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Part Two below - one-liners for the rest of 2024
***** Part One *****
Thursday 31
October 2024 - National Baring Gould
Centenary concert tour - St. Michael the Archangel Church, Chagford TQ13
8BN
‘Ghosts, Werewolves and Countryfolk: a celebration
of the Centenary of Sabine Baring-Gould’ with John Palmer, Miranda Sykes and Jim
Causley. Doors 7pm. Tickets £16
www.jimcausley.co.uk.
Full description of tour
here.
Thursday
31 October 2024 7.30pm - Moscow Drug Club - Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
...where certain elements of 1930s Berlin Cabaret, Hot Club de France, Nuevo
Tango & Gypsy Campfire meet, have a few to drink and stagger arm in arm into the
darkness of some eastern European cobbled street on a mission to find the bar
where Django Reinhardt & Tom Waits are having an after hours jam with the local
Tziganes… Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
NEW Thursday 31
October 2024 8pm - Jessie Mullen's Boys - B-Bar, Castle Street, The Barbican,
Plymouth PL1 2NJ (map)
Jessie Mullen, the host of the B-Bar’s Cafe Acoustica, brings his friends along
for an evening of energetic, foot stomping, acoustic folk and blues. Free. Details
www.barbicantheatre.co.uk/whats-on.
Friday 1 November 2024 -
Peatbog Faeries
- The Rum Store, Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot,
Liskeard, Cornwall (map)
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the legendary Scottish trailblazers have
created a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance-floor grooves that
have been embraced worldwide. Drawing upon a dazzling myriad of influences from
jigs and reels through Dance Music, Jazz, African, and more, they bring the
sound of Scotland fresh-faced and breathless to the new audiences around the
world. Their mainly instrumental music allows the band to develop exciting
themes and soundscapes, as well as locking into their trademark hypnotic sound
that no-one can resist dancing to! Details
www.carnglaze.com.
UPDATED
Friday 1
November 2024 7.30pm - Banter - The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth TQ6 9ND
(map)
Simon Care on melodeon, Nina Zella on
keyboards and vocals, Tim Walker on drums, percussion, brass, vocals and dance
calling and Mark Jolley on bass, fiddle, guitar and vocals. Banter take English traditional music to the next level with
their iconic interpretations of classic songs and dance tunes. Four fine musicians
whose roots are firmly in the traditional English genre, but who enjoy
stretching the limits. Details
www.theflavel.org.uk.
Saturday 2 November
2024 7.30pm - Tannahill Weavers -
Pavilions Teignmouth, The Den, Teignmouth TQ14 8BG
Traditional Celtic music at its best! With fire-driven instrumentals, topical
songs, haunting ballads and a good dose of humour, the Tannahill Weavers have
transformed traditional material and brought it into the modern world, vitally
alive and kicking. Recently they have been joined by piper Iain MacGillivray,
who is Scotland’s youngest Clan leader and has worked recently on such exciting
productions as Outlander and Men in Kilts, and has performed for a huge list of
stars and dignitaries in recent years. Details
www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk.
NEW
Saturday 2 November 2024 7.30pm -
The Jamestown Brothers
- Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
High energy, foot stomping original indie-folk band from Somerset. Formed in
2017 by singer-songwriter Colin Batchelor, the line-up of guitars, trumpet,
keyboards, bass, drums, fiddle, recorder, and saxophone creates a huge sound.
Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
NEW
Sunday 3 November 2024 8pm - Blowzabella - Matthews Hall, Fore Street,
Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
The iconic Blowzabella return to Topsham after too many decades. Details
www.topshamfolkclub.org /www.wegottickets.com/TopshamFolkClub.
NEW Tuesday 5
November 2024 7.30pm -
Budapest Cafe Orchestra
- The Jolly Farmer, 8 Market Street, Newton Abbot
TQ12 2RB
The amazing, stupendous Budapest Cafe Orchestra return to Newton
Abbot for what guarantees to be one of the most energetic and entertaining
evening of gypsy & folk-flavoured music from all around the world. The BCO
deliver traditional Balkan, Russian, Hungarian and Romanian gypsy and folk music
in their own fresh and surprising way with jazz nuances and stunningly unique
arrangements. Details
www.wegottickets.com/worldunlimited.
NEW
Tuesday 5 November 2024 8pm - "Every Folkin’
Tuesday" at The Old Warehouse, Prince of Wales Road, Kingsbridge TQ7 1DY
Featuring Ross Harding. Details
www.theoldwarehousekingsbridge.co.uk/theoldwarehouse-events. Free entry.
NEW Thursday 7
November 2024 7.30pm - Budapest Cafe Orchestra -
Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14
1LZ
In 2009 Christian Garrick established the refreshingly unconventional and
snappily attired Budapest Café Orchestra. The intention to present a broad range
of music from all over the world in the most entertaining and fun way. One of
BCO's prime directives is to take the music seriously but not so much
themselves. Part of the secret formula of the BCO's show presentation is
performing all the music from memory and, combined their trademark wit and
charm, audiences leave tingling with warmth and delight. Details
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk.
UPDATED
Friday 8 November 2024 8pm - Mick Ryan & Paul Downes - Exeter Folk & Acoustic Music Club,
Victoria Park Tennis Club, Lyndhurst Road, St. Leonards, Exeter, EX2 4NX (map)
One of the finest duos on the folk scene. Mick Ryan – one of folk's finest
voices and writer of many highly-acclaimed folk operas, including The Navvy's
Wife, The Pauper's Path and A Day's Work. Paul Downes – one of the UK's finest
guitarists and multi-instrumentalists. He has been involved, as musical director
and participant, in all of the above folk operas.
www.riseupandsing.org/artistcomposer/mick-ryan,
www.pauldownes.com. Both are members of
the folk band Crows. Tickets
(must be reserved in advance): Paid in advance £12; reserved, pay on door
£14. Advance payment by bank transfer or cheque. Info / ticket enquiries contact:
exeterfolkclub@outlook.com,
01392 210983, www.exeterfolkclub.org,
NEW Friday 8
November 2024 7.45pm - War & Peace in Song in Devon - Old School Community
Centre, South Brent
Following their successful evening last November on the ‘Dartmoor Songmen’
and songs collected locally by Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould, as Remembrance Day
approaches, musician and folk song expert Sam Richards, and
singer-songwriter-guitarist, Martin Scragg, take a look in song at Devon at War
& Peace. Organised by South Brent Folk. Tickets £8 from artworks 01364 649424 /
shop@southbrentartworks.co.uk
in South Brent, or on the door (if any left).
NEW
Friday 8 November 2024 7.30pm -
Opa Rosa
- Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
Fast gaining a reputation as one of the UK’s most dynamic and virtuosic bands,
Opa Rosa is an energetic acoustic ensemble sharing music from the Balkan, Greek,
Klezmer & Roma traditions. While deeply rooted in Balkan traditions, Opa Rosa’s
music aims to explore and reinvent the motifs of Eastern Europe by subtly
drawing on other musical influences such as post-rock, classical and jazz. With
a lineup of violin, clarinet, accordion, double bass and percussion, you'll hear
a unique and refined sound with an explosive and grooving rhythm section and
intricate melodies soaring over rich and nuanced harmonic structures. Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
NEW Friday 8 November 2024
9pm - Wild Fenn - B-Bar, Castle Street, The Barbican,
Plymouth PL1 2NJ (map)
Wild Fenn (previously known as Engel and the Mountain People) are a Devon-based
Indie/Folk band . Rising and falling harmonies combined with poetic lyrics paint
pictures of summer nights and bygone days. Their songs are heavily inspired by
the natural world. £3. Details
www.barbicantheatre.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW
Saturday 9 November 2024 7.30pm -
Chris Cleverley
- Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
“Rather Lovely Electro-Folk” Radcliffe & Maconie BBC 6 MUSIC. Come bask in an
exciting new body of work, showcasing the intricate fingerstyle and ambient
sound design of this true guitar-man, inspired by the Lo-fi American Greats,
Elliott Smith & Sufjan Stevens; a curious tapestry weaved from the hazy
psychedelia of the 60s folk revival and the soulful oblivion of the 90s Pacific
Northwest. Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
NEW Saturday 9
November 2024 - Black Water County - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Hailing from the South West UK and spanning nearly a decade together, folk punk
outfit. Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
NEW
Saturday 9 November 2024 7pm -
Ceilidh with Fox Among The Chickens - Princetown Community Centre, Tavistock Road PL20 6QE
Tickets £20. Bar and Raffle. For tickets email
nightingalesuk@gmail.com. All
proceeds to Nightingales UK Aid for Ukraine.
NEW Saturday 9
November 2024 7.30pm - The Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band - The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth TQ6 9ND
(map)
A tribute to Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. Join the Band on a radical tour of
some of the most iconic songs from our generation’s greatest singer-songwriters,
Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. With stops in Greenwich Village, Laurel Canyon and
the Isle of Wight, this enigmatic, multi-instrumentalist five-piece will make
you feel like you’re really there, man... Details
www.theflavel.org.uk.
NEW Saturday 9
November 2024 7.30pm - d'Accord French & Breton dance and music -
St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH (map)
With Dave Shepherd + Anna Pack.
www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876.
NEW
Saturday 9 November 2024 8pm - Millbrook Folk Club: The Rheingans Sisters -
Village Hall, The Parade, Millbrook PL10 1AX
Tickets £18 (plus fee)
www.ticketsource.co.uk/millbrook-folk-club, or in person at Millbrook Folk
Club 3rd Friday each month.
NEW
Sunday 10 November 2024 7.30pm -
The Rheingans Sisters
- Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
“Scandi-noir, but tinged with joy and avant-garde trad” Songlines; “Brilliant
complexity and sparkling diversity on show” Folk Radio UK; “Gorgeously seasonal”
Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 Folk Show; “The Rheingans Sisters are unique; their
songs and tunes are special,completely absorbing, alluring, simple yet totally
complicated” Folk Wales Online. Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
NEW Sunday 10
November 2024 7.30pm - Budapest Cafe Orchestra - Lympstone Village Hall, School Hill, Lympstone, Exmouth EX8 5JY (map)
The refreshingly unconventional and snappily attired boutique orchestra are
back! BCO bring you gypsy and folk-flavoured music in their own fresh and
surprising way. From Balkan and Russian traditional pieces to artful
distillations of the masterpieces by the great Romantic composers to Gaelic folk
anthems their infectious music will get into your veins and stay there forever.
Details
www.lympstone-entertainments.net.
NEW Sunday
10 November 2024 7.45pm - Dan McKinnon -
Folk on the Moor, Moorland
Hotel, Wotter, Plymouth PL7 5HP
It is almost 5 years since this fine
singer/songwriter graced the club with his presence. From Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Dan has a rich, baritone voice, accompanying himself on guitar (although his
first musical instrument was the French Horn!). A great storyteller, Dan's
material has been heavily influenced by Stan Rogers but he has deservedly carved
himself an international reputation. For reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
NEW
Tuesday 12 November 2024 7.30pm -
Heidi Talbot & Boo Hewerdine
- Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
Heidi has been nominated for folk singer of the year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk
Awards and the Irish Music Awards. Joining Heidi will be long-time collaborator,
Ivor Novello award-winning singer-songwriter Boo Hewerdine who has performed
with and written songs for major artists such as Chris Difford, kd Lang, Kris
Drever, Duke Special and Eddi Reader. He is in constant demand as a musician,
songwriter, producer, teacher and live concert performer. Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
NEW Tuesday 12
November 2024 8pm – Brixham Blues: Erin Harpe & Jim Countryman - The Birdcage,
New Road, Brixham TQ5 8LT
An unforgettable evening of US and UK country blues at its finest. Erin’s
high-energy performances centre around her superb finger-style guitar playing
and her powerful vocals. With support from Brixham’s own Boal Weevils playing
their beautiful 1930s National guitars. And it's free! Come to Brixham Blues
every second Tuesday.
www.facebook.com/BrixhamBlues.
NEW Wednesday 13
November 2024 - ’Shanties by the Sea’ - Berry Head Hotel, Berry Head Rd, Brixham
TQ5 9AJ
With Missin’ Tackle Shanty Crew; Carport Extension and pianist Anne Fairey.
Concert in aid of Torbay Communities Development Trust. Tickets £10 available
phone 01803 212638 or email
info@torbaycdt.org.uk. Food and drink available pre-concert call Berry Head
Hotel 01803 853225.
NEW Wednesday 13
November 2024 - Steve Knightley - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
As a long-serving troubadour of the folk and acoustic music scene, master
songwriter and storyteller Steve Knightley has spent much of his life on the
road, collecting songs, stories, anecdotes and observations with the odd
disaster along the way. Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music
Thursday
14 November 2024 7.30pm - James Patterson &
John Dipper -
Totnes Folk Club, Dartmouth Inn, 28 Warland,
Totnes TQ9 5EL (map)
As you are aware we book very few guests but couldn't resist having the
absolutely phenomenal Patterson & Dipper as our guests at the club again as they
just blew everyone away last time they came. James has a voice that is just
lovely and John is one of the very top fiddle players in the country.
www.facebook.com/groups/144387085754131.
NEW
Thursday 14 November 2024 7.30pm - Martyn
Joseph - Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind-blowing artist. Take everything
you think you know about singer songwriters and rip it up. For one man and a
guitar he creates a performance with a huge far-reaching sound that is
energetic, compelling, and passionate. Be it to two hundred people or twenty
thousand, he blows the crowd away night after night. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts,
www.calstockarts.org.
NEW Thursday 14 November 2024
7.30pm
- Samana - Great
Hall, Dartington
Trust, Totnes TQ9 6EL (map)
Samana bring an intimate carnation to listeners, with piano, guitars, bodhran
and vocals, along with string accompaniment, offering an evening of profundity,
set in the sacred circle of the round. Details
www.dartington.org/event/samana-live-in-concert.
NEW Thursday 14
November 2024 8pm - Black Friday - B-Bar, Castle Street, The Barbican,
Plymouth PL1 2NJ (map)
All aboard the good ship Black Friday – join her crew and captain Tom for
another stormy crossing of the Celtic sea of folk-punk. Free. Details
www.barbicantheatre.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW Friday 15
November 2024 9pm - Drakes Island - B-Bar, Castle Street, The Barbican,
Plymouth PL1 2NJ (map)
Drakes Island is a psychedelic folk band, based in the South West (UK). Their
sound has been compared to artists such as A Blaze of Feather, Pink Floyd and
Bears Den. £3. Details
www.barbicantheatre.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW Friday 15
November 2024 8pm - Detta Kenzie with Tobias ben Jacob - Church House, South Tawton, nr
Okehampton EX20 2LQ (map)
After her amazing performance at the Dartmoor Folk Festival, we are delighted
that Detta has been able to agree to doing a Church House Concert. It promises
to be an unforgettable evening, filled with her blend of traditional and
original material. Tickets £10. Details
www.thelittleboxoffice.com/liveandacoustic.
***** Part Two - One-liners for the rest of 2024 *****
Saturday 16 November 8pm - Granny's Attic
- Calstock Arts
Saturday 16
November 7pm - Entente Cordiale, Anglo French Musical Evening - Strand
Centre, 32 The Strand, Dawlish
Sunday 17 November 7.30pm - Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band - Tavistock Wharf
Tuesday 19 November 7pm - Bellowhead - Plymouth Pavilions
Tuesday 19 November 8pm - Johnny Campbell -
Bradninch Folk Club, Guildhall, Fore Street,
Bradninch, nr Cullompton
Tuesday 19 November 8pm
-
Alasdair Roberts & Donald WG Lindsay - Great
Hall, Dartington Trust, Totnes
Tuesday 19 November 8pm - "Every Folkin’ Tuesday" at The Old
Warehouse, Prince of Wales Road, Kingsbridge
Thursday 21
November 7.30pm - Christine Collister - Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton1LZ
Thursday 21
November - Hannah James & Toby Kuhn - Exeter Phoenix
Friday 22
November 8pm - Third Peter Hamilton Memorial Ceilidh with Red Shed - Sandford
Parish Hall, Crediton
Saturday 23 November 7.30pm - Jim Causley - Caroline's Kitchen, Churston
Farm Shop, Dartmouth Road, nr Brixham
Saturday 23 November 8pm - Martin Harley -
Barrel House, 59 High St, Totnes
Sunday 24 November 2-5pm - Festival
Fundraising Ceilidh with Fiddling Fish - Richard Newton Hall, Higher Buckeridge
Road, Teignmouth
Sunday 24 November 2pm
- Geoff Lakeman & Rob Murch - St Mary's
Church, South St, Denbury, Newton Abbot
Sunday
24 November 7.45pm - Hunter Muskett
-
Folk on the Moor
Sunday 24 November 7.30pm - The Phil Beer Trio -
Exmouth Pavilion
Tuesday 26 November 8pm - "Every Folkin’ Tuesday" at The Old
Warehouse, Prince of Wales Road, Kingsbridge
Wednesday 27 November 7.30pm - Ralph McTell with Dave Pegg - Tavistock Wharf
Thursday 28
November - Talisk - Exeter Phoenix
Friday 29
November 7pm - Penguin Cafe - St Mary's Church, High Street, Totnes
Saturday 30
November 8pm - Ceilidh
with Spinach For Norman - Kenn Centre, Exeter Road, Kennford,
Exeter
Sunday 1 December 8pm - Eliza Carthy & The Restitution - Matthews Hall, Fore
Street, Topsham
Sunday 1 December 7.30pm -
Johnny Coppin and Friends: ‘All On A Winter’s Night’ - Parish Hall, West Town Road, Newton St Cyres
Mon/Tues 2/3
December - Oysterband - Exeter Phoenix
Tuesday 3 December 8pm - "Every Folkin’ Tuesday" at The Old Warehouse,
Prince of Wales Road, Kingsbridge
Thursday 5 December 7pm - Sheelanagig - Barrel House, 59 High St, Totnes
Friday 6
December 8pm - Mad Dog Mcrea - The Watermark, Erme Court, Leonards Road,
Ivybridge
Friday 6
December 7.30pm - Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band -
Palace Theatre, Palace Avenue, Paignton
Friday 6 December 8pm - Janice
Burns & Jon Doran - Calstock Arts
UPDATED
Friday 6 December 2024 7pm - Elizabeth Jane Baldry
- Holcombe Burnell
Church, Longdown, Exeter EX6 7RZ
Friday
6 December 8pm - Urban Folk Quartet - Milverton Music, Victoria Rooms, Fore St,
Milverton, Taunton
Saturday 7 December 7.30pm - An evening with Mark
Chadwick - Calstock Village Hall, The Quay, Calstock
Sunday
8 December 7.45pm - Keith Donnelley's
Christmas Cracker -
Folk on the Moor
Wednesday 11
December 8pm - In A Bit Of A State - The Coffee Cellar, Exeter Quay
Thursday 12 December 7.30pm - Steve Turner
- Ashburton Arts Centre
Thursday 12 December 7.30pm -
Mad Dog Mcrea - Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton
Thursday 12
December 8pm - St Agnes Fountain - The Watermark, Erme Court, Leonards Road,
Ivybridge
Friday 13 December 7.30pm -
St Agnes Fountain - Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton
Saturday 14 December 7.30pm - Ukranian Singers of Plymouth - Cygnet Theatre,
Friars Gate, Exeter
Saturday 14
December 7.30pm - d'Accord French & Breton dance and music - St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter
Sunday
15 December 7.45pm - Christmas Party -
Folk on the Moor
Tuesday 17
December 8pm - The Unthanks In Winter - Exmouth Pavilion
Friday 20
December -
Jim Causley: A Causley Christmas - St Pancras Church, Widecombe in the Moor
Friday 20 December - Mad Dog Mcrea
- The Rum Store, Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot,
Liskeard, Cornwall
Saturday 21 December 7pm - Harbottle & Jonas + Richard Trethewey - St Petroc`s
Church, 12 Wellington Square, South Brent
Sunday 22 &
Monday 23
December 8pm - Mad Dog Mcrea - Tavistock Wharf
Friday 27
December 7.30pm - Twixt Christmas and
New Year Céilidh with
The Offshoot Band -
South Brent Village Hall
Saturday 28
December 8pm - Twixmas Ceilidh!
with Barnstormers - Kenn Centre, Exeter Road, Kennford,
Exeter
All information is given in good faith but no responsibility can be accepted for its accuracy. Do check with the organiser before setting out on a long journey. A listing here does not guarantee that tickets are still available.
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'Harberton Folk' recommends Plusnet:
Check out the December 2024 Diary listings on...
... www.harbertonfolk.co.uk for
likely sell-out events in our coverage area featuring Oysterband's farewell
tour, Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band's farewell tour, Eliza Carthy & The
Restitution, St Agnes Fountain, Mad Dog Mcrea's ever popular seasonal shows -
and much more!
General items retained from previous circulars
Important note:
Do spare a few minutes occasionally to scan through
the full open-ended Diary listings on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk which currently extend to the end of the year
because some of the events listed will never make it into an e-circular as they
may sell out way in advance - and the circulars usually only cover the coming 4
to 6 weeks at most. In the current listings I'm thinking for example of concerts
by Chris Wood, Blowzabella, Eliza Carthy & The Restitution in Topsham;
various gigs by Mad Dog Mcrea; Cara Dillon, Mark Chadwick in Calstock; Martin &
Eliza Carthy in Totnes, Oysterband's farewell tour dates in Exeter, Bellowhead
in Plymouth, St Agnes Fountain in Ivybridge...
Music venue update:
The Old Warehouse (TOW), Prince of Wales Road,
Kingsbridge TQ7 1DY
Following on from the success of the recent “All Folkin’ Week” Beer & Music
Festival, and their fully established free entry live music events (“Every
Folkin’ Tuesday”), TOW are very pleased to announce the launch of “The Sunday
Sessions”! From May 2024, TOW will become a dedicated live music ‘venue’ on the last
Sunday of each month, playing host to some amazing artists from across the
UK…and even further in some cases! Each of the shows will be ticket-only and
mostly standing (limited seating will be available/bookable in advance) – doors
and taproom will open at 7.00pm on the Sunday evening and all shows will end by
10.00pm at the latest. 'Sound of the Sirens' will launch The Sunday
Sessions on May 26.
See
https://theoldwarehousekingsbridge.co.uk/theoldwarehouse-events for details
of all music events at TOW.
Sid Valley Radio Folk Show
Mondays 6-8pm. The Folk Show with Steve and Barry.
www.sidvalleyradio.co.uk.
If you know of any other folk shows on local (online) radio, please let
me know the details.
Revd Sabine Baring-Gould Centenary
2024 marks the centenary of the death of the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould
who was squire and parson of Lewtrenchard in Devon. He was an early collector
and recorder of folk tunes and songs from the West Country such as “Widecombe
Fair”. He also wrote and translated many hymns and carols such as “Onward
Christian Soldiers”. See
www.sbgcentenary.co.uk for details of various events (concerts, talks etc.)
celebrating the Revd.
Bicton Inn in Exmouth
The Bicton Inn at 5 Bicton Street, Exmouth EX8 2RU has a regular monthly
music programme of various genres including folk; usually: 3rd Thursday -
Acoustic folk with Becky Brooks; 4th Thursday - Bicton folk night (recently
updated contact no. 07876 064108). www.bictoninn.co.uk.
[3/12/23] Craig Taylor (from Diptford) writes:
"I am looking for a couple of tune
players - fiddle/accordion to start up a working band. I am Australian (for my
sins) so think it’ll definitely be a Bush Band (compared to the finesse of the
ceilidh calling/dancing). Please contact by email
ct@wellmusic.co.uk or call 07786
296325."
Session news
Wednesday 25 October 2023 8pm - Lympstone Folk - Change of venue
We're still meeting on the fourth Wednesday at 8, but the Redwing pub in
Lympstone is now closed and awaiting new owners. We are therefore currently
meeting at the Swan, next to the railway station, until further notice.
Ashburton Arts Centre
Another multi-genre arts centre, described by The Guardian as "One of the best
small live music venues in the UK". Up and running in an old chapel since 2018.
Again, I only list the folkier events there, but see
https://ashburtonarts.org.uk/ for
more information on a very busy programme. Many events are priced on a 'pay what
you can afford' sliding scale.
Regular klezmer and East European sessions at Ashburton
Ashburton Arts Centre will be hosting klezmer and East European sessions
every 2nd Monday of the month, starting 9/10/23. Free admission. Led by Družba
www.klezmer-devon.com,
we’ll start off in the slow lane for the less experienced at 7 followed by the
main session at 8. For details of tunes please email
bunelik@gmail.com. All acoustic
instruments and abilities welcome to join in, learn tunes, listen, or dance.
Note that diatonic instruments such as melodeons, tin whistle, etc will need
accidentals to play in keys such as G minor, D minor. If unsure, email above.
Real ale bar. Full details
www.ashburtonarts.org.uk/regular-activities/klezmer-east-european-session.
Tom Brown R.I.P.
A stalwart of the West Country traditional music scene with his wife Barbara,
Tom sadly passed away on 30 August 2023. Tom and Barbara supported one of our
concerts in Harberton back in 2001. Our thoughts, love and deepest sympathies
are with Barbara and their family.
Raddon Hill Clog Morris...
...invite you to Free Evening Taster Sessions at Kingsteignton Community Hall,
TQ12 3LP, 8.00-9.30pm on Tuesdays 5th September and 3rd October 2023. For
further information please call Triss or Ron on 01626 367173, see
www.raddonhillclogmorris.co.uk,
or email
info@raddonhillclogmorris.co.uk. Membership works out at approximately £1 a
practice session.
I've managed to have a fairly major updating session at the full open-ended Southern Devon Folk Diary listings on www.harbertonfolk.co.uk which now include events as far ahead as June 2024. In my e-circulars I usually list the upcoming events for the next 2 months at most, but some events are so popular that they sell out weeks or even months in advance, so it's well worth a quick glance through the whole Diary on the website, even if it's just to get your favourite seats at your venue of choice.
Part One - Other stuff - Map link corrections
but I have made important changes affecting the whole of the
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk website and
many of the entries included in these circulars.
These changes concern the Streetmap.co.uk map links I use. It came to my
attention recently that many of my links no longer worked - my apologies for
this! Streetmap.co.uk had changed the way their links worked. I have made
corresponding corrections and - fingers crossed! - hopefully any map link you
see will now work again.
East Devon session news: Tale Valley Folk Sessions...
...have just celebrated their first anniversary.
www.facebook.com/TaleValleyFolkSessions. Sessions take place on the first
Tuesdays 7.30-9.30pm at the Nog Inn, Feniton EX14 3BT the third Sundays 12-3pm
at the Talaton Inn EX5 2RQ.
Wild Goose Choir - A new folk-based community choir in South Brent
Freya Harbottle writes: "I'm soon to be starting a new folk-based community
choir. The first session will be on Tuesday 6th June (7 to 9pm) and the
choir will run on a regular weekly basis at The Village Hall in South Brent.
We'll be learning material from across the folk canon, from the very traditional
to the contemporary. Open to ages 18+. No previous choir experience required.
Get in touch for more info or to book a free taster session:
freyaharbottle@gmail.com.
Commonplace Creative Retreats
Miranda Sykes and Hannah Martin are running creative retreats based in a
beautiful ancient farmhouse in Totnes. Each retreat is linked to the seasons,
and will feature craft sessions, lots of lovely seasonal food, and an exclusive
informal concert from SykesMartin to close the day.
The next event they have planned is their Beltane retreat on April 29th,
with dates also in the diary for Summer Solstice (June 24th) and Midwinter
(December 9th) events later in the year. Full info at:
https://sykesmartin.bandzoogle.com/commonplace-creative-retreats.
The Beehive Folk Café - Bi-monthly at Beehive Arts Centre,
Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ
Free, mostly acoustic session of folk, blues and roots hosted by folk singer
Sue King. Everyone welcome to come along to perform or have a drink and listen
to some very talented local musicians.
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk. Tel: 01404 384050. Next date: Wednesday 15
March 2023 7.30pm.
Folklife
If you'd like to read and learn more about many aspects of folk throughout
the West Country and beyond. then check out the following:
Free entries in Folklife's online free-to-all Directory (incl. Zoom):
www.folklife-directory.uk, entry forms on site.
Folklife West folk magazine (56 A4 pages) printed & posted (paid-for) - or free
online!
Read or download:
www.folklife.uk, Members' News, Festivals Diary;
www.folklife-traditions.uk, researched articles + archive.
Plus Updates on
www.folklife.uk/updates & you can sign
up for our free emailed Newsletter.
Contact sam@folklife.uk.
Folk Club News
Brixham Folk Club now meets on the first Friday of the month at The
Edge, Bolton Street, Brixham TQ5
9DH.
www.facebook.com/Brixham-Folk-Club-1210249625809406, 7.30pm start, £2
performers, £3 non-performers.
Plymouth Community Folk Orchestra - Reminder
Tuesday mornings 3, 10, 17, 24 May, 14, 21, 28 June, 5, 12, 19 July - 11am to
12.30pm. £8 per session. Concession available
At Emmanuel Church Hall, Compton Avenue, (corner of Mannamead Road) Plymouth,
PL3 5BZ
Make a big band, make some music, have some fun! All levels of ability welcome.
Play music from Devon and beyond. Develop music skills and learning by ear. Play
in harmony. Scores and sound files provided. The Community Folk Orchestra is
‘open’ - so, there are no auditions and all are welcome to come along.
Participants can join at any time. You will, however, need an acoustic
instrument, some enthusiasm and a willingness to participate! For more
information contact David Faulkner 07967 121985 /
david.eelgrinders@gmail.com.
www.facebook.com/PlymouthCommunityFolkOrchestra.
Exmouth Folk Club
The Club has resumed its regular 4th Sunday meets, 7-10pm at the GWRSA Railway Club, 3-5 Royal Avenue, Exmouth EX8
1EN.
For more information call Chris Austin 07812 688432. Free admission, all
performers and supporters welcome, acoustic only. Real ales are served and there
is parking and level access.
www.facebook.com/groups/exmouthfolk.
Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
I've always thought of Lyme Regis being well outside my normal coverage
(loosely defined as "within a 30-mile radius of Totnes as the crow flies" or
"the southern half of Devon), but Google Earth tells me that the town is only
about 39 miles in the former category - and the Marine Theatre is putting on a
great programme of major folk concerts these days, with some of the acts
probably not coming any further west on their tours, so I will give the venue a
listing from time to time. The main one below caught my eye in Steve Cunio's 'Sadfolk'
(www.sadfolk.co.uk)
latest Somerset & Dorset email circular listings as Harberton Folk put on Blazin'
Fiddles at the Ariel Centre in Totnes way back in 2003 and 2005:
Eliza Carthy & Saul Rose: I've been enjoying lots of music on Youtube
and only recently came across a 2014 concert performed by Eliza & Saul in St.
George's Church, Headstone, Harrow which reminded me of the wonderful show they
did for us at Harberton Parish Hall back in January 2001.
Enjoy the high quality video and audio at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef22ID0qb0Q&list=PLjeyCtW07nIs5YQ41j9ASZwKUHlpMJprk&index=1.
Cecil Sharp's People.org.uk
A one-stop website for all the singers, musicians and dancers who met Cecil
Sharp, as he travelled around England collecting folk music and dance between
1903-23. You can read about their lives. Over 650 individuals in hundreds of
locations. They were working people – agricultural labourers, glovers,
laundresses, sailors, shoemakers etc. Their stories should be told!
https://cecilsharpspeople.org.uk.
The Mike Harding Folk Show
The former BBC folk show host presented a weekly show of his own online from
30 December 2012 to 22 October 2017 (over 250 programmes), and since then has
presented further roughly monthly shows which still continue. All 270+ shows are
available as podcasts
at
www.mikehardingfolkshow.com.
Folk news slightly further afield:
Somerset & Dorset (SaDFolk) folk events - Regular email updates
A regular and
comprehensive emailed listing is available through
www.sadfolk.co.uk
(Somerset and Dorset folk, Steve Cunio) for folk events in venues large and small in those two
counties, some of which are not too far away from the Harberton Folk area.
SaDFolk always includes full details of upcoming
events, workshops and courses at Halsway Manor in Somerset which is
owned by the Halsway Manor Society who operate the manor as a national centre
for the folk arts, the only residential folk centre in the UK.
Folk in Cornwall
What it says on the tin -
www.folkincornwall.co.uk - clubs, sessions, events...
Acoustic Calendar - Sign up for email updates at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com
Tony Watts' monthly calendar of folk clubs, singarounds, acoustic sessions &
open mics in the South West. "The Acoustic Calendar is all about DIY music (NOT
concerts, gigs, ceilidhs etc). The purpose of the Calendar is to keep you
informed of all the places where you can take your voice and/or instrument and
join in or do your own thing."
A quick note on what gets
listed below (and in the Diary on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk):
The listings are of course primarily intended for 'folk' events; they will
occasionally include Americana, blues and other genres, particularly if the
event organisers have taken the trouble to send me material. Be assured though, they
will never include tribute bands! (excellent though many of these are) These e-circulars usually cover the full Diary
for the coming 4 to 5 weeks, while the website Diary is completely open-ended.
Frequency of
these emails
I used to try to get these emails out once a week, but now they seem to be
every 10-14 days. Perhaps that's not a bad thing - reducing the information
overload - but it does mean that contributors need to give me as much notice as
possible to hopefully ensure that their items can be included in good time. JC
Changing your subscription
details:
If you change your email, or decide that you don't want to get these
messages any longer, please scroll right to the bottom of any Harberton Folk
e-circular where you will find links to the Mailchimp system which will enable
you to make the appropriate changes.
[this exact wording borrowed from a recent SaDFolk email (Somerset and Dorset
Folk) - see Part Two below]
Important Admin note: Email delivery problems
I've had problems sending the previous two circulars to 190+ addresses (mainly
BTInternet, BTOpenworld, Yahoo,
Sky, AOL, plus a few others, all of which use the Yahoo email platform). The
circulars have been soft-bounced, i.e. rejected, on both recent occasion by most
of those addresses "for policy reasons".
When the same address soft-bounces several circulars in succession, MailChimp
(the system I use to send circulars) eventually hard-bounces that address, i.e.
permanently removes it from the circulation and I, as Admin, cannot then
reinstate that address, although the person in question can re-subscribe
themself.
This has happened a couple of times over the last 12 months and I have no real
idea why it happens, so it's very difficult trying to do anything about it. But
this present circular is a trial inasmuch as it employs simpler formatting with
less complex underlying code in the hope this may increase the acceptance rate.
In the interim I have been communicating directly with the 190+ about this problem and I would like to thank the large number of them who very helpfully responded to my last communication when I sent a copy of the latest missing circular as a PDF file attachment, apparently successfully, whereas an attempt to simply forward a copy of the original circular to a test group of 10 addresses failed.
Several people also mentioned that they had an
alternative email address which could be used for receiving the circulars - and
I would ask anyone in this position to please use the 'update subscription
preferences' link at the very foot of any circular to update their email address
in the MailChimp data base accordingly. Should you no longer be able to access
any original circular, I can update your email address for you on request (but
it's best if you do it yourself if possible).
If you change to a Gmail address, please note that my circulars may arrive in
your Promotions inbox folder.
It remains to be seen whether the 190+ will actually receive this circular.
[version sent on 8/6/18 to remainder of 270 contacts 'cleaned' by MailChimp,
inviting re-subscription]
Once again this copy of yesterday's Harberton Folk email circular is being sent
directly from my laptop (not via MailChimp, nor in MailChimp format this time)
to those mostly btinternet / btopenworld / yahoo / aol / sky email addresses who
were removed a while back from Harberton Folk's MailChimp database due to
unknown circumstances and have not yet re-subscribed.
If you wish to continue receiving the regular
circulars, please re-subscribe by going to
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk
where you’ll find a link to a short form to complete – and you’ll be back on the
list.
Or simply reply to this email and ask me to
re-subscribe you.
You can view Harberton Folk's GDPR-compliant Privacy Policy on the website.
Note that the e-circulars are now being sent from
hfolk@johnculf.co.uk.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
At some point in the not too distant future I will no longer be able to continue
sending these separate copies to you.
Best wishes
John Culf
[version sent to NON-GDPR segment on 8/6/18]
GDPR - Still time to update your preferences to
continue receiving Harberton Folk Circulars - Please act now
The new GDPR data protection law came into force on May 25th.
I'm still hoping some more of the people who have not yet UPDATED THEIR
PREFERENCES appropriately (see the link at the very foot of this circular) will
do so to enable me to continue sending them the circulars. You will also find an
'unsubscribe' link there, should you need it.
The full list of 1350+ contacts is now effectively split into two parts, one
containing the 955 contacts who have already updated, the other (to which this
customised version of yesterday's circular is being sent) containing the
remainder.
Alternatively, you can simply reply to this email and I
can do the updates for you, if you tell me that is your wish.
New contacts can subscribe to the circulation at any time via a link provided on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
Many thanks for your understanding and cooperation. John Culf
[version sent to GDPR CONSENT segment on 7/6/18]
Firstly, my thanks to the 955 contacts who have (thus far) confirmed their
consent to continue receiving Harberton Folk emails. My list is now effectively
divided into two parts, i.e. those who have, and those who have not (yet),
re-confirmed. I'm now able to send separately to the two groups and will be
sending further GDPR reminders (with the circular) to the latter group, and can
assure everyone receiving this version of today's that this is the last time I
will mention GDPR! Many thanks for your understanding and cooperation. John Culf
Harberton Folk Circular - Friday 25
May 2018
If you would like to
continue receiving Harberton Folk email circulars...
...you must confirm your consent to do so - or your contact details will soon be
removed from the circulation!
I know many of you will be fed up of receiving emails about GDPR - but today May 25th is the day the new law comes into force.
To date, barely half of my 1300+ contacts have signed up for continued circulars
and I am sure there are many more who wish to remain on the list but just
haven't got round to taking the appropriate action yet.
Even if you don't read any more of this circular, jump to the
"Update subscription preferences"
link at the very foot of this email which will offer you a very short simple
form to complete - your existing details will already be there (with asterisks
blanking most of your email address for security) - just
tick both the vacant boxes and click 'Update Profile'. You can enter
a completely different email address if you wish. (You could even
'Unsubscribe'!)
I intend to send several further reminders about this in the coming days because
I really want to lose as few contacts as possible from the list.
Harberton Folk Circular - Tuesday 15
May 2018
Sorry it's been so long since the last circular. GDPR stuff has been taking up a
lot of my spare time, but I think I'm almost there now.
GDPR Update - My Next Email will Require Action
on Your Part
My next email (hopefully tomorrow) will be particularly important as it will
hopefully ensure that the Harberton Folk email circulation is operating in
compliance with the new General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) coming into force with effect from 25 May 2018.
You must take action as indicated in that next email (or any subsequent
reminders) if you wish to continue receiving the e-circulars, i.e.
re-confirm your consent to receive Harberton Folk e-circulars.
If you do not, we will unfortunately be obliged to remove your name and
email address from the circulation.
Sorry to sound rather 'technical' or officious, but this IS REALLY IMPORTANT and we don't want to lose you!
Please also note that a few changes are also being made at the same time in
the hope of reducing the likelihood of these circulars being regarded as
spam/junk by some email systems/providers. For example, the sending address
will in future appear as
hfolk@johnculf.co.uk (in case you need to 'whitelist' this address or
otherwise approve it for receiving Harberton Folk e-circulars.
John
Update on the New Data Protection Law (GDPR)
My thanks to the significant number of people who have sent comments and
offered advice on this subject, following my piece last week. I'm
beginning to get a good idea of what I need to do to keep the Harberton
Folk email circulation 'legal' and will share this with you soon. It
will require simple action on your part to enable you to continue
receiving the e-circulars.
New Data Protection Law
Some of you may have heard recent mention of a new
(EU) data protection law coming into effect on May 25th; some may have even
heard its name: General Data Protection Regulation 'GDPR'. I am still struggling
to understand the possible implications of this for my Harberton Folk
email circulars and the MailChimp data base containing your details which
underpins the circulars, and what I may have to do - and ask you to do - to
ensure compliance with the new law and thereby allow you to continue receiving
these circulars. Watch this space! JC
Flaxey Green Website -
www.flaxey-green.co.uk
This excellent Devon website contains a wealth of folk-related information in
addition to an events diary, such as comprehensive listings for folk dance
clubs, pub sessions, bands, solo artists, callers, musicians wanted/available,
morris sides, a For Sale section (currently including a couple of melodeons, a
Peavey KB3 amplifier and other sound equipment.
Reminder for Gmail users:
As well as probably putting these circulars in the Promotions inbox folder
(rather than the Primary folder), Gmail also 'clips' long emails, such as these
circulars, and you need to select the 'View entire message' option to do just
that.
'Roots and Shoots' on Exeter's community
radio station Phonic FM
www.phonic.fm
Listen on 106.8 FM and online on 1st, 3rd, 4th (and 5th) Mondays of the month
6.00pm to 8.00pm. Featuring the best in folk/roots music with a strong emphasis
on local music - both live in the studio and recorded. News too of folk/roots
events in Exeter and south and east Devon. We welcome contributions from
musicians, singers and anyone involved with folk/roots/world music in and around
Exeter. Most importantly, listen in, then get in touch to tell us your reactions
and suggestions. Contact Roots and Shoots: Telephone 01837 871498 (Martin
Henning), email m.henning@hotmail.co.uk.
A message from Adrian Bull
"I co-host the 'Roots and Shoots' radio show. I specialise in playing all things
folk(ish) and am particularly keen to promote local artists and events/clubs. If
you are a musician and would like me to play some of your music on the show, or
even come on as a guest, then I would love to hear from you. I am also keen to
have promoters, folk club organisers on the programme."
'Technical' Notes
1) I send copies of my circulars to several different email addresses of my own
(Plusnet, Hotmail, Gmail) to help check that as many as possible are reaching
their intended recipients. Last week the copy to my Plusnet address unusually
finished up in my spam folder. Very occasionally a copy may disappear without
trace. I have no idea why - the joys of email! Anyway, if you think you may be
missing a copy at any time, you can always find the full open-ended southern
Devon Folk Diary listings on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk, along with the most recent circular(s).
2) A chance communication with a recipient of these circulars has revealed that
Gmail, as well as probably putting the circulars in the Promotions inbox folder
(rather than the Primary folder), also 'clips' long emails, such as these
circulars, and you need to select the 'View entire message' option to do just
that.
The person in question had failed to see the 'Christmas events' section in Part
because of the above clipping.
The following interesting item appeared in Steve Cunio's Somerset & Dorset
Folk Events Diary email today - Have any Harberton Folk recipients experienced
this issue yet?
"Do you use Gmail?
I've had a couple of emails from people asking why SaDFolk had started to send
them Google Calendar invitations to events they had no interest in. I haven't
changed anything here, but following a bit of searching round the Net, I found
that Google had made this 'improvement' to their service.
If you have a Gmail account and a Google Calendar account and any email you
receive contains something which Google interprets as an event you might want to
go to, it automatically adds the invitation to your calendar and sends you an
email about it.
To turn this off, you need log into your Google Calendar then click on the gear
wheel icon in the top right, select ‘settings’ then look for ‘Events in Gmail’.
Under that there should be a ‘Add automatically’ setting. Deselect that and the
problem should go away."
Please let me know (by reply to this email) if you as a Harberton Folk
recipient have experienced this issue. Thanks. JC
Folklore & Mythology Resource Guide
I've added the following link
www.supersummary.com/folklore-mythology-guide (Folklore and Mythology
Resource Guide) to the Links page page on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
An 'interesting' email problem
Those of you who read my recent notes about the various problems I experience
when sending these e-circulars may be interested/amused to see a (new) rejection
message received from a recipient at a local educational establishment. I have
highlighted the offending word in bold/red and added spaces so it's not rejected
again. This word appeared in the item about Hayseed Dixie:
Microsoft Antigen for Exchange found a message matching a filter. The message is
currently Identified.
Message: "hf21_30 080226"
Filter name: "KEYWORD= racial discrimination: h i l l b
i l l y"
Sent from: "John Culf"
Apologies for such a long gap since the last circular. Remember, the full open-ended Diary is always available on www.harbertonfolk.co.uk contains gigs right through to June 2025, many of these added in the last couple of days - so do have a quick scroll through to see if there's anything that takes your fancy. Tickets will usually be on sale for any gig listed.