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15.04.08 open mic at the yha ambleside
following the success of their two 'trail' nights in february the yha in ambleside have announced details of their next acoustic night which will take place at the hostel on tuesday 6th may, starting at 8.30pm.
as before all welcome - and the yha in ambleside is shaping up to be a brilliant venue for live music in the south lakes - for more info call steve on 015394 32304 or click here to download the flyer (206k .jpg format).
03.04.08 ireby festival - last few tickets left!
just a polite note from the ireby festival who thought you might like to know that the ireby festival (which is held on the 23th and 24th
may) is now almost sold out so if any fans of the
wailin' jennys and the paperboys, vin garbutt, the coal porters and 60s
folk icon julie felix, want tickets they should check out the web site for
details on how to get purchase them www.musicinireby.co.uk
18.03.08 dent folk festival - the line up!
the 6th dent folk festival takes place from the 27th to the 29th of june in an outstanding setting on the edge of the beautiful yorkshire dales village of dent.
weekend tickets cost 50.00 pounds, individual event tickets are also available. alongside the
main concerts are a whole host of free events for all the family from street theatre to craft workshops.
this year's dent folk festival will feature more than 20 musical acts
performing on two stages. among the artists playing at this annual event are rachel
unthank + the winterset, the michael mcGoldrick quartet, shooglenifty, john tams and barry coope, chumbawamba, kris drever, rory mcLeod, ruth notman, bellevue rendezvous, and edey, power
and randall - a trulyoutstanding line up that reads like a who's who of british folk music!
alongside the phenomenal music, there will be real ale from the black
sheep brewery, great food from johnny baghdad, storytelling, street theatre, puppet shows, informal, music sessions, dance displays, stalls and the legendary late night ceilidh from the macaroon ceilidh band!
there are some new additions to the festival this year. a free stage in
the black sheep beer tent featuring music from friends of the festival and children's crafts
in a fantastic native american tipi care of 4 winds lakeland tipis.
full details of the festival are available at
www.dentfolkfestival.co.uk - tickets are available online or from the box office on 01524 582803.
18.03.08 drumming in yealand
as a move to get things drumming in the area, yealand village hall has been booked for 7.30pm -9.30pm on thursday 3 april for an initial drum circle/percussion group evening.
yealand village hall is between yealand conyers and yealand redmayne, just a mile from the a6.
the aim is to make this event a monthly get together but twice monthly is also a possibility depending on how successful the 3rd of april will be. this first session is the first thursday of the month and there will be a small entry fee towards covering the cost of hiring the room.
bring a djembe if you have one together with your thoughts and ideas - if you have no drum and/or you wopuld like more information please email rod carter...
...have fun!
03.03.08 MAC @ the sands...thank you!
cheers to everyone who braved the gale force winds on friday 29th february to come to our first MAC event of 2008 - which was held at the sands in grange. folks came from all over cumbria to enjoy an electic evening of music which included the psychedlic wizardry of paul harrison, the show stopping matt marriott and new eden based northern reggae generator got everyone dancing the night away.
we must also thank those of you who came to perform at the open mic slots, jack hartley, mark wildman, dave vanstone and a very welcome mac debut from ulverston based duo lobe - the aim of the evening was to launch macTunes and we could not have asked for a better turnout (of both audience and muscians!).
macTunes is our NEW online store and will provide cumbrian artists a well established platform to sell their music. and true to form us bods at mac will not be taking a bean off the artists profit. 100% of all sales goes to the musician.
macTunes will work in conjunction with the artists existing myspace and personal websites and aims to provide a 'one stop shop' for customers looking to buy local music produced by local musicians.
if you are a cumbrian artist and you are interested in selling your music on macTunes all your need is an existing paypal account and albums to sell - it is very simple and straightforward. please do email us and we will send you full information on how to become involved.
03.02.08 MAC @ theatre by the lake
very exciting news, we have been approached by the theatre by the lake in keswick to host an evening of cumbrian talent on sunday 23rd nov...put the date in your diary - more info to follow soon!
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