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Folk London Diary - Updated 31 January 2010
The Regular Events section has been combined with the venues list
| Sunday 31 January | ACOUSTIC INSURGENCY Attila the Stockbroker RUSKIN HOUSE Club Night TWICKENHAM Diana Jones WALTHAMSTOW Ember |
| Monday 1 February | CROYDON Singers and Musicians Night HERGA Open Night MONDAYMONDAY Oliver Talkes/Matthew Ord TONBRIDGE FOLK CLUB (NELLIES) Bob Lewis WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 2 February | DARTFORD Dave Swarbrick HOY AT ANCHOR Isambarde MEDWAY FOLK CELLAR Steve Turner ROMFORD FOLK CLUB Maggie Sand and Sandragon SHARPS Singers Night |
| Wednesday 3 February | FAVERSHAM Singers Night FOLK MOB Singaround HAVERING FOLK CLUB Steve O'Cane and Fiona MacBain SOFTLY SOFTLY Reubens Train + Letters To The Front + Tina Refsnes |
| Thursday 4 February | ISLINGTON Mary Humphreys and Anahata LEWES ROYAL OAK Martin Wyndham Read and Iris Bishop ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Paul Steele TRAVELLING FOLK Royal Oak, Pembury, TN2 4LR |
| Friday 5 February | EFDSS Mary Neal Lecture (booking required) ELECTRIC VOICES (GI) Mick Ryan and Paul Downes FILE GUMBO Crane River Cajuns GOOSE IS OUT (DHFC) Jim Causley, Elle Osborne, Joe Fowler ORPINGTON FRIDAY Foolproof Cliff Bayliss and Sue Hudson RAM CLUB Martin Carthy (note change of guest) |
| Saturday 6 February | CELLAR UPSTAIRS John Kirkpatrick HADDENHAM Asha plus Pete Morton in concert |
| Sunday 7 February | FAB CLUB Get A Floor Spot TWICKENHAM Sarah McQuaid WALTHAMSTOW Donal Maguire |
| Monday 8 February | CROYDON Jez Lowe HERGA Open Night WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 9 February | DARTFORD Martyn Wyndham Read with Iris and Gary HOY AT ANCHOR Martin Carthy ROMFORD FOLK CLUB Singers Night SHARPS Singers Night |
| Wednesday 10 February | FAVERSHAM Ashley Hutchins and Ken Nicol FOLK MOB PA Night HAVERING FOLK CLUB Open Session |
| Thursday 11 February | FOLKLAHOMA Fay Hields Trio + Sophie & Fiachra ISLINGTON Potato Potato LEWES ROYAL OAK Jez Lowe ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Singers and Musicians Night TRAVELLERS REST Charlotte and Spong TWO FOR JOY (PC) Funk Folk Night: Mabon and Smith Byrnes OSullivan |
| Friday 12 February | GOOSE IS OUT (MAGNOLIA) Matthew Ord KALAMAZOO CLUB Martin Simpson ORPINGTON FRIDAY Norah Rendell and Brian Miller (Trad) RAM CLUB Tom McConville, David Newey, Phil Murray, Andy Watt & Shona Kipling |
| Saturday 13 February | CELLAR UPSTAIRS David Campbell LONDON BARN DANCE John Turner and Fiddlegang |
| Sunday 14 February | TWICKENHAM Robby Hecht and Jack Harris WALTHAMSTOW Michael Roach |
| Monday 15 February | CROYDON Singers and Musicians Night HERGA Duncan McFarlane & Friends MONDAYMONDAY Lily Neill at The Green Note, Camden not the Wilmington ON BOUGE The Buzzniks TONBRIDGE FOLK CLUB (NELLIES) Terry Lees WALTHAM ABBEY Steve Turner |
| Tuesday 16 February | DARTFORD Tom McConville Trio HOY AT ANCHOR Open Night featuring Charlie Skelton & Pete Dunhill ROMFORD FOLK CLUB Singers Night SHARPS Singers Night |
| Wednesday 17 February | FAVERSHAM Anthony John Clark FOLKLAHOMA Lucy Farrell & Jonny Kearney FOLK MOB Singaround SOFTLY SOFTLY Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts + Hamish Currie + Stealing Sheep |
| Thursday 18 February | ISLINGTON JigJaw LEWES ROYAL OAK Bartram Brookes and Weatherall ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Maggie Sand and Sandragon |
| Friday 19 February | ELECTRIC VOICES (GI) Sam Sweeney and Hannah James KNEES UP The Hosepipe Band caller Mary Panton MUSICAL TRADITIONS Weatherall Brooks and Bartram ORPINGTON FRIDAY Robin Slater Country, Folk and Pop RAM CLUB Pete Morton |
| Saturday 20 February | CELLAR UPSTAIRS Sandra Kerr LEWES WORKSHOPS Steve Turner - Concertina for song accompaniment (all systems) |
| Sunday 21 February | FAB CLUB Club In The Pub-Pigs Ear TWICKENHAM Jez Lowe WALTHAMSTOW Brian Peters |
| Monday 22 February | CROYDON Brian Peters HERGA Open Night WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 23 February | DARTFORD Wizz Jones HOY AT ANCHOR Norah Rendell & Brian Miller MEDWAY FOLK CELLAR Whistle Stop Tour ROMFORD FOLK CLUB Singers Night SHARPS Brian Peters |
| Wednesday 24 February | FAVERSHAM Singers Night FOLK MOB PA Night HAVERING FOLK CLUB Open Session TWO FOR JOY (QH) The Long Notes + Chris Sarjeant |
| Thursday 25 February | BROOK THEATRE The Singing Loins ELSDALE Sing Around with Guest Performer ISLINGTON The Hackney Colliery Band LEWES ROYAL OAK Peta Webb and Ken Hall ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Singers and Musicians Night |
| Friday 26 February | ELECTRIC VOICES (ET) Coope Boyes and Simpson GBH CEILIDH Stomp with caller Pete Rees ORPINGTON FRIDAY RTB's Perfect Strangers C.D. Launch RAM CLUB Chris Newman & Maire Ni Chaasaigh |
| Saturday 27 February | CELLAR UPSTAIRS Leon Rosselson LEWES WORKSHOPS Coope Boyes & Simpson - Vocal harmony plus Georgina Boyes - Folklore (participatory talk) |
| Sunday 28 February | ACOUSTIC INSURGENCY Rob Johnson EFDSS Family Barn Dance with Jane Pfaff and the Black Pig Band. FAB CLUB Get A Floor Spot TWICKENHAM Alan Prosser WALTHAMSTOW Martin Simpson |
| Monday 1 March | CROYDON Singers and Musicians Night HERGA Open Night MONDAYMONDAY The Kittiwakes/Black Peak TONBRIDGE FOLK CLUB (NELLIES) Alchemy WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround - optional theme "Pictures" |
| Tuesday 2 March | DARTFORD Mad Agnes (USA) HOY AT ANCHOR Ruth Notman ROMFORD FOLK CLUB Ploughmans Lunch SHARPS Singers Night |
| Wednesday 3 March | FAVERSHAM Judy Cook FOLKLAHOMA Emily Portman Lucy Farrell & Jonny Kearney FOLK MOB Singaround HAVERING FOLK CLUB Simon Oliver SOFTLY SOFTLY Taff Thatcher + Ed Sheeran + Sean Taylor |
| Thursday 4 March | ISLINGTON Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton LEWES ROYAL OAK Andy Turner and Matt Green ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Paul Downes TWO FOR JOY (PC) Chumbawamba + O'Hooley and Tidow |
| Friday 5 March | ELECTRIC VOICES (GI) Tom Kitchen and Gren Bartley ORPINGTON FRIDAY Landermason (Folk, jazz, Blues) RAM CLUB Pete Coe |
| Saturday 6 March | CELLAR UPSTAIRS The Klezmer Klub HADDENHAM Phoenix plus Appalachian Magic in concert |
| Sunday 7 March | FAB CLUB Get A Floor Spot TWICKENHAM Martyn Joseph WALTHAMSTOW Pete Coe |
| Monday 8 March | CROYDON Wendy Arrowsmith HERGA Open Night WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 9 March | DARTFORD Tom Lewis HOY AT ANCHOR Damien Barber & Mike Wilson ROMFORD FOLK CLUB Singers Night SHARPS Singers Night |
| Wednesday 10 March | FAVERSHAM Chris Wood FOLK MOB PA Night HAVERING FOLK CLUB Open Session TWO FOR JOY (QH) Damien Barber + Mike Wilson |
| Thursday 11 March | FOLKLAHOMA Oliver Knight & Marry Waterson ISLINGTON Wizz Jones LEWES ROYAL OAK Tim Van Eyken ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Singers and Musicians Night TRAVELLERS REST Lyre Celtica |
| Friday 12 March | GOOSE IS OUT (MAGNOLIA) Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham KALAMAZOO CLUB Los Chinches ORPINGTON FRIDAY Dave Gibb (Self penned and trad) RAM CLUB Steve Ashley |
| Saturday 13 March | CELLAR UPSTAIRS Matt Quinn and Tom Moore LONDON BARN DANCE Lynne Render and Skylark |
| Sunday 14 March | ELSDALE Bluegrass Cruise 1 to 4 pm TWICKENHAM Ben Bedford WALTHAMSTOW Mai Hernon |
| Monday 15 March | CROYDON Singers and Musicians Night HERGA Open Night MONDAYMONDAY Wendy Arrowsmith ON BOUGE GIG CB TONBRIDGE FOLK CLUB (NELLIES) Taliesin WALTHAM ABBEY Pete Grassby |
| Tuesday 16 March | DARTFORD Keith Pearson's Coup de Grass HOY AT ANCHOR Craobh Rua ROMFORD FOLK CLUB Singers Night SHARPS Tom Lewis |
| Wednesday 17 March | FAVERSHAM Angles FOLK MOB Singaround HAVERING FOLK CLUB Open Session SOFTLY SOFTLY Conor Doherty + Benjamin Shaw + Jeremy Mendonca |
| Thursday 18 March | BROOK THEATRE St Patrick's Night Party with the McManigan Academy of Irish Dancers EFDSS Martin Simpson ISLINGTON Jimmy Woodland LEWES ROYAL OAK Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson and Chris Parkinson (advance booking only) ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Lynne Heraud and Pat Turner |
| Friday 19 March | ELECTRIC VOICES (GI) Isambarde GOOSE IS OUT (DHFC) Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy and Chris Parkinson plus support KNEES UP The Gloworms caller Cat Kelly ORPINGTON FRIDAY Jim Bainbridge(Trad) RAM CLUB Ian Bruce |
| Saturday 20 March | CELLAR UPSTAIRS Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy and Chris Parkinson EFDSS London Gypsy Orchestra HAVERING FOLK CLUB Saturday Special with The Askew Sisters plus Dennis Homes |
| Sunday 21 March | FAB CLUB Club In The Pub-Jim Bainbridge TWICKENHAM Ralph McTell WALTHAMSTOW Tom Lewis |
| Monday 22 March | CROYDON Kittiwakes HERGA Craig Morgan Robson WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 23 March | DARTFORD Allan Taylor HOY AT ANCHOR Open Night featuring Arfur Doo & The Toe rags ROMFORD FOLK CLUB Singers Night SHARPS Singers Night |
| Wednesday 24 March | FOLK MOB PA Night with Mitch Hiller HAVERING FOLK CLUB Open Session |
| Thursday 25 March | ELSDALE Sing Around with Guest Performer ISLINGTON The Askew Sisters LEWES ROYAL OAK Jim McFarland TWO FOR JOY (PC) Urban Folk Quartet |
| Friday 26 March | ELECTRIC VOICES (FM) Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy MUSICAL TRADITIONS Jim MacFarland and The Rakes ORPINGTON FRIDAY Steve Turner (Trad) RAM CLUB Phil Beer |
| Saturday 27 March | CELLAR UPSTAIRS closed GBH CEILIDH Steam Chicken with caller Fee Lock (last ever GBH ceilidh) KALAMAZOO CLUB(UC) Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham LEWES WORKSHOPS Ben Paley - Fiddle |
| Sunday 28 March | FAB CLUB Get A Floor Spot TWICKENHAM Krista Detor WALTHAMSTOW Tom MacConville |
| Monday 29 March | HERGA Open Night WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 30 March | DARTFORD Tom Kitching and Gren Bartley HOY AT ANCHOR Askew Sisters ROMFORD FOLK CLUB Singers Night SHARPS Singers Night |
| Wednesday 31 March | FAVERSHAM Singers Night FOLK MOB Singaround TWO FOR JOY (QH) The Queensbury Rules + Jed Grimes |
| Thursday 1 April | ISLINGTON The Drones |
| Friday 2 April | RAM CLUB CLOSED |
| Saturday 3 April | CELLAR UPSTAIRS closed HADDENHAM Chalktown plus Roy Bailey in concert |
| Monday 5 April | HERGA CLOSED - Public Holiday MONDAYMONDAY Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts/Ski Jordan |
| Tuesday 6 April | DARTFORD Liz Simcock with Warwick Jones and Ian Newman SHARPS Sam Lee |
| Wednesday 7 April | FOLKLAHOMA Turkish night w. Dogan Mehmet & the Deerhunters + more tbc HAVERING FOLK CLUB Kiss the Mistress TWO FOR JOY (QH) Bruce Molskey |
| Thursday 8 April | ELECTRIC VOICES (FM) Kathryn Tickell Band ISLINGTON Attilla the Stockbroker TWO FOR JOY (PC) Passing Clouds - Mordekkers + Pepino + Shona Foster |
| Friday 9 April | MUSICAL TRADITIONS Janet Russell RAM CLUB Bruce Molsky |
| Saturday 10 April | CELLAR UPSTAIRS Andy Turner and Mat Green FOLKLAHOMA (other venue) Kingsplace : Folkworks Festival Irish Stories and Tunes LONDON BARN DANCE Mark Elvins and English Contra Dance Band |
| Sunday 11 April | ELECTRIC VOICES (FM) June Tabor and Huw Warren |
| Monday 12 April | HERGA Hilary Ward |
| Tuesday 13 April | SHARPS Singers Night |
| Wednesday 14 April | HAVERING FOLK CLUB Open Session |
| Thursday 15 April | ISLINGTON Wild Willy Barrets Sleeping Dogz |
| Friday 16 April | ELECTRIC VOICES (GI) The Mighty Quinns KNEES UP TBA RAM CLUB Brookes Williams |
| Saturday 17 April | CELLAR UPSTAIRS Pegleg Ferret LEWES WORKSHOPS Shirley Collins - Traditional song masterclass |
| Sunday 18 April | LEWES WORKSHOPS Shirley Collins - Traditional song masterclass |
| Monday 19 April | HERGA Open Night |
| Tuesday 20 April | SHARPS Singers Night |
| Wednesday 21 April | ELECTRIC VOICES (FM) Michael Marra FOLKLAHOMA PBS6 - mixing traditional music hiphop + more HAVERING FOLK CLUB Open Session |
| Friday 23 April | ELECTRIC VOICES (GI) Askew Sisters RAM CLUB Tannahill Weavers |
| Saturday 24 April | CELLAR UPSTAIRS Chris Coe and Johnny Adams LEWES WORKSHOPS Issey Emeney – Melodeon |
| Monday 26 April | HERGA Open Night |
| Tuesday 27 April | SHARPS Singers Night |
| Wednesday 28 April | ELECTRIC VOICES (ET) Brass Monkey HAVERING FOLK CLUB Open Session TWO FOR JOY (QH) Hobopop Collective - Kirsty McGee and Mat Martin |
| Friday 30 April | RAM CLUB Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley |
New Club - Acoustic Insurgency
Last Sunday monthly, please see club guide and diary for details.
Action Folk (Haddenham Ceilidh) April 2010
Please note that the supporting morris side will now be Belles of London City and not as advertised in the February issue.
Monday Monday - 15 February 2010
This night only the event will be at The Green Note Cafe, Camden