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The last ever dates for the highly entertaining New Rope String Band include Compton Martin Village Hall, Somerset (18th Sept); Stroud Folk Festival (19th); Otley Folk Festival (20th); Clun Memorial Hall (23rd); Sir John Talbot's, Whitchurch (24th); Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton (25th); Steiner Academy, Much Dewchurch, Herefordshire (26th); Cork Folk Festival, Ireland (2nd & 3rd Oct); Lancashire Village Halls (22nd & 23rd); Peak Concerts, Whitworth Centre, Darley Dale (24th); and Give 'em Enough Rope – the final gig at The Tyne Theatre & Opera House (31st Oct). newropestringband.co.uk

Zambian songstress Namvula

takes part in a Making Tracks tour this month, taking in mac, Birmingham (25th Sept); Old Town Hall, Gateshead (27th); The Apex, Bury St Edmunds (28th); The Stables, Milton Keynes (30th); Rich Mix, London (1st Oct); Pontardawe Arts Centre, Swansea (2nd); Colston Hall/The Lantern, Bristol (4th); NCEM, York (6th); University of Sheffield (7th); The Junction, Cambridge (8th); RNCM, Manchester (9th). namvula.com

Gilmore & Roberts head on on tour to promote new album Conflict Tourism with dates at Limelight Theatre, Aylesbury (25th Sept); Blue Boar, Maldon (26th); St Anne's Arts, Barnstaple (29th); Yellow Arch, Sheffield (7th Oct); Poppleton Live, York (10th); The Chattery, Swansea (15th); The Compass, Chester (16th); Blue Sky Cafe, Bangor (17th); Surya, London (21st); Komedia, Brighton (22nd); North Dorset Folk Festival (24th); The Prince Albert, Stroud (25th); Willows Folk Club, Kirkham (28th); Castle Hotel, Manchester (29th); Octagon, Norwich (30th). gilmoreroberts.co.uk/tour

Frigg play at Cornerstone, Didcot (14th Oct); Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (15th); Victoria Hall, Settle (16th); Musicport, Whitby (17th); Colwall Village Hall, Malvern (18th).

Gren Bartley’s Magnificent

Creatures Tour comes to Servant Jazz Quarters, Dalston, London N16 (1st Oct); Ort Cafe, Balsall Heath, Birmingham (2nd); The Folk House, Park Lane, Bristol (11th); The Old Dispensary, Ely, Cambs (14th); Norden Farm Arts, Maidenhead (16th); Homegrown Festival, Bury (17th); The Old

Gren Bartley

Bakery, Lincoln (18th); The Castle, Northern Quarter, Manchester (20th); The Tolmen Centre, Falmouth (24th); The Regal Theatre, Minehead (25th); Haggler’s Corner, Sheffield (28th); Cumberland Arms, Newcaste Upon Tyne (29th).

Megson’s Chapels & Churches

Tour 2015 comes to Biggleswade St Mary Magdelene, Dunton Village, Church Lane (19th Sept); Westbury-On-Trym Methodist Church, Westbury Hill, Bristol (25th); Cilcain Parish Church, Mold (26th); Faringdon St John's, Fernham (2nd Oct); United Reformed Church, South Street, Farnham (3rd); St John The Baptist, Barham Village The Street, Barham, Canterbury (4th). megsonmusic.co.uk

Suzzy Roche & Lucy

Wainwright Roche have UK dates at The Lantern, Colston Hall, Bristol (27th Sept); Sage, Gateshead (28th); Greystones, Sheffield (29th); Oran Mor, Glasgow (30th); Bush Hall, London (2nd Oct); Whelan’s, Dublin (4th).

Joe Driscoll & Sekou

Kouyate have dates at London African Music Festival, London (27th Sept); Leaf, Liverpool (4th Oct); Deaf Institute, Manchester (5th); Bodega Social Club, Nottingham (6th); Princess Pavillion, Falmouth (7th); Thekla, Bristol (8th); Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle (9th); La Belle Angele, Edinburgh (10th); The Hug and Pint, Glasgow (11th); The Jazz Cafe, London (14th); Duke of Cumberland, Whitstable (15th); Synergy Centre, Brighton (17th).

Moulettes and Nizlopi head out on a double headline tour, taking in Mr Kyps, Poole (31st Oct); Assembly Rooms, Leamington Spa (1st Nov); Junction Cambridge (2nd); Komedia Brighton (4th); Rescue Rooms, Nottingham (6th); Norwich Arts Centre (7th); Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth (8th); Thekla, Bristol (11th); The Stables, Milton Keynes (12th); Brudenell, Leeds (13th); ARC, Stockton (14th); Revelation St Mary’s, Ashford (18th); Union Chapel, London (27th). moulettes.co.uk

Harpeth Rising promote their new CD at St. Neots Folk Club (15th Sept); Llantrisant Folk Club, Pontyclun (16th); Cornish Bluegrass Festival, Newquay (18th

Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche

& 19th); Chesham Folk Club (21st); Penzance Folk Club (23rd); Square and Compass, Worth Matravers, Dorset (25th); The Southdowns Folk Festival, Bognor Regis (27th); Folk in the Barn, Kingston, Canterbury, Kent (27th); The Old Ship Inn, Lowdham (29th); The Dorking Folk Club, Dorking (30th); The Milkmaid Folk Club, Bury St. Edmunds (2nd Oct); Concerts at the Globe, Glossop (3rd); Black Swan Folk Club, York (8th); Beverley Folk & Roots Club, Walkington Village Hall, East End, Walkington, Nr. Beverley (9th); Octoberfest at the Woodend Gallery, Scarborough (10th); The Live Room@Caroline Social Club, Shipley (11th); House Concert, Epsom (12th).

Faustus have October dates at St. Edith Hall, Kemsing, Sevenoaks (2nd); Gil Nethercott Centre, Whitchurch (3rd); New Greenham Arts Centre, Newbury (8th); Exeter Phoenix (11th); The Octagon Theatre, Yeovil (14th); The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds (19th); St David’s Hall, Cardiff (27th); Henry Tudor House, Shrewsbury (28th); Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (29th); The Civic, Barnsley (30th); Ropery Hall, Barton-on-Humber (31st). faustusband.com

Ewan McLennan plays at Downend Folk Club, Bristol (16th Oct); The Cellar Upstairs, London (17th); Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham (18th); Skipton Folk Club (19th); Dunfermline Folk Club (21st); The Old Bridge Inn, Aviemore (22nd); The Glad Cafe, Glasgow (23rd); The Hippodrome,

Namvula

Eyemouth (24th); Edinburgh House Concert (27th). ewanmclennan.co.uk

Fire In The North Sky: Epic

Tales From Finland comes to Derby Folk Festival, Guildhall Theatre (2nd Oct); Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff (3rd); Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon (4th); The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford (7th); mac Birmingham (8th); Ilkley Literature Festival, Ilkley Playhouse (9th); Sage Gateshead (Hall 2) (10th).

Chris Cleverley plays at Hemmingford's, Alveston (25th Sept); Kingskerswell, Devon (with Jackie Oates) (10th Oct); Subscription Rooms, Stroud (17th).

Ange Hardy’s Along the

Coleridge Way dates include Nether Stowey Village Hall (3rd Oct); Halsway Manor (4th); Holford & District Village Hall (6th); Bicknoller Village Hall (7th); East Quantoxhead Village Hall (8th); Sampford Brett Village Hall (9th); Stogumber Village Hall (10th); Moorland Hall at Wheddon Cross (11th); Roadwater Village Hall (12th); Luxborough Village Hall (14th); Luccombe Village Hall (15th); Porlock Village Hall (16th); Brendon & Countisbury Village Hall (17th); Lynmouth Pavilion (18th). angehardy.com

The Rails autumn 2015

Acoustic Tour comes to St Davids Hall, Cardiff (15th Sept); Colston Hall, Bristol (16th); Regent Theatre, Ipswich (18th);

Cambridge Corn Exchange (19th); Royal Festival Hall, London (20th);

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