The Grand River Folk Community!


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WEEKLY

 

Tuesday Open Acoustic Jam Cafe Creperie, Mill St., Elora.  8 to 11pm. Host: Terry Golletz.
Tuesday Bluegrass Jam Galt Legion, 4 Veteran's Way, Cambridge. 7pm. 519-576-0149.
Wednesday Celtic Session Pennywhistle Pub, 2 Quebec St. Guelph. 7:30. penny.whistle.session@gmail.com
Friday Celtic Session Shepherd's Pub, Elora. 9pm. Hosts: Robin Aggus and Eva McCauley.
Saturday Open Stage The Boathouse, Kitchener. 2-6pm. Host: Joe Forster.
Sunday Roots Revival Concert Station Coffee House & Gallery, Brantford. 2pm Host: Jeremiah. www.thestationhousegallery.com
   
January 2012

Fri 20 Black Walnut Folk Club, open stage Kitchener 8pm, $3. Mill-Courtland Centre. Featuring: Tom Massiah
Fri 20 Brantford Open Stage Brantford 8pm, $4. Brant Park Inn.
Sat 21 Mill Race Folk Club, open singaround Cambridge 8pm, $3. Legion Branch 121, 4 Veteran's Way,
Sun 22 Irish Sessions with Sharon Crozier Cambridge 3pm. No charge. The Golden Kiwi, 47 Dickson St.
Fri 27 Ed Koenig & Phil Elsworthy plus Bob MacLean Cambridge 8pm, $10, Cafe 13. 13 Main St. .
Fri 27 Jason Fowler & Jory Nash concert Guelph 8pm, $20/25 Folkway Music, 163 Suffolk St. 763-5524
Sat 28 Old Chestnuts Song Circle, group singing Kitchener 8pm, no charge. Near downtown. 519-578-6298.
Sat 28 Annabelle Chvostek, house concert Elora 8pm. julie@theopenstageadventure.ca for info
Sat 28 Winter Ceili Dance, Cairde Friends Kitchener 8:30, $10-$14. Victoria Park Pavilion. Deirdrenally1@gmail.com
Sun 29 Mill Race English Pub Sessions, group playing Cambridge 3pm, no charge. The Golden Kiwi, 47 Dickson St.
 
February 2012 (Marking 1o years of Folk Event listings!)

3-5 Songwriting Workshop, J. Gordon & K. Wheatley Guelph $330/$495. Jesuit Centre. www.katherinewheatley.com
Fri 3 Brantford Open Stage Brantford 8pm, $4. Brant Park Inn. Also March 2, 16, 30.
Sat 4 Mill Race Folk Club, open singaround Cambridge 8pm, $3. Legion Branch 121, 4 Veteran's Way,
Fri 11 Catherine MacLellan  with Jadea Kelly Guelph 8:30pm, $20/25. Folkway Music. 163 Suffolk St. 763-5524
Sat 11 Aengus Finnan, Folk Night at the Registry. Aengus returns to performing! Kitchener 8pm, $15/17. The Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St.
Sat 11 Mardi Gras with Swamparella for Grand River Blues Kitchener 8pm, $20. Edelweiss Tavern. 600 Doon Village Rd.
Sun 12 Mill Race English Pub Sessions, group playing Cambridge 3pm, no charge. The Golden Kiwi, 47 Dickson St.
Fri 17 Black Walnut Folk Club, open stage Kitchener 8pm, $3. Mill-Courtland Centre. Featuring: Tom Massiah
Fri 17 Brantford Open Stage Brantford 8pm, $4. Brant Park Inn.
Fri 17 Al Parrish, house concert Elora 8pm. julie@theopenstageadventure.ca for info.
Sat 18 Mill Race Folk Club, open singaround Cambridge 8pm, $3. Legion Branch 121, 4 Veteran's Way,
Feb 19 Irish Sessions with Sharon Crozier also 03/18, 04/15, 05/13 Cambridge 3pm. No charge. The Golden Kiwi, 47 Dickson St.
Fri 24 The Saturday Saints in concert Cambridge 8pm, $10, Cafe 13. 13 Main St. .
Sat 25 Old Chestnuts Song Circle, group singing Kitchener 8pm, no charge. Near downtown. 519-578-6298.
Sun 26 Mill Race English Pub Sessions, group playing Cambridge 3pm, no charge. The Golden Kiwi, 47 Dickson St.

Looking Ahead (Special event planning calendar, subject to change)
Mar Sat 3 Daniel Payne, from Nfld. Mill Race Cafe 13

Cambridge

8pm, $10. Cafe 13. 13 Main St.
Mar Sat 10 Lynn Miles, Folk Night at the Registry
Multi-award winning, Ottawa area singer-songwriter.

Kitchener

8pm, $18/20. The Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St.

Mar Sat 24 Spring Preview, Mill Race Festival

Cambridge

8pm, $15. Cambridge Arts Theatre, 47 Water St. S.
Apr Sat 14 Valdy, Folk Night at the Registry
A Canadian icon and new Order of Canada recipient!

Kitchener

8pm, $18/20. The Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St.
May   Friends of Fiddler's Green, Folk Night at the Registry . 2012 Merrick Jarrett concert.
 

Kitchener

8pm, $20/25. The Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St.

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The Grand River Folk Community was founded in February 2002 by
Brad McEwen of the Mill Race Folk Society and Jack Cole of the Old Chestnuts Song Circle.


Send events or comments to webmaster@grandriverfolk.org See also www.jeremiah.ca for more events in Southern Ontario, Live @ Jives for  a bit further north,  Headwaters Acoustic Music Society in Orangeville, and Home County for the London area.  Thanks to Doug Gibson for the original GRFC logo!