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14^th August

A BBC crew is in Virginia and North Carolina, making a three-hour documentary about bluegrass and its associated culture, to be shown next February, apparently. Looks like 'our interests' should get one of the episodes at least. Weblink

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Crooked Jades in Ireland

Oct 28 Town Hall, Ballymoney

Oct 29 Belfast, Festival at Queens,

Oct 30 North Down Museum, The Castle, Bangor

Oct 31 Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny

Nov 1  Island Arts Centre, Lisburn

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Ken Perlman has a tour this autumn

Fri Sep 26 banjo workshop & concert, Red Admiral Pub,  Broughton Aston, Leicester

Sun Sep 28 Walthamstow Folk Club, London

Mon Sep 29 The Little Theatre Cinema, St. Michael's Place, Bath

Wed Oct 1  Chanticleer Folk Club, Dorking, Surrey

Thu Oct 2  Devonshire Arms, Baslow, Derbyshire

Fri Oct 3  Dog & Partridge Folk Club, Bollington, nr Manchester

Wed-Thur Oct 8-9 The Sage, Gateshead

Thu Oct 9 1:00-2:00 pm School of Arts & Cultures, Newcastle University

Sat-Sun Oct 11-12: 2 day Banjo Workshop: Prince of Wales Pub, Stafford

Sun Oct 12 Concert, Prince of Wales Pub, Stafford

Mon Oct 13 Croydon Folk Club

Tue Oct 14 St. Neot's Folk Club, Cambridgeshire

TBC  Rainham Oast Old-time Sessions Club, Rainham, Kent

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Apologies to those of you who tried to listen to Galax online. Due to contractual issues the radio station was not allowed to stream the event.

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Not been able to check it myself yet but try this out - its the New Lost City Ramblers and The Stanley Brothers, combined in a rockin' square dance dream band on German TV in 1966.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KRbfRcdyMk

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7^th August

The 2008 Didmarton Bluegrass festival will be taking place 29th - 31st August at Kemble Airfield, near Cirencester.

Featured bands include Cadillac Sky; More Growling Old Men; New Essex Bluegrass Band; The Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys; The Down County Boys; Monroe's Revenge; Doghouse Central; Rabbi John; Deep River Band; Kick Up The Grass; Hillfillies; Percy Copley and the Hillbilly Hiccups; The KittyHawks; Contraband; Heads; The Slowdown Boys; Anna Ryder; Salmagundi; Bill Smarme and The Bizness;

Ponchartrain; The Loose String Band; Jennifer Crook; Gypsy Fire; Blue Heart; Half Cut Grass; Honey On My Grave; James Slater; Sandy and Graham Ball; Smoke Fairies; Southern Storm; The Fallen Apples

More details at www.didmarton-bluegrass.co.uk

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Sara Grey - with Kieron Means unless noted

www.maclurg.com/saragrey

10 Aug Ring O' Bells Folk Club, Warrington, Cheshire

12 Aug The Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Edinburgh

16-22 Aug Whitby Folk Week Whitby

October 2008 - US

3 Oct Fiddler's Dream Coffee House, Phoenix, AZ

4-5 Oct Prescott Festival, Prescott, AZ

6 Oct Rio Grande Theater, Las Cruces, NM

9 Oct Unitarian Fellowship Hall, Silver City, NM

11 Oct Caltech FMS Beckman Institute Auditorium, Pasadena, CA

12 Oct  Afternoon concert A Taste of Folk and Bluegrass Festival, Encino, CA

12 Oct Noble House Concert Series 5705 Nobel Ave, Los Angeles, CA

15 Oct House Concert, Fallbrook, CA

16 Oct Ojai Concert Series, Ojai, CA

17 Oct Boulevard Music, Culver City, CA

18 Oct House Concert, Berkley, CA

19 Oct The Red Barn, Community Park, Los Osos, CA

20 Oct House Concert, Sebastapol, CA

22 Oct House Concert, Hood River, OR

23 Oct Tri-Cities Folk Song Society, Kennewick, WA

25 Oct Community Music Cafe, Portland, OR

26 Oct (Sara only) 10:00-11:30 Ballad workshop, Cafe Artichoke, Portland, OR

26 Oct Eve Wallowa Valley Music Alliance Enterprise, OR

February 2009 - UK

Mar 2009 - US

April 2009 - UK

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Galax 73rd Old Fiddlers Convention

The local FM station is streaming the competion live unedited from the main stage feed each night over the internet - you can pick it up at www.blueridgecountry98.com

Here is what is left of the schedule - these times are Eastern (UK will be 5 hours later):

Thursday, August 7, 2008, 6:00 PM - Clawhammer Banjo, Autoharp, and Guitar Competitions

Friday, August 8, 2008, 6:00 PM - Old Time Band and Bluegrass Band Competitions

Saturday, August 9, 2008, 12:00 PM - Folk Song and Flatfoot Dance Competitions (clogging on the radio??)

Saturday, August 9, 2008, 6:00 PM - Bluegrass Band and Old Time Band Competitions

The web site for the convention is www.oldfiddlersconvention.com