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Bury St Edmunds (9th); Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells (10th); The Theatre Royal, Margate (11th); The Alban Arena, St Albans (14th); The Playhouse Theatre, Weston Super Mare (16th); The Maltings, Farnham (17th); The Stables, Milton Keynes (18th); Beck Theatre, Hayes (19th); Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury (21st); The Mechanics, Burnley (22nd); The Civic Centre, Crosby (23rd); Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford (24th); City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds (25th); The Sage, Gateshead, (26th); The Green Hotel, Kinross (27th); The Queens Hall, Edinburgh (28th); The Winding Wheel, Chesterfield (29th) and on into March.
www.fairportconvention.com
Bella Hardy’s seasonal Bright
Morning Star show comes to Theatr Hafren, Llanidloes Road, Newtown (15th Dec); Bromley Cross Folk, Bolton (16th). She also has February dates at The Lights, Andover (16th); Electric Palace, Bridport (17th); Cheese & Grain, Frome (18th).
Martin Carthy plays at The Barbican, London EC2Y (Steeleye Span Christmas Party) (19th December); The Works, Halifax (11th Jan); Celtic Connections, Glasgow (22nd); Ropery Hall, The Rope Walk, Barton Upon Humber (18th Feb).
Martin Simpson plays solo at Jersey Arts Centre, Jersey (27th Jan) and The Hive, Shrewsbury (19th Feb) and, as the Martin Simpson Trio, at Hailsham Pavilion, Hailsham (28th Jan); Bury Met (2nd Feb); Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal (3rd); Birmingham Town Hall (5th), NCEM, York (14th).
Dick Gaughan plays at
Green’s Hotel, Kinross (7th Jan); The Sage Gateshead (19th); Glasgow Celtic Connections (26th & 27th); Kings Place, London (9th Feb).
Joan Baez has UK dates at Assembly Halls, Tunbridge Wells (23rd Feb); Corn Exchange, Cambridge (24th); Barbican Centre, York (26th); The Sage, Gateshead (28th); Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow (29th) and into March at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (2nd); Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (4th); City Hall, Sheffield (5th); Colston Hall, Bristol (7th); City Hall, Salisbury (9th); The Anvil, Basingstoke (10th); Regent Theatre, Ipswich (12th); Symphony Hall,
Ana Moura
Birmingham (13th); Royal Festival Hall, London (16th & 17th); New Theatre, Oxford (19th); Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham (20th); Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff (22nd); Plymouth Pavilions (23rd); Lighthouse, Poole (25th); Dome, Brighton (26th).
www.joanbaez.com
The Wiyos have dates at Glasgow Celtic Connections (3rd & 4th Feb); Jumpin Hot Club, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (5th); Glee Club, Nottingham (8th); The Brewery, Kendal (9th); Anglesey Arms Hotel, Menai Bridge (Feb 10th); Selby Town Hall (11th); Dingwall’s, London (12th – with Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns); Odessa Club, Dublin (14th); The Black Box, Belfast (15th); Cleere’s, Kilkenny (16th); Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul (17th); The Welfare, Ystradgynlais (18th); The Tunnels, Bristol (19th); The Prince Albert, Brighton (22nd); Chichester Inn, Chichester (23rd); Plough Arts, Great Torrington (24th); Kings Somborne Village Hall (25th); The Anvil, Basingstoke (26th).
Kris Drever & Eamonn
Coyne play at Folk Club Upstairs, Wolverhampton (18th Feb); The Globe Hotel, Topsham (20th); The Slaughtered Lamb, London (22nd); The Rock At Maltby (24th); Paisley Arts Centre (25th). In other permutations, Kris plays solo at Henshaw’s Arts & Crafts Centre (16th Feb); in a trio with Eamonn Coyne and Megan Henderson at The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle (28th Jan); and as the Kris Drever Band at Glasgow Celtic Connections (26th Jan).
Meschiya Lake & The Little
Big Horns play Norwich Arts Centre (2nd Feb); Glasgow Celtic Connections (3rd & 4th); The Community Theatre, Saltburn-by- the-Sea (8th); Jumpin Hot Club, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (9th); The Forge at The Anvil, Basingstoke (10th); Royal Native Oyster Stores, Whitstable (11th); Dingwall’s, London (12th).
Bryony Griffith & Will
Hampson have forthcoming dates at Bacca Pipes, Keighley (3rd Feb); Cheltenham Folk Festival (10th – 12th); The Hoy At Anchor Folk Club, Leigh-on-Sea (14th); Lymm Folk Club (16th); Guildford Institute (17th); The Poppy Folk Club, Nottingham (19th).
www.bryonyandwill.co.uk
Genticorum’s UK tour dates include Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon (27th Jan); Nailsea Tithe Barn, Nailsea (28th); Slaughtered Lamb, London (30th); The Met, Bury (31st); Celtic Connections, Glasgow (1st).
KAN play at Big Whistle
Festival, The Met, Bury (17th Feb); The Forge At The Anvil,
Basingstoke (18th); The Ropewalk, Barton-on-Humber (24th).
Kathryn Roberts & Sean
Lakeman will be touring in February in support of their upcoming album Hidden People (their first in nearly nine years.) Dates include: Devoran Acoustic, Devoran Village Hall, Cornwall (10th); Cheltenham Folk Festival (11th & 12th); White Horse Folk Club, Beverley (13th); Kirkham Concerts, Willows Catholic Club (15th); The Musician, Leicester (16th); The Cluny 2 , Newcastle Upon Tyne (17th); Sale Folk Club, Manchester (18th); Frome Folk Festival (19th). www.kathrynrobertsandseanlake
man.co.uk
Ana Moura plays at National Concert Hall, Dublin (19th Jan); Glasgow Celtic Connections (21st).
Breabach appear at Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham (3rd Feb); Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury (9th); Celtic Footprint Festival, Chichester (10th); Cheltenham Folk festival (11th); Colchester Arts Centre (12th); Nettlebed Folk Club (13th); Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham (15th); Kings Place, London (17th); Big Whistle Festival, The Met, Bury (18th); Phoenix, Exeter (19th); Forest Folk, North Boarhunt (20th); Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford Upon Avon (22nd); Nailsea Folk Club (23rd).
Ewan McLennan has Jan/Feb dates at Edinburgh Folk Club, The Pleasance (18th Jan); Ashington Folk Club (19th); Skipton Folk Club, The Narrowboat Inn (23rd); The Goose Is Out, London (28th); Spalding Folk Club (1st Feb); Great Knight, Northampton (7th); Kings Place, London (11th); Bicycle Shop, Norwich (12th); Colchester (13th).
www.ewanmclennan.co.uk
Tim Edey & Brendan Power play at Dartford Working Men’s Club (14th Feb); Trades Club, Hebden Bridge (16th); The Rock At Maltby (17th); Goblins In The Ginnel, Glossop (18th); Frome Folk Festival (19th).
Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns Belshazzar’s Feast’s
Christmas Tour wends its way to the West End Centre, Aldershot (15th Dec); King’s Place, London (16th); Settle Victoria Hall, Yorkshire (17th); The Hive, Shrewsbury (18th); Nettlebed Village Club, Nr. Henley-on-Thames (19th); Cheltenham Town Hall (20th); Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham (21st).
Zoe Muth & The Lost High
Rollers appear at Celtic Connections in Glasgow (20th & 21st Jan); The Community Theatre, Saltburn-by-the-Sea (22nd); The Brewery, Kendal (26th); Anvil Arts, Basingstoke (27th); Royal Native Oyster Stores, Whitstable (28th); Green Note, London (29th); The Prince Albert, Brighton (30th); St Bonaventure’s, Bristol (31st); Raheen House Hotel, Clonmel, Co Tipperary (2nd Feb); Cleere’s, Kilkenny (3rd); Whelans, Dublin (4th).
Ruth Moody appears at The Bridge House Theatre, Warwick (13th Jan); The Hive, Shrewsbury (15th); Amberley Acoustic Night (17th); St. Bonaventure’s Club, Bristol (18th); The Forge at The Anvil, Basingstoke (20th); Tingewick Village Hall (21st); TwickFolk, The Cabbage Patch (22nd); The Greystones, Sheffield (26th); The Cluny 2, Newcastle (27th); The Black Box, Belfast (28th); The Hawkeswell Theatre, Sligo (29th); The Bronte Centre, Rathfriland (31st), then continuing into February as part of the Transatlantic Sessions tour.
Simon Mayor’s Mandolinquents Christmas Special can be seen at New Greenham Arts Auditorium, Newbury (15th Dec) and then, in non-festive form, at New Greenham Arts Auditorium, Newbury (9th Feb); Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton (23rd).
Brian Peters has solo gigs at
Laurie’s Bar, Glasgow (29th Jan); Glenfarg Village Folk Club (30th), Black Diamond, Birmingham (3rd Feb), Waddow Hall, Clitheroe (4th), Miners Arms, Forest of Dean (5th), The Gladstone, Nottingham (15th), White Hill Centre, Chesham (27th).
The Fay Hield Trio have dates at Nottingham Playhouse, Wellington Circus (12th Jan); Kings Place, London (11th Feb); Freeman College, Sheffield (25th); Hitchin Folk Club (26th); Colchester Arts Centre, (27th); Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon (28th);
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