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NHPR Folk Music and Dance Calendar 10/23/16

Every Monday

>>>Wild Eagles Blues Jam at the Stone Church ~ Newmarket, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.stonechurchrocks.com

>>>Hootenanny at the Salt Hill Pub ~ Hanover, NH ~ 6pm ~ www.salthillpub.com

>>>Bluegrass Jam at McNeill’s Brewery ~ Brattleboro, VT ~ 8:30pm ~ jrbenjamin@gmail.com

Every Tuesday

>>>Bluegrass Jam at the Stone Church ~ Newmarket, NH ~ 9pm ~ www.stonechurchrocks.com           

>>>Celtic Music Jam at Harlow’s Pub ~ Peterborough, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ 603-924-6365, www.harlowspub.com

Every Wednesday

>>>Celtic & Old Timey Music Jam at DelRossi’s ~ Dublin, NH ~ 6pm ~ www.delrossis.com  603-563-7195 Note: No Jam on April 13. There is a Magical Strings concert instead.

Every Thursday

>>>Live Irish Music(Family Friendly) w/Various Musicians including Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki and Jim Prendergast  at the Stone Church ~ Newmarket, NH ~ 6pm ~ www.stonechurchrocks.com

>>>Bluegrass Jam at Harlow’s Pub ~ Peterborough, NH ~ 8pm ~ 603-924-6365, www.harlowspub.com

>>>Traditional Irish Set at the Salt Hill Pub ~ Newport, NH ~ 6pm ~ www.salthillpub.com

Every Saturday & Sunday

>>>Open Irish Session at Beara Irish Brewing Company  ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 2-7pm ~ 857-342-8272, www.bearairishbrew.com

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Tuesday, October 25

>>>Slow Jam at McNeill’s Brewery ~ Brattleboro, VT ~ 6pm ~ engle.louisa@gmail.com

Wednesday, October 26

>>>Christmas Revels Community Event at the New London Historical Society ~ New London, NH ~ 6:30pm ~ www.nhpr.org 603-866-3083, http://revelsnorth.org  

 

Thursday, October 27

>>>Greg Brown at the Stone Mountain Arts Center ~ Brownfield, ME ~ 8om ~ 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com

>>>Scottish Troubadours Alan Reid & Rob van Sante at the Colebrook Country Club ~ Colebrook, NH ~ 7pm ~ 603-246-8998, www.gnwca.org

cancelled>>>David Francey cancelled at The Flying Goose  ~ New London, NH ~ 8pm ~ 603-526-6899, www.flyinggoose.com

Saturday, October 29

>>>Miss Maybell & Slim Pickins at the Book and Bar ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ www.missmaybellandslimpickins.com

>>>Bill Staines at the St James Coffeehouse ~ Greenfield, MA ~ www.acousticmusic.com/staines/bssched,htm

>>>Cedar Mountain Bluegrass Band at the Castle on Charles
~ Rochester, NH ~ 5:30pm ~ www.CastleNH.com

>>>Magpie at the UU Church ~ Concord, NH ~ dinner & Concert 5:30pm ~ 603-224-2407, www.magpiemusic.com

>>> Doc Rogers, Contoocook Farmer's Market in the Gazebo. Songs and thumb picking from 9-noon, unless it's wicked cold, then will start 30-60 minutes later. The picking will be hot, even if the weather is cold.

 

Sunday, October 30

>>>Brooks Williams at Deb’s House ~ Harrisville, NH ~ 6pm ~ www.pfmsconcerts.org

>>>The Indigo Girls at the Capitol Center for the Arts ~ 7:30pm ~ www.ccanh.com

 

Tuesday, November 1

>>>Patty Griffin at the Stone Mountain Arts Center ~ Brownfield, ME ~ 8om ~ 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com

<<<The Silver Lake Singers,a choir for hospice and healing led by Mary Edes  in concert  at the Madison Church in Madison presented by the Friends of the Madison Library.  This will be an evening of songs about living and dying; the beauty of the natural world and human love extended.; 7 p.m. For more information email: jknirk@roadrunner.com

Wednesday, November 2

>>>Patty Griffin at the Stone Mountain Arts Center ~ Brownfield, ME ~ 8om ~ 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com

Thursday, November 3

>>>The Dardanelles at Old South ~ Farmington, ME ~ 7pm ~ 207-491-5919, www.necelticarts.com

 

Friday, November 4

>>>John Gorka at the Stone Mountain Arts Center ~ Brownfield, ME ~ 8om ~ 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com

Saturday, November 5

>>>Dave Gunning at the Linden Tree Coffeehouse ~ Wakefield, MA ~ 8pm ~ www.lindentreecoffeehouse.org 781-246-2836

>>>Vance Gilbert at Simple Gifts Coffeehouse ~ Nashua, NH ~ 7:30pm ~

603-320-7751, www.simplegiftscoffeehouse.org

Sunday, November 6

>>>Quebecois Session at McNeill’s Brewery ~ Brattleboro, VT ~ 3pm ~ amandawitman@gmail.com

November 13th

<<cd release concert, Nelson Town Hall; 4 p.m.

Dances

Note: Most dance locations require clean soft-soled shoes and do not allow street shoes. Partners not required.

Every Monday

 

>>>Contra dance w/ various Callers & Musicians at the Town Hall, Nelson, NH, 8PM, 603-827-3044 or www.monadnockfolk.org  NOTE: Nov. 4th dance is cancelled

>>>Clogging  at Dance In Motion Dance Studio ~ Randolph, Vt. ~ 6:45 PM, workshop 6:00 PM ~ 802-522-2935, Greenmtnclogger@aol.com

 

Every Wednesday

>>>Scottish Country Dance /w Loren Wright leading at The Church of the Good Shepherd ~ Nashua, NH ~ 7:00 PM ~ 603-891-2331 or nashuascd@comcast.net

>>>Scottish Country Dance /w Bernard McGrath leading at The Westminster Center School ~ Westminster, Vt ~ 7:30 PM ~ 603-352-9371 or 802-463-3078

>>>Contradance at the Richard W. Black Center, Hanover, NH, 7 PM,  781-385-1480

>>>Line Dancing at the Gilford Public Library ~ Gilford, NH ~ 9am ~ 603-524-6042

Every Friday

>>>Scottish Country Dance at The Community Parish House ~ Greenland, NH ~ 8:00 PM ~ 603-773-9795 or ljstravel@attibi.com

>>>Set Dancing Lessons & Practice Dance at the Durham Universalist Church ~ Durham, NH ~ 7pm ~ 603-749-1038, www.seacoastsetdancers.org  Thru Dec 4

Every Saturday

>>>Contra Square Dance at the Tamworth Townhouse ~  Tamworth, NH ~ 8 PM ~ July & August ~ 603-323-8023

Every Sunday

>>>Circle Dance at Neskaya ~ Franconia, NH ~ 3:30pm ~ www.neskaya.com  603-823-5828

>>>Line Dancing at the Starr King Unitarian Meeting House ~ Plymouth, NH ~ 4pm ~ 603-536-1179

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Thursday, October 27

>>>Circle Dancing  at 7:30 p.m. at the Milford Unitarian Church . Every dance is taught and beginners are welcome. No partners needed. Contact is Mary Kuhn and her phone number is 603-487-2732. Email maryfloyd@mfire.com

Friday, October 28

>>>Sacred Circle Dance at the Portsmouth Center for Yoga & the Arts, Portsmouth, NH, 7 PM, amyla44@juno.com  603-664-2796

>>>Scottish Country Dance at The Unitarian Church ~ Keene, NH ~ 7:30 PM ~ 603-352-3237 or tantrim@keene.edu

>>>Mad Robin Contradance at the First Congregational Church ~ Burlington, VT ~ 8pm ~ www.madrobincallers.org  www.thedancegypsy.com

>>>Contradance w/ Frank Woodward, Rich Hart & The Milford Musicians at the Town Hall ~ Milford, NH ~ 8pm ~ 603-487-2480 

>>>Seacoast Contra at the Newfields Town Hall ~ Newfields, NH ~ Beginner Lesson:7:30pm, Dance:8pm ~ www.seacoastcontra.com

>>>Newmarket Contra Dance at the Newmarket Millspace ~ Newmarket, NH ~ 8pm ~ 603-463-0451 http://www.newmarketcontra.com

 

Saturday, October 29

>>>Contradance w/ Rebecca Lay at the Capital City Grange, Montpelier, VT, 8pm, 802-744-6163, www.capitalcitygrange.org/contradances

>>>Contradance  at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA, 8pm, 413-369-4369, www.guidingstargrange.org

>>>Contradance at the Town Hall, Warner, NH, Beginners Class: 7:30 PM, Dance: 8pm

Sunday, October 30

>>>Halloween Contra w/ Mike Miller & the Cass Hill Banditos at the Town Hall ~ Westmoreland, NH ~ potluck:6pm, dance:7pm ~ www.monadnockfolk.org

Thursday, November 3

>>>Contradance w/ The Lamprey River Band at the City Hall, Dover, NH, 8pm, 603-664-2513, www.nhcountrydance.com Email: peter.yarensky@unh.edu

 

Friday, November 4

>>>Traditional Square Dance at the Town Hall, Wentworth, NH, 8 PM,  603-764-9993
>>>Contra & Scandinavian Dance w/ Steve Zakon-Anderson & Moving Violations at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA , Scandi 8pm, contra 8:30pm, 403-549-1913, www.themovingviolations.com

>>>Keene Family Dance at Heberton Hall ~ Keene Public Library ~ Keene, NH ~ 6:30pm ~ www.monadnockfolk.org , http://keenepubliclibrary.org

Saturday, November 5

>>>Contradance at the Town House, Peterborough, NH, 7:30PM:workshop, 8PM:dance, www.monadnockfolk.org

>>>Contra w/ George Marshall & Wild Asparagus  at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA, wkshp 8pm, dance 8:30pm, www.wildasparagus.com

>>>Contradance at the Town Hall ~ Deerfield, NH ~ 8PM ~ 603-463-4182, 603-679-1915

>>>Contradance w/ Rebecca Lay at the Capital City Grange, Montpelier, VT, 8pm, 802-744-6163, www.capitalcitygrange.org/contradances

Kate has been hosting The Folk Show since 1995. In addition to her studio work, Kate emcees festivals and concerts throughout the Northeast.
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