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THURSDAY 1st MAY
PADSTOW OBBY OSS DAY - Music and dancing all over town; Night singing from
about 11.00pm (Wednesday evening) until tired, then Blue Ribbon Oss dances
from 10.00am, Old Oss from 11.00am. Both together round the maypole about
8.00pm (follow the crowds).
BT Experience - Copperhouse, Hayle
Shrinking Violets - First & Last, Sennen
Flash Gaskin Band - Old Ale House, Truro
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

FRIDAY 2nd MAY
Folk evening - Port William, Trebarwith
Safari Brothers - Gurnards Head Hotel near Zennor
BT Experience - Old Inn, Mullion
Finn McCool - Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes
Ivory Coast - Basset Arms, Pool
Shrinking Violets - Halfway House, Rame
Partners in Crime - Wych Way Inn, Par
Backbeat - Lee Moor Hall, Lee Moor nr. Ivybridge
Spoonmen - Miner's Arms, St. Just
Soul Survivors - Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly
Sleep Flower - Barley Sheaf, St. Columb Major
Folk at the Jail : Kevin & Ellen Mitchell - Old Jail, Bodmin
New Jubilee Jazz - Wig & Pen, Truro
Belerion - O'Hanney's Bar, Redruth
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth
Live entertainment - Tywarnhayle, Perranporth

SATURDAY 3rd MAY
BT Experience - Countryman, Piece
Milligan's Wake - Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes
Dazed & Confused - Waterfront, St. Austell
Shrinking Violets - Carlyon Arms, St. Austell
Saucy Jack - Tyacks, Camborne
Trevor Fontayne - Atlantic - Porthleven
Backbeat - Band Club, St. Austell
Spoonmen - Trewellard Arms, Trewellard
Soul Survivors - Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly
Blues Busters + Chili Dog Slim - Fox Club, Coverack
Stage Fright - O'Callaghan's, St. Austell
Jiggery Pokery - First & Last, Sennen
Elgin - O'Malley's, Truro
Double Vision - Coach House, Redruth
Padstow folk evening (for RNLI) - details 01841 532334
Company of Strangers (Celtic songs & Stories) - Arts Centre, Falmouth
In Watermelon Sugar - Vic Bars, Newquay
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

SUNDAY 4th MAY
Jazz cafe - Bacchus' Bistro, Liskeard (lunch)
Bohemain jazz cafe - Pirate, Falmouth
Freddy Zapp Roadshow - Cornubia, Hayle
Smugglers jazz - Smugglers, St. Erth Praze (lunch)
New Jubilee Jazz - Tywarnhayle, Perranporth (lunch)
Belerion - Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly
Double Vision - Barley Sheaf, St. Columb Major (lunch)
Singers' night - Who'd Have Thought It, Milton Combe

HOLIDAY MONDAY 5th MAY
Black Prince flower boat procession - Millbrook from 11am, then Cawsand
from 2pm. Details 01752 822721
Folk night - Wellington, Boscastle
Jam session - Holmbush Inn, St. Austell
John Cox Quartet - Regent, Penzance
Act to be confirmed - Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes
Red Lester Band - Harlyn Inn, Harlyn Bay
Belerion - Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly
A Geezer Called Pew - O'Malley's, Truro
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

TUESDAY 6th MAY
Jam session - O'Hanneys, Redruth
Folk scene - Jacobs Ladder, Falmouth
The Ark - Pirate, Falmouth
Acoustic folk evening - Gurnards Head Hotel near Zennor
Jam nite - Wheal Basset, Carnkie

WEDNESDAY 7th MAY
Back to the Future - White Lion, Penzance
Jazz scene with Microjazz - Jacobs Ladder, Falmouth
Harry's Jazz cafe - Wig & Pen, Truro
Leslie West's Mountain - Britannia, Milehouse, Plymouth
Jiggery Pokery - Cornish Soldier, Bodmin
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

THURSDAY 8th MAY
HELSTON FLORA DAY
- Hal-an-Tow around 8am; dances at 7am, 9.50am, 12 noon and 5pm.
The usual ad hoc music all over town all day as well.
The Vision - Wheal Basset, Carnkie
Red Lester Band - Old Ale House, Truro
Backbeat - The Bank, Plymouth
Folk music & song - Rod & Line, Tideford
In Watermelon Sugar - Cornish Arms, Bodmin
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth
Act to be confirmed - Copperhouse, Hayle

FRIDAY 9th MAY
Folk evening - Port William, Trebarwith
Safari Brothers - Gurnards Head Hotel near Zennor
The Vision - Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes
Black Cat Bone - Basset Arms, Pool
Shrinking Violets - Riviera, Mawgan Porth
Big Daddy - Wych Way Inn, Par
Backbeat - The Glen, Glenholt, Plymouth
Blues Busters - Holmbush, St. Austell
Flying Tigers - Barley Sheaf, St. Columb Major
Folk at the Jail : Open house - Old Jail, Bodmin
James Langston Band - Wig & Pen, Truro
Belfast Buskers - O'Malley's, Truro
Jones & O'Brien - O'Hanney's Bar, Redruth
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth
Live entertainment - Tywarnhayle, Perranporth

SATURDAY 10th MAY
The Hamsters - Britannia, Milehouse, Plymouth
BT Experience - First & Last, Sennen
Valley of the Dolls - Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes
Shrinking Violets - Atlantic, Porthleven
Red Lester Band - Cross Keys, Penryn
Jerry Gillard - Tyacks, Camborne
Unsung Heroes - Labour Club, Falmouth
Saucy Jack - General Wolfe, St. Austell
Backbeat - Fosters, Newquay
Junkyard Angels - Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly
Sourpuss - O'Callaghan's, St. Austell
Moondragon - Fox Club, Coverack
Class of '59 - Trewellard Arms, Trewellard
Milligan's Wake - O'Malley's, Truro
Chocolate Starfish - Coach House, Redruth
Newlyn Reelers - Connor Downs School
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

SUNDAY 11th MAY
Jazz cafe - Bacchus' Bistro, Liskeard (lunch)
Bohemian jazz cafe - Pirate, Falmouth
Freddy Zapp Roadshow - Cornubia, Hayle
Smugglers jazz - Smugglers, St. Erth Praze (lunch)
New Jubilee Jazz - Tywarnhayle, Perranporth (lunch)
Unsung Heroes - Plough, Camborne
Blues Bandits - Barley Sheaf, St. Columb Major (lunch)
Singers' night - Who'd Have Thought It, Milton Combe
Folk evening - Britannia, Tregrehan

MONDAY 12th MAY
Folk night - Wellington, Boscastle
Jam session - Holmbush Inn, St. Austell
John Cox Quartet - Regent, Penzance
Junkyard Angels - Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly
Paddy's Return - O'Malley's, Truro
Devonians - Heavy Transport Hall, Par
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

TUESDAY 13th MAY
Jam session - O'Hanneys, Redruth
Folk scene - Jacobs Ladder, Falmouth
The Ark - Pirate, Falmouth
Acoustic folk evening - Gurnards Head Hotel near Zennor
Jam nite - Wheal Basset, Carnkie
The Original Folk Club - Swan, Truro

WEDNESDAY 14th MAY
Back to the Future - White Lion, Penzance
Jazz scene with Microjazz - Jacobs Ladder, Falmouth
Harry's Jazz cafe - Wig & Pen, Truro
Freddy McKay - O'Malley's, Truro
Herbie Flowers & Mike Hatchard - Arts Centre, Falmouth
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

THURSDAY 15th MAY
Shrinking Violets - Copperhouse, Hayle
Still Crazy - Old Ale House, Truro
Chris Wood & Andy Cutting - Acorn, Penzance
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

FRIDAY 16th MAY
Folk at the Jail : The Peeler Small Quartet - Old Jail, Bodmin
Folk evening - Port William, Trebarwith
Safari Brothers - Gurnards Head Hotel near Zennor
George Melly + John Chilton's Feetwarmers - The Wharf, Tavistock
M'Toto - Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes
Bite The Bullet - Basset Arms, Pool
In Watermelon Sugar - Wych Way Inn, Par
Backbeat - Bolton Hotel, Brixham
Nigel's Cow - Barley Sheaf, St. Columb Major
Swing Quartet - Wig & Pen, Truro
Elgin - O'Hanney's Bar, Redruth
Catriona Macdonald & Ian Lothian - Acorn, Penzance
The Tinners - Chacewater School
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth
Live entertainment - Tywarnhayle, Perranporth

SATURDAY 17th MAY
DJ Frosty - Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes
Shrinking Violets - RAOB Club, Penryn
Black Cat Bone - Tyacks, Camborne
Unsung Heroes - Royal British Legion, Mousehole
Saucy Jack - Four Lords, St. Blazey Gate
Backbeat - Swan, Devonport
Sourpuss - Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly
Wonderland - Fox Club, Coverack
Elgin - Treweelard Arms, Trewellard
Jiggery Pokery - Macnamara's, Camborn
e Alan Murfin - O'Malley's, Truro
Mountain Ash - Coach House, Redruth
Kathryn Tickell - Acorn, Penzance
In Watermelon Sugar - First & Last, Sennen
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

SUNDAY 18th MAY
Jazz cafe - Bacchius' Bistro, Liskeard (lunch)
Bohemian jazz cafe - Pirate, Falmouth
Freddy Zapp Roadshow - Cornubia, Hayle
Smugglers jazz - Smugglers, St. Erth Praze (lunch)
New Jubilee Jazz - Tywarnhayle, Perranporth (lunch)
Kathryn Tickell + Madding Crowd - The Wharf, Tavistock
Belfast Buskers - Barley Sheaf, St. Columb Major (lunch)
Andy Caven - Who'd Have Thought It, Milton Combe

MONDAY 19th MAY
Folk night - Wellington, Boscastle
Jam session - Holmbush Inn, St. Austell
John Cox Quartet - Regent, Penzance
Sourpuss - Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly
Mic McCreadie - O'Malley's, Truro
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

TUESDAY 20th MAY
Jam session - O'Hanneys, Redruth
Folk scene - Jacobs Ladder, Falmouth
The Ark - Pirate, Falmouth
Acoustic folk evening - Gurnards Head Hotel near Zennor
Jam nite - Wheal Basset, Carnkie
Pew - Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly

WEDNESDAY 21st MAY
Back to the Future - White Lion, Penzance
Jazz scene with Microjazz - Jacobs Ladder, Falmouth
Harry's Jazz cafe - Wig & Pen, Truro
Paddy Wack - O'Malley's, Truro
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

THURSDAY 22nd MAY
Pew - Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly
Bigfoot - Old Ale House, Truro
The concert for Chernobyl with Stephanie Norgaard, Eddie Upton, Tin van
Eyken, John Wallace, Jinks' Stack -
Parc-an-Eglos School, Helston; 7.30pm. £3.
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth
Act to be confirmed - Copperhouse, Hayle

FRIDAY 23rd MAY
Folk evening - Port William, Trebarwith
Safari Brothers - Gurnards Head Hotel near Zennor
The Vision - Sportscue Leisure Club, Penzance
Red Lester Band - Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes
Hartspeak - Basset Arms, Pool
Shrinking Violets - O'Hanney's Bar, Redruth
Unsung Heroes - Coppice, Lanner
Red Raider - Wych Way Inn, Par
Saucy Jack - Barley Sheaf, St. Columb Major
Spoonmen - Dolphin, Penzance
Blues Busters + In Watermelon Sugar - End Of The Road Mag Rally, Lizard
(Bikes ONLY by request of the organisers)
Folk at the Jail : The concert for Chernobyl with Stephanie Norgaard, Eddie
Upton, Tin van Eyken, John Wallace, Jinks' Stack - Old Jail, Bodmin.
8.15pm. £3.
Clay City Jazzmen - Wig & Pen, Truro
Sigi Finkel & Tim Richards - Kings, Launceston
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth
Live entertainment - Tywarnhayle, Perranporth

SATURDAY 24th MAY
RUN TO THE SUN
All-day event on Fistral Beach, Newquay with In Watermelon
Sugar and many other bands
The Vision - Angel, Helston
Act to be confirmed - Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes
Shrinking Violets - New Inn, Park Bottom
Red Lester Band - Macnamara's, Camborne
Act to be confirmed - Tyacks, Camborne
Sex Slaves From Hell - Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly
Blues Busters - First & Last, Sennen
Syrup - Fox Club, Coverack
Act to be confirmed - Trewellard Arms, Trewellard
Jiggery Pokery - Old Coach House, Redruth
Elgin - O'Malley's, Truro
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

SUNDAY 25th MAY
RUN TO THE SUN
at Trevelgue Holiday Camp, Newquay with bands all day
Jazz cafe - Bacchus' Bistro, Liskeard (lunch)
Bohemian jazz cafe - Pirate, Falmouth
Freddy Zapp Roadshow - Cornubia, Hayle
Smugglers jazz - Smugglers, St. Erth Praze (lunch)
New Jubilee Jazz - Tywarnhayle, Perranporth (lunch)
James Langston's Flyers - Barley Sheaf, St. Columb Major (lunch)
Gran Torino - O'Callaghan's, St. Austell
Singers' night - Who'd Have Thought It, Milton Combe
Folk club reunion - Swan, Wadebridge
Folk evening - Britannia, Tregrehan

HOLIDAY MONDAY 26th MAY
Folk night - Wellington, Boscastle
Jam session - Holmbush Inn, St. Austell
John Cox Quartet - Regent, Penzance
Act to be confirmed - Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes
Sex Slaves From Hell - Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly
Bunch of Keys - O'Malley's, Truro
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

TUESDAY 27th MAY
Jam session- O'Hanneys, Redruth
Folk scene - Jacobs Ladder, Falmouth
The Ark - Pirate, Falmouth
Acoustic folk evening - Gurnards Head Hotel near Zennor
Jam nite - Wheal Basset, Carnkie
The Original Folk Club - Swan, Truro

WEDNESDAY 28th MAY
Back to the Future - White Lion, Penzance
Jazz scene with Microjazz - Jacobs Ladder, Falmouth
Harry's Jazz cafe - Wig & Pen, Truro
In Watermelon Sugar - Sandy Bay, Carlyon Bay
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

THURSDAY 29th MAY
Backbeat - Holmbush, St. Austell
Midlife Crisis - Old Ale House, Truro
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

FRIDAY 30th MAY
Folk evening - Port William, Trebarwith
Safari Brothers - Gurnards Head Hotel near Zennor
Derrero - Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes
Fabulous Cheese Brothers - Basset Arms, Pool
Shrinking Violets - Quayside, Falmouth
Ricky's Red Rockers - Wych Way Inn, Par
Backbeat - Ritzy, Plymouth
Spoonmen - Macnamara's, Camborne
Ed Gasket - Barley Sheaf, St. Columb Major
Folk at the Jail : Wizz Jones - Old Jail, Bodmin
Johnny James Modern Jazz - Wig & Pen, Truro
Keith Hills - O'Hanney's Bar, Redruth
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth
Live entertainment - Tywarnhayle, Perranporth

SATURDAY 31st MAY
Stray + Tony McPhee - Britannia, Milehouse, Plymouth
The Vision - Harbour, Porthleven
Mick McCreadie - Driftwood Spars, St. Agnes
Partners In Crime - Tyacks, Camborne
Unsung Heroes - Waggoners, Camborne
Saucy Jack - Cat & Fiddle, Bodmin
Backbeat - Superbowl, Plympton
In Watermelon Sugar -Lock Stock & Barrel, St. Marys, Scilly
Jerry Gillard - Barley Sheaf, St. Columb Major
Rhythm Doctors - Fox Club, Coverack
Act to be confirmed - Trewellard Arms, Trewellard
Milligan's Wake - O'Malley's, Truro
Bounce The Poodle - Coach House, Redruth
Live music - Pirate, Falmouth

NOW BOOKING
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25th Wadebridge Folk Festival 1997
Friday evening 22nd August to Monday night 25th August

Many guests (full listing in August 42), including Sacred Turf, Gumbo
Flyers, Jinks Stack, Cam Kernewek and acts from home and abroad. Songs,
dance and workshops.

Ticket prices £2 - £29; camping £6. Book early for lower prices. Details
01208 812323, or send SAE to Mrs Sue Sedgwick, Yew Cottage, Rosehill,
Lanivet, Cornwall
PL30 5ES. Please mention you saw it first in 42 Gig Guide.

PLEASE MAKE SURE WE HAVE YOUR DATES FOR JUNE BY MAY 15TH FOR FUTURE PUBLICATION. ALSO YOUR ADVERTISING INSTRUCTIONS / COPY. THANK YOU

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