Festivals and sessions S.England - help!

Subject: RE: Festivals and sessions S.England - help!
From: The Shambles
Date: 27 Mar 05 - 06:19 AM

Sorry I read Brixham rather than Brixton (a world apart). This link is less West and more South and South East.

http://www.focsle.org.uk/SCoFF/index.htm

Subject: RE: Festivals and sessions S.England - help!
From: dunkel_esel
Date: 27 Mar 05 - 06:04 AM

thank you!

Subject: RE: Festivals and sessions S.England - help!
From: Mr Red
Date: 25 Mar 05 - 05:52 PM

http://www.tradarts.org/dda/dda_about.htm the diary page is not that special but Roger Watson might answer if you ask by e-mail for a contact name or a local venue.

think - Ringwood and Southampton. I did go to a session in the White Star in Rhomsey but that was 9 years ago - Wed I think.

Subject: RE: Festivals and sessions S.England - help!
From: Mr Red
Date: 25 Mar 05 - 07:09 AM

I link to a few sites around therelike Martin Nail but surf for TAPS or buy their magazine if it still publishes.

Subject: RE: Festivals and sessions S.England - help!
From: The Shambles
Date: 25 Mar 05 - 03:40 AM

http://www.sadfolk.co.uk/regular.html

Subject: RE: Festivals and sessions S.England - help!
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 25 Mar 05 - 03:16 AM

Try the venues/festivals pages on www.folkandroots.co.uk, which covers all of England. The London and Kent sections give a particularly good layout of what is available, over the whole range of concert type clubs to small local pub sessions.

A few phone calls will be advisable as some venues do disappear without letting the website people know, and there's nothing worse than a half hour trip to a club that died last year.

Do have a great time while you are down this way

Good luck
Don T.

Subject: RE: Festivals and sessions S.England - help!
From: BB
Date: 24 Mar 05 - 02:55 PM

Don't know about Brixton, but there's a good club in Tooting, not far away, and easily accessible by any bus going to Tooting Broadway. Court Sessions is every Friday at St. Boniface Social Club, 185 Mitcham Road, SW17.

I can recommend Broadstairs Folk Week in Kent, 5th-12th August - lots going on whatever your taste in folk-type music - and beyond! - and whether you want to play, sing, listen or whatever.

Subject: RE: Festivals and sessions S.England - help!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Mar 05 - 02:14 PM

Try also Mrs Casey Music which can be found by a search for that name.

Steve Heap may have a bit of a bad name at the moment due to Sidmouth, but he's got other festivals happening up and down the country.

And you'll be here in time for Sidmouth Lite, Towersey, Wareham Wail and others.

LTS

Subject: RE: Festivals and sessions S.England - help!
From: My guru always said
Date: 24 Mar 05 - 02:01 AM

Hi, try the Froots festival list which has just been published. It helps me to work out what's going on!!!

Subject: RE: Festivals and sessions S.England - help!
From: ConcertinaChap
Date: 24 Mar 05 - 01:43 AM

A very good place to start looking would be Martin Nail's splendid "English folk and traditional music on the Internet" site which will lead you to many other pages listing festivals and sessions and just about anything else.

Chris

Subject: Festivals and sessions S.England - help!
From: dunkel_esel
Date: 23 Mar 05 - 06:00 PM

hey mudcatters,

I am taking a year out and, from july through to November, am working in london. And so, being a scottish fiddler and singer, want to see some of the english folk scene whilst I am down.

1.Does anyone know any good sessions in the Brixton area?
2.what are the good festivals in the south of England?
3. Or is there a english folk festival website (Scotland has TMSA)
thank you,

mjxx