These listings are kept as accurate as possible, but dates and venues
may be changed at short notice. Please visit the artist website or contact the venue
to confirm that a gig or event is to take place.
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July 2008 |
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4th - 6th |
North Wales Bluegrass Festival |
Conwy, North Wales |
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6th |
The Hunger Mountain Boys |
The Black Box, Belfast |
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6th |
Toy Hearts |
The Roadhouse, Birmingham |
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8th |
Southern Tenant Folk Union |
City Of London Festival |
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11th |
Southern Tenant Folk Union and Blueflint |
The Green Note, London |
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12th |
New Essex Bluegrass Band |
The Red Lion, Finchingfield |
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12th |
Punch Brothers |
Trinity Centre, Bristol |
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12th |
The Hunger Mountain Boys |
Gamble Halls, Gourock, Scotland |
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13th |
Punch Brothers |
The Glee Club @ The Arcadian, Birmingham |
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13th |
Southern Tenant Folk Union |
The Sheepwalk, Leytonstone |
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13th |
The Hunger Mountain Boys |
Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, Scotland |
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13th |
Toy Hearts |
Regent Centre, Powys, Wales |
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14th |
Punch Brothers |
The Arts Theatre, London |
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14th |
The Hunger Mountain Boys |
The Coachhouse, Mains of Taymouth, Scotland |
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15th |
The Hunger Mountain Boys |
The Tin Hut, Gartly by Huntly, Scotland |
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16th |
Punch Brothers |
The Sage, Gateshead |
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16th |
The Hunger Mountain Boys |
HebCeltFest, Isle of Lewis, Scotland |
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17th |
Punch Brothers |
Oran Mor, Glasgow |
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17th |
The Hunger Mountain Boys |
An Lantair Centre, Stornoway, Scotland |
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18th - 20th |
Guildtown Bluegrass Festival |
Guildtown, near Perth, Scotland |
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18th |
Punch Brothers |
Academy, Manchester |
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18th |
The Hunger Mountain Boys |
Village Hall, Brookfield, Scotland |
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19th |
Punch Brothers |
Latitude Festival, Southwold |
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19th |
Toy Hearts |
Jumpin' Hot Club, Newcastle Upon Tyne |
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20th |
Toy Hearts |
The Roadhouse, Birmingham |
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20th |
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike |
Freshwater Memorial Hall, Isle of Wight |
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21st |
Leon Hunt Quartet |
The Bell, Bath |
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21st |
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike |
Maverick @ Zebra, Maidstone |
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23rd |
Union Central |
Great Northern Country Music Festival, Co. Durham |
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23rd |
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike |
St Bonaventures, Bristol |
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24th |
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike |
High Barn, Great Bardfield, Essex |
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25th - 28th |
Yorkshire Dales Picking Weekend |
Dales Bank Farm, Silsden |
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25th - 26th |
Leon Hunt |
Village Pump Folk Festival, Trowbridge |
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25th |
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike |
Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington, Devon |
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26th |
Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys |
Village Pump Folk Festival, Trowbridge |
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26th |
Toy Hearts |
The Green Note, London |
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27th |
The Cherryholmes |
The Sage, Gateshead |
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27th |
Toy Hearts |
TwickFolk, The Cabbage Patch Pub, London |
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28th |
The Cherryholmes |
Maverick @ Zebra, Maidstone |
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28th |
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike |
The Queen's Hall, Narberth, Pembrokeshire |
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29th |
The Cherryholmes |
Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd |
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29th |
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike |
Comfort Hotel, Nottingham |
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30th |
The Cherryholmes |
The Luminaire, London |
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31st - 3rd Aug |
The Cherryholmes |
Cambridge Folk Festival |
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August 2008 |
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2nd - 3rd |
Surrey Mini Bluegrass Festival |
Mickleham, near Dorking |
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2nd |
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder |
UTV Country Fest, Dungannon Park, Co. Tyrone |
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2nd |
Tim O'Brien |
Cambridge Folk Festival |
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3rd |
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder |
UTV Country Fest, Dungannon Park, Co. Tyrone |
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6th |
Southern Tenant Folk Union and Blueflint |
The Village, Leith, Edinburgh |
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10th |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
The Summer Sundae Festival, Leicester |
|
10th |
Toy Hearts |
The Roadhouse, Birmingham |
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11th |
Rabbi John |
The Bell, Bath |
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11th |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
The Monkey, Swansea |
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13th |
Toy Hearts |
Touchwood Centre, Solihull |
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14th |
Buffalo Gals |
Bideford Folk Festival, Bideford |
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14th |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
Jumping Hot Club, Newcastle |
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14th |
Toy Hearts |
The Prom, Bristol |
|
15th - 17th |
Buffalo Gals |
Croissent Neuf Summer Party, Usk, Monmouthshire |
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15th |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam, Perthshire |
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16th |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
The Tollbooth, Stirling |
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17th |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
Magnum Theatre, Irvine, Ayrshire |
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17th |
Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys |
The Bandstand, in the park, Wellington |
|
17th |
Toy Hearts |
The Roadhouse, Birmingham |
|
18th |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
Fringe Festival, Edinburgh |
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24th |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
Fringe Festival, Edinburgh |
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24th |
Toy Hearts |
The Roadhouse, Birmingham |
|
25th |
Kentucky to Kent UK Festival |
St Julian's Club, Sevenoaks, Kent |
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26th |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
The Tin Hut, Huntly, Aberdeenshire |
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28th |
(more) Growling Old Men |
Village Hall, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire |
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28th |
Hungry Hill |
Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh |
|
28th |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
The Acoustic Music Club, Kirkcaldy, Scotland |
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29th - 31st |
Didmarton Bluegrass Festival |
Kemble Airfield, near Cirencester |
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30th |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
Maverick Music Festival, Woodbridge, Suffolk |
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31st |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
Anchor Inn, Barcombe, Lewes, Sussex |
|
31st |
Toy Hearts |
Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham |
|
31st |
Toy Hearts |
The Roadhouse, Birmingham |
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September 2008 |
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2nd |
(more) Growling Old Men |
The Ironworks, Oswestry |
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3rd |
Old Crow Medicine Show |
Academy, Manchester |
|
3rd |
Special Ed and the Shortbus |
What's Cookin', London |
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4th |
(more) Growling Old Men |
Bath Folk Club, Bath |
|
4th |
Jack Lawrence and Tony Williamson |
Black Box, Belfast |
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5th - 7th |
Appalachian and Bluegrass Music Festival |
Ulster American Folkpark, Omagh |
|
5th |
(more) Growling Old Men |
Centenary Centre, Peel, Isle of Man |
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6th |
Gower Bluegrass Festival |
Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea |
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6th |
Old Crow Medicine Show |
Shepherds Bush Empire, London |
|
7th |
(more) Growling Old Men |
TwickFolk @ The Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, London |
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8th |
Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper |
Brindley Arts Centre, Runcorn |
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11th |
The Whitetop Mountain Band |
Islington Folk Club, London |
|
12th |
Roots and Galoots |
Pontardawe Inn, Pontardawe |
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12th |
The KittyHawks |
The Green Note, London |
|
12th |
The Whitetop Mountain Band |
Bluegrass Plus Club, Coulsdon, Surrey |
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13th |
The Whitetop Mountain Band |
Linlithgow Folk Festival, near Edinburgh |
|
14th |
The Whitetop Mountain Band |
Laurie's Bar, Glasgow |
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15th |
The Whitetop Mountain Band |
Ex-Servicemen's Club, Helsby, Cheshire |
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16th |
Rabbi John |
London Bluegrass Club, Soho, London |
|
16th |
The Whitetop Mountain Band |
Wildwood Flower Mountain Music Club, South Molton, Devon (01237 472083) |
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18th |
Hungry Hill |
Jumpin' Hot Club, Newcastle |
|
18th |
The Whitetop Mountain Band |
AcousticArt, St Ives, Cornwall |
|
19th - 21st |
Cornwall Bluegrass Festival |
Newquay, Cornwall |
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19th |
Hungry Hill |
The Talbot, Tregaron, Wales |
|
23rd |
The Whitetop Mountain Band |
Burnett's Hill Chapel, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
|
24th |
The Whitetop Mountain Band |
Square and Compass, Swanage |
|
25th |
The Whitetop Mountain Band |
Bournemouth Folk Club, Bournemouth |
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27th |
Ghost Town Showdown |
Spice of Life, Soho, London |
|
27th |
The Whitetop Mountain Band |
The Cellar Upstairs Folk Club, London |
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October 2008 |
|
9th |
Ghost Town Showdown |
Betsy Trotwood, London |
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11th |
Peter Rowan |
The Tolbooth, Stirling |
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12th |
Peter Rowan |
Ullapool Guitar Festival, Ullapool |
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22nd |
Peter Rowan |
The Musician, Leicester |
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23rd |
Peter Rowan |
The Green Note, London |
|
24th - 26th |
Sore Fingers October Weekend |
Kingham Hill School, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire |
|
24th |
Peter Rowan |
The Green Note, London |
|
25th |
Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys |
Pilton Hall, Barnstaple |
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November 2008 |
|
12th |
The Carolina Chocolate Drops |
Walberton Village Hall, Arundel |
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13th |
The Carolina Chocolate Drops |
Fiddlers, Bristol |
|
14th |
The Carolina Chocolate Drops |
London Jazz Festival, London |
|
15th |
The Carolina Chocolate Drops |
Darwin Suite, Assembly Rooms, Derby |
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16th |
The Carolina Chocolate Drops |
The Sage, Gateshead |
|
18th |
Chatham County Line |
The Luminaire, London |
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19th |
Chatham County Line |
Fiddler's, Bristol |
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20th |
Chatham County Line |
The Arches, Glasgow |
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21st |
Chatham County Line |
Little Theatre, Gateshead |
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22nd |
Chatham County Line |
Errigle Inn, Belfast |
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23rd |
Tim O'Brien |
TwickFolk @ The Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, London |
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24th |
Chatham County Line |
Matt & Phred's, Manchester |
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28th |
Roots and Galoots |
Pontardawe Inn, Pontardawe |