {REET, PETITE & GONE; ADRIAN NATION; MARTYN W-READ; PETE WATKINSON; REAVERS RANT; GRAHAM & JO; GEORGE WILSON}
MO	21	The Foundry,13-14 Foundry Street, BN1 4AT.	SESSION (mainly Irish but mixed). 9pm. Mandy Murray, Ben Paley and Jim Birch, musicians and singers welcome. Might not be running currently.
		FOREST FOLK, N.BOARHUNT	RICHARD DIGANCE
		SHOREHAM SESSIONS BRIDGE INN HIGH ST SHOREHAM	8.30 for 9 round table mainly traditional session songs & tunes. Might not be running currently.
		STEYNING, CHEQUER INN	MID-SUSSEX SINGERS' CLUB: CHORUS & HARMONY NIGHT
		GOSPORT MASONIC HALL	FEAST OF EASTER FOLK £8 a session or £25 all 4; 12-430 {VICTORY MORRIS, ADRIAN NATION; HELEN TUDOR; BRIAN HOOPER; JEFF & SANDI; BILL MCKINNON; JELLY ROLLERS; PETE QUIN; SHEP WOOLLEY}; 6-10 {ANSOME CABIN BUOYS; GARY & VERA ASPEY;; GEORGE WILSON; PORTSMOUTH SHANTYMEN; JOE STEAD; SHEP WOOLLEY}
TU	22	CHICHESTER FOLK SONG CLUB	theme "in foreign parts"
		NONSUCH, BISHOP'S WALTHAM SOCIAL CLUB, HOUCHIN RD, BW	singaround
		ROUND GEORGES, Sutherland Road, Kemp Town, Brighton	CELLARFOLK SONG CLUB 01273 509552 singarounds + occ theme nts
		JOLLY TANNERS, STAPLEFIELD	DAVE TOYE & FRIENDS OPEN MIC
WE	23	WILLOWS ARUNDEL	come all ye - open stage
		RED LION, SHOREHAM	THE RUDE MECHANICALS about 8.30
		HOBGOBLIN YORK PLACE BTON	BRIGHTON TIN WHISTLE ORCHESTRA 7.30 -9 £5 D-D (2 OCTAVES) new members can join at any time
		BRIGHTON SINGERS CLUB -Pond Gloucester Rd	singaround from 9pm Phone 01273 692849 or 383056
		STAR SESSIONS, STAR INN HORSEFAIR, ROMSEY	session with a culture of encouraging people hesitant of joining a session; not a folk club, gd balance of songs/tunes/styles. Brucemarshallthescot@yahoo.co.uk
		DORKING FOLK CLUB	James Delarre and Saul Rose: Morris roots but much more - fiddle/melodeon
		BROADSIDE, OLD HOUSE AT HOME, PORTSMOUTH	singaround
		WINCHESTER FC RAILWAY INN	not this week
		IRISH CLUB, PORTSMOUTH	traditional music session, celtic/Irish/Scots/Cape Breton, some Eng, some songs. Org- Simon Cattermole
		ROPETACKLE	ERIC ANDERSEN w BEN REEL BAND £vs
		R2 the folk show MarkRadcliffe 7PM	trad & contemp folk & acoustic music
TH	24	ROYAL OAK LEWES	closed for good
		FOLK AT THE JOLLY JOLLY BREWER DITCHLING RD, BTON	9PM-CLOSING -singing, instruments, poetry, jokes
		JUNCTION, St DENYS, SOTTON	FOLK AT THE RIVERSIDE -singaround, guests from 8pm (now again at the Junction)
		WINCHESTER RAILWAY: FOLK CLUB PRESENTS	The Sweet Lowdown

"Folk For All" Folk News 11th-17th April

No responsibility taken for an event being full/ not running/not as listed or club/session no longer in existence.  Best check with organisers first!  Having said that, there's a lot of good stuff on this week.

FR	11	THE CITY FOLK CLUB, GUIDE HALL	singaround club with an eclectic mix
		FO'C'SLE, Richmond Inn, Portswood SOTTON	JIMMY LEE
		ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, SEAFORD	Claire Booth "young gifted singer songwriter from Arundel ... her first session ... in Seaford".
		FINDON ACOUSTIC CLUB, FINDON V.HALL	Org: Gary Holder free tea & coffee. MICK WILLS; IAN PRIOR; ALBERT TAYLOR; THE MEDDLERS
		FOLK ON THE COAST FOOTBALL GRND, BOGNOR	TIM EDEY
		COWDRAY HALL	STEVE KNIGHTLEY
		WESSEX (formerly WIMBORNE) ACOUSTICRoyal British Legion, Church Lane, Blandford Forum	KATRIONA GILMORE & JAMIE ROBERTS
		RADIO 3	WORLD ON 3 11pm? Irish band The Gloaming.
SA	12	LEWES SATURDAY, LEWES	Emmanuel Pariselle & Christian Maes French regional dance music for any instr
		HANGER FARM, TOTTON	VIN GARBUTT £14/12
		RUSTINGTON	singaround alternate Saturdays
		GRAYSHOTT VILLAGE HALL	JOE TOPPING & THE VAGRANT KINGS + JESS MORGAN
		TURNER-SIMS	QUERCUS (June Tabor, Huw Warren, Ian Ballamy)
SU	13	HORSHAM	TIM EDEY
		The Snug Bar, The Mitre, Baker Street (London Road shops), Brighton	RENATA'S SINGAROUND from 9pm. Details:- 01273 383056
		WOOLSTON & BURSLEDON FC	singaround
		OLD HOUSE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS (Old House at Home, Locksway Rd Milton, Ports	joining In Playround/Jamming Session
		SUNDAY SINGAROUND -JOLLY BREWER, Ditchling rd BN1 6JA	9pm on Enquiries - 01273 383056 or 692849
		The EDINBURGH, 67a UPPER GLOS RD, BTON	BRING A SONG ALONG 9pm acoustic jam session
		WOODIES, Clapham Villge Hall	spotlight on Richard Howell
		BLUEBELL, COCKING	informal singaround
		LABOURING MAN, COLDWALTHAM	session 6.30
		WINCHESTER, GUILDHALL	SARAH MORGAN MEMORIAL CONCERT with Carolyn Robson & Moira Craig MCs + Belshazzar's Feast; John Kirkpatrick; Lester Simpson; Mick Ryan & Pete Harris; Mary Humphries & Anahata; Grace Notes; Askew Sisters; Mike O'Connor; Malcolm Austen; Jeff Gillet & Ron Taylor; community choirs from Winchester, Andover, Petersfield & Alton - and others 3-10pm
MO	14	The Foundry,13-14 Foundry Street, BN1 4AT.	SESSION (mainly Irish but mixed). 9pm. Mandy Murray, Ben Paley and Jim Birch, musicians and singers welcome. Might not be running currently.
		ROYAL OAK, WINEHAM BN5 9AY	8pm Sangboc Folk Club - eng folk song, music and sea shanties ianbush@sjpp.co.uk 079 57 433894
		ELIZABETH & SANDRA'S	PELHAM ARMS, LEWES 8pm
TU	15	CHICHESTER FOLK SONG CLUB	club night
		NONSUCH, BISHOP'S WALTHAM SOCIAL CLUB, HOUCHIN RD, BW	session
		ROUND GEORGES, Sutherland Road, Kemp Town, Brighton	CELLARFOLK SONG CLUB 01273 509552 singarounds + occ theme nts
		JOLLY TANNERS, STAPLEFIELD	DAVE TOYE & FRIENDS OPEN MIC
		SELHAM 3 MOLES	folk session led by Des McFarlane
		RINGWOOD, ELM TREE INN	DUCK SOUP £7.50
WE	16	WILLOWS ARUNDEL	BRAM TAYLOR £4
		RED LION, SHOREHAM	THE RUDE MECHANICALS about 8.30
		HOBGOBLIN YORK PLACE BTON	BRIGHTON TIN WHISTLE ORCHESTRA 7.30 -9 £5 D-D (2 OCTAVES) new members can join at any time
		BRIGHTON SINGERS CLUB -Pond Gloucester Rd	singaround from 9pm Phone 01273 692849 or 383056
		STAR SESSIONS, STAR INN HORSEFAIR, ROMSEY	session with a culture of encouraging people hesitant of joining a session; not a folk club, gd balance of songs/tunes/styles. Brucemarshallthescot@yahoo.co.uk
		DORKING FOLK CLUB	singers' night
		BROADSIDE, OLD HOUSE AT HOME, PORTSMOUTH	singaround
		BARNS GREEN -QUEEN'S HEAD	ACOUSTIC CLUB music from 8pm org:Gary Holder. Jason Loughran; Ralph Wigg; FLOK; Andre Pallat
		HYDE TAVERN, WINCHESTER SO23 7DY	HAMPSHIRE SONGS MEETING (Trad songs of Hants) 7.30 Meeting, 9pm singaround bob_askew@hotmail.co.uk
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		R2 the folk show MarkRadcliffe 7PM	trad & contemp folk & acoustic music session from Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
TH	17	ROYAL OAK LEWES	closed for good
		FOLK AT THE JOLLY JOLLY BREWER DITCHLING RD, BTON	9PM-CLOSING -singing, instruments, poetry, jokes
		JUNCTION, St DENYS, SOTTON	FOLK AT THE RIVERSIDE -singaround, guests from 8pm (now again at the Junction)