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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                Open Mic, Cream, The Parade, Minehead  01643 708022

3^rd 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

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

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

                                Irish Music Session, The Old Smithy, Welcombe  01288 331305

3^rd 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sat. 17^th                   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. 22^nd              Jez Lowe, superb singer-songwriter @ Bideford FC (see Regular Events)

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

Thurs. 22^nd –          

Sun. 25^th                  Trowbridge Village Pump Festival  01225 769132

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

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

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

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

Fri. 30^th –

Fri. 6^th Aug.             Sidmouth Folk Week  01395 578627

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

August

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sat. 18^th                   Ditto

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

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

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

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

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