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diary dates, january 2008—march 2009

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january 2009

Friday 2 January Grove Folk Club singers
  2 January Beehive Judy Dunlop & Jon Scaife
  2 January No Smoke Foke singers
  2 January Play On, Fat Cat singers
  2 January Gainsborough Folk Club singers
Sunday 4 January Sunday at the Sandygate singers
  4 January Royal Folk singers
Monday 5 January Barnsley Folk & Acoustic singers
  5 January Booit Straps Folk Club singers
  5 January 1st & 3rd Acoustic Club singers
  5 January Woodlark Folk Club Wendy Arrowsmith & Blind Summat
Tuesday 6 January Kiveton Park Folk Club singers
  6 January Brown Cow Three Legged Dog
  6 January Doncaster Folk Club singers
  6 January Belper Folk Club singers
  6 January Hillsborough Folk at Burton Street singers
Wednesday 7 January Rivelin Folk Club singers
  7 January Club Acoustic, Prince of Wales singers
Thursday 8 January Black Swan Grace Notes
  8 January Rotherham Music Club singers
  8 January Raise the Roof singers
  8 January Holly Bush Mike Richards, Alan Gill
Friday 9 January No Smoke Foke singers
  9 January Rock@Maltby singers & musicians
  9 January Grove Folk Club Dave Burland
Saturday 10 January Acoustic Cabaret Brian Peters
Sunday 11 January Sunday at the Sandygate singers
Monday 12 January Barnsley Folk & Acoustic singers
  12 January Booit Straps Folk Club singers
  12 January Skipton Folk Club Traditional Echoes
  12 January Ep'th Folk Club singers
Tuesday 13 January Kiveton Park Folk Club singers
  13 January Doncaster Folk Club singers
  13 January Brown Cow singers
  13 January Belper Folk Club Brian Peters
  13 January Hillsborough Folk at Burton Street singers
  13 January Music At Tickhill singers
  13 January Fleur De Lys, Totley
(formerly Castle Folk Club)
singers
Wednesday 14 January Rivelin Folk Club singers
  14 January Club Acoustic, Eagle singers
  14 January Flying Donkeys Storytelling Eddie Lenihan
Thursday 15 January Black Swan Flossie Malavialle
  15 January Rotherham Music Club singers
  15 January Anston 'Wintry Weather'
  15 January Holly Bush Tina McKevitt & Mike Hegarty
Friday 16 January No Smoke Foke singers
  16 January Rock@Maltby Clive Gregson
  16 January Grove Folk Club singers
  16 January Chesterfield Folk Club Bill Whalley & Dave Fletcher,
Judy Dunlop & Steve Marsh
  16 January Acorn Folk John Tams & Barry Coope
  16 January Gainsborough Folk Club singers
Saturday 17 January Wortley Folk Club Brian Peters & Gordon Tyrrall
Sunday 18 January Sunday at the Sandygate singers
Monday 19 January Barnsley Folk & Acoustic Jim Eldon
  19 January Booit Straps Folk Club singers
  19 January 1st & 3rd Acoustic Club singers
  19 January Skipton Folk Club singers
  19 January Woodlark Folk Club singers
Tuesday 20 January Doncaster Folk Club singers
  20 January Kiveton Park Folk Club singers
  20 January Brown Cow Pete Morton
  20 January Edale Rambler Folk Train tba
  20 January Belper Folk Club singers
  20 January Hillsborough Folk at Burton Street singers
Wednesday 21 January Rivelin Folk Club singers
  21 January Club Acoustic, Prince of Wales singers
  21 January New Wombwell Folk Club singers
Thursday 22 January Black Swan singers & musicians
  22 January Rotherham Music Club singers
  22 January Holly Bush Rawmarsh Mashers
Friday 23 January No Smoke Foke singers
  23 January Rock@Maltby Deighton Family
  23 January Grove Folk Club Damien Barber & Mike Wilson
Saturday 24 January Farnsfield Acoustic Kevin Dempsey
  24 January Shakespeare Justin Townes Earle
Sunday 25 January Millstone Inn open mic
  25 January Memorial Hall, Sheffield Kathy Mattea
  25 January Sunday at the Sandygate singers
  25 January   Monkwood, Rawmarsh Acoustic Rotherham Hiring Fair
Monday 26 January Barnsley Folk & Acoustic singers
  26 January Booit Straps Folk Club singers
  26 January Gift Horse Stories open floor
  26 January Nellie Folk singers
  26 January Skipton Folk Club Lime Scurvy
  26 January Ep'th Folk singers
Tuesday 27 January Doncaster Folk Club singers
  27 January Kiveton Park Folk Club singers
  27 January Brown Cow singers
  27 January Belper Folk Club singers
  27 January Singing Out Damien Barber & Mike Wilson
  27 January Hillsborough Folk at Burton Street singers
Wednesday 28 January Rivelin Folk Club singers
  28 January Flying Donkeys Storytelling storycircle
  28 January Club Acoustic, Eagle singers
Thursday 29 January Black Swan Crucible
  29 January Rotherham Music Club singers
  29 January Holly Bush Fyrish
Friday 30 January Rock@Maltby Dave Berry & The Cruisers
  30 January Grove Folk Club Burns Night
  30 January No Smoke Foke singers
  30 January Gainsborough Folk Club singers


february 2009

Sunday   1 February Sunday at the Sandygate singers
  1 February Royal Folk singers
  1 February Lamproom, Barnsley Steve Womack
Monday   2 February Barnsley Folk & Acoustic singers
  2 February Booit Straps Folk Club singers
  2 February 1st & 3rd Acoustic Club singers
  2 February Skipton Folk Club singers
  2 February Woodlark Folk Club Workshy Profits
  2 February Memorial Hall, Sheffield Teddy Thompson & Tift Merritt
Tuesday   3 February Doncaster Folk Club singers
  3 February Kiveton Park Folk Club singers
  3 February Brown Cow singers
  3 February Belper Folk Club singers
  3 February Hillsborough singers
Wednesday 4 February Rivelin Folk Club singers
  4 February Club Acoustic, Prince of Wales singers
Thursday   5 February Black Swan Steve Tilston with Dave Bowie
  5 February Rotherham Music Club singers
  5 February Holly Bush Richard Kitson
Friday   6 February Rock@Maltby Uiscedwr
  6 February Grove Folk Club singers
  6 February Beehive Folk Club Stanley Accrington
  6 February No Smoke Foke singers
  6 February Play On, Fat Cat singers
Saturday   7 February Coal Aston Village Hall Dave Berry & The Cruisers
  7 February Royal Hotel, Dungworth 8-10 pm: Will Noble & John Cocking
10 pm-close: song and tune session with Jon Boden & Fay Hield
tickets £6 from wegottickets.com or The Royal. Info: 07817 804467
Sunday   8 February Sunday at the Sandygate singers
Monday   9 February   Barnsley Folk & Acoustic singers
  9 February   Booit Straps Folk Club singers
  9 February Fleur De Lys, Totley
(formerly Castle Folk Club)
singers
  9 February Skipton Folk Club Copper Kettle
  9 February Ep'th Folk singers
Tuesday   10 February Doncaster Folk Club singers
  10 February Kiveton Park Folk Club singers
  10 February Brown Cow Tom Kitchen & Gren Bartley
  10 February Music At Tickhill singers
  10 February Belper Folk Club Grace Notes
  10 February Hillsborough singers
Wednesday 11 February Rivelin Folk Club singers
  11 February Club Acoustic, Eagle singers
  11 February Flying Donkeys Storytelling Peter Chand & Shonaleigh
Thursday   12 February Black Swan Sylvia Barnes & Sandy Stanage
  12 February Rotherham Music Club singers
  12 February Holly Bush Toein' In The Dark
  12 February Raise The Roof singers
  12 February Music In The Round Donald Grant & Friends
Friday   13 February Rock@Maltby Jim Page
  13 February Grove Folk Club Fireside Fusiliers
  13 February No Smoke Foke singers
Friday   13 February Chesterfield Folk Club Quicksilver
  13 February Castle Folk singers
Saturday   14 February Acoustic Cabaret Bill Caddick
  14 February Coal Aston Community Centre Charity concert with Martyn Wyndham Read; Graham & Eileen Pratt; Pete Garratt & Ken Atkinson; Spoil the Dance.
Tickets £9 from Pete Burnett: 0114 2352344
Sunday   15 February Sunday at the Sandygate singers
Monday   16 February Barnsley Folk & Acoustic Acoustica
  16 February Booit Straps Folk Club singers
  16 February 1st & 3rd Acoustic Club singers
  16 February Skipton Folk Club singers
  16 February Woodlark Folk Club singers
Tuesday   17 February Kiveton Park Pete Coe
  17 February Brown Cow singers
  17 February Belper Folk Club singers
  17 February Hillsborough Folk at Burton Street singers
Wednesday 18 February Rivelin Folk Club singers
  18 February Club Acoustic, Prince of Wales singers
  18 February New Wombwell Folk Club singers
Thursday   19 February Black Swan singers & musicians
  19 February Rotherham Music Club singers
  19 February Anston Folk Club Notts Alliance
  19 February Holly Bush Tim & Julie Cole
Friday   20 February Rock@Maltby FOS Brothers
  20 February Grove Folk Club singers
  20 February No Smoke Foke singers
Saturday   21 February Wortley Folk Club Tom McConville Band
Sunday   22 February Sunday at the Sandygate singers
  22 February Millstone Inn open mic
Monday 23 February Barnsley Folk & Acoustic singers
  23 February Booit Straps Folk Club singers
  23 February Gift Horse Stories open floor
  23 February Nellie Folk singers
  23 February Skipton Folk Club Gordon Tyrrall
  23 February Ep'th Folk singers
Tuesday 24 February Doncaster Folk Club singers
  24 February Kiveton Park Folk Club Trio Threlfall
  24 February Brown Cow Kimber's Men
  24 February Edale Rambler Folk Train tba
  24 February Belper Folk Club singers
  24 February Singing Out tba
  24 February Hillsborough singers
Wednesday 25 February Rivelin Folk Club singers
  25 February Club Acoustic, Eagle singers
Thursday 26 February Black Swan Zoox
  26 February Rotherham Music Club singers
  26 February Holly Bush Tina McKevitt & Matt Hegarty
  26 February Gainsborough Folk Club singers
Friday 27 February Rock@Maltby Peter Donegan Band
  27 February Grove Folk Club Irish Night
  27 February No Smoke Foke singers
  27 February Gainsborough Folk Club singers
  27 February Acorn Folk Dick Gaughan
Saturday 28 February Keel Inn, Barnsley Wizz Jones


march 2009

Sunday 1 March Sunday at the Sandygate singers
  1 March Royal Folk singers
Monday  2 March Barnsley Folk & Acoustic singers
  2 March Booit Straps Folk Club singers
  2 March 1st & 3rd Acoustic Club singers
  2 March Skipton Folk Club Skipper John & Big Al
  2 March Woodlark Folk Club Queensberry Rules
Tuesday   3 March Kiveton Park Folk Club singers
  3 March Doncaster Folk Club singers
  3 March Brown Cow singers
  3 March Hillsborough Folk at Burton Street Liz Ryder tbc
Wednesday 4 March Rivelin Folk Club singers
  4 March Club Acoustic, Prince of Wales singers
Thursday   5 March Black Swan Ruth Notman with Saul Rose
  5 March Holly Bush Charlie Barker
Friday   6 March Rock@Maltby Johnny Dickinson
  6 March Grove Folk Club singers
  6 March No Smoke Foke singers
  6 March Beehive Folk Club Bill Whalley & Dave Fletcher
Saturday-Sunday   7-8 March Queensbury Music Festival info: myspace page
       
club and session updates
  • Acorn Folk: a new concert series launched recently at the Acorn Theatre, Queen Street, Worksop S81 0NX. To begin with it will run monthly on Friday or Saturday. For info, email info@acorntheatre.net or see http://www.acorntheatre.net/

  • The Castle Folk Club has now moved from Bradway to the Fleur de Lys Hotel at Totley Hall Lane, Sheffield S17 4AA , switching from the first Monday to the second Tuesday of each month. The 'singers' format continues as before.

  • Hillsborough Folk has moved from The Hillsborough Hotel (Mondays) to Tuesdays at The Burton Street Foundation, Burton Street, Hillsborough S6 2HH. Singers with occasional guests. http://www.syfolk.co.uk/

  • Vernon Arms, Sudbury: A new series of English Music sessions starts at The Vernon Arms, Main Road, Sudbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 5HS on Sunday 11 January 2009. It's planned for the second Sunday of each month, running from around 12.30 to about 3 pm - ish, and will be led by Keith Kendrick and Jan Rockett.
festivals
  • Doncaster Folk Festival — Friday 13 to Sunday 15 March

    The third annual Doncaster Folk Festival is being held at various locations throughout Doncaster town centre on Friday 13 March to Sunday 15 March. Three concerts are planned for the Saturday. They will also feature Pete Coe, once described as 'a one man folk industry'; the a capella trio of Moira Craig, Sarah Morgan, and Carolyn Robson; singer-songwriter and 'leg-end in his own trousers' Stanley Accrington, and many more.

    There will also be a ceilidh (barn dance) on Friday 13 March; another concert on the Friday night, featuring several local acts; morris dance displays; clog dancing; singarounds; and a musicians' session.

    Weekend tickets cost £25. Tickets are also available for individual events. For more information, including advance booking details, contact Derek on 01302 328 756.
    Tickets are also available from Doncaster's Civic Theatre.

    http://www.doncastercivic.co.uk/
    http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase

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