Wednesday 17th January is traditionally Wassail night at the Butchers Arms in Carhampton and I shall be there to play some folk tunes in the bar with (hopefully) a load of other traditional folk musicians, but why have people been doing this for so many years?
Rob
Folk Music Festivals and Sessions
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- Wellington, Somerset new folk and roots night 'Acoustic Roots' at Mama Stone's music venue
- Friendly Christmas Eve folk music session of English traditional tunes at South Petherton
- Christmas Folk Music Session at Milborne St Andrew Sports Club, Dorset on Friday 19th December 2008 at 8pm
- Ranters Folk Session at Milborne St Andrew, Dorset
- Bampton Folk Festival 'After the Fair' with lots of old faces and some welcome new ones
- Bampton Horse Fair and After the Fair Folk Festival 2008 gets off to a good start
- Roger's Rant Folk Music Festival ceilidh fundraising folk dance
- Bampton Free Folk Festival 'After the fair' in Devon October 31st to November 2nd 2008 Anglo, Irish, Breton
- Swanage Folk Festival in Dorset was a pleasant day out despite the sogginess
- Wadebridge Folk Festival sessions in Cornwall
- Relocated English Music Session second and fourth Mondays of each month previously at The Beehive Pub, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
- Sidmouth folk festival 2008 success story I hardly dare to tell
- Thriving David Hall Arts Centre, South Petherton roof repairs granted from South Somerset District Council
- Martin and Vera Jardine of No Strings Attached
- Milborne St Andrew, Dorset Village Hall Ceilidh was highlight of Roger's Rant mini acoustic festival for me
- Dorchester Corn Exchange, Dorset music gig entertainment on Friday 18th July at 7.30pm
- John Waltham's wonderful unaccompanied singing at Crewkerne brought tears of laughter to my eyes
- Priddy Folk Festival continues to please
- West Somerset Folk Festival for a jolly good sing-around
Tradition stories and articles from Rob Hopcott
- Mama Stone’s, new live performance venue in Wellington, Somerset could easily become addictiveLast night, 18th December 2008, Mama Stone's, the new live performance venue at Wellington, Somerset, rocked to the sound of some fine local bands as Mama Stone's new folk and roots evening 'Acoustic Roots' got under way - an evening of live music that...
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- Friendly Christmas Eve folk music session of English traditional tunes at South PethertonMartin Hughes has kindly emailed me to say that there will be a folk music session at the Wheatsheaf Inn at South Petherton on Wednesday 24th December 2008 starting about 8.30 pm which, of course, is Christmas Eve.The Wheatsheaf folk music session run ...
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