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UK/Europe and elsewhere - Irish Traditional Irish Sessions Listing

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Bristol                                                   
 
The Try Again,                           Weekly Fridays at 8.30pm 'til late.

15 Leigh Street, BS3 1SL
An established Irish session, 

Popular friendly session: tunes, songs, craic.  Mostly Irish but known to give a chance to anything folky.

Contact: Martin Thompson: [email protected]   0117
9667338 or 07855 420999




Three Tuns,
St Georges Road.                               Weekly Mondays

Hosted by Gypsy's Kiss,
mainly Irish but all music welcomed.
Contact: [email protected]



The Scotchman and His Pack,                 Tuesdays at around 9:00

on St Michael's Hill, near the top of Christmas Steps, Bristol.  

This friendly and welcoming session is mainly traditional
Irish, however French and English and Scottish tunes have also been played and
while it's mainly a tune session, there is the occasional song sung too.  Happy
to accommodate visiting musicians.


Contact: the pub on 0117 9291327





Devon
                                                       
The Queens Arms, Dartington, Totnes.                      Tuesdays - 8:30
Mainly Irish with songs.





Hertfordshire                                                      

Bulbourne Grand Junction Arms                                1st Tuesday of month 

in Bulbourne, near Tring, Herts

Trad Irish music session - has been running for over 18 months and is well attended with a variety
of players travelling from Milton Keynes, Northampton and Reading. 

Contact: Chan Reid: [email protected] or 
 
 




Kent

The high quality Irish sessions that have taken place in Kent for many
years are in a state of flux, and are in urgent need of new players if they are
to survive in the long-term.
There is good reason to hope that
young new fiddlers may soon be in the county and able to join, but other players
are needed as well.

Wednesday Irish Session : This has moved back to the George, Molash,
but is only running on a reduced "workshop" basis until numbers recover.


2nd Sunday Irish Session : This continues at the Unicorn in Bekesbourne.


Last Sunday Irish Session : This has moved from Ship in Faversham to the Anchor in Wingham.

If you are passing and have an interest in playing at an
Irish/Celtic session, contact me and I will see whom I can drum up. New
musicians are very welcome to sessions.



Lancashire


Masons Arms in Billinge                    Every Thursday     


Biased slightly to Irish but well
attended and a good pub to session in.

Contact: The pub: tel 01744 603572





Southport

The Guest House, Union St, Southport.
                 
3rd Monday of month

A mixed music session with no hard
& fast rules. 
People can check before coming by looking on
the Bothy website (www.bothyfolkclub.co.uk) under Diary.

Contact: Les Brown: [email protected]






Preston

Moorbrook Inn,
North Road (i.e. on the A6, 1 km north of town centre).

Small playing area in small pub providing draught Thwaites and quality spirits.
Strictly acoustic mixed music and song session biased to traditional UK and Irish; balance depending on
preferences of those present on the night. 
No running order,
performances, floor spots or PA.  Few house rules - i.e. anyone can join in with
anyone else (within reason), as long as they don't cock it up.  Regulars include
Rob Malaney, Hugh O'Donnell, Dave Peters and Tom Walsh.


Contact:
[email protected]
             Tel: 01772-201127
                           Fridays: 8:30-11:00 -





Lancaster

Mixed music session                           every Thursday evening,
9:30 - 12:00

Gregson Centre, Moorgate, Lancaster. 
(Upstairs room; turn right at the top of the stairs, in the door straight ahead
at the end of the landing, get a drink before coming up).


English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Swedish, French ... with
regular contributors playing
mandolin, clarinet, recorder,
pipes, pipe and tabor, guitar, concertina, fiddle, melodeon, whistle etc. 


Anyone can join in, as long as 'they don't
cock it up' (to quote entry for the Preston session). 
Singers
are welcome, as are people who only want to listen.  The more the merrier!


Contact: Rebecca Parris -
[email protected]





London


Session in Newham
                                   Thursdays  From 9pm.

The Golden Fleece,
Capel Road, London E12. 
We play a mainly
Irish repertoire but would welcome music from other traditions.


Contact: Paul Draper: 0208 548 1941




Irish Session in Hammersmith                    2nd Friday of month - 8.30-11pm

Irish Cultural Centre,
Blacks Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9DT


The West London branch of Comhaltas hold their
seisiún/session of traditional Irish music, song and dance  on the 2nd Friday of
each month at the Irish Cultural Centre, Blacks Road, Hammersmith, London W6
9DT.  It is free of charge and the public is welcome to attend and to join in.

More info on this session and other events at 

www.irishculturalcentre.co.uk




The Borough

The Horseshoe Inn,                         First Sunday lunchtime every month

26 Melior Street, London SE1
3QP
The Horseshoe is a friendly back street pub near London
Bridge station, round the back of Guys Hospital.  We will be meeting in an area
off the main bar used for meals during the week, but the pub will still be happy
to serve food.
Contact: Full details are on the web at: 

http://www.boroughmusicsession.co.uk





 

Forest Hill                                 Thursday nights, 9.00pm onward

The Blythe Hill Tavern,

on corner of Blythe Hill Lane and Stanstead Road, Forest Hill,
London SE23.
Irish Traditional Music Session: intermediate to advanced. 
A varied selection of Reels, Jigs, Polkas, Slides,
Hornpipes, Mazurkas, Waltzes played, and the very occasional song sung, at this
session, now in its fourth consecutive year in its present form, that is every
Thursday night till late, (though allegedly sessions have taken place off and on
for some 16 years now) in the snug of this beautiful old London Pub. 


Valid contributing musicians welcome. 

No shaky eggs, didgeridoos or rainsticks please.  Usually free drinks for players. 
Trains: Catford/Catford Bridge or
Honor Oak Park.Buses: 185/171 or buses to Catford (1km distant).  DLR: Lewisham (3km distant)

Contact: Danny - [email protected]   
 
on Face Book


 



Midlands

Irish session in Stourbridge                 every Wednesday night


Katy Fitzgeralds,
Enville St ,
Stourbridge               
Contact: 
www.irishpiper.org.uk



Beware! 
Irish Session the City Bar                   Monday nights     

King St , Wolverhampton.
Does not always occur.



Norfolk

ings Lynn, Crossways:                     Alt Sundays. Irish Sessions. 


Valingers Road. 


Contact: 01553 771947




Northumberland                                           Sunday afternoons, starting at noon, 


Tap and Spile,
Manchester Street, Morpeth Northumberland 

trad session featuring Northumbrian, Irish, Scottish and American Old-time music and a range of traditional instruments
including the Northumberland smallpipes. 
Friendly and welcoming.
Contact: Maureen Davison -
[email protected]  for further details.






Shropshire


Irish session in Jackfield

The Boat Inn
,                                             every Thursday evening 8 till late. 
Jackfield -
Wall to wall Irish music session - to get a seat you have to
bring an instrument.  Lots of encouragement for beginners.

Contact: Phone (UK) 01952 882178 (The Boat Inn)
or Fliss Burke - [email protected] Irish session in Selattyn


Cross Keys pub in Selattyn, near Oswestry, Shropshire.

Thursday night trad Irish session - start time is about 9pm.

Contact: [email protected]




Somerset


Session in Frome

The Griffin Inn,                     Last Tuesday of each month.  8:30 onwards.

Milk Street.
Mainly Irish stuff, but sometimes a bit of everything! 
Everyone will get a warm welcome!

Contact: Trevor Mills - e-mail:
[email protected]  
Tel: 0774 316 5432




Wiltshire 
 

Monday Sessions in Wiltshire                         1st Mondays of the month
Royal George Inn,             
                                                                  
27 Pavenhill,
Purton, Wiltshire. SN5 4BZ.  01793 770378


Rose & Crown,                            2nd and 5th Mondays of the month, 

The Green, Highworth, Nr Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 7DB.  0179  66287


Iron Horse,                              4th Mondays of the month, 
                                                     
Kerrs Way,
Wroughton.  01793 812944
These are generally music sessions,
English/Irish/French with USA/Scottish/Canadian etc. well represented. 

A few ballads and the occasional song; Oasis have been covered
plus jazz/blues.  But the basis is a fairly standard pub session - melodeons,
fiddles, pipes & guitars.
Contact: Dave
Foster: [email protected]  

 





Yorkshire


Victoria Vaults,                             
Friday                                                               evenings  8pm
Nunnery Lane, York.
An acoustic session, traditional music and singing, no formal structure, pretty
much a free for all.  All players/singers welcome.  Usually a very lively night,
so it's best to arrive as soon after 8pm as poss, to get a seat!


Victoria Vaults,                           
Last Tuesday of the month at the
Nunnery Lane, York, 8.30 pm onwards.
Nominally an "Irish" session, but in reality,
anything goes.  Format as Shoulder of Mutton, but on a smaller scale.


Contact: For both sessions,
Steve & Ruth, email : [email protected]




Harrogate

Tap and Spile
,                          Tuesdays at 8.30 pm  
Tower Street
All instrumental, tunes from anywhere.  Regularly have English, Irish Scottish,
French, Scandanavian + anything else anyone chooses to bring.

Contact: Ray Black - [email protected]



Ireland
Ireland Session in Derry City:

1st Thursday of the month,

Tinneys Bar
Patrick Street, Derry city.
Tradition singing session.

Contact: Jim Mac Farland: 07599703025 or
[email protected]




Wales
Wales
Session in Fishguard,           Pembrokeshire                  Tuesday nights from 8pm



The Royal Oak,
Fishguard,
Pembrokeshire
Session for all comers and all types of music and song. 
Everything from Irish fiddle to the occasional Welsh harp; by way of guitar, mandolin, penny whistle, flute, Welsh pipes (bagpipes) accordian, concertina, bouzouki, zither, and anything that can be tapped, hit or shaken.  Good music in good company.
Contact:
Janet Bott on [email protected]
or
www.pembrokeshire-folk-music.co.uk



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