Yudu - fRoots October 2015

Dan Evans and local band Malthouse Passage will open proceedings on Monday 26th October. nonsuchdulcimer.org.uk

The London Folk & Roots

Festival runs from 30th Oct – 15th Nov across various London venues with appearances from False Lights, CC Smugglers, Ian Siegal Unplugged, Eddi Reader, Ward Thomas, Aoife O’Donovan, Andy McKee, The Young’uns, Cara Dillon, Sam Lee and more. dmpuk.com/live/

Future news: Zanzibar music

festival Sauti za Busara is cancelled in 2016 due to shortage of funding. This will be the first time in thirteen years Zanzibar does not enjoy an international music festival in February. busaramusic.org

TOURS This issue’s cover stars Telling

The Bees play a headline set at Assembly Rooms, Glastonbury (13th Oct); Heretics Folk Club, Sheffield (17th). tellingthebees.co.uk

Eliza Carthy & The

Wayward Band play dates at Buxton Opera House (13th Oct); Open, Norwich (14th); Sage Gateshead (15th); Homegrown Festival, Bury (16th); Musicport Festival, Whitby (18th).

Leveret have October dates at Cecil Sharp House, London (1st); Glemham Hall, Little Glemham, Suffolk (2nd); Derby Folk Festival (3rd); Folk House, Bristol (4th); Worthing Pier, Worthing (6th); The Bowerhouse, Maidstone (7th), Little Missenden Village Hall, Bucks (8th); Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham (9th); Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth (10th) and the Sage, Gateshead (11th). www.leveretband.com

Martin Simpson & Dom

Flemons have UK tour dates at Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury (8th Oct); Cornerstone, Didcot (9th); Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal (10th); The Band On The Wall, Manchester (11th); St David's Hall, Cardiff (13th); Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-By-Sea (14th); Cecil Sharp House, London (15th); The Atkinson, Southport (16th);

Chris Smither

Selby Town Hall (17th); Guildhall Theatre, Derby (18th). Martin also has solo dates at Sandwich Guitar Festival, St. Mary's Arts Centre (1st Oct); Cork Folk Festival (3rd); Imagine Arts Festival, Waterford (23rd); Royston Folk Club, The Old Bull Inn (30th). martinsimpson.com

The Unthanks’ 10th

Anniversary intimate 5-piece tour takes in The Customs House, South Shields (22nd Oct); The Witham, Barnard Castle (23rd); The Dukes, Lancaster (24th); Wem Town Hall (25th); The Atrix, Bromsgrove (26th); SJE, Oxford (27th); Holy Trinity Church, Guildford (28th); Theatre Royal, Margate (29th); St Marys In The Castle, Hastings (30th); The Stables, Wavendon (31st). the-unthanks.com

Chris Smither plays UK dates at at Band On The Wall, Manchester (22nd Oct); Brewery Arts Centre, Highgate, Kendal (23rd); The Band Room, Kirkbymoorside (24th); Trades Club, Hebden Bridge (25th); Norwich Arts Centre (27th); West End Centre, Queens Road, Aldershot (28th); Matthews Hall, Fore Street, Topsham (29th); Folk House, Park Street, Bristol (30th). smither.com

Stick In The Wheel have dates at The Citadel, St Helens (15th Oct); The Met, Bury (16th). stickinthewheel.com

Chris Wood has autumn dates at The David Hall, Roundwell Street, South Petherton (18th Sept); The Hat Club, Shepherds Lane,

Beaconsfield (19th); South Street Arts Centre, Reading (24th); Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth (25th); Theatre Severn, Walker Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury (26th); Octagon Unitarian Chapel, Norwich (30th); The Fleece Inn, Bretforton (1st Oct); The Live Room, Caroline Street Social Club, Saltaire (2nd); Milngavie Folk Club, The Fraser Centre (3rd); Watercolour Music, Ardgour, Lochaber (4th); Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, Edinburgh (5th); The Witham Hall, Horse Market, Barnard Castle (6th); Dorking Folk Club, Friends Life Social Club (14th); Hartlepool Folk Festival (18th).

Bruce Cockburn plays UK dates at Robin 2, Bilston (5th); St. Andrews In The Square, Glasgow (7th); Gala, Durham (8th); The Stables, Milton Keynes (13th);

Komedia, Brighton (14th); Bush Hall, London (15th); The Gate, Cardiff (17th); Band On The Wall, Manchester (18th). brucecockburn.com

The Furrow Collective have a new EP and autumn dates at House Concert, Edinburgh (22nd Sept); Cluny 2, Newcastle Upon Tyne, (23rd); The Puppet Theatre, Norwich (24th); West End Centre, Aldershot (25th); Silver Street Sessions, Wiveliscombe (28th); The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (29th); The Junction 2, Cambridge, (30th); King's Place, London (1st Oct). thefurrowcollective.co.uk

Emily Portman Trio play at Homegrown, The Met, Market Street, Bury (17th); Musicport, Whitby (18th).

Sam Lee has dates this month at Ely Maltings (14th Oct); Homegrown Festival (15th); Unity Works, Wakefield (16th); Morecambe Hothouse (17th); Mackenzie Hall, Brockweir (31st).

Show Of Hands have dates at Poole Lighthouse (14th Oct); Canterbury Marlowe Theatre (15th); Northampton Royal & Derngate (16th); Barry Memorial Hall Theatre (21st); Worthing Pavilion Theatre (22nd); Nottingham Playhouse Theatre (23rd); Norwich Open (24th). showofhands.co.uk

Peatbog Faeries have dates at Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-By-Sea (23rd Oct); Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester (27th); Band On The Wall, Swan Street, Manchester (29th); Brewery Arts Centre, Highgate, Kendal (30th); Buccleuch Centre, Springhill, Langholm (31st).

Seth Lakeman appears at English Folk Expo, Bury (15th Oct); Pontardawe Arts Centre (22nd); Chester Live Rooms (23rd); Picturedrome, Holmfirth (24th); Oran Mor, Glasgow (25th); Arc Stockton (26th); The Assembly, Leamington Spa (27th); The Apex, Bury St Edmunds (28th); The Robin 2, Bilston (29th), Sub 89, Reading (30th); Cheese and Grain, Frome (31st). sethlakeman.co.uk

Christy Moore has UK dates at Buxton Opera House (23rd Oct); Liverpool Philharmonic (24th); Sage Gateshead (26th); Usher Hall, Edinburgh (27th); Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow (29th); Barrowland, Glasgow (30th). christymoore.com

Leveret Songhoy Blues have dates

at Warehouse Studio, Glasgow (22nd Oct); Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (23rd); Concorde 2, Brighton (24th); Gorilla, Manchester (25th); Hare & Hounds, Birmingham (26th); The Fleece, Bristol (27th). gigsandtours.com

Yiddish Twist Orchestra play at Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon (25th Sept); mac, Birmingham (1st Oct); NCEM, York (13th); Stables, Milton Keynes (14th). facebook.com/yiddishtwist

Martin Carthy & Dave

Swarbrick continue their annual autumn tour with dates at Lincoln Drill Hall (18th); Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford (19th); St Lukes Church, Queens Park Rd, Brighton (20th); Colston Hall, Bristol (26th); Exeter Corn Exchange (27th); Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal (2nd Oct); Buxton Opera House (3rd); Victoria Hall, Settle (4th); The Foundling Museum, Brunswick Square, London (9th); The Junction, Cambridge (10th); Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry (11th); Reeth Memorial Hall, Richmond (17th); Hartlepool Folk Festival (18th); NCEM, St Margaret's Church, York (19th); Stamford Arts Centre, St Marys Street (30th).

Martin Carthy has solo dates at Soundpost Weekend, Dungworth Village Hall (23rd – 25th Oct); The Forge At The Anvil, Churchill Way, Basingstoke (29th); The Wychwood Folk Club, Tiddy Hall, Shipton Road, Ascott -Under- Wychwood, Chipping Norton (31st).

Phillip Henry & Hannah

Martin bring their new Watershed material to Garstang Unplugged, Garstang (24th Sept); Chapel Arts Centre, Bath (25th); South Downs Folk Festival, Bognor Regis (26th); The Square & Compass, Worth Matravers (27th); The Art House, Southampton (29th); Salisbury Arts Centre (1st Oct); King's Place, London (2nd); Embercombe, Haldon Hills, nr Exeter (3rd); River Cottage, Devon (7th); The Stables Milton Keynes (8th); Pennar Community Hall aka St Patrick's Church Hall, Pennar, Pembroke Dock (10th); The Convent Club, Convent Lane, South Woodchester, Stroud (11th); Widecombe Sailing Club, The Cafe On The Green, Widecombe in the Moor (28th); The Live Room, Caroline Social Club, Shipley, Saltaire (30th). philliphenryandhannahmartin.co.uk