Folk News 15th-21st May

An antipodean invasion (Martin Curtis, Cloudstreet, Enda Kenny), Sarah McQuaid, Celtic influx (Colum Sands, Celtic Fiddle Festival, Altan), Wholehearted, and Tom Paxton - it's quite a week!  Some of these are featured on this week's Folk For All.

FR	15	THE CITY FOLK CLUB, GUIDE HALL	singaround club with an eclectic mix
		FO'C'SLE, Richmond Inn, Portswood SOTTON	TANIA OPLAND AND MIKE FREEMAN
		ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, SEAFORD	MARTIN CURTIS
		ST ALBAN'S CHURCH Hindhead	GRAYSHOTT FOLK CLUB: ALTAN support:harpist Lily Neill 7.30pm £18
		ROPETACKLE	CELTIC FIDDLE FESTIVAL £17 8pm
		RADIO 3	WORLD ON 3 11pm incl central Asian throat-singing
SA	16	LEWES SATURDAY, LEWES	COLUM SANDS £7
		FARNHAM MALTINGS	SARAH McQUAID
SU	17	HORSHAM	SONG & DANCE
		The Snug Bar, The Mitre, Baker Street (London Road shops), Brighton	RENATA'S SINGAROUND from 9pm. Details:- 01273 383056
		WOOLSTON & BURSLEDON FC	WHOLEHEARTED
		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
		LAMB, BILSHAM	acoustic music from 4pm
MO	18	ADMIRAL ALEHOUSE, 2 ELM GROVE BTON	TRAD IRISH MUSIC SESSION with BEN PALEY & MANDY MURRAY 9pm
		FOREST FOLK, N.BOARHUNT	GORDIE MCKEEMAN & HIS RHYTHM BOYS £14/12
		SHOREHAM SESSIONS BRIDGE INN HIGH ST SHOREHAM	8.30 for 9 round table mainly traditional session songs & tunes.
		STEYNING, CHEQUER INN	MID-SUSSEX SINGERS' CLUB: CHORUS & HARMONY NIGHT
TU	19	CHICHESTER FOLK SONG CLUB	ENDA KENNY
		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
		ANVIL ARTS Churchill Way, Basingstoke	TOM PAXTON
WE	20	WILLOWS ARUNDEL	CLOUDSTREET £5 NOW WITH FIDDLER EMMA NIXON
		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
		BROADSIDE, OLD HOUSE AT HOME, PORTSMOUTH	singaround
		HYDE TAVERN, WINCHESTER SO23 7DY	HAMPSHIRE SONGS MEETING (Trad songs of Hants) 7.30 Meeting, 9pm singaround bob_askew@hotmail.co.uk
		BASINGSTOKE The Forge	CELTIC FIDDLE FESTIVAL
		KOMEDIA, BRIGHTON	LAU + SIOBHAN WILSON
		R2 the folk show MarkRadcliffe 7PM	trad & contemp folk & acoustic music with Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker singing from their new album Nothing Can Bring Back The Hour
TH	21	JUNCTION, St DENYS, SOTTON	FOLK AT THE RIVERSIDE -singaround, guests from 8pm (now again at the Junction)