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Radway Inn traditional English musicians Sidmouth Folk Festival reunion 2009

Radway Inn traditional English musicians Sidmouth Folk Festival reunion 2009

Last weekend, I had a fantastic time playing traditional English tunes at the Radway Inn reunion down in Sidmouth, Devon. This is the reunion for English traditional music musicians who enjoy playing at the Radway Inn during the Sidmouth Folk Week in August so much that they have to have a February get-together to tide them through the Winter.

Early in April 2009, there will be a similar reunion for many of the musicians who enjoyed playing at the Sailing Club sessions during Sidmouth Folk Week 2008. (See my article about last year’s Sidmouth Sailing Club reunion 2008).

Which got me to thinking about how many other Winter folk festival session reunions there are out there in folk music festival land not related to Sidmouth?

After some rather heavy mental gear grinding and thought crunching on this subject, I’ve come up with a big zero.

But why should Sidmouth Folk festival be different to others?

So, if you know of any reunions that take place on a regular basis during the Winter to remind session musicians and singers about what they will be enjoying when the Summer comes around again, I would love to hear about them in the comments section below :-)

Bye for now

Rob

Rob Hopcott – online author and folk session musician