2009

Brian Peters May 11th  Tickets 5.00. 6.00 on the night

Tuesday  Acoustic Collective at the Astley Arms, 1 Chapel Hill, Dukinfield, Cheshire SK16 4BT
Lovely bunch of people and an excellent night, including our own John Keithley and ex Red Bull resident Pete Roberts.

Contact info Paul Roberts
07930340260

also email info@acoustic-collective.com

Kieron's   club  Weekly sing a round--always a good night and now in one of Stockports best pubs---good selection of beer and excellent atmosphere.  .   Sing a rounds which move fast so it gets back to you quicker than you think.

  07950  560621

Googlies Folk club at Didsbury cricket club every 1st  Tuesday

Kings Ransom are worth seeing on their own and it's usually a good evening

 Singers welcome ring steve on 01614400305

01614400305

The ALMA at Cottonstones

Puss in Boots Canalside Macclesfield-

1st Tuesday of the month.Sing a round club run by Pete Blackthorn. Also the very famous Loose Elastic perform here--try to catch a rendition of Delila -It brings the house down-   sort of sing a round in the back room . Relaxed and informal and sometimes quite jolly- how dare you-we all know  this is meant to be a  serious business! The beers very good  as well.

Very full last time I went and a really good evening, I didn't see Delila though

 Stockport trad English tunes session

..Ye Olde Vic     King ST Stockport
Hosted By Peter Hood 

On the second and fourth  Wed of every month   We meet in the YE Olde VIc  in Stockport for an open session.  It's  a tunes session . We play a mix of English and Celtic and hopefully more English than the rest but it does vary.   There usually me Peter Hood fighting the tenor banjo with Lynda Edwardes  on concertina and Fran who knows loads of tunes but pretends she doesn't on tin whistle. Bill the Fiddle, Tom Mather on Hammered dulcimer. Barry on Melodeon, Helen and Tom on melodeon and whistle.

 The evening really starts to buzz when guitar legend Bill Philipps  helps out with  Beryl  on concertina.  - lots of others drop in and out... so join us !
This session has started to buzz since we moved to Ye Olde VIc, it's lively and good fun!

The Cross Keys               Uppermill  -Excellent club run by Jim Schofield, lots of guests on and always a goodnight, phone Jim for whats on. 01457 833897 - Always worth checking out.

      For information and bookings contact Jim Schofield

This is a once a month (last Thursday ! ) club for any form of live  music and other folky things.Residents "Roll Over" are always pleased to

welcome performers of any kind ( within reason ! ).We occasionally have guests;.Anyone who would like to appear on either of these nights please contact Sue Capper on 01625 614791 to arrange a spot.   Sue can also be contacted for any other details regarding the club.

The Swan Dobcross, Nr Uppermill Oldham
 

English  c session with a very good bunch of

 musicians
Lovely beer, nice surroundings. I'd like to get to this session more than I do. Very friendly, more than worth the effort. You'll usually meet Jenny Coxon here, worth it for that alone!

Salford University   Maxwell Building   8th floor  Still running March 06 They had a playford workshop last time.

A workshop every  1st  Friday of the month - It varies from English folk tunes to Applacian clog to Purcells folk tunes. All tunes, no singing and a different theme each month. Sheet music provided . Very friendly bunch of folks    ,  It's better if you have at least a minimal sight reading ability. You can get by without though!! A very nice library of English tunes available to members, strongly recommended especially if you feel intimidated in the std pub session. Contact -Steve and Ishbel Saxton on 0161 860 7857    or Barbara Doyle 0161 881 3103-

Guests at Arthurs-all other nights singers-

The Open Door
The Royal Oak
172 Manchester Road
Werneth
Oldham
OL9 7BN  New location! Lovely little pub and very friendly run by Pauline and John

Think you should be on these links? Then tell me!!  email  folky at thebrewshop.com  active link removed to stop spam

www.efdss.org
The English Folk Dance & Song Society. Promotes and documents the practice
of traditional music, dance and song in England. Publishes various books,
CDs, EDS (English Dance & Song) magazine, and the Folk Music Journal.

www.efdss.org/library.htm
The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, a multi media resource for

traditional music, dance, song, and folklore.

http://www.hobgoblin.com
Hobgoblin--fantastic music shop in Manchester with a great range of folk instruments. See Ken and mention us!

http://website.lineone.net/~folkbuzz/morris.htm

A very comprehensive listing of all the Northwest Morris teams with contact numbers style of Morris etc. all put together for Folk Buzz magazine.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Opsis/chorlton.htm

Home page of Chorlton Green Women's Morris- Very good links to more stuff in the area.

http://web.onetel.net.uk/~lancashirefolk/ Another site that fills some of the gaps for North Manchester and also has lots of good Morris information,

http://www.brightbell.com/folk/ Guide to folkmusic in North Cheshire--fill the gaps I've left!!!!

http://www.lesession.demon.co.uk/

 Details of French Sessions and dance in the North West-have a look and see if you can get to one of these events they're well worth it.

http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/club.htm     Website of Ryburn Three Step. Ryburn Three Step is an independent Folk Development project which organises a range of regular activities and special events. It is located in the Ryburn Valley, West Yorkshire, England, where the Ryburn flows through Rishworth, Ripponden, Triangle, and on to Sowerby Bridge, there joining the
River Calder. Well that's what the blurb says...It's a superb site with lots on including the Mummers at Xmas- not to be missed, I forgot my banjo last year so missed out on the session afterwards..take a look  and try a ceildh  or get to one of the Clubs!!

J

http://www.the-music-directory.com/    a collection of links to music related websites and newsgroups.

http://www.contemplator.com/folk2/Lots of midi folky files for downloading with words and interesting pictures - Title music for the page is from the site.

http://www.pubhub.co.uk/mcr/sessionpics.htm    A listing of the Irish sessions in Manchester - essential kit for anyone interested in celtic sessions.

http://www.syfolk.co.uk/ Comprehensive Website containing a guide to the South Yorkshire folk Scene

http://www.brocross.com/   A superb site with loads of great pictures of canal boats and trains. Lots of stuff about coalmining in Poynton and the Macc canal. A site that's crammed with information and loads of good reading

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ballads/    The Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads. A searchable index of thousands of old ballads-even some about Stockport- All on the net and ready for searching - if you're interested in songs just take a look!

http://www.btinternet.com/~troubleatmill Go here and have a look! There's loads of good stuff about folk in Manchester in general as well as the Trouble at mill site. Most of the links I should have are here so I don't need to have them.

http://www.tabbytail.freeserve.co.uk/filofolk.htm  Guide to Yorkshire folk --lots of useful stuff.

http://www.folkimages.com    Pictures of Northwest Performers and a list of Northwest clubs. See pictures of Geoff Higginbottom and Stanley Accrington!!!

http://website.lineone.net/~folkbuzz/    The home page of Buzz magazine- Essential equipment for any one who wants to go to lots of folk venues.It lists about 300 clubs in the North west so it should keep you occupied for a few weeks. This link now works!!
http://www.cheshirelittlefolk.co.uk/
Home page of Helen Kennedy- Also home page of the Trugs, the little folk of Poynton! Some lovely art work, books and other things to buy. Also see a picture of Helen and her Harp.