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Folk Diary coverage: events mostly taking place in the southern half of
Devon and/or within an approx. 30
mile radius of Totnes as the crow flies, i.e. including Exeter and Plymouth,
and covering Tavistock, Okehampton and Sidmouth for example. It is the main
reference for compilation of the Harberton Folk
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Thursday 25 July 2024 8pm - Martin Harley Trio
- Otterton Mill, nr Budleigh Salterton EX9
7HG (map)
Martin Harley has been making music and touring the world for over two
decades. His sound has never been more down to earth. Exploring roots, blues and
slide guitar in a style The Guardian referred to as ‘Spellbinding’, Harley has
released nine albums to date, four recorded on home soil and four across the
Atlantic in Texas and Nashville. Details
www.ottertonmill.com/live-music.html.
Friday 26 July 2024 - The Langan Band
- Pigs Nose Inn, East Prawle, Kingsbridge TQ7 2BY
(map)
An exciting three piece outfit offering a unique sound emerging from
Celtic, Balkan, Gypsy swing, and progressive music. They present an extravagant,
eclectic package that, though contemporary, has a traditional, acoustic
aesthetic, and a remarkably big sound for a three piece. Details
www.pigsnoseinn.co.uk/events.
Saturday 27
July 2024 7pm - Black Gold: The Fish Hawkers’ Story - Galmpton Village
Institute, 24 Greenway Road, Galmpton, Brixham TQ5 0LT
Black Gold is a Brixham based musical duo who use narration and song to portray
the story of The Fish Hawkers, the fishermen’s wives left behind to run the
business and bring up their families. Guests: Carport Extension, an emerging
Torbay based male folk song quartet who sing a wide range of songs, a cappella
and accompanied, from across a broad folk and acoustic repertoire. BYO
refreshments. Tickets £10, to reserve email
blackgoldbrixham@gmail.com or
call 07881 524015. All profits to Fishermen’s Mission Charity No 232822.
Saturday 27
July 2024 6-11pm - Barn Dance with Red Shed - West Town Farm, Ide, Exeter EX2 9TG
All proceeds to benefit the educational charity organicARTS. Adult £15, child
(5-16) £5, U5 free. Includes meal of veggie chilli and rice plus extras. Dancing
starts at 7.30, preceded by stories and other activities in the Community
Garden. Tickets:
www.fixr.co/organiser/organicarts. Queries:
info@organicarts.org.uk or 01392
811080.
www.organicarts.org.uk/projects/date/barn-dance-fund-raiser-2024.
Missin’ Tackle Shanty Crew summer quay
concerts in Brixham - 30 July & 6 & 13 August
Missin’ Tackle Shanty Crew are holding their summer quay concerts, this year
to help raise funds for Shoalstone Pool. They are being held under the Old Fish
Market (next to the Golden Hind) on Brixham Harbour on Tuesday evenings 23 & 30
July & 6 & 13 August starting at 7.30pm. These are free events with donations
being taken on the night.
Tuesday 30 July 2024 7.30pm -
Old Time Sailors - The Stable, Little
Vauxhall Quay, Vauxhall Street, The Barbican, Plymouth PL4 0EY
Join the plentiful crew for a night of footstomping, dancing and singing,
sailing back in time to the 19th century for an immersive experience of
traditional seafaring music performed by twenty one piece band, Old Time
Sailors. Dressed in traditional attire, the Motley crew will take to our
harbourside terrace playing a collection of up-beat old folk and shanty songs
using a variety of instruments. Details
here.
Thursday 1 August 2024 7pm - Tall Ships &
Tall Tales - Village
Hall, School Hill, Stoke Gabriel TQ9 6QX (map)
Part of Stoke Gabriel's Carnival Week. An evening of fabulous sing-along songs
from All Hands On Deck and Carport Extension. Sea shanties and songs of the sea;
songs from the land and the countryside.
BYO drink, some nibbles provided. Audience participation actively encouraged
(chorus sheets will be provided). Limited tickets, book early. Tickets £10,
child £5. Call
Dave 07989 542883 or e,ail dave.peace@btinternet.com.
Friday 2 August 2024 7pm - Barn Dance with Spinach for Norman
- Village Hall, Chapel Hill, Longdown, nr Exeter EX6 7SN
Proceeds in aid of Hospiscare. Details
here.
2-9
August 2024 - 70th Anniversary Sidmouth Folk Festival
Details
www.sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk. Join the
festival mailing list for regular updates.
Saturday 3
August 2024 7.30pm - The Lost Sound Dartmoor Folk Choir - St Peters C of E
Church, Bridge Road, Shaldon TQ14 0DB
The 'Country Matters' tour continues with songs depicting both the celebrations
of the seasons and country ways alongside the hardships of life on the land and
sea. With an added tender heeding to keep our earth pure and sweet and green and
to let the land lay fallow, this is a more reflective set with exquisite moments
of wonderfully evocative singing. Expect rich, embodied unaccompanied singing
from this acclaimed Folk choir of 40 singers, rousing male and female ensembles,
haunting duets, powerful quartets and a set that tells a story of country
issues. Called 'Outstanding' by audiences and 'a true auditory delight' by Steve
Knightley! Details
www.thelostsound.co.uk/events.
3-7 August 2024 - Sidmouth Fringe Sessions
Details www.sidmouthfringe.co.uk.
9-11 August 2024 - Dartmoor Folk Festival -
South Zeal near Okehampton
Track Dogs, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Narthen, Tim Edey, Bryony Griffith &
Alice Jones, Flowers & Frolics, The Stowes, Luke Daniels & Andy Neale, Detta
Kenzie, National Youth Folk Ensemble… and more. Details
www.dartmoorfolkfestival.org.uk.
Friday 9 August 2024 7.30pm -
Rory McLeod
- Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
An ex-circus clown and fire eater, Rory McLeod is a one-man-soul-band and poet.
He has a natural troubadour’s talent for weaving magical, musical, storytelling
spells accompanied by his own bizarre solo orchestra of distinctive instruments.
The spoons, finger-cymbals, bandorea, djembe drum, harmonica, guitar, trombone
and tap-dancing shoes accompany the “rich, raw, deep and resonant” voice of this
“singular and liberating performer.” Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
Saturday 10 August 2024 11am - Singing in Nature
- Langaford Farm, North Bovey, Newton Abbot TQ13 8RH
Join music leaders Louis Bingham and Phil Hogg for a day of group singing
workshops and guided walks at a world class conservation site nestled on the
eastern edge of Dartmoor, and explore the landscape and rare habitats through
folk song inspired by the natural world. Presented by: Tunelink South West.
Details
www.wegottickets.com/event/623898.
Saturday 10 August 2024 11.30am -
Westcountry Music Festival
- Muddifords Court, Willand, Cullompton EX15 2QG
A one-day festival of country and Americana, country/folk/rock music! Limited
basic camping for one night available to book.
www.westcountrymusicfestival.com,
www.backstagedevon.co.uk.
Sunday 11 August 2024 7pm - Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band -
Lupton House, Churston Ferrers, nr Brixham TQ5 0LD
Set up on the beautiful Italianate garden. Be transported by faithful renditions
of some of the most iconic songs from the two greatest singer-songwriters of
modern times, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. The show is the brainchild of
Devon-based singer-songwriter Isabelle Nutton and Cape Town guitarist and singer
Bob Thomson, conceived after discovering a shared fascination with Mitchell’s
and Dylan’s imagery, poetry and artistry. There followed a dive into - and a
subsequent obsession with - two parallel worlds of genius: phrasings, tunings
and arrangements; dulcimers, Wurlitzers and harmonicas; histories, fantasies and
rivalries; to create a show that pays utmost respect to the craft of their
musical idols. Details
www.discoverlupton.com.
Thursday 15 August 2024 8pm - Mark Harrison Band
- Otterton Mill, nr Budleigh Salterton EX9
7HG (map)
Singer-songwriter Mark Harrison combines with Charles Benfield on double
bass and percussionist Ben Welburn to create wonderful early acoustic blues with
folk influences. Modern lyrics, contagious energy and good humour provide a
unique and highly enjoyable experience. Mark is an excellent and expressive
vocalist and a tremendous resonator guitar player as well as being a terrific
songwriter and entertainer.
Details
www.ottertonmill.com/live-music.html.
Sold out 16-18 August 2024 - Beautiful Days 21st Festival - Escot Park nr Exeter
Beautiful Days is the Levellers’ family music festival organised by
DMF Music since its inception in 2003. Proudly independent, Beautiful Days has
no sponsorship or funding. In 2023 we celebrated our 20th Anniversary with
tickets selling out in April for the 17,500 capacity event – the capacity
remains the same for 2024.
www.beautifuldays.org
Saturday 17 August 2024 7.30pm - Mariners Away - The Heart of
Devon, Bow Village Hall, nr Crediton EX17 6HU (map)
Renowned singers of sea shanties and other maritime melodies. Details
www.wegottickets.com/event/626825.
Thursday 29 August 2024 8pm - Edwina Hayes
- Otterton Mill, nr Budleigh Salterton EX9
7HG (map)
One of the finest female singer/songwriters this country has produced in
years. Edwina brings together English folk, Americana and the rich Northern
singer/songwriter tradition to create a sound that’s truly her own.
Details
www.ottertonmill.com/live-music.html.
NEW
Thursday 5 September 2024 8pm - Veronica Sbergia & Max de Bernhardi
- Otterton Mill, nr Budleigh Salterton EX9
7HG (map)
"When it comes to knowing about Americana these two are right up there!
Country blues, ragtime, vaudeville and even a little old time C&W. Max is a very
accomplished guitarist and a strong vocalist, whilst Veronica plays a mean
washboard, ukulele and possesses a strong vocal styling. Very uplifting music!
So if you get the chance to see this duo in concert, take it!” Mike Vernon.
Details
www.ottertonmill.com/live-music.html.
tbc
Sunday 8 September 2024 2.30pm - Phil Beer - St Mary the Virgin Church, Church
St, Churston Ferrers, Brixham TQ5 0JE
Phil Beer "Back in Service". Support from Maggie Duffy & Bob Thomson. Tea &
coffee available for donations; you may have to bring your own mug!. Tickets
£14. Book via Maggie 07770 806083 or 01803 855961, email
scotcraft@msn.com.
NEW Thursday 12
September 2024 8pm - Charlie Dore with Julian Littman - Livermead Cliff Hotel,
Torbay Road, Torquay TQ2 6RQ
Multi award-winning singer and songwriter of worldwide hits. ‘A gift for melody,
brave, poignant, entertaining, original’ The Guardian ★★★★ On tour with the
celebrated multi-instrumentalist Julian Littman. Details
https://fougoumusic.com/fougoufolk.
NEW
Friday 13 September 2024 8pm - Stevens & Pound - Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
BBC Radio 3’s award-winning Delia Stevens and three time BBC Radio 2 Folk
Musician of the Year nominee, Will Pound, deliver an unprecedented
collaboration, following the creative evolution of the classical composers
inspired by folk. Driven by a maverick curiosity, having stumbled upon a
completely new world of sound, they combine the traditional instruments of
Pound's melodeon and harmonica with the dizzying array of Stevens' percussion,
and then let their imaginations run riot whilst paying homage to their
respective musical roots. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts,
www.calstockarts.org.
NEW Saturday 14
September 2024 7.30pm - d'Accord French & Breton dance and music -
St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH (map)
With Sawney White Bird.
www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876.
NEW Sunday 15 September 2024 8pm -
The Salts - Matthews Hall, Fore Street,
Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
5 piece high energy nautical folk band. "Good band The Salts. Great folk rock" -
Phil Beer. "Incredibly gutsy stuff with a big sound" - Mike Harding folk show. Details
www.topshamfolkclub.org /www.wegottickets.com/TopshamFolkClub.
NEW Sunday
15 September 2024 7.45pm
- Charlie Dore Duo - Folk on the Moor, Moorland
Hotel, Wotter, Plymouth PL7 5HP
Yes, she of the 1979 “Pilots of the Airways” chart hit is a multi award-winning
songwriter, whose songs have been covered by the likes of Tina Turner, George
Harrison, Celine Dion, Lisa Stansfield, Paul Carrack, Ricky Ross and Jimmy Nail.
With a gentle, melodic voice and often witty, subtle lyrics, Charlie is a master
of her art and writes “absolute gems of songwriting” (Mike Harding). For reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
NEW
Tuesday 17 September 2024 8pm - Jim Causley -
Bradninch Folk Club, Guildhall, Fore Street,
Bradninch, nr Cullompton EX5 4NN
An evening with Jim Causley. £8 on door, U18 free subject so space. BYO
refreshments. Facebook
www.facebook.com/groups/Bradninchfolk, contact 01392 881105,
NEW Friday 20
September 2024 8pm - Martin & Eliza Carthy - St Mary's Church, High Street, Totnes TQ9 5NN
The good Doctor Martin Carthy and his twice Mercury nominated daughter Eliza
Carthy, join forces to perform an eclectic range of songs and tunes from their
vast family repertoire, drawing from the traditional canon as well as selections
from a more contemporary songbook. Details
www.cabaretvoltaireevents.com.
Also: Thursday 19 September at Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
NEW
Friday 20 September 2024 8pm - Jez Lowe - Exeter Folk & Acoustic Music Club,
Victoria Park Tennis Club, Lyndhurst Road, St. Leonards, Exeter, EX2 4NX (map)
details tba Tickets
(must be reserved in advance): Paid in advance - £??; reserved, pay on door -
£??. Info / ticket enquiries contact:
exeterfolkclub@outlook.com,
01392 210983, www.exeterfolkclub.org,
NEW Saturday 21
September 2024 8pm - The FOS Brothers -
Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14
1LZ
Brought up in Belfast during the height of the troubles, Dave and Sam McCrory's
sensibilities derive from hard schooling on the streets and strict Northern
Irish parents. The line up is: Sam McCrory - Vocals, Guitar; Dave McCrory -
Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals; Rom Dobbs - Drums, percussion,
samples and loops; Pete Bingham – Bass, Vocals. The band move seamlessly from
tear jerking Irish ballads to full on Floydian space rock. The FOS Brothers
treat their audience to a shared experience and are equally suited to pin drop
silence Arts Centres or packed Festival Marquees. Details
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk.
NEW Saturday
21 September 2024 - Jim Causley - Christ Church, Station Rd, North Brentor, Tavistock
PL19 0LR
Songs of Dartmoor. Tickets
www.jimcausley.co.uk.
NEW
Sunday 22 September 2024 - Jim Causley:
Afternoon Tea Concert - St Mary's Church, Sticklepath EX20 2NL
Tickets
www.jimcausley.co.uk.
NEW
Sunday 22 September 2024 2-5pm -
d'Accord Boat Trip - Exmouth
d'Accord French & Breton dance and music. Sailing from Exmouth Marina EX8
1DS. Boarding 1.30pm. Sailing 2-5pm. Musicians, Dancers and non Dancers welcome.
Tickets £18 (£15 before August 22nd); U12 £7. Adv booking only. Tickets available at d'Accord! and from members of
the committee. Contact
daccordinexeter@gmail.com.
NEW Thursday 26
September 2024 8pm - Alvorada - Livermead Cliff Hotel, Torbay Road, Torquay TQ2
6RQ
Alvorada are the UK’s leading performers of choro, a rich and uplifting style of
instrumental music from Rio de Janeiro. Alvorada explore influences from all
over Brazil, playing choros with the irresistible swing of samba and maxixe from
the South to baião from the Northeast. Details
https://fougoumusic.com/fougoufolk.
NEW
Friday 27 September
2024 8pm
- Old Time Sailors
-
The Rum Store, Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot,
Liskeard, Cornwall (map)
A musical show designed to take make the audience feel like they have been taken
back in time through an unforgettable trip to the 19th century. Our crew is
composed of 17 musicians playing fully unplugged to ensure the most authentic
experience. The show will be 3 hours with plenty of time for replenishing your
glass. Over 30 songs and tunes where the audience will sing and dance surrounded
by drunken Sailors, witnessing an astounding show unmatched in this music genre.
Everything will take place within our magnificent stage set, designed to give
the audience the sensation of being inside a 19th century vessel.
Details
www.carnglaze.com.
NEW
Saturday
28
September
2024 7.30pm -
Mad Dog Mcrea -
Calstock Village Hall, The Quay, Calstock PL18 9QA (map)
Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique
mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music.
Details
www.calstockhall.com/events.
NEW Sunday
29 September 2024 7.45pm
- Brooks Williams / Vera V Heeringen - Folk on the Moor, Moorland
Hotel, Wotter, Plymouth PL7 5HP
Combine two outstanding songwriters, who also both just happen to excel as
guitarists, and you get a combination that is hard to beat. Brooks hails from
Georgia (USA) and “was playing Americana before it had been given the name”.
Vera is originally from The Netherlands and her emotionally astute songwriting
is underpinned with an understated craft on guitar. For reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
NEW
Sunday
29 September 2024
7.30pm
- Suthering - Tavistock Wharf (map)
Folk duo Suthering will showcase their new album
set for release on 4 October 2024. Evocative and distinctive, Suthering (Julu
Irvine & Heg Brignall) transport audiences with exquisite vocal harmonies and
their message of hope during hard times. They bring chemistry and humour to the
stage, championing female characters, creating new narratives for women and
unearthing the female heroines of folk. Details
www.tavistockwharf.com.
NEW Sunday
29 September 2024 - India Electric Company -
Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
India Electric Company are perhaps best described as “a veritable musical
magpie’s nest” (BBC Radio 3) and “A full musical odyssey” (BBC Radio 1). Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
NEW Monday
30 September 2024 - Kathryn Tickell & The
Darkening -
Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
From the shadow of Hadrian’s Wall in the north east of England, Kathryn
Tickell & The Darkening reach out to the wider world, connecting threads of
music, landscape and people over almost 2000 years.
Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
NEW
Tuesday 1 October 2024 7.30pm - Hands of the
Heron + Anna Anise - Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
Hands of the Heron is a dreamfolk trio from Bristol, UK. Their instantly
recognisable vocal harmonies are delivered by three frontwomen, each of whom
brings a signature writing style to the band's mercurial sound. They move
effortlessly between sparse choral folk and spellbinding chamber pop, richly
layered with an assortment of strings, drones and reeds. Anna Anise is a warm
summer breeze of feel-good folk, captivating audiences with her lyrical
storytelling and glorious melodies; the Celtic influence is evident in her
full-bodied guitar tunings and regular fiddle accompaniment. Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
NEW Saturday 5
October 2024 -
Police Dog Hogan
- The Rum Store, Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot,
Liskeard, Cornwall (map)
"Since they made their album debut back in 2010, Police Dog Hogan have
been building a reputation as one of the country’s finest live bands and
folk-country acts," said Folk Radio in 2022. Police Dog Hogan combine guitar,
fiddle, banjo, trumpet and accordion with bass and drums to create a driving
country-folk sound that has earned them a large live following.
Details
www.carnglaze.com.
NEW Thursday 10
October 2024 - Jim Causley
- Talaton Parish Hall, Talaton, nr Whimple EX5 2RF
An evening with Jim Causley. Tickets
www.jimcausley.co.uk.
NEW Thursday
10 October 2024 - Afro Celt Sound System -
Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Afro Celt Sound System are among the pioneers of the contemporary world
music scene. Their ground-breaking fusion of African, Gaelic and Bhangra
influenced sounds has won the hearts and minds of audiences since the group’s
beginnings over 25 years ago. Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
tbc Thursday
10 October 2024 8pm - James Patterson &
John Dipper -
Totnes Folk Club, Dartmouth Inn, 28 Warland,
Totnes TQ9 5EL (map)
As you are aware we book very few guests but couldn't resist having the
absolutely phenomenal Patterson & Dipper as our guests at the club again as they
just blew everyone away last time they came. James has a voice that is just
lovely and John is one of the very top fiddle players in the country.
www.facebook.com/groups/144387085754131.
NEW Friday 11
October 2024 7.30pm - Sherburn.Bartley.Sanders and Phil Beer -
Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14
1LZ
Chris Sherburn (concertina) and Denny Bartly (vocals and guitar) have brought
their unique sound to audiences across the globe since 1993. In 2016, they
joined forces with Emily Sanders (fiddle and vocals) blending vocal harmonies
and strings to their unique sound. Their soulful songs, exhilarating tunes and
quick-witted banter ensures no two concerts are ever the same. Support:
Phil Beer. Charming, disarming and exceptionally talented, multi-instrumentalist
Phil Phil is something of a national treasure on the folk, roots and acoustic
scene. His flawless musicianship and rich vocals will leave you wide-eyed and
wanting more. Details
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk.
NEW/tba
Friday 11 October 2024 8pm - Geoff Lakeman & Rob Murch - Exeter Folk & Acoustic Music Club,
Victoria Park Tennis Club, Lyndhurst Road, St. Leonards, Exeter, EX2 4NX (map)
details tba Tickets
(must be reserved in advance): Paid in advance - £??; reserved, pay on door -
£??. Info / ticket enquiries contact:
exeterfolkclub@outlook.com,
01392 210983, www.exeterfolkclub.org,
NEW Saturday 12
October 2024 7.30pm - Mayor & James - Cygnet Theatre, Friars Gate,
Exeter EX2 4AZ (map)
Cygnet is delighted to welcome back favourite performers: Simon Mayor
‘One of the world’s great mandolinists’ (BBC Radio 3) & Hilary James ‘One of
Britain’s finest voices’ (BBC Radio 4) who bring their wonderful music on
guitar, violin, mandolin and mandola. A fabulous evening's entertainment is in
store! 'A witty and captivating mix of folk, blues, swing and classical
showstoppers, spiced with a unique brand of off-beat humour.’ The Guardian/
Details
www.wegottickets.com/event/625319.
NEW
Saturday 12 October 2024 7.30pm - Peggy Seeger in
conversation with Sam Richards - Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
NEW Sunday
13 October 2024 7.4pm - Chris While & Julie Matthews -
Folk on the Moor, Moorland
Hotel, Wotter, Plymouth PL7 5HP
"The undisputed queens of British folk duos continue to come up with the goods.
1st class songs delivered with to die for harmonies, immaculate musicianship and
melodies that lodge themselves in your brain" (The Guardian). I couldn’t have
put it better myself! Don’t miss this truly outstanding musical partnership of
30 years, who will also be bringing along a top special guest! For reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
NEW Saturday 12
October 2024 7.30pm - d'Accord French & Breton dance and music -
St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH (map)
With Philippe Plard + Mark Prescott. A
special evening to celebrate our 30th anniversary!
www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876.
NEW Sunday 13
October 2024 - Jim Causley:
Afternoon Tea Concert
- Talaton Parish Hall, Talaton, nr Whimple EX5 2RF
Tickets
www.jimcausley.co.uk.
NEW
Sunday 13 October 2024 11am - Taiko Drumming
Workshop - Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
With option to see performance at 2.45pm. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts.
NEW
Sunday 13 October 2024 2pm
- Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll - St Mary's
Church, South St, Denbury, Newton Abbot TQ12 6DH
North Devon based fiddle duo with songs and
tunes. Some local, some self-penned. To include some material from their project
on Edward Capern, the Victorian “Postman Poet” from Bideford area For
tickets/information contact Rachel Belringer on 07751 804007.
NEW/tbc Sunday
13 October 2024 7.4pm - While & Matthews -
Folk on the Moor, Moorland
Hotel, Wotter, Plymouth PL7 5HP
30th Anniversary Celebratory Tour
www.whileandmatthews.com For reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
NEW
Friday 18 October 2024
8.30pm
- Lindisfarne - Tavistock Wharf (map)
With a repertoire of unforgettable songs like Meet
Me On The Corner, Fog On The Tyne, Lady Eleanor and Run For Home and a
reputation for live performance second to none, Lindisfarne’s power to galvanize
festival and concert audiences remains undimmed and is guaranteed to get the
crowd on their feet and singing along. Details
www.tavistockwharf.com.
NEW
Saturday 19 October 2024 8pm - Jackie Oates &
Jon Wilks - Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
These two friends and fellow traditional folk specialists have been
collaborating for a number of years, performing on and contributing to each
others’ recording, as well as delightful live performances at festivals and in
concert. A very personable pair, both immensely talented, Jackie and Jon bring
audiences with them as they reach with their trademark relish into their
combined catalogue of traditional, original and often intriguing songs and
tunes. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts,
www.calstockarts.org.
NEW Saturday 19
October 2024 7.30pm - Gigspanner Big Band -
Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14
1LZ
A unique force in British folk music. Their high-energy, virtuosic performances
appeal equally to traditionalists and to those looking for something more
experimental, and they have garnered praise from publications as varied as
fRoots, The Telegraph and The Wire, where they were described as ‘melodically
folk-rooted yet open and innovative beyond the constraints of genre’ Beginning
life as a trio - with legendary Steeleye Span fiddle player Peter Knight being
joined by percussionist Sacha Trochet and guitarist Roger Flack - the line-up
has been expanded to form the Gigspanner Big Band, with acclaimed
multi-instrumental duo Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin - BBC Folk
Awards 'Best Duo') and Bellowhead co-founder and melodeon player extraordinaire,
John Spiers, joining the fray. Details
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk.
Also: Friday 18 October at Launceston Town Hall - details
www.gigspanner.com/live.
NEW
Saturday 19 October 2024 8pm - 3 Daft Monkeys -
Barrel House, 59 High St, Totnes TQ9 5PB (map)
3 Daft Monkeys are a dynamic live music sensation, seamlessly blending folk
music traditions with an infectious energy that defines them as the ultimate
festival band. Details
www.barrelhousetotnes.co.uk.
NEW
Sunday 20 October 2024 8pm - Lady Maisery - Matthews Hall, Fore Street,
Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
The combined vocal and multi-instrumental talents of Rowan Rheingans, Hazel
Askew and Hannah James make up the uniquely captivating band Lady Maisery who
have for well over a decade enraptured audiences throughout the UK and Europe. A
welcome return to Topsham Folk Club. Details
www.topshamfolkclub.org /www.wegottickets.com/TopshamFolkClub.
NEW Sunday 20 October 2024 -
Jackie Oates & Jon Wilks - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Jackie Oates is known for her exquisite vocals, emotive arrangements and
expressive fiddle playing, and is regarded as a contemporary folk treasure and
central figure in English traditional music. Lauded as ‘a rather special
performer with an authentic and abiding love of traditional song’, Jon Wilks is
a prominent fingerpicking guitarist and singer who performs traditional English
folk songs and broadside ballads, as well as his own songs. Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
NEW Sunday 20
October 2024
7.30pm - Steeleye Span
-
Exeter Corn Exchange, George St, Exeter EX1 1BU
(map)
The 55th Anniversary Tour - The Green Man Tour. Steeleye changed the face of
folk music forever by taking it into the world of gold discs and international
tours. New album the Green Man Collection brings together tracks from their
recent releases with new versions of three classics (including a reworking of
‘Hard Times’ featuring Status Quo’s Francis Rossi), a cover of Elvis Costello’s
‘Shipbuilding’ and the title track, a previously lost Bob Johnson song from the
1980s. Details
www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW Thursday 24
October 2024 7.30pm - Budapest Café Orchestra - The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth TQ6 9ND
(map)
The refreshingly unconventional and snappily attired boutique orchestra are
back! BCO bring you gypsy and folk-flavoured music in their own fresh and
surprising way. From Balkan and Russian traditional pieces to artful
distillations of the masterpieces by the great Romantic composers to Gaelic folk
anthems their infectious music will get into your veins and stay there forever.
Details
www.theflavel.org.uk.
NEW
Thursday 24 October 2024 - National Baring Gould
Centenary concert tour - Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
Jim Causley, Miranda Sykes and John Palmer. Full description of tour
here. Jim has been a long-term admirer of Baring-Gould and includes many of
his songs in his popular shows based on songs of Dartmoor. Miranda: “We’re
really excited about having found a unique and enjoyable way of bringing all of
his work together in a show which we think will engage audiences and leave them
fascinated and entertained.” John Palmer: “...We hope that this show will
introduce many more people to Sabine and restore some of the credit he
deserves”. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts,
www.calstockarts.org.
NEW Friday 25
October 2024 8pm - Rozi Plain - St Mary's Church, High Street, Totnes TQ9 5NN
Alt-folk musician with an approach that's intricate and quietly off-centre. Details
www.cabaretvoltaireevents.com. Early bird tickets available.
NEW Saturday
26 October
2024 7.30pm - Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers
- Northcott Theatre, Exeter (map)
Join Europe’s longest-established taiko group, Mugenkyo on their 30th
anniversary tour, with a very special show of big beats, visual treats, and
vital energy. Taking the audience on a journey ‘in time’, a thrilling ride
through their 30 years. The concert is a full theatrical experience, with
dynamic choreography and heart-pounding rhythms contrasting with atmospheric
soundscapes. Details
www.exeternorthcott.co.uk.
NEW Sunday
27 October 2024 7.4pm - Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner
-
Folk on the Moor, Moorland
Hotel, Wotter, Plymouth PL7 5HP
Another longstanding, highly successful musical
partnership, Lynne and Pat between them play guitar, recorder, English
concertina and a variety of whistles (including swanee, policeman's and
referee's!) and list a spoons workshop in their hall of fame. They also provide
everything from high tragedy to ingenious smut in glorious vocal harmony, so a
fun evening is guaranteed For reservations please contact
folkonthemoor1@gmail.com.
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
NEW Monday
28 October 2024 - National Baring Gould
Centenary concert tour -
Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Jim
Causley, Miranda Sykes and John Palmer. Full description of tour
here. Jim has been a long-term admirer of Baring-Gould and includes many of
his songs in his popular shows based on songs of Dartmoor. Miranda: “We’re
really excited about having found a unique and enjoyable way of bringing all of
his work together in a show which we think will engage audiences and leave them
fascinated and entertained.” John Palmer: “...We hope that this show will
introduce many more people to Sabine and restore some of the credit he
deserves”. Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music.
NEW Thursday 31
October 2024 - National Baring Gould
Centenary concert tour - St. Michael the Archangel Church , Chagford TQ13
8BN
‘Ghosts, Werewolves and Countryfolk: a celebration
of the Centenary of Sabine Baring-Gould’ with John Palmer, Miranda Sykes and Jim
Causley. Doors 7pm. Tickets £16
www.jimcausley.co.uk.
Full description of tour
here.
NEW Friday 1 November 2024 -
Peatbog Faeries
- The Rum Store, Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot,
Liskeard, Cornwall (map)
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, the legendary Scottish trailblazers have
created a glorious mixture of traditional sounds and dance-floor grooves that
have been embraced worldwide. Drawing upon a dazzling myriad of influences from
jigs and reels through Dance Music, Jazz, African, and more, they bring the
sound of Scotland fresh-faced and breathless to the new audiences around the
world. Their mainly instrumental music allows the band to develop exciting
themes and soundscapes, as well as locking into their trademark hypnotic sound
that no-one can resist dancing to! Details
www.carnglaze.com.
NEW Friday 1
November 2024 7.30pm - Banter - The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth TQ6 9ND
(map)
Banter are: Simon Care on melodeon, Nina Zella on
keyboards and vocals, Tim Walker on drums, percussion, brass, vocals and dance
calling and Mark Jolley on bass, fiddle, guitar and vocals. Described as ‘The
future of Folk’, Banter take English traditional music to the next level with
their iconic interpretations of classic songs and dance tunes. Touring material
from their brand new studio album , alongside some of their old favourites. Four fine musicians
whose roots are firmly in the traditional English genre, but who enjoy
stretching the limits. Details
www.theflavel.org.uk.
NEW
Sunday 3 November 2024 8pm - Blowzabella - Matthews Hall, Fore Street,
Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
The iconic Blowzabella return to Topsham after too many decades. Details
www.topshamfolkclub.org /www.wegottickets.com/TopshamFolkClub.
NEW Thursday 7
November 2024 7.30pm - The Budapest Cafe Orchestra -
Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14
1LZ
In 2009 Christian Garrick established the refreshingly unconventional and
snappily attired Budapest Café Orchestra. The intention to present a broad range
of music from all over the world in the most entertaining and fun way. One of
BCO's prime directives is to take the music seriously but not so much
themselves. Part of the secret formula of the BCO's show presentation is
performing all the music from memory and, combined their trademark wit and
charm, audiences leave tingling with warmth and delight. Details
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk.
NEW Saturday 9
November 2024 7.30pm - d'Accord French & Breton dance and music -
St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH (map)
With Dave Shepherd + Anna Pack.
www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876.
Postponed
Saturday 9 November 2024 7.30pm -
Harbottle & Jonas -
Barrel House, 59 High St, Totnes TQ9 5PB (map)
Details (tba)
www.barrelhousetotnes.co.uk.
NEW Wednesday 13
November 2024 - Steve Knightley - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
As a long-serving troubadour of the folk and acoustic music scene, master
songwriter and storyteller Steve Knightley has spent much of his life on the
road, collecting songs, stories, anecdotes and observations with the odd
disaster along the way. Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music
NEW
Thursday 14 November 2024 7.30pm - Martyn
Joseph - Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
Martyn Joseph is a completely unique and mind-blowing artist. Take everything
you think you know about singer songwriters and rip it up. For one man and a
guitar he creates a performance with a huge far-reaching sound that is
energetic, compelling, and passionate. Be it to two hundred people or twenty
thousand, he blows the crowd away night after night. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts,
www.calstockarts.org.
NEW
Saturday 16 November 2024 8pm - Granny's Attic
- Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
15th anniversary tour. Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne (melodeon, anglo
concertina, vocals), George Sansome (guitar, vocals) and Lewis Wood (violin,
vocals). The trio have been heralded for their lively performances and skilled
delivery of traditional material, playing with verve, energy and their own
inimitable style. Though grounded in tradition, they are keen to push new
boundaries by exploring fresh approaches and writing their own compositions.
"Great tunes, great energy, great arrangements, great stuff!” - Jon Boden. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts,
www.calstockarts.org.
NEW/tbc
Sunday 17 November 2024 7.30pm - Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band -
Tavistock Wharf (map)
Be transported by faithful renditions of some of the most iconic songs from the
two greatest singer-songwriters of modern times, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan.
The show is the brainchild of Devon-based singer-songwriter Isabelle Nutton and
Cape Town guitarist and singer Bob Thomson, conceived after discovering a shared
fascination with Mitchell’s and Dylan’s imagery, poetry and artistry. There
followed a dive into - and a subsequent obsession with - two parallel worlds of
genius: phrasings, tunings and arrangements; dulcimers, Wurlitzers and
harmonicas; histories, fantasies and rivalries; to create a show that pays
utmost respect to the craft of their musical idols. Details
www.wegottickets.com/event/622081. tickets not
currently available at 240528
NEW
Tuesday 19 November 2024 7pm - Bellowhead
- Plymouth Pavilions
In 2004, Bellowhead burst onto the British folk scene like nothing before or
since. Famously conjured up by duo Spiers & Boden whilst sitting in a traffic
jam, they roped in friends, and friends of friends until the big band was born.
2024 marks Bellowhead’s 20th Anniversary.
Details
www.plymouthpavilions.com. Book early!
NEW Thursday 21
November 2024 7.30pm - Christine Collister -
Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14
1LZ
Touring for the first time in four years, Christine will be performing songs
from the “Children of the Sea” project along with a selection of old favourites.
To be released in 2024 - Children Of The Sea is a very special project of 9
original songs inspired by Manx Folklore and a magical sense of place. Details
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk.
tbc
Sunday 24 November 2024 2pm
- Geoff Lakeman & Rob Murch - St Mary's
Church, South St, Denbury, Newton Abbot TQ12 6DH
details tba For
tickets/information contact Rachel Belringer on 07751 804007.
NEW
Sunday 1 December 2024 8pm - Eliza Carthy & The Restitution - Matthews Hall, Fore Street,
Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
Eliza Carthy is one of the one of the most recognisable faces of the English
folk revival and one of the most impressive and engaging performers of her
generation. Her touring band, The Restitution, is a dynamic force of
contemporary folk musicians, featuring Dave Delarre (guitars), Ben Seal (bass),
Phil Alexander (piano), and Willy Molleson (drums), and together, they create an
exciting and captivating musical experience. Details
www.topshamfolkclub.org /www.wegottickets.com/TopshamFolkClub.
NEW Mon/Tues 2/3
December 2024 - Oysterband - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Oysterband will be going out on a high as they bid “A Long Long Goodbye” to fans
and friends with a series of unmissable shows in 2024 before they retire from
touring. Details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/music Very few
tickets appear to be left
NEW
Friday 6 December 2024 8pm - Janice
Burns & Jon Doran - Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
PL18 9QX (map)
Janice Burns & Jon Doran are an award-winning Anglo-Scottish duo who came
together after discovering a shared love of traditional music. Their songs tell
vivid stories about the nature of life and our place in the world. Details
www.wegottickets.com/calstockarts,
www.calstockarts.org.
NEW Friday 6
December 2024 8pm - Mad Dog Mcrea - The Watermark, Erme Court, Leonards Road,
Ivybridge PL21 0SZ
(map)
Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy
jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure,
drinking, love and life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless
pirates and black flies – Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with
their infectious songs. In constant demand and having played just about every
festival and two-bit, jibe-arsed dive in Christendom, Mad Dog Mcrea are, in
every sense of the word, a live, band. Details
www.ivybridgewatermark.co.uk.
NEW
Saturday 7 December 2024
7.30pm
- An evening with Mark
Chadwick -
Calstock Village Hall, The Quay, Calstock PL18 9QA (map)
Standing. One of the UK’s most successful songwriters, Mark Chadwick has
co-written 20 chart singles and 6 Top 40 albums (including a Number 1) as part
of the Levellers, the band he has fronted for over 25 years. Still going strong,
the Levellers are festival favourites. During this time Mark has released two
solo albums and his upfront and personal solo performance will see him play a
mixture of material from these albums and Levellers classics. Be warned, Mark
will have you up dancing!.
Details
www.calstockhall.com/events.
NEW Thursday 12
December 2024 8pm - St Agnes Fountain - The Watermark, Erme Court, Leonards Road,
Ivybridge PL21 0SZ
(map)
Chris Leslie, Chris While, Julie Matthews) Affectionately known as 'The Aggies'
and 'The Christmas Band'. The beloved 'St Agnes Fountain' have toured every
December since 2001 bar one, and we all know which one that was! Now they are
ready to tread the tinsel boards once more this December, bringing Christmas to
the nation. Christmas, as they say, starts with St. Agnes Fountain. Presenting
carols with a curve. Details
www.ivybridgewatermark.co.uk.
NEW
Thursday 12 December 2024 7.30pm -
Steve Turner
- Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street,
Ashburton TQ13 7DT
Steve Turner is known as a pioneer of highly sophisticated English concertina
song accompaniments, stretching the boundaries of traditional forms, with one of
the best voices in the business. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who also
accompanies himself on the cittern, and also plays mandolin and banjo. Details
www.wegottickets.com/ashburtonarts.
NEW Saturday 14
December 2024 7.30pm - d'Accord French & Breton dance and music -
St James Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter EX4 7AH (map)
details tba.
www.facebook.com/groups/149787688758876.
NEW Tuesday 17
December 2024 8pm - The Unthanks In Winter - Exmouth Pavilion, The Esplanade, Exmouth EX8 2AZ (map)
When December draws near, The Unthanks will release and tour In Winter - an
abstract new work that captures the warmth and nostalgia of the festive season,
the chill and darkness of the winter months, and the reflective ritualisms of
the turn of the year; the end and beginning of the circle of life. In Winter
features a new sound palette for The Unthanks, incorporating vibraphone,
clarinet and saxophone into the core band that features vocal harmony, piano,
violin, double bass, guitars and percussion. Details
www.exmouthpavilion.co.uk/whats-on/the-unthanks-in-winter.
NEW Friday 20
December 2024 -
Jim Causley: A Causley Christmas - St Pancras Church, Widecombe in the Moor
Tickets
www.jimcausley.co.uk.
NEW Friday 20 December 2024 -
Mad Dog Mcrea
- The Rum Store, Carnglaze Caverns, St Neot,
Liskeard, Cornwall (map)
Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy
jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure,
drinking, love and life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless
pirates and black flies – Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with
their infectious songs. In constant demand and having played just about every
festival and two-bit, jibe-arsed dive in Christendom, Mad Dog Mcrea are, in
every sense of the word, a live, band. Details
www.carnglaze.com.
NEW Sunday 22 &
Monday 23
December 2024 8pm - Mad Dog Mcrea - Tavistock Wharf (map)
Seated+standing. Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy
jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure,
drinking, love and life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless
pirates and black flies – Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with
their infectious songs. In constant demand and having played just about every
festival and two-bit, jibe-arsed dive in Christendom, Mad Dog Mcrea are, in
every sense of the word, a live, band. Details
www.tavistockwharf.com.
NEW Saturday 1
February 2025 7.30pm - Simon & Garfunkel Story -
Exeter Corn Exchange, George St, Exeter EX1 1BU
(map)
Following sold-out performances in London’s West End, a Worldwide tour and
standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story continues to
stun audiences across the globe. Using huge projection photos and original film
footage, the hit show features a full live band performing all the hits
including Mrs Robinson, Cecilia, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Homeward Bound and
many more. Details
www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on.
tbc
Sunday 23 February 2025 8pm - Jim Causley - Matthews Hall, Fore Street,
Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
Details
www.topshamfolkclub.org /www.wegottickets.com/TopshamFolkClub.
NEW Friday 14 March 2025
8pm - Police Dog Hogan -
Exeter Corn Exchange, George St, Exeter EX1 1BU
(map)
Police Dog Hogan combine guitar, fiddle, banjo, trumpet and accordion with bass
and drums to create a driving country-folk sound that has earned them a large
live following. They’ve played dozens of festivals, many of them repeatedly,
including Glastonbury, Cropredy, Cornbury, Kendall Calling, Black Deer and the
Sidmouth Folk Festival. Details
www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW Sunday
23 March 2025 8pm - Chris Wood - Matthews Hall, Fore Street,
Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
A welcome return from a genre-shaking musician and song-writer. Details
www.topshamfolkclub.org /www.wegottickets.com/TopshamFolkClub.
NEW Thursday 3 April 2025
8pm - The Fureys
-
Exeter Corn Exchange, George St, Exeter EX1 1BU
(map)
Legends of Irish music and song. Details
www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW Friday 9 May 2025
7.30pm - Daphne's Flight - The Watermark, Erme Court, Leonards Road,
Ivybridge PL21 0SZ
(map)
Chris While, Julie Matthews, Helen Watson, Melanie Harrold, Miranda Sykes
Featuring 5 of the finest singer-songwriters of their generation, the music of
Daphne's Flight is a unique and magical blend of their individual styles, but
together they create a unique and unparalleled force, empowering audiences of
all ages, producing music that is relatable, moving and uplifting and creating a
chemistry on stage that is both joyful and contagious. Details
www.ivybridgewatermark.co.uk.
John Culf
johnculf@harbertondevon.co.uk
www.harbertondevon.co.uk
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk
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