There will be no Shanty, Forebitter and Foc's'l Ballad Session at The Press Room -- or anywhere else -- this Saturday, July 18, 2015.

This cancellation should be for July ONLY.

The Fire Marshall has decreed that there is to be no live music -- and that includes the folk sessions, the jazz sessions, the hoot, as well as all the scheduled stage shows -- until a new sprinkler system is installed, which should take two weeks. Work is supposed to start tomorrow.

The Friday trad session has been temporarily moved to Red & Shorty's in Dover (with a starting time of 6:30 instead of 4:30). Friday's session was a lovely singing session. Unfortunately they have a concert scheduled for next Saturday. And the two other venues I've approached are unable to host the sea music sing for various reasons.

I'm posting it here, on my Facebook feed, on the Facebook group "Pressroom Gang and Clan", emailing the information to a large number of people, and calling a list of people who don't have access to a computer.

The Press Room IS open for food and drink.

See Portsmouth Herald article of yesterday here -- No Live Music

See you all in August!

Linn