Tuesday, July 10
>>>Banjo Dan and the Midnight Plowboys at the Meetinghouse Park ~ Hampstead, NH
July 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2012
>>>Basin Bluegrass Festival; Brandon, Vermont
Digger Davis & Tombstone-TX (S&S)Smokey Greene-FL/NY (S&S)Blistered Fingers-ME (Sa)Southern Rail-MA (S&S)Dave Nichols & Spare Change- NY (F)Cabin Fever-NY (S&S)Atkinson Family-NY (F)Southern Rail-MA (S&S)CPS Express-ME (F)Wildwood-VT (F)Acoustic Blue MA (F&S)Tom Benson & Dyer Switch-NY (F&S)Cedar Ridge-NY (F)Cannonball Express-FL (T) http://basinbluegrassfestival.com
Thursday, July 12
>>>Harvey Reid & Joyce Andersen at the Library ~ Chicopee, MA ~ 6:30pm ~ 413-594-1800
>>>Erica Brown & The Bluegrass Connection at UCCPA ~ Unity, ME ~ 7:30pm ~ 207-948-7469 www.unityme.org/theater
Friday, July 13
>>>Sweetback Sisters at the Music Hall ~ Portsmouth, NH ~ themusichall.org
>>>Ben Taylor at the Tupelo ~ White River Junction, VT ~ 8pm ~ 802-698-8341
>>>Teddy Geiger at the Tupelo ~ Londonderry, NH ~ 8pm ~ 603-437-5100
July 14 and 15
>>>Green River Festival@ Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
Arlo Guthrie, Chris Smither, Casey Driessen, Peter Mulvey,Richard Thompson, Los Lobos and more. Greenriverfestival.com
>>>The Saltwater Celtic Festival at Thomas Point Beach ~ Brunswick, ME ~ Gates open at 1pm on Sat. and at 11am on Sunday www.saltwaterfest.com/ 800-914-3610 ~ Performers include Enter the Haggis, Black 47, The Screaming Orphans, The Makem & Spain Brothers, Carbon Leaf, Searson, Sprag Session, Chrissy Crowly, The Press Gang, The Maine Celtic Scene, Aoife Clancy, Maeve Gilchrist, Kevin O’Hara, & Naia
>>>Americana Festival, with Slaid Cleaves, Makem and Spain Brothers, Hanneke Cassel and Dan Walker, Prescott Park, Portsmouth
Sunday, July 15
>>>The Makem & Spain Brothers at the Saltwater Celtic Music Festival ~ Brunswick, ME ~ 800-914-3610
>>>Harvey Reid w/ a 6--piece Country Band at Lobsters in the Rough ~ York, ME ~ 5pm ~ 207-363-4721
Tuesday, July 17
>>>Dark Star Orchestra at Tupelo Hall ~ White River Junction, VT. ~ 8pm ~ 802-698-8341
Wednesday, July 18
>>>Peter Yarrow, Prescott Park, Portsmouth
>>> Bradford Bog People at the Strafford, VT Summer Concert Series ~ UU Church ~ South Strafford, VT. ~ 7:30 PM
Thursday, July 19-Sunday July 22;
>>>Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival; Walsh Farm, 1 Poultney Road, Oak Hill,NY 12460, just off Greene Co Rt 22. Oak Hill, NY is 20 miles W of Catskill, NY and 34 miles SW of Albany, NY.
Hot Rize, Del McCoury Band, David Grisman Quintet, Infamous Stringdusters, Punch Brothers, David Bromberg Band, Jesse McReynolds & Friends Tribute to Jerry Garcia, Mountain Heart, Noam Pikelny & Aoife O’Donovan, The Gibson Brothers, Chris Thile and Michael Daves, SteelDrivers, Blue Highway, Tony Trischka & Territory, Hillbenders, Dirty Kitchen, Monroeville, Bearfoot, Ann & Pete Sibley, Barley Jacks, Too Blue and many others. www.greyfoxbluegrass.com
Friday, July 20
>>>Chris Smither at Tupelo Hall ~ Londonderry, NH ~ 8pm ~ 603-437-5100
>>>Jonathan Edwards w/ Lisa McCormick and The Stockwell Brothers at Next Stage ~ Putney, VT ~ 7:30 PM ~ www.twilightmusic.org, 802-254-9276
July 20, 21, and 22
>>>Solarfest; Tinmouth, VT. http://solarfest.org
Adam Ezra, The Wood Brothers and more.
Saturday, July 21
>>>Chris Smither at Tupelo Hall ~ White River Junction, VT ~ 8 p.m.
>>>Liz Longley at the Tupelo ~ Londonderry, NH ~ 8pm ~ 603-437-5100
Sunday, July 22
>>>Banjo Dan and the Midnight Plowboys Ragged Mountain, Danbury, 7 p.m. 768-3600
July 26, 27, 28 and 29 Ossipee Valley Music Festival; Cornish, Maine
Tommy Emmanuel, two-time Grammy nominated Blue Highway, Grammy nominated Claire Lynch Band, The Boxcars, Missy Raines and the New Hip, The Hot Club of Cowtown, The Parkington Sisters, Fred Eaglesmith and the Fabulous Ginn Sisters, Town Mountain, Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade, SHEL, The Defibulators, The Dirt Daubers, Cahalen Morrison and Eli West, Cribstone Bridge, Tricky Britches, Susie Burke and David Surette, Loren Barrigar & Mark Mazengarb, The Bagboys, Three Tall Pines, Chasing Blue; http://www.ossipeevalley.com
July 27th
>>>Jonathan Edwards, The Inn on Main St., Wolfeboro, NH 7:30
July 27, 28 and 29 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Holly Near, Eddie From Ohio, Jubal’s Kin, Brother Sun, Eilen Jewel, Aztec Two Step,Rod MacDonald, Girlyman and more…falconridgefolk.com
July 28th
>>>Bluegrass Gospel Project, Old Meeting House, Francestown, NH 7:30
August 2-4
The 20th Annual Pemi Valley Bluegrass Festival will take place August 2-5, 2012 at the Sugar Shack Campground in Thornton, New Hampshire.
The new location is a terrific site, with a large natural amphitheater, large fields for camping and on the Pemigewasset River. Rough camping only for four days.
Dailey & Vincent, Jesse Brock Band, Sierra Hull and Highway 111 and Lou Reid & Carolina are a few groups scheduled this year.PemiValleyBluegrass.com
Dances
Note: Most dance locations require clean soft-soled shoes and do not allow street shoes. Partners not required.
Every Monday
>>>Contra dance at the Town Hall, Nelson, NH, 8PM, 603-827-3044 or www.monadnockfolk.org Callers & musicians include Don Primrose, Jeffrey Petrovitch, Lisa Sieverts, Rich Hart, Bob McQuillen, Gordon Peery, Harvey Tolman, Lloyd Carr & Roger Treat
>>>Clogging at Dance In Motion Dance Studio ~ Randolph, Vt. ~ 6:45 PM, workshop 6:00 PM ~ 802-522-2935, Greenmtnclogger@aol.com
Every Wednesday
>>>Scottish Country Dance /w Loren Wright leadingat The Church of the Good Shepherd ~ Nashua, NH ~ 7:00 PM ~ 603-891-2331 or nashuascd@comcast.net
>>>Scottish Country Dance /w Bernard McGrath leading at The Westminster Center School ~ Westminster, Vt ~ 7:30 PM ~ 603-352-9371 or 802-463-3078
>>>World (International) Dance at Neskaya~ Franconia, NH ~ 6:00 PM ~ 603-823-5828, www.Neskaya.com
>>>Contradance at the Richard W. Black Center, Hanover, NH, 6:45 PM, 781-385-1480
Every Friday
>>>Scottish Country Dance at The Community Parish House ~ Greenland, NH ~ 8:00 PM ~ 603-773-9795 or ljstravel@attibi.com
>>>Scottish Dance /w Bill Tobin leading at The Town Hall ~ Lancaster, NH ~ 7:30 PM ~ 802-751-7671 or 1btobin@together.net
Every Saturday
>>>Country Dance & New York Contra w/ George Marshall & Wild Asparagus at the Town Hall ~ Sandown, NH ~ 4pm (experienced only) 7:30(beginners) 8pm (general dance) ~ 212-459-4080 (year ‘round)
Every Sunday
>>>Scottish Country Dance at the Belknap Mill, Laconia, NH, 5:30pm, email: jdmacnab@yahoo.com 603-524-7890 (Info from The Dance Gypsy)
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Thursday, July 12
>>>Circle Dancing at 7:30 p.m. at the Milford Unitarian Church . Every dance is taught and beginners are welcome. No partners needed. Contact is Mary Kuhn and her phone number is 603-487-2732. Email maryfloyd@mfire.com
Friday, July 13
>>>Contradance w/ David Kaynor & The Greenfield Dance Band at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA, 8pm, 413-367-9380 or www.davidkaynor.com
>>>Contradance w/ Alice Morris, Randy Miller & Roger Kahle at the Londonderry Senior Center, Londonderry, NH, 8pm, 603-529-1586, Email:weareampm@gsinet.net
Saturday, July 14
>>>Contradance w/Linda Leslie & Arigana Highway at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA, 8pm, 413-773-1671, www.guidingstargrange.org ,Email: tophillmusic@aol.com
>>>Contra /w Rickey Holt and Stone Soup at The First Unitarian Society ~ Exeter, NH ~ 8:00 PM with workshop at 7:30 PM ~ 603-679-1915 ~ (year ‘round)
>>>Contradance at the Wescustogo Hall, North Yarmouth, ME, Potluck at 7:30, Dance at 8:30pm, 207-233-4325 or fiddle103@yahoo.com
Friday, July 20
>>>Mill City Contradance at the Waumbec Mill, Manchester, NH, Beginners workshop 7:30Pm, dance, 8PM, 603-595-4484 or plizotte@rivier.edu
>>> Contradance at the Town Hall, Warner, NH, 7:30PM, 603-456-3098
Saturday, July 21
>>>Contradance w/ Rebecca Lay at the Capital City Grange, Montpelier, VT, 8pm, 802-744-6163, www.capitalcitygrange.org/contradances
>>>Contradance at the Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Albany, NH, 7:30 PM, No partner needed. (603)383-8946
>>>Contradance at the East Concord Community Center, Concord, NH, 8pm, 603-225-4917 , emaildwh@nhvt.net , website: http://homepage.nhvt.net/dwh/contra.htm
