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Thread #136812 Message #3126056
Posted By: GUEST,MC Fat
01-Apr-11 - 05:20 AM
Thread Name: Sheffield Folk Session Festival Easter
Subject: Sheffield Folk Session Festival Easter
Printed trogramme and posters now out but the basic deatils are as follows
FRIDAY April 22nd
1 Welcome Session Kelham Island Tavern 3.00p.m.-6.00p.m.
A mixed session. A wide selections of tunes and songs. Led by Jim McDonald and Richard Arrowsmith
2 Music and Song Session Hillsborough Hotel 8.00p.m.-11.00p.m.
A more musically based session with melodeons, fiddles and other instruments of torture but will also feature some singing
Richard Arrowsmith
3 Singaround University Arms 8.00p.m.-11.00p.m.
Does what it says on the tin !! Round the room in song mainly. In the capable hands of Ray Padgett and Judy Knight
4 Fagans Session 9.00p.m.-11.30p.m.
Regular Fagans session the lead musician is the very excellent Brian Gilmer
5 Grapes Irish Session 9.00p.m.-11.30p.m.
Regular Irish Music Sesssion
6 Late Night Extra Kelham Island Tavern 11.30p.m.-2.00a.m. Anything goes in the wee small hours. Song tunes and lots of beer Jim McDonald
Pubs available : NEW BARRACK TAVERN (Afternoon); HARLEQUIN (Afternoon): UNIVERSITY ARMS (Afternoon)
SATURDAY April 23rd
1 Music and Song Session Kelham Island Tavern 3.00p.m.-6.00p.m.
More music mainly in the English style led by
Richard Arrowsmith
2 Folk Club Hillsborough Hotel 3.00p.m.-6.00p.m. A chance to perform is a session held together by ace Sheffield musician Robin Garside
3 Singaround Fagans 2.00p.m.-6.00p.m.
Always a favourite afternoon in previous years. A veritable feast of song (and sometimes monologues) in the safe hands of Ray Padgett & Judy Knight
4 Irish Session Riverside 2.00p.m.-6.00p.m.
A session of Irish music with Sheffield Band Crazy Crow
5 Irish Session Grapes 2.00p.m.-6.00p.m.
A session of Irish music
6 'Iced Gems' Songs & Stuff University Arms 8.00p.m.-11.30p.m.
Iced Gems is a more loose session anything and any style goes
7 Music and Song Session Hillsborough Hotel 8.00p.m.-11.30p.m.
Reels to left the left of me, Jigs to the right here you are stuck in the middle will be Val Huzzard
8 Fagans Session 9.00p.m.-11.30p.m.
Fagans regular Saturday night session with Sheffield legend Hugh Waller
9 Grapes Irish Session 9.00p.m.-11.30p.m.
Irish music session
10 Late Night Extra Kelham Island Tavern 11.30p.m.-2.00a.m.
It's a tough job but someone has to sing and play tunes till when in the morning ?
Pubs available : NEW BARRACK TAVERN (Afternoon); HARLEQUIN (Afternoon) UNIVERSITY ARMS (Afternoon)
SUNDAY April 24th
1 Music and Song Session Kelham Island Tavern 1.00p.m.-3.00p.m.
Regular Sunday session mix of music (including Irish) plus songs led by Mike Wild and Mike Lydgate
2 Folk Club Hillsborough Hotel 3.00p.m.-6.00p.m.
A chance to listen a perhaps play with Black Hares (TBC)
3 Shanty Session Gardeners Rest 3.00p.m.-6.00p.m.
A traditional afternoon of Songs from the Seven Seas. So expect lots of 'Hanging Johnies' and 'Bring Em Down'. Your Shanty leader is the talented Tegwen Roberts
4 Irish Session Grapes 2.00p.m.-6.00p.m.
Irish session
5 Songs and Tunes Hillsborough Hotel 9.00p.m.-11.30p.m.
Songs and tunes of varying styles
Jim McDonald and Dave Young
6 The Big Sing Kelham Island Tavern 8.00p.m.-11.30p.m.
It's 'voices only' in the famed popular monthly session the main man is Richard Arrowsmith
7 Grapes Irish Session 9.00p.m.-11.30p.m.
Irish session
8 Late Night Extra and Farewell Kelham Island Tavern 11.30p.m.-2.00a.m.
A last chance to sing, play, sing chorus songs, recite, dance drink and blame the Lib Dems for everything
Pubs available : NEW BARRACK TAVERN (Afternoon); HARLEQUIN (Afternoon)
Space for Campervans at £5 a night £15 for weekend
All events free !!!!