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| Tuesday 7th February |
8:00 - 11:00 | Sir Charles Napier, Brighton | Saskia Jackson |
| English Instrumental Folk Sessions. If this is a success, it will become a monthly session so give it your support. |
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| First Sunday afternoon of the month Next session is on Sunday 5th February 2012 |
12:00 - 2:30 | The Black Horse, 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 5th February 2012 |
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 Tuesday evening of the month Next session is on Tuesday 7th February 2012 |
8:00-11:00 | John Harvey, Lewes | Valmai Goodyear |
| Instrumental, mainly traditional English. | |||
| First Tuesday evening of the month Next session is on Tuesday 7th February 2012 |
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. | |||
| Second Sunday evening of the month. Next session is on Sunday 12th February 2012 |
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 13th February 2012 |
8:00-11:00 | The Laughing Fish, Isfield | Will Duke |
| Move to The Laughing Fish looks permanent. | |||
| Instrumental, mainly traditional English. | |||
| Second Tuesday evening of the month Next session is on Tuesday 14th February 2012 |
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 8th February 2012 |
8:30-11:00 | The Royal Oak, Pett | |
| Irish session. Please check with the venue before setting off to gigs. | |||
| Second Wednesday evening of the month Next session is on Wednesday 8th February 2012 |
8:00-11:00 | The Black Horse, 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 8th February 2012 |
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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| Second and Fourth Thursday evening of the month Next session is on Thursday 9th February 2012 |
8:30 | The Wheatsheaf Inn, Haslemere | Keith Whiddon |
| Irish Traditional Music Session. | |||
| Third Monday evening of the month Next session is on Monday 20th February 2012 |
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 21st February 2012 |
8:00-10:30 | This month at The Swan at Falmer | 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 15th February 2012 |
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 15th February 2012 |
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 Friday evening of the month Next session is on Friday 17th February 2012 |
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 19th February 2012 |
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 February 2012 |
8:00-11:00 | Elephant and Castle, Lewes | Andy Warburton |
| Lewes Favourites session tunes practice session | |||
| Last Monday evening of the month Next session is on Monday 27th February 2012 |
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 February 2012 |
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 February 2012 |
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 | |||
| Fourth Sunday afternoon of the month Next session is on Sunday 26th February 2012 |
2.30 | The Catts Inn, Rotherfield | Laurie Jeal |
| Mainly traditional instrumental and song, but almost anything goes | |||
| Last Friday evening of the month Next session is on Friday 24th February 2012 |
9:00 | The Royal Oak, Whatlington | Paul |
| Irish Traditional Music Session. | |||
| Last Sunday evening of the month Next session is on Sunday 26th February 2012 |
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 Sunday 26th February 2012 |
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 May Next session is on Sunday 26th February 2012 |
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 14th February 2012 |
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 5th February 2012 |
8:00 | Fitzherberts, Brighton | Vince Purcell |
| Old Time American session run by Vince and friends | |||