Links and Listings

This page is for links to related events and organisations, in particularly regular (monthly or weekly) music, dance and song events.

Regular Events

Weekly

Tuesdays	Kings Arms, 9 Bolton Road, Silsden BD20 0YJ — 7pm. Singers, musicians, spoken word. 01535 653216.
Wednesdays	The Green Dragon, Hardraw, near Hawes DL8 3LZ — 8.30pm singaround. 01969 667392.
Wednesdays	The Woodman Inn, Burneston, Bedale DL8 2HX — 8–10.30pm singaround. 01677 426123.
Thursdays	The Station Hotel, Colne Road, Earby BB18 6XL — 8pm. Sing, play or listen.
Fridays	Folk at the Black Lion, 12 Finkle Street, Richmond DL10 4QB — 7.30pm session, 8.30pm singaround. 01748 518897.
Fridays	Bacca Pipes Folk Club, Riddlesden Institute, Scott Lane, Keighley BD20 5BU — doors 7.30pm. No bar, take your own. 07786 195942.

Monthly

1st Monday	The George & Dragon, Hudswell, Richmond DL11 6BL — 7pm singaround. Folk, blues, a cappella and recitations all welcome.
1st Wednesday	The Turf Hotel, Victoria Road, Richmond DL10 4DW — 7.30pm acoustic singaround. 01748 829439.
1st Friday	Open mic, Mechanics Institute, Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon HG4 3RS — 8pm, £4. John Collins 01765 650402.
2nd Sunday	The Buck, Buckden. Our own session! Songs, tunes, poems, and listening. Peter Barnard 07919 627270.
2nd & 4th Tue	Bedale Acoustic Music Club, The Green Dragon, Market Place, Bedale DL8 1EQ — 7.30pm. John Knighton 07922 837405.
2nd & 4th Thu	Exelby Daylight Folk Club, The Green Dragon, Exelby DL8 2HA — afternoons, 2–5pm summer, 1–4.30pm winter. 01677 427715.
2nd Thursday	Open mic, The Mess Room, Old Fire Station, off Coach Street, Skipton BD23 1LQ — 7.30 or 8pm. 07398 048636.
2nd & last Fri	Ripon Wilfrid’s Folk Club, St Wilfrid’s Centre, Trinity Lane, Ripon HG4 2AB — 7.30pm, £3 on singaround nights.
3rd Monday	Skipton Folk Unplugged, The Narrow Boat, 38 Victoria Street, Skipton BD23 1JE — 7.30–10pm, singers’ night. Sheila Kelsall 01535 665889.
3rd Sunday	Addingham Ceilidh Club, Addingham Memorial Hall LS29 0PD — 7–9pm, £5. Live band and caller, no partner needed.
Last Thursday	Singer/songwriter session, The Flying Duck, Church Street, Ilkley LS29 9DS. 01943 609587.

Dance Bands and Callers

Buttered Peas	English country dance band — fiddle, flute, octave mandolin and guitar. They have played for dances in and around the Dales for years, including the Traditional Dales Village Dancing evenings at Kettlewell, Arncliffe and Grassington.
Barley Cote Band	Traditional dance music from the foothills of the Pennines, with concertina, melodeon and fiddle, playing mostly northern English tunes including some from the Dales. Based in West Yorkshire.