JANUARY 2008
Sat. - Jan 5 - Annual 12th Night Dance with Bayou Seco and the Fiddling Friends at the Silver City Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall - 3845 N. Swan St. 7:30-10:30 - $6.00 adults/ $3.00 children 5-12 Presented by Silver Nights Concert Series - For more info: 575-534-0298 or bayouseco@aol.com
Thu. - Jan 17 - Albuquerque - Rio Bravo Sr. Meal Site - 3910 Isleta Bl. SW, Alb. 87105 - 11:00 - 11:30 AM - 505-873-6647 (about 4 blocks south of Rio Bravo)
Fri. - Jan 18 - Albuquerque - Palo Duro Senior Center, 5221 Palo Duro NE, Alb. 87110 12:00 - 12:30 PM (1 blocks north of Commanche off of San Mateo on the east side of the street) 505-888-8102
Thurs. - Jan 24 - High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM
Thurs. - Jan 25 - Deming, NM - Chaparral Elementary 2PM (K-2nd - optional for 3rd&4th)
FEBRUARY 2008
Fri. - Feb 8- Columbus, NM - Fine Arts Friday - Columbus Elementary 10AM (All Grades)
Sponsored by Mimbres Regional Arts Council and PNM
Fri. - Feb 8- Deming, NM - Fine Arts Friday - Bataan Elementary 2PM (All Grades)
Sponsored by Mimbres Regional Arts Council and PNM
Fri. - Feb 22- Deming, NM - Fine Arts Friday - Smith Elementary 10AM (All Grades)
Sponsored by Mimbres Regional Arts Council and PNM
Fri. - Feb 22- Deming, NM - Fine Arts Friday - Memorial Elementary 2PM (All Grades)
Sponsored by Mimbres Regional Arts Council and PNM
MARCH 2008
Thurs. - Mar. 6- High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM (cancelled)
Sat. - Mar. 15- Silver City - Celebrate Springtime with Bayou Seco at the Side Door Stage in the Marketplace at the HUB in Downtown Silver City.
7-9 PM - Free, family friendly, nice environment - We will be playing Cajun, New Mexican, Irish, French and originals.
APRIL - 2008
Fri. - Apr 4- Deming, NM - Fine Arts Friday - Bell Elementary 10AM (All Grades)
Sponsored by Mimbres Regional Arts Council and PNM
Fri. - Apr 4- Deming, NM - Fine Arts Friday - Martin Elementary 2PM (All Grades)
Sponsored by Mimbres Regional Arts Council and PNM
Sat. - Apr 5- Albuquerque Contra/Square Dance - Bayou Seco with Scott Mathis and Linda Askew - Heights Community Center, 823 Buena Vista SE (south of Lead/Coal). 7:30-10.30 p.m.
Fri. - Apr.11 - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall - 8:00 PM
Sun - April 13 - Longlevens Hall, Longlevens, Gloucester - Cajun dance
Tue. - Apr.15 - Tealby, Market Rasen, Lincs. North East of Lincoln - Tennyson d’Eyncourt Mem Hall 7:00 PM
Wed. - Apr.16 - Morecambe - The Platform
Thur. - Apr.17 AM- Morecambe - The Platform - Children's Workshop
Fri. - Apr.18 - Withern, Lincs. - between Louth and Maplethorpe - Withern Village Hall 7:30 PM
Sat. - Apr.19 - Chilwell Methodist Church, Beeston, Nottingham (SW cornerof Nottingham) 7:30 PM
Sun. - Apr.20 - Stathern, Leics, Between Nottingham and Grantham - 7:30 PM
Thurs. - Apr.24 - Holme Pierrepont, Just East of Nottingham (between Nottingham and Radcliffe on Trent - Gamston Primary School Hall - 7:00 PM
Fri. - Apr.25 - Lyddington, Half way between Leicester and Peterborough (North of Corby) - Village Hall - 7:30 PM
Sat. - Apr.26 - Bransford, Worcs., Just WSW of Worcester off of A4103 - The Fold Eco Cafe 01886 833422
Sun. - Apr.27 - Cleeve Prior, Worcs NNE of Evesham - Cleeve Prior Memorial Hall
MAY - 2008
Fri. - May 2- Worth Matravers - The Square and Compass. Near Swanage.
Sun. - May 4- Bath - The Bell - 103 Walcott St.
Thu. - May 8- Lewes, East Sussex - The Royal Oak - £5.00 - for info: Contact tinvic@globalnet.co.uk or 01273 478124
Website: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvicRoyal Oak FC
Fri.-Sun. - May 9-11- London - Keith Summers Festival - The Musical Traditions Club at the King & Queen , London presents :
The Fourth WEEKEND CELEBRATION IN HONOUR OF KEITH SUMMERS, 9-11th MAY 2008 -Musical Traditions Club at The King & Queen, 1 Foley Street, London W1W 6DL (at the junction of Foley Street and Cleveland Street). Nearest tube: Goodge Street /Warren Street/ Great Portland Street. Parking OK after 6.30
Friday 9th May (evening) , Saturday 10th May (day and evening) , Sunday 11th May (until 6pm)
Guests invited so far include: Bayou Seco, USA (Jeanie McLerie and Ken Keppeler); Slieve Gullion Traditional Singers ( Patricia Flynn, Mick Quinn, Miceal Quinn, Len Graham (tbc), Gerry O'Hanlon); Jerry O'Reilly and Luke Cheevers from Dublin;Gail Williams & Jim Younger; Ken Langsbury; Jim Bainbridge;plus music from Phoenix (Rod Stradling, Martin Brinsford, Kevin Brown, Mike Pinder, Fran Wade) and our resident bands The Rakes and The Pigeon English Band.
Festival prices to be announced
Tue. - May 13- London, Sharp's Folk Club - Cecil Sharpe House - 2 Regents Park Rd. London, NW1 &AY - 8:00 PM
Wed. - May 14- Shepeau Stow, Linc. (NE of Peterborough - East of Crowland) - CP School - 7:30 PM
Thu. - May 15- Styrrup, Village Hall Notts South of Doncaster off of the A1(M) - 7:30 PM
Fri. - May 16- Long Clawson, Villagae Hall, Leics. - (SE of Nottingham and North of Melton Mowbray) - 7:30 PM
Sat. - May 17- Rubery, West Worcs, North of Bromsgrove - NE of Exit 4 on M5) - Community Leasure Center - 7:30 PM
Sun. - May 18- Harvington Village Hall, Worcestershire, Between Kidderminster and Bromsgrove - 7:30 PM
Fri. - May 23- Kate Brown’s Pub in Ardfert, Co Kerry Tel: 066 7134055/7134030 - (NW of Tralee)
Sun. - May 25- The Kingdom Bar in Castleisland, Kerry - in the evening with special guest, Paddy Jones
Fri. - May 30- Kilala Rd, Ballina, Co. Mayo, Eire - The Merry Monk - Share gig with Rick Epping and Seamie O'Dowd - 10:00 PM to 1:30 AM
JUNE 2008
Sat. - June 221- Louvemont, Soirée pour la fête des écoles qui coïncidera avec la fête de la musique.
Sat. - june 28- Haute Marne - In Droyes, north of Montier en Der - Fête de l'âne (Donkey Festival) - at the Lycée Agricole at the entrance to Droyes coming from the east from Montier en Der. Starts at 4:00 PM with exhibits, beauty contest, story teller, other animations. Bayou Seco starts the music and dance at 9:00 PM
JULY 2008
Fri. - July 4- le Lac du Der à Giffaumont, à la terrasse du LégenDer le vendredi 4 juillet en soirée
Tues & Wed - July 8 & 9- Llangollen, Wales -
Children's Day Tuesday
Tesco Stage: 09.30-10; 11-11.30; 12.15-12.45
S4C Stage - World Music @6; 18.00-18.50
Dance and Song Day Weds Tesco stage 10-11; HSBCstage 13.30-14.15 Youth DAy Thurs Tesco stage 10.30-11.15; 12.30-13.00
Celtic Day Fri: HSBCstage 11.30-12.15; 13.30-14.1
Thur. - July 10- Brynrefail near Caernarfon, Wales, at the Y Caban. For info on the venue: www.caban-cyf.org
Sun. - July 13- Hitchin Festival, Hertfordshire - NW of London, West of the A-1 between junctions 8 and 9.
Jun 2008 - Tue 29 Jul 2008 - 10:00 to 17:00
We play on Sunday only - here is our schedule:
Childrens Area
1400 - 1445 show for under 11s
1600 - 1645 for under 11s
Willow Stage
1845 - 1930 lively set
CD signing at merch stall
Sat. - July 19- a ferme auberge de François, à Saudron, canton de Joinville.
AUGUST 2008
Sat. - Aug. 6- Las Cruces - Music in the Park Concert - Young Park - 7-9 PM - We play from 8:00 to 9:00 after an opening band to be named later
Sat. - Aug. 16- Silver City Farmers Market - Tomato Contest 10-12 AM
Thurs. - Aug. 21- High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM
Sat. - Aug. 23- Santa Fe Farmers Market - 9-12 AM (more details later, market may be in new digs by then and things may change - watch this space)
SEPTEMBER 2008
Sat. and Sun - Sept. 13 & 14- Silver City, NM - Gough Park - PICKAMANIA - We play from 1:00 to 2:00 PM on Saturday. Playing with us will be Paul Rangell (from the original Bayou Seco band on Guitar and Mandolin) and Terry Bluhm (from the Bayou Seco Electric Band 0n Acoustic Bass).
We will also have a workshop on Sunday Morning on New Mexico Tunes, including Spanish Colonial Dance tunes and some tunes from the Lewis family from Crow Flat, NM - it starts at 9:30 AM and ends at 11:15 AM at the Mimbres Regional Arts Council office in the Wells Fargo building on Pope across from Gough Park. It costs $20.00 and is open to all instruments. We will be handing out some music transcriptions. Call the MRAC office to reserve a spot and for more info. (575)538-2505.
Other performers include Boulder Acoustic Society, Chatham County Line, Steve Smith and Hard Road, Red Molly, and Robin and Linda Williams and their Fine, Fine, Superfine Group.
For more info: http://www.mimbresarts.org/pickamania.html
Fri - Sept. 19- Silver City Senior Center Dance - 4-7 PM - $5.00 donation
for more info: 388-2544
OCTOBER 2008
Fri. - Sun. - Oct 10 - 12- near Sierra Vista, AZ - Turquoise Valley Old Time Music Festival featuring: BAYOU SECO;, The PRIVY TIPPERSs;ARVEL BIRD and BILLY LILLY; CHRISTOPHER DEAN; MOTEL ARIZONA; ROGER LANDES and CHIPPER THOMPSON; THE RUBIO FAMILY - for more info, starting in July, check out www.turquoisevalley.com. To find out more about Turquoise Valley check out the same website.
Thurs - Oct. 23 - High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM
Fri - Oct 24 - Albuquerque, Univ. of NM Violin Making Class Benefit Concert - Bayou Seco Duo - in the evening - More info later. bayouseco@aol.com
Sat - Oct 25 - Madrid, New Mexico - Mine Shaft Tavern - 9-12 PM Bayou Seco duo - for more info contact the Mine Shaft Tavern at: 505-473-0743
Sun - Oct 26 - Taos, NM - Taos Inn 6:30 to 9:30 PM Bayou Seco Duo - Free
NOVEMBER 2008
Sat - Nov 1 - Silver City, NM - The Fiddling Friends return to Alotta Gelato with Music to Cheer Up Your World. Accompanied by Bayou Seco and friends.
2:15- 12:45
Fri - Nov 14 - Silver City Senior Center. Bayou Seco CHILEGUMBO DANCE - 3:00 to 6:00 PM
$5.00 Bring a snack to share. Polkas, Rancheras, Cajun 2 Step and waltzes, The Broom Dance, the Handkerchief Dance and lots more fun.
DECEMBER 2008
Sat - Dec. 6 - Mimbres Hot Springs Ranch Annual Studio Sale. Bayou Seco: music to enhance your shopping experiance. 2-5 PM
Sat - Dec. 13 - Santa Cruz, CA - House Concert at 220 Spring St., Irene's house, (Just below High Street) - 7:30 PM - $15.00 - More info: herrmann@ucsc.edu
Thurs. - DEC. 25- Santa Barbara, CA - Christmas Night Contra Dance at Carrillo Ballroom. Dancing starts at 6:30 and goes to 9:30 (Maybe 10:00)
Sat - Dec. 27 - Santa Monica, CA - Fiddle Workshop (cajun and O'Odham)- 1-4 PM at The Sturm household: 1331 Hill St.
More Info later - For More info write Kathy at: kmbawn@gmail.com
Wed - Dec. 31 - San Diego, CA - New Years Eve Contra Dance 8-12 PM
Trinity United Methodist Church, 3030 Thorn Street, San Diego, CA.
Take the University Ave. exit off I-805. Go west on University Ave. Go 8 blocks south of University Avenue on 30th Street in North Park. Take the left jog at Upas Street and continue on 30th St. for 1 more block. Turn left onto Thorn Street.
Sponsored by the San Diego Folk Heritage
For more info: http://www.sdfolkheritage.org/?q=node/178

