From: Rick Townend [rick.townend_at_gmail_dot_com]

Sent: 12 April 2012 20:03

Subject: Bluegrass/Old-time Music in SE England

 

Bluegrass/Old-time Music in SE England

 

Here are up-dated listings from tomorrow till August; please keep letting me know about gigs - more stuff at www.ricktownend.co.uk

 

Very best

Rick Townend

 

April 2012: (highlights - see sessions for regular nights)

Fri 13

The Curst Sons

The Volunteer, 12 Eastgate Street, Lewes

Fri 13

Grinch Mountain [nb final gig at this venue]

Keenan's Bar, 89 Colney Hatch Lane, Muswell Hill, N10 1LR - 020 8883 7174

Sat 14 10.30am - 4.30pm

Sacred Harp singing day - details from 07721 451406 or see website

United Reformed Church, 21 Bluehouse Lane , Oxted, Surrey RH8 0AA

Sun 15

Carl Jones and Erynn Marshall

Willesden Folk Union, The Masons Arms, 665 Harrow Road, London, NW10 5NU

Tue 17

The Toy Hearts

Dartford Folk Club, Dartford WMC, Essex Rd, DA1 2AU - 01322 222553

Thu 19

Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart + Naomi Bedford [tickets ?10 from 02392 382888 orwww.wegottickets.com/event/146103]

The Gun Room, The RMA Tavern, Cromwell Road, Eastney, Portsmouth, PO4 9PN

Thu 19

The Black Twig Pickers

Prince Albert, Brighton

Fri 20

The Toy Hearts

The Ram Club - Old Cranleighan Sports Club, 307 Portsmouth Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey, KT7 0HB

Sat 21

The Curst Sons

The Royal Oak, Grange Road, Crawley Down Village

Sat 21

The So Last Century Stringband

The Royal Oak, Lewes  BN7 2DA 

Sun 22

The Black Twig Pickers

The Slaughtered Lamb, London

Thu 26

Hatful of Rain

Ropetackle Centre , Shoreham by Sea

Sat 28

The So Last Century Stringband

Square and Compass, Worth Matravers, Dorset

May 2012: (highlights - see sessions for regular nights)

 

 

Fri 4 [nb new date]

Gathering of former music-pupils of Brian 'Fuzz' Townend - will include bluegrass & old-time music

St Julians Club, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0RX - 01732 458261

Sat 5

The Toy Hearts

Arlington Arts Ctr, Newbury

Sun 6
(2pm)

Sacred Harp singing

E. Finchley (details from 020 8444 5782)

Thu 10

Rosie Davis, Bob Winquist & Joe Locker

Royal Oak Folk Club, Station Street, Lewes BN7 2DE - 01273 478124

Sat 12

The So Last Century Stringband

Lewes Saturday Folk Club, Elephant and Castle, Lewes  BN7 2DJ

Mon 14

Rich Pickin's

The Rose & Crown, Lower Hartlip Rd, Hartlip, ME9 7SS [between Rainham & Newington] - 01795 842448

Wed 16

Sara Grey & Kieron Means

The Wheatsheaf on the Green, 40 Esher Green, Surrey KT10 8AG

Thu 17

The Carrivick Sisters

The Green Note, 106 Parkway, London, NW1 7AN. - 020 7485 9899

Fri 18

The Foghorn Stringband (?8 advance/?10 on the door)

Willesden Folk Union, The Masons Arms, 665 Harrow Road, London, NW10 5NU (venue tbc)

Fri 18

Sara Grey & Kieron Means

Musical Traditions Folk Club, The King and Queen, 1 Foley St, London

Tue 19

The So Last Century Stringband with Crooked Moon Appalachian [part of Brighton Fringe]

Brighton Fringe event (details TBC)

Thu 21

Bayou Seco

Royal Oak Folk Club, Station Street, Lewes BN7 2DE - 01273 478124

Sat 26

Rattle-on-the-Stovepipe

The Little Op'ry, Tom Thumb Theatre, Cliftonville (nr Margate)

Sun 27 7.30pm

Hunter Robertson

Walthamstow Folk ClubYe Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, 53 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London E17 4SA

Wed 30 7pm

Adam Hurt, Stephanie Coleman and Beth Hartness

Willesden Folk Union, The Masons Arms, 665 Harrow Road, London, NW10 5NU (venue tbc)

June 2012: (highlights - see sessions for regular nights)

Sat 2 betw.1.45 and 4pm

The Acoustic Astronauts (with Rick Townend)

Surrey and Hampshire Canal Society Festival, Frimley Lodge Park, Sturt Road, Frimley Green, Surrey GU16 6HY

Sat 2

The So Last Century Stringband

25th Railway Land Festival, Lewes

Mon 4

Rich Pickin's

The Rose & Crown, Lower Hartlip Rd, Hartlip, ME9 7SS [between Rainham & Newington] - 01795 842448

Mon 4

Hungrytown

White Horse Folk Club, Bodle St Green, BN27 4RE

Thu 7

Rick Townend & John MacDonagh + friends - bluegrass & old-time picking session

St Julians Club, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0RX - 01732 458261

Sat 9

Rattle on the Stovepipe

Cellar Upstairs Folk Club, Exmouth Arms, Starcross Street, London NW1 2HR

Sun 17 
(2pm)

Sacred Harp singing

Waltham Cross (details from 01992 622487)

Wed 20

Keith Pearson's Coup de Grass

Faversham Folk Club, the Chimney Boy, ME13 8PG

Sun 24 
3-5pm

The So Last Century Stringband

Con Club, Lewes

Sun 24

The Toy Hearts (TBC)

Blues on the Farm Festival - South of Chichester

Sat 30

The Toy Hearts + Jamie Freeman Agreement + Early Ghost

All Saints, Lewes - see unionmusicstore.co./events

July 2012: (highlights - see sessions for regular nights)

Sat 1

The Toy Hearts

The Half Moon, Putney

Thu 5

The Kent Carters present "The Story of Appalachian Music" - part of the Sevenoaks Summer Festival

St Julians Club, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0RX - 01732 458261

Thu 5

Aaron Jonah Lewis (?10 advance/?12 on the door)

Willesden Folk Union, The Masons Arms, 665 Harrow Road, London, NW10 5NU (venue tbc)

Mon 9

Rich Pickin's

The Rose & Crown, Lower Hartlip Rd, Hartlip, ME9 7SS [between Rainham & Newington] - 01795 842448

August 2012: (highlights - see sessions for regular nights)

Mon 6

Rich Pickin's

The Rose & Crown, Lower Hartlip Rd, Hartlip, ME9 7SS [between Rainham & Newington] - 01795 842448

Sat 11

Keith Pearson's Coup de Grass

Broadstairs FolkWeek - Concert Marquee

 

 

Mon 27 11am-11pm

Kentucky to Kent UK

St Julians Club, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0RX - 01732 458261