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Saturday 1 September
DANCE - Totnes Folk Dance Club> - Nicole and Pete Mac - Civic Hall, Totnes - 8.00 pm - 11.30 pm Refreshments available - Admission £6.00 Members £5.50
For more information contact June Prowse 01803 862435 or Harry Lowe 01626 821045
Sunday 2 September
Regular events 1st Sunday
SONG - Folk on the Moor > - Ian Bruce and Ian Walker - Book by eMail email
Monday 3 September
Regular events 1st Monday
DANCE - Honiton Folk Dance Club> - Ray Goodswen - Weston Band
Tuesday 4 September
Regular events 1st Tuesday
DANCE - Sidford Folk Dance Club> - Simon Maplesdon
Wednesday 5 September
Regular events 1st Wednesday
SONG - Jurassic Folk Club> - Mike Silver
Mike Silver is a superb songwriter, masterful guitarist and captivating performer, beguiling audiences with music that reaches out and draws you in, with a voice that is warm, embracing and richly resonant. With a lifetime of professional music behind him, plus a busy on-going concert, song-writing and recording schedule, Mike continues to perform throughout the UK, Europe and America, captivating audiences with songs of insight, experience - and accurate observation of our all-too-vulnerable human condition.

Mike Silver’s songs are of longing, love and loss, perceptive and thoughtful, with haunting melodies and heart stopping lyrics. This most accomplished acoustic artist sings and records a series of thoughts and feelings that are special and magical. Yet his music addresses every day issues without being trite, reaching out to a wide audience. With a voice that is as warm and inviting as the fire in the fireplace on a cold winter’s night, Mike is an outstanding treasure amidst the crowd. Recommended to all who thrive on the sensitivity of our existence; all in all he’s a wonderful musician.

It’s that moment when the song wings in under the radar and goes straight to your heart; that’s what you’ll remember most about Mike Silver – how the music born of his soul speaks to you, knows who you are, echoes your thoughts and experiences – and, before you know it, becomes a beloved part of you forever.

Check him out further at website>.

Tickets are now available at the Advance Price of £5, and can be bought from website>. On the door price, if any available, will be £6.
Thursday 6 September
Regular events 1st Thursday
DANCE - Tavistock Folk Dance Club> - Chris Thorne
DANCE - Exmouth Folk Dance Club> - Muriel Forrest
Friday 7 September
Saturday 8 September
DANCE - Cambridge University Ceilidh Band - Charter Hall - Okehampton - 7.30pm - £6.00 concessions £3.00 - In aid of Dartmoor Search and Rescue. To reserve tickets in advance eMail email or purchase on the door.
Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston - Ipplepen Village Hall, Newton Abbot - 8pm - Miranda is well known as the third member of Show of Hands and Rex has a growing reputation as a fine and imaginative mandolin player. The rare fusion of double bass and mandolin makes for one of the most exciting new pairings on the acoustic roots scene. They interweave timeless covers with Preston originals and their backgrounds combined with their instrumental and vocal skills have shaped their unique sound. Tickets £11 from Sarah on 01626 330576 or Roland on 01803 814240.
Regular events 2nd Saturday
SONG - Acorn Folk Club> - Guest Night - Thornbridge - singing trio

Tickets £6.00 in advance, £6.50 on the door.
If local you can call in to the Old Ship Aground. To order please telephone 07811 744158, eMail email or to book tickets in advance go to website> Concessions for under 16s.
SONG - Open night Shammick Acoustic Sessions> with with visiting performer Philip Cockerham. A singer, performer and songwriter based in West Yorkshire – but braving the byways of Devon for the first time.

There’s no admission charge, although we do pass the pot round for contributions to the expenses of visiting artists, to subsidise our occasional skills workshops and to help with other expenses.
Sunday 9 September
Regular events 2nd Sunday
Monday 10 September
DANCE - Cambridge University Ceilidh Band - Callington Town Hall - 7.30pm - £6.00 concessions £3.00 - In aid of Devon and Cornwall Air Ambulance. To reserve tickets in advance eMail email or purchase on the door.
Regular events 2nd Monday
DANCE - MADCAPS Club>
DANCE - Honiton Folk Dance Club> - Club callers - Friendly Folk>
Tuesday 11 September
Regular events 2nd Tuesday
DANCE - Sidford Folk Dance Club> - Eileen Nightingale - Jigs for Gigs
DANCE - Country Dance Plymouth> - Gil Jefferies
Wednesday 12 September
Regular events 2nd Wednesday
Thursday 13 September
DANCE - Cambridge University Ceilidh Band - Tawstock Village Hall - 7.30pm - £6.00 concessions £3.00 - In aid of RNLI. To reserve tickets in advance eMail email or purchase on the door.
Regular events 2nd Thursday
DANCE - Willand Folk Dance Club> - Ted Farmer - More the Merrier - drinks and nibbles
DANCE - Tavistock Folk Dance Club> - Frances Oates
SONG - Totnes Folk Song Club> - Tom McConville and David Newey
Friday 14 September
CONCERT - Vin Garbutt - The George Hotel, 1 Broad Street, South Molton, EX36 3AB - 8.30 pm - £12.00
Powerful, hugely moving, warm, humane, inspired, funny and gut wrenchingly honest. These are just some of the superlatives used to describe Vin's performance. This international, award winning, singer songwriter is completing his 42nd year on the road. Born in industrial Teesside Vin’s thick Middlesbrough accent and Irish Catholic heritage create a unique mix. His brilliant comic patter, amazing guitar and whistle mastery, impassioned singing and searing, totally honest songwriting, promises a fantastic evening’s high-powered entertainment.Vin has been twice nominated as ‘Best Live Act’ at BBC Radio 2’s Folk Awards; winning the title in 2001. He has also been runner-up to Norma Waterson in their ‘Folk Singer of the Year ‘ award.
‘…a force to be reckoned with - not ignored -still pulling no punches and pulling the crowds around the world’ Living Tradition
‘The most sought after act on the scene today. ‘House Full!’ signs are the norm’ Music World

For more information Telephone 01769 572514 - or visit website>
Tickets also available from website>
Regular events 2nd Friday
Saturday 15 September
DANCE - Willand Folk Dance Club> Willand Village Hall - Geoff Cubitt - Pendragon - Admission £5.00 - 8.00 - 11.30 - Bring & share supper Raffle - For more information telephone Mary Marker 01626 854141
Regular events 3rd Saturday
Sunday 16 September
Regular events 3rd Sunday
SONG - Topsham Folk Song Club > - Tim Edey and Brendan Power - Tickets £8.00 - Tim and Brendan were voted Best Duo at the 2012 BBC Folk Awards. Tim, who was also voted Musician of the Year at the same awards, is one of the finest multi-instrumental players of his generation in the worldwide Celtic music scene (he'll be on tour with The Chieftains this summer) and UK-based Kiwi harmonica player and composer Brendan is acknowledged by many as one of the most versatile and creative harp players around today. Their performance is both tight and really free-wheeling...very intimate...and very, very captivating. Last summer they played at many folk festivals, including Sidmouth, Towersey, Whitby, Wickham, HebCelt - and went down a storm at all of them. They've also recently released their first album as a duo and it has been getting great reviews: "A pair of true virtuosos....this debut album marks the pair’s full-on arrival as a unit that goes way beyond the already considerable sum of its parts." - Colin Irwin, BBC website.
SONG - Folk on the Moor > - Janette Gerri - Book by eMail email
Monday 17 September
Regular events 3rd Monday
DANCE - MADCAPS Club>
DANCE - Honiton Folk Dance Club> - Eileen Nightingale - Meter Rite
Tuesday 18 September
Regular events 3rd Tuesday
Bradninch Folk Club - The White Lion - 8.45pm Club Night (Note the club meets fortnightly at alternating pubs the Castle Hotel and the White Lion).
For more information telephone Gerrard - 01392881105 or eMail email - Visit website>
DANCE - Sidford Folk Dance Club> - Jane Thomas
Wednesday 19 September
Regular events 3rd Wednesday
DANCE - Halsway Folk Dance Club> - Eileen Nightingale - Iain Bryden
SONG - Jurassic Folk Club> - Singers night
Thursday 20 September
Regular events 3rd Thursday
DANCE - Tavistock Folk Dance Club> - Ted Farmer
DANCE - Exmouth Folk Dance Club> - Club callers
Friday 21 September
SONG - 7 Stars - Kennford> - Special guest night with Maggie Duffy and Mike Weed> and Ben Campbell
Regular events 3rd Friday
DANCE - D'Accord's French Music and Dance - More information >
Workshop - 7:00-8:00
Open mic eMail email - 8:00 - 9:00
Fest Noz/Bal with Poisson Rouge + guest band (tbc) 9:00 to late
Saturday 22 September
Regular events 4th Saturday
SONG - Shammick Acoustic Sessions> - Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman. At last – we’ve got them booked! A quick wit, a wonderful song-writer, beautiful and strong voices and a deep knowledge and love of the tradition – both North and South. Who could ask for more?

£7.00 (£6.00 paid in advance) ~ and members of Shammick Acoustic get a further reduction, priced at £6.00 (£5.00 paid in advance).

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>
Sunday 23 September
Rosa Rebecka - Exeter Phoenix - 6pm - Swedish singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and folk performer Rosa Rebecka launches her third studio album with a backing band drawn from the cream of the southwest's folk scene. "Songs For Mrs Beautiful" features stories of love and loss drawn from Rosa's family history alongside traditional Swedish folktales and ancient troubador laments. Guest artists include folk legend Paul Wilson on accordion, vocalist Tobias Jacob, Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll on fiddles, Rowan Massey on double bass and Griselda Sanderson> on the Swedish nyckelharpa. Visit website> or telephone 01392 667080.
Regular events 4th Sunday
SONG/STORYTELLING - Trade Winds>
Monday 24 September
Regular events 4th Monday
DANCE - MADCAPS Club>
DANCE - Honiton Folk Dance Club> - Nicole and Pete Mac
Tuesday 25 September
Regular events 4th Tuesday
DANCE - Sidford Folk Dance Club> - Aileen Wills - Meter Rite
STORY TELLING - Stone Soup> Stone Soup continues its Twisted Tales series for adults.
Wednesday 26 September
Levellers Acoustic - Exeter Cathedral - 7pm - Folk-rock band Levellers who release their tenth studio album, Static On The Airwaves, on 25 June 2012 have announced an intimate and rare 6 date seated tour of theatres and cathedrals in September. Bookings via website> or telephone 01392 667080.
Regular events 4th Wednesday
Thursday 27 September
Regular events 4th Thursday
DANCE - Tavistock Folk Dance Club> - Mary Marker
DANCE - Exmouth Folk Dance Club> - Wendy Hoare - Ivor Hyde and Holly
SONG - Teignmouth Folk Club >
Friday 28 September
CONCERT - John Kirkpatrick - Church House, South Tawton - £7.00 - John is one of the most prolific figures on the English folk scene, he has established an enviable reputation as a virtuoso on the melodeon, button accordion and anglo concertina, combined with his fine voice he is one of the leading interpreters of English traditional songs.

The Church House is a small venue, please advance book by calling Mark or Sarah Bazeley on 01837 840775. See website> for further details.
CONCERT - The Coal Porters - The George Hotel, 1 Broad Street, South Molton, EX36 3AB - 8.30 pm - £11.00
Sid Griffin - mandolin, harmonica, autoharp & vocals, Carla Frey – fiddle & vocals; John Breese - banjo and vocals; Andrew Stafford – bass; Neil Robert Herd - guitar & vocals. The Coal Porters were formed in the 1990s by ex-Long Ryder Sid Griffin. Relocating from Los Angeles to London the band left its electric instrumentation behind and slowly mutated into the acoustic act they are today. The band has demonstrated the power of fiddle, mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar and doghouse bass when matched with three-part harmonies and memorable melodies - and taken this sound around the world. They have wowed audiences at numerous UK and European arts centres, done no less than four North American tours and performed to tens of thousands at festivals such as Glastonbury, Stagecoach (USA), Larmer Tree, Didmarton, LaRoche (France), Cork Midsummer Fest (Ireland), Wombwell and Hultsfredsfestivalen (Sweden).

For more information Telephone 01769 572514 - or visit website>
Tickets also available from website>
Regular events 4th Friday
DANCE - Exeter Folk Dance Club> - Chris Miles
SONG - 7 Stars - Kennford>
Saturday 29 September
The Emily Portman Trio - Fyne Court, Bridgwater, Somerset TA5 2EQ - £14.50 each

Join us at the beautiful setting of Fyne Court for an unforgettable evening of Somerset folk music. Emily Portman is a singer and concertina player from Glastonbury, hailed 'one of the new British folk scene's most beguiling presences' (Uncut).

Celebrate her new second album Hatchling, in this bewitching live performance during her packed schedule of UK tours and festivals - Emily's website>

Booking Essential please call 0844 249 1895 A booking fee of 5% of your purchase applies - Or book online at website>
Sunday 30 September
Regular events 5th Sunday
SONG - Folk on the Moor > - Vicki Swann and Jonny Dyer Book by eMail email
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