| FOLK CLUBS and VENUES
 **PLEASE Check with the venue BEFORE setting out**
 
 60 South
 Acoustic Engine
 aKouStiK AnaRKhY
 Alison Arms Folk Club (Coppull)
 Bay Horse, Osbaldeston (CLICK, on Bay Horse)
 Blue Cat Cafe
 
  Bolton Acoustics  Bothy Folk Club
 Broken Token Folk Club
 Bromborough Folk Club
 Buffet Bar Folk Club, Stalybridge Railway Station
 Citadel, St Helens
 Cross Keys Folk Club
 Dog & Partridge, Bollington
 Falcon Folk Club
 Folk at the Prospect, Runcorn
 Gregson Lane Folk Club
 
  Leigh Folk Club  Masque
 Mr Kite
 Northwich Folk Club
 Open Door Folk Club
 Parkgate Folk Club
 Phoenix Ceilidhs
 Railway Folk Club (Lymm)
 Sandbach Unplugged
 South Lakes Music Promotions (Ulverston Sports Club)
 Walton Folk Music Club, Liverpool
 WIGAN FOLK CLUB
  
 
   
 
 Joan Blackburn's List of FESTIVALS
 Complete List available directly from Joan.
 (Please check dates with organisers)
 
 
 
   
 ARTISTES
 
 Alan Francis
 Alistair Russell
 Anthony John Clarke
 Argarmeles Clog
 Bandersnatch
 Battlefield Band
 Black Brothers (Shay, Michael & Martin)
 Bogtrotters
 Brian Preston
 Camine
 Celtic Vibes:
 Chris While & Julie Matthews
 Clarty Sough
 Colin Wakeford
 Damien Rice
 Derek Gifford
 Dick Gaughan
 Doctor Bodds Band
 Dougie MacLean
 Dulaman
 Easy Street
 Elaine Samuels
 Front Room Music
 Gary & Vera Aspey
 Graham & Eileen Pratt
 Holly Burton
 Howden Jones
 Huw Chidgey & Catherine Handley
 Ian Gartside Band
 Janis Ian
 Jez Lowe
 Jill Fielding
 Jon Brindley
 Jon Harvison
 Kate Howden & Paul Jones
 Ken Nicol
 Legacy
 Malinky
 Mark Dowding
 Mark Silverman
 Mat Walklate
 McCalmans
 Mick Hanly
 
  Mike Lydiat  Mike Nicholson
 Mikron Theatre Co
 Mooncoyn
 Moorland Folk
 Nick Bold
 Nigel Clothier
 Nebula - review
 One Hand Clapping
 Pelican Babies
 Penny Black
 Pete Abbott
 Peter, Paul & Mary
 Phil Brown
 Richard Raftery
 Ralph McTell
 Ramblin' Riversiders
 Richard Thompson
 Roy Bailey
 
  The Saggy Bottom Girls  Sharp Practise
 Shellback Chorus
 Solan
 Southport Swords
 Steal The Recipe
 Steve Morris
 Taggart and Wright
 Tanglefoot (Canada)
 The Boat Band
 The Oldham Tinkers
 The Roaring Forties
 Tom & Barbara Brown
 Tom Paxton
 Trim, Rig and a Doxy
 Trouble at' Mill
 Vinny Peculiar
 Vin Garbutt
 
 
   
 MISCELLANEOUS
 
 
  City Local - Find Everything You Want in Wigan.  Free Gig/Club Listings
 BBC Radio 2 Folk
 Chord Wheel
 English Folk Dance & Song Society
 Frailers Musical Instruments (Runcorn)
 Google Advanced Search
 Guestlist - Folk Performers Directory
 Hobgoblin (Musical Instruments)
 Lancashire Dialect Society
 Little Pot Stove Records
 Make 'Em Laugh!
 Mudcat Cafe
 Musikfolk - Folk records and CD's
 Pub Prop
 Redcat Studios, Standish Wigan
 Red Lick Records - Blues CD's, Records and much more.
 
  songs2play Stringbusters.com
 Washouse Music - Recording Studio in Widnes - Contact  Pete Baldwin on 0151 2578440 or 07713977645
 
  Wigan Music.com 
 
 
  
  
 
 Magazines and On-Line Schedules
 
 Folkal Point - on the Web (WIGAN FOLK CLUB)
 Folkal Point on the Web (Trouble At Mill)
 Folkal Point on the Web (Verse and Worse)
 Cajun Life And Times Magazine
 Folk-now
 Folk-Talk
 Folk and Roots
 Folk Buzz
 Folk Club Diary North Cheshire
 Folk Music
 Folk North West
 Folk Orbit
 Folking.com
 Folkus
 Free Gig/Club listings
 fRoots Magazine
 Lancashire Folk
 Music Cafe (music in Cheshire)
 Musical Traditions Online Magazine
 Events Calendar for South Ribble and area
 Tradition Magazine
 
 
 
  
 PEL (Public Entertainments Licence)
 
 Public Entertainments  Licence E-Petition
 Background & mailing list
 Petition Hard Copy for signatures at your club / gig
 Flyers
 
 Music Lovers  has links 
          to lots of useful info including 'background to the bill', 'the bill 
          itself', 'A discussion forum - gets very heated' and a link from where 
          you can fax your MP straight from your computer - please do this if 
          you haven't done it already - use text similar to:
 
 "I 
          am concerned about the detrimental effect that proposed changes to the 
          licensing law will have on live music. Please support EDM 331"
 
 Wigan 
          Related Sites
 
 Wigan World
Great Site Brian, Keep up the good work.
 Wigan Shades
 Wigan Webmasters Website
 Platt Bridger
 
  Wigan 
          Music.com Billinge History Society - Some cracking pictures of Old Billinge
 
 
 
   
 
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