A very special hour packed full of great music for Christmas and Midwinter.

GIG GUIDE SAT 17th DECEMBER 2016

Sat 17

Roving Crows - at Watson hall, in Tewkesbury 8pm - support from both Foreign Affairs and local group A3. - Tickets from www.rovingcrows.com/shop

Johnny Coppin - All On A Winter's Nightwith Paul Burgess, Dik Cadbury, Geoff March and images from Martin Fry- Stroud Subscription Rooms 7.30pm Tickets/ Info 01453 760900 www.subscriptionrooms.org.uk

French dancing with Venn - at Horsley Village Hall, nr. Nailsworth 8pm BYO Drinks Info: Peter 0780 0727 570

Ewen McLennan - Wychwood Folk Club Tiddy Hall,, Shipton Road, Ascott -u- Wychwood, Oxon, Tickets– 01993 831427 [email protected]

Martin Carthy at The Ale House , Mill Lane, Colwall Info: 07979 542449 7:30 pm, will also be short sets from local legend Mark Stevenson and house band Appleby Kinsey.

Jolaresa Yuletide Tour- at Bridges Centre in Monmouth

Sun 18

Carol singing at The Prince Albert, Rodborough Hill, Stroud, Info: All welcome 12 noon onwards

Winter Mountain - Cornwall's Joe Francis plus full band - The Convent, South Woodchester doors at 8pm

Hark Hark - Christmas show with Coope, Simpson, Fraser and Freya - Quaker Meeting House, St Giles, Oxford freyamusic.co.uk

Mon 19

St Agnes Fountain - Chipping Norton Theatre

Tue 20

Christmas Party night at Folk at Frampton on Severn Village Hall

Wed 21 Lassington Oak Morris Men are mumming in Gloucester 8pm Info: Info: 07787 713758(m) or 01452 714093

Singers Club, Stroud. Traditional Songs. 8.30pm, Little Vic, Queen Victoria Pub, Gloucester St , Stroud. Free admission

Christmas Party- White Horse FC, St Michael's Church Room, Highworth

Mad Jocks & Englishmen - Christmas Party at the Red Lion Folk Club, Kings Heath, Birmingham 7.45pm tickets on door on in advance from website redlionfolkclub.com

Thu 22 Johnny Coppin - All On A Winter's Nightwith Paul Burgess, Dik Cadbury, Geoff March and images from Martin Fry - Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham 7.30pm Tickets/ Info 01242 258002 www.bacontheatre.co.uk

Irish Acoustic Night at The Crown & Sceptre, 98 Horns Road, Stroud Led by the amazing Tim Potts.

Minchinhampton folk club, The Old Crown, Paganhill, Stroud 8.15pm £2 Info: 01453 454594

Fri 23

Ragged & Old mummers will be performing at The Salutation Inn, Ham. The Daneway and The Kings Head, France Lynch

Sat 24 Christmas Eve

Sun 25 Christmas Day

Mon 26 Boxing Day

Gloucestershire Morris Men are at The Queen’s Hotel, Cheltenham 9.30am; Imperial Gardens, Cheltenham 10.30am then Gloucester Cathedral 12noon Info: 07908 894281 www.glosmorrismen.org

Lots of Morris Dancing and Mumming outside Gloucester Cathedral 12 noon. (Chapter House if wet or snowing)

Tewkesbury Mummers will be out – starting from Abbey 12.30 ish, then ‘working’ their way up High Street from hostelry to hostelry, eventually finishing up at Roses Theatre Bar sometime in the afternoon! This year they may well be joined again by Happenstance Border Morris


Tue 27

Annual Custard Band Ceilidh. End the year with Cabbage Dancing and other varieties celebrating English vegetables and 125th year of the Evergreen Hall Broadwell all ages welcome £5 on door Info: 01594 833334 http://www.thecolefordhub.info