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And you know that feeling when you walk into a pub, buy a couple pf pints and then ask where the music is, only to find out you're in the wrong pub. It happened to us in the Queens Head, Eastville in September 1997. Eastville, Easton, they all sound the same. So for that reason alone, we strongly recommend that you do your homework and phone or visit the venue before you turn up with your banjo on darts club night. Don't say we didn't warn you.
| Bath | ||
| Various | Music | (usually Mon/Weds eve/Sun lunch) The Bell Walcot Street/Steve Henwood 01225 460426 |
| Monday | FD | Playford Club / fortnightly / Holy Trinity CH, Monmouth Street, 8pm / Mary Dale 01225 426400 |
| FD | FDC / St Mark's Community Hall Widcombe / fortnightly / Brian Clark 01225 427736 . | |
| Tuesday | Scottish | Juniors (6.30 - 7.30), beginners and Intermediate (7.30 - 9.30) / King Edward School / John Davis / 01225 462808 |
| Wednesday | Rapper | Northgate Rapper / URC Hall, Grove Street / Martin Hanley 01373 834421 |
| Regency dance | Jane Austen Dancers / 2nd, 3rd and 4th / Holy Trinity CH, Monmouth Street / Elspeth Reed 01225 722509 | |
| 18th century dance | !st and 3rd Wednesday monthly / Bath Minuet Co beginners classes / Oldfield Methodist CH / Dennis Edwards 01934 823486 | |
| Acoustic music | Monthly - Bath Acoustic Music Club - The Raven, Queen Street, Bath - Mary English 01225 315718 | |
| Thursday | Ladies clog | Mr Wilkins Shilling / Batheaston Methodist CH / Janet Tatem 01225 859338 |
| Scottish | Afternoon 1.30 - 4.30 / Bathampton Village Hall / John Davis / 01225 462808 | |
| Irish music | Session / Railway Tavern / Henry Ford 01225 466659 | |
| Morris | Bathampton Morris / Winsley Church Hall / Chris Wildridge 01749 850439 | |
| Friday | Irish music | Session / Porter Butt / Henry Ford 01225 466659 |
| Folk dance | U3A in Bath / 2.30-4.30pm / Beryl Brooks 01225 319558 | |
| Saturday | Ceilidh | Monthly Ceilidh / Sulis Club, Claverton Down / Richard Lander 01225 311634 |
| Sunday | Irish music | Rising Sun / 01225 316865 |
| French / Breton | Music + Dance / Hotsprings / Nicki Cawthorne 01225 332025. | |
| Bristol | ||
| Monday | Song | Nova Scotia Folk Club / Nova Scotia, Bristol Docks / Jim Tigwelll 07714 475585 |
| Dance | Concorde Wheelchair Dancers / Page Hall, Staple Hill / 7.45 – 9.30 / Julia Hall 01275 833541 | |
| Song / music session | The Grapes, Sion Place, Clifton / Gypsy's Kiss + friends / 8.30 / 0117 9731722 | |
| Appalachian | Applejacks / St Elizabeth's Hall, Hambrook / 7.30pm / Martin Newman 0117 9690521 | |
| Tuesday | FD | Step Stately Playford / St Alban's CH Westbury Park / fortnightly 8.15 / Roger Holbrook 0117 9508533 |
| Scottish | Westbury Scottish Beginners / Henleaze URC / 7.30 - 9.30 / Fiona Grant 0117 9243573 | |
| Scottish | Intermediate / St Peters CH Henleaze 7.30-10 / Joyce Andrews 0117 9681357 | |
| Children's Morris | Ashleys Rise Junior Morris / Old Hall United Reform Church Muller Rd / 6.15 / Kim 0117 9401566 | |
| English step clog | City Clickers / 8.00 / Bishop Rd Primary Sch. / Julie Williams 0117 9427051 | |
| Music session (mainly English) | Naval Volunteer, King Street / 8pm / Chris Legge / 0117 9293508 | |
| Music session (Irish) | Lord Rodney, Kingswood / Brian Leahy / 07974 133568 | |
| Music session (Irish) | The Scotchman and His Pack at the lower end of St. Michaels Hill / 9.30 onwards | |
| Song / music | Monthly (first or second Tuesday) Folk Around Fishponds - Portcullis, Fishponds Road - Richard Bond 0117 9657413 | |
| Wednesday | FD | Frenchay FDC / Frenchay Village Hall / fortnightly / John & Lynne Griffin 0117 9409508 |
| Circle | Womens Circle / Spiral / Friends Meeting House Glos Rd monthly Weds 7.30 / Hazel 0117 9564923 | |
| Irish music | The Eldon Clifton/ Andy / 0117 9515098 | |
| Circle | Bristol Dance Centre/ 11am - 1pm / 0117 9292118 | |
| Square | Patchway High School / 01454 778795 / 887567 | |
| Scottish | Technique / Fairfield High School / 7.30 - 9.30 / Sara Jackson 0117 9734914 | |
| Storytelling | Bristol Storytelling Circle / first Wednesday of month / Horse and Groom, St Georges Road (off Park Street) / 8 pm | |
| Open mike | The Thunderbolt, Bath Road, Totterdown / Tony Coll 0117 987 0442 | |
| Thursday | International | International FD group / St Ursula’s School / 7.30pm term only / Hilda Sturge 0117 9621802 |
| Morris | Bristol Morris Men / QEH School Gym, Jacob's Wells Road / George Collett 01454 416902 | |
| Morris | Rag Morris (mixed) / Bristol Students Union Queens Rd / Tony Hearn 0117 9720195 | |
| Scottish | Elementary & beginners / Redland High School for Girls / 7.45 - 9.15 / Sara Jackson 0117 9734914 | |
| Scottish | Intermediate & advanced / Redland High School for Girls / 7.30 - 10.00 / Sara Jackson 0117 9734914 | |
| Music | Twice monthly DIY Folk Band / St Andrews Ch Meeting Rm / 7.15-9.15 / Geoff Blake 0117 9685465 | |
| Friday | Scottish | Weekly / St Peters Church Hall, Henleaze / 7.45 - 10.00 / John Andrews 0117 9681357 |
| Morris | Pigsty / Kelvin Players Drama Studio Gloucester Rd Bishopston / Liz Empson 0117 9427926 | |
| Song | Dragon FC Bridge Inn, Shortwood nr Mangotsfield / weekly 8.15pm / Maggie Starkey 01454 321943 | |
| Circle | Class / Bristol Community Dance Centre Jacobs Wells Rd / 8.15-9.45pm/ 0117 9292118 | |
| Music session (Irish) | The Try Again, Bedminster | |
| Saturday | Cajun | Bristol Cajun Club / monthly / The Polish Club 50 St Pauls Rd Clifton / Philippa 0117 9604159 |
| Irish | Fortnightly / workshops in Irish flute, tin whistle, dancing, bodhran / St Andrews Hall, Avonmouth / £3 / Donal Lynch / 01275 845379 | |
| Music session (Irish) | The Bell, Alfred Place, Kingsdown / See Hibernia Centre | |
| Sunday | Irish set dance | Class / St Bonaventures Egerton Rd Bristol / Vicki Salway 01454 632616 |
| Music session | Weekly 7-9 pm / Eclectic music / Kebele Kulture Project, 14 Robertson Road, Eastville / Cris P 07759 477176 | |
| Open mike | Folk House, Bristol / first Sunday in each month (from April onwards) | |
| Music session (French) | The Eldon House, 6 Lower Clifton Hill, BS8 1BT / monthly / 0117 922 1271 | |
| Amesbury | ||
| Thursday | Scottish | Methodist Hall / Rob Hopgood 01980 600883 |
| Friday | Ceilidh | Reelgood Factors / monthly / Amesbury Social Folk, Antrobus House / Doug & Ann May 01980 625019 |
| Avonmouth | ||
| Saturday | Irish | Fortnightly music workshops - St Andrew's Hall - Donal Lynch 01275 845379 |
| Backwell | ||
| Sunday | Music | 1st & 3rd Sunday in month - New Inn, West Town Road - Lyn Clarke 01275 462694 |
| Banwell | ||
| Friday | Irish | !st Friday - session - the Bell - 01934 822330 / Debbie and Tim 01934 843569 |
| Bleadon | ||
| Thursday | FD | 1st & 4th at Village Hall / John Tomlinson 01934 812436 |
| Bradford on Avon | ||
| Monday | English music | Every 2nd and 4th Monday - George Inn, Woolley Street - 8.30 pm - Chris Timson 01225 863762 |
| Tuesday | Song | Bradford on Avon FC / the George, Woolley Street / Alan Hinds 07980 204646 |
| Wednesday | FD | FDC / 2nd & 4th monthly St Marys CH Hilperton / Gillian Payne 01225 765478 |
| Brent Knoll | ||
| Wednesday | Morris | Chalice Morris / VH |
| Charfield | ||
| Thursday | Song | Singaround / 3rd monthly / Plough / 01453 547599 |
| Chippenham | ||
| Tuesday | FD | 1st,3rd,5th Tues / Chippenham FDC / United Reformed CH / Doug Willis 01249 715525 |
| Wednesday | Morris | Chippenham Town Morris / Little Englands Hall, Sheldon Rd / Pete Causer 01249 446354 |
| Appalachian | Footnotes / Old Road Tavern / Margaret Lile 01249 651015 | |
| Thursday | Clog | Hips & Haws / TS Tiger, Long Close, Chippenham / 8.00-10.00 / Jan Field 01249 657128 |
| Sunday | Music / song | Old Road Tavern - 1st & 3rd general session, 2nd French session, 5th singaround / Christine France 01249 652094 |
| Occasional | Mummers | Ragged Heroes / Colin Burge / 01249 782694 |
| Churchill | ||
| Monday | FD | Mendip FD Club / 1st + 3rd Mons / Memorial Hall/various callers / Pat Hicks 01761 462221 |
| Clapton-in-Gordano | ||
| Tuesday | Open mike | Black Horse / Monthly / 01275 842105 |
| Wednesday | Music session (basic) | Black Horse / Monthly / Jill Elliot 01275 847909 |
| Codford | ||
| Tuesday | Scottish | Village Hall, Codford / Will Collins 01985 850217 |
| Congresbury | ||
| Monday | Morris | Mendip MM / Methodist Sunday Sch. Hall High St / Colin Campbell 01934 838520 |
| Corsham | ||
| Monday | Scottish | Corsham Community Centre / Derek Laister 01225 702190 |
| Devizes | ||
| Monday | Song | Wiltshire Traditions FC / The Lamb Inn / Bob and Gill Berry 01380 726597 |
| Sunday | Morris | Moonraker Morris / Fox and Hounds / 2.00 - 4.00 occasional Sundays / Helen Wilcock 01225 790888 |
| Dursley | ||
| Monday | Song | Prema Arts Centre, Uley / 7.30-9.30 / 01453 860703 |
| Emborough | ||
| Monday | Morris | Cam Valley Morris Men / Old Down Inn / Trevor Hughes 01761 233005 |
| Wednesday | Open mike | Old Down Inn, Emborough / Cathy Judge 01761 241235 |
| Sunday | Song | Mendip Packet FC / Old Down Inn / 8.30pm / Heather + Vince 01761 300551 |
| Frampton Cotterill | ||
| Tuesday | FD | St Peter's Church Hall / 1st & 3rd monthly / Eileen Sweet 01454 772597 |
| Frampton on Severn | ||
| Tuesday | Folk | Song / music / dance / VH / John Mills 01453 882905 |
| Freshford | ||
| Monday | Music | Every 3rd Monday - Freshford Inn near Bath - 8.30 pm - Mike Scott 01225 723176 |
| Frome | ||
| Tuesday | FD | Frome FDC / Trinity CH, Trinity St / fortnightly / Pat Regler 01373 462112 |
| Music | Irish session, 2nd & last Tuesday of month - The Griffin, Selwood Road - Trevor 01373 466988 | |
| Gurney Slade | ||
| Wednesday | Clog and step dance | Beetlecrushers Clog / Gurney Slade VH / Ann Smith, 8 pm. 01373 812227 |
| Highworth | ||
| Wednesday | Song | 1st & 3rd / White Horse FC at Fox Inn / Swindon St / 8.15pm / Dave Garmont 01793 740501 |
| Holt | ||
| Thursday | Morris | Holt Morris Men / Mount Pleasant Social Club, Bradford on Avon / Peter Smith 01225 782200 |
| Saturday | FD | Holt Village Hall / 1st Saturday / Malcolm Mace 01666 837214 |
| Keynsham | ||
| Mummers | Antony Gay 01454 324247 | |
| Thursday | Morris | Somerset Morris / Marksbury Village Hall / Barbara Butler 01225 874795 |
| Malmesbury | ||
| Thursday | Morris | Malmesbury Mixed Morris / Reading Room, Corston / 7.30 / Rose Darlington 01666 890649 or Maggie Dyson 01666 837358 |
| Marshfield | ||
| Mummers | Bernard Fishlock 01225 891600 | |
| Tuesday | FD | Folk Dance Club Church Hall 2nd & 4th Tues Aurea 01225 891453 |
| Melksham | ||
| Monday | FD | Melksham FDC / 7.30 - 9.30 / Riverside Club / Christine Gale 01225 706037 |
| Tuesday | Square | Trailblazers Squares / Melksham Church Hall / Malcolm Mace 01666 837214 |
| Saturday | FD | Tea Dances / Riverside Club Melksham / Geoff Elwell 01225 703650 |
| Sunday | FD | 3rd Sun / Wiltshire Folk / Riverside Club Melksham / Meg Elwell 01225 703650 |
| Song | Melksham Folk Club / 2nd Sunday / The Rachel Fowler Centre / Phil Deverall 01380 870734 | |
| Nailsea | ||
| Monday | Scottish | URC Hall / Maureen 01275 790937 |
| Tuesday | Song/music | 2nd Tuesday in month / Musicians & singers / Grove Sports Centre / Dave Francis 01275 855738 |
| Song/music | 3rd Tuesday in month / Musicians & singers / Blue Flame, West End / Dave Francis 01275 855738 | |
| Friday | Song | Ring O Bells 8-11 pm. Monthly |
| Saturday | Song | ‘Called to be Saints’ West Gallery Singers monthly 2-5pm Church House Eileen Wilson 01275 852942. |
| Sunday | Irish tunes | 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays / Tithe Barn |
| Oakhill | ||
| Tuesday | Dance | Mendip Stave Dancers / Oakhill School / last Tuesday of the month |
| Pill | ||
| Sunday | Music | Pill sessions / 3rd Sunday / Railway Inn, Monmouth Street, Pill / Ted Baker 01275 375530 |
| Potterne | ||
| Mummers | Brian German 01980 630628 | |
| Priddy | ||
| Sunday | Song | Sessions at Hunters Lodge Inn Sunday lunchtime |
| Priston | ||
| Monday | Morris | Jubilee Morris / Village Hall, Priston / Mark Swabey 01761 470305 |
| Pucklechurch | ||
| Tuesday | FD | Pucklechurch FDC / Community Centre / fortnightly / Don Stinchcombe 01454 774620 |
| Radstock | ||
| Friday | FD | Radstock FDC / St Peter's CH, Westfield, Midsomer Norton / Jean Bush 01761 433514 |
| Shepton Mallet | ||
| Various | Song | The Amulet / Market Place / Julian Spear 01749 343670 |
| Sunday | Roots | Black Swan / lunchtime / Graham Russell 01749 891716 |
| Shrewton | ||
| Monday | FD | Shrewton FDC / Methodist Hall / Betty Matthews 01980 620522 |
| Stratton on Fosse | ||
| Wednesday | FD | Fosseway Playford Club / Writhlington Village Hall / 1st monthly / Gillian Davis 0117 9863029 |
| Stroud | ||
| Monday | Morris | Stroud Morris / Jack Graham 01453 885997 |
| Wednesday | Clog | Roughshod / Appalachian / Sue Bearder 01453 832370 |
| Friday | FD | Uplands FDC / Church Rooms, Uplands / P Hawkins 01453 766176 |
| Swindon | ||
| Thursday | Morris | Liddington Hall (ladies) / St Savious Hall, Old Town / Janice Booth 01793 641107 |
| Friday | Song | Gorse Hill Working Mens Club, Chapel Street / 8.15-11pm / Ted Poole 01793 722335 |
| Taunton | ||
| Monday | Clog / NW | Sweet Coppin / Trinity Church Hall off East Reach, Taunton / 8-10 pm / Jean Cutts 01823 337614 |
| Thornbury | ||
| Monday | Circle | Cossam Hall Chapel / 7-9.30pm / Hazel Young 0117 9564923 |
| Thursday | Square | Manorbrook Primary School / 01454 778795 / 887567 |
| Friday | FD | Folk Companions / Marlwood School, Vattingstone Lane / Pete Sumner 01454 414365 |
| Wells | ||
| Tuesday | Morris | Wells Morris / The Hall 92 St Thomas St / Andrew 01749 679700 / John 01749 677903 |
| Wednesday | FD | Dinder Village Hall / 7.30 - 9.30 / Jane & David Beavis 01749 672792 |
| Westbury (Wilts) | ||
| Thursday | FD | Playford Club / alternate weeks / 7.30 - 9.45 / Westbury Leigh Church Hall / Susan Swann 01985 212556 |
| FD | Alternate weeks / 7.30 - 9.45 / Westbury Leigh Church Hall / Eileen Dredge 01373 822469 | |
| Music | Players Club / monthly / 7.30 - 9.45 / Westbury Leigh Church Hall / Susan Swann 01985 212556 | |
| Weston Super Mare | ||
| Tuesday | FD | FDC / Corpus Christi Parish Hall, Walliscote Rd / Ian Ludbrook 0117 9714875 |
| Clog | Chestnut Cloggies / Uphill Scout HQ / Ann Busby 01934 876541 | |
| Thursday | FD | Assembly (Playford) / Victoria Church Hall / fortnightly / Ian Ludbrook 0117 9714875 |
| Winterbourne | ||
| Monday | Morris | Border Morris / Sarah 01454 777684 |
| Tuesday | Square | Community Centre / Watleys End Rd / Margaret Nash 01454 773370 |
| Wroughton | ||
| Wednesday | FD | Wroughton FDC / Infants School, Wroughton / Jean Moran 01793 430410 |
| Wylye | ||
| Wednesday | Morris | White Horse Morris / Wylye Village Hall / Fortnightly / Mike Dixon 01985 248350 |