Events - Week View

The Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival (PMFF) was started over 20 years ago by Portsmouth NH residents, Jeff Warner and Peter Contrastano. It was modeled on the small maritime festivals in coastal towns and villages of the British Isles, where local pubs and other businesses would host small, intimate concerts while singers and small bands performed on the downtown sidewalks.

Headline performers include Judy Cook and The Gawler Sisters. Also appearing are April Grant, Ethan Tischler, Lynn Noel, The Shank Painters, Bennet Konesni, and The Vox Hunters and Flannery Brown.

The Mermaid‘s Tavern is sponsoring the festival livestream on YouTube.

Uilleann piper Preston Howard Wilde leads an Irish piping session - it’s a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE
Sun/Mon 7:00 - 9:00pm, Wed/Thu/Sat 8:00 - 10:00pm

No cover charge, tips for musicians welcome!

Oct 2 (Wed): Kerry Politzer and Ben Graves - jazz piano and guitar
Oct 3 (Thu): Mark Shark and Billy Engel - Americana plus
Oct 6 (Sun): Quesa D‘Mondays - drag comedy, music
Oct 7 (Mon): Della Simonw Trio - jazz voice
Oct 9 (Wed): Wyatt Button - jazz piano and voice
Oct 10 (Thu): Coleoptera Saxophone Quintet plays the Beatles
Oct 13 (Sun): Mayra Sandoval - singer-songwriter
Oct 14 (Mon): Vine Maples - American Songbook guitar
Oct 16 (Wed): Cheryl Alex and Chris Woitach - jazz flute and guitar
Oct 17 (Thu): Voxanova - Latin groove
Oct 20 (Sun): JT Trawick -- Ozark country Texan swing
Oct 21 (Mon): Newport Nightingales - 20s,30s harmony
Oct 23 (Wed): Mike Winkle and Craig Snazelle
Oct 24 (Thu): Mixed Feelings - soulful voice/guitar duo
Oct 26 (Sat): Adlai Alexander, Cheryl Alex and Laurent Nickel - jazz bossa etc.
Oct 27 (Sun): Rivka Ross Trio - original jazz
Oct 28 (Mon): Chris Lee - jazz vibraphone
Oct 30 (Wed): Cowboy Jazz - jazz with triads
Oct 31 (Thu): Adlai Alexander w/ Eddie Parente and Patrick Harry

Folk Espresso, early morning folk music to get your week started.

Hosted by:
Diane Hunt (1st Monday),
Jonathan Lay (2nd Monday),
Kevin Grgurich (3rd Monday),
Diane Hunt (4th Monday),
Gordy Euler (5th Monday),

Previous shows on the KBOO program page at https://kboo.fm/program/folk-espresso.

Led by Joe Offer, new Zoom link posted every week, just before doors open: https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=168014&messages=37.

Sessions are led by Marina Dodgson (fiddle) and Maurice Condie (guitar). These are open access sessions, so there’s no need to book in advance, you’re welcome to just turn up and join in!

We believe great things happen when we play tunes together! People connect with each other and make friends, and we keep our music traditions alive by sharing tunes and passing them on. What’s more, playing tunes can make you feel happy, and if you do it often enough, you’ll notice that you are getting better at playing your instrument too!

It turns out that you don’t even have to be in the same place…great things still happen when we play music together, online from the comfort of your own home.

Phoenix Folk Ltd exists to promote participation and performance in folk and acoustic music, song and dance across the North East of England. We aim to be a friendly face of folk music, to help keep alive the great traditions of folk music and to encourage talent and personal musical development.

Everyone is muted, which means that you hear your own instrument, completing a trio with our fiddle and guitar. You can play the tune, or try some harmony!

Trad & Irish song session.

Email maureenmcnally6(at)gmail.com for Zoom link.

LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE
Sun/Mon 7:00 - 9:00pm, Wed/Thu/Sat 8:00 - 10:00pm

No cover charge, tips for musicians welcome!

Oct 2 (Wed): Kerry Politzer and Ben Graves - jazz piano and guitar
Oct 3 (Thu): Mark Shark and Billy Engel - Americana plus
Oct 6 (Sun): Quesa D‘Mondays - drag comedy, music
Oct 7 (Mon): Della Simonw Trio - jazz voice
Oct 9 (Wed): Wyatt Button - jazz piano and voice
Oct 10 (Thu): Coleoptera Saxophone Quintet plays the Beatles
Oct 13 (Sun): Mayra Sandoval - singer-songwriter
Oct 14 (Mon): Vine Maples - American Songbook guitar
Oct 16 (Wed): Cheryl Alex and Chris Woitach - jazz flute and guitar
Oct 17 (Thu): Voxanova - Latin groove
Oct 20 (Sun): JT Trawick -- Ozark country Texan swing
Oct 21 (Mon): Newport Nightingales - 20s,30s harmony
Oct 23 (Wed): Mike Winkle and Craig Snazelle
Oct 24 (Thu): Mixed Feelings - soulful voice/guitar duo
Oct 26 (Sat): Adlai Alexander, Cheryl Alex and Laurent Nickel - jazz bossa etc.
Oct 27 (Sun): Rivka Ross Trio - original jazz
Oct 28 (Mon): Chris Lee - jazz vibraphone
Oct 30 (Wed): Cowboy Jazz - jazz with triads
Oct 31 (Thu): Adlai Alexander w/ Eddie Parente and Patrick Harry

Kate and The Lads play traditional music, transporting you to the West of Ireland, free.

A spicy mix of folk and acoustic music, much of which is connected to the American south, including (but not limited to) acoustic blues, Texas folk, Cajun, string band & Texas swing.

Hosted by Diane Karl, past shows available on the KBOO program page at https://kboo.fm/program/early-morning-gumbo.

This is an open access session, so there’s no need to book in advance, you’re welcome to just turn up.

At our weekly singaround, you can perform a song to the rest of the group, just as you would in a regular folk club, or you can just join and listen to some live music. Tunes and poems are welcome too. When it’s your turn to perform, everyone else is muted on Zoom so that everyone can hear you.

Phoenix Folk Ltd exists to promote participation and performance in folk and acoustic music, song and dance across the North East of England. We aim to be a friendly face of folk music, to help keep alive the great traditions of folk music and to encourage talent and personal musical development.

If you’d like us to record your performance so that you have a copy to keep, then we’re very happy to do so. We’re always willing to offer advice to help you to get the best sound quality when performing online, so do get in touch if you have any questions.

The music corner fills with super talented female musicians and the room overflows with their fantastic music.

Traditional and Contemporary folk music.

Hosted by:
Jack Bohl (1st Wednesday),
Will Selzer (2nd Wednesday),
John Risley (3rd Wednesday),
Steven Smith (4th Wednesday),
**rotating hosts** (5th Wednesday).

Previous shows available on the KBOO program page: https://kboo.fm/program/pastures-plenty.

Tony Becker of San Jose, California and Mark Wallis of Gloucester, England host this Transatlantic session for all interested parties on Wednesdays at 8:00 PM UK time. For American visitors, please note we are now all on standard ‘winter‘ time, so that is 12:00 PM Pacific in the USA.

Open to all who play traditional Irish music and It has the obvious limitations of Zoom in that only one musician can play at a time. But we go round the ‘room’ and take it in turns - no pressure though and the baton can be passed if you just want to listen. We just play for a couple of hours.

On a good day we have a variety of instruments from pipes to Melodeon, banjo to fiddle and it can be a good way to pick up tunes. It is very friendly and we welcome everyone. The only criterion is we try to stick to Irish traditional.

LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE
Sun/Mon 7:00 - 9:00pm, Wed/Thu/Sat 8:00 - 10:00pm

No cover charge, tips for musicians welcome!

Oct 2 (Wed): Kerry Politzer and Ben Graves - jazz piano and guitar
Oct 3 (Thu): Mark Shark and Billy Engel - Americana plus
Oct 6 (Sun): Quesa D‘Mondays - drag comedy, music
Oct 7 (Mon): Della Simonw Trio - jazz voice
Oct 9 (Wed): Wyatt Button - jazz piano and voice
Oct 10 (Thu): Coleoptera Saxophone Quintet plays the Beatles
Oct 13 (Sun): Mayra Sandoval - singer-songwriter
Oct 14 (Mon): Vine Maples - American Songbook guitar
Oct 16 (Wed): Cheryl Alex and Chris Woitach - jazz flute and guitar
Oct 17 (Thu): Voxanova - Latin groove
Oct 20 (Sun): JT Trawick -- Ozark country Texan swing
Oct 21 (Mon): Newport Nightingales - 20s,30s harmony
Oct 23 (Wed): Mike Winkle and Craig Snazelle
Oct 24 (Thu): Mixed Feelings - soulful voice/guitar duo
Oct 26 (Sat): Adlai Alexander, Cheryl Alex and Laurent Nickel - jazz bossa etc.
Oct 27 (Sun): Rivka Ross Trio - original jazz
Oct 28 (Mon): Chris Lee - jazz vibraphone
Oct 30 (Wed): Cowboy Jazz - jazz with triads
Oct 31 (Thu): Adlai Alexander w/ Eddie Parente and Patrick Harry

Accordionist extraordinaire Mike Beglan and multi-instrumentalist Nancy Conescu share with us their love of traditional Irish music.

Traditional American music, folk and traditional musics from a variety of sources including early country recordings from the 20s and 30s.

Hosted by:
Kurt Liebezeit (1st Thursday),
Gordy Euler (2nd Thursday),
Kurt Liebezeit (3rd Thursday),
Jonathan Lay (4th Thursday).

Previous shows available on the KBOO program page at https://kboo.fm/program/rise-when-rooster-crows

Sessions are led by Marina Dodgson (fiddle) and Maurice Condie (guitar). These are open access sessions, so there’s no need to book in advance, you’re welcome to just turn up and join in!

We believe great things happen when we play tunes together! People connect with each other and make friends, and we keep our music traditions alive by sharing tunes and passing them on. What’s more, playing tunes can make you feel happy, and if you do it often enough, you’ll notice that you are getting better at playing your instrument too!

It turns out that you don’t even have to be in the same place…great things still happen when we play music together, online from the comfort of your own home.

Phoenix Folk Ltd exists to promote participation and performance in folk and acoustic music, song and dance across the North East of England. We aim to be a friendly face of folk music, to help keep alive the great traditions of folk music and to encourage talent and personal musical development.

Just $10/week for the Winds of Donegal classes. Every Thursday we teach you the basics of the three‘s, seven‘s and jig steps so that you can enjoy the live music ceilis around Portland and Ireland. Classes are geared toward 13 and older. Bring a water bottle and wear comfortable shoes not heels.

LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE
Sun/Mon 7:00 - 9:00pm, Wed/Thu/Sat 8:00 - 10:00pm

No cover charge, tips for musicians welcome!

Oct 2 (Wed): Kerry Politzer and Ben Graves - jazz piano and guitar
Oct 3 (Thu): Mark Shark and Billy Engel - Americana plus
Oct 6 (Sun): Quesa D‘Mondays - drag comedy, music
Oct 7 (Mon): Della Simonw Trio - jazz voice
Oct 9 (Wed): Wyatt Button - jazz piano and voice
Oct 10 (Thu): Coleoptera Saxophone Quintet plays the Beatles
Oct 13 (Sun): Mayra Sandoval - singer-songwriter
Oct 14 (Mon): Vine Maples - American Songbook guitar
Oct 16 (Wed): Cheryl Alex and Chris Woitach - jazz flute and guitar
Oct 17 (Thu): Voxanova - Latin groove
Oct 20 (Sun): JT Trawick -- Ozark country Texan swing
Oct 21 (Mon): Newport Nightingales - 20s,30s harmony
Oct 23 (Wed): Mike Winkle and Craig Snazelle
Oct 24 (Thu): Mixed Feelings - soulful voice/guitar duo
Oct 26 (Sat): Adlai Alexander, Cheryl Alex and Laurent Nickel - jazz bossa etc.
Oct 27 (Sun): Rivka Ross Trio - original jazz
Oct 28 (Mon): Chris Lee - jazz vibraphone
Oct 30 (Wed): Cowboy Jazz - jazz with triads
Oct 31 (Thu): Adlai Alexander w/ Eddie Parente and Patrick Harry

Featuring the best in traditional and contemporary folk and roots music, on Friday mornings. Features a variety of contemporary and traditional folk and roots music, with a focus on new releases and vintage favorites.

Hosts:
Most Fridays: Dan Shramek
4th Fridays: Steven Morrison

Prior shows available on the KBOO program page at https://kboo.fm/program/cascadia-coffeehouse

Folk, political, and women‘s music, both traditional and contemporary. A folk music collective, Don and Laurie love to feature live local and nationally known musicians! Music and conversations with an uplifting tilt. Live guests have included Peggy Seeger, Tracy Grammar, Linda Waterfall, Shanghaied on the Willamette, Geoff Muldaur, Utah Phillips, Rosalie Sorrels, and Anne Feeney.

Hosted by Don Jacobson and/or Laurie Sonnenfeld.

Past shows are available on the program page at https://kboo.fm/program/movin.

Hosted by Jeff Rosenberg, Phil G, and Leigh Anne Kranz, The Songcircle blends songs from various eras and genres to reveal new connections, exposing forgotten artists and discovering new ones, exploring connective themes and topics, or responding to the events of the day.

Studio guests have included Loudon Wainwright III, Eric Andersen, The Von Trapps, and many others.

Past shows available on the program page at https://kboo.fm/program/songcircle.

Live music, dances are taught and cued as we enjoy the evening, 8-11 pm (doors open at 7:30, wee lesson at 7:45), First Friday Ceili, $10 advance/$15 door, no experience or partner necessary, 13 years or older.

Oct 4 (Fri): The Two Rivers Band
Nov 1 (Fri): John Whelan
Dec 6 (Fri): Randal Bays, Susan Waters, Mike Beglan, Clint Dye
Jan 5 (Fri): TBA
Feb 2 (Fri): Kate and the Lads (Kate Vezin, Erik Killops, Richie Rosencrans and Baron Collins-Hill)
Mar 7 (Fri): BEE side ceili band
May 2 (Fri): DREOS

Music in the country style, including western & western swing, cowboy & country blues, country folk, bluegrass, rockabilly, hillbilly, Americana, and honky tonk. hosted by Robert Parish, Wayne and Kathy Johnson, Wayne Selzer, Mary Rondthaler, and Gary Baysinger.

1st Saturday - Robert Parish along with son Graham play sets featuring particular artists as well as sets with a variety of artist.

2nd Saturday, Wayne and Kathy - Variety of country, western, western swing, country folk, country blues, bluegrass, rockabilly and Americana.

3rd Saturday - Will Selzer - Blends all types & styles of country music from 50+ years, rooted in mid-20th century, men and women artists equally. The goal is to entertain our listeners and to have fun.

4th Saturday - Mary - Bringing a musician’s ear to the collective with a focus on older country and Western swing from the ‘30s to the ‘70s, always with a good dose of women artists.

5th Saturday - Gary - Countrypolitan Blues - A mix of eastern philosophy and western swing; the yin, the yang, and the do-si-do.

Past shows available on the program page at https://kboo.fm/program/swing-n-country.

Every Saturday, 9 am to noon, the best of traditional and contemporary bluegrass and old time music, and information about local shows and festivals!

First Saturday: Rachel and Justin

Second Saturday: Dave Elliott

3rd Saturday: Gareth Jenkins

4th Saturday: Chip Russell

5th Saturday: Phil Hodgen

prior shows available on the KBOO program page at https://kboo.fm/program/music-true-vine.

Tom’s folk music program is going on 35 years and one of the longest running music radio shows around.

You can listen on www.folkmusicnotebook.com on Saturday at 4 pm PST and repeated again on Sunday at 1 am.

Urban and country blues with R&B, soul, jazz, zydeco and classic rock, every Saturday from 5-7 pm.

Hosted by: Dr. Jane, Rick Mitchell, Steve Cheseborough, Dave Johnson, Chuk Barber.

We open up a "room" on Zoom at 6 pm Pacific Time every Saturday evening. We start singing at 6:30 pm and we keep it going until the last person leaves. Feel free to come in anytime, and stay as long as you like. We run it kind of like a physical song circle. Everyone who wants to can sing once, and then we’ll do another round, and just keep going around as long as you like. Of course, it is totally fine to just listen and some people do. For more information, go to the heading ‘Song Circles‘ on this drop down menu.

There are no “tickets” to the Hayloft Concerts. Performers are paid only what you put in the tip jar (all of which goes to the performers). This Saturday there will be two acts and 6 performers, so be aware that the tips will be all split up into smaller portions.

The address remains 5304 Center St. NE in Salem (at the very east end of Center). Please come down the driveway and park in the pasture not on the street.

Concert Schedule:
Aug 3 (Sat): Countercurrent (lively contra dance plus vocals)
Aug 23 (Fri): West My Friend (Canadian duo, original tunes and lots of harmonies).
Sep 14 (Sat): Pringle Creek (worldwide fiddle tunes plus vocals) + Colin Stackhouse and Liam Barnes (fiddle & accordion)
Sep 28 (Sat): Betsy Branch & Friends (vocals and lively dance) + Jennifer Smieja & Peter Dammann (acoustic guitars and vocal harmonies).
Oct 5 (Sat): Red Bird Two - Bre Gregg & Dan Gildea (acoustic soul with vocals and guitar) + Dave Plaehn & Jeff Hino (acoustic blues featuring harmonica and guitar).

A ballad is a song that tells a story. Bring us your ballads from renowned collections, local history, family tradition, or just ripping good yarns.

Watch live on Facebook using the link provided. For the Zoom participant link, join the mailing list or email info(at)lynnoel.com on the day of the event.

Sep 1 (Sun): Labor Day Chantey Sing
Nov 3 (Sun): Halloween and Harvest Sing with Tam Lin Marathon

MAILING LIST & TIP JAR
http://www.mermaidstavern.com

Uilleann piper Preston Howard Wilde leads an Irish piping session - it’s a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE
Sun/Mon 7:00 - 9:00pm, Wed/Thu/Sat 8:00 - 10:00pm

No cover charge, tips for musicians welcome!

Oct 2 (Wed): Kerry Politzer and Ben Graves - jazz piano and guitar
Oct 3 (Thu): Mark Shark and Billy Engel - Americana plus
Oct 6 (Sun): Quesa D‘Mondays - drag comedy, music
Oct 7 (Mon): Della Simonw Trio - jazz voice
Oct 9 (Wed): Wyatt Button - jazz piano and voice
Oct 10 (Thu): Coleoptera Saxophone Quintet plays the Beatles
Oct 13 (Sun): Mayra Sandoval - singer-songwriter
Oct 14 (Mon): Vine Maples - American Songbook guitar
Oct 16 (Wed): Cheryl Alex and Chris Woitach - jazz flute and guitar
Oct 17 (Thu): Voxanova - Latin groove
Oct 20 (Sun): JT Trawick -- Ozark country Texan swing
Oct 21 (Mon): Newport Nightingales - 20s,30s harmony
Oct 23 (Wed): Mike Winkle and Craig Snazelle
Oct 24 (Thu): Mixed Feelings - soulful voice/guitar duo
Oct 26 (Sat): Adlai Alexander, Cheryl Alex and Laurent Nickel - jazz bossa etc.
Oct 27 (Sun): Rivka Ross Trio - original jazz
Oct 28 (Mon): Chris Lee - jazz vibraphone
Oct 30 (Wed): Cowboy Jazz - jazz with triads
Oct 31 (Thu): Adlai Alexander w/ Eddie Parente and Patrick Harry