Milkmaid Folk Club

Go and dance the night away with our mates from Banter, only a few miles down the road!

I am delighted to announce that entries are now open for the 7th Milkmaid Songwriting Competition
Heats will be on Wednesdays 1st, 8th, 15th and Thursday 23rd April with the final on Friday 24th April 2020.
If you would like to enter please use the [contact page](http://www.milkmaidmusic.co.uk/song writing/contact.html) on the website to book your place.
... Closing date for entries is Thursday 5th March 2020, the draw will be held at the Milkmaid Folk Club on Friday 6th March 2020
http://www.milkmaidmusic.co.uk/songwritin g/
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Tonight at The Milkmaid we have the fabulous Martin Kaszak and Fara Afifi, great harmonies, brilliant fiddling and skilful guitar. As usual with our showcase evenings, there will also be two half hour spots from Bernard Hoskin, and Christopher/Bosley. Do come and join us.

Riley Baugus at The Milkmaid on Monday 11th November 8pm Tickets www.milkmaidmusic.co.uk £12 or £10 for Friends of The Milkmaid Folk Club The Risby Gate Sports Club Westley Road Bury St Edmunds ... IP33 3RR
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Tonight at The Milkmaid, from Yorkshire, the wonderful Plumhall, ably supported by our old friend David Black. Whether you're celebrating still being in the EU, or sulkiing because we've not left, we'd still love to see you. What better place to be on a miserable November evening! https://www.plumhall.co.uk/HOME.html

RILEY BAUGUS at the Milkmaid on MONDAY 11th November at The Risby Gate Sports Centre Bury St Edmunds IP33 3RR Tickets £12 or £10 for Friends of The Milkmaid Email milkmaidterry@yahoo.co.uk Baugus grew up in the Regular Baptist tradition, which gave him a solid foundation in unaccompanied singing.[1] He began playing the fiddle at age 10 and grew up with the fiddler Kirk Sutphin. As a youth, he also had the opportunity to study with old-time musicians from Surry County, North... Carolina and Grayson County, Virginia, including Tommy Jarrell, Robert Sykes, Dix Freeman, Verlin Clifton, and Paul Sutphin. He is influenced particularly by the Round Peak style of Surry County, North Carolina.[2] Baugus worked as a welder and blacksmith for 18 years before becoming a professional musician.[2] He has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Ireland, Scotland, and England. He has played with several old-time string bands, including The Farmer's Daughters, The Konnarock Critters, The Red Hots, Backstep, and the Old Hollow Stringband. He tours regularly with Dirk Powell and Tim O'Brien, and frequently performs and tours with the dancer Ira Bernstein, with the duo show Appalachian Roots. He often performs as a guest musician with the Dirk Powell Band and the North Carolina folk band Polecat Creek. He sang on the soundtrack to the 2003 film Cold Mountain. He has recorded with Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Willie Nelson, Dirk Powell, and Martha Scanlan. He has taught banjo at the Augusta Heritage Center's Old Time Week in Elkins, West Virginia and at the Midwest Banjo Camp,[3] in Olivet, Michigan. Baugus released his first album, Life of Riley, in 2001. A second album, Long Steel Rail, was released in 2006.[4] He lives in Walkertown, North Carolina.[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFeBUtAHx rg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIdHRxk9W FY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClyOz1ozf 88 work shop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSCpRyYHb ik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLi5waxPB Mk
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Sleep well xx We love you xx

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Be fabulous to see you there doors 7.30 for 8 pm start x

Support Paul Ballantyne & Kelly Bayfield

Support Raph Bennett & Pete Arnold

The amazing Mr Howie Marsh doing his usual excellent job running the sound desk for the Milkmaid takeover of the Broad Roots Stage at FolkEast, and a big thank you to John and Lyn Ward for letting us have the stage again this year.

Kaszak and Afifi doing a brilliant set for the Milkmaid takeover on the Broad Roots Stage at FolkEast