REGULAR EVENTS

In North Devon & West Somerset (Suggest contacting to check before travelling far)

 

Every Sunday         Acoustic Open Mic, White Lion Inn, Braunton  01271 813085

                                3-6 p.m.  Folk music, Coach & Horses, Appledore 01237 420821

Every Monday         Folk Orchestra of N. Devon, Plough AC, Torrington (term-time only)  01837 53754 Wren Trust

Music & Song Free-for-all, Seagate Hotel, Appledore  01237 472986 Ian Hudson

Every Tuesday       Tarka Morris practice, Bideford  01237 476632 John Blackburn

                                Ploughcappella Community Choir, Plough AC, Torrington  01363 774324 Alison Whittal

                                Dambuskers Acoustic Night, Cyder Presse, Weare Giffard  01237 425517

                                Jam session, The Old Smithy, Welcombe  01288 331305

                                Open Mic, Castle Inn, Landkey  01271 830438

                                Summer term Irish Music & Song course w. John Lowday, Petroc College, Tiverton 

01884 235279 Petroc College

Every Wednesday  Folk Jam, Coach & Horses, Appledore  01237 472986 Ian Hudson

Every Thursday      Bideford Folk Club, Joiners Arms  01237 470792 Jerry & Hilary Bix

                                Ilfracombe Red Petticoats (women’s clog) practice  01271 867172 Irene; musicians 01271 882679 Nobby Stoneham

Every Friday           Bideford Ceilidh Club, Athletic Club  01237 476632 John Blackburn

                                Session, Seagate Hotel, Appledore  01237 472986 Ian Hudson

1st Saturday            Acorn Folk Club, Old Ship Aground, Minehead  01643 709394 Eileen Ann Moore

                                1st Saturday Folk, The George Hotel, South Molton  01237 472986 Ian Hudson

1st Sunday              Song & music session, Halsway Manor, Crowcombe, Somerset  01984 618324

1st Monday              Acoustic Jam Session, Red Lion, Clovelly  01237 431237

1st Tuesday             Tiverton Folk Club, White Horse Inn  01884 821286 Susannah Billeter

1st Wednesday       Half-Pace Session, Blue Anchor Hotel, Blue Anchor  01984 633618 Tad Mandzeij

1st Friday                 Milverton Music Club, Victoria Rooms  01823 400416 Tony & Trish Batten

2nd Saturday           Shammick Acoustic Open Night, Pack o’ Cards, Combe Martin  01271 882366 Tom &  Barbara Brown

2nd Monday             Mainly English music session, Bell Inn, Chittlehampton  01271 378321 Rob Jenkins

2nd Tuesday            Irish music session, Old Court House, Chulmleigh  01768 580045

2nd Wednesday       Half-Pace Session, Stags Head, Dunster  01984 633618 Tad Mandzeij

Bampton Folk Song Club, Bridge House Hotel  01884 860023 Clare Penney

2nd Thursday          Open Mic Poetry Night, Plough Arts Centre, Torrington  01805 601275 Martin Parker

2nd Friday                Blazing Stump Folk Club, The Valiant Soldier, Roadwater  01643 704347 George Ody

                                Open Mic, Cream, The Parade, Minehead  01643 708022

3rd Saturday            Music & Song Session, Staghunters Inn, Brendon  01598 741222

                                Folk Evening, Bridge Inn, Dulverton  01398 324130 Rachel & Kenny McDonald

                                Wellington Acoustic Music Club, Wellington Arts Centre  01823 660969 Tony Woollard

3rd Sunday              Acorn Open Night, Old Ship Aground, Minehead  01643 709394 Eileen Ann Moore

3rd Monday              Music Session, Torridge Inn, Black Torrington  01837 810566 Kate Nye

                                Irish Music Session, The Old Smithy, Welcombe  01288 331305

3rd Wednesday       Pennymoor Singaround, Cruwys Arms  01884 860023 Clare Penney

                                Melodeon workshops, Torrington (Oct. – May)  01363 774426 Ed Rennie

                                Half-Pace Session, Foresters Arms, Williton 01984 633618 Tad Mandzeii

                                Acoustic/Folk Session, Three Pigeons, Bishops Tawton  01271 830477 John Purser

3rd Thursday           Acoustic Night, George Hotel, South Molton  01837 83266 Ed & Sherrie

3rd Friday                 Roadwater Performance Club, Roadwater Village Hall  01984 641426 John Middleton

4th  Saturday           Shammick Acoustic Concert, Pack o’ Cards, Combe Martin  01271 882366 Tom & Barbara Brown

4th Sunday              Folk evening, Hunters Inn, Heddon’s Mouth  01237 472986 Ian Hudson

4th Wednesday       Half-Pace Session, The Esplanade Club, Watchet  01984 633618 Tad Mandzeij

                                Bampton Folk Song Club, Bridge House Hotel  01884 860023 Clare Penney

5th Wednesday        Half-Pace Session, Kildare Lodge, Minehead  01984 633618 Tad Mandzeii

Last Friday              Open Mic, New Inn, Goodleigh  01271 342488

Song & music session, Anchor Inn, Exebridge  01398 323433

 

 

SPECIAL EVENTS

In North Devon & West Somerset (& occasionally further afield)

July

Fri. 9th – Sun. 11th    Priddy FF, Somerset  www.priddyfolk.org

                                West Somerset FF, Minehead  www.westsomersetfolkfestival.co.uk

Tues. 13th                The Johnny Cash Story w. Roger Dean @ Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe  01271 324242

                                An Evening of Poetry & Song @ Plough Theatre, Torrington  01805 624624

Fri. 16th                    Reg Meuross, singer-songwriter @ George Hotel, S. Molton  01769 572514

Fri.16th – Sat. 17th    Chagstock Festival, Chagford www.chagstock.info

Sat. 17th                   Young Musicians concert w. The Carrivick Sisters, Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll & Folk Springs! musicians @ St Mary’s Ch, Bideford 01237 470292 Hilary Bix

                                Reg Meuross, singer-songwriter @ Roadwater Performance Club (see Regular Events)

Thurs. 22nd              Jez Lowe, superb singer-songwriter @ Bideford FC (see Regular Events)

                                Pete Buffery & Sam Dowden, acoustic music @ Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe  01271 324242

Thurs. 22nd –          

Sun. 25th                  Trowbridge Village Pump Festival  01225 769132

Sat. 24th                   South Devon Festival, Newton Abbot Racecourse  www.manor-events.co.uk

Trio Threlfall, English trad. songs @ Shammick Acoustic, Combe Martin (see Regular Events)

Sun. 25th                 Cider Festival, Beggar’s Roost, Barbrook  01598 752404

Thurs. 29th               Pete Buffery & Sam Dowden, acoustic music @ Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe  01271 324242

Fri. 30th

Fri. 6th Aug.             Sidmouth Folk Week  01395 578627

Sat. 31st                   Cornish Lads, musical drama, by the Cornwall Songwriters @ Plough AC, Torrington 01805 642642

 

August

Fri. 6th – Sun. 8th      Dartmoor FF, South Zeal 01837 840102 Jane White

Sat. 7th – Sun. 15th Bath FF 07881 646633 Marick Baxter

Mon. 9th – Fri. 13th   Dance week @ Halsway Manor, Crowcombe  01984 618274

Thurs. 12th               Pete Buffery & Sam Dowden, acoustic music @ Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe  01271 324242

Fri. 13th                    John Crampton, blues & bluegrass, guitar & harmonica @ George Hotel, S. Molton  01769 572514

Thurs. 19th               Pete Buffery & Sam Dowden, acoustic music @ Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe  01271 324242

Fri. 20th – Sun. 22nd Beautiful Days Festival, Escot Park, nr. Honiton  www.beautifuldays.org

Fri. 27th – Mon. 30th Wadebridge FF  01208 814638

Sat. 28th                  Craig & Willoughby, American contemporary singer w. ex-Strawbs guitarist @ Shammick Acoustic, Combe Martin (see Regular Events)

 

September

Sat. 4th                     Spirit of the Dance, Irish, Flamenco and Salsa dance @ Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple 01271 324242

Weds. 8th                 Richard Digance, folk entertainer & comic @ Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe  01271 324242

Fri. 10th – Sun. 12th  Wookey Hole Music Festival  01749 672944 Nicki Davey

Sat. 11th                   Heidi Talbot w. John McCusker & Boo Hewerdine, Irish trad. & roots music @ Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe  01271 324242

Weds. 15th               Kristina Olsen & Peter Grayling, singer-songwriter w. multi-instruments @ Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple  01271 324242

Fri. 17th – Sun. 19th MAFEA Festival, Priddy  07970 735682/727852

Fri. 17th                    Show of Hands, Devon-based acoustic roots duo @ Rosemoor Gardens, Torrington  01805 642642

Sat. 18th                   Ditto

                                Peter Donegan & The Lonnie Donegan Band, skiffle, country rock & blues @ Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe  01271 324242

Tues. 21st                Apples & Snakes performance poetry w. Simon Mole @ Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple  01271 324242

Sat. 25th                   Kimber’s Men, shanties & sea songs @ Shammick Acoustic, Combe Martin (see Regular Events)

Mon. 27th – Fri. 1st   Music and Craft Week @ Halsway Manor, Crowcombe  01984 618274

Thurs. 30th              Beer from the Wood, trad.-style group @ Bideford FC (see Regular Events)