Diary of folk music events, in and around Leicester, England.

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February 2010
9     Green Man  		Maggie Coleman and Jez Bloomer, Julie Neale and Robert Small
	Singarounds   	Blaby; Gretton
10	Brooksby Hall	Borderline Crossing
	Hinckley Act	Jamie Arkless
	Musician     	Steve Knightly
	Bedworth     	The Harvesters
	Singarounds    	Carrington
	Sessions     	Talbot
11	Maudsley      	Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts
	Singarounds   	Dunton Bassett; Tump; Naseby Square
	Acoustic Nights	L'bro Acoustic; Black Horse
12	Singarounds   	Brew Town; Bingham; 2nd Time Around
	National Forest	Bernard Wrigley
	Quorn Vill Hall	Trevor Moss, Hannah-Lou, Lantern Players
13	Singarounds     	Robin Hood
	Acoustic Cafe	TBA
14	Singarounds  	Styvechale; Monks Kirby; Coach and Horses; King Billys
	Musician     	Jonatha Brooke
	Scrag End   	On the Fence, The Cussacks
15	Grand Union 	English Music Session
	Singarounds   	Barrowden; Woodlark       	
	Boat Inn     	Joe O‘Donnell's Shkayla
	Sessions     	Drum and Monkey; Coventry Trad
	Acoustic Nights	Fox; Musician; MontysMusic
16	Singarounds   	Blaby
	Great Knight   	Jez Lowe
17 	Long Clawson Vill Hall Tom McConville, Dave Newy and Phil Murray Tel: 01664 822247
	Bar W       	Linda Thomas - Haiti Fund Raiser
	Acoustic Nights	De Verdun
	Singarounds  	Redmile
	Carrington   	Carrivick Sisters
	Sessions     	Talbot
18	Nottingham Playhouse Martin Simpson
	Musician     	Les Barker
	Derby Gaol   	Sam Lee
	Singarounds   	Coventry; Dunton Bassett; Tump
	Acoustic Nights	L'bro Acoustic; Black Horse; Harborough
19	Brew Town     	Strawhead
	Singarounds   	Bingham; Britannia
20	Acoustic Cafe	TBA
21	Singarounds  	Styvechale; Coach and Horses; King Billys; Scrag End
	Fox Folk     	Pete Grassby
22	Grand Union 	Steve Turner, Sheila Mosley and Pete Burnham
	Acoustic Nights	Fox; Musician
	Sessions     	Coventry Trad
	Singarounds 	Monday Folk
23	Singarounds   	Blaby; Gretton
	Acoustic Nights	Oxfam Doghouse
24	Brooksby Hall	Vikki Clayton and Friends
	Bedworth     	Charity Night with John Kearney
	Singarounds    	Carrington
	Sessions     	Talbot
25	Singarounds  	Dunton Bassett; White Horse
	Musician     	Martin Carthy
	Tump        	Les Sullivan, Gilly Kemp, Malc and Gill
	Acoustic Nights	L'bro Acoustic; Black Horse
26	Singarounds  	Brew Town; Bingham; L'bro Folk; 2nd Time Around
27	Countesthorpe Vill Hall, LE8 5BT  Day of Folk email: pat.count@virgin.net
	Acoustic Cafe	TBA
	Hinckley Act    	Isambarde
	Singarounds     	Robin Hood
	Kirby Twins     	Steve Hicks and Lynn Goulborn
28	Singarounds  	Styvechale; Coach and Horses; King Billys 
	Sly Old Dogs   	Session
	Scrag End     	Phil Hulse

March 2010
1	Acoustic Nights	Bell; Fox; Musician; MontysMusic
	Singarounds   	Barrowden
	Sessions     	Coventry Trad
2	Singarounds  	Green Man; Blaby
	Great Knight   	Mike Nicholson
	Musician     	Spiers and Boden
3	Singarounds    	Carrington; Redmile; Bar W
	Hinckley Act	Club Night with Chris Tobin
	Sessions     	Talbot
4	Singarounds   	Tump; Dunton Bassett; Cransley
	Mosaic        	Music Club
	Market Harborough	LAU Tel: 01858 525179
	Acoustic Nights	L'bro Acoustic; Bushby; Black Horse
5	Bingham        	Suntrap
	Brew Town     	Peta Webb and Ken Hall
6	Acoustic Cafe	TBA
	Elmesthorpe Village Hall, LE9 7SP Pete Morton and friends Tel: 07974 214987
	Assembly Rooms, Derby  Feast of Folk
	   Malinky, Bernard Wrigley, Ruth Notman Trio
7	TATT         	Judy Cook
	Farside2    	TBA
	Singarounds   	Foxton; Styvechale; Coach and Horses; King Billys; Scrag End
	Acoustic Nights	Tilton
8	Singarounds   	Grand Union; Malt Shovel
	Sessions     	Coventry Trad
	Acoustic Nights	Fox; Musician
9     Green Man  		Club Night
	Singarounds   	Blaby; Gretton
10	Singarounds    	Carrington
	Hinckley Act	Tony Jones and Brynley Jones
	Bedworth     	Colin Pitts
	Sessions     	Talbot
11	Maudsley      	Quicksilver
	Musician     	Chris Wood
	Singarounds   	Dunton Bassett; Tump; Naseby Square
	Acoustic Nights	L'bro Acoustic; Black Horse
12	L'bro Folk     	Workshy Profits
	Singarounds 	Brew Town; Bingham
	2nd Time Around	The Rambling Boys
	National Forest	Kelly's Heroes
13	Singarounds     	Robin Hood
	Acoustic Cafe	TBA
14	Singarounds  	Styvechale; Monks Kirby; Coach and Horses; King Billys
	Musician     	Kieron Goss
	Scrag End      	Barron Brady
15	Grand Union 	English Music Session
	Boat Inn     	Three Dollar Tag
	Singarounds   	Barrowden       	
	Sessions     	Drum and Monkey; Coventry Trad
	Acoustic Nights	Fox; Musician; MontysMusic
16	Singarounds   	Blaby
	Great Knight   	Suntrap
	Musician     	Sean Taylor
17	Carrington   	Ewan McLennan
	Hinckley Act	Iain Matthews
	Bar W       	Paul Tebbutt
	Singarounds  	Redmile
	Acoustic Nights	De Verdun
	Sessions     	Talbot
18	Singarounds   	Coventry; Dunton Bassett; Tump
	Derby Gaol   	Abroad for Sport
	Acoustic Nights	L'bro Acoustic; Black Horse; Harborough
19	Brew Town     	Mick Ryan and Paul Downes
	Singarounds   	Bingham; Britannia
20	Acoustic Cafe	TBA
21	Singarounds  	Styvechale; Coach and Horses; King Billys; Fox Folk; Scrag End
22	Grand Union 	Will Noble and John Cocking, Gren Morris and Sam Stevens
	Sessions     	Coventry Trad
	Acoustic Nights	Fox; Musician
23	Singarounds   	Blaby; Gretton
24	Singarounds    	Carrington
	Bedworth     	Charity Night
	Sessions     	Talbot
25	Tump          	Debra Cowan
	Musician     	Harvey Andrews
	Singarounds 	Dunton Bassett; White Horse
	Acoustic Nights	L'bro Acoustic; Black Horse
26	Brew Town     	Judy Dunlop and John Scaife
	Singarounds   	Bingham; 2nd Time Around
27	Singarounds     	Robin Hood
	Acoustic Cafe	TBA
28	TATT         	Jeff Wesley
	Singarounds  	Styvechale; Coach and Horses; King Billys 
	Sly Old Dogs   	Session
29	Acoustic Nights	Fox; Musician
	Sessions     	Coventry Trad
	Singarounds 	Monday Folk; Barrowden
30	Singarounds   	Blaby
31	Carrington   	Mick Ryan and Paul Downes
	Singarounds  	Redmile
	Sessions     	Talbot

April 2010
1	Singarounds    	Tump
2	Bingham        	Closed
4	TATT        	Closed
6	Great Knight   	Simon Care and Gareth Turner
7	Singarounds  	Bar W
	Hinckley Act	Club Night with Ash Mandrake
8	Maudsley      	Tannahill Weavers
	Singarounds    	Tump
9	Singarounds   	Bingham
	2nd Time Around	TBA
	Brew Town     	Skyhook
12	Singarounds   	Grand Union
14	Bedworth     	Geoff Higginbottom
	Hinckley Act	Michael Chapman and Bridget St John
	Singarounds  	Redmile
15	Singarounds    	Tump, Coventry
	Acoustic Nights	Harborough
16	Bingham      	Edwina Hayes
	Hinckley Act	Chris and Mark Newman
	Brew Town     	Chris Sherburn and Denny Bartley
19	Grand Union 	English Music Session
20	Great Knight   	Wilson Family
21	Carrington    	Bernard Carney
	Acoustic Nights	De Verdun
	Bar W         	David Harris
22	Singarounds    	Tump
23	L'bro Folk     	Jack McNeill and Charlie Heys
	2nd Time Around	Pete Coe
	Singarounds   	Bingham
	Assembly Rooms, Derby St Georges Day
	    Brass Monkey, Roy Bailey, Deryshire Volunteers, Ripley Morris Men
26	Grand Union 	GU4, Claire Halliday and Lauren Kruge
	Singarounds 	Monday Folk
28	Bedworth     	Borderline Crossing
	Singarounds  	Redmile
29	Tump           	Kevin Dempsey and Joe Broughton
30	Bingham     	Carrivick Sisters
	Brew Town     	Mrs Ackroyd Band

May 2010
2	TATT         	Kevin and Ellen Mitchell
4	Great Knight   	Delta Echoes
5	Singarounds  	Bar W
6	Singarounds    	Tump
7	2nd Time Around	Singaround
10	Singarounds   	Grand Union
12	Bedworth     	Dave Gibb
	Singarounds  	Redmile
14	L'bro Folk     	The Kittiwakes	
	Brew Town     	Andy Wall
	Bingham      	Stan Smith
	Maudsley      	Belshazzars Feast
	National Forest	Shooglenifty
17	Grand Union 	English Music Session
18	Great Knight   	Steve Turner
19	Bar W         	Roger Pugh
	Acoustic Nights	De Verdun
21	2nd Time Around	Dave Goulder
	Guildall Theatre, Derby Guildhall Folk
	   Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, Les Barker, Lucy Ward 
24	Grand Union 	Benny Graham, Sheila and John Bentham
	Singarounds 	Monday Folk
26	Bedworth     	Charity Night
	Singarounds  	Redmile
28	Brew Town     	Martin Tabraham and Lesley Dolman

June 2010
1	Great Knight   	Table Nine
2	Singarounds  	Bar W
4	Brew Town     	Flossie Malavialle
6	TATT         	Sam Lee and Michael Wright
7	Grand Union 	Dick Miles, Karen Harris
9	Bedworth     	Barron Brady
	Singarounds  	Redmile
10	Maudsley      	Nancy Kerr and James Fagan
11	National Forest	Kerfuffle
	Singarounds   	L'bro Folk
13	Assembly Rooms, Derby In the Tradition
14	Singarounds   	Grand Union
15	Great Knight   	Sam Carter
16	Bar W         	Phil Riley
	Acoustic Nights	De Verdun
18-20	De Montfort Hall	The Big Session
23	Bedworth     	Duncan McFarlane
	Singarounds  	Redmile
25	L'bro Folk     	Clive and Matt Ryder
28	Grand Union 	English Music Session
	Singarounds 	Monday Folk

July 2010
2-4	National Forest Festival
2	Bingham        	Bob Fox
3	Broughton Astley Village Hall Artisan Reunion Tour Tel: 01455 286708
4	TATT         	Notts Alliance
6	Great Knight   	Vicki Swan and John Dyer
7	Singarounds  	Redmile; Bar W
9	Maudsley      	Artisan
12	Grand Union 	Big Sing
18	TATT         	Danny Spooner
19	Grand Union 	English Music Session
20	Great Knight   	Anthony John Clarke
21	Singarounds  	Redmile
	Acoustic Nights	De Verdun
	Bar W         	Bob Dayfield
23-25	Warwick Folk Festival
26	Grand Union 	The Young ‘uns, Martin Tabraham
	Singarounds 	Monday Folk
29	Tump         	Steve Turner

August 2010
1	TATT         	Closed
2	Singarounds  	Bar W
4	Singarounds  	Redmile
9	Singarounds   	Grand Union
13-15	Summer Sundae
18	Singarounds  	Redmile
	Acoustic Nights	De Verdun
	Bar W         	Mick Stewart
20-22	Moira Furnace Folk Festival
30	Singarounds 	Monday Folk

September 2010
1	Singarounds  	Redmile; Bar W
5	TATT         	Rees Wesson and Chris Bartram
13	Singarounds   	Grand Union
15	Singarounds  	Redmile
	Acoustic Nights	De Verdun
	Bar W         	Andrew Cheffings
20	Grand Union 	Mike Nicholson, Lyn Cooper
21	Great Knight   	Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick - Ticket Only
27	Grand Union 	English Music Session
	Singarounds 	Monday Folk
29	Singarounds  	Redmile

October 2010
3	TATT         	Paul Anderson and Shona Donaldson
6	Singarounds  	Bar W
11	Singarounds   	Grand Union
13	Bedworth     	Jon Harvison
	Singarounds  	Redmile
15	Bingham      	Colum Sands
18	Grand Union 	English Music Session
19	Great Knight   	Bob Fox
20	Bar W         	Dave and Julia Taylor
	Acoustic Nights	De Verdun
25	Singarounds 	Monday Folk
	Grand Union    	Mick Ryan and Paul Downes, Bill Wilkes
27	Singarounds  	Redmile

November
2	Great Knight   	Tom McConville and David Newey
3	Singarounds  	Bar W
7	TATT         	Sam Sweeney and Hannah James
8	Singarounds   	Grand Union
10	Singarounds  	Redmile
15	Grand Union 	English Music Session
17	Bar W         	Steve Cartwright
	Acoustic Nights	De Verdun
22	Grand Union    	Martyn Wyndham-Read, GU4
24	Singarounds  	Redmile
29	Singarounds 	Monday Folk

December 2010
1	Singarounds  	Bar W
5	TATT         	Ey Up Mi Duck Rides Again
7	Great Knight   	Martyn Wyndham-Read
8	Singarounds  	Redmile
13	Grand Union    	New Scorpion Band - TBC
15	Bar W         	Chris Chambers
20	Grand Union   	Carols Night
22	Singarounds  	Redmile

January 2011
17	Grand Union   	Barrie and Ingrid Temple


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