Clubs, sessions etc N Northumberland?

Subject: RE: Clubs, sessions etc N Northumberland?
From: Wolfhound person
Date: 01 Aug 11 - 05:07 AM

Sorry, can't help with the song side - but I've not heard of anything song-related.

Paws

Subject: RE: Clubs, sessions etc N Northumberland?
From: The Maverick
Date: 01 Aug 11 - 04:18 AM

Many thanks. I'm more of a ballad than a tunes person.

Subject: RE: Clubs, sessions etc N Northumberland?
From: Wolfhound person
Date: 01 Aug 11 - 04:13 AM

Alnwick. 3rd Weds The Fleece - opposite the Playhouse. Session (tunes - very few if any songs I would imagine)
Berwick. The Pilot, Thursdays, I think. Session as above.

There used to be a folk club in Rennington - on Sundays?, haven't heard anything of it for ages though.

Shilbottle (just south of Alnwick) Pipers session (ie in F pitch,) 4th Weds of the month (24th in August).

Can't help with north of the border.

There's also fiddle and accordion clubs in Wooler and Kelso, but I don't think they're participatory.

There's another group of sessions in Amble and thereabouts but I have had very mixed reports - some think they're fine, some say Oirish thrash (which is not a compliment).I've never been so 3rd hand info.

Hope this helps
Paws

Subject: RE: Clubs, sessions etc N Northumberland?
From: The Maverick
Date: 01 Aug 11 - 03:46 AM

I've found some on the northern side of Newcastle, but even they are more than I would care to trek whilst ob hol in Seahouses. Berwick?? Coldstream?

Subject: RE: Clubs, sessions etc N Northumberland?
From: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
Date: 30 Jul 11 - 05:28 PM

Durham Folk Party??? A bit of a treck from Seahouses but I reckon you do it a little over a hour a moderate lick along the A1...

Subject: Clubs, sessions etc N Northumberland?
From: The Maverick
Date: 30 Jul 11 - 03:44 PM

Can anyone point me to Folk/Acoustic Clubs or sessions within say 30 miles of Seahouses, North Northumberland?

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