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Venues - Wednesday

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Alison Arms	Alnwick	Beamish Mary	Birtley
Blackpool	Brierfield	Burneston	Dunes
Faversham	Green Mandolin	Hexham	Lakeshore
Linton Institute	Pickin' Parlour	Ridley Park Hotel	Spread Eagle
Windmill

* Venues marked with * are no longer running, but we have retained the entry to enable you to contact the organisers for further information.

Alison Arms, Coppull Folk
When	Wednesday
Where	The Alison Arms, Preston Road, Coppull
Contacts	Phil Regan: 01772 432691
Internet	www.coppullfolk.co.uk
Email
Review	Separate room upstairs - buy your drinks in the bar on the ground floor. Singaround club, friendly and welcoming. One turn each around the room (two for duos etc), then around again as many times it takes to fill the night. Beer break and raffle somewhere in the middle.
Top Of Page Alnwick Folk Club
When	Music starts 8:30 pm 2nd Wednesday - NO LONGER RUNNING
Where	The Plough Hotel, Bondgate Without, Alnwick
Contacts	Chris Clarke: 01665-712264
Internet
Email	csclarke@clara.net
Review	Separate, smallish room - buy your drinks from the lounge or bar. Friendly and attentive organiser, appreciative audience. 2 songs each to start with, then a break, then around again until time runs out.
Top Of Page Beamish Mary Folk Club
When	Wednesday
Where	Beamish Mary, No Place, Co Durham
Contacts	John Brindle: 0191 386 6151 Dennis Makepeace: 0191 373 9943
Internet
Email
Review	Good sized room - separate bar. Amplification available. Singers nights generally start after 8:30 pm, 2 songs each then more later if time permits.
Top Of Page Birtley Folk Club
When	Wednesday
Where	Catholic Club
Contacts	Doreen Henderson: 0191 410 3675
Internet
Email	doreen.henderson@ukf.net
Review	Separate room - singaround format, one song each. Then around the room again until time runs out (we got 2 songs second time around the room on our first visit). Wide variety of music/singing styles from the small, but mostly attentive, audience/performer base. Usually has guest performers once per month.
Top Of Page Blackpool Folk Club
When	Wednesday
Where	The Clarence Hotel, Preston New Road
Contacts	Ann Green: 01772 683027
Internet	www.myspace.com/theclarencefolkclub
Email
Review	Held in a separate area off from the main bar/lounge - no connecting doors, so noise does filter into the music area from the bar. The club has guest nights and residents nights - we played on a theme night, 'Songs of Allan Taylor', so can't comment on how things are done on regular nights. Friendly organisers, PA available (advised... see above re noise from the bar... but not compulsory).
Top Of Page Brierfield Folk Club, Burnley
When	Wednesday
Where	Waggon and Horses, Colne Road, Brierfield
Contacts	Phyl Watson
Internet	01282-774-077
Email
Review	Very small room - cosy, but very crowded. Friendly bunch of people who mostly seem to know each other and meet up as much for a natter as for the music! Lots of joining in, both instrumentally and with some good harmony singing. Separate room, no smoking - but, because it's so small the door is left open, and so noise and smoke drift in from the bar etc
Top Of Page Burneston Folk Club
When	Wednesday
Where	The Woodman Inn, Burneston, N Yorkshire
Contacts	Glyn Cavell
Internet	http://www.myspace.com/burnestonfolkclub
Email
Review	Very friendly and welcoming atmosphere. The club meets at one end of this open plan pub. A good number of residents performing everything from traditional to contemporary, popular classics to blues, and unaccompanied singers. Always singers nights - never book guests, free entry and no raffle! No PA (not needed). 2 songs each to start with, more in 2nd half if time allows.
Top Of Page Dunes
When	Wednesday - NO LONGER RUNNING
Where	Lower Promenade, Whitley Bay
Contacts	Eric: 0191-290-1222
Internet
Email	gildea1@lycos.co.uk
Review	Plug in and play at this bar - it literally is a long bar with ample space at one end to perform using the PA system. Not many customers, but don't expect silence while you do your stuff. The music kicks off at around 9:00 pm, 3 songs each for starters, and more as time allows. Parking is particularly difficult - either get there early or don't take more gear than you can comfortably carry. Being on the lower promenade, you get good views of the waves rolling/crashing in just a few yards away.
Top Of Page Faversham Folk Club
When	Wednesday
Where	The Chimney Boy, Faversham
Contacts	Mary Henderson: 01795 534368 Andy Pigg: 01795 539055
Internet	http://www.favershamfolkclub.net
Email	favershamfc@pigglet.co.uk
Review	The only Club we know of with so many Committee members! We went on a guest night having pre-booked a supporting floor spot. Separate room upstairs, but get your drinks from the bar downstairs. PA for top flight professional nights, otherwise acoustic.
Top Of Page Green Mandolin
When	Wednesday - NO LONGER RUNNING
Where	Felling, Gateshead
Contacts	Kelly Brownell
Internet	www.myspace.com/greenmandolin
Email
Review	Advertised as Musicians Night. Mostly contemporary, acoustic-based, self-penned material with a few covers thrown in. Split level pub - performers play/sing using PA in the bar area (so a fair amount of chat/conversation going on there) with more tables and chairs a few steps up. Three songs each act.
Top Of Page Hexham Folk Club
When	Wednesday
Where	Ex-Servicemen's Club, occasionally at Unionist Club
Contacts	Colin: 01434-603696
Internet
Email
Review	Ex-Servicemen's Club has separate room upstairs - adjacent bar. Singaround. 1 song each start to finish. Colin likes chatting and reminiscing as much as singing. A long established club, but attendance has dwindled almost to zero - it needs your support, so get along there and perform, or just listen. Remember the motto... 'use it or lose it'!
Top Of Page Lakeshore Inn
When	Wednesday - No longer run by West Sleekburn Farm Community Music Association
Where	Earth Balance, Bomarsund
Contacts
Internet
Email
Review	Informal singaround in a small pub. Music venue is in the bar. So be prepared for varying degrees of background noise/chat.
Top Of Page Linton Institute
When	2nd Wednesday - from 8:00pm
Where	The Linton Colliery Institute
Contacts	Louise: 01670-861630
Internet
Email	janesalley@hotmail.com
Review	Buskers night in the community centre at Linton Colliery - no bar, so bring your own drinks! Amplification available.

Top Of Page Pickin' Parlour
When	Wednesday - singing starts 8:30 pm
Where	Spa Hotel, Saltburn
Contacts	Eve Wadwell: 01642-490517 Stan Gee: 01642-478859
Internet
Email
Review	Separate upstairs room with a small stage - buy your drinks in the bar downstairs. Amplification available, but not compulsory. The club aims to '... encourage local up and coming talent to practise their performing skills on stage with PA...' - it's background is American traditional and bluegrass, but other music is also welcome. 3 songs each to start, then a break, then maybe 1 or more later, maybe a jam session to finish.
Top Of Page Ridley Park Hotel
When	Singers & musicians: Wednesdays - NO LONGER RUNNING
Where	Blyth
Contacts	Dave Forshaw: 07984-828-691
Internet	http://blyth-folk-roots.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/
Email	Dave_forshaw01@hotmail.com
Review	Was in the function room, downstairs, with performing area at one end of the room, small bar close to the door. Opening night was 7th July 2004. As a new club it may need time to build a reputation and a dedicated core of residents - come along and experience it for yourself. Performers of all genres and abilities welcome, 2 or 3 songs each to start with, more as time allows. Then moved upstairs into an alcove area directly off the bar. Format changed to more of a cross between buskers and session playing. Dwindling numbers now means it is not formally organised, so unsure whether it is still on. Contact the organiser before making a trip.
Top Of Page Spread Eagle
When	Wednesday - NO LONGER RUNNING
Where	Tynemouth
Contacts	Eric: 0191-290-1222
Internet
Email	gildea1@lycos.co.uk
Review	PA system set up at one end of the bar - smoky, noisy, just like any public bar where people go for a drink, a smoke, a chat and maybe watch football on TV (at least Eric turned one of the TVs off while performers were on!). 2 songs each to start with - friendly enough, but don't expect silence for performers.
Top Of Page Windmill
When	Wednesday - NO LONGER RUNNING
Where	Blyth
Contacts	Ken Phillipson: 0191-237-6097 or 07751-876466
Internet
Email
Review	It may be at one end of the bar (as with any pub bar, smoky and noisy), or occasionally it may be in the back room (better environment, but very few audience). If you're serious about your music and want to be listened to by an appreciative audience, or if you just want to pop in and be made to feel welcome as either audience or performer, then this one should NOT be at the top of your list. jiva most certainly will not be returning unless those in charge change their attitudes. Sounds harsh? Then go along and see for yourself.

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