This page lists details of past folk arts events in the South Riding region, whether organised
by the SRFN or notified to us by our friends and associates. Current and forthcoming events are listed on our home page. The SRFN web-directory also includes a
comprehensive calendar of regular events featuring e.g. sessions
and folk clubs. If you are organising an event, or know of one that may be of interest to our members, please
send details to events@folk-network.com.
NOTE: this is an archive page. Although we revisit old links from time to time to see if they still work, it is to be expected that there will be links on this page to pages or sites which no longer exist. We can take no responsibility for the content (or lack of it) of other people's websites.
Three Nights Drunk and the Market Tup
Tuesday 2nd September
1.30 pm on BBC Radio 4
A programme about the collection of folksongs made in Yorkshire during the 1950s by Nigel and Mary Hudlestone. Includes interviews with Nigel Hudleston and Georgina Boyes, as well as material from the collection.
The broadcast will be available for the following 7 days via Listen Again.
Julie Ellison: Concert / "open mic" evening.
Thursday 18th September
9.30 - 11.10 pm at The Miner's Arms, Warren Lane, Chapeltown
Julie usually does the first 45 minute set and then opens up the PA to allcomers, so bring your guitar, words and voice and join in.
Website: http://www.JulieEllison.co.uk/
Sheffield University Ceilidh Soc
Intro Ceilidh with
Peeping Tom and Pete Rees
Saturday 27th September
8.30 pm at Loxleys Food Court, University House (next to Union)
University of Sheffield, Western Bank.
£3 society members / £4 non members
Website: http://www.ceilidhsoc.org/
Jeff Davis
Sunday 28th September
8.00 pm at Calver Village Hall, Calver, Derbyshire
Tickets £7
Bob Hazelwood: 0114 281 5324
Email: bob.hazelwood@blueyonder.co.uk
Sheffield Folk Festival Sunday 5th October
5 pm at the Hillsborough Hotel, Langsett Road, Sheffield.
A preliminary open meeting to discuss plans to revive the Sheffield Folk Festival.
SRFN Open Meeting Sunday 5th October
7 pm at the New Barrack Tavern, Penistone Road, Sheffield.
Charity Concert and Ceilidh in aid of Oxfam
Saturday 11th October
featuring Well Heeled Appalachian Dancers, the
Derbyshire International Folk Dance Group, and the
Down Trodden String Band with caller Gerry Bates.
7.30 pm at Bakewell Town Hall. Bar available.
Tickets £5.00 and £2.50.
Available from Bakewell Bookshop or on the door.
The Room Where the Blues was Born
Sunday 12th October
BBC Radio 3: 9.30 - 10.15 pm.
The first of two features on James McKune, the man behind the Delta Blues phenomenon.
Should be available for online listening for a week following broadcast.
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/
Sheffield Folk Festival Sunday 19th October
5 pm at the Hillsborough Hotel, Langsett Road, Sheffield.
A second open meeting to discuss plans to revive the Sheffield Folk Festival.
The Room Where the Blues was Born
Sunday 19th October
BBC Radio 3: 9.30 - 10.15 pm.
The second of two features on James McKune, the man behind the Delta Blues phenomenon.
Should be available for online listening for a week following broadcast.
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/
Charity Ceilidh Hekety with caller Gordon Potts
Saturday 25th October
8.00 pm - midnight at the Royal Society for the Blind Hall, Mappin Street, Sheffield
Proceeds to the Helen Ashton Fund for Cancer Research.
Tickets £5 (concessions £4). Real Ale bar.
Info: 0114 231 6779 or email jess@hekety.co.uk
Website: http://www. hekety.co.uk/
Folk Train Tuesday 28th October
Music and song from Travelling Folk
Train leaves Sheffield at 7.14 pm. Details
Sheffield Folk Festival
Sunday 2nd November
5 pm at the New Barrack Tavern, Penistone Road, Sheffield. Public meeting to adopt a constitution and begin planning.
SRFN Open Meeting Sunday 2nd November
7 pm at the New Barrack Tavern, Penistone Road, Sheffield. Open to all interested people.
Shine:
new Scottish band featuring Alyth McCormack, Corrina Hewat and Mary Macmaster.
Sunday 2nd November
8.00 pm at Calver Village Hall, Calver, Derbyshire
Tickets £7.50
Bob Hazelwood: 0114 281 5324
Email: bob.hazelwood@blueyonder.co.uk
Eliza Carthy with Eleanor Waterson and Sarah Hayes
Tuesday 4th November The Fishpond, South Parade, Matlock Bath
Tickets £10.00 (£8.00 concessions)
Info: 07791 699 889
Email: nuroutes@frusion.co.uk
Sheffield Folk Festival Sunday 16th November
5 pm at the New Barrack Tavern, Penistone Road, Sheffield. Public meeting to begin planning.
Gina Le Faux
Sunday 16th November
Fiddle Workshop day and evening concert
at The Grapes, Trippet Lane, Sheffield.
Workshop: 12 noon to 5 pm, concentrating on bowing, phrasing and rhythm; bow strategy, using the wrist, tone, and interpreting traditional dance music.
£25: advance booking essential.
Concert, with Alice Jones (piano and percussive feet): £5 (£4 concessions): 8 pm.
Workshop and concert £28
Info from Cherri Graebe: 01422 836416
Email: cherri@ginalefaux.com
Dick Gaughan
Sunday 16th November
8.00 pm at Calver Village Hall, Calver, Derbyshire
Tickets £7.50 Advance: Jacks Records, Aberdeen Court, Division Street Sheffield (0114 276 7093).
Bob Hazelwood: 0114 281 5324
Email: bob.hazelwood@blueyonder.co.uk
Jigtales
Wednesday 19th November
8.30 pm at Rotherham Rugby Club, Badsley Moor Lane, Clifton.
Admission only 50p, includes raffle ticket. Proceeds will go to Oxfam Rotherham.
Info from Andy Bowdin: 0114 266 5197
Email: slipjig@ntlworld.com
Website: http://www.play-on.org/
TenderRoots Showcase
Thursday 20th November
Featuring Sam Pirt and Friends with BFGs, Jiggy Lights, Kokopelli, The Merry Sisters, The Three Reeds, Slipnote, and course tutors Ciaran Boyle, John Fuller, Robin Garside, Emma Leslie, Chris McShane, Damien O'Kane.
7.30 pm at Priory Campus, Pontefract Road, Barnsley.
Tickets: £4 (individual) £12 (family).
Email: caprice.no1@virgin.net
Webpage archived at: web.archive.org
Treebeard
Thursday 20th November
8 pm at The Deep End, Hillsborough Corner, Sheffield (0114 285 4000)
Tickets £3 from Haze, 25 Fir St Sheffield S6 3TG.
Chris McMahon: 0114 2343527 (eve) 2720218 (day) 07977 618089 (mobile)
Email: chris@gabadon.co.uk
Website: http://www.treebeard.org.uk/
SRFN AGM Sunday 23rd November
7 pm at the New Barrack Tavern, Penistone Road, Sheffield. Scaleable Map (opens in new window). Caution: recent changes in coding at Multimap may cause Netscape 4x to crash.
Maire ni Chathasaigh and Chris Newman
Sunday 23rd November
8.00 pm at Calver Village Hall, Calver, Derbyshire
Tickets £7.50 Advance: Jacks Records, Aberdeen Court, Division Street Sheffield (0114 276 7093).
Bob Hazelwood: 0114 281 5324
Email: bob.hazelwood@blueyonder.co.uk
Folk Train Tuesday 25th November The Little Bigfoot Band - English, Irish, Scottish and American music - from Old Time to Swing.
Train leaves Sheffield at 7.14 pm. Details
Play On Folk Club
Friday 5th December
Annual Christmas Dinner at The Fat Cat, Alma Street, Sheffield: 6.30 pm for 7 pm, followed by club night from 9/9.30.
£12.50 per head: book by Friday 21st November (£5 deposit). Info and menu from Andy Bowdin:
Telephone: 0114 266 5197
Email: slipjig@ntlworld.com
Website: http://www.play-on.org/
Still Growing
Sunday 7th December
2.15 pm on BBC Radio 4
A repeat of the documentary, first broadcast this summer, on Cecil Sharp and his folk song collecting. Introduced by Malcolm Taylor of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, with contributions from Georgina Boyes, Vic Gammon and others, including singer Louie Hooper's grandson. Essential listening.
The first broadcast attracted some unexpected controversy. See the correspondence at Musical Traditions for details: "Open" letter - and replies
Roy Bailey
Sunday 7th December
8.00 pm at Calver Village Hall, Calver, Derbyshire
Tickets £7.50 Advance: Jacks Records, Aberdeen Court, Division Street Sheffield (0114 276 7093).
Bob Hazelwood: 0114 281 5324
Email: bob.hazelwood@blueyonder.co.uk
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