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| First Sunday afternoon of the month Next session is on Sunday 2nd June 2013 |
12:00 - 2:30 | The Swan Inn, Lewes | Bryan Creer |
| Instrumental, mainly traditional English. Closed in May if it's Bank Holiday weekend. |
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| First Sunday evening of the month Next session is on Sunday 2nd June 2013 |
8:30 | The Crown, Newick | Jem Cooper |
| Open acoustic jam session at the Crown every first Sunday of the month starting 8.30pm. We do a lot of traditional stuff but also some golden oldies etc... | |||
| First Sunday evening of the month No session on Sunday May 5th Next session is on Sunday 2nd June 2013 |
8:00 | The Gun and Spitroast, Horsmonden | Gavin Atkin |
| The aim is to play a good mix of mainly English tunes, including whatever people bring along, as well as our own favourites and a good helping of the tunes folks have been been looking at during the Wednesday night classes (see the http://frittendenfestival.com/free-traditional-music-classes-at-the-gun-and-spitroast-horsmonden/ site for details). |
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| First Monday evening of the month Next session is on Monday 3rd June 2013 |
8:00 | The White Hart, Stopham Bridge, Pulborough, RH20 1DS | Keith Whiddon |
| Irish session. Instrumental, mainly traditional Irish. | |||
| First Tuesday evening of the month Next session is on Tuesday 4th June 2013 |
8:00-11:00 | John Harvey, Lewes | Valmai Goodyear |
| Instrumental, mainly traditional English. | |||
| First Tuesday evening of the month Next session is on Tuesday 4th June 2013 |
8:00-11:00 | Red Lion, Shoreham | Annie |
| An informal gathering of 'Last Orders' playing mostly Irish songs and instrumentals. Anyone is welcome to come and listen or play a tune or sing a song. Mostly Irish, but English and Scottish welcome. | |||
| Usually Saturdays mid month ,Contact John for details. | The Sloop ,Sloop Lane ,Scaynes Hill , W.Sussex | John Robson tel: 01342 718730 |
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| Irish tunes[predominately with room for Scottish/English /French and songs] | |||
| Second Sunday evening of the month. Next session is on Sunday 9th June 2013 |
8pm | The Plough, Henfield | Mike Ainscough |
| An eclectic mix of blues, rags, reels and airs... | |||
| Second Monday evening of the month Next session is on Monday 10th June 2013 |
8:00-11:00 | Royal Oak, Wineham | Ian Bush |
| Sangboc Folk Club. A sing-a-long club for English Folk songs, music, sea shanties and songs of the sea. |
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| Second Monday evening of the month Next session is on Monday 10th June 2013 |
8:00-11:00 | The Laughing Fish, Isfield | Will Duke |
| Instrumental, mainly traditional English. | |||
| Second Tuesday evening of the month Next session is on Tuesday 11th June 2013 |
8:00-11:00 | Elephant and Castle, Lewes | Bryan Creer |
| Concertinas Anonymous. Concertina practice session. All systems, beginners welcome. |
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| Second Wednesday evening of the month Next session is on Wednesday 12th June 2013 |
8:00 - 11:00 | The Park Crescent, Brighton | Saskia Jackson |
| English Instrumental Folk Sessions. | |||
| Second Wednesday evening of the month Next session is on Wednesday 12th June 2013 |
8:30-11:00 | The Royal Oak, Pett | -Chris Hamblin |
| This is an open gathering of musicians sharing in the extensive repertory of Irish session tunes. Instrumentalists who have some knowledge of Irish tunes are welcome to join in, anyone is welcome to come along, sit down, have a drink and listen. Session usually led by Chris Hamblin, Charlie Gask & Friends | |||
| Second Wednesday evening of the month Next session is on Wednesday 12th June 2013 |
8:00-11:00 | The Kings Head, Southover Street, Lewes | Michi Mathias |
| Fiddle & banjo tunes from American old-time Appalachian stringband tradition. Usually closed in August. |
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| Second and Fourth Wednesday evening of the month Next session is on Wednesday 12th June 2013 |
8:30 | Gun & Spitroast at Horsmonden | Gavin Atkin |
| Free traditional music classes by Gavin Atkin.
They're not sessions exactly (we tend to focus on only a few tunes each time) but they will be of interest to some of the same people. http://frittendenfestival.com/free-traditional-music-classes-at-the-gun-and-spitroast-horsmonden/ |
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| Third Monday evening of the month Next session is on Monday 17th June 2013 |
9:00-11:00 | Bridge Inn, Shoreham by Sea. Variable so check the website. |
Shoreham Sessions |
| The music mainly originates from the folk tradition, and might have come from England, Scotland, Ireland or elsewhere | |||
| Third Tuesday evening of the month Next session is on Tuesday 18th June 2013 |
8:00-10:30 | Usually The Ram Inn, Firle. Check with Elizabeth first. | Elizabeth Rimmington |
| Bring songs, tunes and storytelling - whatever you find interesting and/or want to share with us, but be prepared for us to want to learn all about it. | |||
| Third Wednesday evening of the month Next session is on Wednesday 19th June 2013 |
8:00-11:00 | Frimhurst Family Home, Guildford Road, Frimley Green, Surrey, GU16 6NU | Jason French |
| Surrey Bluegrass Jam. | |||
| Third Wednesday evening of the month Next session is on Wednesday 19th June 2013 |
9:00-11:00 | Folk By The Fireside at The Woolpack, Burgess Hill, RH15 8NN | Dan Whaley |
| Eclectic, acoustic singaround, with absolutely all styles welcomed. We adhere to the “All music is folk music –I ain’t never heard no horse sing” point of view. | |||
| Third Thursday evening of the month Next session is on Thursday 20th June 2013 |
9:00-11:00 | The Stag Inn, Hastings TN34 3BJ | Ring Sian Hayward 01424 427985 |
| Rattlebag (a 4-piece acappella folk group) http://www.rattlebag.co.uk host this singaround on the third thursday of the month at The Stag Inn, Hastings Old Town. | |||
| Third Friday evening of the month Next session is on Friday 21st June 2013 |
8:00-10:30 | Murrell Arms, Barnham | Mike Tristram |
| We start with a list of planned songs to give a shape to the evening. Some are solo and some group/chorus, generally unaccompanied and mainly traditional Sussex. Then we add the unexpected in to our songlist, with 'bring and sing' slots in which anyone can bring or play anything. |
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| Third Sunday afternoon of the month Next session is on Sunday 16th June 2013 |
4:30 - 8:30 ish | The Maypole Inn, Yapton | David |
| Eclectic acoustic session - All Welcome. | |||
| Fourth Tuesday evening of the month Next session is on Tuesday 28th May 2013 |
8:00-11:00 | Elephant and Castle, Lewes | Bryan Creer |
| Lewes Favourites session tunes practice session. Come and learn some of the tunes played in local sessions. We run through them at a sensible speed as many times as you like. |
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| Last Monday evening of the month No sessions in the Summer Next session is in September |
8:30-11:00 | The White Horse, Maplehurst | Ring Polly Dare on 01403 248387 |
| French tunes session, with a few poems. Tunes from England and Continental Europe very welcome as well. Ring Polly to check that it is on during the summer. |
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| Last Tuesday evening of the month Next session is on Tuesday 28th May 2013 |
8:00-11:00 | The Swan, Worthing | Freddie Adams |
| Mostly English, but with a bit of French and Irish thrown in for good measure. | |||
| Fourth Sunday evening of the month Next session is on Sunday 26th May 2013 |
8:00-11.00 | The Plough, Lower Beeding | Bob Keeble |
| English music session at The Plough, Lower Beeding. Fourth Sundays not when its Christmas day. Lead by Last Man Jack, Brian Skinner, Bob Keeble Kevin Jones | |||
| Last Friday evening of the month Next session is on Friday 31st May 2013 |
9:00 | The Royal Oak, Whatlington | Paul |
| Irish Traditional Music Session. | |||
| Last Sunday evening of the month Next session is on Sunday 26th May 2013 |
7:45 | The Lord Nelson, Brighton | Brian Ablett |
| This is a chance to join with like minded people who wish to come together on a regular basis to play and sing a variety of acoustic music based around Ceilidh, Morris, folk music, music hall, monologues, drinking songs, sea shanties and more!
Times/dates may vary so check the website." |
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| Last Sunday evening of the month Next session is on Monday 27th May 2013 (Bank Holiday) |
8:00-10:30 | The Bull, Ditchling | Ian Chisholm |
| Ballads and blues, rags reels and airs, an eclectic acoustic session. Check with Ian in December." |
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| Last Sunday evening of the month from September to April Next session is in September |
8:00 | Bell & Jorrocks, Frittenden | Gavin Atkin |
| Starting at 8pm and continuing until it's time to sing Nellie Dean. The style's very much mixed tunes, stepping and singing, and the material's trad and old fashioned. They're chaired sessions with featured guests, but there's no entry charge. http://frittendenfestival.com/sessions |
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| Every Sunday afternoon | 4:00-6:00 | The Bugle, Brighton | |
| Predominantly Irish tunes. | |||
| Every Sunday evening | 8.45 for 9.00 | The Mitre, Brighton | |
| Singaround. | |||
| Every Monday evening | 9 p.m. start | The Foundry, Brighton | Mandy Murray |
| Mainly Irish tunes but also some Swedish, French, English and American. Line up is Mandy Murray,Ben Paley and Jim Birch,musicians and singers welcome |
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| Every Wednesday evening | 9 p.m. start | The Pond, Brighton | Ring Kluggers on 01273 692849 or Ian on 01273 509552 |
| Singaround | |||
| Fortnightly on a Tuesday evening Next session is on Tuesday 4th June 2013 |
8:00-11.00 | The Star Inn, Eastbourne | Stuart Walker |
| Mainly English tunes and songs. For more details, see Folk at The Star Inn |
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| Every four weeks on a Sunday evening Next session is on Sunday 26th May 2013 |
8:00 | Fitzherberts, Brighton | Vince Purcell |
| Old Time American session run by Vince and friends | |||