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Plymouth (18th); Noah’s Yard, Swansea (19th) and Alasdair appears solo at Cheltenham (21st); Prince Albert, Stroud (23rd); Bodmin Folk Club (24th); Chapter Arts, Cardiff (25th).
alasdairroberts.com
Oysters 3 head out on the road this month, taking in Marlborough Town Hall (2nd Mar); Harberton Parish Hall, Totnes (3rd); The Plough, Great Torrington (4th); Nettlebed Village Club (6th); Pocklington Arts Centre (7th); The Grand, Clitheroe (8th); Brewery Arts Centre (9th); The Witham, Barnard Castle (10th); The Vic, Menai Bridge (11th); Nottingham Glee Club (12th); Cheltenham Pillar Room (14th); Music Room, Liverpool (15th); Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan (16th); Pontardawe Arts Centre (17th); St Andrew Village Hall, Mottram (18th); Otley Courthouse (19th); The Apex, Bury St Edmunds (21st); The Stables, Milton Keynes (22nd); Haymarket, Basingstoke (29th); Poole Lighthouse (30th); The Ivy House, London (31st).
oysterband.co.uk
Sklamberg & The
Shepherds have a Making Tracks tour this month which heads to NCEM York (22nd Mar); Sage Gateshead (23rd); mac
Birmingham (24th); The Junction, Cambridge (25th); The Stables, Milton Keynes (26th); The Lantern, Colston Hall, Bristol (28th); Sheffield University (29th); Pontio Bangor (31st) and into April.
makingtrackslive.org.uk
Devon Sproule will be back touring the UK to support her new album The Gold String. Catch up with her at The Phoenix, Exeter (22nd Mar); Roundhouse Sackler Space, London (23rd); The Cellar, Oxford (24th), Colston Hall Lantern, Bristol (25th); Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham (26th); Douglas Studio, Edinburgh (28th); The Basement, York (30th); The Cluny 2, Newcastle (31st); The Glad Café, Glasgow (1st April); The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen (2nd); King Street Hall, Orkney (5th) and Quarff Hall, Shetland (7th).
devonsproule.com
Fairport Convention continue their winter touring at Gulbenkian, Canterbury (21st & 22nd Feb); The Maltings, Farnham (23rd); The Apex, Bury St Edmunds (24th); Union Chapel, London (25th); Cresset Theatre,
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali
Peterborough (26th); Winding Wheel, Chesterfield (28th); Sage Gateshead (1st Mar); Victoria Hall, Settle (2nd); Whitby Pavilion (3rd); City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds (4th).
fairportconvention.com
Torchbearers of the Qawwali
tradition, the Rizwan-Muazzam group from Pakistan will bring their remarkable interpretation of classic Sufi texts to the UK in March: Library Theatre, Luton (22nd); St George’s, Bristol (23rd); Harwood Assembly Rooms, Leeds (25th); The Sage, Gateshead (26th); Barbican, London (27th); King George’s Hall, Blackburn (28th); Town Hall, Birmingham (30th); De Montfort Hall, Leicester (1st Apr).
asianartsagency.co.uk
The mighty Ibibio Sound
Machine go on tour: Band On The Wall, Manchester (28th Mar); Jazz Cafe, London (30th); The Lantern, Bristol (31st).
asianartsagency.co.uk
Martin Carthy & John
Kirkpatrick play a duo tour with dates at House Concert, Edinburgh (22nd Feb); Maltings, Berwick (23rd); Reeth Memorial Hall, Richmond (24th); Alive
Conference Centre, Lincoln (25th); Colchester Folk Club (27th); The Slaughtered Lamb, London (1st Mar); Memo Arts Centre, Barry (2nd); The Music Institute, Guildford (5th); Haverhill Arts Centre (6th); Nettlebed Village Club, Henley-On-Thames (27th).
Gordie MacKeeman & His
Rhythm Boys have dates at Theatre Hafren, Newtown (24th Mar); Festival Drayton Centre, Market Drayton (25th); Hepworth Live, Hepworth Village Hall, Holmfirth (26th); Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea (29th); The Green Note, London (30th); South Street Arts Centre. Reading (31st).
gordiemackeeman.com
RANT have Feb dates at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Perthshire (24th); Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh (27th); Perth Folk Club (28th).
Daoirí Farrell tours with Damien O’Kane Trio at Victoria Hall, Settle (16th Mar); The Met, Bury (17th); The Civic, Barnsley (18th); Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (19th); Cambridge Junction (20th); Henry Tudor House, Shrewsbury (21st); Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton (22nd); Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea (25th); The
Marlowe Studio, Canterbury (26th); Exeter Phoenix (28th). Daoirí then has a solo date at The Ram Club, Thames Ditton (31st).
Finnish fiddle septet Frigg appear at Apex, Bury St Edmunds (29th Mar); North Malvern Arts Co-Op, St Peter’s Church, Cowleigh Bank (30th); The Haymarket, Basingstoke (31st); Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street (1st Apr); Electric Theatre, Guildford (2nd).
Martin Simpson plays at Pound Arts Centre, Corsham (4th Mar); Walthamstow Folk Club, London (5th); Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton (10th); Quay Arts Centre, Newport (11th); St Andrew's Church, Moretonhampstead (31st).
Chris Foster launches his
new album Hadelin, produced by Jim Moray and featuring a mixed- generation cast, including Bára Grímsdóttir, John Kirkpatrick, Martin Brinsford, Trevor Lines, Jackie Oates and Jim Causley. A short run of UK launch dates include: Black Diamond Folk Club, The Lamp Tavern, Barford St., Birmingham (3rd Mar); Centre 70, The Kinecroft, Wallingford (4th); Stiwdio Felin Fach, Ross Road, Abergavenny (5th); The Bridge Inn, Bridge Hill, Topsham (8th); Martlesham Community Hall, Felixstowe Road (11th); Poole Folk Club, The Branksome Railway Hotel, Poole Road, Poole (afternoon gig) (12th).
chrisfoster-iceland.com
Jim Causley plays at New Greenham Arts, Newbury (18th Feb); The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (19th); The Greys Brighton (27th); Red Lion Folk Club Birmingham (1st Mar); Huntingdon Hall, Worcester (2nd); The Atkinson, Southport (3rd); Live At Sam’s, Sheffield (4th); Carrington Triangle Folk Club, Nottingham (15th); Black Swan Folk Club, York (16th); Rifle Club, Whitby (17th); Hornblotton Village Hall, Shepton Mallet with trio (18th).
Martin Carthy has solo dates at Hebden Bridge Trades Club (9th Mar); From Here album launch event: Cafe Oto, London (19th); Walthamstow Folk, London (26th); Huntingdon Hall, Worcester (30th).
Tony McManus appears at Kalamazoo Club, London (10th); Carousel Sessions, Manchester (11th); Milngavie Folk Club (12th); Glenfarg Folk Club, Kinross (13th);
Devon Sproule
House Concert, Edinburgh (14th); Hopetoun Arms, Leadhills (15th); Mac Arts, Galashiels (16th); Assembly Rooms, Presteigne (18th); Rhos-Y-Gilwen Mansion, Cardigan (19th).
Steve Tilston solo dates include The Willows Folk Club, Kirkham (15th Feb); Farnsfield Acoustic, Village Centre (18th); Everyman Folk Club, The Riverside Centre, Saxmundham (24th); Acoustic Roots, The Old Courts, Wigan (3rd
Mar); Newcastle & Potteries Folk Club, Blythe Bridge
(10th); Dronfield Folk Collective, Pioneer Club, Dronfield (18th); The Front Room, Burnley Mechanics (23rd); Upfront Venue, Penrith (24th); Music in Ulpha, Broughton in Furness (25th.)
stevetilston.com
Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe’s The Janus Game tour takes in Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton (17th March); NCEM, York (28th); Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham (29th); Silver Street Sessions, Wiveliscombe (30th); The Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington (31st); David Hall Arts Centre, South Petherton (1st April); Hitchin Folk Club (2nd); Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury (4th); Dorking Folk Club (5th); The Exchange Arts Centre, Keighley (6th); Bishop Auckland Town Hall (7th); Etal Village Hall (8th); 39th Glenfarg Folk Feast, Kinross (9th.)
stevetilston.com
Koral Society tour their
debut album Waters Wide at Ventnor Arts Centre, Isle Of Wight (17th Feb); Walthamstow Folk Club (19th Feb); Schtumm, Queen’s Head, Box (24th).
carolinetrettine.com/koral
Rab Noakes’ 70/50 tour comes to Backstage at The Green, Kinross (2nd Mar); Old Cinema Launderette, Durham (4th); Blue Boar Hotel, Maldon (5th); Greys, Brighton (6th); Korks, Otley (10th); Kings Place, London (11th); Boardwalk, Sheffield (15th); Catstrand, New Galloway (16th).
rabnoakes.com
Siobhan Miller supports the release of her new album with dates at The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh (24th Feb); Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock (25th); Hare & Hounds, Birmingham (26th); Kingskerswell Parish Church (27th); The Slaughtered Lamb, London (28th Feb); Swallow Theatre, Whithorn (2nd Mar); Catstrand,
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