Regular Sessions and Events:
Bluegrass and Old-Time Music in London, Kent, Sussex,
and Surrey
Every Monday – Bluegrass at The Hemingford, 158 Hemingford
Rd
N1 1DF
(junct. with Offord Rd – near Caledonian Rd bus stops;
very near rail station) Tel 020 8340 4683 Caspar Cronk [nb session 17.3.08 changed to 18.3.08]
Some Mondays – Fortnightly folk music – sometimes
bluegrass/old-time - at The White Horse Bodle Street (E.Sx), Tel 01323 833243 / www.whitehorsefolk.co.uk
2nd Monday every month – session at The Prince of Wales, Hertingfordbury, nr Hertford [ just off the A414 between Hatfield and Hertford ] - details from 07767 623831 [please check on this number before travelling far]
3rd Monday every month – Woody’s Kitchen, The Foresters Arms, Tonbridge (¼ mile S of rail station) Tel 01892 784714 Ron Jacobs Wood
1st & 3rd Tuesdays (but check before travelling far) - Little Sister at the Norman Arms, Norman Road, St Leonards-on-Sea - Roger 07871 844332
2nd Tuesday every month –Lucy Quinn & friends at the Cross Keys, On the Green (The Kinecroft), Wallingford -
01491 835 122 / tonyquinn@a ol.com [nb please leave out the space when using this email address]
Third Tuesday every month – Grassroots & friends at the Eight Bells, Hawkhurst Moor (1m S of Hawkhurst centre) www.grassrootsband.co.uk
4th Tuesday – session at The Goat, Codicote, nr Welwyn - details from 07767 623831 [please check on this number before travelling far]
Most Tuesdays – Dartford Ramblers, Residents at Dartford
Folk Club, Dartford WMC, Essex Road (NW of town centre) - Alan/Pam 01322 222553
or see www.dartfordfolk.org.uk
Last Tuesday each month – Open Mike session welcomes bluegrass & old-time music, at the Fireman's Arms, Five Ash Down (N of Uckfield)
TN22 3AN; Ray Whiteway Roberts
07904 701 406.
Wednesdays – What's Cookin' Club at the
The Sheepwalk,
692 High Road, Leytonstone E11;
020 8556 1131 / www.whatscookin.co.uk
Wednesdays – Bluegrass at
the Stag, Old Town, Hastings - Roger Churchyard 07871 844332 [nb Parking not
easy
- try
Harold
Road
nearby]
1st & 3rd Wednesday each month – Graham Anstee and
friends old-time session/clogging at the Oast Community Centre, Rainham, Kent
ME28 7SG (very near rail
station); some workshops too, details from Graham on 01634 260281 or graham.g.anstee@btopenw
orld.com [nb
please leave out the space when using this email address]; website www.roots.ik.com
2nd Wednesday each month – Old-Time Music at the Black Horse, Lewes - details from Michi 01273 471431
Last Wednesday each month – Tunbridge Wells Bluegrass
& Acoustic Music Club at the Beacon Hotel, Tea Garden Lane, Tunbridge Wells TN3 9JH
(off A264 East Grinstead Rd, near Rusthall); details from Rick on 01732 458261
or see page on this site
Second Thursday every month (not April or August) -
Foghorn Leghorn host a bluegrass and roots night at the Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 3BL - www.myspace.com/foghornleghornboys
Third Thursday every month – Biggin Hillbillies at the Farningham Village Club, High St, Farningham (nr M20/M25 jct) - Tel John McDonagh
020 8309 5735 or see www.bigginhillbillies.co.uk
Every Thursday – Roger Churchyard and friends at the Royal Oak, Rye Foreign - 07871 844332 (Roger) or http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sandrawhiting/ (pub)
Every Thursday – Gary & Sherryl Payne
and friends, The Windmill, Church Lane Ewshott, Hants – Gary/Sherryl
01276 609954 [some weeks special guests] www.csclarke.clara.net/windmill/rhsframe.html
Last Thursday every month – Taube Marks & friends at the Fox & Hounds, Abingdon Road, Oxford - Taube on
01865 552111
First Friday every month - Southdown Ramblers www.southdownramblers.org play a residnt spot at the Washington Music Club,
Ashington Social Club, Mill Lane, Ashington, W.Sussex
RH20 3BX
-
http://washingtonmusic.info
Second Friday every month – Bluegrass Plus Club, Netherne Football Club, Woodplace Lane, Netherne, nr Coulsdon
CR5 1NE
- www.bluegrass-plusclub.co.uk
Last Friday each month - Slow Picking Session with Graham Anstee at the Oast Community Centre, Rainham, Kent
ME28 7SG (very near rail
station); some workshops too, details from Graham on 01634 260281 or graham.g.anstee@btopenw
orld.com [nb please leave out the space when using this email address]; website www.roots.ik.com
Fridays – Court Sessions Folk Club house band Wandle Delta String Band often play old-time tunes and the club include bluegrass/old-time acts in their programme -
The Selkirk, 60 Selkirk Rd, Tooting SW17 0ES. (020 8677 9989 Dave.) - http://sessioneast2.tripd.com
Saturdays – Peta Webb, Ken Hall, Gail Williams and Jim Younger
are among the residents at the Cellar Upstairs Folk Club, at the Exmouth Arms,
Starcross Street,
London NW1 1HR (nr Euston/Euston Sq underground) – details from Sheila Miller
020 7241 8132 / http://hometown.aol.co.uk/cellarupstairs
Third Sunday every month (4pm to 9pm, with main act on at about 6pm) – often bluegrass/old time/country
roots – see comedownandmeetthefolks -
at
The Apple Tree, 45 Mount Pleasant, Clerkenwell, London WC1
Every Sunday – Old-Time picking session, The Harlequin,
Arlington Way
EC1R 1UY
(nr Saddlers Wells) Tel 020 8552 8308 Frank Weston
Every Sunday – ‘Open Mic’ club welcomes bluegrass & old-time
players – The Fighting Cocks, Horton Kirby (nr Dartford) – 01322
862299
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