Regular Sessions and Events:
Bluegrass and Old-Time Music in London, Kent, Sussex, and Surrey
Please check by telephone/email before travelling far
Every Monday – Bluegrass at The Hemingford, 158 Hemingford Rd N1 1DF (junct. with Offord Rd – near Caledonian Rd bus stops; very near rail station) Tel 020 8340 4683 Caspar Cronk [nb session 17.3.08 changed to 18.3.08]
Every Monday [nb - closed for summer - restarts 7.9.09] - Session from 8.30pm at The 'Foresters' (ex All Inn One), 53 Perry Vale (nr Forest Hill Station), London SE23 2NE - Gus (gus@hangtheartX.com) or Dave (davermarshall@yahooX.com) [nb please leave out the 'X' when using these email addresses]
Every Monday - bluegrass/old-time welcome at the Foundry, 13-4 Foundry St, Brighton BN1 4AT. Residents include Ben Paley
Every Monday - Contra dance workshop + dance at Hothfield Village Hall, Park Drive, Hothfield, Ashford TN26 1EQ - Contrafusion
Alternate Mondays – bluegrass/old-time welcome - at The White Horse Bodle Street (E.Sx), Tel 01323 833243 / www.whitehorsefolk.co.uk
Every Tuesday - 'Snake Mountain Review' - Americana showcase the Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 3BL
2nd Tuesday every month – Folkjam with Lucy Quinn (bluegrass/old-time welcome) at the Cross Keys, On the Green (The Kinecroft), Wallingford - 01491 835 122
2nd Tuesday every month – Slow picking session with Sherryl & Gary Payne & friends at The Windmill, Church Lane, Ewshot, Nr Farnham GU10 5BJ - 01276 609954 .
Third Tuesday every month – Grassroots & friends at the Eight Bells, Hawkhurst Moor (1m S of Hawkhurst centre) www.grassrootsband.co.uk
2nd & 4th Tuesday – session at The Goat, Codicote, nr Welwyn - details from 07767 623831 [please check on this number before travelling far]
Most Tuesdays – Dartford Ramblers, Residents at Dartford Folk Club, Dartford WMC, Essex Road (NW of town centre) - Alan/Pam 01322 222553 or see www.dartfordfolk.org.uk
Last Tuesday each month – Open Mike session welcomes bluegrass & old-time music, at the Pig & Butcher, Five Ash Down (N of Uckfield) TN22 3AN; Ray Whiteway Roberts 07904 701 406.
Last Tuesday each month - the Golden Lion, Alresford Road, Winchester - Richard Holland r.l.Xholland@btinternet.com [nb please leave out the 'X' when using this email address]
Last Tuesday each month - Old Time Session at the Birkbeck Tavern (Upstairs), 45 Langthorne Road, Leyton London E11 4HL - Paul paulXr_warner@ntlworld [nb please leave out the 'X' when using this email address] / 0799 0737 539
Wednesdays – What's Cookin' Club at the
The Sheepwalk,
692 High Road, Leytonstone E11;
020 8556 1131 / www.whatscookin.co.uk
Wednesdays – Bluegrass at
the Stag, Old Town, Hastings - Roger Churchyard
01424 446413 [nb Parking not
easy
- try
Harold
Road
nearby]
1st & 3rd Wednesday each month – Graham Anstee and
friends old-time session/clogging at the Oast Community Centre, Rainham, Kent
ME28 7SG (very near rail
station); some workshops too, details from Graham on 01634 260281 or graham.g.anstee@btopenw
orld.com [nb
please leave out the space when using this email address]; website www.roots.ik.com
2nd & 4th Wednesday each month -
The Pull & Pump Pickin' Party (Country/bluegrass/Americana/Old-time) from 7.30pm, host Danni Nicholls - 1-2 Clarence Gardens, Brighton BN1 2EG -
www.myspace.com/getrhythmlive
2nd Wednesday each month – Old-Time Music at the Black Horse, Lewes BN7 1RS - details from Michi 01273 471431 / http://oldtimelewes.weebly.com
3rd Wednesday each month – Bluegrass & Old-time at
Frimhurst Family Home, Guildford Road, Frimley Green, Surrey, GU16 6NU
- Jason 077 5456 8584
Last Wednesday each month – Tunbridge Wells Bluegrass
& Acoustic Music Club at the Beacon Hotel, Tea Garden Lane, Tunbridge Wells TN3 9JH
(off A264 East Grinstead Rd, near Rusthall); details from Rick on 01732 458261
or see page on this site
Alternate Wednesdays -
session with Helen, Pat and friends at the Blue Lion, 133 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8TZ - helenelizabethke en@yahoo.co.uk [nb please leave out the space when using this email address]
Some Wednesdays- session at the Hop Pole Inn, 83 Bicester Road, Aylesbury, HP19 9AZ - details from Roger: sdii@m ac.com [nb please leave out the space when using this email address]
Second Thursday every month – Foghorn Leghorn host a bluegrass and roots night at the Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 3BL - www.myspace.com/foghornleghornboys
Second and Fourth Thursdays every month - Chichester Acoustic Music Club, The Wickham Arms, Bognor Road, Chichester PO19 2NW - Andrew Perry: 01243 776391
Third Thursday every month – Biggin Hillbillies at the Farningham Village Club, High St, Farningham (nr M20/M25 jct) - Tel John McDonagh
020 8309 5735 or see www.bigginhillbillies.co.uk
Last Thursday every month – Taube Marks & friends at the
Duke of Monmouth Pub, 260 Abingdon Road, Oxford
OX1 4TA
- Taube on
01865 552111 / website
Last Thursday every month – Elsdale Music Club (doors open 7.30, boat sails 8.30) - Elsdale II, Packet Boat Marina,
Packet Boat Lane, Cowley, Middx, UB8 2JJ - details from
Victoria 07545 924 868
First Friday every month - Southdown Ramblers www.southdownramblers.org play a resident spot at the Washington Music Club,
Ashington Social Club, Mill Lane, Ashington, W.Sussex
RH20 3BX
-
http://washingtonmusic.info
First Friday every month - the Kent Carters host a bluegrass and old-time music evening at St Julians Club, Sevenoaks TN15 0RX - 01732 458261 / www.stjulians.co.uk
First Friday every month – Sherryl & Gary Payne & friends at The Windmill, Church Lane, Ewshot, Nr Farnham GU10 5BJ - 01276 609954
Second Friday every month – Bluegrass Plus Club, Netherne Football Club, Woodplace Lane, Netherne, nr Coulsdon
CR5 1NE
- www.bluegrass-plusclub.co.uk
Last Friday every month – The Rustic Ramblers at the Bull, Linton Hill ME17 4AW (S of Maidstone) - Chris Moon - christophe rmoon@btconnect.com [nb please leave out the space when using this email address]
Fridays – Court Sessions Folk Club house band Wandle Delta String Band often play old-time tunes and the club include bluegrass/old-time acts in their programme -
The
'Antelope' - previously 'Jack Beards'- at 76 Mitcham Road, Tooting. (020 8677 9989 Dave.) - http://sessioneast2.tripd.com
Saturdays – Peta Webb, Ken Hall, Gail Williams and Jim Younger
are among the residents at the Cellar Upstairs Folk Club, at the Exmouth Arms,
Starcross Street,
London NW1 1HR (nr Euston/Euston Sq underground) – details from Sheila Miller
020 7241 8132 / http://hometown.aol.co.uk/cellarupstairs
Every fourth Sunday (27 June etc.) - Session with Vince Purcell & Friends at Mrs Fitzherberts,
25-26 New Road, Brighton, East Sussex, 01273 682401 (pub) / 01273 729081 (Vince)
Third Sunday every month (4pm to 9pm, with main act on at about 6pm) – often bluegrass/old time/country
roots – see comedownandmeetthefolks -
at
The Apple Tree, 45 Mount Pleasant, Clerkenwell, London WC1
Third Sunday every month - bluegrass & old-time players welcome at the Walnut Tree session, Tonbridge Road, Maidstone ME16 8SR
Every Sunday – Old-Time picking session, The Harlequin,
Arlington Way
EC1R 1UY
(nr Saddlers Wells) Tel 020 8552 8308 Frank Weston
Every Sunday – ‘Open Mic’ club welcomes bluegrass & old-time
players – The Fighting Cocks, Horton Kirby (nr Dartford) – 01322
862299
Every Sunday - Get Rhythm Americana Unplugged - host Danni Nicholls - at the Foundry, 13-4 Foundry St, Brighton BN1 4AT
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