Monday 5th May – Baldock Fleadh – 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm
FREE Entry
Baldock’s 16th Irish Day or Fleadh Cheoil …in the Gaelic ….takes place from noon till the evening.
The town centre will be transformed into a small Irish market town with sessions all afternoon in the Cock and White Lion with music from the finest traditional musicians in the region with some travelling from as far as the isles of Wight and Man, and even from Scotland and the Emerald Isle!
Assemble at Noon at The Cock on the High Street.
Sessions at The Cock and White Lion. Singer, Stage & Slow airs at Cafe Luna
The Maria Grant school of dancing will perform at all venues from 3.30 in what has become a much-loved event for local people over the years
See you there for Cheoil Agus Craic!
Further details BRIAN BURKE 07768274037
Wednesday 28th May – NO LESSONS OR SESSION – HALF-TERM BREAK
Sunday 1st June – 2:00pm-5:30pm – Frank’s Irish & American Music Session – The Rathmore Club
Join us for a fantastic afternoon of Irish traditional and American (Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country) music, hosted by Frank.
Expect an incredible mix of songs and tunes performed by talented local musicians – we’d love to see you there!
7th-8th June – Cambridge Busking Festival
We’re excited to share that we’ve been offered four performance slots (30-45 minutes per slot) at the Cambridge Buskers & Street Performers Festival on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June!
Here are the confirmed times and locations:
Six Six Bar – Saturday at 12:30
Tram Depot – Saturday at 15:30
Market Square – Sunday at 13:15
NCI – Sunday at 16:15
Please let Sylvie know you would like to play so she can start putting together a plan for the performances. Everyone is welcome to come along and join in!
Sunday 22nd June – Music Day at the Challis Gardens, 68 High Street, Sawston CB22 3BG. 13:45 arrival with kick off play at 14:00 until approx 16:00.
We will be under cover for whatever the weather and refreshments tea/cake will be served. If you wish to join us please let Kathleen Loughnane know by 14th June and she will arrange seating and refreshments for all.
Wednesday 25th June – All Britain Qualifiers performance – 8:00pm The Rathmore Club.
Friday 27th – Sunday 29th June – All-Britain Fleadh – Hosted by the Midland Region – Bishop Ullathorne School, Coventry.
You can find full details about the Fleadh, including the competition timetable, at the link above.
Don’t forget to order your tickets in advance — they’re around 20% cheaper than buying on the door!
Here is a brief outline of the weekend.
Friday – The Village Hotel, Coventry – Welcome Session – 8pm
Saturday – Bishop Ullathorne School, Coventry
Competitions – 1pm-6pm
Fleadh Mass – 6:15pm
Awards and Opening Ceremony – 7:30pm
Session with Licensed Bar – 6pm-11pm
Sunday – Bishop Ullathorne School, Coventry
Competitions – From 10am
Wednesday 16th July – End of Term Tutor-Led Session and Party – 7:00pm The Rathmore Club
SAVE THE DATE – Saturday 2nd August – Folk in the City
As you may have heard, Cambridge Folk Festival is organising a free event at Cherry Hinton Hall over the first weekend in August. As part of this they want to highlight the regular folk music events that happen around the city so they have asked us to host a session at the Rathmore from 8:30pm on the Saturday evening.
Look out for the other events being held over that weekend – some of our members will be playing in the festival ceilidh band earlier that Saturday evening at the festival.
Saturday 3rd – Sunday 10th August – All-Ireland Fleadh – Wexford Town, Ireland
SAVE THE DATE – Sunday 24th August afternoon – TBC – Out of the Ordinary Festival on Christ’s Pieces!
This is another event organised by the Cambridge Folk Festival team and we have been asked to perform a 45 minute slot on the Sunday afternoon. Again please let Sylvie know if you like to be part of this group.
We are very grateful that we have been asked to collaborate with the festival as they have been very supportive of our branch over the years and it’s a shame the normal folk festival isn’t taking place this year so it is great to be involved with these events.
Sunday 12th October – Learn to Play Day event – 2:00pm – 4:00pm – The Rathmore Club