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MEMBER Ü VENUES Ü PERFORMERS Ü SERVICES Ü WORKSHOPS Ü SOCIETIES Ü FOLKLIFE STUDIES p 6 v List 1: FOLK CLUB & VENUE: MEMBERS v SUNDAY Clubs • Concerts • Singarounds • Sesssions for Song - Music - Poetry - Storytelling • Dance Clubs & Ceilidh Series {§} = lunchtime DARK RED added from Jan 2014 Directory Updates in FQ SUNDAY - SOUTH-WEST Sun SW Devon PENNYMOOR {§} CRUWYS ARMS MUSIC SESSION Last Clare Penney 01884 860023 www.users.waitrose.com/~pennymoor → The Cruwys Arms, Pennymoor, near Crediton. 12 noon * Clare Penney, Westland, Pennymoor, Tiverton, Devon EX16 8PG. 8 [email protected] ⊕ Cruwys Music session - an informal session in the bar, all welcome, no charge Sun SW Devon STICKLEPATH STICKLEPATH SINGAROUND 1st Derek Moore 01837 659715 www.users.waitrose.com/~pennymoor → The Devonshire Arms, Sticklepath. 8pm. ⊕ a friendly informal session in the bar, no charge - mainly song, but musicians welcome Sun SW Devon TOPSHAM TOPSHAM FOLK CLUB Wkly John Stephens 01392 875332 www.topshamfolkclub.co.uk → Globe Hotel, High Street, Topsham. 8.00pm guest nights / 8.30pm club nights, all year * [email protected] ⊕ Free on singers’ nights. Traditionally based. Guests most months, see flyer and website. Charges as flyer. Sun SW Glos DURSLEY DURSLEY AC. MUSIC NIGHTS 3rd,+ David Cheffings 01453 545065 www.dursleyamn.org.uk → At 13 Five Acres, Dursley, Glos GL1 4JP; occasionally elsewhere. -Mthly/3rd, others- 7.30pm, all year * Address as above. Mob: [phone] [email protected] ⊕ Singarounds and guest nights, also sessions and workshops. Homely atmosphere! Sun SW Glos Near LYDNEY FOREST FOLK CLUB 1st,3rd Jan O'Neill 01594 835731 www.forestfolkclub.com → The Miners Arms (www.minersarmswhitecroft.com), Whitecroft near Lydney Lydney GL15 4PE. 8.00pm * Contact form on website. ⊕ Alternating guest nights with singers nights attracting a wealth of talent from Wales and the South-West of England. 2nd Tel: [phone]. Sun SW Som. CROWCOMBE HALSWAY MANOR SUN. CLUB 1st All enquiries 01984 618274 www.halswaymanor.org.uk →/* Halsway Manor, Halsway Lane, near Crowcombe, Somerset TA4 4BD. 8pm till late (not Aug) ⊕ Folk / acoustic music and song club, in the cosy Halsway Manor bar. Play, sing or just listen. Fre e. Contact the Manor: 01984 618274 Sun SW Som. CROWCOMBE HALSWAY MANOR SESSIONS 2nd All enquiries 01984 618274 www.halswaymanor.org.uk →/* Halsway Manor, Halsway Lane, near Crowcombe, Somerset TA4 4BD. 8pm till late (Sept – May) ⊕ Very informal music and song session. All musicians and singers welcome – any kind of music, any acoustic instrument. Free. Contact the Manor: 01984 618274 SUNDAY - WEST MIDLANDS Sun WM B’ham MOSELEY TRADITIONAL MUSIC SESSION 3rd Trad. Arts Team 0121 449 3189 www.tradartsteam.co.uk → Prince of Wales pub, Alcester Road, Birmingham B13 8EE, 8pm * Traditional Arts Team, 19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7DU; [email protected] ⊕ Enjoy playing and listening to English, Scottish & Irish folk music and song. Sun WM Herefds BROMYARD CROWN & SCEPTRE SESSION closed Sun WM Warks ATHERSTONE MEREVALE FOLK CLUB 2nd Phillip Benson 01827 711514 www.atherstonefolkclub.org.uk → Horse & Jockey (01827 715236), Coleshill Road, Bentley, Atherstone, Warks CV9 2HL. 7.00 pm, all year * Phillip Benson, Sixth Lock Cottage, Holly Lane, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 2SL. [email protected] ⊕ 2nd Sundays, run by hosts Finger in the Jar. Another chance to hear excellent music in a convivial atmosphere. Entry price will vary, but charges as low as possible, whilst enabling us to bring top-notch performers to the venue. Sun WM Worcs BRETFORTON FLEECEY FOLK 3rd Fleece Inn 01386 831173 www.thefleeceinn.co.uk → The Cross, Bretforton, near Evesham. Historic National Trust pub. Sep-May * The Cross, Bretforton, near Evesham, Worcs WR11 7JE. [email protected] ⊕ Fleecey Folk, a regular folk concert night every third Sunday (Sept to May). Sun WM Worcs KEMPSEY WALTER DE CANTELUPE SESS. 2nd CLOSED Sun WM Worcs Editor’s note: BOWLING GREEN SESSIONS three Members are listed here, first the pub, then 2nd Sun session, then last Sun session Sun WM Worcs STOKE PRIOR BOWLING GREEN SESSIONS 2nd, Last Ben Thompson 01527 861291 www.marstonspubs.co.uk/thebowlinggreen →* The Bowling Green, Shaw Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 4BH ⊕ Traditional country pub set in 5 acres of Worcestershire Countryside. We offer a substantial selection of pub food and a range of beers including a regularly changing Guest Ale. Home to 2nd & last Sunday sessions, and Bromsgrove Folk Festival. Sun WM Worcs STOKE PRIOR BOWLING GREEN SESSION 2nd Bob Bignell 0121 476 5938 (no website) Sun WM Worcs STOKE PRIOR BOWLING GREEN SESSION Last Mike Walton 01905 357482 www.worcesterfolk.org.uk → Bowling Green, Stoke Prior, near Bromsgrove. * 44 Linksview Crescent, Worcester, Worcs, WR5 1JJ. [email protected] ⊕ Informal bar session, music and song, free admission. Sun WM Worcs WYRE PIDDLE MOONSHINE AC. JAM CLUB 2nd Frank Jolley 01905 748036 www.rushwickfolk.com → Piddle House hotel (01386 552654), Main Road, Wyre Piddle, Pershore WR10 2JB. 8.30pm. * [email protected] ⊕ Come along and jam, or just enjoy the music in the comfortable club bar. MONDAY MONDAY Mon EM → * ⊕ EAST MIDLANDS Leics. LEICESTER SWAN & RUSHES SESSION Wkly Alice Little [email protected] Swan and Rushes, 19 Infirmary Square, Leicester, LE1 5WR An open session for music from the British Isles, all instruments welcome! 07838 251368 www.musicfoundry.co.uk/groups MONDAY - WEST MIDLANDS Mon WM Worcs WYRE PIDDLE PIDDLE HOUSE SINGAROUND 4th Frank Jolley 01905 748036 www.rushwickfolk.com → Piddle House hotel (01386 552654), Main Road, Wyre Piddle, Pershore WR10 2JB. * [email protected] ⊕ The room is big and private (so no bar noises), the beer is good, and the landlord is keen on music in his establishment, playing the guitar himself. www.piesseofpiddle.com ‘How often’ column ↑ ‘1st’ ‘Last’ = 1st, Last week of month; ‘Var’ = Day Varies