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FOAOTMAD News and Events Email To stay updated with all that’s happening with old-time sessions, concerts, dances and other events you can request our FOAOTMAD event email here Paul Bennett - News, Events and Mailout Please let us know if you are coming to Stoke St Mary weekends as we have a limit on numbers. Contact Barbara: [email protected] or Emily: [email protected]  I have been working hard to archive all of Bill Smedley's Old Time Music Hours on the Internet Archive. This is a wonderful resource of over 300 shows, it is easy to navigate, has a built in audio player and gives you the ability to download the shows if required. You can find it here You can also find all of Bill's shows on the Padlet website run by our very own Colm Daly so give them both a go but be sure not to miss any of Bill's marvelous shows Paul Bennett  We are delighted to welcome back the sublime Horsenecks Playing original and traditional Old Time, folk and roots music, The Horsenecks are Gabrielle Macrae and Barry Southern. Based in Astoria, Oregon, they are two award-winning multi-instrumentalists who have come together from traditional music backgrounds and found a sound that weaves through layers of influence that include early Appalachian fiddle and banjo music, classic country, early bluegrass and original folk inspire by the traditions they have spent their musical lives steeped in. Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN4 8NP Monday April 6, 2026 7pm Doors 5.30pm Tickets Here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-horsenecks-with-vera-van-heeringen-tickets-1981564745496 Bring your own drinks and nibbles to share  Vera Van Heeringen Rooted in transatlantic traditions - songwriter and firebrand, potent and full of groove, it's no wonder Vera Van Heeringen's instrumental virtuosity has taken her to collaborate with the likes of Dirk Powell, Rayna Gellert, Midnight Skyracers, Jock Tyldesley and Brook Williams  Old Time session on the first and third Sunday of the month in a friendly King’s Cross pub run by staff who enjoy the tunes and songs as much as we do. All welcome. Please contact beforehand to check for any cancellation.
Venue: The Lucas Arms 245A Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8QY (10 mins walk from King’s Cross Station). When: First and third Sunday of the month 14.30 -17.30 (no session Gainsborough weekend) Contact: Sue Lee [email protected] FOAOTMAD is excited to announce the brand new Cornwall Camp! Think non-stop old time jams, pumping sessions, sea swims, fish and chips, and sunsets on the beach…. What more could you want? More information about how to book coming soon. Please email [email protected] to join our mail list and be the first to get updates.  Our next jam session is: Old-Time Sunday 1st February 2pm-5pm At The Fisherman's Cottage as usual. (Players, listeners & dancers welcome!) The Fisherman's Cottage, Kennet Side, Reading https://www.thefishermanscottagepubreading.co.uk Dates for your diaries: FEBRUARYSunday 1st February - Old Time @ Fish 🐟 2pm-5pm Sunday 15th February - Irish @ Fish 🐟 2pm - 5pm MARCHSunday 1st March - Old Time @ Fish 🐟 2pm-5pm Sunday 15th March - Irish @ Fish 🐟 2pm - 5pm St Patrick's Day Celebration! APRILSunday 5th April - Old Time @ Fish 🐟 2pm-5pm Sunday 19th April - Irish @ Fish 🐟 2pm - 5pm 1st and 3rd Sundays are at 🐟 The Fisherman's Cottage, Reading RG1 3HJ https://maps.app.goo.gl/TyvJaTYwFyD6SB1s9 What3Words ///Slowly.Regard.Lock PARKING: Either the car park at the back of the Fisherman's Cottage RG1 3HJ OR there's a single yellow line, before you get to the Fisherman's Cottage. You can park there on a Sunday. (Sorry, but due to system change I can't offer parking permits any more.)  Brighton Bluegrass & Old-Time Day 2026 Sat 7th March The Brunswick, Hove Daytime jams, workshops, open mic. Evening concert. Tickets & info here: www.chriseatonguitar.com/brighton FB page: Brighton & Hove Bluegrass Jam | Brighton and Hove | Facebook  Can't get to Gainsborough or Celtic Connections? A chance to see arguably the best US/Canadian Stringband playing Appalachian Old Time, Cajun and Country here in Mid Wales.  Mixed Old Time and Bluegrass Session - Brighton
Venue: The Brunswick 1 Holland Rd, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex BN3 1JF When: 3rd Sunday of the month 12.00 - 14.30 in the Venue Room Contact: Chris Eaton [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550776011670 Scotland's folk, roots and old-time-inspired 4-piece Wayward Jane will be hitting the road in April: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VDrRmHo4PE Tues 7th April - Nethy Bridge Community Centre (Scottish Highlands) Wed 8th April - Birnam Arts (Dunkeld & Birnam) Thurs 9th April - Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club (Kirkcaldy) Fri 10th April - Smailholm Village Hall (Scottish Borders) Sat 11th April - Seven Arts (Leeds) Sun 12th April - Green Note (London) Tues 14th April - Grayshott Village Hall (Grayshott) Wed 15th April - Greystones (Sheffield) Thurs 16th April - Cellar Arts Club (Worthing) Fri 17th April - St Edith Folk Club (Otford, Sevenoaks) Sat 18th April - Nettleham Village Hall (Nettleham) Sun 19th April - Whitstable Sessions (Whitstable) Tues 21st April - Doncaster Roots Music Club (Misson) Wed 22nd April - Kitchen Garden Cafe (Birmingham) Thurs 23rd April - The Strines Nightingale (Stockport) Fri 24th April - Ruskin Mill (Nailsworth) Sat 25th April - The Old Parcels Office (Scarborough) Sun 26th April - The Pianodrome (Edinburgh) https://www.waywardjane.com/tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLWXnKzu4GE  Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Kamp in Maryville, Tennessee now features a strong old-time section - Old Time and Traditional Week runs June 14-20th 2026. https://www.flatpik.com/steve-kaufmans-acoustic-kamp-overview  Here’s a Cellar night with the old-time band Rattle on the Stovepipe. We meet upstairs at the Alpaca, 84-86 Essex Road, N1 8LU, between Pickering Street and Popham Street www.thealpaca.co.uk, from 8pm to 10.45pm on Mondays. No tickets are needed: people just pay on the door – in cash only (though we can still take cheques from those who still use those). Floor-performers are always welcome. Rattle on the Stovepipe is probably Britain’s best old-time band playing old American songs and tunes, but Dave Arthur, Pete Cooper and Dan Stewart also perform British songs and tunes, on banjo, guitar, melodeon and mandolin, with harmonies. Shirley Collins says, “This engaging trio inspires in me the same devotion that old Virginia musicians like Wade Ward and Uncle Charlie Higgins do. There is that same sweetness, ease, subtlety and good humour, every song and tune so well understood, so deftly played and so perfectly paced” https://www.petecooper.com/rattle.htm  Due to an unprecedented number of ticket sales for our Gainsborough Old Time Music Festival February we have had to close the box office as we have reached the maximum number that our insurance and onsite facilities can support. We already have a waiting list so we will not be able to sell tickets at the door and of course we apologise to those who were hoping to come but now can't.  |
