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| Tuesday 3 January |
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| Wednesday 4 January |
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| Thursday 5 January |
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| Friday 6 January |
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North Devon Mummers - Top Ship Inn, Porlock - telephone 01643 862507
For further details about the North Devon Mummers, please telephone Francis & Barbara Verdigi 01271 861553 or  email.
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| Saturday 7 January |
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SONG - Acorn Folk Club> - Chloe Bix - With Mick Pledge - Special Club night and 10th annual part. Wear a hat to the party (prizes!) Chloe is a fine fiddle player and singer, one half of Fiddlebix and Dambuskers and now solo with the CHLOE Bix Band a real "Volcano Child". Always floor spots, musicians, singers and listeners given a warm welcome. Tickets £5.00 on door, Raffle.
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| Sunday 8 January |
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| Monday 9 January |
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| Tuesday 10 January |
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Bradninch Folk Club (Free music in the round) - The White Lion - 8.45pm - (Note the club meets fortnightly at alternating pubs the Castle Hotel and the White Lion - guest night on 4th Tuesday>).
For more information telephone Gerrard - 01392881105 or email - Visit website> |
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| Wednesday 11 January |
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Reg Meuross - Route 2 Café Bar, Topsham - Support from local singer/songwriter Acacia. £8 advance / £10 door. Small venue so book early,telephone 01395 267029 or 07771 558914
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| Thursday 12 January |
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| Friday 13 January |
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Geneva 20,000 - Exeter Phoenix - 6pm - A night of folk, blues and rock music headlined by The True Blue with support from special guest Sam Green, in aid of Cancer Research UK. £10. For more information telephone 01392 667080 or visit website>
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| Saturday 14 January |
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| Wassail! at Buckland Abbey - 7pm - Join Lodestone Border Morris> for this traditional ceremony in the orchard and help wake the apple trees (remember to bring something noisy)! Cider and pork and apple hotdogs (extra cost) accompany the dancing, plus storytelling from Steve Manning, make this a great family evening. Booking not needed. Wear warm/waterproof clothing and suitable footwear, such as boots or wellies. Meet in the Great Barn. |
DANCE - Willand Folk Dance Club> Willand Village Hall - Ray Goodswen - Narrow Escape - Admission £5.00 - 8.00 - 11.30 - Bring & share supper Raffle - For more information telephone Mary Marker 01626 854141
Note: There is a concession for those unable to dance and junior dancers. Tickets are not sold in advance. |
| DANCE - Great Western Ceilidh, Bowhill Primary School Exeter. Sarah Bazeley - The Dartmoor Pixie Band > . To book telephone Alan Jones 01392 217152 or email. More information > |
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SONG - Open night Shammick Acoustic Sessions> - AGM at 7.30pm Open Night 8.00pm
Cme along and tell us what you’ve liked/disliked about the club in 2011, and what you would like to see/hear in the future. Are we getting it right? How can we make it better for you? If you can’t make it, but would like our report on 2011, please let us know and we’ll e-mail it to you. Likewise, you can e-mail any feedback you might have for us.
From 8 p.m., we’ll have the first of this year’s Open Nights, and the first of our visiting performers, in the person of Rob Barratt. Rob is a comic poet and singer from Bodmin, Cornwall, appearing in recent years at folk, literature and arts festivals all over England. Having been recommended to us by the organiser of Bodmin Folk Club, a long-lived and respected club, we can look forward to some fun, and something to cheer us in the gloom of the aftermath of the festive season!
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| Sunday 15 January |
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SONG - Topsham Folk Song Club > - Jackie Oates and Karen Tweed - Jackie’s unique treatment of English ballads and songs, and pure, haunting singing style has attracted increasing attention. She has performed extensively at festivals and folk clubs across the country, in a solo capacity and with a number of bands. Jackie is joined here with Karen Tweed, the mercurial, wacky and elegant English accordion queen, known for her inspirational teaching and ground breaking collaborations.
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SONG - Folk on the Moor > - Tom and Barbara Brown - Tom & Barbara Brown's speciality is songs of the West Country but their repertoire draws from a huge range of traditional and, to a lesser extent, modern songs. Tom accompanies Barbara with guitar, mandola, concertina and melodeon. Book by email
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| Monday 16 January |
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| Tuesday 17 January |
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| Wednesday 18 January |
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| Thursday 19 January |
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| Friday 20 January |
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| The Diamond Family Archive & Juliet D - Barrel House, Totnes - 8.00pm - donations - Described as Psych-folk, Freak-folk, Alt-folk Laurence Collyer is a reclusive British artist who writes, records and performs music and folk-song as 'The Diamond Family Archive'. Juliet D is a stunning heartfelt singer songwriter with a voice to die for from Cornwall, now based in Totnes and making a name for herself in Devon and beyond. For more information visit website> |
| Friday Night at the Gallery Bar with Nicky Swann > - The Old Chapel, Calstock 8.30pm - Bar opens 7.30pm. Original songs rooted in Americana, and drawing on jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, and folk ballads. Come and meet friends for a drink and a chat, accompanied by some great live music. Free entry, donations welcome, chatty atmosphere. Visit website> |
| Maggie Duffy and Mike Weed>- Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter - 10pm - Visit website>. |
Burns Night Boogie with Jiggerypipery - Landscove Village Hall - 8pm - Mix of original music and traditional tunes. Bar. Tickets £7, student/U18 £5, U12 free. Reservations telephone 01803 762499
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CONCERT - Bully Wee> and Phil Beer - Exmouth Shanty Men - Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton Very busy ticket sales already - advance booking strongly advised - Reformed and revitalised (since 2006) The Bullies are on the road again together with the unstoppable Mr Phil Beer (who may even share the odd duet with the lads!) and the hilarious Exmouth Shanty Men. Full bar. Doors 7pm. Tickets £16 - Text or call 07891 663044 (credit or debit cards accepted) or There will be a short time for 'floor spots' at the discretion of the organiser. A percentage of the ticket price will go towards Christian Aid's Zimpro (Zimbabwe Project), humanitarian aid for the people of Zimbabwe.
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| Saturday 21 January |
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Burns Night Special with Jiggerypipery - Drewe Arms, Drewsteignton - 8.30pm - Mix of original music and traditional tunes. Tickets £6.00 advance from Sally's, Chagford or Drewe Arms. £7.50 door. For more information telephone 01647 281191
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 Stoke Gabriel Wassail - A magical evening at the ancient ceremony of apple tree wassailing in Stoke Gabriel Orchard - Church Walk and Village Orchard - 4.30pm. Admission - Adults £2.50 , Children £1.00 Parking Available
Refreshments, BBQ, home made pasties soups and cakes, bar and mulled cider, Morris Dancing, Storytelling, Singing, Mummers and folk music. View programme> |
| Chanter in concert - Stoke Gabriel Village Hall - £9/£7. Doors 7.30pm, on stage 8pm.
Chanter’s roots are in Northern Ireland and Scotland: ballads and exciting traditional set pieces such as reels, jigs and hornpipes, all sung with beautiful harmonies and some virtuoso playing. They have built up an enthusiastic following in the South Hams; their last three concerts in Stoke Gabriel sold out. Visit website>.
Advance booking is recommended - Tickets in advance from Stoke Gabriel Post Office, Totnes Tourist Office, or online at website>.
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Mrs Midnights> Midwinter Masquerade Ceilidh - St Matthews Hall, Clifton Street, Exeter, EX1 2BS 8.00 -11.30 pm - £6 on the door or £5 in advance/concession - Plus sundry and diverse entertainments including singers, pasties on sale at the interval, a raffle and jovial real ale bar.
Numbers strictly limited so confirm your place by leaving your card at 07789714498
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| DANCE - Tavistock Folk Dance Club> - New year party - John Estall |
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| Sunday 22 January |
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"Blue Ball Music" - "Bedlam Bess" - Blue Ball Inn, Sidford, nr Sidmouth - 7.30pm - A new monthly evening of varied acoustic music in East Devon. All styles, Bluegrass to Blues, Classical to Folk.
"Bedlam Bess" are a Cornish based folk duo from Lizard peninsula - harmony vocals, flute, whistles, piano and guitar - performing Celtic material from Cornwall, Ireland and Scotland. Floor artists welcome. Free entry: collection for expenses and Sidmouth "Living with Cancer" charity. Telephone Sue on 07974 368920. (Blue Ball Inn - Jill Allen 01395 514062). |
Beesounds Sunday - Come and wassail newly planted orchard and listen to Leski from Cornwall - a duo on hammer dulcimer and violin. Event begins at 3.30 ends at 6.00. Hot soup, bread and wassail cup. Performers £5 Listeners £7. The Underwood Discovery Centre, Beeson nr Slapton To find the Underwood Discovery Centre go to go to website>
For further details telephone 01803-866916 or email View poster> |
| CONCERT - Bully Wee> and Phil Beer - Tavistock Wharf - Reformed and revitalised (since 2006) The Bullies are on the road again together with the unstoppable Mr Phil Beer (who may even share the odd duet with the lads!). Box office telephone 01822 611166 |
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| Monday 23 January |
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| Tuesday 24 January |
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Bradninch Folk Club - Lisbee Stainton - The Castle Hotel - doors open at 8.00pm - show starts at 8.30pm (Note the club meets fortnightly at alternating pubs the Castle Hotel and the White Lion).
For more information telephone Gerrard - 01392881105 or email - Visit website>
 'Lisbee Stainton is a London-based 23 year-old singer-songwriter known as, ‘The English Rose With The 8-String Guitar', she has been writing songs for almost 14 years. She graduated in 2009 from Goldsmiths College, University of London. She has had rave reviews including - MOJO, Uncut Magazine, The Independent on Sunday, the Daily Express and The Mirror, and GMTV announce Lisbee a star in the making; The Times declare, "Bound for Glory - Lisbee Stainton and her eight string guitar....an exquisite slice of traditional songwriting: pure and pitch perfect."
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| Wednesday 25 January |
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Burns Night Hootenanny! - The Woodside, 12 Gasking Street, Plymouth with Celtic folk group: Three Strand Minstrelsy - Free entry (tickets sold for food). Music 9pm.
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| Maggie Duffy and Mike Weed> - Millbrook Inn, South Pool, nr Kingsbridge for Burns Night |
| Brown Paper Bag Theatre Company presents BROWN PAPER BALLADS, a journey from song to theatre, from 25th - 28th January 7.30pm - Crediton Arts Centre, East Street, Crediton, Devon. We have spent some months working on dramatising some of the stories in English Traditional folk songs, and this comes to fruition at the end of this month when a cast of 17 actors, dancers, musicians and singers come together to perform this exciting, moving, funny, frightening and entertaining show. Tickets £5 available from Crediton Book Shop 01363 774740 and Crediton Arts Centre 01363 773260. |
| Burns Night - The Morley Arms, Billacombe Road, Plymouth PL9 7HP - 8.00 -11.00 pm - Dust off your kilts and sporrans, and join us at for an evening of Music & Merriment, Haggis & Neeps, and an appearance, once again, from William Wallace himself, who will Address the Haggis in his own inimitable style. Musicians, singers, bards, poets, enthusiastic revellers all welcome. - FREE |
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| Thursday 26 January |
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| Brown Paper Bag Theatre Company presents BROWN PAPER BALLADS, a journey from song to theatre, from 25th - 28th January 7.30pm - Crediton Arts Centre, East Street, Crediton, Devon. We have spent some months working on dramatising some of the stories in English Traditional folk songs, and this comes to fruition at the end of this month when a cast of 17 actors, dancers, musicians and singers come together to perform this exciting, moving, funny, frightening and entertaining show. Tickets £5 available from Crediton Book Shop 01363 774740 and Crediton Arts Centre 01363 773260. |
| Tavistock Acoustic Café - Tavistock Wharf - Doors open 7pm - Popular monthly event in which local musicians and performers entertain audiences all in aid of local charities. Entry £5/U18s £3. Visit website> |
| CONCERT - Bellowhead - Princess Theatre Torquay - 19.30 - Visit website>
"One of the country’s greatest live outfits" Daily Mirror - Daily Mirror
Multi-award winning big band Bellowhead are an 11 piece collective which uniquely merges English folk, rock, music hall, classical, world, and jazz influences into their boisterous set, fusing a dazzling amount of individual musical talent along the way. They were voted BEST GROUP and BEST LIVE ACT (for an astonishing 5th time) at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2011 - an unparalleled feat in the hard gigging world of folk. They play everything from Helicon to frying pan and display a rare ability to dart effortlessly between the establishment and the fringes.
The band’s latest studio album, ‘Hedonism’, was released by Navigator in October 2010. It was recorded in Abbey Road Studios and produced by the legendary John Leckie. This highly acclaimed album has since gone on to sell a boundary-crossing 40,000 albums.
Bellowhead’s profile went up several more notches at the end of 2010 with two memorable performances on BBC TV’s ‘Later…’ and they have just recorded a new signature tune for The Archers! Bellowhead were invited by producers of The Archers to come up with a new version of the signature tune to coincide with BBC Radio 4 Extra’s ‘Ambridge Extra’ – The Archers.
Band-members, who are based all over the UK, include John Spiers (melodeon, concertina) and Jon Boden (lead vocals, fiddle), Pete Flood (percussion); Justin Thurgur (trombone); Brendan Kelly (saxophone, bass clarinet); Andy Mellon (trumpet); Paul Sartin (oboe, fiddle); Rachael McShane (cello, fiddle); Ed Neuhauser (helicon, tuba); Benji Kirkpatrick (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki) and Sam Sweeney (fiddle, pipes).
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| Friday 27 January |
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| Brown Paper Bag Theatre Company presents BROWN PAPER BALLADS, a journey from song to theatre, from 25th - 28th January 7.30pm - Crediton Arts Centre, East Street, Crediton, Devon. We have spent some months working on dramatising some of the stories in English Traditional folk songs, and this comes to fruition at the end of this month when a cast of 17 actors, dancers, musicians and singers come together to perform this exciting, moving, funny, frightening and entertaining show. Tickets £5 available from Crediton Book Shop 01363 774740 and Crediton Arts Centre 01363 773260. |
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| Saturday 28 January |
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| Brown Paper Bag Theatre Company presents BROWN PAPER BALLADS, a journey from song to theatre, from 25th - 28th January 7.30pm - Crediton Arts Centre, East Street, Crediton, Devon. We have spent some months working on dramatising some of the stories in English Traditional folk songs, and this comes to fruition at the end of this month when a cast of 17 actors, dancers, musicians and singers come together to perform this exciting, moving, funny, frightening and entertaining show. Tickets £5 available from Crediton Book Shop 01363 774740 and Crediton Arts Centre 01363 773260. |
Plymouth Morris Men's 42nd Annual Ceilidh with 4 Feet First > - Woolwell Comunity Centre, Plymouth PL6 7TR 7pm - Tickets £7 (incl pasty supper) from Ray on 01752 345048 or Dan on 07794 848452. Real ale bar.
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Folk Evening - Cross House Inn, Metherell, nr Callington - 8.30pm - Another fun-filled folk evening at the Cross House Inn, all welcome, bring your instruments and voices. let's make it another evening to remember, we need audience as well as performers.
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Winter Ceilidh for Exeter Green Party with Sheer Hopody Barn Dance Band > and caller Martin Hodge - St James' Church Hall, Mt Pleasant Rd, EX4 7AH - 19:30 t0 23:30 The same team that produced a fantastic danceable evening in 2011. Tickets £9, concessions £7
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 SONG - Shammick Acoustic Sessions> - Concert - Pat Smith & Ned Clamp. £7.00 (£6.00 in advance) and members of Shammick Acoustic get a further reduction, priced at £6.00 (£5.00 paid in advance).
The last time they visited, they brought along the Mari Lwyd, the Welsh New Year horse, to our Christmas Open Night, but this time they’ll confine themselves to the music.
There are many singers and concertina players, but in addition, Pat is a virtuoso spoons player – and you don’t get many of those! As half of the popular Welsh duo Calennig for many years, and still a member of the Calennig Big Band, playing for twmpathau (Welsh dances), Pat is an accomplished performer whose enthusiasm for Welsh traditional culture has taken her all round the world – and they don’t come any more Welsh than Pat! Although born an Englishman, guitarist Ned has been adopted by Wales, and has been involved in the folk scene there for over twenty-five years. His music has ranged from folk to ragtime, and from country to big band music – truly eclectic tastes!
Together, Pat and Ned perform fascinating songs and tunes, old and new, “blending gentle harmonies with top-drawer musicianship”, drawing in their audiences wherever they go.
Pat will also be running a half-day spoons workshop. Download application form>
Advance tickets can be bought up to a month before the event at Shammick Acoustic Sessions, at The Pack O’ Cards OR at Pet's Pantry in High Street. Advance tickets for non-members, can also be purchased over the net, by credit card, at website>
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| Sunday 29 January |
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CONCERT - Fairport Convention - Corn Exchange, Exeter - 7.30pm
Hailed as the originators of British folk-rock music, Fairport Convention remain one of the most entertaining bands on today's concert circuit. Their sell-out gigs always attract critical acclaim and delight audiences. Fairport Convention features Simon Nicol on guitar and lead vocals, Dave Pegg on bass and backing vocals, Chris Leslie on fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki and lead vocals, Ric Sanders on violin and Gerry Conway on drums and percussion. The band has won a coveted BBC Lifetime Achievement Award and Radio 2 listeners voted Fairport's groundbreaking album, Liege & Lief, the Most Influential Folk Album of All Time. Box office Telephone 01392 665938 |
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SONG - Folk on the Moor > - Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston - With a fabulous musical pedigree, working alongside the likes of Leon Rosselson and Show of Hands, Miranda has superb double bass and vocal skills, her complemented by the astonishing mandolin playing of Rex Preston. £7/£9 - Book by email
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| Monday 30 January |
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| Tuesday 31 January |
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| DANCE - Lucky 7 Folk Dance Club> |
SONG - Exmouth Folk Club > - 8.30 Kat with Attititude - 9.00 Graham Butterfield - 9.30 Break - 10.00-11.00 Tobias ben Jacob
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STORY TELLING - Stone Soup> Stone Soup continues its Twisted Tales series for adults. Listen to a multitude of stories in celebration of the ancient festival of Imbolc, marking the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring. |
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