Folk News 1st-7th July

FR	1	THE CITY FOLK CLUB, GUIDE HALL	singaround club with an eclectic mix 8.15 meet&greet music from 8.30
		FO'C'SLE, Richmond Inn, Portswood SOTTON	ANOTHER “LOCAL HEROES” NIGHT, WITH CHICHESTER FRIENDS MARKER (MARILYN CAMPBELL & KERRY MANNING), PLUS SINGAROUND £5
		ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, SEAFORD	CLOSED FOR SUMMER REOPEN 9TH SEPT
		POETS CORNER PH, MONTGOMERY St HOVE	HOVE FOLK CLUB 8pm residents: Robb Johnson, Robert Ranklin
		SPRING	MUSIC BITES (free): TIM CHEATLE (gtr, studied under Tommy Emanuel)
		RADIO 3	WORLD ON 3 11pm with Kathryn Tickell
SA	2	LEWES SATURDAY, LEWES	MATT SEATTLE WORKSHOP ON ARRANGING TRADITIONAL TUNES - ANY INSTRUMENT MATT PLAYS BORDER PIPES, FIDDLE & GUITAR. MANY OF HIS "BRILLIANT & BEAUTIFUL" ARRANGEMENTS ARE PUBLISHED AS THE 'AIRS FOR PAIRS' SERIES. "A FINE PERFORMER & COMPOSER." EVENING CONCERT £6
		VILLAGE FOLK CLUB, PARISH ROOM, HIGH ST, TITCHFIELD	NO INFO
		BILLINGSHURST (UNITARIAN CHAPEL, LAKERS MEADOW	BILLINGSHURST 8pm £3 regular nights, more for occasional professional guest. NO INFO
		BBC6 MUSIC	Bob Dylan story 6/6 4am (i.e Sunday morning)
SU	3	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	SINGAROUND/SESSION
		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
		TALKING HEADS, SOTTON (front bar)	Traditional Irish Acoustic Session -every Sunday afternoon Pat Begley & friends
		ADMIRAL ALEHOUSE, 2 ELM GROVE BTON	SINGERS' NIGHT hosted by Woody Woodham from 9pm
		WOODIES, Clapham Villge Hall 7.30	SPOTLIGHT ON CLJ
		FOLK 'N' BLUES AT THE 'BUCK: THE ROEBUCK LAUGHTON BN8 6BG	0
		FOLK AT THE ELSTED, MIDHURST	8.30pm Trad. Eng folk music & song in the bar. Free entry, all welcome.
MO	4	ADMIRAL ALEHOUSE, 2 ELM GROVE BTON	TRAD IRISH MUSIC SESSION with BEN PALEY & MANDY MURRAY 9pm
		THE BRIGHTON ACOUSTIC SESSIONS The Prince Albert, Trafalgar St Bton (110 yds Bton Stn)	singaround w featured guests. Tonight: Naomi Bedford with Paul Simmonds "an enthralling singer - mellifluous and passionate … great ballads of the transatlantic tradition
		FOREST FOLK, N.BOARHUNT	SINGAROUND?
TU	5	CHICHESTER FOLK SONG CLUB
		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
		RINGWOOD FOLK CLUB Elm Tree Inn, Ringwood, BH24 3DY. 01425 673713 www.ringwoodfolk.org.uk	JOHN MERITON BAND, BIG AL WHITTLE, STEVE SUTTON: "JOHN MERITON IS NEW TO THE AREA AND GREATLY IMPRESSED WITH HIS SINGING & SELF PENNED SONGS WHEN HE VISITED ON A RECENT SINGAROUND. HE RETURNS THIS TIME WITH HIS BAND. BIG AL WHITTLE IS A FINE SINGER/GUITARIST/. HE PERFORMS FOLK AND BLUESY MATERIAL AND HAS 1ST CLASS PEDIGREE WITH A TOP 40 HIT AND MANY YEARS OF GIGS AND AWARDS. STEVE SUTTON IS A VERY ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN. HE PLAYS BEAUTIFUL FIDDLE, GUITAR AND SINGS REALLY WELL. MATERIAL FROM SCOTTISH FIDDLE TO SERIOUS SONGS &THE ODD HUMOUROUS OFFERING. ENTRY ONLY £3"
		HAMPERS GREEN VILLAGE HALL, PETWORTH	8pm FRETFUL FEDERATION MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA with SPARE PARTS CONCERTINAS £7.50
WE	6	WILLOWS ARUNDEL	No info (Singaround/floorspots, possibly)
		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 Tavern, Gloucester Road, BN1 4AP	BRIGHTON SINGERS CLUB 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:Golf Club, Deepdene Ave, Dorking RH5 4BX	ALISTAIR ANDERSON
		BROADSIDE, OLD HOUSE AT HOME, PORTSMOUTH	singaround
		Guildford Institute, Ward Street GU1 4LH	HOT VULTURES "Southern English duo Hot Vultures – Ian Anderson (editor of fROOTS magazine) on guitar, slide guitar and vocals and Maggie Holland (her "A Place Called England" was a Song Of The Year winner in the BBC Folk Awards) on bass guitar, banjo, guitar and vocals" Tickets are £12 on the door or £11 in advance and can be obtained online at WeGotTickets or purchased by cheque in the post (see www.musici.club/evpaycash.htm)
		WINCHESTER FC RAILWAY INN	club night with Simon & Pete (classic trad folk & more) £5 support from Peter & Louise Kyme
		POWELLS FARM PLAITFORD nr ROMSEY	NEW FOREST FOLK FESTIVAL
		BBC RADIO2 the folk show MarkRadcliffe 7PM	trad & contemp folk & acoustic music: CHRIS WOOD live session with songs from his latest album So Much To Defend
		BBC RADIO2	22.00 CERYS MATTHEWS'S APPALCHIAN JOURNEY: Old World migrants took their music with them to the New, incl Doc Watson Carter Family, Bob Dylan, Gordie McKeenan & His Rhythm Boys.
		BBC RADIO2	23.00 THE PEOPLE'S SONGS 'Part of the Union' by the Strawbs -was it a satire on the Trades Unions' power in the 1970s?
TH	7	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
		POWELLS FARM PLAITFORD nr ROMSEY	NEW FOREST FOLK FESTIVAL: FOTHERINGAY; TRADARRR; KATHRYN ROBERTS & SEAN LAKEMAN and others
		GUILDFORD INSTITUTE	cancellation: Mike Cheeseman is ill and can't travel to the UK. Refunds available from info@musici.org.uk (WeGotTickets should already have refunded for tickets bought through them.
		BBC2	11.15 THE NEW GYPSY KINGS Traditional gypsy bands from Romania mixing trad with pop ('malele') are ruining traditional music culture.

Folk news 24th-30th of June

FR	24	THE CITY FOLK CLUB, GUIDE HALL	singaround club with an eclectic mix 8.15 meet&greet music from 8.30
		FO'C'SLE, Richmond Inn, Portswood SOTTON	A “LOCAL HERO” NIGHT WITH JEFF HENRY, PLUS SINGAROUND. £5
		ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, SEAFORD	SINGERS AND MUSICIANS NIGHT COME AND JOIN IN – BRING YOUR SONGS, POEMS, STORIES OR JUST ENJOY
		FOLK ON THE COAST FOOTBALL GRND, BOGNOR	no info -contact rnash10@hotmail.com
		THE HAWTH, CRAWLEY	CRAWLEY FOLK FESTIVAL until Sunday
		RADIO 3	WORLD ON 3 11pm Kathryn Tickell presents music from across the globe incl live Syrian traditional music
SA	25	LEWES SATURDAY, LEWES	DIANE & STEVE NEVILL £6 "TWO FINE VOICES WITH GUITAR, MELODEON, CONCERTINA, PLENTY OF CHORUSES." AT WHITE HART HIGH ST.
		SPRING	MUSIC BITES (free): John Meriton Hants singer/songwriter
		GREYS PUB, BRIGHTON	ROBB JOHNSON free entry
		ROPETACKLE ARTS CENTRE, SHOREHAM	SONA JOBARTEH (kora) £15 in adv on door £17.50
		THE HAWTH, CRAWLEY	CRAWLEY FOLK FESTIVAL until Sunday
			Portsmouth festivities MUGENKYO TAIKO DRUMMERS 25 Jun 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
SU	26	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	FEATURE NIGHT WITH KEVIN BARLOW
		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
		TALKING HEADS, SOTTON (front bar)	Traditional Irish Acoustic Session -every Sunday afternoon Pat Begley & friends
		ADMIRAL ALEHOUSE, 2 ELM GROVE BTON	SINGERS' NIGHT hosted by Woody Woodham from 9pm
		WESTGATE CHAPEL, HIGH ST LEWES	LEWES FOLK IN THE CHAPEL 2.30pm £5 Proceeds to Oyster Project (self-help disability charity)
MO	27	ADMIRAL ALEHOUSE, 2 ELM GROVE BTON	TRAD IRISH MUSIC SESSION with BEN PALEY & MANDY MURRAY 9pm
TU	28	CHICHESTER FOLK SONG CLUB	CLUB NIGHT SINGAROUND
		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
		RINGWOOD FOLK CLUB Elm Tree Inn, Ringwood, BH24 3DY. 01425 673713 www.ringwoodfolk.org.uk	Free entry - Informal evening (tunes, songs and poems)
		SWAN, WORTHING	singaround
WE	29	WILLOWS ARUNDEL	NO INFO
		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 Tavern, Gloucester Road, BN1 4AP	BRIGHTON SINGERS CLUB 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:Golf Club, Deepdene Ave, Dorking RH5 4BX	GILMORE & ROBERTS £9
		BROADSIDE, OLD HOUSE AT HOME, PORTSMOUTH	singaround
		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
TH	30	JUNCTION, St DENYS, SOTTON	FOLK AT THE RIVERSIDE -singaround, guests from 8pm (now again at the Junction)
		GUN INN, FINDON	1st Session; Last-singaround

Folk News 17th-23rd June

FR	17	THE CITY FOLK CLUB, GUIDE HALL	singaround club with an eclectic mix 8.15 meet&greet music from 8.30
		FO'C'SLE, Richmond Inn, Portswood SOTTON	REQUEST NIGHT - NAME A SONG, AND (IDEALLY) WHO YOU’RE ASKING TO SING IT - WRITE IT ON THE LIST ON THE CLUB NOTICE-BOARD, OR JUST EMAIL
		ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, SEAFORD	JOHN DE LITTLE JOHN’S SONGS ARE CHALLENGING, AMUSING, SARDONIC, POETIC  – NEVER DULL. THIS PROMISES TO BE AN UNUSUAL AND INTERESTING EVENING
		Portsmouth festivities THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY 17 Jun 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm	PORTSMOUTH FESTIVITIES THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY 17 JUN 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
		RADIO 3	WORLD ON 3 11pm incl live session from The Nile Project
SA	18	LEWES SATURDAY, LEWES	GEORGIA LEWIS & FRIENDS £6 "BEAUTIFUL YOUNG SINGER OF ENGLISH TRADITIONAL & WRITTEN SONGS WITH THE DAZZLING FIDDLER ROWAN PIGGOTT & STYLISH GUITARIST FELIX MILLER. GEORGIA ALSO PLAYS ACCORDION"
		ANVIL ARTS CENTRE Churchill Way, Basingstoke, RG21 7QR. (The Haymarket is at RG21 7NW) 01256 844244 www.anvilarts.org.uk	SAM CARTER AT THE FORGE
		SPRING	BLAZIN' FIDDLES £20 (18 CONC)
		UNITARIAN CHURCH, NEW RD, BRIGHTON	MARTIN CARTHY £12/£10 support DUCK SOUP doors 7.30
		BBC RADIO 2	3am Bob Harris with Nova Scotian folk-pop singer/songwriter Jenn Grant
		BBC RADIO 3	1am Inspired by birds - incl Sam Lee's Sussex nightingales
SU	19	HORSHAM	KIRSTY BROMLEY & LUCY WISE £7 (MEMBERS £5) "TWO TRAVELLING SONGSTRESSES, ONE FROM A REMOTE SEASIDE TOWN IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN CORNER OF AUSTRALIA, AND THE OTHER FROM SHEFFIELD. LUCY AND KIRSTY'S SONGS TELL STORIES OF LOVE, PEOPLE AND PLACES WHICH ZOOM IN ON EVERYDAY MOMENTS OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS. THEIR MELODICALLY-RICH MUSIC IS STEEPED IN THE CELTIC, AMERICAN AND ENGLISH FOLK MUSIC TRADITIONS THAT SURROUNDED THEM GROWING UP"
		The Snug Bar, The Mitre, Baker Street (London Road shops), Brighton	RENATA'S SINGAROUND from 9pm. Details:- 01273 383056
		WOOLSTON & BURSLEDON FC	THE ELDERLYS £6
		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
		TALKING HEADS, SOTTON (front bar)	Traditional Irish Acoustic Session -every Sunday afternoon Pat Begley & friends
		ADMIRAL ALEHOUSE, 2 ELM GROVE BTON	SINGERS' NIGHT hosted by Woody Woodham from 9pm
		WOODIES, Clapham Villge Hall 7.30	GUEST SPOTLIGHT ON EWAN WARDROP (FOLK AND FORMBY)
		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
MO	20	ADMIRAL ALEHOUSE, 2 ELM GROVE BTON	TRAD IRISH MUSIC SESSION with BEN PALEY & MANDY MURRAY 9pm
		FOREST FOLK, N.BOARHUNT	MARTYN JOSEPH £14/16
		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
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TU	21	CHICHESTER FOLK SONG CLUB	PETE COE
		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
		RINGWOOD FOLK CLUB Elm Tree Inn, Ringwood, BH24 3DY. 01425 673713 www.ringwoodfolk.org.uk	JULIE FELIX £8.50
WE	22	WILLOWS ARUNDEL	NO INFO
		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 Tavern, Gloucester Road, BN1 4AP	BRIGHTON SINGERS CLUB 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:Golf Club, Deepdene Ave, Dorking RH5 4BX	0
		BROADSIDE, OLD HOUSE AT HOME, PORTSMOUTH	singaround
		IRISH CLUB, PORTSMOUTH	traditional music session, celtic/Irish/Scots/Cape Breton, some Eng, some songs. Org- Simon Cattermole
		R2 the folk show MarkRadcliffe 7PM	trad & contemp folk & acoustic music
TH	23	JUNCTION, St DENYS, SOTTON	FOLK AT THE RIVERSIDE -singaround, guests from 8pm (now again at the Junction)
		320 Portswood Road, Southampton	TALKING HEADS FOLK SESSIONS:Fotheringay
		SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE	SIMPSON, CUTTING & KERR