Events Listings:
Bluegrass and Old-Time Music in
London, Kent, Sussex, and Surrey
| Date | Details | Artiste | Town | Venue | Address | Tel | Website/Email |
| Sat 1.3.08 | Cellar Upstairs presents | Kate Lissauer | London | Exmouth Arms | Starcross Street, NW1 2HR | http://hometown.aol.co.uk/cellarupstairs | |
| Mon 3.3.08 | on tour | the Carolina Chocolate Drops | Maidstone | Zebra Bar | King St | www.carolinachocolatedrops.com | |
| Mon 3.3.08 | Croydon Folk & Blues Club present | The Acoustic Astronauts | Croydon | Ruskin House | 23 Coombe Road | 01737 553493 | Club details www.sutton-acoustic.co.uk |
| Thu 6.3.08 | on tour | the Carolina Chocolate Drops | Chichester | North Mundham Village Hall | North Mundham PO20 1LA | 01243 774641 | www.carolinachocolatedrops.com www.rootsaroundtheworld.info/ |
Sat 8.3.08
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Special Night (starts 8pm) | Lost Highway + the Grasshoppers (residents) + Grassroots | Coulsdon | Netherne Football Club | Woodplace lane, CR5 1NE | ||
| Tue 11.3.08 | Sharp's Folk Club present | the New Deal String Band | London | Cecil Sharp House | 2 Regents Pk Rd NW1 7AY | Club website | |
| Thu 13.3.08 | on tour | Hayseed Dixie | Oxford | The Zodiac | Cowley Rd | www.hayseed-dixie.com |
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| Tue 18.3.08 | on tour | Hayseed Dixie | So'ton | The Brook | 466 Portswood Rd, SO17 3SD | 023 8055 5366 | www.hayseed-dixie.com |
| Fri-Sat 21-2.3.08 | The Bluegrass-Plus Club Easter festival - picking from 12.30 (Fri) / 11.00 (Sat) | Wyatt Fairfoot, the Kent Carters, Lake Marie, the Biggin Hillbillies, Deep River Band | Coulsdon | Netherne Football Club | Woodplace lane, CR5 1NE | Kent Carters www.lakemarie.co.uk www.bigginhillbillies.co.uk www.bluegrass-plusclub.co.uk |
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| Wed 26.3.08 | Tun.Wells Bluegrass & Acoustic Club present | The Kent Carters | Tun.Wells | The Beacon | Tea Garden Lane | www.kentfolkmusic.co.uk band details |
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| Sun 30.3.08 | on the South Bank | Rattle-on-the-Stovepipe | London | QE Hall | South Bank | ||
| Mon 7.4.08 | Tonbridge Folk Club presents | the Kent Carters | Tonbridge | The Ivy House | (N end of High St) TN9 1BW | 01732 366857 | Kent Carters |
| Tue 8.4.08 | at the Punch & Judy | Woody's Kitchen | Tonbridge | the Punch & Judy | 11 St. Stephens St, Kent, TN9 2AB | 01892 784714 (Ron) | |
| Wed 9.4.08 | Chanticleer Folk Club present | Chris Moreton | Dorking | The Social Club, Friends Provident | Pixham Lane, Surrey RH4 1QA | 01306 888530 (Neil/Martina) | www.chanticleerfolk.co.uk |
| Thu 10.4.08 | Lewes Royal Oak Folk Club presents | Bryan Bowers | Lewes | Royal Oak | Station St | ||
| Sun 13.4.08 | on tour | Sara Grey, Kieron Means & Ben Paley | London | Walthamstow Folk Club | The Plough E17 3NU | www.maclurg.com/saragrey |
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| Tue 15.4.08 | on tour | Sara Grey & Kieron Means | London | Cecil Sharp House | 2 Regents Pk Rd NW1 7AY | Club website | |
| Wed 16.4.08 | on tour | Sara Grey, Kieron Means & Ben Paley | Faversham | Faversham Folk Club | The Chimney Boy ME13 8PG | www.maclurg.com/saragrey www.benpaley.com www.favershamfolkclub.net/ |
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| Thu 17.4.08 | on tour | Sara Grey & Kieron Means | Lewes | The Royal Oak | Station Street | www.maclurg.com/saragrey www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvic |
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| Sat 19.4.08 | Cellar Upstairs presents | Tom Paley's Birthday Party | London | Exmouth Arms | Starcross Street, NW1 2HR | http://hometown.aol.co.uk/cellarupstairs | |
| Sat 19.4.08 | on tour | Hayseed Dixie | London | Shepherds Bush Empire | |||
| Tue 22.04.08 | on tour | Sara Grey & Kieron Means | London | The Magpie's Nest at the Old Queen's Head | 44 Essex Road | www.themagpiesnest.co.uk | |
| Wed 23.4.08 | Chanticleer Folk Club present | Simon Mayor and Hilary James | Dorking | The Social Club, Friends Provident | Pixham Lane, Surrey RH4 1QA | 01306 888530 (Neil/Martina) | www.chanticleerfolk.co.uk www.mandolin.co.uk |
| Thu 24.4.08 | Lewes Royal Oak Folk Club presents | Rosie Davis, Joe Locker & Bob Winquist | Lewes | Royal Oak | Station St | Royal Oak Folk Club |
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| Fri 25.04.08 | on tour | Smith & O'Reilly | Sevenoaks | St Julians Club | TN15 0RX | 01892 782947 (Gerry) | |
| Sun 27.04.08 | Cabbage Patch Folk present | Southern Tenant Folk Union | London | Cabbage Patch Pub | 67 London Road Twickenham TW1 3SZ |
0208 991 5461 (Gerry Evans) | Band site Club site |
| Mon 28.04.08 | Recapturing the Banjo | Otis Taylor, Guy Davis, Don Vappie, Corey Harris & Alvin Youngblood Hart | London | The Barbican | 020 7638 8891 | www.barbican.org.uk | |
| Tue 29.04.08 | Recapturing the Banjo | Otis Taylor, Guy Davis, Don Vappie, Corey Harris & Alvin Youngblood Hart | Brighton | Thae Komedia | 01273 647100 | www.komedia.co.uk | |
| Wed 30.04.08 | Recapturing the Banjo | Otis Taylor, Guy Davis, Don Vappie, Corey Harris & Alvin Youngblood Hart | Basingstoke | The Anvil | 01256 844 244 | www.anvilarts.org.uk | |
| Wed 30.4.08 | on re-uinion tour | The Ginger Jug Band | Tun.Wells | The Beacon | Tea Garden Lane | Club site www.thegingerjugband.co.uk |
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| Thu 1.5.08 | Recapturing the Banjo | Otis Taylor, Guy Davis, Don Vappie, Corey Harris & Alvin Youngblood Hart | Canterbury | The Gulbenkian | 01227 769075 | www.kent.ac.uk/gulbenkian | |
| Thu 1.5.08 | Lewes Royal Oak Folk Club presents | Claudia Gould & Ben Paley | Lewes | Royal Oak | Station St | Royal Oak Folk Club |
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| Wed 7.5.08 | on tour - at Dorking Folk Club | Dana & Susan Robinson | Dorking | The Social Club, | Friends Provident, Pixham Lane, RH4 1QA | Neil/Martina (01306 888530) | www.chanticleerfolk.co.uk |
| Thu 8.5.08 | on tour - at Lewes Royal Oak Folk Club | Bayou Seco | Lewes | Royal Oak | Station St | Royal Oak Folk Club |
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| Fri 9.5.08 | The Bluegrass-Plus Club presents | Mike Fenton | Coulsdon | Netherne Football Club | Woodplace lane, CR5 1NE | ||
| Sat 10.5.08 | The Lewes Armes folk club presents | The Beachey Head Bangers | Lewes | Lewes Arms | Mount Place
BN7 1YH |
http://www.lewesarmsfolkclub.org/ www.sweetsunnysouth.co.uk/bacon.html | |
| Thu 15.5.08 | on tour - at Lewes Royal Oak Folk Club | Dana & Susan Robinson | Lewes | Royal Oak | Station St | Royal Oak Folk Club |
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| Wed 21.5.08 | on tour - at Dorking Folk Club | Jeff Warner | Dorking | The Social Club, | Friends Provident, Pixham Lane, RH4 1QA | Neil/Martina (01306 888530) | www.chanticleerfolk.co.uk |
| Thu 22.5.08 | on tour - at Lewes Royal Oak Folk Club | Jeff Warner | Lewes | Royal Oak | Station St | Royal Oak Folk Club www.smithnjones.net |
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| Tue 27.5.08 | on tour - at Dartford Folk Club | Beverley Smith & Carl Jones | Dartford | Working Mens' Club | Essex Road (just NW of town ctr) | Dartford Folk Club www.smithnjones.net |
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| Thu 29.5.08 | on tour - at Lewes Royal Oak Folk Club | Beverley Smith & Carl Jones | Lewes | Royal Oak | Station St | Royal Oak Folk Club www.smithnjones.net |
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| Wed 5.6.08 | on tour - at Dorking Folk Club | Judy Cook | Dorking | The Social Club, | Friends Provident, Pixham Lane, RH4 1QA | Neil/Martina (01306 888530) | www.chanticleerfolk.co.uk |
| Thu 5.6.08 | on tour - at Lewes Royal Oak Folk Club | Judy Cook | Lewes | Royal Oak | Station St | Royal Oak Folk Club |
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| Fri 27.6.08 | a concert in the Sevenoaks Summer Festival | The Kent Carters | Sevenoaks | St Julians Club | St Julians Road TN15 0RX | 01732 458261 | Kent Carters |
| Fri 4.7.08 | Friday Folk present | The Kent Carters | Orpington | Liberal Club | 7 Station Road | www.orpingtonfridayfolk.bravehost.com | |
| Sat 5.7.08 | Dallington Village Festival | Grassroots (and others) | Dallington (nr Battle, E.Sx) | tba | tba | www.grassrootsband.co.uk | |
| Sat 5.7.08 | at the Rifleman | Lake Marie | Sevenoaks | The Rifleman | Camden Road/St Johns Road | www.lakemarie.co.uk | |
| Sat 26.7.08 | Rushlake Green Flower Festival | Grassroots (and others) | Rushlake Green (nr Heathfield, E.Sx) | tb | tba | ||
Sat-Sun 2-3.8.08
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Surrey Mini Bluegrass festival | Sons of Navarone Grass Roots Deep River Band Wood Wire & Words Buffalo |
Mickleham (N of Dorking) | Village Hall | festival site |
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Fri 8.8.08 |
Grassroots Re-union | Grassroots - past and present members | Maidstone | The Music Room, Pizza Express, | www.grassrootsband.co.uk | ||
| Mon 25.8.08 | Kentucky to Kent UK | Artistes to be announced | Sevenoaks | St Julians Club | St Julians Road TN15 0RX | 01732 458261 | details |