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NHPR Folk Music and Dance Calendar

 

Thursday, September 24

>>>Joan Armatrading at the Music Hall ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 7:30pm ~  www.themusichall.org 603-436-2400

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

>>>Ruthie Foster at the Stone Mountain Arts Center ~ Brownfield, ME ~ 8pm ~207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com

Friday, September 25

>>>Cheryl Wheeler at the Me & Thee Coffee House ~ Marblehead, MA ~ 8pm ~ 781-631-8987, www.meandthee.org

>>>Dana & Susan Robinson at the Sunapee Coffeehouse ~ Sunapee, NH ~ 7pm ~ www.sunapeecoffeehouse.org

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

>>>Bill Staines at The Book & Bar ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.bookandbar.com

Saturday, September 26

>>>DUE TO AN INJURY, THIS SHOW IS CANCELLEDGarnet Rogers and Catie Curtis co-bill at the Peterborough Players Theater, Peterborough, NH; http://pfmsconcerts.org/

>>>Decatur Creek  at Lamson Farm Day ~ Mont Vernon, NH ~ noon ~ www.reverbnation.com/decaturcreek

>>>Bill Staines at the Unitarian Universalist Church ~ Brunswick, ME ~ 7:30pm ~ www.uubrunswick.org

>>>Raven’s Nest  w/ musicians of various other genres at the Kensington Grange Hall Music Fest ~ Kensington, NH ~ 1-6pm ~ for more information check the Community Calendar at  www.seacoastonline.com

>>>Cormac McCarthy at The Press room ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.cormacmccarthy.net

 

Sunday, September 27

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

>>>Christmas Revels Ceilidh w/Revels North(Scottish food, music, and dancing) at the Thetford Center ~ Thetford, VT ~ 4pm ~ www.revelsnorth.org

>>>Twisted Strings at St. Kieran’s Center for the Arts ~ Berlin, NH ~ 2pm ~ www.stkieranarts.org

>>>Burke & Surette at the Taylor Commumity Woodside Building ~ Laconia, NH ~ 3pm ~ Free and open to the public ~ 603-366-1400

 

Thursday, October 1

>>>Dar Williams at Jonathan’s ~ Ogunquit, ME ~ www.jonathansogunquit.com 207-646-4777

>>>Jordan Tirrell-Wisocki & David Surette & Susie Burke at the Capitol Center for the Arts ~ Concord, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ www.ccanh.com

Friday, October 2

>>> Dar Williams, The Tupelo, Londonderry, NH; tupelohalllondonderry.com

>>>John Gorka at the Me & Thee Coffee House ~ Marblehead, MA ~ 8pm ~ 781-631-8987, www.meandthee.org

>>>Bernice Lewis at the Sunapee Coffeehouse ~ Sunapee, NH ~ 7pm ~ www.sunapeecoffeehouse.org

>>>Seth Glier at the Capitol Center for the Arts ~ Concord, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.ccanh.com

>>>Melanie at the Rochester Opera House ~ Rochester, NH ~ 8pm ~ 603-335-1992, www.rochesteroperahouse.com

Saturday, October 3

>>> Dar Williams,  with Jenny O. @­ Narrow Center for the Arts ­ Fall River, MA 

>>>The Squeezebox Stompers at Simple Gifts Coffee House ~ UUChurch ~ Nashua, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ http://simplegiftscoffeehouse.org  www.uunashua.org

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

 

Sunday, October 4

>>>Eva (formerly Jammin’ Divas) at St. Kieran’s Center for the Arts ~ Berlin, NH ~ 2pm ~ www.stkieranarts.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

>>>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  

>>>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

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Tuesday, September 22

>>> Square Dance Lesson (free) at the Rochester Community Center ~ Rochester, NH ~ Note: This is one of 2 free lessons, the second one will be held on 9/29 ~ 603-509-2639,

 

Friday, September 25

>>>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 (year ‘round)

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

Saturday, September 26

>>>Contradance w/ Dave Eisestadter at the Town Hall ~ Kingston, NH ~ 8pm ~ 603-772-5355

 

Sunday, September 27

>>>Christmas Revels Ceilidh w/Revels North, Nils Fredland, David Millstone and the Orzechowskis(Scottish food, music, and dancing) at the Thetford Center ~ Thetford, VT ~ 4pm ~ www.revelsnorth.org

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

 

Tuesday, September 29

>>> Square Dance Lesson (free) at the Rochester Community Center ~ Rochester, NH ~  603-509-2639,

 

Thursday, October 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

Friday, October 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

 

Saturday, October 3

>>>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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