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nights of the week, but are not planned.
Contributed-by: Kees Huyser
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: [Jazz]
The Bimhuis, a jazz club, has jam sessions for musicians and vocalists on
a weekly basis. Admission is free, the support band is good, and drinks
are cheap.
Contributed-by: Giuseppe Slomp
Dublin, Ireland: [Celtic]
Hughes' on Chancery Street. You almost always find Kevin Glackin and
Ronan Browne here, along with any other greats who happen to be around
(James Keane, Tony MacMahon, Ciaran Tourish, Siobhan Peoples). I think
Monday and Thursday nights are the good ones, but it could have changed.
Contributed-by: Edward Baker
Dublin, Ireland: [Unknown]
The Meeting Place. On or near Wellington St. This is a nice very open
session with some very good musicians, but not the ones you're likely to
recognize from records, etc. Try Sunday afternoons and maybe Wednesday
nights.
Contributed-by: Edward Baker
Dublin, Eire: [Unknown]
J Hanlon's Pub, Sunday noon. Often sees Barney or Brendan McKenna.
Contributed-by: Miss E Padgham
or
Dublin, Eire: [Unknown]
(Howth) The Lighthouse (sun night about 6pm), and The Abbey (haunt of the
dubliners). Both have excellent beer, pound-a-pint for the players. [
Although your editor is certainly not proficient enough to play in this
venue, please note that he feels discounts on fine beer for players are
an excellent incentive. ---Rsk ]
Contributed-by: Miss E Padgham
or
Galway, Ireland: [Unknown]
Noughton's (the name is probably misspelled) on High Street is great.
Contributed-by: Edward Baker
Galway, Ireland: [Unknown]
Taafe's, on High Street. Down the street from Noughton's. More great
music.
Contributed-by: Edward Baker
Galway, Ireland: [Unknown]
The Crane (I think). Breda Lewis runs a really relaxed session with a
beginner to medium-high level of musicianship.
Contributed-by: Edward Baker
Kinvara, Ireland: [Unknown]
Frankie Gavin has a pub here (presumably called Frankie Gavin's) He's the
fiddler from De Dannan.
Contributed-by: Edward Baker
Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland: [Celtic]
Molloy's on Bridge Street. There's a guy here that plays flute really
well...Matt Molloy from the Chieftans, Palnxty, Bothy Band. I caught a
couple of sessions here on a Friday and a Monday in the summer. There's
a fantastic singer that is sometimes found here.
Contributed-by: Edward Baker
Carrick, Co. Donegal, Ireland: [Celtic]
McGinley's (I think). As of summer, 1991, there was a session every
Sunday night with fiddler James Byrne hosting things. When I was there,
Con Cassidy from Teilann was also there. If you like Donegal music, this
is a great place to be.
Contributed-by: Edward Baker
Carrick, Co. Donegal, Ireland: [Celtic]
The Crossroads. This is at the bottom of the hill as you come into
Glencolumbkille. Especially good in mid-August when the fiddle school is
on down the road.
Contributed-by: Edward Baker
Soutergate, Ulverston, Cumbria, England: [Celtic/Irish]
The Old Friends pub has a session every Saturday night (9pm onwards).
It's a very friendly/social session, celtic but predominantly Irish tunes
- fiddles, concertina, flute, bodhran, guitar etc....
Contributed-by: Gordon Jones (Gordon@hartown.demon.co.uk) [Jul 95]
Greenside, England: [Celtic, Northumbrian etc.]
Fridays at the White Swan, Greenside, Tyne & Wear
Contributed-by: andy@a-seag.demon.co.uk [Jun 95]
Burbage, Hinckley, Leicesershire,, UK:
Ampersand (&) Folk Club, Saturday Nights, guests monthly, at the Cross Keyes.
Contributed-by: EDWARD MURPHY [Apr 95]
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England: [Celtic & Northumbrian]
Mondays at the Tanners Arms, Shields Road, Byker.
Contributed-by: andy@a-seag.demon.co.uk [Jun 95]
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Uk: [Folk]
Good Irish music session on Wednesday nights in the Cumberland Arms,
Stephen Street, Byker.
Contributed-by: Andy Seagroatt [May 95]
Redditch, near Birmingham, England: [Folk]
Redditch Folk Club, at the White Hart Pub, Evesham Road, Headless
Cross, Redditch. Open Jam session every Tuesday night. Folk / Celtic.
Saturday night club night has 2 guests a month, other nights are
singarounds. For info email sally@ftel.co.uk or 'phone Sally Whytehead
on 01527 401040.
Contributed-by Sally Whytehead [Dec 95]
Oxford, Uk: [Folk]
The Bullingdon Arms, Cowley Road: Wednesday evenings. Open session,
Irish music (reels jigs, hornpipes), and some singing also.
Contributed-by: Danny Chapman [Nov 94]
and Michael Mc Gettrick (mmg@maths.bath.ac.uk) [Apr 93]
Oxford, Uk: [Folk]
The Half Moon, (in Cowley): Sunday lunchtime/afternoon from about 1 o'clock.
Contributed-by: Danny Chapman [Nov 94]
Oxford, Uk: [Folk]
The Elm Tree, Cowley road, on Sunday evenings.
Contributed-by: Danny Chapman [Nov 94]
Kidlington- the six bells. Friday night, about 8:30 pm.
Contributed-by: Miss E Padgham
or
Coventry, Uk: [Unknown]
Forester's arms. Weds & Fri nights.
Contributed-by: Miss E Padgham
or
Salisbury, Uk: [Blues]
Open jam at the Old Ale House in Salisbury, UK. Strictly Blues, at least
the night I showed up. First Monday of every month. Don't know the address.
Contributed-by: robb@ycrdi.com (Robb Scott) [Aug 95]
Bergen, Norway: [Rock]
Maxime (Rock Pub), jam sessions Monday nights.
Contributed-by: Thor Legvold
Chester, Englang, UK: [Bluegrass]
Open Jam at "The Commercial Hotel", St. Peter's Square, 20 yds
from The Cross (centre of Chester), behind the "Victoria Inn".
Bluegrass, but "Old-Timey" is OK. Nothing which is Struck, Blown,
Pushed, Pulled or Strummed allowed. Every Monday (except Bank
Holidays). Beginners/novice tutorial/workshop 8 to 9pm-ish, general
jam to 11-15. All levels. Info: Tel: Derek (012440) 683563
Contributed-by: Derek Brandon (brandond@newi.ac.uk) [Jun 95]
Wealdstone, Middlesex, England: [Folk]
Herga Folk Club, at the Royal Oak, Peel Road. Meets every Monday night,
with guests every 3-4 weeks with either theme evenings or open evenings
in between. For further info, contact Dorothy Cullinane on 0923 250640.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Northampton, England: [Folk]
Soles N' Eels Folk Club, at The Old House at Home, Wellingborough Road.
One guest night a month, pluse one music and one song session. Not sure
what night of the week. For info call Derek Coates 0327 843159.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Ely, Cambridgshire, England: [Folk]
Ely Folk Club meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Royal Standard, Fore
Hill, Ely. Often has performances, but open singers' nights usually once
a month.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Buntingford, Hertforshire, England: [Folk]
The Crown, every Monday night 8:00. Informal club/session. Call Penni
Mclaren Walker, 0763 271515 (evenings).
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Hazlemere, Essex, England: [Folk]
Hezlemere Folk Club takes place on a narrow boat located behind the 'Old
English Gentleman,' Hazlemere Marina, Waltham Abbey, Essex. For details
call Sylvia or Keith on 0992 7680813.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
High Wycombe, England: [Folk]
Wycombe Folk Club meets every Wednesday at 8:30 at the Irish Club,
Station Road. Guests as well as singers' nigths. For info ring Chris
Coates at 0865 891813.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Stevenage, England: [Unknown]
Every Sunday from 1-3pm at the Red Lion, Stevenage Old Town High Street.
Roy 0438 318708.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Arlesey, England: [Unknown]
Session at the Mallard on Tuesday ngihts.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Shillington, England: [Folk]
Folk nights at the Musgrave Arms.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Bancroft, Hitchin, England: [Celtic]
Irish session at the Adam & Eve, Thursdays.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Wimpole, England: [Folk]
Folk nights every Friday at the Wheatsheaf on the A603 about 5 miles west
of Cambridge.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Lower Stondon, England: [Unknown]
There is a singaround every Tuesday evening and Sunday lunchtime at the
Twist & Cheese.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Fenny Startford, England: [Celtic]
Irish sessions at the Foundry Arms every Friday.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Harlington, England: [Celtic]
Irish sessions at the Carpenters' Arms, ring 0582 882831 for dates.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
St. Michael's, St. Albans, England: [Unknown]
Thursday night sessions at the Rose & Crown.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Wavendon, England: [Unknown]
Sunday night sessions at The Plough.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Milton Keynes village, England: [Unknown]
Sunday night sessions at The Swan.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Salford, England: [Unknown]
Sunday night sessions at The Swan.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Cambridge, England: [Celtic]
Sunday night Irish sessions at The Man on the Moon, Norfolk Street.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Cambridge, England: [Celtic]
Thursday night Irish sessions at the Royal Standard, Mill Road.
Cambridge, England: [Folk]
Cambridge Folk Club, Fridays at The Man on the Moon, Norfolk Street.
Frequent performances by local and national groups. Open nights about
once a month.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Cambridge, England: [Folk]
Mayflower Folk Club, Tuesdays at The Man on the Moon, Norfolk Street.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Cambridge, England: [Blues, Jazz]
"The Boat Race", junction of East Road and Burleigh Street. Blues jam
advertised as 12-3 every Sunday, but usually starts around 1pm.
Well-attended; mostly blues but regular "guest spots" by bands if
they happen to turn up. Wide range of ability, but everyone usually
gets a go. A chance to play on a stage that is gaining a reputation.
Jazz jam every Sunday evening.
Contributed-by: jonathan@mantis.co.uk (Jonathan Egre) [Oct 94]
and dom@i-cubed.demon.co.uk (Dom Latter) [Jan 95]
Bishop's Stortford: [Unknown]
Stortfolk meets Thursdays in the Vestry of All Saints Church, Stanstead Road.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Chesham, Bucks., England: [Folk/Blues]
Tudor Folk & Blues Club, Mondays at The Whitehill Centre.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Hitchin, England: [Folk]
Hitchin Folk Club meets Sundays at the Sun Hotel, Sun Street Hitchin.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Redbourn, Herts., England: [Folk]
The Hollybush Folk Club meets Thursdays at The Hollybush P.H., Church End.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
St. Neots, England: [Folk]
St. Neots Folk Club meets Tuesdays at The Coneygeare P.H., Eynesbury,
St. Neots.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Stony Stratford, England: [Unknown]
The Song Loft, Cock Hotel, Wolverton Road, Stony Stratford, Milton
Keynes. Fridays.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Barton, Cambs., England: [Unknown]
The Crofters host a session/singalong the second Tuesday of every month
at The Hoops.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Brighton, Sussex, England: [Celtic]
Irish session on Wed. nights and Sun. afternoons at The Bugle, 24 St.
Martins St 0273-607753. To find it, look for St. Martin's church on the
map, the street runs next to it.
Contributed-by: Greg Sandell
Hove, Sussex, England: [Celtic]
Irish session on Sun. nights at The Lion and Lobster. Hove is the next
town west of Brighton (on the coast).
Contributed-by: Greg Sandell
Brighton, Sussex, England: [Folk]
A 'folk circle' at The Stable, 7 Albion St, 0273-605235. All kinds of
music: songs, bluegrass, Irish, klezmer, etc. Monday nights.
Contributed-by: Greg Sandell
London, England: [Misc]
A note from Greg on sessions there: Too many sessions to list here, and
in any case, I haven't gone to more than a few of them. Here's what you
do: buy TIME OUT, the weekly magazine listing entertainment events in
London, look in the music section under folk. All the Irish sessions are
listed. Last I looked, there were two on Tuesdays, one on Wednesdays,
four on Thursdays, two on Fridays, one on Saturday, two on Sundays.
Nearly all of them were accessible by tube, although very few were in
central London, you have to go to outlaying areas. I'm told that the
'Irish part of town' is near the Kensal tube stop.
Contributed-by: Greg Sandell
Doolin, Co. Clare, Ireland: [Unknown]
The town has three pubs, all with great sessions.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Cregg Castle, Co. Galway, Ireland: [Celtic]
This is a bed & breakfast in a 17th century Irish Castle that also hosts
a center for Irish Traditional music. The proprietors play Uillean pipes,
whistles, Bodhran, etc., and during the summers have help from an 'artist
in residence.' There are regular sessions Friday nights, but other nights
as well if the mood arises. Hosts are a bit scattered as far as the B&B
is concerned; be sure to remind them to show you where your room is if
you are staying overnight.
Contributed-by: Harry Ferguson
Oslo, Norway: [Unknown]
Smuget ("The Alley"), jam sessions Monday nights, with house band MOMS
(Masters of Mixed Sessions). Often internationally acclaimed musicians
drop in, especially when in Norway on tour...
Contributed-by: Thor Legvold
Hong Kong: [Jazz]
"The Jazz Club" in Lan Kwai Fong has jam sessions every Monday night.
Regular house band and occasional international visitors rest of the week.
Contributed-by: blowers@hkucc.hku.hk
Hong Kong: [Jazz]
The Dickens Bar has a jam session on Sunday afternoons from 3 to 6 PM.
Tony Carpio's band allows folks to sit in. The guys play sheets but also
jam and the band's made up of professionals playing in hotel house bands
the rest of the week.
Contributed-by: blowers@hkucc.hku.hk (Geoff)
Frankfurt, Germany: [Rock/Blues/Misc]
"An Sibin", Wallstr. 9, This is an Irish cellar pub with acoustic sessions
(*real* unplugged, except electric bass and occasionaly electric guitar).
Tuesdays: Pop, Blues, Rock and more (like Joe Jackson, Bob Dylan,
Talking Heads and whatever you bring); Wednesdays: Irish Folk Tunes;
Thursdays (first and third Thursday of every month): Bluegrass session,
mostly; what they play depends mainly on who plays.
During winter, participation tends to be higher and there are usually
quite good players around. In summer I've even experienced no one
playing at all. They always welcome new players, regardless of their level.
Contributed-by: Kosta Kostis
and Manuel Reiter [Sep 94]
Dubna, Russia: [Jazz]
We have the only jam-session every year at the Christmas night.
There are a few jazz musicians in our little town, Dubna (80 miles
to the north of Moscow). Slava Wakhrushev(guitar), Sasha Getmanov
(piano) and their combo. Also the big-band from Protvino plays
good swing. I myself play blues-harmonic and bass. [Editor's note:
it sounds like a great way to spend Christmas night; should I find
myself in your neighborhood, I'd love to drop in. ---Rsk]
Contributed-by: Alex Nikitsky [Sep 92]
Kayseri, Turkey: [Unknown]
In the piece of medieval fortification beside the Alaca Kumbet (contains
a small teahouse and theatre). Every night as far as I know (I was
there 2 weeks ago). Saz players/singers ("asiklar").
Contributed-by: jack@cee.hw.ac.uk (Jack Campin) [Oct 94]
Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: [Irish]
The Normandy Hotel has Irish sessions Saturday nights, in the front bar
(not out the back, from about 9:00 - 9:30 pm till closing.
Contributed-by: khatt@muffin.pronet.com (Andrew Royle) [Oct 94]
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia: [Irish]
The New Sydney Hotel Has Irish sessions every saturday arvo, from about
4:00 till about 8:00. They also provide drinks tickets for the musicans,
have Guiness on tap, and perhaps the best atmosphere of any pub in Tasmania.
Contributed-by: khatt@muffin.pronet.com (Andrew Royle) [Oct 94]
Perth, Australia:
There is an open mike blues session Tuesday nights at the
Grosvenor Hotel, Hay St, Perth.
Contributed-by: Robert HOPE_HUME [Sep 94]
Tokyo, Japan: [Irish]
Bewley's Pub, Meiji Dori St., Harajuku (a neighborhood of Tokyo);
Phone: 03-3499-3145. Call ahead to see when the next session is --
musicians are about half westerners and half Japanese.
(I played St. Patricks day at this place -- it was great!!)
Contributed-by: "Richard M. Moore" [Apr 95]
Tokyo, Japan: [Irish]
Another Tokyo Restaurant which holds Irish sessions is called "1066". I
don't have the phone number, but if you pick up a copy of "Tokyo Journal"
(an english publication for westerners living in Tokyo), check out the
restaurant section -- they are listed. I believe that the sessions are
held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays.
Contributed-by: "Richard M. Moore" [Apr 95]
Jim Mercer (jim@reptiles.org) mentions this helpful hint:
According to the February issue of Open Season Magazine, there are more
than 40 jams of various flavours happening in Toronto, Ontario CANADA.
This magazine (booklet) sell for $1 ($15 for a 10 issue subscription)
It is put out by a local Blues dude, Gary 17 and includes a calendar,
map, articles about shows, musicians and opinions and ads from Toronto
clubs.
The address for more information is:
The Open Season
c/o SongRise Productions
89 Granby Street
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA M5B 1H9
+1 416 348-8731
Harry Ferguson notes that:
Much of the info [in Harry's contributions ---Rsk ] comes from a free
tri-monthly folk magazine called the 'Unicorn,' Published by Alan Creamer
and Theo Thomas. The address is 6 Dudley Street, Luton, LU2 0NT, England,
phone (0582) 24261 (Alan), or (0582) 882831 (Theo).
Other folks who have helped out with this list include: mrhine@thor.gatech.edu
(Michael), linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon), Andrea Aldridge
, Michael L. Rhine ,
David Ruggiero , David Carta
, Jim Long ,
Greg Skinner , blewis@wwa.com (Benjamin Lewis),
jpollack@sarnoff.com (Jeremy Pollack), Matthew Kramer ,
Rob Hutten , Will McCorry .
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