South Yorkshire Folk
Kate Smith & Sarah Drake at Burton Street
Those who have seen Jack's Rake lately will know of Kate and Sarah as they have been playing with them this year.
Kate and Sarah are joined on July 7th by Mark Pugh of Jack's Rake
suggested voluntary contribution £2 - please give whatever you can afford
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Betty's Birthday Special at the Holly Bush 2-11pm
Saturday 4th July 2009
All day singaround with guests
including
3pm - Robin Garside
8pm - Pete and Ken
10.00pm Bob Hall and Hillary Blythe
greggian@hotmail.co.uk
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Hillsborough Folk Club at the Burton Street Foundation
Tuesdays - Doors open at 8pm for bar service, tuning followed by floor singers
Kate Smith & Sarah Drake
Those who have seen Jack's Rake lately will know of Kate and Sarah as they have been playing with them this year.
Kate and Sarah are joined on July 7th by Mark Pugh of Jack's Rake
suggested voluntary contribution £2 - please give whatever you can afford
Wath Folk Club host Marj Palmer makes a most welcome appearance at Burton Street on July 14th
Great original songs and covers
suggested voluntary contribution £2 - please give whatever you can afford
July 21st Bijker and Bloom
On tour from the Netherlands
July 28th to be arranged
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August and September until Sept 22nd - weekly club night with featured performers
All welcome to come along, perform, sing or listen. Your support is most welcome.
Featured performers known in advance to be listed whenever possible.
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The Autumn Concert and Club season 2009
Impressively enjoyable stuff. The Troubadors perform fine original songs, refined bluegrass,
gentle country rock and the finest kind of mellow Americana, all without the rose tinted spectacles.
At Burton Street on Tuesday September 22nd
Jez Lowe solo at Burton Street on Tuesday Oct 6th
Quote -
‘the best songwriter to come out of England in a long time’ - RICHARD THOMPSON
Berkana
traditional, contemporary and self-penned folk material
featuring their own arrangements and unaccompanied close harmonies
Tuesday October 20th at Burton street
Toein' in the Dark
From Buddy Holly and Bessie Smith, to traditional and contemporary songs and ballads,
the acoustic sounds of Toein’ in the Dark cross a broad spectrum of musical tastes and styles
November 10th at Burton Street
'Jon Boden - solo and traditional'
A very rare solo performance by the Bellowhead front man focusing on his repertoire of British traditional songs.
Tuesday November 24th at the Burton Street Foundation
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Raise Your Banners
Political Songwriting Competition
Write a song with the theme of "Living in 21st Century Yorkshire"
Submit it to the competition before the end of August 2009 for your chance to perform it on stage!
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Hillsborough Folk Club runs weekly at the Burton Street Foundation
Singers and musicians weekly with featured performer spots, guest spots or special guests - call 07703298164 for information.
A regular singers and musicians evening during the summer - please call the Burton Street Foundation to check the summer venue on 0114 233 2908
The Burton Street Foundation
57 Burton Street, Hillsborough S6 2HH
The bar and concert room is available for hire and ideally suitable for parties, ceilidhs, concerts, etc.
Burton Street has other facilities available for hire: rehearsal rooms, recording studio, etc.
The Burton Street Foundation Ltd is registered in England & Wales as an Industrial & Provident Society
for the Benefit of the Community, Registry of Friendly Societies no. 28699R, Exempt Charity Status ref XR23292
The Burton Street Foundation is located downhill from the Bamforth Street Supertram stop, town-side of Hillsborough Barracks/Morrisons.
From the A57 Penistone Road, follow the sign for "Walkley and Langsett Shops" road sign up Bamforth Street, then turn first right towards Burton Street
The Foundation is located up behind the New Barrack Tavern/Europarts town side of B&Q and McDonalds
www.burtonstreet.co.uk
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The Holly Bush Folk Night runs weekly in the lounge bar of the Holly Bush
with breaks in the summer and other school/bank holidays
Guests weekly - Floor singers at start of each evening
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Send requests to join the email list to syfolk@aol.com
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The South Yorkshire Event Diary
A self-service Calendar
List your event here!
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Dave Eyre's "Thank Goodness It's Folk" Radio Programme
Available on line and broadcast 'live' on Fridays at 10am.
A Sheffield Live Community Radio Broadcast
www.sheffieldlive.org
Listen on line to the podcast at www.canstream.co.uk/sheffieldlive
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* Regional Performers of note *
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Violin and bow - as new only £125
Solid spruce top
Solid maple back and sides.
Great sound, suitable beginner or intermediate level
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contact email - syfolk@aol.com