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The best in folk music and song every Thursday evening


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OUR NEXT PRESENTATION:-



Steve
Feb 09th * £7.00 * STEVE TURNER
A very talented concertina-player and a superb singer, Steve is also a remarkable exponent of the mandola. He is amongst most exciting performers on the folk scene.


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:-

STEVE TURNER on February 9th
JEFF DAVIS on February 16th
DAVE SWARBRICK on February 23rd
CHRIS BARTRAM, NEIL BROOKES & TONY WEATHERALL on March 1st
NAOMI BEDFORD on March 8th
JUDY COOK on March 15th
ANDY IRVINE on April 12th
JOHN KIRKPATRICK on May 17th
BAYOU SECO on May 24th
GORDON TYRRALL on June 14th
MATT QUINN on June 21st
JIM ELDON on July 15th
RALPH BODINGTON on September 27th
JEFF WARNER on October 4th
MARTIN CARTHY & DAVE SWARBRICK on October 11th

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

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:-



Steve Turner - "The Isle of St. Helena" - (February 9th)
Jeff Davis - "The Bold Privateer" - (February 16th)
Dave Swarbrick - "The Trip We Took Over The Mountains" - (February 23rd)
Bartram, Brookes & Weatherall - "John Barleycorn" - (March 1st)
Naomi Bedford - "Lord Thomas & Fair Ellandor". - (March 8th)
Judy Cook - "Drowsy Sleepers" - (March 15th)
Peta Webb & Ken Hall - "Yodel It Over Again" - (March 29th)
Andy Irvine - "Gladiators" - (April 12th)
Jim MacFarland [with Jerry O'Reilly] - "Reynardine" - (April 19th)
Jerry O'Reilly [with Jim MacFarland] - "Father Murphy" - (April 19th)

(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.
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 March.
News for fuller details and a short biography of our guest artists up until the end of March.
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
3rd February 2012

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