BEDALES OLIVIER THEATRE, Steep, near Petersfield
Box Office 01730 304253.
BOURNEMOUTH FOLK CLUB [formerly Shenanigans Folk and World Music Club]
Centre Stage, Queens Road, Bournemouth BH2 6BE.
(Tickets) Val Munro 01202 707498
(info) Paul Burke 01425 475226
E-mail: shenanig@btopenworld.com
Every Sunday night 7.45pm
Occasional Folk and World Music Concerts in the week at Barrington Theatre, Ferndown
| July | 3 | Pete Read |
| 6 | Fearne | |
| 10 | Pete Christie | |
| 13 | Four Hand Reel | |
| 17 | Chris Difford | |
| 20 | Chris Simmons, Danielle Gasparro, Tinderbox | |
| 31 | Hillbilly and the Bonfire | |
| Aug | 10 | Phil King |
| 14 | Emily Baker | |
| 17 | Annie O'Connell | |
| 21 | GP Hall | |
| 28 | Bob Burke and friends | |
| 31 | Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton | |
| Sept | 4 | Paul Liddell |
| 11 | Victor Chetcuti | |
| 14 | Waifs + Wenches | |
| 21 | Mick Ryan and Pete Harris | |
| 25 | White top Mountain Band | |
| 28 | Lizzie Nunnery | |
| Oct | 5 | Alex Roberts |
| 9 | Southern Tenant Folk Union | |
| 12 | Kirsty McGee _ Mat Martin | |
| 16 | Stefan Grossman | |
| 19 | The Douglas Firs | |
| 25 | Flook | |
| 30 | Bob Brozman | |
| Nov | 23 | Boo Hewerdine |
BROADSIDE FOLK CLUB
Old house at Home, Locksway Road, Milton, Portsmouth 02392 732606
Wednesdays
FO’C’SLE FOLK CLUB- The Richmond Inn
(back room through garden),
108 Portswood Rd,
Portswood, Southampton SO17 2FW
(corner of Portswood Avenue)
| July | 4 | Steve Jordan |
| 11 | Anything Goes | |
| 18 | Eileen McGann with David K | |
| 25 | Anything Goes | |
| Sept | 19 | Opening night anything goes |
| 26 | Tania Opland & Mike Freeman | |
| Oct | 3 | Anything Goes |
| 10 | Tom Bliss | |
| 17 | Anything Goes | |
| 24 | tba | |
| 31 | Anything Goes | |
| Nov | 14 | Anything Goes |
| 21 | Roy Clinging & Neil Brookes |
FOLK AT THE COACH CLUB CLOSED
Coach and Horses, South Street, Titchfield. – 7.30, 2nd and 4th Mondays, Coach and Horses, South Street, Titchfield. John (landlord) 01329 515416 - JD Walker and Rory Gear (club hosts) 01489 797650
FOLKLIGHTS EXTRAS
The Bishops Room, Abbey Hotel, Church Street, Romsey. 01794 512139
Concert style plus interval jam, mainly folk-based. 8pm.
The next Folklights Extra at The Abbey Hotel, Romsey will be on
Thursday 4 September with Ken Stephens and others tba.
Tickets £4 on the door in aid of Romsey Opportunity Group
FOREST FOLK - 8.00 North Boarhunt Social Club, Trampers Lane, N. Boarhunt.
Charles Gale 01329 833625
| July | 7 | Singaround |
| 21 | Kerfuffle | |
| Sept | 1 | Singaround |
| 15 | Eleanor McEvoy | |
| Oct | 6 | Singaround |
| 20 | The Demon Barber Roadshow | |
| Nov | 17 | Phil Beer |
| Dec | 8 | Ceilidh with Burlsedon Village Band |
GREEN MAN FOLK CLUB - Jolly Miller, North Warnborough.
Graeme & Ali Willis 01256 862014
Alan & Lesley Wilkins 01420 562471
greenmanfolkclub@hotmail.com
From 8pm. Singarounds 2nd Tuesday and additional Guest Nights
HAMBLEDON FOLK CLUB - 8.30pm 2nd Wednesday in the Youth Hut, Village Hall (beside the Vine Inn), Hambledon, Hants: Rod Smith 023 92 632504 or folkclubhambledon@hotmail.co.uk. Some special Village Hall events (usually Saturdays): Colin & Anne Gordon 023 92 632418.
| July | 9 | Bob Fox |
| Aug | 13 | Club sing and performers night |
| Sept | 10 | Baron Brady |
| Oct | 22 | Tom Lewis |
MILFORD-ON-SEA FOLK CLUB
8.30-11 Milford Community Centre, Sea Road, Milford-on-Sea 01590 643404 susan@hwsolicitors.com
| July | 10 | The Goodthyme Brothers |
| Sept | 11 | Victor + Pete Reed |
NONSUCH FOLK CLUB - The Social Club, Bishops Waltham, 8.30pm. Keith Ray 01489 891110 or nonsuch@keithray.f2s.com. Weekly Meetings Tuesdays, Feature Night 1st Tuesday, session 3rd Tuesday and remainder singarounds:
| July | 1 | Schiehallion |
| 8 | Anything Goes | |
| 15 | Anything Goes | |
| 22 | Anything Goes | |
| 29 | Anything Goes | |
| Aug | 5 | Anything Goes |
| 12 | Anything Goes | |
| 19 | Anything Goes | |
| 26 | Anything Goes | |
| Sept | 2 | Blackthorn (Dusty & Rosie) |
| 9 | Anything Goes | |
| 16 | Anything Goes | |
| 23 | Anything Goes | |
| 30 | Anything Goes | |
| Oct | 7 | JC and Angelina Grimshaw |
| 14 | Anything Goes | |
| 21 | Anything Goes | |
| 28 | Anything Goes | |
| Nov | 6 | Richard and Ellen |
| 13 | Anything Goes | |
| 20 | Anything Goes | |
| 27 | Tunes and Chorus Songs | |
| Dec | 4 | Dave Phillips |
| 11 | RMT (Richard, Martin & Tony | |
| 18 | Tunes and Chorus Songs |
Alma Arms, 193 Highland Rd, Southsea. 02392 436267
RINGWOOD FOLK CLUB - 8.30pm at The Elm Tree, Hightown, Poulner Nr Ringwood. From A31 dual carriageway at Hightown turnoff, follow signs to Owl Sanctuary. Rod Biggs 01425 673713.
| July | 1 | Dearman, Gammon & Harrison |
| 8 | Informal singaround | |
| 15 | Martin Carthy | |
| 22 | Informal singaround | |
| 29 | John Kirkpatrick | |
| Sept | 2 | Informal singaround |
| 9 | Fred Wedlock | |
| 16 | Informal singaround | |
| 23 | Chris Wood | |
| 30 | Informal singaround | |
| Oct | 7 | Informal singaround |
ROYAL OAK FOLK CLUB
Langstone. paul@fremantle.org
| July | 20 | Songs and tunes |
| Aug | 17 | Songs and tunes |
| Sept | 21 | Songs and tunes |
| Oct | 19 | Songs and tunes |
| Nov | 16 | Songs and tunes |
ST DENYS’ FOLK & BLUES CLUB Wednesdays 8 - 11pm, Riverside Social Club, above Priory Sailing Club, Priory Ave, St Denys, Soton. Dave Nixon, tel: 023 8044 6217 (answer machine), fax: 023 8036 1899, email: dave@stdenysfolk.org.uk Carole, tel: 023 8090 5325 (answer machine), email: carole@stdenysfolk.org.uk Acoustic informal spots 8.30 pm onwards, usually a blues jam late. Feature spots for local performers.
SWAG - Shep Woolley At Gosport
8.00-10.45 Thorngate Halls, Bury Road, Gosport. 02392 510012
The Talking Heads, Portswood Road - see website
THE VILLAGE FOLK CLUB (8-10.30pm, 1st Saturday) - The Limes, Catisfield, Fareham.
from Jan 2008: Paul Hawkins ph.village@ntlworld.com
Telephone and message box number - 01329 512106
To Dec 07: Frank Hall 023 9252 2500 or frank-hall@supanet.com.
| July | 5 | Sing, Play or Listen |
| Aug | 2 | Mick Groves and Becki Driscoll |
| Sept | 6 | Sing, Play or Listen |
| Oct | 4 | Tangle & Anne Winter |
| Nov | 1 | Sing, Play or Listen |
| Dec | 6 | Christmas meeting |
WESSEX (formerly WIMBORNE) ACOUSTIC Wednesday night moving to Friday in 2009. as from Wednesday 2 July 2008 we will be at The Farquharson Arms, (pronounced farkerson) at Pimperne on the A345 Blandford-Salisbury Road. The club will stay on Wednesday nights until the end of 2008 with the artists as previously listed every three weeks. The club will switch to Friday nights in 2009 and be less frequent with guest nights aproximately every 6-8 weeks. The pub is less than 2 miles from the Blandford by-pass on the A345 to Salisbury, on the right as you enter the village of Pimperne from Blandford, on the left from Salisbury. . Kathy 01202-732239 kathy.dunn@btopenworld.com or John Butcher 01202-690856 wessexacoustic@hotmail.co.uk.
| July | 2 | Izzy & David Emeney with Kate Riaz |
| 23 | Vin Garbutt | |
| Aug | 13 | Isambarde |
| Sept | 3 | Roy Bailey |
| 24 | Nancy Kerr & James Fagan | |
| Oct | 15 | Column Sands |
| Nov | 5 | PJ Wright |
| 26 | Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies | |
| Dec | 10 | Charity Carols Night with Paul Downes + Mummers play |
| 17 | Colvin Quarmby |
WHITE LION FOLK CLUB
Wherwell (near Andover). Roly Clarke 07919 120159
| July | 17 | Singaround |
| Aug | 21 | Singaround |
| Sept | 18 | Singaround |
| Oct | 16 | Singaround |
| Nov | 20 | Singaround |
WOOLSTON & BURSLEDON FOLK CLUB
(formerly Woolston & Netley FC)
Bursledon Village Hall, Long Lane, Bursledon, Southampton, Sundays 7.30-10.45pm.
Sandy & Sam on 023 8043 4209,
023 8039 8017
or sandy@woolnetfolk.co.uk
Friendly club, all welcome
No Smoking
| July | 6 | Pete Atkins |
| 13 | Singaround / Session Night | |
| 20 | Mick West and Frank McLaughlin | |
| 27 | Singaround / Session Night |
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