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FEBRUARY
this month's featured workshops

calling all musicians in and around the town of CRAWLEY W. Sussex

Sunday 5th FEBRUARY

FREE

VERY LAST OPPORTUNITY to bag a place and play a direct part in the creation of a new multi-cultural piece of music, and to then perform it at the Finale of the project at The Hawth, Crawley on March 2nd 2012

See the Crosss Currents webpage here for full details

 SUSSEX
BenslowMusic

BENSLOW MUSIC.

 Mon 13th -Thurs 16th

FOLK FIDDLING BY EAR Tutor Pete Cooper
Residential or non-residential Course. See details on Bulletin Board here.

 HERTS
Wed 1st Faversham Folk Club. Porch Swing Blues KENT
Thur 2nd Blakewood’s ‘Blue Coconut Club’. Folk, Blues, Jazz, Country’n someoftheoldstuff !
Steve Ball,Jim Lee,Warren Ball		 SUSSEX
Fri 3rd THE STABLES The Galleons
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Fri 3rd Tom Thumb Theatre. Margate. First Friday Folk and Roots Club. The Singing Loins. KENT
Fri 3rd The Ceilidh Club (Scottish).Cecil Sharp House London NW1 7AY
 LONDON
Sat 4th HADDENHAM CEILIDHS.(English).Dartmoor Pixie Band
Spot: Bampton Traditional Morris. In concert: Jackie Oates with Karen Tweed
 BUCKS
Sat 4th Big Broadstairs Ceilidh with The Hot Rats  and caller Doug Hudson. Sarah Thorne Memorial Theatre (Hilderstone), 7.45-10.30pm. £10 (£8 SEFAN concession). 0845-2626263 (no booking fee)
 KENT
Sat 4th The Ceilidh Club (Scottish). BURNS NIGHT CELEBRATION. Hammersmith Town Hall W6 9JU
 LONDON
Sat 4th Lewes Saturday Folk Club Hector (Slow Burns) Gilchrist
 SUSSEX
Sat 4th TOM THUMB THEATRE Margate.
The Gunpowder Works presents : Los Savodores, The Flowing and Wheels.
 KENT
Sun 5th The Llistening Room presents Jazz Burns Night. Ship Theatre, Sevenoaks TN13 3UL KENT
Mon 6th The Brighton Acoustic Session. Guests: Lewes Exiles SUSSEX
Wed 8th Faversham Folk Club. Wendy Arrowsmith KENT
Thur 9th &
Fri 10th		 THE HAWTH CRAWLY. BLUES AT THE HAWTH
Aynsley Lister
 SUSSEX
Fri 10th The Ceilidh Club (Scottish).Cecil Sharp House London NW1 7AY
 LONDON
Sat 11th THE STABLES Mojito
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here plus Taste of Latin America meal deal in Cafe 2		 BUCKS
Sat 11th THEATRE ROYAL MARGATE.
Fairport Convention		 KENT
Sat 11th OXFOLK CEILIDHS. (English). What's Up Folk + Will Hall
 OXON
Sat 11th Lewes Saturday Folk Club Gavin and Julie Atkin
 SUSSEX
Sat 11th The Floating Palace featuring Robyn Hitchcock, Martin Carthy, KT Tunstall, Eliza Carthy, Krystal Warren and Howe Gelb. Brighton Dome, Concert Hall
 SUSSEX
Sun 12th Horsham Folk Club. Song and Dance night SUSSEX
Sun 12th Stone Junction. Salehurst Halt. Robertsbridge SUSSEX
BenslowMusic
 Mon 13th -
Thurs 16th		 BENSLOW MUSIC. FOLK FIDDLING BY EAR Tutor Pete Cooper
Residential or non-residential Course. See details on Bulletin Board here.		 HERTS
Tue 14th THE STABLES Anna Massey & Mairearad Green
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Wed 15th THE STABLES SambaSunda Quintet
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here plus Taste of Indonesia meal deal in Cafe 2		 BUCKS
Wed 15th Zaza Music. Vieux Farka Toure. Komedia, Brighton SUSSEX
Thur 16th THE STABLES Botown: The Soul Of Bollywood
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here plus Taste of India meal deal in Cafe 2		 BUCKS
Fri 17th KNEES UP CECIL SHARP CEILIDHS (English). Steamchicken + Mary Panton LONDON
Sat 18th MELTDOWN CEILIDHS (English).
Band: Jigalots + Fee Lock
 SUSSEX
Sat 18th THE STABLES Fairport Convention. Supported by Kieran Goss
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Sat 18th CONTRAFUSION. The Big Dance.
Caller John Sweeney + CDs Free introductory workshop 7.30pm. Dance - 8 - 11pm		 KENT
Sat 18th The Ceilidh Club (Scottish).Cecil Sharp House London NW1 7AY
 LONDON
Sat 18th Lewes Saturday Folk Club Rosie Hood
 SUSSEX
Sat 18th Barndance / Ceilidh. Flying Toads. Pulborough Village Hall RH20 2BF
Advance tickets £12.00 (concessions £8.00) inc ploughman's supper* . BYO drinks (and glasses)!
* Tickets also available on the door : £10 but without food. Contact Val or Keith on 01798 874819		 SURREY
Sun 19th London Fiddle Convention. Cecil Sharp House. NW1 7AY LONDON
Sun 19th Horsham Folk Club. Nigel Bagge & Eddie Armer SUSSEX
Mon 20th THE HAWTH CRAWLEY. Marysia
A night of traditional Polish, Balkan and Klezmer music		 SUSSEX
Wed 22nd THE STABLES Steve Knightley. Supported by Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Fri 24th THE STABLES Jordan Reyne
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Sat 25th Dansez Français. Evening Bal with SE3 SUSSEX
Sat 25th Lewes Saturday Folk Club Trevor and Michael Currey
 SUSSEX
Sat 25th The Ceilidh Club (Scottish).Cecil Sharp House London NW1 7AY
 LONDON
Sun 26th Horsham Folk Club. Open Floor SUSSEX
MARCH
this month's featured workshops
SATURDAY MARCH 3rd
LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB FOLK MUSIC WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOP 154. Robert Harbron: Concertina
WORKSHOP 155. Fey Deild: English Traditional Song
WORKSHOP 156. Sam Sweeney: English Fiddle		 SUSSEX
BenslowMusic

BENSLOW MUSIC.

 Mon 26th -Thurs 29th MARCH

Irish Folk Week
A new multi-disciplinary course for singers, dancers & musicians. Tutors: Pete Cooper, Kathleen O'Sullivan and Geoff Holland
Residential or non-residential Course.
See details on Bulletin Board here.

 HERTS
Thur 1st THE STABLES Juan Martin Flamenco Dance Ensemble
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Fri 2nd
Finale of this exciting multi-cultural project at

The Hawth Theatre, Crawley

Crosss Currents webpage here

SUSSEX
Fri 2nd Tom Thumb Theatre. Margate. First Friday Folk and Roots Club. The Tim Edey Collective Duo KENT
Fri 2nd Stone Junction. Normans Arms, St Leonards on Sea SUSSEX
Fri 2nd Zaza Music. International Guitar Night. In association with Lewes Guitar Festival Lewes Town Hall SUSSEX
Fri 2nd BURGESS HILL FAIRTRADE FESTIVAL. Fri 2nd -Sun 11th. Full detalls on Bulletin Board here.
IONA supported by JULIE HALL. Martlets Hall Burgess Hill
 SUSSEX
Fri 2nd The Ceilidh Club (Scottish). Cecil Sharp House London NW1 7AY
 LONDON
Sat 3rd THE STABLES Tidr na nOg
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Sat 3rd BURGESS HILL FAIRTRADE FESTIVAL. Full detalls on Bulletin Board here.
Day of Dance. Plus evening barndance with Kate's Kitchen Band. Martlets Hall Burgess Hill		 SUSSEX
Sat 3rd HADDENHAM CEILIDHS.(English).Peeping Tom
Spot: Thrales Rapper. In concert: Tom McConville and David Newey		 BUCKS
Sat 3rd LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB FOLK MUSIC WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOP154. Robert Harbron: Concertina
WORKSHOP 155. Fey Deild: English Traditional Song
WORKSHOP 156. Sam Sweeney: English Fiddle
In the evening the Fay Heild Trio are Guests in the club		 SUSSEX
Sat 3rd GBH CEILIDHS @ Godalming Borough Hall. (English).The Old Swan Band SURREY
Sat 3rd Stone Junction. The Snowdrop Inn, Lewes SUSSEX
Sun 4th Horsham Folk Club. Song and Dance night SUSSEX
Tue 6th THE STABLES Jamie Smith's Mabon
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Wed 7th THE HAWTH CRAWLEY. Eddie and Frank Thomas
 SUSSEX
Wed 7th THE HAWTH CRAWLEY. The Hamsters with special guest John Otway
 SUSSEX
Wed 7tht Faversham Folk Club. Vin Garbutt KENT
Fri 9th THE STABLES Lynne Hanson
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Fri 9th BURGESS HILL FAIRTRADE FESTIVAL. Full detalls on Bulletin Board here.
MARTIN CARTHY & DAVE SWARBRICK supported by EWAN McLENNAN. Martlets Hall Burgess Hill		 SUSSEX
Fri 9th Barn Dance with The Unreel Ceilidh Band. Henfield Hall. Poster on Bulletin board here. SUSSEX
Fri 9th The Ceilidh Club (Scottish).Cecil Sharp House London NW1 7AY
 LONDON
Sat 10th OXFOLK CEILIDHS. (English). Jigalots + Cat Kelly OXON
Sat 10th Lewes Saturday Folk Club The Twagger Band
 SUSSEX
Sun 11th THE STABLES Mor Karbasi
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here plus A Sephardic Feast meal deal in Cafe 2		 BUCKS
Sun 11th Horsham Folk Club. Wendy Arrowsmith SUSSEX
Wed 14th Faversham Folk Club. Andy Cutting KENT
Thur 15th THE STABLES The Acoustic Gathering
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Fri 16th KNEES UP CECIL SHARP CEILIDHS (English). Lebedek + Cate Bannister LONDON
Sat 17th MELTDOWN CEILIDHS (English).
Band: The New Slide + Alex Cumming
 SUSSEX
Sat 17th The Ceilidh Club (Scottish).Cecil Sharp House London NW1 7AY
 LONDON
Sat 17th Lewes Saturday Folk Club Come-all-ye with spotlight on Adrian and Oli Waters
 SUSSEX
Sun 18th Horsham Folk Club. Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman SUSSEX
Tue 20th THE STABLES Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Wed 21st Faversham Folk Club. Steve Tilson KENT
Applause Rural Touring Thur 22nd APPLAUSE Rural Touring. Bragatanga. Norton Village Hall ME13 0SW KENT
Fri 23rd THE STABLES Patsy Matheson & Becky Mills
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Applause Rural Touring Fri 23rd APPLAUSE Rural Touring. Bragatanga. Hunton Village Hall ME15 0RR KENT
Fri 23rd The Ceilidh Club (Scottish).Cecil Sharp House London NW1 7AY
 LONDON
Applause Rural Touring Sat 24th APPLAUSE Rural Touring. Bragatanga. Platt Memorial Hall TN 15 8JJ KENT
Sat 24th Stone Junction. Smugglers Inn, Pett SUSSEX
Sat 24th Lewes Saturday Folk Club The Askew Sisters
 SUSSEX
Sun 25th Horsham Folk Club. Open Floor SUSSEX
Mon 26th Joan Baez. Brighton Dome, Concert Hall
 SUSSEX
BenslowMusic
 Mon 26th -
Thurs 29th		 BENSLOW MUSIC. Irish Folk Week. A new multi-disciplinary course for singers, dancers & musicians. Tutors: Pete Cooper, Kathleen O'Sullivan and Geoff Holland
Residential or non-residential Course. See details on Bulletin Board here.		 HERTS
Tue 27th THE STABLES Maddy Prior with Giles Lewin & Hannah James
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Tue 27th THE STABLES Stage 2. Randolph Matthews & Byron Johnston
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Thur 29th THE STABLES Sandeep Raval
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here plus A Taste of India meal deal in Cafe 2
PLUS Pre-concert Drum Circle workshop with Sandeep Raval. Free to ticket holders for 8pm concert (workshop must be booked with concert tickets). Suitable for beginners of all ages		 BUCKS
Fri 30th -
Sun April 1st 		DERT2012 The Rapperlympics.

Fri 30th Ceilidh: Panjandrum / Folk Club : Alistar Anderson / Session: Will & Nicky Pound. Cecil Sharp House LONDON.

 LONDON
Fri 30th Unicorn Ceilidhs. Jigalots with Cat Kelly HERTS
Sat 31st GBH CEILIDHS @ Godalming Borough Hall. (English).G.B.H. + Nick Walden SURREY
Sat 31st TOM THUMB THEATRE Margate. Little Opry. Bluegrass, Oldtimey, American Music KENT
Sat 31st The Frittenden Old Fashioned Night Out. Bell & Jorrocks Frittenden. KENT
Sat 10th Lewes Saturday Folk Club John Heslop
 SUSSEX
Sat 31st Dansez Français. Afternoon workshop with Dave Shepherd plus evening Bal SUSSEX
Sat 31st &
Sun April 1st 		Carnival Village presents Tabernacle Folk. A two-day festival of roots music LONDON
APRIL
Sun 1st Horsham Folk Club. Skyhook SUSSEX
Wed 4th Faversham Folk Club. Adrian O KENT
Fri 6th THE STABLES Tinderbox
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Sat 7th THE STABLES Robin Auld
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here 		BUCKS
Sat 7th HADDENHAM CEILIDHS.(English). Bursledon Village Band
Spot: The Jig Crew. In concert: Dave Swarbrick		 BUCKS
Sun 8th Horsham Folk Club. Song and Dance Night SUSSEX
Thur 12th THE STABLES Feast of Fiddles
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here
BUCKS
Sat 14th THE STABLES Tom Toomey
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here
 BUCKS
Wed 18th Faversham Folk Club. Flossie Malavialle KENT
Thur 19th THE STABLES Gilmore Roberts
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here
BUCKS
Sun 15th Horsham Folk Club. Open Floor SUSSEX
Fri 20th KNEES UP CECIL SHARP CEILIDHS (English). Triptych + Barry Goodman LONDON
Fri 20th Zaza Music. Dreadzone. Komedia, Brighton SUSSEX
Fri 20th -
Sun 22nd		 FOLK WEEKEND OXFORD OXON
Sun 22nd THE STABLES Doube Duo: Khyam Allami
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here plus A Taste of the Middle East meal deal in Cafe 2
 BUCKS
Sun 22nd Horsham Folk Club. Scold's Bridle SUSSEX
Thur 26th THE STABLES Laish. Support: Emma Gatrill
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here
 BUCKS
Sat 28th THE STABLES Mawkin
Full Listings on Bulletin Board here
 BUCKS
Sun 29th Horsham Folk Club. Song and Dance Night SUSSEX