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Use the Colour code to find events that interest you:  SONG: folk clubs, singarounds & concerts IN RED,  MUSIC: sessions IN GREEN,  DANCING (social): ceilidhs, barn dances, scottish, irish set, french dancing & Playford IN BLUE, DANCING (team): morris, clog, longsword, rapper sword, molly & appalachian displays to watch, or learning sessions - IN PURPLE, FESTIVALS & other IN BLACK

SEPTEMBER 2010

Wed 1 Sep

94.9 FM Tom Lane's Folk programme on BBC Radio Lincolnshire includes a "What's On" rundown - 6.30 to 7pm every Wednesday - click here to listen live

Spalding Folk Club guests this week: Miranda Sykes and Jenny Crook  - South Holland Centre, Market Place, Spalding PE11 1SS click here for map & car parking - 1st Wednesdays - 8.15pm - usually £6 (£5 members) 01406 380100 or email

Peterborough Folk Dance Club, Marholm Village Hall, Peterborough, PE6 7JA - partner not needed - 7.30 to 9.30pm - Wednesdays - 01733 266873

Thu 2 Sep

Irish Music session – Hand & Heart, 12 Highbury St, Peterborough, PE1 3BE – 1st Thursday in the month – 9pm

Fri 3 Sep

First Friday Folk, The Wishing Well, Main St, Dyke, Bourne PE10 0AF - singaround - 8pm - 1st Fridays (different venue in Dec) - 01778 570115 Dean Hardy or email

Sat 4 Sep

Ceilidh/barn dance with Elusive Black Dog band - plus entertainment from Slapdash Appalachian dance team - Stamford Arts Centre, 27 St Mary's St, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2DL - doors open 7.30pm, dance 8 to 11pm - tickets £8 from the Box Office - 01780 755611 - poster with details here

Acoustic song & music session - Fox Inn, 34 Manor Road, Folkesworth, PE7 3SU - 8pm - 1st Saturday in the month - 07885 706502 or email - these evenings are usually acoustic, amplified occasionally.

Sun 5 Sep

Irish music session - Palmerston Arms, 82 Oundle Road, Peterborough, PE2 9PA - every Sunday - 4pm to 7pm - 01733 896340

Mon 6 Sep

Sir Harry's Sword junior sword dancers (9 to 16 years old) - most Mondays - 7:00 till 8:00 - Childers Club, Station Road, Whittlesey 01733 208205 or email

Tue 7 Sep

Acoustic Session, Millstone Inn, Barnack near Peterborough PE9 3ET - 8pm - 1st Tuesdays - details: 01733 891860 - MySpace

St Neots Folk Club, Priory Centre, St Neots, PE19 2BH - every Tuesday 8.15pm - 01234 376278

Mainly music session, with the odd song - Kings Cliffe Working Men's Club, Wood Rd, Kings Cliffe, PE8 3XF - 1st Tuesday of the month - 8pm - contact: 01780 470470 or email

Irish set dancing - every Tuesday in term time - 9-11pm - £1 - The Swiss Cottage, Grove St, Woodston, Peterborough, PE2 9AG - 01733 757286 or 01733 751477

Gretton Singaround, Hatton Arms, Gretton, near Corby NN17 3DN - singaround - 8.30pm - alternate Tuesdays - Andy Butterworth 01536 770302

Learn Appalachian dancing - most Tuesdays in Spalding - 01775 723026 for details

Wed 8 Sep

94.9 FM Tom Lane's Folk programme on BBC Radio Lincolnshire includes a "What's On" rundown - 6.30 to 7pm every Wednesday - click here to listen live

Redmile Music singaround - Barnstone Country Club, Works Lane, Barnstone, Notts NG13 9JN - 8.30pm - free - everyone is welcome to play, sing, or relax and listen, where musicians of all abilities can get together and enjoy each other's music - for details contact Sairz on 01159 332225 or 07841 333315 or email

Peterborough Folk Dance Club, Marholm Village Hall, Peterborough, PE6 7JA - partner not needed - 7.30 to 9.30pm - Wednesdays - 01733 266873

Bluegrass & Old Time session - Six Bells, 11 Covent Garden, Cambridge, CB1 2HS - usually the 2nd Wednesday of the month, but may change week occasionally to avoid a fortnightly Open Mic session which runs at the pub - email

Thu 9 Sep

Mainly english music session - Lincoln Arms, 23 Bridge Street, Spalding, PE11 1XA - 7.30pm - free

600 Whiskies Unplugged Acoustic Music Night upstairs in the Stables Bar, George Hotel, 20 High St, Leadenham, LN5 0PN - usually 1st Thursday each month - Held on 2nd Thursday this month as the opening day for the Heritage Open Days weekend.  The HOD theme this year will be War so expect a fair sprinkling of war and anti-war songs - 8.15pm - 07835 711709

Irish Music session - Crown Inn, 8 Duck St, Elton, PE8 6RQ  - 2nd Thursday in the month - 9pm

Fri 10 Sep

Whittlesey Folk Evening - songs & tunes - The Bricklayer's Arms, Station Rd, Whittlesey, PE7 1UA - 8pm - free admission – 2nd Fridays excl. Jul & Aug - 01733 206627 or email

Scandinavian Music & Dance evening - live music on nyckelharpa, fiddle, and melodeon, from musicians from across the Midlands, come along and dance, play or just enjoy some wonderful music - no experience or partner necessary. There'll be dance workshops for beginners at the start (8.30--9.15pm) and help on hand throughout the evening. Dancers please remember to wear smooth-soled shoes. Musicians welcome. 8-11pm - Congregational Hall, Chapel Lane, Ketton. Bring your drinks round from the pub next door, the Railway Inn, or bring your own - suggested donation £3 per person - email

Sat 11 Sep

Ceilidh/barn dance with the Dennis Cuddles Starlight Band - The Fleet Italian Community Centre, Fleet Way, Woodston, Peterborough, PE2 8DL - 730 to 11.30 - tickets in advance only, £10 incl buffet from Rowena 07903 148606 or 01733 333243 or email - poster here

Sun 12 Sep

Tesco Community Fair - in the car park of Tesco at Ramsey - incl singing spots (volunteers book in advance at communitychampion5292@googlemail.com) - event 11am to 4.30pm, spots at 11.30 and 3pm

Crosskey Clog (north-west clog) perform at Whittlesey Fair

Morris Dancing presented by The King's Morris & their guest teams at the 3 village pubs in Thornham, near Hunstanton: - 11.30am at The Old Coach House, PE36 6LY - 12.15pm at The Orange Tree, PE36 6LY - 1pm at The Lifeboat Inn, PE36 6LT

Irish music session - Palmerston Arms, 82 Oundle Road, Peterborough, PE2 9PA - every Sunday - 4pm to 7pm - 01733 896340

Haconby Unplugged, Hare & Hounds, Haconby, Bourne PE10 0UZ - 2nd Sundays - 8pm - 01778 425422 or email

Mon 13 Sep

Sir Harry's Sword junior sword dancers (9 to 16 years old) - most Mondays - 7:00 till 8:00 - Childers Club, Station Road, Whittlesey 01733 208205 or email

Rutland Morris Men perform at various spots around Oakham, Rutland

Music session with the odd song - Axe & Compass, 14 Carlow Rd, Ringstead, Kettering, NN14 4DW - 8 to 11pm - 2nd Mondays, probably not in Aug

Barrowden Folk Club, Exeter Arms, Barrowden, Rutland, LE15 8EQ - singaround - 8.30pm - alternate Mondays - Bob Bakewell - 0116 2593395

Irish & american tune session - Ship Inn, 20 West Street, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EF - 9pm - 2nd Mon of the month - email

Pete Coe - "With a vast repertoire of traditional & original songs, dance tunes & dances playing bouzouki, melodeon, dulcimer, banjo & step percussion, he's been a professional musician since 1971. Pete looks to the tradition, but doesn't shrink from adapting and reinventing in order to move forward. He is essentially a storyteller, equally at home with lengthy traditional ballads as with pithy self-penned songs" at Boston Folk Club - upstairs at Eagle pub, 144 West St, Boston (just across from the rail station), PE21 8RE - normally 2nd Monday of the month - 01205 358783

Tue 14 Sep

Song and music session - Black Horse, 2 Fotheringhay Road, Nassington, Peterborough PE8 6QU - 2nd Tuesdays of the month - 8.30pm - 07732 169161 or email

St Neots Folk Club, Priory Centre, St Neots, PE19 2BH - every Tuesday 8.15pm - 01234 376278

Irish set dancing - every Tuesday in term time - 9-11pm - £1 - The Swiss Cottage, Grove St, Woodston, Peterborough, PE2 9AG - 01733 757286 or 01733 751477

Learn Appalachian dancing - most Tuesdays in Spalding - 01775 723026 for details

Open Mic Night - every 2nd Tuesday in the month - The Bull, Guntons Road, Newborough, Peterborough, PE6 7QW - 8.30pm - free

Wed 15 Sep

94.9 FM Tom Lane's Folk programme on BBC Radio Lincolnshire includes a "What's On" rundown - 6.30 to 7pm every Wednesday - click here to listen live

Music session - Hole in the Wall pub, Spalding town centre (9 Francis St, off The Crescent/Vine St, PE11 1AT) - 7pm to 10.30 - musicians & audience welcome - free - email or 01526 320473 or 07544 467345

Peterborough Folk Dance Club, Marholm Village Hall, Peterborough, PE6 7JA - partner not needed - 7.30 to 9.30pm - Wednesdays - 01733 266873

Music session, maybe songs, - British Legion Club, Rookswood Rd, March PE15 8AS - 3rd Wednesdays - 01354 656094 or 01354 656208

Thu 16 Sep

Singaround (party night) - Welland Yacht Club, River Bank, Spalding, PE11 3AA - click here for directions - 8.15pm - every 3rd Thursday - free - 01406 380100

Open Mic session - Deepings Rugby Club, Linchfield Rd, Deeping St James, Lincs PE6 8EP - 3rd Thursdays - 8pm - 01778 380163 or 01778 345228 or email

Fri 17 Sep

French dancing - waltz, mazurka, bourree, scottish, etc - dancers & musicians of any level welcome - Congregational Hall, Church Street, Ketton (from Ketton crossroads turn down towards church, Hall is behind the Railway Inn) - 8 to 11pm - 3rd Fridays, except July & Aug - details Adam or Mary 01780 720521 or email

Sat 18 Sep

Brigstock Beer Festival, near Corby featuring a display by Crosskey Clog - also an Open Mic stage

Cajun Dance with Petite et La Grosse - Darley Abbey Village Hall, Abbey Yard (off New Road), Darley Abbey, Derby, DE22 1DS - £8, under 14's free - doors 7.30pm, band 8.10pm - 0115 9252460 or email

Sun 19 Sep

Stamford Accordionesse Day with Karen Tweed's No1 Ladies Accordion Orchestra - workshop 10am £20 (£18 concs) - concert 7.30pm £12 (£10) - full day £27 (£22) - a fun-packed day centred around the music of the accordion. From French mussette to Irish set dance to tango – come and try an accordion for size or learn new dances. Karen Tweed is known for her inspiring collaborations (The Poozies, Swap, May Monday) and the evening concert will feature her No 1 Ladies Accordion Orchestra. From Edelweiss to Stevie Wonder; Piazolla to Paris – all ages welcome to come and savour this whirlesque of sound! - Stamford Arts Centre , 27 St Mary's Street, Stamford, PE9 2DL - 01780 763203 or emailIrish music session - Palmerston Arms, 82 Oundle Road, Peterborough, PE2 9PA - every Sunday - 4pm to 7pm - 01733 896340

Singaround - Marquis of Granby, 65 Westgate, Sleaford, NG34 7PU - some tunes - 4.30 to 8pm - 3rd Sun in the month

Grantham Folk Club, Blue Pig Inn, Vine Street, Grantham, NG316RQ - 3rd Sun in the month - 8pm - email or 01572 789939

Brigstock Beer Festival, near Corby - Open Mic stage

Start of week-long residential Fiddle course with tutor Stewart Hardy - JS Arts, Grantham - Sun 19 to Fri 24 Sep - contact Jo Smith on 01476 567021 or 07713 760266 or email

Mon 20 Sep

Sir Harry's Sword junior sword dancers (9 to 16 years old) - most Mondays - 7:00 till 8:00 - Childers Club, Station Road, Whittlesey 01733 208205 or email

Haconby Hare music session - musicians & listeners welcome - Hare & Hounds, 2 West Rd, Haconby, Bourne PE10 0UZ - 3rd Mondays - 8pm - 01778 571563 or email

Rutland Morris Men perform at various spots around Uppingham, Rutland

Open Mic - The Crown Inn, Duck St, Elton, Northants, PE8 6RQ - 3rd Monday of the month - 8pm - 07736 434234 or email

Tue 21 Sep

Oakham Unplugged, The Horseshoe, Braunston Rd, Oakham, LE15 6LE - singaround/ playaround - 8.30pm - 3rd Tues in month - 01572 722564

Irish set dancing - every Tuesday in term time - 9-11pm - £1 - The Swiss Cottage, Grove St, Woodston, Peterborough, PE2 9AG - 01733 757286 or 01733 751477

St Neots Folk Club, Priory Centre, St Neots, PE19 2BH - every Tuesday 8.15pm - 01234 376278

Mainly music session, with the odd song - King's Arms, Kings Arms Lane, Polebrook, near Oundle, PE8 5LW - 3rd Tuesday of the month - 8pm - contact: 01780 470470 or email

Gretton Singaround, Hatton Arms, Gretton, near Corby NN17 3DN - singaround - 8.30pm - alternate Tuesdays - Andy Butterworth 01536 770302

Learn Appalachian dancing - most Tuesdays in Spalding - 01775 723026 for details

Open Mic Night - every 3rd Tuesday in the month - Boat Inn, 2 Ramsey Road, Whittlesey PE7 1DR - 8.30pm - free - 01733 202488 or 01733 351668 or email

Wed 22 Sep

94.9 FM Tom Lane's Folk programme on BBC Radio Lincolnshire includes a "What's On" rundown - 6.30 to 7pm every Wednesday - click here to listen live

Redmile Music singaround - Barnstone Country Club, Works Lane, Barnstone, Notts NG13 9JN - 8.30pm - free - everyone is welcome to play, sing, or relax and listen, where musicians of all abilities can get together and enjoy each other's music - for details contact Sairz on 01159 332225 or 07841 333315 or email

Peterborough Folk Dance Club, Marholm Village Hall, Peterborough, PE6 7JA - partner not needed - 7.30 to 9.30pm - Wednesdays - 01733 266873

Thu 23 Sep

Baston concert: Hannah James and Sam Sweeney - Sam & Hannah from Kerfuffle return to The Barn with fiddle, accordion, songs and step dancing. They have been playing together for 8 years and have just been nominated for the Horizon Award at the BBC Folk Awards 2010. Sam is also a member of Bellowhead and Hannah dances with The Demon Barbers. Their debut album ’Catches and Glees’ has received outstanding reviews and the duo is already building a reputation as one of the finest new professional acts on the scene - plus support tba - The Barn, Main St, Baston, near Bourne PE6 9PA - 8pm - bring own drinks - tickets £10 from 01778 560497 (these concerts often sell out)

Folksong evening featuring performers from Spalding Folk Club - All Saints Church, Church Street, Holbeach, Spalding, PE12 7LL - £3 adults, £2.50 concessions, on the door - drinks available

Backroom Acoustic Music Club - The Jolly Sailor, 43 Great Whyte, Ramsey, PE26 1HH - music & songs - 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month (except Aug & Sept when only on 4th Thursday) - email

Fri 24 Sep

Folk at the Oak - singers & acoustic musicians & audience welcome - The Oak Inn, Easton On The Hill, Stamford, PE9 3PA - 8pm - free - details 01778 590397 or email

Music in Quiet Places concert: Kudos Percussion Duo - a programme of vibrant percussion music, incorporating hypnotic African drumming rhythms, shimmering chimes and resonating marimbas from composers writing specifically for percussion duo, alongside arrangements of music by Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel - Rhys Matthews and Emma Crossley are two young percussionists with burgeoning reputations playing an array of colourful percussion instruments including marimbas, tom-tom, vibraphone, African drums, cowbells and bongos. - Church of St James the Great, Thurning, Northants - 8pm - ticket details on MiQP website

Sean Taylor  with support from Pretty Peggy- Acoustic Kitchen, Riverside Restaurant, 27 King St, King's Lynn, PE30 1ET - usually last Friday of the month - £6 - 8pm - 07814 838341 or 01553 773134 or admin@theacoustickitchen.co.uk

Sat 25 Sep

Peterborough Morris with other guest teams, dance in the area as part of Peterborough Morris Day of Dance - 11am outside Peterborough Town Hall - between noon & 4pm around various villages - 4.30 in Cathedral Square, Peterborough 

Sun 26 Sep

Irish music session - Palmerston Arms, 82 Oundle Road, Peterborough, PE2 9PA - every Sunday - 4pm to 7pm - 01733 896340

Traditional music session - Castle Inn, High Street, Castle Bytham, NG33 4RZ - free - 7.30 to 10.30 - the 4th Sunday of the month - 01780 410563

Mon 27 Sep

Sir Harry's Sword junior sword dancers (9 to 16 years old) - most Mondays - 7:00 till 8:00 - Childers Club, Station Road, Whittlesey 01733 208205 or email

Barrowden Folk Club, Exeter Arms, Barrowden, Rutland, LE15 8EQ - singaround - 8.30pm - alternate Mondays - Bob Bakewell - 0116 2593395

Tue 28 Sep

Traditional (mainly english) music  session - Red Lion, 48 King St, West Deeping, PE6 9HP - 8pm

Wisbech Acoustic Music Club - The Three Tuns, Norwich Road, Wisbech, PE13 2AP - 4th Tuesdays - 8 to 11pm - tel 07730 814013 or email

Irish set dancing - every Tuesday in term time - 9-11pm - £1 - The Swiss Cottage, Grove St, Woodston, Peterborough, PE2 9AG - 01733 757286 or 01733 751477

St Neots Folk Club, Priory Centre, St Neots, PE19 2BH - every Tuesday 8.15pm - 01234 376278

Learn Appalachian dancing - most Tuesdays in Spalding - 01775 723026 for details

Wed 29 Sep

94.9 FM Tom Lane's Folk programme on BBC Radio Lincolnshire includes a "What's On" rundown - 6.30 to 7pm every Wednesday - click here to listen live

Redmile Music singaround - Barnstone Country Club, Works Lane, Barnstone, Notts NG13 9JN - 8.30pm - free - everyone is welcome to play, sing, or relax and listen, where musicians of all abilities can get together and enjoy each other's music. If you are new to playing this is an ideal place to join in with your new skills and learn new ones. If you are a skilled musician this is the place for an informal jam - for details contact Sairz on 07841 333315

Peterborough Folk Dance Club, Marholm Village Hall, Peterborough, PE6 7JA - partner not needed - 7.30 to 9.30pm - Wednesdays - 01733 266873

Thu 30 Sep

Peterborough Open Mic - Cherry Tree, 9-11 Oundle Road Peterborough, PE2 9PB - 8.30pm - last Thursday of every month - Jules Morgan 07810 867229 or email

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