Schedule of Events
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If you would like to book the band for your event please e mail jillyelliot@gmail.com
2020
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January 2020 Every Tuesday - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Saturday 11th January - Annual Rotary fundraising barn dance - Somerset Hall, Portishead - 7.30pm-11pm |
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February 2020 Every Tuesday - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Sunday 2nd February - Christening at Clapton Church - play from 11.30, Service 12 noon followed by lunch and music session at the Black Horse. Thursday 27th February - Tuesday Irish group playing at Butcher's Hook in Thornbury 7.30pm |
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March 2020 Every Tuesday - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Friday 13th March - 11.00am - St. Peter's Hospice fundraising at John Lewis Cribbs Causeway Sunday 15th March - 11.00am - St. Peter's Hospice fundraising at John Lewis Cribbs Causeway
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.... and so we abruptly abandoned our programme until ....
December 2020
Katie K's Advent Calendar - Every day from 1st December - Christmas Eve - 9.00am-9.15am - join host Katie Kennedy and lots of band members on zoom for 15 minutes of pure fun. Start off each day playing along with Katie and her surprise musician of the day:
1st December - Tony Counter
2nd December - Jill Elliot - a Christmas tune which can be played in a round.
click here for link to the video
click here for link to the lesson
3rd December - Roland Godshaw - an Irish reel with a seasonal name by East Galway fluter Tommy Potts - click here for link for dots for this tune
4th December - Dave Barrett - plays his own composition
5th December - Paul Dennant - plays
6th December - Mark Wallis and Norma Mills - a wonderfulselection of seasonal tunes - click here for the link for dots to their tunes
7th December - ?
Planned 2020 events - we did the events in this font and the events in green are all postponed until further notice. As soon as we can we will be playing live again ........
....... until then we are on Zoom!
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January 2020 Every Tuesday - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Saturday 11th January - annual Rotary fundraising barn dance - Somerset Hall, Portishead - 7.30pm-11pm |
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February 2020 Every Tuesday - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Sunday 2nd February - Christening at Clapton Church - play from 11.30, Service 12 noon followed by lunch and music session at the Black Horse. Thursday 27th February - Tuesday Irish group playing at Butcher's Hook in Thornbury 7.30pm |
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March 2020 Every Tuesday - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Friday 13th March - 11.00am - St. Peter's Hospice fundraising at John Lewis Cribbs Causeway Sunday 15th March - 11.00am - St. Peter's Hospice fundraising at John Lewis Cribbs Causeway Tuesday 17th March - 7pm - Siren's Calling Portishead Irish Night Friday 27th March - 4.30pm - 6pm. Playing at Retirement party in Bristol Saturday 28th March 1.30pm - St. Werburghs City Farm Spring Fair - music and maypole dancing with Cathy |
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April 2020 Every Tuesday Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Friday 24th April - Charity Barn Dance Hutton - Labrador Rescue and Alzheimer's fundraising barn dance 7pm-11pm Sunday 5th April - St. Michaels Clapton in Gordano Easter service - 3pm |
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May 2020 Every Tuesday - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. tbc - Fringe event for Bristol Folk Festival Friday 1st May - Summer Concert at St. Michael's Church, Clapton in Gordano Saturday 2nd May - May Fayre, Blue Coat School, Wotton Under Edge |
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June 2020 Every Tuesday - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Sunday 7th June - Clevedon Pier music and dance 2pm-4pm Wednesday 3rd June 11am - Buskerthon at Southmead Hospital Saturday 13th June 11am - Buskerthon at John Lewis at Cribbs Causeway Sunday 21st June - 3pm Summer service at Clapton Church |
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July 2020 Every Tuesday - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Sunday 5th July - Clevedon Pier music and dance 2pm-4pm Saturday 18th July - Portishead in Bloom Community Picnic 12 noon-3.30pm Friday 31st July - Vassall Centre Summer Fair, Fishponds 11am-2pm |
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August 2020 Tuesdays - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Sunday 2nd August - Sidmouth Folk Festival - 11.30 -12.30 and 2.30 - 3.30 Sunday 23rd August - Clevedon Pier music and dance 2pm-4pm |
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September 2020 Every Tuesday - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Sunday September 27th - Harvest Service - St. Michael's, Clapton in Gordano 3pm |
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October 2020 Every Tuesday - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Saturday 10th October - charity barn dance for Crohns and Colitis - local branch of the charity - Somerset Hall, Portishead Thursday 15th October - 1.30pm-3pm Greyfriars Friendship Club, Clevedon |
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November 2020 Every Tuesday - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Sunday 8th November - remembrance service at Clapton Church 10.45 Tuesday 17th November - Memory Cafe Portishead - 1.45 -3.15 |
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December 2020 Every Tuesday except 27th - Folk Feet dance and social morning - Folk Hall Portishead, BS20 6PR - 9.30am-11.30am dance with live music - 11.30am-12.15pm music session. Wednesday 2nd December 11am - Buskerthon at Southmead Hospital Saturday 12th December 11am - Buskerthon at John Lewis Cribbs Causeway Sunday December 20th - Carol Service at St. Michaels in Clapton 3pm |
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January 2021 Saturday 16th January - Rotary Fundraising Barn Dance, Somerset Hall, Portishead |