Sessions/folk clubs near canals

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: Mr Red
Date: 01 Jun 15 - 03:23 PM

Tamworth FC is 600 metres from the Coventry Canal, Fri (trust me it is on their website - somewhere) . map here and they have a bluegrass festival and Folk Moot upcoming.
Come to think of it, to get to the the CheckMates FC you have to cross the B'ham & Fazely canal in Hopwas.
Pelsall FC is about a mile along Goscote Rd from the Wyrley & Essington not sure about the advisability of leaving a boat in that area though, not that I have lived in the area for 35 years, but......

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: GUEST,FloraG
Date: 02 Jun 15 - 03:22 AM

Local knowledge is always good. A bridge number is even better as reception is often difficult on the canals. About a mile is the limit as my friend does not walk too well. A local taxi firm - name and number - would be bliss. + is it a join in or just come to listen club.
Thanks
FloraG

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: GUEST,Ian
Date: 02 Jun 15 - 04:57 AM

Bollington Folk Club is less than 200 yards from Bollington Aqueduct (Macclesfield Canal). It meets every Friday with a mixture of Singers Nights and Guests. Very welcoming.

Pyramid Folk Hub - SK10

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: Paul Reade
Date: 02 Jun 15 - 12:43 PM

Skipton Folk Club meets every Monday at 8:30 in the Narrowboat Inn in the town centre - just round the corner from the junction of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the Springs Branch

See http://www.skiptonfolkclub.co.uk

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: Mr Red
Date: 03 Jun 15 - 04:54 AM

listed here (plus Worcester etc as previous.) Droitwich Hop Pole 1st Sun Droitwich Canal. Stoke Prior Bromsgrove Bowling Green B'Ham & Worcs, last Sun. Rose & Crown Severn Stoke River Severn Wed every 4 weeks (alternate weeks shared with Bredon 500metres from Avon so select "how soon" for next date) and Astley Burf nr Stourport, Hamstall Inn 3rd Fri.

Kiddy area eg Wolverly near Kiddy, the Lock (bit of a giveaway) Mon. Woodman Folk in Ashwood Marina Kingswinford Fri. Modern river navigation would not appear to reach Bewdley (there are sessions there). And Stourbridge Town has an arm of the Stourport canal with several venues - may be 700 metres from it, link above (C & R T map) can show the arm and is navigable still.

Folk at Frampton Tues Village Hall & 3 Horseshoes alt Wed on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal and the Fountain pub is not far from the Gloucester Docks 2nd Sun we have a Cajun Dance with some live music so if you play or dance Cajun you are welcome to join in, and on Wed Lassington Oak MM decamp to the Fountain at about 9:30 and 1st Tues is the rotating Tues sess - 2nd Tues is Englands Glory a fair walk (London Rd). Gloucester Irish Club have a 1st Wed Irish sess. And given a successful push to finish current renovations and a favourable submission to the HLF the Stroudwater will connect to the G & S by 2020 (don't quote me!) see here for the area venues

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: Mr Red
Date: 03 Jun 15 - 04:57 AM

having said all this, summer time can be a time for resting sessions. Ring contact numbers for more reliable info.

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: Jack Campin
Date: 03 Jun 15 - 07:04 AM

Also on the Union Canal, the Athletic Arms (Diggers) in Gorgie/Dalry is about a mile from the eastern end in Edinburgh.

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: Ross Campbell
Date: 03 Jun 15 - 08:47 AM

Lancaster has a couple of weekly sessions at the Gregson, about a hundred yards up the hill from Moor Lane Bridge (No 102). Mooring by the Waterwitch pub in the town centre, or further north near Moor Lane.

Tuesday Irish session in the bar, starts about 9.00pm - great musicians, quite fast!

Thursday session upstairs in the Olive bar also about 9.00pm - very varied instruments, very varied repertoire from local Wyresdale tunes from the Winder family manuscripts to wider European tunes and more.

Both mainly tune sessions, but appropriate song contributions usually welcomed

The Lancaster Canal was initially separate from the rest of the waterways system, but the addition of the Ribble Link https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/canals-and-rivers/ribble-link
allows access from the Leeds and Liverpool Rufford branch (short river transit up the Ribble - tidal!).

At the south end of the canal. Preston has a mixed music and song session every Friday at the New Welcome Inn, 15 Cambridge Walk, PR1 7TH http://preston-lancashire.cylex-uk.co.uk/company/the-new-welcome-inn-16503129.html , about a mile from the terminal basin (north-east up Aqueduct Street, then left into Cambridge Walk). Always a great night, excellent singers and musicians among the resident crew, and usually supplemented by visitors from further afield.

Ross

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 04 Jun 15 - 06:03 PM

I've been giving myself a little learning exercise & been putting the venues mentioned recently on a google map a la folkmusicmap.
I was planning not to duplicate any already on the FolkMusicMap site but I've already got some I think.

:( Like most little projects that eat into the evening/dawn I probably won't stick at improving/checking/updating this.... though
I might persevere depending on comment(s)/suggestion(s).
I could just make editing public and let them that are interested add stuff.
It's all a bit rough. I noticed late on that Mr Red's site has quite a few contact details which I could paste in.

For 'Tuesday' I tried out a table format -discovered it is easy to change headings, not so easy to change the order.
It's quite easy to display a bit of info under the balloon.

Here it is : test google map
I don't know what I've done differently from folkmusicmap but there is a search box on the page. To zoom to a reasonable scale of an area start typing a town's name then click on the town(not a venue).

Days are colour coded rainbow-wise(see the Irish Sea). (Sorry, that isn't a row of ferries on the Liverpool - IoM route)

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 04 Jun 15 - 07:36 PM

I'll have another go ... (but the copy paste on this tablet has gone wonky)
Link to test Google canal folk venues ( without their own website )map

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: Mr Red
Date: 05 Jun 15 - 07:15 AM

a lot of my links above go to my map. It is all derived from one database, map location is via OSGR which can be displayed along with Post Codes, each of which have a (pointer) map hyperlink underneath. If the venue & map marker disappear, I have taken the venue off the list (usually due to information received). This is not a "fit and forget" endeavour. My information comes from local enthusiast's e-mails, and asking people who "go" when seen at Festivals etc. And the area covered is deliberately kept "doable", places I might drive to. No further. And I link to anyone with good information, on the periphery.

FWIW I update constantly as information comes in, always carying a datestamp. I am wary of copying from other websites, especially if the audit trail can lead back to me. That would create a self-supporting loop.

The problem implicit in FreddyHeady's post and other Folk Maps is that information is not always updated. Indeed when new, the organisers blitz all modes of free publicity, then forget they did that. When the session fades and people loose interest, publicity regarding cessation is not high on the agenda. Crowd-sourced data is like that.

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 06 Jun 15 - 06:54 PM

I hadn't seen this website before for Irish sessions:
thesession.org where you can search by town

or, if you can work out your lat & longitude, by typing them in on the URL latlon=54.1,-2.9

For the lat long try gridreferencefinder.com

and for bridge numbers maybe
canalplan.eu, see the Quick search/route.

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: Jack Campin
Date: 06 Jun 15 - 07:28 PM

Unfortunately the info on thesession.org is more impressive for its quantity than its quality. Sessions rarely get deleted.

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 26 Dec 15 - 12:28 PM

Facebook group
Musicians on the Cut - Public Group
https://facebook.com/groups/364819410370028


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re Irish sessions:thesession.org
The date quoted is when the file was created.
It's always worth clicking to see the latest update.

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: a gud ole bwoy
Date: 27 Dec 15 - 02:30 PM

2nd Sunday of every month from 6pm to 9pm, the Boathouse folk club held in the Foxton Locks Inn at the bottom of the Foxton locks. It's round the room format, songs and tunes, vary varied material. Good visitor moorings.

Subject: RE: Sessions/folk clubs near canals
From: GUEST,FloraG
Date: 28 Dec 15 - 03:44 AM

We will be on the canal again this April, starting on the 9th at Knapton lock, so will be looking out for clubs. We have managed to get to a few in the past, and have always been made very welcome, but we have 3 problems
-the internet is variable in reception ie often none
-we don't have a car with us - so a local taxi firm number would be helpful.
- because a lock might be closed or we hit a busy one - you are never quite sure where you will be on any specific date. Its short days in April so we don't get to travel far.
Thanking you for any advice as to where/ when
FloraG.