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Devon  members' folk news


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Kernow/Cornwall:  members' folk news
from FW, the Folklife West magazine, below

We are now working with FOLK IN CORNWALL
​magazine, sharing news and information.
● we're a non-profit group; to continue, we need your support, by membership or advertising - details foot of page
FW usually has 60 to 64 pages, printed, A4-size.
​FW has 3 sections: News & Listings;, as below; also Festival & Workshop Diaries, and Folklife Traditions.
As much as possible - but not everything - will be copied online. It is a print magazine and it's not possible to exactly reproduce it online. Roughly 2/3rds - the area News & Listings pages - is on this site.

FW available in Cornwall at
  • Bodmin Folk Club,
  • from Mike Walford, our FolkLife Kernow Reporter, at Wadebridge Folk Club, Cornwall Festival Folk Session (Wadebridge), Padstow Folk Sessions.
​​ ​FW available in Devon at
  • Bideford Folk Club (us’d luv to zee ‘ee!),
  • various Pennymoor sessions
  • Topsham Folk Club
  • Teignmouth Folk Club, Martyn is our South Devon Correspondent
and you?   FW discounts are available for resellers (6 or more, £2 for £3) - see Info page

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Library Reference copies.   
FW reference copy is sent to: Exeter Central Library, to Plymouth Central Library (Music & Drama Library), and to Torquay Reference Library.
​​"Folk What's On" (simply a leaflet made up of the ads from FW), a reference copy is sent to these libraries:
  • ​​Devon libraries:   Barnstaple, Bideford, Braunton, Crediton, Cullompton, Dawlish, Exmouth, Honiton, Ilfracombe, Ivybridge, Newton Abbot, Okehampton, Ottery St. Mary, Seaton, Sidmouth, St. Thomas, Tavistock, Teignmouth, Tiverton, Topsham, Totnes 
  • Cornwall libraries: Bodmin, Bude, Camborne, Cornish Studies Library (Redruth), Cornwall Performing Arts Library (St Austell), Falmouth, Hayle, Helston, Launceston, Liskeard, Newquay, Penzance, Redruth, Saltash, St Austell, St Ives, Torpoint, Truro, Wadebridge.
​The NEWS PAGES below, from our members, cover:  
​                      --- ➀ Venues  --- ➁ Performers   --- ➂ Media   --- ➃ Services.  ​
News pages cover the above.    Other information is on other FW print pages, and on our other websites:
--- for ➄ Festivals, adverts and fully-detailed diary listings - see our  Folklife's Directory website - Festival Diary pages
--- for ➅ Workshops, adverts and fully-detailed diary listings  - see our  Folklife's Directory website - Workshop Diary pages
--- for ➆ Folklife Societies,  ➇ Folklife Studies & Institutions,  ➈ Seasonal Celebrations - see our  Folklife Traditions website
Kesskrifer / Correspondent:    Kernow / Cornwall  
​Mike Walford
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Tywardreath Morris
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Rob Barratt
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Sarah McQuaid

Us’d luv to zee ‘ee!

Martyn Hillstead, Correspondent,  South Devon

Cornwall & Devon News from Folklife members.

News pages below ​or download this PDF:
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Cornwall & Devon
​member-Festivals.

Not included in the news-pages download file, as for latest info, check our Folklife Directory FESTIVAL DIARY - link to online copy from FW on 
​www.folklife-directory.uk/festivals.html​
for ads & detailed listings
June
The PENNYMOOR SONG AND ALE
Facebook:  Pennymoor Singaround    
Pennymoor SAR → see FW Devon news (copied here)
→    MORCHARD BISHOP: The London Inn, Morchard Bishop, Devon, EX17 6NW.
 
June
TEIGNMOUTH FOLK FESTIVAL
www.teignmouthfolk.co.uk 
→    TEIGNMOUTH, Devon.  

August
DARTMOOR FOLK FESTIVAL
www.dartmoorfolkfestival.org.uk
→    SOUTH ZEAL, near Okehampton, Devon.  In the foothills of Dartmoor.      

August
CORNWALL FOLK FESTIVAL
www.cornwallfolkfestival.com
→    WADEBRIDGE, Cornwall.  Numerous venues throughout the town.      

October
​BARING-GOULD FOLK WEEKEND
www.baring-gould.co.uk
→    OKEHAMPTON, Devon.  Held in comfortable indoor venues in the old market town of Okehampton, nestling on the northern slopes of Dartmoor.
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Every Issue, we cover Member-Festivals for the next 12 Months !
FOLKLIFE WEST, print pages KERNOW/CORNWALL and DEVON :  the printed SUMMARY list of our Members
is here (online) replaced,  by a handy
ONLINE VERSION - that is, with WEBLINKS 
Below:  we print, & copy here online, the 1st lines of our fully-detailed online Directory listings 

FULL DETAILS for each listing, in our detailed online DIRECTORY:   KERNOW/CORNWALL and DEVON  webpage

Any listings in RED: new/revised listings (= since last printed FW), details confirmed
Any listings in GREEN: new/revised listings, details to be confirmed
Cornwall & Devon Members:  VENUES 
​Sunday
Some   Sun     Cornwall    GOLANT   GOLANT SESSION www.folkincornwall.co.uk/clubdetail.php?clubname=GOLANT%20SESSION 
                                                                                                                                                                              John Tremaine      01208 872124
Last    Sun,*L*    Devon    PENNYMOOR      CRUWYS ARMS MUSIC SESSION   Facebook: Pennymoor Singaround     Clare Penney     01884 860023
1st        Sun       Devon    STICKLEPATH     DEVONSHIRE INN SESSION      Facebook: Pennymoor Singaround          Derek Moore     01837 659715
Monday
1st Mon      Devon        TOPSHAM        TOPSHAM FC INSTRUMENTAL SESSION  www.topshamfolkclub.co.uk                  John Stephens  01392 875332
​Tuesday
Wkly Tue      Devon        TOPSHAM        TOPSHAM FC SINGERS NIGHT    www.topshamfolkclub.co.uk                  John Stephens  01392 875332
Last     Tue        Devon    COLEFORD         THE NEW INN SESSION             Facebook: Pennymoor Singaround         Ollie Holland     01363 85022
1st       Tue        Devon    SANDFORD         THE LAMB INN SESSION           Facebook: Pennymoor Singaround         Hazel / Paul      01363 776275
Wednesday
3rd      Wed       Devon    PENNYMOOR      PENNYMOOR SINGAROUND     Facebook: Pennymoor Singaround         Biddy                01271 373305 
Thursday
Wkly    Thu       Devon     BIDEFORD          BIDEFORD FOLK CLUB              www.bidefordfolkclub.com                    John Purser      01237 424286
1st       Thu     Cornwall    PADSTOW         PADSTOW FOLK SESSIONS       [no website]                                          Kevin Brinn          01841 533137 
2nd     Thu        Devon    TOTNES              TOTNES FOLK SONG CLUB       www.flaxey-green.co.uk                         Anne Gill           01803 290427
2nd      Thu    Cornwall    WADEBRIDGE    WADEBRIDGE FOLK CLUB   www.wadebridgefolkclub.com                     Mike Walford        01637 880604
4th      Thu     Cornwall    WADEBRIDGE    CORNWALL FESTIVAL FOLK SESSION  www.cornwallfolkfestival.com   Mike Walford        01637 880604
Last     Thu       Devon    TEIGNMOUTH     TEIGNMOUTH FOLK CLUB        www.communigate.co.uk/twc/teignfc   Martyn Hillstead 01626 778071
Friday
Weekly  Fri     Cornwall    BODMIN             BODMIN FOLK CLUB    www.bodminfolk.co.uk                                       Mike Freemantle   01726 816454
1st       Fri         Devon    BRIXHAM             BRIXHAM FOLK CLUB               www.flaxey-green.co.uk                         Anne Gill           01803 290427 
Saturday
4th  Sat     Devon    COMBE MARTIN   SHAMMICK ACOUSTIC             www.shammickacoustic.org.uk   Tom/Barbara Brown    01271 882366

Cornwall & Devon Members:  PERFORMERS
Pf.1a    Folk Music & Song - Bands / Groups
   Devon    MOTHER’S RUIN    www.lemonrock.com/mothersruinbishopsteignton    Martyn Hillstead    01626 778071
   Devon    WREN BAND    www.wrenmusic.co.uk    Wren Music      01837 53754
Pf.1b    Folk Music & Song - Duo 
    Devon    MARILYN TUCKER & PAUL WILSON     www.wrenmusic.co.uk    Wren Music    01837 53754
    Devon    TOM & BARBARA BROWN    www.umbermusic.co.uk    Tom/Barbara Brown    01271 882366
Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo     
​Cornwall    SARAH McQUAID                    www.sarahmcquaid.com              Sarah McQuaid    01736 810807
Pf.1d    Choirs & Quires: Folk & Community Choirs & Bands, West Gallery 
    Devon    WREN MUSIC groups: see List 5, WORKSHOPS.
Pf.2b    Folk Dance Bands  
Devon    WREN BAND    www.wrenmusic.co.uk    Wren Music    01837 53754
Pf.2c    Ceremonial & Dance Display (including Clog, Morris, Sword) 
Cornwall    TYWARDREATH MORRIS        www.tywardreathmorris.org.uk     John                    01208 872124
Pf.3a    Folk Shows & Theatre, Mummers
Devon    TOM & BARBARA BROWN    www.umbermusic.co.uk    Tom/Barbara Brown    01271 882366
Pf.3b    Poets & Monologuists 
Cornwall    ROB BARRATT  comic poet     www.robbarratt.co.uk                   Rob Barratt          01566 880336

Cornwall & Devon Members:  MEDIA
M.1    ONLINE FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS 
Cornwall                                     FOLK IN CORNWALL                                     www.folkincornwall.co.uk​   John Tremaine    01208 872124
West County, S/W Mids, Wales  FOLKLIFE MEMBERS’ ONLINE DIRECTORY   www.folklife-directory.uk    Sam Simmons    01684 561378
West County                              THE ACOUSTIC CALENDAR                           https://sanchobramble.weebly.com​  Tony Watts
M.2    PRINTED FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS            for Journals, see List 8: Folklife Studies
​Cornwall                                     FOLK IN CORNWALL                                     www.folkincornwall.co.uk​   John Tremaine    01208 872124
Devon                                       WHAT’S AFOOT                                              www.devonfolk.co.uk   Anne Gill    01803 290427

Cornwall & Devon Members:  SERVICES 
S.3    TECHNICAL:  PA  &  Sound  Hire,  Engineers,  Studios
Devon    WREN MUSIC PA System & operator, short run CDs     www.wrenmusic.co.uk      Paul Tucker      01837 53754 

•  Workshops Diary & Festivals Diary follow the news pages in the printed FW  . . . Online, full details on our Folklife's Directory website

● we're a non-profit group; to continue, we need your support, by membership or advertising - details foot of page
FQ55 advert from Roy & Lesley Adkins, Devon-based authors and contributers to FQ's articles in the Folklife Traditions pages. See our Folklife Traditions website
Article below from FW 59, Oct 2018, Folklife Traditions pages
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