Some August highlights. See the Events page for much, much more and the Clubs page for regular events.
Sun 10 Second Time Around play at the Blenhiem Ventnor 18.00-20.00
Fri 15 Special night to mark 80th anniversary of VJ Day at Ventnor Folk Club. Venue is Ventnor British Legion. 19.00 start.
Wed 13 to Sat 16 is Ventnor Pirate Festival. On Thursday 14 – East Cowes Shanty play at The Spyglass at 13.00 and on Saturday 16 Ventnor Comic Jazz Band will be roaming around and Sea Gels Shanty Band and The Watch duo are at The Spyglass from 16.00-18.00. There are activities and buskers along the esplanade on other days, too.
Fri 4 Under the Tree storytelling in Northwood Park for the Biosphere Festival. Tickets
Fri 4 Care in the Garden Music and Food Social 18.00-21.00 with Second Time Around playing. Booking essential Tickets £12.95 eventbrite.com
Sat 5 Folk themed Mardi Gras ‘Our Folktastic Isle’ from 12.00 Ryde. Morris dancing 14.00 at St Thomas’s Square Ryde before procession arrives 15.20 approximately
Tue 22 Carnabys Fringe Folk Day at Carnaby’s Diner, Ventnor from 14.00 until 21.30. with Sea Gels Shanty Band, The Anywhens, Richard Hughes, Steve Love, The Crew, Second Time Around and Razorjake. Free entry but it is advisable to book a table for this event Tel 01983 629551.
Sat 26 2nd Time Around presents ‘Across the Pond’, exploring the origins and development of Appalacian music and wider American music genres. At Ventnor Arts Club for Ventnor Fringe 16.45 start Tickets £11.50 Tickets
Fri 4 Lindesfarne at the Medina Theatre Newport at 19.30. Tickets £33.50/£31.50 http://medinatheatre.co.uk
Sat 5 When I Paint My Masterpiece- journey into the genius of Bob Dylan with Hugh Wright Dick Taylor Art and Rick and friends at Quay Arts Centre Newport. Opens 18.00 performance starts 19.30
Fri 11 Music and conversation with Ian A Anderson at Medina Bookshop. £12.50. Booking essential http://medinabookshop.com
Wed 23 St George’s Day bash with The Crew at the Star Coffee and Ale House Ryde 19.00
Sunday 2nd March sees the ‘Blues and Twos’ concert organised by David Ballard and Jim Thorn in aid of the Air Ambulance at the Apollo Theatre, Newport, 15.30 to 19.00 (refreshments at 17.00). £20 donation.
Saturday 15th St Patrick’s Night with The Crew at White Horse Whitwell
Saturday 15th Barn Dance with the Caulkheads at Riverside Centre Newport 19.00. Tickets £12.50 from Ability Dogs 4 Young People shops or £15 on door
JC Grimshaw and Kathy
Sunday 16th Candlelight Cabaret at Arreton Community Center in aid of Carisbrooke Castle Museum. Performers include JC and Kathy. Booking essential £15 http://bit.ly/ccm-tickets
Saturday 22nd Storytelling at Cowes Combined Services Club. Thor and more – tales from the land of fire and ice told by Sue Bailey and Holly Medland. Doors 18.30 for 19.00 Tickets £8 http://ticketsource.co.uk
Holly Medland
Tuesday 25th Ashley Hutchings and Blair Dunlop at Quay Arts Centre, Newport .19.30
Friday 28th Rug Band and Hedge Inspectors at Monkton Arts in aid of Cure Parkinsons 19.00. Tickets £15 http://www.monktonarts.co.uk
After approximately 12 years of sterling service for the benefit of the Isle of Wight folk world, Debbie has decided to pass folkonwight to a new custodian -see below.
Debbie set up the site to help publicise our folk sessions and so that the many IoW folk music fans who are not on facebook could keep up to date. I am sure you would all like to thank Debbie and her assistant John Bentley for the time and expertise they have given on behalf of us all. They are both still admins for the Folk Music on the Isle of Wight facebook group and Debbie has kindly agreed to help me with emails.
I have decided to adopt a pen name -‘K’, for reasons which I am sure some of you will appreciate. I don’t promise to do updates as speedily as before, so send in information in good time, please.
Email – folkonwight@aol.co.uk
I have been making some mainly cosmetic changes while learning about the site, I hope you like them.
Interesting events in November – Lots more in the Events section
Sat 2 The Annual Playford Ball, East Cowes Town Hall, 14.00-17.00 . £8 on the door. Tea/coffee/squash provided, bring anything else. Wear what you like, period costume or modern posh is ideal. They walk through all the dances
Thur 7 An evening with Brighstone Barnacles at the Sun Inn, Hulverstone, 19.00 start
Thur 7 Have fun learning to dance the morris with Men of Wight (women welcome) at Newport Methodist Hall, Sea Street, Newport, 20.15 to 21:45. Contact bagman@menofwight.org.uk
Fri 8 to Sun 10 Wight Walk and Fiddle Weekend, Northcourt House, Shorwell. Details bobhuxtable@btinternet.com
Sat 9 and Sun 10 Donal O’Riain with JC on guitar and Tom Ferguson on bodhran, Monkton Arts, 19.00. £15 http://ww.monktonarts.co.uk
Sat 16 Heidi Talbot and Boo Hewardine at Quay Arts Centre, 20.00. £16
Sun 17 Medina Tattoo -The Crew are taking part
Sun 17 Quay Folk Club at Quay Arts, Newport. Guests: Hunter Muskett. 19.00 Donations
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