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JULY
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June 21 - July 6th

JULY
Tues 08 Jackstraws Morris. Dancing out. Evening with Fleur de Lys Morris Surrey
Full programme on Buletin Board here.
Wed 09 Bohemia Ukelele Band. Komedia Brighton
Wed 09 La-33 (Salsa) Corn Exchange Brighton
Fri 11 CELIDH CLUB. "Scottish dancing - it makes you smile". No experience necessary.
Cecil Sharp House London
Fri 11 Soothsayers. Part of the Going Global series@ THE HAWTH Crawley.
Outside event 8pm in the Hawth Marquee. .
Sat 12 Harmonica Workshops. (Adult/15+). + Tutors' Evening Performance
THE STABLES THEATRE Miton Keynes. Workshop Details here
Sun 13 Pete Castle. Ampitheatre, Lower Leas Coastal Park, Folkestone, CT20 1PR. Between 2.30 and 4.30pm Songs and Storytelling. FREE
Wed 16 Askew Sisters. Faversham Folk Club
Wed 16 Jackstraws Morris. Dancing out. Evening with Pigrim Morris. Surrey
Full programme on Buletin Board here.
Wed 16 Copper Songs & Brassy Tales. The Copper Family and Bernard Tagliavini. Theatre@UCTC. Part of Uckfield Festival.
Thur 17 MANDY MURRAY. Royal Oak Folk Club Lewes.8pm. £5.00
Sat 19 Lewes Arms Workshop no. 95. SCOTTISH SONG with MICK WEST
Lewes Arms Workshop no. 96. SCOTTISH GUITAR with FRANK McLAUGHLIN
+ evening performance
Sat 19 THURSLEY FOLK WEEKEND organised by Pilgrim Morris. Dance and Song Workshops. Evening Ceilidh with Jigalots and Cat Kelly. Morris Dancing on both days.
Full details on Bulletin Board here.
Mon 21 Eve Selis Band. Chequer Mead E.Grinstead. ACOUSTIC SUSSEX
Mon 21 Jackstraws Morris. Dancing out. Evening with Mayflower Morris Camberley
Full programme on Buletin Board here.
Fri 25 "Three Heads in a Well" - Ewell Adult Storytelling Circle. The Sanctuary, St Michael’s Church, Ewell Village, Surrey, KT17 2AS. Featured storyteller: Patrick Buckingham
7.30-9.30 pm (doors open from 7pm) Open mike / stories from the floor - 10 mins per story
£5 / £3 concessions. Details from Janet Dowling
Fri 25 CELIDH CLUB. "Scottish dancing - it makes you smile" No experience necessary.
Cecil Sharp House London
Sat 26 Dances of India. Part of the Going Global series@ THE HAWTH Crawley.
Tue 29 Jackstraws Morris. Dancing out. Evening with Yateley Morris. Surrey
Full programme on Buletin Board here.
Wed 30 Capriole. Faversham Folk Club
Wed 30 Andy McKee & Don Ross. Komedia Brighton
Thur 31 -
Sun 03.08
STOKES BAY FESTIVAL. Gosport, Hants.
AUGUST
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Broadstairs Folk Week
Fri 01 CELIDH CLUB. "Scottish dancing - it makes you smile" No experience necessary.
Cecil Sharp House London
Sat 02 +
Sun 03
EASTBOURNE LAMMAS FESTIVAL
Fri 01 - 08 SIDMOUTH FOLK WEEK. Devon.
Fri 08 -
Fri 15
BROADSTAIRS FOLK WEEK
Fri 15 -
Sun 17
WHITE HORSE FOLK FESTIVAL. Sat ceilidh. Ceilidhography + Cate Bannister.
Old Mill Hall OX12 7LB
Thur 21 -
Mon 25
TOWERSEY FOLK FESTIVAL Nr. Thame. www.towerseyfestival.com
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
SEPTEMBER





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SEPTEMBER
Fri 05 Titus. the Eclipse Folk and Blues Club Hove. 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
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 + Matt Martin. The Ravenswood Sharpthorne. ACOUSTIC SUSSEX
Wed 10 Dave Ellis and Boo Howard. Faversham Folk Club
Fri 12 CELIDH CLUB. "Scottish dancing - it makes you smile" No experience necessary.
Cecil Sharp House London
Sat 13 The Warsaw Village Band. The Maltings ELECTRIC VOICES
Wed 24 Funi. Faversham Folk Club
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. Horsham Folk Club
Sun 21 Craig, Morgan and Robson. Horsham Folk Club
Mon 22 Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick. Support :Lisa Knapp. The Ravenswood Sharpthorne. ACOUSTIC SUSSEX
Tue 23 Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick. The Electric Theatre. ELECTRIC VOICES
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
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
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OCTOBER



Fri 03 Ruth Notman. the Eclipse Folk and Blues Club Hove. 8pm. £6 on door.
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
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
Sat 11 MELTDOWN ENGLISH CEILIDH. Clair Hall Haywards Heath.
PEEPING TOM + Caller: Pete Rees.
Under 25's Full-time Student Discount ticket STILL ONLY £5!
Supported by SEFAN
Fri 17 KNEES UP CECIL SHARP CEILIDHS Band andCaller: tba
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
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 + Kim Headlley
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
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
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
Sat 25 Show of Hands. All Saints Church Eastbourne. SPYBOY.
£17.50....NOW BOOKING AND ONLY AT THE HAILSHAM PAVILION - 01323 841414
Sat 25 Lewes Arms Workshop. John Kirkpatrick: Moded (any instrument) + evening performance
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.
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.
Fri 07 Guy Tortora. the Eclipse Folk and Blues Club Hove. 8pm. £5 on door.
Sat 08 MELTDOWN ENGLISH CEILIDH. Clair Hall Haywards Heath.
BOLDWOOD + Caller: Jackie Alen
Under 25's Full-time Student Discount ticket STILL ONLY £5!
Supported by SEFAN
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 Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes. (re-scheduled) Hailsham Pavilion. SPYBOY
Seats: NOW ALL SOLD - Telephone 01323 841414 for returns
Sat 15 Karine Polwart. Hailsham Pavilion. SPYBOY
Fri 21 KNEES UP CECIL SHARP CEILIDHS Band andCaller: tba
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)
Royal Oak Folk Club Lewes.
DECEMBER
Fri 05 Miller Anderson. the Eclipse Folk and Blues Club Hove. 8pm. £6 on door.
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
Fri 12 KNEES UP CECIL SHARP CEILIDHS The Committee Band + Nick Walden
Sat 13 MELTDOWN ENGLISH CEILIDH. Clair Hall Haywards Heath.
FLORIDA + Caller: Nick Walden.
Under 25's Full-time Student Discount ticket STILL ONLY £5!
Supported by SEFAN
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