LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB PROGRAMME

This programme is presented in hope of a better future. All events are subject to change. We are concentrating on rebooking all the acts we have had to cancel.

August September October November December 2021 Home
   
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AUG 1 CAY £3
AUG 8 CAY £3
AUG 15 CAY £3
AUG 22 CAY £3
AUG 29 CAY £3
   
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SEP 5 Keith Macdonald & Ange Hauk Postponed. Date to be announced.
With workshop - Dance tunes from German C18/19 MSS
SEP 12 John Kirkpatrick £10
https://www.johnkirkpatrick.co.uk/
With workshop
SEP 19 Fay Hield, Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron £12
https://www.fayhield.com/
SEP 26 Will & Pippa Noble Postponed. Date to be announced.
https://www.facebook.com/TheOlderNobles/
With ballad forum
   
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OCT 10 Les Barker £10 Postponed. Date to be announced.
http://www.mrsackroyd.com/
OCT 17 Jackie Daly and Matt Cranitch Postponed. Date to be announced.
https://www.mattcranitch.com/matt-jackie/
With workshops
OCT 24 Bryony Griffith £7
https://bryonygriffith.com/
With workshop
OCT 31 Halloween £4
   
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NOV 7 Askew Sisters £10
http://www.askewsisters.co.uk/?LMCL=mwJU6q
NOV 21 Jody Kruskal
https://www.jodykruskal.com/
With workshop
NOV 28 Peterloo £12
https://www.petecoe.co.uk/2018/08/30/the-road-to-peterloo/
With workshops
   
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DEC 5 Geoff Lakeman and Rob Murch £10
DEC 12 Shepherds Arise
DEC 19 Christmas Party £4
DEC 26 Closed
2021  
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JAN 9 WASSAIL with candles, fire, Wassail bowl, Twelfth Cake £4
We light the open fire & candles & serve a rich Twelfth Cake full of crystallised ginger, orange peel & rum, & a Wassail bowl of hot spiced old ale. Bring a long twig from your apple tree to share in the blessing of our indoor Wassail ceremony.
JAN 16 SUSSEX ALL-DAY SINGAROUND, ROYAL OAK, BARCOMBE BN8 5BA Free
11:00 a.m. 11:00 p.m.
First an hour of informal tunes while people arrive. Then the singing starts, with a break from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. finishing with a good hour of glorious choruses. Ballads & the occasional instrumental party piece will be very welcome too.
SUNDAY JAN 17 ENGLISH TUNES SESSION, ELEPHANT & CASTLE, LEWES Free
12:00 – 3:00 p.m. Good pub food on sale.
JAN 23 ALAN REID £7
https://www.alansongsreid.com/
JAN 30 MARTYN WYNDHAM-READ & IRIS BISHOP £10
https://dandadesign.co.uk/about/
English & Australian songs, guitar, concertina, accordion
MAR 20 SANSOME & QUINN £7
APR 10 THE RHEINGANS SISTERS £11
https://www.rheinganssisters.co.uk/
APR 24 DAOIRÍ FARRELL £12 - Postponed until 30th April 2022.
http://www.daoiri.com/
Dublin-born Daoirí is a fine singer of Irish traditional song & turns the bouzouki into a force of nature, with a range from powerful to subtle & always in sympathy with the song. He began singing in the famous Góilin Singers Club & has accompanied Christy Moore, Dónal Luny, Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Arty McGlynn & many more. In 2013 he won the All Ireland Champion Singer Award at the Fleadh in Co. Derry.
Advance tickets from HERE
SATURDAY APR 24 DAOIRÍ FARRELL BOUZOUKI WORKSHOP - Postponed until 30th April 2022.
10.45 am - 4.45 pm Places £35 (2 under-25s £17)
The workshop will cover bouzouki backing tunes, song accompaniment & arrangement, new chords & alternative runs. It's for enthusiastic beginners & intermediate players.
Please bring a recording device to make sound & video recordings to help with follow-up study. Details and booking form HERE
MAY 15 JIB £10
JUN 5 or 12 BEN PALEY £8
https://www.benpaley.com/
JUN 19 EMMANUEL PARISELLE & DIDIER OLIVER £10
https://www.facebook.com/emmanuel.pariselle
OCT 16 LEVERET £12
https://leveretband.com/