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NHPR Folk Show Calendar 8.30.15

Wednesday, September 2

>>>Josh Ritter at Prescott Park ~ Portsmouth, NH  ~ 7pm ~ 603-436-2848, www.prescottpark.org

 

Thursday, September 3

>>>Andrea Beaton & Troy MacGillivray at the Town Hall ~ Nelson, NH ~ 7:30pm ~  www.monadnockfolk.org

>>>Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars at the Music Hall ~ Portsmuth, NH ~ 7:30pm ~  www.themusichall.org 603-436-2400

>>>Keb’ Mo’ at the Flying Monkey ~ Plymouth, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.flyingmonkeynh.com

Friday, September 4

>>>Jim Lauderdale at Red & Shorty’s ~ Dover, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.elysiumarts.com

Saturday, September 5

>>>David Wax Museum at Prescott Park ~ Portsmouth, NH  ~ 7pm ~ 603-436-2848, www.prescottpark.org

>>>Decatur Creek  at Summer Knight Chapel ~ Keene, NH ~ 3:20pm ~ www.reverbnation.com/decaturcreek

>>>Decatur Creek at the Stark House Tavern ~ Weare, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.reverbnation.com/decaturcreek

>>>Dave Gerard at Emery Farm ~ Durham. NH ~ Noon ~ www.gerardtruffle.com

Sunday, September 6

>>>Bill Staines  at Red & Shorty’s ~ Dover, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.elysiumarts.com

>>>Old Man Luedecke, Whitehorse & Jenn Grant at Prescott Park ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 5pm ~ 603-436-2848, www.prescottpark.org

Wednesday, September 9

>>>Della Mae at Prescott Park ~ Portsmouth, NH  ~ 7pm ~ 603-436-2848, www.prescottpark.org

Thursday, September 10

>>>Drowned Valley ~  Sunset Sail ~ Music on the Piscataqua; http://www.gundalow.org/special-sails-music-on-the-piscataqua/

>>>Dustbowl Revival at the Vermont Jazz Center ~ Brattleboro, VT ~ 7:30pm ~ 802-387-0102, www.nextstagearts.org

 

Friday, September 11

>>>Low Lily(formerly Annalivia) at the Franklin Opera House ~ Franklin, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.franklinoperahouse.org

>>>Ani DiFranco at the Music Hall ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 8pm ~  www.themusichall.org 603-436-2400

>>>Caravan of Thieves at the Me and Thee Coffeehouse ~ Marblehead, MA ~ 8pm ~ www.meandthee.org  781-631-8987

Saturday, September 12

>>>The Press Gang (Irish)  at McClary Hill Farm ~ Epsom, NH ~ 7pm ~ 603-738-4717, http://mcclaryhillfarm.com , www.pressgangmusic.com

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

>>>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 ~

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  

Every Sunday

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

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Thursday, September 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, September 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

>>>Labor Day Contra w/Frank Woodward at the Francestown Town Hall ~ Francestown, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.monadnockfolk.org

Saturday, September 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

Sunday, September 6

>>>Labor Day Dawn Dance w/ George Marshall & Wild Asparagus, Sarah Van Norstrand & Great Bear Trio, Nils Fredland & Sassafras Stomp at the Gibson -Aiken Center ~ Brattleboro, VT ~ 8pm-7am ~ www.monadnockfolk.org

>>>English Country Dance w/ Adina Gordon at the Stone Church ~ Brattleboro, VT ~ 2:30pm ~ www.monadnockfolk.org

Thursday, September 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

Friday, September 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

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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