UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area

Subject: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 01 Jul 02 - 06:40 PM

My good friend and polymuso Mike set me a bit of a poser tonight by ringing me from the wrong side of the Pennines to ask what sessions are on in Liverpool and Durham, or environs.

He's looking for any Liverpool sessions tomorrow night (Tuesday) and anything in the Durham/Darlington area on Wednesday night.

I've tried the Prof, and another couple of sites, but where better to ask than here?

Thanks in anticipation.

Skipjack

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Jul 02 - 06:42 PM

Which is the 'wrong' side of the Pennines?

Your answer will directly effect the amount of help that I might give.

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: Noreen
Date: 02 Jul 02 - 12:55 AM

Liverpool area selection follows, Skippy, courtesy of Joan from Wigan's compilation: (What's he looking for exactly?)

Tuesday 2 July 2002

> Atlantic (Banjo Bar), 162 Regent Rd, Liverpool : Atlantic Irish Night 9pm. 0151 922 9815

> Bull & Dog, Liverpool Rd Sth, Burscough, Ormskirk: Singers Night 8.30pm. 01704 894418

> Johnson's Acoustic Circus: Performers Night, Red Triangle Boxing Club, Everton Rd, Liverpool 7pm. Roy Johnson 0151 286 2974

> Liverpool Folk Club: Singers Night Ship & Mitre, Dale St, Liverpool 8.30pm. Helen Hebden 0151 727 0088

> Maghull Folk Club: Singers Night Maghull Community Association, Green Lane, off Liverpool Rd Nth 8.30pm. Tony Gibbons 01695 424327 or Joe Ryan 0151 531 9273

> Ring o' Bells, Farnworth Street, Widnes: Chris & Carol (Prospect) 8.30pm. Jean Finney 0151 424 3672

> Stamps, Moor Lane, Crosby: Open Mic with guest Anna Kashfi The Acoustic Engine presents The Tuesday Night Music Club with regular guests, hosted by Steve Roberts and/or Dan Dean 9pm. Free (£1 donation to Children of Chernobyl Charity welcomed). Tel [phone]; email: [e-mail]

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: Noreen
Date: 02 Jul 02 - 01:05 AM

(I picked out the ones in the L'pool area; if he's willing to travel further afield there are of course more to choose from.)

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: Noreen
Date: 02 Jul 02 - 01:08 AM

e.g. > Waggon & Horses, Coppull Moor Lane, Coppull: Musicians Session (mostly Irish, but it depends on who turns up)

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 02 Jul 02 - 04:24 AM

I like the cut of your tops'l, Guest. The wrong side for me to be any help to the poor man.

Noreen, should've PMd you straight orf. Thank you, my dear. After that exhaustive list, what about the land of the Prince Bishops, or is it Bishop Kings?

Skipjack

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 02 Jul 02 - 11:58 AM

Refresh

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: Joan from Wigan
Date: 02 Jul 02 - 02:46 PM

Thanks, Noreen, for copying that info from 'Folkal Point'. Folkal Point covers part of NW England, and the listings part of it can be found on Graham Dixon's Trouble at' Mill website: Folkal Point.

I can't find anything folky in the Durham/Darlington area on Wednesday. There's a folk night at The Wayfarer in Durham on Fridays, and on this Saturday/Sunday there's the Hartlepool Maritime Festival, but there doesn't appear to be anything midweek, unless I'm looking in the wrong places...

Joan

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 02 Jul 02 - 03:36 PM

Thanks, Joan, I'll commune with said Mike.

Skipjack

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: GUEST,Jim I
Date: 02 Jul 02 - 08:30 PM

Unfortunately the Tuesday night singaround at the Ship and Mitre in Liverpool has been discontinued due to falling attendances.

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: Joan from Wigan
Date: 03 Jul 02 - 04:47 AM

Thanks, Jim, I'll amend my records.

Joan

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: nutty
Date: 03 Jul 02 - 06:16 AM

Birtley Folk Club (NEAR DURHAM) is on a Wednesday. Still hosted by the Elliott Family it has been running for 40 years.

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: NoMattch
Date: 03 Jul 02 - 01:38 PM

If you're in Liverpool's city centre, sometimes you can catch a session during the week either downstairs or upstairs in Flannigan's Apple on Matthews Street. There's an acoustic group there on Sundays. They have welcomed others to play along in the past.

Subject: RE: UK - Sessions in Liverpool & Durham area
From: Mr Happy
Date: 04 Jul 02 - 08:10 AM

for sessions in liverpool & other areas try folk orbit

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