Parkgate Folk Club started in it’s present format in January 1994 in the Parkgate Hotel. In March 2000 the hotel closed for business and the club moved to The Boathouse. The club is open on the last Thursday of each month, except December when we run on the Thursday preceding the Christmas holiday. Occasionally we put on extra nights in the middle of the month to fit in with a particular artiste’s tour dates. ...
Normally first Tuesdays apart from October when we change to second Tuesday to avoid the mop fair. Very informal, mostly Irish/English tunes, some American; depends on who turns up! Starts around 8.30, usually in the front parlour.
A new free festival for Poole with music and dance on the streets overlooking Poole’s lovely harbour. Headliners are Spiers & Boden and The Roving Crows with ceilidh dancing to Dyer:Cumming Band and the Dorset Ceilidh Band. Music will be playing in all the pubs on The Quay.
A weekend festival of music, song & dance of the Celtic countries.
Folk dancing to the best bands and callers. Usually 4th Saturday each Folk dancing to the best bands and callers. Usually 4th Saturday each month
Enjoy a friendly and relaxed celebration of live music and culture around a free outdoor stage in the beautiful village of Priston, 6 miles from Bath. The festival boasts an impressive line-up of live music (traditional, jazz, world, blues, rock, classical, choral) on a free open-air stage, as well as kids’ events, morris dancing, singing and dance workshops, children’s art project, performance poetry, book talk, market stalls, food/drink etc. Ticketed events are also staged in local venues over the weekend. ...
A live acoustic music night with a difference, drawing on Liverpool’s radical traditions. Saturday 10th March - Joe Topping; Saturday 14th April - see Sisters Unlimited at St Brides, Liverpool - http://www.radicalliverpool.com/Big_Song_and_Dance.html Saturday 12th May - Zoe Mulford Saturday 9th June - Lizzie Nunnery
Morris dancing?? You bet! University of Bristol’s very own Rag Morris is in its 27th year - free-spirited, energetic, colourful, comic, fun, rarely normal. Dedicated to keeping tradition alive and up-to-date. Come and wear brilliantly coloured rag shirts, hats and bells. Dance with sticks, hankies, bare hands, and occasionally plastic chickens, to the music of accordions, melodeons, whistles, fiddles, drums, and meet our trusty hobby-horse, Rags. We’ll teach you all you need to know and more besides! ...