Folklife Quarterly FQ 40: Jan 2014 Folklife Quarterly, web version | Page 14

v FQ 40, Jan 2014 p12 v Clubs & Venues, England Ü West Country Ü West Midlands Ü Other Areas WILTSHIRE ® SWINDON FOLKSINGERS CLUB, Ashford Road Club, 17-18 Ashford Road, SN1 3NT (upstairs) Fridays, 8.15pm Music & Songs amongst Friends! Jan 3 Open House Back again after the Christmas break! Jan 10 Swindon Folksingers’ 54th Birthday Party Special with Martin & Shan Graebe: songs from Devon/Cornwall, Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould may crop up ... Jan 17 Open House More songs, tunes and poems from our regulars. Jan 24 Steve Turner Welcome return of this fine singer & concertina player returning from a tour of Australia. Jan 31 Open House Old ones, new ones. Feb 7 Chico Holton Singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, folk, blues, country, roots. Feb 14 Open House More club favourites sung and played. Feb 21 Open House Club members entertain. Feb 28 Alice Wylde A huge welcome to Alice, born in the Appalachians. Mar 7 Open House March is known for its winds – so let’s roar! Mar 14 Open House A 70th birthday - might give us a song! Mar 21 Open House More songs from more birthday boys and girls? Mar 28 Bob Kenward A big first-time welcome to the Club to this fine singer-songwriter from Kent. • Featured floor singer sets on some open stage nights, others may change if guests become available ® Contact Eric Stott ✆ 01793 521 301 8 [email protected] : www.swindonfolk.org BRISTOL No Bristol correspondent at present - Tony Slinger is unwell • Some Bristol gigs are included in Jan Ayer’s list on our Performers pages. ® WHITE HORSE FOLK CLUB, new venue: The King and Queen, 15, High Street, Highworth, SN6 7AG. 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 8pm Admission: Club Night: £1; Guest Night: £2.50; and dates are: • Jan 15th Singaround (note: the only January meeting) Mervyn’s spot • Feb 5th Jim Reynolds • Feb 19th Singaround, Julie & Lynne’s spot • Mar 5th Pat Heraud & Lynne Turner • Mar 19th Singaround • Apr 2nd Singaround, Spot by Chris Brown. • Thursday Apr 10th: Steve Knightley Concert, at The Dormers Community Centre - Tickets from Derrick. Info: Derrick Beer 01793 762070; Geoff Davies 01793 706753 www.whitehorsefolkclub.co.uk DRAGON FOLK CLUB FRIDAYS 8.15pm BRIDGE INN, SHORTWOOD near Pucklechurch & and near Mangotsfield BRISTOL from M32 Jct 1, follow ring road SINGERS' NIGHTS EVERY FRIDAY ALL WELCOME Enquiries: Maggie Starkey 01454 321943 http://dragonfolkclub. blogspot.co.uk • OUR • ROVING • CORRESPONDENT • Wales; England West Country, West Midlands; &, if they have a Ceilidh, Alpha Centauri Spe ak- Eas ily Stroud Ceilidhs All Blacked Up with Baz on Jan 4th, Captain Swing Feb 1st and Token Women Mar 1st with the Tea and Crumpet Band (think Steamchicken) on Apr 5th. Horsley VH nr Stroud French & Breton Jan 25, Mar 22 & Apr 26. Cardiff Ceilidhs have been taken over by a new committee and continue in Heath Hospital Social Club, Jan 18th Feb 15th, mar 22nd. Exeter (Great Western Ceilidhs) runs monthly though variable. ® White Horse Ceilidhs, Grove looks to continue. Bath Jan 18th and Mar 22nd. Irish Set Dancing in Wotton-u-Edge & Michinhampton at the Halfway House Café – variously use both venues usually 2nd Sun with session at 12 – dance till 4pm. Cajun at the Fountain Gloucester 2nd Sun eve. And don’t forget the Gloucester Cajun Festival Jan 24-26th. Steps Larder Wells The Full Moon & Priddy Queen Vic have ad hoc monthly sessions. Bath St. James’ Wine Vaults, has a singaround 1st Wed and the alternating Irish/English is in Royal Oak Tues. The ® Bath Folk club appears to be occ concerts now. Maiden Bradley Somerset Arms every Tuesday mixed. South Brent Royal Oak, trad mixed Wed & 3rd Thurs. Cheddar: Fox’s Music Café has no folk now. The Village Pump, Lamb Inn, Trowbridge Fri is as healthy as ever. And the Swan floats as gracefully as ever in Bradford on Avon Tues. Chulmleigh Red Lion Hotel, 2nd Thurs nr Exeter. Plymouth Minerva Inn Thurs sess, but The Dolphin is beached & the Blue Peter (get down Shep) has come unglued. Torquay Crown and Sceptre every Monday (acoustic). Culmstock (nr. Cullompton) Culm Valley Inn 3rd Sun, 7pm. This is a Songwriters and Composers Evening. Sherborne Yetties Music Night, Westbury, still run by Pete Shutler. Weymouth, Weymouth Pavilion1/3 Thurs should be up to speed by now. Stourton Caundle the Trooper 4th Sunday (music emphasis). Bournemouth Folk Club, Ocean View Hotel Sun. Winchester Folk Club, Railway Inn, Wed. Club Class...... Nr Stroud in Bisley the acoustic club runs 2nd Sun 7pm. Queen Vic ® Stroud is the trad SAR 1/3/5th run by Rod Stradling & Bob Bray. ® Stroud Sub Rooms have ramped-up their bookings and have many Folk acts, even managing the Oyster Band recently, standing room only! Check their website each month for the full list. The manager is a fine singer at local acoustic nights. Festival Fever [Folklife Members underlined - details see Festival Diary this issue - Ed.] Cheltenham FF (Ad p1) is 14-16 Feb, ceilidh in the Ladies’ College. ® Alcester Fundraiser 21-23 Feb (see Ad), main festival 21-23rd June. Bristol Bluegrass Day 1st Mar in the Folk House – apt. Banbury ® Song & Ale 4-6 Apr, main event in Oct. Great Alne Long Weekend 25-28th Apr is Square & Contra dancing. Oxford Folk w/e 25-27th is the replacement for their festival, includes ceilidh. Shortly after that its Bank Holiday and ® Upton (Ad p2) plenty of ceilidhs and morris. ® Stroud Sub Rooms are doing us proud with a Folk festival, Blues festival and an Americana Festival – think Sept Oct for them. Stroud FM have added a new website stories.stroudfm.co.uk which is a collection of audio reminiscences. Things that older people remember of their life in the area. Care centres have been raided for some gems and a few dialect words not seen anywhere else. Ever heard of shoe snobbing or bought scrumps in a fish & chip shop? Plus a few racy numbers that could have happened anywhere – ooer missus. stroudfm.co.uk (listen on your PC/smart phone) runs several folkie progs like Sandrine’s Country Folk Sun 7-9pm plus repeats, ask her for a Seth Lakeman track – she will play one anyway. Chris Fry’s Groovy thing is quirky but his folk track choices are priceless. And an eclectic Blues prog Sun afternoon plus repeats. 50 presenters and growing! Glouc an’ schpiel Surf to http://cresby.com for more data on most of the above. Alt & 4 weekly predictions can be seen in the “found here” page – if a datum has been found. Though alt monthly has me stumped for the moment! Marion Net Cresby