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FW printed
​pages 19-26
Folklife West magazine's print pages copied online

South West:​
​West Country
Folklife Members

Bewnans Gwerin   /   Folk News

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​South-West:   Kernow/Cornwall; Devon;  Wilts, Swindon; Somerset, NE Som, BANES; Bristol, S Glos.
Gloucestershire has its own separate "Glos & Oxon" webpage.
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"Folklife Traditions" pages in print, also copied online​. "Folk News" pages for this issue are online only.
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Updates: News, Directory, Folklife Traditions (& Deadline Reminders).
Membership required for your detailed online Directory & Festival listings.
  
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​As well as these NEWS pages,  we have an online DIRECTORY giving FULL LISTINGS for our FOLKLIFE MEMBERS.
The SOUTH WEST webpage on our DIRECTORY site
Below, our NEWS pages include Members' 1-line summaries from our Member's Directory full listings.

South-West News  (other than Gloucestershire, listed separately)       Yer ‘tis!
(only News from Folklife members on this webpage)

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​The NEWS PAGES below, from our Members, cover:  -
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➀ Venues  --- ➁ Performers   --- ➂ Media   --- ➃ Services.  ​


​Other information is on other FW print pages, and on our other websites:
➄ Festivals, adverts and fully-detailed diary listings - see our Folklife's Directory website, Festival Diary pages
➅ Workshops, adverts and fully-detailed diary listings  - see our Folklife's Directory website, Workshop Diary pages
➆ Folklife Societies, ➇ Folklife Studies & Institutions, ➈ Seasonal Celebrations - see our Folklife Traditions website
         We're always glad to hear from enthusiasts who would like to join us … posted magazine (3 per year), news for up to 200 words for each of your news items!
         
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​Our printed SUMMARY list of our Members is here replaced,  by a handy ONLINE VERSION - that is, with live WEBLINKS in blue
           
Below:  
we print, & copy here online, the 1st lines
 of our fully-detailed online Directory listings ​

FULL DETAILS for each listing, in our ONLINE DIRECTORY webpage :  KERNOW/CORNWALL and DEVON
      
* RED: new/revised listings (= since last FW), details confirmed √
    * GREEN: new/revised listings, TBC
Cornwall & Devon Members:  VENUES 
​Sunday

Weekly    Sun  Cornwall  FOUR LANES    DREAMERS FOLK CLUB    www.dreamersfolk.co.uk  Nigel Morson
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, 12 noon   Devon  MORCHARD BISHOP LONDON INN SONG/MUSIC SESSION  Facebook: Pennymoor Singaround  Jon    01363 83740
​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               Tim & Sue Brine       07880 592065
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  has now closed. - See NEWS, below  


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     
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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
Cornwall                                    WHEAL ALICE MUSIC                              www.whealalice.com         David Harley  01736 740337 [30/10/2020]
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
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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 
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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
Bristol, South Glos., Gloucestershire Members:  VENUES 
THURSDAYS
1st         Thu    S. Glos  CHIPPING SODBURY CHIPPING SODBURY FOLK NIGHT  Facebook: Chipping Sodbury Folk Night Jo Cullum 07974 381333
​FRIDAYS
​2nd Fri       S. Glos    FRAMPTON COTTERELL   FOLK@FRAMPTON COTTERELL   (no website)    Steve Goodfield      ...............
Wkly Fri     S. Glos   SHORTWOOD  DRAGON FOLK CLUB              http://dragonfolkclub.blogspot.co.uk               Colin Owen       0117 9600273
SATURDAYS
2nd Sat
      Bristol     KNOWLE            THE REDCATCH CLUB         https://redcatchclub.vistaprintdigital.com  Trevor Carter    0117 9665514

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Bristol, South Glos., Gloucestershire Members:  PERFORMERS

Pf. 1,  FOLK MUSIC & SONG

Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo 
   Bristol  KEVIN ADAMS          http://kevinmervynadams.weebly.com    Kevin Adams       07855 092975
​Pf.1e    Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo
   Bristol      The BRISTOL SHANTYMEN        (no website)                                          Maggie Starkey    01454 321943
   Bristol      The HARRY BROWNS                 www.harrybrowns.org.uk                       Chris Fry              01458 274407

Pf. 3,  SPOKEN WORD
Pf.3b    Poets & Monologuists       
   Bristol  THE BARD OF WINDMILL HILL   www.windmillbard.co.uk                       Trevor Carter       0117 9665514

Bristol, South Glos., Gloucestershire Members:  MEDIA
​M.1    ONLINE FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS

West County                               The ACOUSTIC CALENDAR                          https://sanchobramble.weebly.com​  Tony Watts
Mid-West:  includes  Bristol         ARMANDALEG MUSIC                                  www.armandalegmusic.com             Mike Weaver​
West County, S/W Mids, Wales   FOLKLIFE MEMBERS’ ONLINE DIRECTORY  www.folklife-directory.uk/Bristol-Glos    Sam Simmons  01684 561378
Glos & nearby                            GLOSFOLK                                                    www.glosfolk.org.uk                          Peter Cripps
Mid-West+                                  MR RED’s MID WEST listings                         www.cresby.com                               Cresby Brown aka Mr Red
M.4    PUBLISHERS (MUSIC & PRINT)     [see also list 8: FOLKLIFE STUDIES ]
S. Glos  SAYDISC  ..................…......................................    www.saydisc.com                            Gef Lucena    ..................
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Bristol, South Glos., Gloucestershire Members:  SERVICES
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S.7    SHOPS
Bristol        HOBGOBLIN BRISTOL   www.hobgoblin.com/bristol      Shop         0117 929 0902 

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DIARY-LISTINGS webpages on DIRECTORY website    ◊ FESTIVAL DIARY  ◊ WORKSHOP DIARY
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​VIRTUAL FOLK
  --- live & recorded sessions
​Normally, only Folklife members Ø  listed, as we  - er -  need money coming in to keep going.  So if you can spare £18 a year to help . . 
Would you like to publicise your Zoom or other virtual session ?   We can draft a listing for you based on your website etc details  

Exceptionally  . . .  we now also list OTHER ZOOM SESSIONS ---- free, if  you've signed up for our Newsletter mailing list (above)
Non-member Zoom sessions are not listed below, but will be found in our complete LIST for ALL AREAS on our VIRTUAL FOLK webpage.

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Folklife Members:   To avoid spam, we put <at> for @,   please revert to @
Note that some member-venues that normally  welcome visitors are not publicly listing Zoom sessions here  . . . 

​Sunday
Ø   Cornwall - DREAMERS FOLK CLUB - Weekly on Sundays, live on Zoom.  We manage access to our zoom sessions so folk can see each other and interact, preserving some of the Club atmosphere. So we keep around 2/3 of our seats for those who have supported us regularly and ask others to contact ntmorson <at> aol.com in advance if they want to come along on any particular night.  Hoping to have e-guests once a month.
Also check www.dreamersfolk.uk 

Wednesday
Ø  Wilts:  Highworth - WHITE HORSE FOLK CLUB on Zoom.   We meet 1st & 3rd Wednesdays about 7.45pm for 8pm, and the contact is Geoff Davies 01793 706753.

Thursday  
Ø   Devon - BIDEFORD FOLK CLUB:  recordings on bidefordfolkclub.com/virtual-folk-club/

Friday 
​Ø ​Cornwall - BODMIN FOLK CLUB Virtual Open House, every Friday, 8pm – 10.30pm.  Email bodminfolk<at>yahoo.com for details.
     
www.bodminfolk.co.uk
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Bewnans Gwerin - Kesskrifer  Kernow  / Folklife - Correspondent Cornwall
    We were so sorry to hear the sad news about Mike Walford, Folklife West's Cornish correspondent [see Newsletter, 16 September].   His contributions were much appreciated, as was his tremendous support and promotion of folk music in Cornwall and the wider world, including the Cornwall Folk Festival and the various clubs and sessions in which he was involved.
    We are very pleased to announce that Nigel Morson (pictured left) has kindly agreed to take on this role.  Nigel is an active performer and one of the MCs at the well-known Dreamers Folk Club (www.dreamersfolk.co.uk).  
    
Please contact Nigel at ntmorson <at> aol.com                               [15/11/2020]
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LATEST NEWS, so not included in downloadable-PDF of pages (above).
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Sarah McQuaid New Single, Video Series & Forthcoming Album/Concert Film, January 2021
    Cornwall-based singer/songwriter Sarah McQuaid is delighted to announce the release of the first two singles and videos from her forthcoming album, concert film and video series, The St Buryan Sessions.
    Released worldwide on Friday 29 January 2021, “The Silence Above Us” is the first single from The St Buryan Sessions, filmed and recorded live (with no audience due to COVID-19) last summer in the beautiful church of St Buryan, Cornwall, parts of which date back to the 11th century.
   A second single, “Charlie’s Gone Home,” will be released on Friday 19 February, once again with video premieres on YouTube and Facebook on the Saturday and Sunday. The roll-out of singles and videos will continue throughout the year, and Sarah hopes to release the full 15-track, 72-minute album on CD and double LP in late summer.
    "I’ve always believed that there’s an element of magic in a live concert that’s really difficult to replicate in a studio, plus a lot of my songs have evolved and changed since I originally recorded them. "
     “The Silence Above Us (The St Buryan Sessions)” is now available for streaming and download via Spotify, iTunes/Apple Music, Amazon and other services and also as a pay-what-you-want download via https://sarahmcquaid.bandcamp.com.
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FW Deadlines
☞    ●   1 Jan :  19 Nov 
☞    ●   1 May :  19 Mar
☞    ●   1 Sep :  19 Jul
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Top of page pictures
◊ Tar Barrels, Ottery St Mary, © Colin Davies - see our site Folklife Traditions: Seasonal
​◊ Padstow's Hobby Horse
FW May 2019 cover

© Doc Rowe
​◊  Minehead Hobby Horse © J K Simmons [the editor], as used in "FW" headings
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 at
  • Bodmin Folk Club​
  • Bideford Folk Club (us’d luv to zee ‘ee!),
  • various Pennymoor sessions
  • Topsham Folk Club
  • Teignmouth Folk Club, Martyn is our South Devon Correspondent​
  • Village Pump Friday Folk
  • Nailsea Folk Club
  • ​The Trooper Folk Song Night.
and you? FW discounts are available for resellers (6 or more, £2.25 for £3) - see Info page

FW Library Reference Copies sent to
  • Swindon Central Library (Local Studies & Family History);  Exeter Central Library, to Torquay Reference Library, and to Plymouth Central Library (Music & Drama Library),
"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)
  • ​​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.
Info page (ad rates & membership)
index to all News pages on homepage
● we're a non-profit group; to continue, we need your support, by membership or advertising - details top of page
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left: Chipping Sodbury Folk Night, Jo Cullum     right: Dragon Folk Club


  • We thank Chipping Sodbury Folk Night ​for the use of their "Folk News" for area listings.​
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Tywardreath Morris
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Sarah McQuaid
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Rob Barratt
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Us’d luv to zee ‘ee!

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Martyn Hillstead, Correspondent,  South Devon

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

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,Bob & Gill Berry
​left,  Dave & Anni
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left,  Dave & Anni
above, Eli's (the Rose & Crown) traditional singaround
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Swindon Folk Club
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​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
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● we're a non-profit group; to continue, we need your support, by membership or advertising - details foot of page
FT55 advert from Roy & Lesley Adkins, Devon-based authors and contributers to FW's articles in the Folklife Traditions pages. See our Folklife Traditions website
Article below from FW 59, Oct 2018, Folklife Traditions pages
or Download below:

devon-dance.pdf
File Size: 916 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

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We are now working with FOLK IN CORNWALL
​magazine, sharing news and information.

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 two parts: (1) monthly Calendar of events;  (2) alphabetical Venues List, giving a fuller description & contact details for each venue.  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

South-West Festivals & Workshops
Festivals Diary & Workshops Diary 
follow the news pages in the printed FW 
​ . . . online, full details are on our
 
Folklife's Directory website

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Not included in the news-pages download file, as latest information is in our Folklife Directory FESTIVAL DIARY;             Chippenham Folk Festival 
- link to online copy from FW  on 
www.folklife-directory.uk/festivals.html​ for ads & detailed listings                                  (from a festival advert)
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June            The PENNYMOOR SONG AND ALE               Facebook:  Pennymoor Singaround    
Pennymoor SAR → see FW Devon news pages above 
→    MORCHARD BISHOP: The London Inn, Morchard Bishop, Devon, EX17 6NW.


May             CHIPPENHAM FOLK FESTIVAL                      www.chippfolk.co.uk
→    CHIPPENHAM, Wiltshire.  Various venues around the town.

June             TEIGNMOUTH FOLK FESTIVAL                     www.teignmouthfolk.co.uk 
→    TEIGNMOUTH, Devon.  

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.

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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