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, and subsequently archived here. 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.
Sheffield Irish Centre
Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 September
Opening of the Centre's new premises; sessions all day in the back room.
10 am till late at Teach Failte Na nGael (Alexandra Hotel)
Exchange Street, Castle Gate
Sarah Jones plus support Alan Gill & Tony Dargan
Friday 9 September
8.30 pm at "No Smoke Foke", the Commercial Hotel, Chapeltown, Sheffield.
Tickets £5
Info: Pete Swift: 0114 245 5442
The Old Denaby Sing Friday 9 - Sunday 11 September
Ferryboat Fisheries, Old Denaby, near Doncaster
A weekend of song and music with themes and sessions.
Camping and caravanning charge; otherwise free.
Booking & info: Carol on 01405 839597 / 07971 761502
Email: chrisandcarol@talktalk.net
Harvest Home: Words and Music from a Traditional Harvest
Thursday 29 September
A special production in aid of Ulley Parish Hall Restoration, featuring Jim Boyes, Lester Simpson, Fi Fraser, Keith Kendrick, Jo Freya and Georgina Boyes
Calver Village Hall
4-6 pm: banjo and fiddle workshops
7.30 pm: concert
Hosted by the Well-Dressed Band and Hope Valley Squeezebox Project: there will be a bar.
Info: Cathyburke7@aol.com
7.30 pm at Firth Hall, Western Bank, University of Sheffield
Mandolin, guitar, fiddle and vocals.
£8; £5 senior citizens; £2.50 students/unwaged
Tickets on the door or from Dept of Music: 0114 222 0499 or Sheffield Music Shop, 136 Whitham Road: 0114 266 1000
Website: http://www.shef.ac.uk/music/
Session, song and sandwiches for Amnesty
Tuesday 18 October
A session/benefit for Amnesty International at the Irish Centre, Exchange Street, Castle Gate, Sheffield.
Info: 0114 2759444
Email: jf_seinneadair@yahoo.co.uk
With Martin Simpson, Artisan, Barry Coope & John Tams, CrossCurrent, Cloudstreet, Minnie Moosika, Whapweasel, sessions, workshops, dance displays and much more.
Full details at the festival website: http://www.sheffieldfolkfestival.org/
7.30 pm at Firth Hall, Western Bank, University of Sheffield
Traditional songs from Iceland and England.
£8; £5 senior citizens; £2.50 students/unwaged
Tickets on the door or from Dept of Music: 0114 222 0499 or Sheffield Music Shop, 136 Whitham Road: 0114 266 1000
Website: http://www.shef.ac.uk/music/
7.30 pm at The Plug, Matilda Street (off the Moor), Sheffield.
Tickets £12.50: available from Jack's Records, Aberdeen Court (off Division Street), Sheffield.
Ticketline for credit cards etc: 0114 276 7093
9 pm on BBC4
Documentary and concert recording. Repeated at 1.20 am, Saturday 12 November, and 11.10 pm, Sunday 13 November.
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/
BBC Four: The Highland Sessions
Friday 11 November
10 pm on BBC4
First of 6. Historical and modern links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song. Repeated at 2.20 am, Saturday 12 November.
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/
1.10 - 1.50 pm in the Drama Studio, Shearwood Road, Sheffield
Klezmer music with viola, clarinet and bass.
A Sheffield University Music Dept lunchtime concert: admission free.
Website: http://www.shef.ac.uk/music/
The Blah Bar, 1 Market Hill, Barnsley
Guitar workshop 7-8 pm, concert from 9 pm.
Workshop and concert £6 (£5 in advance or with flyer)
Concert: £5 (£4 in advance or with flyer)
Advance tickets from John or Julie on 01709 881339
Website: http://www.JulieEllison.co.uk/
Ceilidh with Glory Strokes and caller Pete Rees
Friday 18 November
8 pm at the Blind Institute, Mappin Street, Sheffield.
Tickets £6 (£4 concessions/CeilidhSoc): available in advance from Fagans (Broad Lane) or Jack's Records (Division Street: phone 0114 2767093)
Info: Alison Clarke: 0114 225 9707
A Sheffield Folk Festival event.
Website: http://www.sheffieldfolkfestival.org/
8 pm at Bakewell Town Hall (doors open 7.30 pm).
Admission £6 / £3 children.
Tickets from Bakewell Bookshop, Jude on 01629 815469 or on the door.
All proceeds to Oxfam.
BBC Four: The Highland Sessions
Friday 18 November
10 pm on BBC4
Second of 6. Historical and modern links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song. Repeated at 2.20 am, Saturday 19 November.
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/
BBC Four: The Highland Sessions
Friday 25 November
10 pm on BBC4
Third of 6. Historical and modern links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song. Repeated at 3.35 am, Saturday 26 November.
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/
10 pm on BBC4
Fourth of 6. Historical and modern links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song. Repeated at 3.40 am, Saturday 3 December.
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/
Christmas Ceilidh and Cabaret Saturday 3 December 2005
8 pm - 11.30 pm at the Whitworth Centre, Darley Dale.
Stories - Songs - Music - Dancing to the Down Trodden String Band with caller Bob Barrett.
Refreshments by Still Good For You: bring your own drinks.
Tickets £5, available on the door, or in advance from:
Peak Books, Firs Parade, Matlock;
Graham: 01629 826939
World Fiddling Traditions
Tuesday 6 December
7.30 pm at Firth Hall, Western Bank, University of Sheffield.
Traditional bowed instruments from China, India, Norway and Britain. Joy Lu (erhu) -
Gina Le Faux (English/Irish fiddle) - Ragnhild Knudsen (hardingfele) - Nicholas Magriel (sarangi)
£8; £5 senior citizens; £2.50 students/unwaged
Tickets on the door or from Dept of Music: 0114 222 0499 or Sheffield Music Shop, 136 Whitham Road: 0114 266 1000
Website: http://www.shef.ac.uk/music/
10 pm on BBC4
Fifth of 6. Historical and modern links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song. Repeated at 3.30 am, Saturday 10 December.
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/
10 pm on BBC4
Sixth of 6. Historical and modern links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song. Repeated at 3.45 am, Saturday 10 December.
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/
4.30 pm. The luck-visiting tradition in Victorian times. Presented by Georgina Boyes with guest Norma Waterson. The programme should also be available online for seven days from broadcast. Radio 4: Listen Again
8 pm. Alan Lomax's 1957 Christmas programme featuring songs from around the British Isles was long thought lost. Here it is, with new commentary and interviews. The programme will also be available online for seven days from broadcast. Radio 4: Listen Again
Boxing Day dancing Sunday 26 December
Grenoside Sword Dancers: Main Street crossroads, Grenoside: 11 am
followed by carols in the (top) Red Lion: 12 noon
Handsworth Sword Dancers: Cross, Woodhouse (11.15 am)
Parish Church, Handsworth (12 noon)
followed by local carols in the New Crown (1 pm)
Three Shires Clog: Blue Bell, Harthill (11 am)
Bee Hive, Harthill (12 noon)
Rattlejag Morris: King William, Scaftworth, Bawtry (12 noon)
Blacksmith's Arms, Everton, Bawtry (1 pm)
7 for 7.30 pm at Calver Village Hall. Plus special guests including Emily and Hazel Askew (songs and tunes with fiddle and melodeon) - Joe O'Connor (Cumbrian melodeon) - Gerti Paavel and Kadri Lepasson (diatonic accordion and Estonian bagpipes)
Tickets £4 (concessions £2.50)
Info/Tickets: Jan Hardy: 01433 670370 or Bella Hardy: 07870 808267
Email: bella_hardy@yahoo.co.uk Poster (word doc)
http://folk-network.com/