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The best in folk music and song every Thursday evening


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STATION STREET, LEWES


OUR NEXT PRESENTATION:-



Stuart & Denise
May 31st * £6.00 * DENISE & STUART SAVAGE

An evening with these two great local favourites who are able to present a varied evening that is both interesting and delightful
Listen to Denise & Stuart singing "Our Captain Cried" - DENISE & STUART Our Captain 31 05
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11th - 14th October 2012


Go to the Lewes Folk Festival Website - Lewes Folk Festival Website
Details of all the events at this year's festival have been posted here - Lewes Folk Festival Myspace Site

Videos pages on this website

This website now has pages devoted to videos. The page has been divided into two sections; the first shows video performances of coming guests and the second features videos that have been filmed by various people at club nights at the Royal Oak. Currently, there are over two hundred videos embedded in these pages and they include:-

GORDON TYRRALL on June 14th
MATT QUINN on June 21st
JIM CAUSLEY on June 28th
HECTOR GILCHRIST on July 12th
JIM ELDON on July 19th
RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE on September 6th
JEFF WARNER on October 4th
MARTIN CARTHY & DAVE SWARBRICK on October 11th
CHRIS FOSTER on October 18th
ALICE GERRARD & BEVERLY SMITH on October 25th

In addition there are now four pages of videos of appearances at the Royal Oak including Chris Foster. Jez Lowe, Bartram Brookes & Weatherall, Martyn Wyndham-Read & Iris Bishop, Mike Gulston, Tim Van Eyken, Carthy Waterson & Parkinson, Mandy Murray, Davis Locker & Winquist, Black Umfolosi 5, John Kirkpatrick, The Long Hill Ramblers, The Twagger Band, Maggie Boyle, Linda Game, Edel Fox, The Savoy Family Band, Matt Quinn Jeanie Harris & Dan Quinn, Bing Lyle, Derrick Hughes, Tina Smith, Derrick Hughes, Cathal McConnell & Duncan Wood, Ian Chisholm, Terry Masterson, Noel Dumbrell, Dan Quinn, Danny Meeney, Mike Ainscough, Derrick Hughes. Debby McClatchy, Henry Sparks, Marilyn Bennett, Dave Andrews, Sheila Bentham, Jim Ward, Roger Brasier, Annie Winter, Rattlebag, Jan Creaye, Hannah James, Rowan Rheingans, Lady Maisery, Zoox,Brigitte Kloareg & Yann-Fańch Perroches, Keith Wheele, Brighton Morris Men, Vic Smith, Rattle On The Stovepipe, Sandra Goddard, George Smith, Rattle On The Stovepipe, Valmai Goodyear & Bryan Creer, Murray Shelmerdine, Jeff Davis

Click here to go to the Videos page.


As well as this website, the Royal Oak also has a "Myspace" profile which you can go to by clicking here.
At the Myspace site, you will be able to listen to an example of the music of each of our coming guests.The tracks that are available there at the moment are from the guests that will be coming to the Royal Oak in the next few weeks:-



Denise & Stuart Savage - "Our Captain Cried" - (May 31st)
Gordon Tyrrall - "Jessie" - (June 14th)
Matt Quinn - "Us Poor Fellows" - (June 21st)
Jim Causley - "On Yonder's Hill" - (June 28th)
Hector Gilchrist - "Rambler From Clare" - (July 12th)
Jim Eldon - "Lady of York" - (July 19th)
Rattle On The Stovepipe - "Eight More Miles to Louisville" - (September 6th)
Sisters Unlimited - "My Better Years" - (September 13th)
Jeff Warner - "Come Take a Trip In My Airship" - (October 4th)
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - "Foggy Dew" - (October 11th)

(After each gig the tracks will drop off to be replaced with another by an upcoming guest.)


Royal OakIf you would like to be added to the mailing list for monthly newsletter e-mails about coming events at the Royal Oak and about other folk music news from Sussex, simply click on the photograph of the pub and put "ADD ME" as the email's subject.
***PLEASE NOTE*** that, following a recent computer cliche, the entire address list of email contacts for the circular list has been lost! Please email to be restored to this list.


Click on:-
About Us for statement of policy, for the format of the evening, and for details of our location and a map.
Calendar for our programme of guest artists up until the end of June.
News for fuller details and a short biography of our guest artists up until the end of June.
Pictures for two pages of photographs of some of our coming guest artists.
What's New for guests in future months and some of our plans.
Other Stuff for biographies of resident singers/musicians and a look through our guest list for the past year or so.
Links for links to other folk music events in south-east England.
Videos for two sections of videos, The first section features videos of artists who have been booked to appear at The Royal Oak. The second features videos of past performances at The Royal Oak
Contact for phone number and address of the organisers
Email to send an email to the organisers now
For other pages on this site, click on:-

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for an on-line version of the essential guide to folk song and dance in and around Sussex. This will be updated on-line as soon as each issue is prepared.
Pistols for details of the popular barn dance band and how to book them.
Compound Sounds for details of Vic and Tina's various Gambian interests
Jali Sherrifo Konteh for details of the great singer and kora master from The Gambia and of his CDs.
Buba to have a look at (and buy) the wonderful batiks by the Gambian Batik Artist, Buba Drammeh.

This site was last updated on
26th May 2012

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