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Somerset & Dorset & Wiltshire, members' folk news
from FW, the Folklife West magazine, below
includes North Somerset, BANES, & Swindon Districts

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.this site.

FW available at:
  • Village Pump Friday Folk
  • Nailsea Folk Club
  • ​The Trooper Folk Song Night.
and you?   FW discounts are available for resellers (6 or more, £2 for £3) - see Info page

FW Library Reference Copies:
  • Swindon Central Library (Local Studies & Family History)

"Folk What's On" (simply a leaflet made up of the ads from FW) 
  • Several free copies of "Folk What's On" are sent to Halsway Manor
  • a reference copy is sent to North Somerset library branches:  Weston-super-Mare Library, Clevedon, Nailsea, Portishead, The Campus, Weston-super-Mare, Worle
  • Our policy is to supply FWOn to library areas with advertising clubs - such as North Somerset (but sadly many councils no longer have the resources to distribute them for us)
,Bob & Gill Berry
​left,  Dave & Anni
left,  Dave & Anni
above, Eli's (the Rose & Crown) traditional singaround
Swindon Folk Club

​Devizes Folk Club
Correspondents : 
  • ​North Dorset and South Somerset, John Waltham, Dorset born singer, song collector and organiser of Trooper Song Sessions, Dorset Song Weekends, and occasional one-off events,as well as guesting at a few Scots and Irish festivals. 01963 362890, jhnwaltham<at>yahoo.co.uk

Yer 'tis!

​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, and  ➅ Workshops, adverts and fully-detailed diary listings - see our
    Folklife's Directory website - Festival Diary pages
    Folklife's Directory website - Workshop Diary pages
For ➆ Folklife Societies,  ➇ Folklife Studies & Institutions,  ➈ Seasonal Celebrations - see our
​    Folklife Traditions website

Copies of pages from FW, Folklife West print magazine

Somerset, Dorset, & Wiltshire news pages below   or download this PDF : 
som-dorset-wilts63.pdf
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File Type: pdf
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Yer ‘tis!

SaDFolk

SOMERSET AND DORSET FOLK DIARY
www.sadfolk.co.uk 
    Subscribe or email via website. The Somerset and Dorset Folk Diary (or SaDFolk) is based around a weekly email service, listing ‘folk’ events in Somerset and Dorset. The term ‘event’ covers concerts, barn dances, sessions, workshops and any other folk related activity.
Steve Cunio

THE ACOUSTIC CALENDAR

Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Glos, Hampshire, Somerset, Wilts
       The monthly calendar of folk clubs, singarounds, acoustic sessions & open mics:  all about DIY music (not concerts, gigs, ceilidhs, etc).  Its purpose 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.
        It has three parts: (1) monthly Calendar of events;  (2) alphabetical Venues List, giving a fuller description & contact details for each venue; (3) list of Festivals for the coming months (updated as details become available).  Each part can be downloaded in pdf format.  The Calendar can also be downloaded in a Word version so you can customise it according to your local requirements.
        If you’d like my more-or-less twice monthly Acoustic Calendar Updates delivered to your inbox, let me know, using the contact form on the website.                              ® Tony Watts,  http://sanchobramble.weebly.com

Somerset & Dorset
​member-Festivals.

Not included in the news-pages download file, as latest info
is in our Folklife Directory FESTIVAL DIARY
- link to online copy from FW
​on www.folklife-directory.uk/festivals.html​
for ads & detailed listings
June
WEST SOMERSET FOLK FESTIVAL
www.westsomersetfolkfestival.co.uk
→    CARHAMPTON, Somerset.  
Carhampton Recreation Hall, Carhampton Recreation Ground.


July
PRIDDY FOLK FESTIVAL
www.priddyfolk.org
→ PRIDDY near WELLS, Somerset.   Village Green.
​

Every Issue, we cover Member-Festivals for the next 12 Months !
FOLKLIFE WEST, print pages:  SOMERSET & DORSET and WILTSHIRE, the printed SUMMARY list 
​of our SOMERSET & DORSET & WILTSHIRE Members  is here (online) replaced,  by a handy
ONLINE VERSION - that is, with WEBLINKS -- please scroll down for this
FOLKLIFE WEST, print pages:  SOMERSET & DORSET and WILTSHIRE, the printed SUMMARY list 
​of our SOMERSET & DORSET & WILTSHIRE 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:   SOMERSET, DORSET, WILTSHIRE  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
Somerset, Dorset, & Wiltshire Members:  VENUES 
DAY VARIES
Day Varies   Som.       CROWCOMBE     HALSWAY MANOR conc., dances                 www.halswaymanor.org.uk      All enquiries    01984 618274
Day Varies   Som.       PRIDDY               KIZZY MUSIC CONCERTS                           www.kizzymusic.co.uk             Dean Collier     01749 678949
Day Varies   Dorset    STOURTON CAUNDLE    THE TROOPER FOLK CONCERTS    www.thetrooperinn.co.uk/events    John Waltham    01963 362890 
SUNDAYS
1st    Sun     Som.       CROWCOMBE     HALSWAY MANOR MUSIC & SONG CLUB  www.halswaymanor.org.uk       All enquiries    01984 618274
2nd  Sun     Dorset     STOURTON CAUNDLE THE TROOPER FOLK SONG NIGHT   www.thetrooperinn.co.uk/events   John Waltham    01963 362890
4th  Sun     Dorset     STOURTON CAUNDLE  THE TROOPER FOLK MUSIC NIGHT  www.thetrooperinn.co.uk/events   Mandy Waltham  01963 362890
MONDAYS
Wkly     Mon   Wilts    DEVIZES              DEVIZES FOLK CLUB                  www.devizesfolkclub.co.uk          Bob Berry        07714 550990
TUESDAYS
2nd  Tue      N. Som.  NAILSEA              NAILSEA FC singers/musicians                 www.nailseafolkclub.co.uk        David Francis    01275 540231
WEDNESDAYS
1st,3rd  Wed    Wilts    HIGHWORTH    WHITE HORSE FOLK CLUB         www.whitehorsefolkclub.co.uk    Derrick Beer    01793 762070
FRIDAYS
​1st,3rd  Fri       Wilts    SWINDON        SWINDON FOLK CLUB                https://swindonfolkclub.wordpress.com   Eric Stott    01793 521301
1st,3rd  Fri       Wilts    TROWBRIDGE  VILLAGE PUMP FRIDAY FOLK     www.villagepump.org.uk             Rosie Upton    01225 865107
3rd  Fri,+      N. Som.     NAILSEA              NAILSEA FOLK CLUB                                 www.nailseafolkclub.co.uk       David Francis    01275 540231
4th  Fri         Som.        ASHILL                 ASHILL SINGAROUND /MUSIC SESSION   (no website) ............................         Tony Watts    01823 480414
SATURDAYS
1st Sat (some) Dorset   BRIDPORT        BRIDPORT CEILIDHS                 https://bridportceilidhs.wordpress.com    Mecki or Monty     01308 423 442
3rd Sat (Sep-May) Som.    HUISH EPISCOPI    ELI’S (ROSE & CROWN) TRADITIONAL SINGAROUND  (no website)    Rod Harrington    01823 481253 ​

Somerset, Dorset, & Wiltshire Members:  PERFORMERS
Pf.1a    Folk Music & Song - Bands / Groups   
   N Som      FOUGERE ROUGE                     (no website)                                           Eric Brooker         01934 733207
    Wilts        FRIGGITT                                           www.friggitt.co.uk                          Ted Shaw     01793 724561    
Pf.1b    Folk Music & Song - Duo      
​   Wilts          DAVE WEBBER & ANNI FENTIMAN   www.oldandnewtradition.com/daveandanni    Dave & Anni    01249 720866
   Wilts          BOB & GILL BERRY   ...........................................    www.bobandgillberry.co.uk         Bob Berry        07714 550990
Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo
Somerset      BILL CRAWFORD                       (no website)                                          Bill Crawford        01278 450838
Pf.1d    Choirs & Quires:  Folk & Community Choirs & Bands, West Gallery
   N.Som       BARLEY RYE CHOIR                 www.nailseafolkclub.co.uk/barleyrye      Keith Burrows      01179 248817 
Pf.1e    Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo   
   Wilts    FRIGGITT                                           www.friggitt.co.uk                                           Ted Shaw     01793 724561 
Pf.2b    Folk Dance Bands
   N.E.Som    FOUGERE ROUGE                     (no website)                                           Eric Brooker         01934 733207
Pf.3a    Folk Shows & Theatre, Mummers
  Wilts    THE POTTERNE MUMMERS               www.potternemummers.co.uk                        Bob Berry        07714 550990

Somerset, Dorset, & Wiltshire Members:  MEDIA
M.1    ONLINE FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS
Somerset & Dorset                    SOMERSET AND DORSET FOLK DIARY          www.sadfolk.co.uk                           Steve Cunio
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
Mid-West:  includes Bath            ARMANDALEG MUSIC                                   www.armandalegmusic.com             Mike Weaver​
M.3    FOLK RADIO 
Somerset                                   JOHNNY COPPIN (BBC Somerset)                www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire         Johnny Coppin    01453 885088
Wiltshire                                    JOHNNY COPPIN (BBC Wiltshire)                  www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire         Johnny Coppin    01453 885088

Somerset, Dorset, & Wiltshire Members:  SERVICES 
​S.2     AGENTS,  MANAGERS,  PROMOTERS, MCs & STAGE MANAGEMENT     • for Dance or Concert Series:   see “LIST 1: VENUES” 
Somerset    BILL CRAWFORD    (no website)    Bill Crawford    01278 450838

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