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NHPR Folk Music and Dance Calendar 8.21.16

Music

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

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, August 23

>>>Bob Moore at the Exeter Public Library ~ Exeter, NH ~ 3pm ~ 603-772-3101, www.reverbnation.com/bob-mooreguitarist

Wednesday, August 24

>>>Judy Collins w/ Ari Hest at Prescott Park ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 7pm ~ www.prescottpark.org

>>>Four Shillings Short at the Belknap Mill~ Laconia NH.~ 7 PM.~ 603-524-8813

 

 

Thursday, August 25

>>>London Julie on the gundalow,~ Prescott Park ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 5:30pm ~ www.gundalow.org

Friday, August 26

>>>Celtic Thunder at the Capitol Center for the Arts ~ Concord, Nh ~ 8pm ~ www.ccanh.com 603-225-1111

>>>David Mallett at the Outdoor Concert Series ~ Andover, ME 6pm ~ www.davidmallett.com

>>>Click Horning Trio at Historic Harbor Livery~ Sunapee HN.~ 7-9 PM.~ sun101@myfairpoint.net

Saturday, August 27

>>>The Kingston Trio at the Flying Monkey ~ Plymouth, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.flyingmonkeynh.com

>>>Loons ‘n Tunes Summer Music Festival w/Puckerbrush, Taylor Whiteside, Mango Groove & Sounds Clever at Camp Calumet on Ossipee Lake, NH ~  1-8pm (Reservations required by Aug 23) ~ www.gmcg.org/loons-n-tunes-summer-music-festival-August-27th/ 617-448-7557

>>>Lucinda Williams at Prescott Park ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 7pm ~ www.prescottpark.org

Sunday, August 28

>>>Hammer Dulcimer, Banjo & Fiddle Concert at the Tillotson Center ~ Colebrook, NH ~ 7pm ~ www.gnwca.org 603-246-8998

>>>Great Bay Sailor on the gundalow,~ Prescott Park ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 5:30pm ~ www.gundalow.org

Thursday, September 1

>>>Penhallow on the gundalow,~ Prescott Park ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 5:00pm ~ www.gundalow.org

>>>Skip Gorman solo "Music of the American West" in Francestown NH   at 5:00 PM. contact marcytripp@hotmail.com.

Tuesday August 30

>>>Vishten at Old South Congregational~ Farmington ME~ 7-9 PM.~ http://www.necelticarts.com/calendar.html

Saturday September 3

>>>Steep Canyon Rangers at Stone Mountain Arts Center~ BrownField ME.~ 8 PM.~ http://www.stonemountainartscenter.com/ArtsCenter/Lori-McKenna.html

Sunday, September 4

>>>Barbara Benn & Jeff Warner on the gundalow,~ Prescott Park ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 5:30pm ~ www.gundalow.org

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  

>>>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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Saturday August 20

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

>>>Family Dance at village green. ~Hancock NH.~ 6-7 PM.~ http://www.monadnockfolk.org/?tribe_events=family-dance-hancock-old-home-day

Thursday August 25

>>>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 August 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 not in June, July, or August

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

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

 

Saturday August 27

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

>>>Contradance w/ Cuckoo’s Nest, Various callers, Tracy Hall, Norwich, VT., 8 PM,(All Dances are taught, beginners welcome clean, soft-soled shoes required, 802-785-4607 or rbarrows@cs.dartmouth.edu Sept-May NOTE:FALL DANCES ARE UP IN THE AIR. NEED TO CHECK

>>>Contradance  at the Town Hall ~ Kingston, NH ~ 8pm ~ 603-772-5355, 603-679-5448 (Aug-Feb, April, May, June)

>>>Contradance for GALA (Global Awareness Local Action) at the Town Hall ~ Ossipee, NH ~ 7pm ~ 603-539-6460 www.galacommunity.org (Jan-April)

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

Sunday August 28

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

 

Tuesday August 30

>>>Vishten at Old South Congregational~ Farmington ME~ 7-9 PM.~ http://www.necelticarts.com/calendar.html

Thursday, September 1

>>> 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 (year ‘round)

Friday, September 2

>>>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  Nov.-May

Saturday September 3

>>>Contradance at the Town House, Peterborough, NH, 7:30PM:workshop, 8PM:dance, www.monadnockfolk.org  (not August)

>>>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 (Sept-June)

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

Sunday September 4

>>>Brattleboro Labor Day Dawn Dance at Gibson-Aiken Center.~ Brattleboro VT.~ 8 PM- 7 AM.~ various bands and callers~ http://www.dawndance.org/dances/labor-day-2016/

www.dawndance.org

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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