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NHPR Folk Music and Dance Calendar 2.28.16

Every Monday

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

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, March 1

>>>Joan Baez at the Capitol Center for the Arts ~ Concord, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.ccanh.com

 

Friday, March 4

>>>Bennett & Perkins w/ Miss Maybell & Slim Pickins  at Medallion Opera House ~ Gorham, NH ~ 7pm ~ bennettandperkins@gmail.com , www.bennettandperkins.com

>>>Makem & Spain at the Rogers Center for the Arts ~ North Andover, MA ~ www.makem.com

>>>March Mandolin Festival Concert w/ Mike Compton, Robin Bullock, Baron Collins-Hill, Glen Loper, David Surette & Susie Burke  at the Stone Church ~ Newmarket, NH ~ 7pm ~ www.stonechurchrocks.com 603-659-7700, 603-659-6321

>>>Wooden Dinosaur at the Dublin School ~ Dublin,NH ~ 8pm ~ www.monadnockfolk.org

Saturday, March 5

>>>Trout Fishing in America w/ Dana Louise & The Glorious Birds at the Peterborough Players Theater ~ Peterborough, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.pfmsconcerts.org 603-827-2905

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

>>>March Mandolin Festival Concert w/ Mike Compton, Robin Bullock, Baron Collins-Hill, Glen Loper, David Surette & Susie Burke  at the Concord Community Music School ~ Concord, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.ccmusicschool.org 603-228-1196

>>>Celtic Nights:Spirit of Freedom at the Music hall ~ Portsmouth, MH ~ 8pm ~ www.themusichall.org

 

Sunday, March 6

>>>Matuto at the Tillotson Center ~ Colebrook, NH ~ www.gnwca.org 603-246-8998

 

Wednesday, March 9

>>>Celtic Fiddle w/Ellen Carlson & Friends at Grace Episcopal Church ~ Manchester, NH ~ Noon ~ www.nhpr.org

Friday, March 11

>>>Women of Ireland at the Colonial ~ Keene, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.thecolonial.org

>>>Dennis Stroughmatt (French Creole Fiddle) at the Monadnock Center ~ Peterborough, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ Http://monadnockcenter.org/events/  303-924-3235

>>>Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins & Anais Mitchell at the Music hall ~ Portsmouth, MH ~ 8pm ~ www.themusichall.org

 

 

Saturday, March 12

>>>Cricket Tell the Weather at the Simple Gifts Coffeehouse ~ Nashua, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.simplegiftscoffeehouse.org

>>>Connie Dover & Skip Gorman at Kathleen’s Cottage ~ Bristol, NH ~ www.kathleenscottage.com

>>>Harvey Reid & Joyce Andersen at the Town Green Coffeehouse ~ Princeton, MA ~ 8pm ~ www.woodpecker.com

 

 

Friday, March 18

>>>Garnet Rogers & Catie Curtis at the Peterborough Players Theater ~ Peterborough, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.pfmsconcerts.org 603-827-2905

>>>Enter The Haggis at the Flying Monkey ~ Plymouth, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.flyingmonkeynh.com 603-536-2551

>>>Andrea Paquin at the Andover Community Coffeehouse ~ Andover, NH  ~ 7PM ~ 603-735-5135, www.andovercoffeehouse.org

>>>Folk Music Special w/ Christine Lavin, Don White & Vance Gilbert at the Stone Mountain Arts Center ~ Brownfield, ME  ~ 8pm ~ www.stonemountainartscenter.com

>>>Connie Dover w/ Skip Gorman  at the Town Hall ~ Wolfeboro, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.greatwaters.org

>>>Dervish (Traditional Irish) at the Belleville Stage ~ Newburyport, MA ~ 8pm ~ www.bellvilleroots.org     

 

Saturday, March 19

>>>Catie Curtis (The Levins open) at the New Moon Coffeehouse ~ Haverhill, MA

~ 8pm ~ www.newmooncoffeehouse.org 978-459-5134

>>>Acoustic Night w/Mike Dunbar at Café Nostimo ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 6pm ~ www.cafenostimo.com 603-436-3100

>>>Makem & Spain at the Maine Irish Heritage Center ~ Portland, ME ~ www.makem.com

>>>Rose Cousins & Carol Noonan at the Stone Mountain Arts Center ~ Brownfield, ME ~ 8pm ~ www.stonemountainartscenter.com

Friday, March 25

>>>Livingston taylor, Tom Chapin & EVA at the Colonial ~ Keene, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.thecolonial.org

Saturday, March 26

>>>Harvey Reid & Joyce Andersen at Stone Mountain Center for the Arts ~ Brownfield, ME ~ 8pm ~ ~ www.stonemountainartscenter.com

Saturday, April 2

>>>Susan Werner & Vance Gilbert at the Peterborough Players Theater ~ Peterborough, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.pfmsconcerts.org 603-827-2905

Thursday, April 7

>>>Makem & Spain at the North Church Concerts ~ Farmington, ME ~ 7pm ~ 207-778-2006, www.necelticarts.com

Saturday, April 9

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

>>>Victoria Vox at the Simple Gifts Coffeehouse ~ Nashua, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.simplegiftscoffeehouse.org

>>>Bill Staines at the Garrison Players Arts Center ~ Rollinsford, NH ~ 603-750-4278

Sunday, April 10

>>>Judy Collins at Jonathan’s ~ Ogunquit, ME ~ www.jonathansogunquit.com

Wednesday, April 13

>>>Chick Corea & Bela Fleck at the Capitol Center for the Arts ~ Concord, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.ccanh.com

Friday, April 15

>>>The Mary Maguire Band at the Andover Community Coffeehouse ~ Andover, NH  ~ 7PM ~ 603-735-5135, www.andovercoffeehouse.org

>>>Bill Staines at the Sunapee Coffeehouse ~ Sunapee, NH ~ www.sunapeecoffeehouse.org

Saturday, April 16

>>>The Squeezebox Stompers at the New Moon Coffeehouse ~ Haverhill, MA

~ 8pm ~ www.newmooncoffeehouse.org

 

Friday, April 22

>>>J.P. Cormier at Anderson Hall ~ Wolfeboro, NH ~  7:30pm
~ www.greatwaters.org

Saturday, May 7

>>>Harvey Reid w/ Late Bloomers opening at the Linden Tree Coffeehouse ~ Wakefield, MA ~ 8pm ~ www.lindentreecoffeehouse.org 781-246-2836

 

Saturday, May 21

>>>Dave Gunning (Aidan & Connor Wertz open) at the New Moon Coffeehouse ~ Haverhill, MA

~ 8pm ~ www.newmooncoffeehouse.org

June 3-5

>>>Roots on the River Festival w/ Della Mae, Roger Marin, joe Crookston, Lula Wiles, Spuyten Duyvil and more ~ www.vermontfestivalsllc.com

Friday, July 29

>>>Arlo Guthrie at the Flying Monkey ~ Plymouth, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.flyingmonkeynh.com

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: Mon, Feb 8 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

>>>Scottish Country Dance /w John Bartholomew leading, Bill Tobin and Gary Apfel at The Town Hall ~ Fairlee, Vt. ~ 7:00 PM ~ 603-353-4647 or GaryApfel@MyBluelight.com

>>>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

>>>Scottish Dance /w Bill Tobin leading at The Town Hall ~ Lancaster, NH ~ 7:30 PM ~ 802-751-7671 or 1btobin@together.net  

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

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, March 3

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

Friday, March 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

Saturday, March 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 at the Capital City Grange, Montpelier, VT, 8pm, 802-744-6163, www.capitalcitygrange.org/contradances

Thursday, March 10

>>>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

>>>Contradance  at the Guiding Star Grange ~ Greenfield, MA ~ 8pm ~  802-451-0822, www.guidingstargrange.org

 

Friday, March 11

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

>>>Contradance w/ Alice Morris, Randy Miller & Roger Kahle at the Londonderry Senior Center, Londonderry, NH, 8pm, 603-529-1586, Email:weareampm@gsinet.net

>>>Contradance at the Edmunds Middle School ~ Burlington, VT ~ 8pm ~ 802-496-2523 www.queencitycontras.org

>>>Contradance  at the Guiding Star Grange ~ Greenfield, MA ~ 8pm ~  802-451-0822, www.guidingstargrange.org

 

Saturday, March 12

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

>>>Contra at The Academy Building ~ Gilmanton, NH .~ 8:00 PM ~ 603-267-7227

>>>Contra /w Rickey Holt and Stone Soup at The First Unitarian Society ~ Exeter, NH ~ 8:00 PM with workshop at 7:30 PM ~ 603-679-1915 

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

>>>Contradance w/  Northern Spy, David Millstone calling, Tracy Hall, Norwich, VT., 7:45 PM All Dances are taught, beginners welcome clean, soft-soled shoes required, 802-785-4607 or rbarrows@cs.dartmouth.edu

>>>Contradance at the Wescustogo Hall, North Yarmouth, ME, Potluck at 7:30, Dance at 8:30pm, 207-233-4325 or fiddle103@yahoo.com

>>>Contra w/Mary Wesley at the Town Hall ~ Cornwall, VT ~ 7pm ~ 802-453-2856

Sunday, March 13

>>>English Country Dance w/ Dave Bateman, Amy Cann & Ray Salvo at the West Street Ward House ~ Concord, NH ~ 6pm ~  www.nhecds.org 603-397-0042

>>>Contradance  at the Stone Church ~ Brattleboro, VT  ~ 7:30pm ~ www.brattcontra.org  802-257-9234

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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