St Albans Folk Festival 2019
The detailed programme is here and the map of venues
is here.
Friday June 28
19.45-22.00 Friday Folk Social Dance Club open evening. The Church Hall,
Marlborough Road,
St Albans, AL1 3XG Admission £4.
20.00-23.00 Folk Fantastic. Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, 16 Abbey Mill Lane,
St Albans, AL3 4HE.
Saturday June 29
Day of dance in St Albans City Centre
With St Albans Morris, Tappalachian,
English Miscellany, Rinceoiri le Cheile
Irish dancers, Bollywood St Albans,
Purnagyan Dance Academy, Ramrugge Clog Morris, Fenstanton
Morris, Hemlock Morris, Belles of London City,
Red Cuthbert Morris, Pump
House Clog Morris, New Moon Morris, Chiltern Hundreds, Whitethorn Morris, Royal
Oak Morris
10.00-11.15 Display
by all groups outside Alban Arena
11.30-12.00 Civic centre near Virgin Money and near Nationwide, Clock
Tower, Upper Dagnall Street, Christopher Place
12.15-12.45 Civic Centre near Nationwide, Clock Tower, Upper Dagnall Street, Christopher Place,
outside the Abbey west door
14.00-14.30 Civic centre near Nationwide, Clock Tower, Upper Dagnall Street, Christopher Place,
outside the Abbey west door
14.45-15.55 Dancing
outside the Abbey, West Door
16.00 Informal
dancing and music at the White Hart
The detailed dance timetable is here
Music in city centre pubs and other venues
Details of performers in showcases
will be here nearer the time
11.00-17.00 Showcase
performances in The Old Court Room and in Waterstones bookshop, St Peter’s St
12.20-17.00 Showcase performances in the White Hart Tap, the White Lion,
the
Farmers’ Boy and the Garibaldi
13.20-17.00 Showcase performances in the Mermaid
11.00-12.30 Singaround, Courtyard Café,
Hatfield Road
12.30-14.30 Traditional music session, the Goat, Sopwell
Lane
15.00-16.00 Singaround, Courtyard Café,
Hatfield Road
15.00-17.00 Old-timey session, the Goat, Sopwell
Lane
18.00-19.30 Pre-concert session at the Six Bells, St Michael’s Street
Ukelele workshop at the Mermaid
12.20-13.20 Ukelele workshop with the Ver
Players. Suggested donation £5
20.00 Festival concert, Roman Theatre, Verulamium
featuring
Flook
plus
Glenn Kopanny, winner of
Watford Folk Club Song Writing competition
Nancy Potts New Roots
2019 finalist
Advance tickets £18 online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/ovo or by
phone on 0333 666 3366
or in person from St Albans Central
Library, The Maltings
This concert is also part of the St Albans Roman Theatre Festival
Sunday June 30
14.00-17.00 Finals of Write a new Roman
song for St Albans at the White Lion, Sopwell Lane
18.00-21.00 Traditional music session at The Robin Hood, Victoria Street
21.00-23.00 Bathtub Ginn plays at the Farmers Boy
See
also our Facebook
page
Events are free, except for the
Festival Concert, and Friday Folk’s open evening, but collections will be taken
at other events.