Leigh Folk Festival
The Largest Free Folk Festival in the Country

Thursday 27th - Sunday 30th June 2013

with
A Fine Array of Local, National and International Folk Artistes
Real Ale Festival, Pub Sessions & Singarounds,
Poetry & Storytelling, Hoy Club Stage, Mummers,
Open Mic Competition, Films Shows,
 Childrens' Activities and of course miles and miles of mud ! 

also featuring many dance sides including:

Morris, Clog, Rapper, Irish, Appalachian and Egyptian

and a fabulous

Sunday Lunchtime Procession through the Old Town of Leigh

Contact Details
Artistes :
Paul Collier p.collier.152@btinternet.com
Dance Sides:
Claire Jarvis jarv065@googlemail.com
Concessions & Finance :
Ian Flack
General Enquiries & Club Stage : Tony Prior

Telephone : (01702) 715111 Fax : (01702) 713984
60 The Ridgeway, Westcliff on Sea, Essex SS0 8NU

The Programme so far ...

 ‘The Adventures Of Andy Kershaw’
Leigh Community Centre (Friday May 10)

20.00-20.15  Honeygales                www.myspace.com/honeygales                                                                
20.15-21.00 
Andy Kershaw          www.andykershaw.co.uk                                                                    
21.00-21.30  Interval                                                                                                                                          
21.30-21.45 
Tom Burgess             www.myspace.com/tomburgessmusic                                       
21.45-22.30 
Andy Kershaw          www.andykershaw.co.uk                                                                     
22.30-close  
Famous Potatoes   www.famouspotatoes.co.uk

Andy will be speaking about his colourful career as a foreign correspondent and radio presenter,
illustrated with images and sound clips. 

Ticket price £10 in advance, £12 on the door. 

Opening Night, Thursday (June 27), venue tbc
Jack
Forbes’ new ‘Down the Hill to the Old Town’

Squeezebox Folk at LFF 2013, The Squeeze – Thursday Evening (June 27)

Crafting For Foes                     www.craftingforfoes.co.uk                                                               
Greanvine                                          www.stonetaperecordings.co.uk                                                         
Chris Ricketts                                  www.chrisrickettsmusic.com                                            
Olivia Chaney                                  www.oliviachaney.net

Shangri La @ Leigh Folk Festival 2013, Railway Hotel – Thursday Evening (June 27)
Programme (tbc).

 New Road Chapel – Friday Evening (June 28)

Michael Chapman                   www.michaelchapman.co.uk                                                               
Matthew Boulter                           www.theluckystrikes.com                                                          
Jason Steel                                         www.jasonsteel.co.uk

Ticket price £8 in advance, £10 door. 

The Smack – Friday Night (June 28)

Grand Reunion                                 www.myspace.com/grandreunion

Crooked Billet – Friday Night (June 28)

Instrumental session, Paddy Beadle & Friends

Peter Boat – Friday Night (June 28)

Singaround, hosted by Derek ‘Otto’ Oliver                     

St Clement’s Church – Friday Night (June 28)

Storyround, with Peter Monk                    www.the-storyteller.co.uk

North St School – Friday night (June 28)

Ceilidh, hosted by the Grand Ceilidh Club.
Featuring the
Bits & Pieces Barn Dance Band, calling from ‘The 2 Js’.

Library Gardens – Saturday June 29

11.15-11.45 Arfur Doo & the Toerags          https://www.facebook.com/ArfurDooAndTheToerags  
   
12.00-12.25
Drohne, with Jo Lepine             www.drohne.co.uk         www.myspace.com/jolepine      

12.25-12.45 Thameside Mummers                                                                                                            

12.45-13.20
KC McKanzie                             
www.kcmckanzie.com                                                           

13.30-14.05
Funke & the Two Tone Baby    www.funkeandthetwotonebaby.co,uk                                

14.10-14.55
Family Ceilidh, with Paddy, Roy & Fiona                                                                                                         

15.05-15.35
White Doves      

15.45-16.20
The Arlenes                       
        www.thearlenes.wibking.com                                             

16.35-17.10
The Doomed Bird of Providence      www.doomedbird.com                                                                               

17.25-18.05
O’Hooley & Tidow                     www.ohooleyandtidow.com                                                         


Lower Library Gardens – Saturday June 29 - Club Stage - Lower Library Gardens

11.00-11.15 The Jones Boys    www.reverbnation.com/thejonesboys    
                                           
11.20-11.35
Tony Prior                                                                                                                      

11.40-11.55
Zoe Wren             
www.facebook.com/zoewrenmusic                                              

12.00-12.15
Dave Symonds                                                                                                            

12.20-12.35
Dennis Homes                                                                                                                

12.40-12.55
Jo Page                                                                                                                       

13.00-13.15
Kaz Simmons       
www.kazsimmons.com                                                                   

13.20-13.35
Micky Denny         www.facebook.com/micky.denny                                          

13.40-13.55
Dec Feenan                                                                                                           

14.00-14.15
Crafting For Foes
www.craftingforfoes.co.uk                                                                  

14.20-14.35
Miriam Elhadji                                                                                                                            

14.40-14.55
John Dudd’s Ukulele Band                                                                                   

15.00-15.15
Bob’s Barbershop Boys                                                                                         

15.20-15.35
Kathy Maye                 
www.kathymaye.bandcamp.com                                                    

15.40-15.55
Jack Frosdick & Alison Burnaby         www.facebook.com/alisonandjack                                    

16.35-17.00
Mike O’Leary Band   www.mikeoleary.co.uk

 

Grove End, opposite ‘Ten Green Bottles’ – Saturday June 29 (pm) Buskathon

Jam Jar Jazz                                                                                                                                           

The
Creole Brothers                    
www.reverbnation.com/thecreolebrothers                                     

Sheila
Lord                                     
www.soundcloud.com/sheilalord                                               
 

Sam Hennessey                                                                                                                                          

Piers
Haslam                                      
www.soundcloud.com/piershaslam

St Clement’s Church – Saturday June 29 (to 4.30pm)

Open Mic Competition

Main concert St Clement’s Church – Saturday June 29 early evening, c.18.30-21.00

18.30-19.30 Shirley Collins     www.shirleycollins.co.uk                                                                             
19.45-20.45
The Copper Family      www.thecopperfamily.com                 
 

Featuring a c.60 min audio-visual presentation by Shirley Collins with Pip Barnes entitled ‘Songs and Southern Breezes’, looking at Bob Copper’s folk song collecting in Sussex.  Short interval, then an hour of songs and stories from 3 generations of the Copper Family (7-9 members).                                                                            

Ticket price: £12 (advance) / £15 (door)

DV8 Studios. Caedmon Hall, Pall Mall – Saturday June 29 evening

Barn Dance featuring ‘To Be Announced’           www.dv8studios.co.uk
Associated event run by DV8

Clarendon Scout HQ – Saturday June 29 evening, c.21.15-23.30             

Blood On A Feather        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-evhfUhcoY&feature=related                   
Cam Deas                         www.myspace.com/camdeasmusic                                 
Sokobauno                       www.sokobauno.com                                                                  
Nancy Wallace                 www.nancywallace.co.uk 

‘Live materialisations’ from special guests may also spontaneously occur!

The Smack – Saturday June 29 evening
Basey Brothers

Crooked Billet – Saturday June 29 evening
Lost Amigos

Mayflower  – Saturday June 29 evening
Singaround, hosted by Tony Prior

Billet Wharf / The Hoy – Sunday June 30 to 18.00

11.00 Mick Denny

12.00
Tony Prior

12.20-12.50
Kate Denny      
www.katedenny.com                                                      

13.00-13.15
Festival Open Mic Winner                                                                                                     

13.20-13.50
Kate Denny & Charlie Skelton           
www.katedenny.com                             

14.00-14.50
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer            
www.swan-dyer.co.uk                                     

15.00-15.30
Jess & Rich Arrowsmith                       www.arrowsmithmusic.co.uk                                

15.30-16.00
Nancy Kerr & James Fagan                 www.kerrfagan.com                                                         

16.00-16.50
Melrose Quartet                                   www.melrosequartet.co.uk                                             

17.00-18.00
Under The Ice                                      www.tobyshaer.com                                                       

The above session to be funded by Priority Management Services Ltd and presented by the Hoy at Anchor

Billet Wharf – Sunday June 30 evening session from 18.00

18.15-18.55 Phil Burdett       www.philburdett.com                                                                            

19.10-19.50
Mark Harrison                                                                                                                    

20.00 – close
Lost Amigos & More Amigos         

New Road Chapel – Sunday June 30 from 14.00 (or 13.30?)

14.00-14.35 Wounded Knee                        www.iamwoundedknee.com 
                                                              

14.45-15.20
You Are Wolf             www.kerryandrew.net                                                                               

15.30-16.05
Sharron Kraus               www.sharronkraus.com                                                                             

16.15-16.50
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker           www.josienneclarke.co.uk                        

17.00-17.35
Simon Finn, with Joolie Wood & Ian Hothersall      www.simonfinn.co.uk

17.45-18.20
Stephanie Hladowski & C. Joynes   www.boweavilrecordings.com/weavil_49.html


18.30-19.05
Blood On A Feather            
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-evhfUhcoY&feature=related
  

19.15-19.50
Alasdair Roberts                               www.alasdairroberts.com                                                          


Boatyard Car Park – Sunday June 30
Preview Club

Brett Puffett                                                                                                                                

Bob & Lee                                                                                                                                       

Chris Robson  
                                     
www.reverbnation.com/chrisrobson                                      

Cohort
                                                                                                                                     

David
Anton & Simon Routh                                                                               

Hootch
                                                                                                                                         

Kev
Butler & Dave Crawford         
www.myspace.com/butlerandcrawford                                     

Mick
& Anne                                                                                                                                 

Phazed
                                       
www.phazed.org                                                                           

Simon
Routh                                       
www.facebook.com/simon.routh.5                                                             

Steve
& Laura Evans, with Cohort



Peter Boat – Sunday June 30


11.00-11.35
Delta Jacks                    
www.thedeltajacks.com                                                         

11.50-12.25
Bob Collum & the Welfare Mothers      www.bobcollum.com                                                     

12.40-13.15
Navacross                  www.navacross.co.uk                                                              

13.30-14.05
Colin & the Crawfish        

14.25-15.00 Bonfire Radicals                      http://youtu.be/UTu43YUBe6Y                                                    

15.15-15.50
The Ugly Guys                      www.myspace.com/theuglyguys                                                                      

16.05-16.40
Bones & the Aft                      www.liverandlights.co.uk                                                            

16.55-17.30
Allotment                  www.myspace.com/allotment5                                                     

17.45-18.20
Plantman                       
www.myspace.com/plantman35                                                                        

18.40-19.15
Famous Potatoes         

19.35-20.10
Lucky Strikes               
www.theluckystrikes.com                                                                                  

Final slots:  
Provided by Riga.                                                                                                                            

Jackie
Wilson Says                          
http://jackiewilsonsays.posterous.com/                                        

Amy
Wadge?                                         
www.amywadge.com

 

Sara’s Tea Garden ( Sunday June 30 11.00-12.00 then 14.00-17.00)

11.00-11.25
Adam Duffill                     
www.myspace.com/adamduffillmusic1                        


11.30-12.00
Oli Howard                                     
www.myspace.com/olihoward_music  


14.00-14.30
Kirsty Cotter & Barry Watson
https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/cotterandwatson/info


14.35-15.00
Pancho & Lefty                                                                                                                                   


15.05-15.30
David Crix                          www.soundcloud.com/david-crix              


15.35-16.00
Hannah Marsh                  
www.facebook.com/HannahMarshJazz                                         


16.05-16.30
Joe Danks                              www.joedanks.com


16.35-17.00
Agam                                
www.stuartmasters.co.uk                                                                                

                               

Clarendon Scout Hut – Sunday June 30 (c.11.30-13.45)

(a). Squeezebox programme          www.squeezeboxfolk.com

Tim Graham   
                                             
www.timgrahammusic.co.uk                                                                         

Robin
Grey                                       
www.robingrey.com                                                                                      

Pick
Yer Feet Up

Sokobauno
                                               
www.sokobauno.com

 

 (b). Folk Police programme (14.00-16.00)

Sproatly Smith                                  www.spoatlysmith.bandcamp.com                                                          

Rapunzel
& Sedayne                                
www.rapunzelandsedayne.bandcamp.com                                

Harp
& a Monkey                                   
www.harpandamonkey.com     


 (c). Sundown programme (16.15-19.20)             
www.sundownarts.org                            

Simon Blackman           www.facebook.com/pages/Simon-Blackman/157656020919647?v=info 

Julie
Collings                  
www.juliecollings.co.uk                                                                              

Cusack
(solo)                 
www.reverbnation.com/cusackmusic                                                

Mick
Denny                    
https://www.facebook.com/micky.denny                                                                                    

John
Hegley                    
www.johnhegley.co.uk                                                                                   

Ed
Rome                         www.edrome.co.uk  

 

Foundry, Sunday June 30  YMCA Music Studio Showcase

Leddra
Chapman                  www.leddrachapman.com                                                                      

Sam Duckworth
                    
www.getcapewearcapefly.com                                                 

Fancy
Dress Party                 http://www.myspace.com/thefancydressparty                            

FranClassic
                            http://www.franclassic.com/                                                       

Rubylux
                                 http://rubylux.net    
                                                             


SXSE Stage, Bell Wharf - Sunday


White Doves                          
https://www.facebook.com/pages/White-Doves/327339953989612                          


Simon
Gentry                                                                                                                                                       


Reg
Hiss Skiffle Group          
www.soundcloud.com/reghissskifflegroup                                  


Onions
                                   
www.myspace.com/thesimononions                                    


Jack
Day                                  
www.myspace.com/jackdaymusic                                                        


Troubadour
Rose                   
www.troubadourrose.com
                                                                           

 

Dan Korn & the Choppy Waters            www.facebook.com/pages/Dan-Korn/152050434807981                            


Jamie
Parisio                           
www.soundcloud.com/jamie-parisio                                                    


Cusack
(full band)                   
www.reverbnation.com/cusackmusic                                                            


My
First Tooth                         
www.myfirsttooth.bandcamp.com                                                                          


Senor
Al & the JJs.                   
www.myspace.com/senoralandthejjs

 

Dance Sides taking part in the Festival

Blackhorse & Standard, Chelmsford Folk Dancers, Cockleshell Clog,
Hertfordshire Holly, Les Pas Perdus, Maldon Dark Horse,
Manor Mill Morris, Maureen Corr Irish Dancers, Mayflower Morris,
Priory Morris, Royal Liberty Morris, Southend Irish Dancers

Akula Tribal, Alimah,
Aswan Egyptian Dance Group,
Eastern Roses Belly Dancers, Salsa Heart

 

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