Stanley Accrington

Stanley emerged from the dark days of the late 1970's and has been terrorising the cultural world ever since.

He has written hundreds of songs in a range of styles on a vast rake of subjects. There are old-style songs on current happenings and modern style songs on ancient events. There are poems, pastiches, parodies, and possibly anything.

Apart from the silly and very silly material, Stanley has always been writing serious songs to confuse the situation further. He has performed hundreds of times at a wide range of events all over UK and occasionally beyond.
. He always tries to be both relevant and entertaining. (The pigeon-hole to put this stuff in is "miscellaneous-ish")

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                                                                  2024
           
              Mon 22 January:     Runcorn Golf Club, Folk Club
              Sat 27   January      Top House, Dobcross, Saddleworth  (with The Hometowners)
              Thur 11 April            Strawberry Gardens, Fleetwood (as part of Doc Harvey & the Philistans)
              Fri 10 May                White Lion, Swinton

              Sat 17 - Fri 23 August:      WHITBY FOLK WEEK  (tbc)

              Fri 25 October:         WRSSC, Swinton       
   
          
                                                                
           

                       Gigs in previous years
1979Middleton (Manchester), Piccadilly Radio (Manchester)
1980:  Salford (three), Marple (two), Prestwich, Heywood, Oldham (three), Castleton (three), Withington, Middleton (five), Milnrow nr Rochdale (three), Uppermill, Birtle nr Bury (two), Poynton, Shaw, Patricroft (two), Whitefield, Norden nr Rochdale, Timperley, Bury, Littleborough nr Rochdale Altrincham

1981: Poynton (three), Littleborough (six), Oldham (three), Whitefield (four), Mossley (two), Piccadilly Radio, Milnrow (four), Uppermill (two), West Malling, Kent (two), Maidstone, Bury, Salford (three), Swinton (M'cr), Delph (two), Middleton (three), Rawtenstall, Ashton-u-Lyne (four), Eccles (two), Castleton (four), Nottingham (two), Reddish, Stalybridge (two), Bacup, St Helens, Sheffield, Chorlton (three), Rossendale, Halifax, Leeds, Norden, Todmorden, Heath Charnock nr Chorley, Rochdale, Heapey nr Chorley, Bradford, Audenshaw, 

1982: Middleton (two), Castleton (four), Littleborough (five), Heapey nr Chorley (four), Didsbury, Ashton-u-Lyne (three), Helmshore, Norden, Leeds(two), Coventry, Holmfirth (two), Bury (two), Rainford nr St Helens (three), Bamford nr Rochdale, Milnrow (three), Drighlington nr Bradford, Ossett, Rossendale (two), Nottingham, Stainland nr Halifax, Mossley, Halifax (three), Leigh, Bolton (two), Eccles (two), Uppermill, Rochdale (three), Todmorden, Idle nr Bradford (three), Ripponden (three), Kirkham, Sevenoaks (two), West Malling Kent, Whitefield, Stocksmoor nr Huddersfield, Dukinfield, Mossley (two), Burnley (three), Halton nr Runcorn (two), Hyde, Chester, Salford (two), Bingham nr Nottingham, Nether Heyford (Northants), Walsden nr Todmorden (two), Liverpool, West Kirby, Leeds (two), Greenfield nr Oldham, Henllan nr Denbigh, Farningham Kent, New Hey nr Rochdale, Nelson, Llansaintffraid nr Oswestry, Poynton, Stalybridge, Bury, Warrington, Saddleworth, Accrington (two), Bacup, Stratford upon Avon, Sandbach, Wolverley nr Kidderminster, Newton Heath (Mcr), St Helens, Castleford, Liverpool, Grappenhall nr Warrington, Redditch, Birmingham, Derby

1983: Burnley (three), Radio Merseyside, Dewsbury, Morley, Coventry, Bury (three), Saddleworth, Uppermill (three), Stockport, Milnrow (four), West Kirby (two), Handforth nr Stockport, Ashton-u-Lyne, Didsbury, Littleborough (three), Leigh, Much Wenlock Shropshire, Shrewsbury, Rainford nr St Helens (two), Ripponden, Eccles (two), Bolton, Whalley Range (Mcr), Rochdale (three), Radcliffe nr Bury, Wentworth nr Barnsley (two), Brinklow nr Coventry (two), Billinge nr St Helens, Idle nr Bradford, Blackpool (two), Oldham, Nottingham (two), Sandbach, Rotherham, Wath Folk Festival, Whitehaven, Farningham (Kent), West Malling (Kent), Norwich Folk Festival, Stocksmoor nr Huddersfield, Birmingham, Middleton (two), Manchester (two), Etton nr Beverley, Penistone, Kirkham, Wolverley nr Kidderminster, Llansaintffraid nr Oswestry, Castleford, Nether Heyford (Northants), Fylde Folk Festival, Leeds Folk Festival, Chester, Hampton Bishop nr Hereford, West Midlands Radio, Fleetwood (two), Brierley Hill, Uttoxeter, Whiston nr Rotherham, Leeds, Denby Dale, Norden, Wrotham (Kent), Wath nr Barnsley, Askham Bryan nr York, Salford (two), Burton-on-Trent, Fallowfield (M'cr), Grimsby, Sheffield, Halifax, Crewe, Kingswinford nr Kidderminster, Huyton (Liverpool), Bradford, Chichester, Stockport, Holmfirth,  

1984: Keighley, Swinton, Sandbach, Saddleworth (three), Batley, Westhoughton, Rochdale (three), Middleton (two), Appledore (Kent), Knaresborough, Redditch, Appleton nr Warrington, Leyland,  BBC Radio 2, Barkingside (Essex), St Helens, Wolverley nr Kidderminster (two) Newton Heath (M'cr), Billinge nr St Helens, Etton nr Beverley, Addingham nr Ilkley, Stoke Mandeville (Bucks), Horwich nr Bolton, Oldham (four), Nottingham (two), Beverley, Wrotham (Kent), Doncaster, Bassingbourne (Herts), Ashton-u-Lyne, Birmingham (two), Shrewsbury, Huddersfield, Todmorden, Crookes (Sheffield), Wheelton nr Chorley, Leeds, Salford (three), Rainford nr St Helens, Milnrow, Moore Folk Day nr Warrington, Mold (Clwyd), Bury (three) Carlisle, Cardiff, West Kirby, Bromsgrove, Ossett, Bridlington, Bradford, Otley (two), Trowbridge Folk Festival, Rossendale, Sidmouth Folk Festival, Broadstairs Folk Festival, Stockport, Halifax (three), Stainsby Folk Festival, Radcliffe nr Bury, Ackworth nr Pontefract, Dartford, Llansaintffraid nr Oswestry, Lancaster, Wigan, Holmfirth, Castleford, Manchester, Sheffield, Uppermill, Maidstone, Hebden Bridge, Eccles, Southport, Boston, Ramsbottom, Flyford Flavell (Worcs), Bradford on Avon, Kingswinford nr Kidderminster, Preston Brook nr Runcorn, Hartlepool

1985: Burton on Trent, Poynton, Swinton, West Malling (Kent), Eccles (Kent), Etton nr Beverley, Loughborough (two), Newton Heath (Manchester), Collyhurst (Manchester), Littleborough nr Rochdale, Brinklow nr Coventry, Manchester, Slaithwaite nr Huddersfield, Glossop, Longport (Stoke on Trent), Billinge, Macclesfield (three), Castleton nr Rochdale (three), High Lane nr Stockport, Salford (two), Derby (two), Cranbrook (Kent), Leeds (three), Crawley, Nottingham, Uppermill, Coventry (two)  Pudsey, Wilmslow, Cleethorpes,Holmfirth Folk Festival,Bradford (two), Winster nr Matlock, Warwick, Horwich, Cheddar, Bedford, Lancaster, Milnrow, Preston,Bracknell Folk Festival,Oldham, Saxondale nr Nottingham (two), Llansaintffraid (Powys), Durham Folk Festival, Dumfries, West Vale nr Halifax (two),Whitby Folk Week, Derby Folk Festival, Rochdale Arts Festival, Fylde Folk Festival,Dartford, Maidenhead, Sowerby Bridge, Lees nr Oldham, Birdsedge nr Huddersfiled, West Kirby, Wigan Pier, Stockport, Llangollen, Ossett, Shrewsbury, Northwich (two), Hollingworth Lake nr Rochdale, Southampton (two), Bishampton (Worcs), Ormskirk, Preston Brook nr Warrington, Blackpool, Dobcross (Saddleworth), Halifax, 

1986: Burton on Trent, Hartlepool, Salford, Blackpool, Birkenhead, Littleborough (two), Bangor (University), Skipton, Sheffield, Uppermill (three), Kendal (two) Derby, Brinklow nr Coventry, Shrewsbury, York, Todmorden (two), Milnrow, Oldham, Manchester (University), Billinge, Fallowfield (Manchester), Pilsley nr Matlock, Rawtenstall, Guildford (Surrey University), Barnsley, Redditch, Mold (Clwyd), Knaresborough, Chelmsford, Weybridge, Stalybridge, Bury, Colyton (Devon), Wilmslow, Chesterfield, Manchester,Lincoln Folk Festival, Leeds (four), Southampton, Denby Dale, Cleethorpes, Bromsgrove, Dewsbury, Glossop, Hambledon (Fylde), Bromborough, Chester, Bracknell, Bradford (two), Blackburn, Belmont nr Bolton,Bracknell Folk Festival, Oswestry, Swinton, Dartford,Durham Folk Festival, St Helens Folk Day, Maghull, Wrexham, Dobcross, Wrea Green,Kendal Folk Festival,Whalley, Holmfirth,Scarborough Folk Day, Rochdale, Crosby, Morley, Handforth nr Wilmslow, West Kirby, Widnes, Chorley, Woodford nr Wilmslow, Milnrow,Swinton Day of Folk, Hollingworth Lake, Llangollen, Coventry, St Helens, Kilburn nr Derby, Royton, Llansaintffraid (Powys), Poynton, Keyworth nr Nottingham, Dobcross, Barlow nr Chesterfield, Hambledon (Fylde), Eccles (Manchester)

1987: Mottram nr Stalybridge, Sevenoaks, Camden (London), Shrewsbury, Nottingham (three), Worsley (Manchester), Carnforth, Middlesborough, Charlotte NC (USA), Asheville NC (USA), Black Mountain NC (USA), Ripponden, Salford (two), Royton, Leeds, Hartlepool, Bury (two), Halifax (four), Sowerby Bridge, Brinklow nr Coventry, Scunthorpe,Holmfirth Folk Festival, Manchester, Rugby, York, Chester, Denby Dale, Uppermill,Weybridge Day of Folk, Clitheroe, Birdsedge nr Huddersfield, Rawdon nr Leeds, Lancaster (University), Salford, Oldham, Bredbury nr Stockport,Conwy Festival,Swinton, Dartford, Wrea Green (Fylde),Warwick Folk Festival, Whitby Folk Week, Oakworth nr Keighley, Mold (Clwyd),Fylde Folk Festival, Scarborough Fair Festival, Poynton, Blackburn, Birstall nr Leeds, Doncaster (two), Aberystwyth, Derby (two), Heywood, Guernsey, Jersey, Rivelin nr Sheffield, Lytham, Winster nr Matlock, Baildon nr Bradford, Haslingden, Preston, Biddulph, Milnrow, Southampton, Todmorden, Llanymynech nr Oswestry, Carnforth, Warrington, Lytham, Dobcross, Southport, Rochdale, BBC Radio Manchester

1988: Swanley (Kent), Barlow nr Chesterfield, Blackpool, Calow nr Chesterfield (two), Heatley nr Warrington, Lancaster, Uxbridge, Uppermill, Knaresborough, Gravesend, Camden, Huddersfield, Ashby de la Zouche, Long Eaton, Bradford (two), Bolsover, Hartlepool, Fallowfield (Manchester) (two), Frodsham nr Chester, Halifax (three), Nantwich, Dewsbury,Chesterfield Day of Folk, Nether Heyford (Northants), Sheffield (two), Morley, Oldham (two), Altrincham, Saddleworth, Woodford nr Stockport, Birstall nr Leeds, Upton nr Newark, Radcliffe nr Bolton,Wath Folk Festival, Rochdale, Manchester, Sticker (Cornwall), Haslingden (two), Cleckheaton, Retford, Milnrow, Cockermouth (two), Worsley (Manchester) , Easingwold nr York, Carterton (Oxfordshire), Salford (two), Norwich, Sowerby Bridge (two), Cleckheaton Festival, Cambridge, Wrotham (Kent), Uppermill (two), Arkwright nr Chesterfield, Stainsby Folk Festival, BBC Radio Manchester, Dartford, Meltham nr Huddersfield, Kendal Folk Festival, Rotherham, Biddulph, Padiham nr Burnley, Belper, Derby, Wigan Pier Day of Folk, Rivelin nr Sheffield, Black Mountain NC (USA), Winston-Salem NC (USA), Nottingham, Darwen, Gainsborough, Chesham (Bucks), Harlow, Bishops Stortford, Stony Stratford, Bedford, Hoddesden (Herts), Swinton Day of Folk, Luton, Leighton Buzzard, Redbourne (Herts), Bury, Holmfirth, Dobcross, Hong Kong Folk Festival, Crumpsall (Manchester), Llanymynech nr Oswestry, Claygate (Surrey), Burton-on-Trent, Upton nr Newark, Keighley, Chester, BBC Radio Leeds, Goole, Billingham nr Middlesborough, Marske nr M'boro

1989: Clent nr Stourbridge, Rivelin nr Sheff'd, Burnley, Liverpool (two), Brinklow nr Coventry, Bracknell, Chelmsford, Malvern, Sandbach, Romiley nr Stockport, Writtle nr Chelmsford, Sevenoaks (two), Long Eaton, Selby, Stratford (London), Halifax (two), Altrincham, Blaisdon (Gloucs), Purton (Gloucs), Nether Heyford (Northants), Blackburn (two), North Wingfield (Derbyshire), Wath Folk Festival, Guildford (Surrey University) (two), Holmfirth Folk Festival, Salford, Chesterfield (four), Glasson Dock nr Lancaster, Cleckheaton, Derby, Blackpool (two), Uppermill, Billinge Folk Festival, Fallowfield (M'cr), Cleckheaton Folk Festival, Harthill nr Sheffield, High Burton nr Huddersfield, Chester, Brentwood (Essex), Cockermouth, Denby Dale (two), Warwick Folk Festival, Summerseat nr Bury, Hightown nr Huddersfield, Rochdale Rushbearing Festival, Keighley, Wrea Green (Fylde), Linthwaite nr Huddersfield, Whitby Folk Week, Folk Show Peterborough, Dartford, Fylde Folk Festival, Leeds, Haslingden, Bristol, Bolsover, Holmfirth (two), Dobcross, Derby, Rochdale (two), Jersey Folk Festival, Eccles, Rhyl, Wheaton Aston (Staffs), Chorlton (M'cr), Marsden nr Huddersfield, Knaresborough, Bethnal Green, Nelson, Bromsgrove, Upton nr Newark, Rowton nr Chester, Manchester (Children in Need), Eversley nr Reading, Patricroft (M'cr), Richmond (N Yorks), Sheffield, Kendal, Nottingham, BBC Radio Shropshire, Llanymynech nr Oswestry, Rothley nr Leicester, Huddersfield, Mottram nr Stalybridge, Hambledon (Fylde), Warrington, Lytham, Key 103 Radio (M'cr), Salford, Dobcross, Bradford

1990: Rivelin nr Sheff'd, Summerseat nr Bury, Wheelton nr Chorley, Edinburgh, Sowerby Bridge, Hoghton nr Preston, Crumpsall (M'cr), Sandbach, Fleetwood, Pudsey, Swinton, Dobcross, Glossop (two), Claygate (Surrey), Kentish Town (London), Charlwood (Surrey), Islington, Rochdale (two), Blackstone Edge nr Rochdale, Long Eaton, Robin Hood's Bay (two), Poynton, Billinge, Denby Dale, Stalybridge, Wigan, Uppermil (two), Wath Folk Festival, Preston, Louth (Lincs), Potteries Folk Festival, Sevenoaks, Warwick, Liverpool (two), Halifax (two), Keighley, Croydon, Manchester, Mold, Fallowfield (M'cr), Droylsden (M'cr) Oldham, Middleton (M'cr), Dartford, Greenfield (Sadd'th), Rochdale Rushbearing Festival, Whitby Folk Week, Bradford, Crewe & Nantwich Folk Festival, Wokingham, Salford, Burnley, York (University), Darlington, Kingswinford nr Stourbridge, Buckland (Oxfordshire), Wheaton Aston (Staffs), Loughborough, Leicester, Llanymynech nr Oswestry, Ashton-u-Lyne, Northallerton, Derby, Upton nr Newark, Chorlton (M'cr), Cheetham Hill (M'cr)

1991: Leigh, Wrexham, Maldon (Essex), Dobcross, Skipton, Rivelin (Sheff'd), Cheadle Hulme nr Stockport, Birdsedge nr Huddersf'd, Hartlepool (two) Robin Hood's Bay, Honley nr Hudd'fd) Loughborough, Clitheroe, Grimsby, Halifax, Pity Me nr Durham, Oldham, Watford, Morley, Sandbach, Nottingham (three), Llandudno, Sowerby Bridge, Tipton, Heatley nr Warrington, Brinklow nr Coventry (two) Turners Hill(Sussex), Rochdale (two), Uppermill (two) Bristol, Carnforth, Swinton (two), Blackpool, Sevenoaks, Finsbury Park (London), Birstall nr Leeds, Leicester, Clitheroe, Marsden nr Hudd'fd) (two) Sheffield (two), Manchester (two), Fallowfield (M'cr), Warwick Folk Festival, Rochdale Rushbearing Festival, Whitby Folk Week, Kendal Folk Festival, Fylde Folk Festival, Bradford (two) Bracknell, Warrington, Colchester (two), Willington nr Derby, Middlewich, Rugby, Belper, Dobcross, Hawthorn (Durham), Swinton Day of Folk, York, Selby, High Lane nr Stockport, Retford, Hartshead nr Bradford, Holmfirth, Bury, Burnley, Huddersfield, Blackburn, Upton nr Newark, Gainford (Durham), Cheetham Hill (M'cr), Dobcross

1992: Claygate (Surrey), Kentish Town (London), Havant nr Portsmouth, Dartford, Manchester, Whitworth nr Rochdale, Oldham, Maghull, Ripley, Blackpool (three), Kingswinford nr Stourbridge, Cheadle Hulme nr Stockport, Liverpool, Huddersfield (two), Denby Dale (two), Cleckheaton, Rivelin nr Sheff'd, Sandbach, Marsden nr Hudd'fd, Rawtenstall, Birstall nr Leeds, Darlington Folk Festival, Morley, Blackburn, Doncaster, Bolton, Heatley nr Warrington, Holmfirth Folk Festival, Cosby nr Leicester, Stalybridge, Halifax, Bishop Auckland, Horbury nr Wakefield, Claygate Day of Folk (Surrey), Upholland nr Southport, Beverley Folk Festival, Boat & Folk Festival Middlewich, Oldham, Islington, Cleckheaton Folk Festival, Derby (two), Maldon (Essex), Watford, Liverpool Arts and Folk Festival, Droylesden (M'cr), Fallowfield (M'cr), Mere nr Knutsford, Rochdale Rushbearing Festival, Higher Blackley (M'cr), Whitby Folk Week, Salford, Fylde Folk Festival, Otley Folk Festival, Bristol, Cleckheaton, Flockton nr Hudd'fd, Kirkham (Fylde), Barnsley Folk Festival, Rothley nr Leicester, Hong Kong Folk Festival, Sheffield, Bamber Bridge Day of Folk, Kendal, Otley, Middlewich (two), Rochdale, Farnworth Day of Folk (nr Bolton), Matlock, Preston, Heapey nr Chorley, Hartlepool, Burnley, Luddenden nr Halifax, Brockholes nr Hudd'fd, Nantwich, Gainford nr Darlington, Uppermill

1993: Leigh, Dobcross, Upton nr Newark, Salford (two), Rivelin nr Sheff'd (two), Birstall nr Leeds, Newark, Leeds, Knaresborough, Holmfirth, Hayfield nr Glossop, Long Eaton, Sandbach (two), Romiley nr Stockport, Sheffield (two), Dukinfield (Tameside), Denby Dale (two), Wath Folk Festival, Coniston, Chester Folk Festival, Dartford, Bradford (two), Isle of Wight Folk Festival, Redcar Folk Festival, Kirkham (Fylde), Droylsden Folk Festival (M'cr), Weardale Folk Festival, Selby, Bacup, Rochdale Rushbearing Festival, Whitby Folk Week, Kendal Folk Festival, Marsden nr Hudd'fd, Fylde Folk Festival, Batley, Halifax, Kingswinford nr Stourbridge, Langdale Folk Festival (Lakes), Cottingham nr Hull, Writtle nr Chelmsford, Longton nr Preston, Fleetwood (two), Cheetham Hill (M'cr), Wivenhoe nr Colchester, Sevenoaks, Kentish Town, Rochdale, Saddleworth (two), Nottingham, Wardlow nr Bakewell, Hartlepool, Fallowfield (M'cr), Upton nr Newark, Uppermill

1994: Bollington nr Macc'fd, Bury, Cockermouth, Sowerby Bridge, Hyde (M'cr), Bognor Regis, Havant nr Portsmouth, Islington, Dobcross, Marske (Teesside), Todmorden, Doncaster, Darlington, Salford, Littletown (Durham), Middlewich (two), Rochdale, Sheffield, Hollingworth Lake nr Rochdale, BBC Radio Humberside, Cleckheaton Folk Festival, Droylsden Folk Festival, Dartford, Kirkham (Fylde) (three) Worrall nr Sheff'd, Park Bridge Festival, Oldham, Lancaster, Woodhouses nr Oldham, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Otley Folk Festival, Orpington, Derby, Wykeham nr Scarborough, Clocks Back Festival, Lancaster, Stalybridge (two), Holmfirth, Glossop, High Bradfield nr Sheff'd, Manchester, Droylsden (M'cr), Uppermill

1995: Clitheroe, Belper, Bradford, Upton nr Newark, Knaresborough, Kentish Town, Lancaster, Dobcross (two) Salford, Wrexham, Wardlow nr Bakewell, Birstall nr Leeds, Middlewich, Chorlton (M'cr), Uppermill, Sowerby Bridge, Otley, High Bradfield nr Sheff'd, Droylsden Folk Festival, Huddersfield-Sheffield Folk Train, Liverpool Folk Festival, Worrall nr  Sheff'd, Stainsby Folk Festival, Royton nr Oldham, Rochdale Rushbearing Festival, Whitby Folk Week, Huddersfield, Halifax, Batley, Bridgnorth, Darlington, Glossop, Huddersfield, Salford, Manchester (two), Maldon (Essex), Uppermill (two), Hartlepool, Claygate (Surrey), Grappenhall nr Warrington, 

1996: Sheffield, Uppermill, Chorlton (M'cr), Chester Day of Folk, Oldham, Littleborough nr Rochdale, Kingswinford nr Stourbridge, Bury, Marsden nr Hudds'fd, Clitheroe Day of Folk, Bradford, Droylsden Folk Festival, Sandbach Folk Day, Shaw nr Oldham, Heather Music Festival (Leics), Oldham, Croydon, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Swinton, Langdale Folk Festival, Swinton Day of Folk, Dobcross, Selby, Nottingham, Uppermill, Crumpsall (M'cr), Upton nr Newark, Salford

1997: Driffield (E Yorks), Thongsbridge nr Holmfirth, Greenfield (Sadd'th), Swinton (M'cr), Cherry Burton (E Yorks), Accrington, Bolton, Sandbach, Burnley, Chapeltown nr Sheff'd, Kirkham, Winster nr Matlock, Worrall nr Sheff'd, Pudsey, Didsbury (M'cr), Saddleworth, Nantwich, Holmfirth Folk Festival, Clitheroe, Northampton, Clitheroe Folk Festival, Rochdale, Redditch Folk Festival, Etton nr Beverley, Cleckheaton Folk Festival, Manchester, Blackburn, Bolton, Warwick Folk Festival, Salford, Darlington, Dobcross, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Glossop, Newark, Langdale Folk Festival, Rochdale, Wymeswold nr Loughborough, Greenfield (Saddw'th), Fleetwood, Gainsborough, Nottingham (two), Hyde (M'cr), Uppermill, Batley, Salford

1998: Bradford, Bredbury nr Stockport, Sandbach, Blackley (M'cr), Warwick, Stockport, Manchester, Clitheroe Folk Festival, Saddleworth, Folk and Boat Festival Middlewich, Failsworth nr Oldham, Bury, Saddleworth Folk Festival, Swinton, Saltburn Folk Festival, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Scarborough, Biddulph, Northampton, Glossop, Boston, Bolton, Birstall nr Leeds, Uppermill

1999: Heatley nr Warrington, Manchester (two), Greenfield (Saddw'th), Marsden nr Hudd'fd, Saddleworth (two), Sandbach (two), Uppermill (two), Kirkham, Cockermouth, Plumtree nr Nottingham, Oldham (two)Saddleworth Folk Festival, Swinton, Bradford, Driffield (E Yorks), Whitby Folk Week, Bridgnorth Folk Festival, Fylde Folk Festival, Rochdale, Bingham nr Nott'm, Swinton Day of Folk, Nelson, Failsworth nr Oldham, 

2000: Wrexham, Brinklow nr Coventry, St Anne's, Saddleworth, Lancaster, Swinton, Sowerby Bridge, Bugbrooke (Northants), Tamworth Folk Moot, Shaw nr Oldham, Keswick, Manchester, Mossley nr Oldham, Ambleside, Dewsbury, Oldham, Ulverston Folk Festival, Worrall nr Sheff'd, Rhuddlan Folk Festival (Clwyd),  Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Prestwich (M'cr), Glossop, Chesterfield, Uppermill

2001:  Wortley nr Sheff'd, Birkenshaw nr Cleckh'n, Greetland nr Halifax, Manchester, Stockport, Hyde (M'cr), Dobcross, Middleton (M'cr), Wath nr Barnsley, Swinton, Warwick, Failsworth nr Oldham, Upton Folk Festival (Worcs), Chippenham Folk Festival, St Anne's, Sandbach, Slaithwaite nr Huddersf'd, Cleckheaton Folk Festival, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Wykeham nr Scarborough, Otley Folk Festival, Harthill nr Sheff'd, Burton-on-Trent, Swinton Day of Folk, Droylsden (M'cr), Nottingham, Grimsby, Uppermill, Parkgate (Wirral), Failsworth nr Oldham

2002: Prestwich (M'cr), Lytham, Leicester, Sowerby Bridge (two), Devizes (Wilts), Holmfirth Folk Festival, Oldham, Scunthorpe, Birkenhead, Ulverston (Furness) Folk Festival, Corsham (Wilts), Saddleworth Folk Festival, Stainsby Folk Festival, Fylde, Etton nr Beverley, Bradford, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Dewsbury, Otley Folk Festival, Lymm nr Warrington, Swinton Day of Folk, Shaw nr Oldham, Cleckheaton, Kettlesing nr Harrogate, Weston nr Runcorn, Fareham (Hants), Sandbach, Uppermill, Failsworth nr Oldham

2003: Wortley nr Sheff'd, Rochdale, Nottingham, Melling nr Liverpool, Winchester, Wherwell nr Andover, Ullswater, Frodsham nr Chester, Greenfield (Saddw'th), Cleethorpes Folk Festival, Stockport, Saddleworth Folk Festival, Swinton, Southampton, Chichester, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Otley Folk Festival, Lakeland Storytelling Festival, Ormskirk, Birmingham, Kington (Herefordshire), Haddenham Day of Folk (Bucks), Brinklow nr Coventry, Uppermill

2004: Leeds, Grimsby (two) Failsworth nr Oldham, Worrall nr Sheff'd, Cleckheaton, Wrexham, Swinton, Prestwich (M'cr), Mossley nr Oldham, Teesdale Thrash Barnards Castle, Otley, York, Redditch, Kington (Herefordshire), Wallasey, Bacup, Blackpool, Bollington nr Maccf'd, Saddleworth Folk Festival, Longridge nr Preston, Lewes, Mansfield, Sowerby Bridge, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Widnes, Nelson, Otley Folk Festival, Hale nr Altrincham, Banbury Folk Festival, Swinton Day of Folk, Shaw nr Oldham, Heatley nr Warrington, Harthill nr Sheff'd, Northampton, Bodmin, Uppermill, Ashton-u-Lyne, Warrington

2005: Wakefield, Otley, Belper, Chesterfield, Chorlton (M'cr), Ashton-u-Lyne, Harrogate, Islington, St Albans, Swinton, Uppermill (three), Doncaster, BBC Radio Lancashire, Holmfirth Folk Festival, Shaw nr Oldham, Masham Folk Festival (N Yorks), Droylsden Folk Festival, Altrincham, Cleckheaton Folk Festival, Gregson Lane nr Preston, Cheetham Hill (M'cr), Saddleworth Folk Festival, Saddleworth, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Barlow nr Chesterfield, Oldham, Otley Folk Festival, Bollington nr Macc'd, Dewsbury, Fleetwood, Manchester, Leeds, Worrall nr Sheff'd, Weaverthorpe (E Yorks), Lyonshall (Herefordshire)

2006: Retford, Cleethorpes, Bradford, St Michaels (Worcs), Bodenham nr Leominster, Sheffield, Southwell (Notts), Camden (London), Bolton, Robin Hood's Bay, Middlewich, Worrall nr Sheff'd, Alcester Folk Festival, Keighley, Altrincham, Islington, St Albans, Leyland, Whitbourne nr Bromyard, Bolsterstone nr Sheff'd, Rochdale, Saddleworth Folk Festival, Golcar nr Huddersf'd, Whitby Folk Week, Whitefield (M'cr), Fylde Folk Festival, Turton nr Bolton, Otley Folk Festival, Roberttown nr Dewsbury, Swinton, Harthill nr Sheff'd, Sale (M'cr), Weston nr Runcorn, Kingston (Surrey), Tenbury Wells (Worcs), Rawtenstall, Sheffield Folk Festival, Greenfield (Saddw'th), Stockport, Nottingham, Shaw nr Oldham, Wakefield, Dartford, Uppermill, Rochdale

2007: Bodmin, Wotter nr Plymouth, Oldham, Whitefield (M'cr), Chesterfield, Elloughton nr Hull, Romiley nr Stockport, Leeds, Southwell Folk Festival, Liverpool, Kington Folk Festival (Herefordshire), Swinton, Saddleworth Folk Festival, Sheffield, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Worrall nr Sheff'd, Otley Folk Festival, Roberttown nr Dewsbury, Walthamstow (London), Leeds, Cutthorpe nr Chesterfield, Swinton Day of Folk, Denby Dale, Stockport, Nottingham, Coatham Mundeville nr Darlington, Long Eaton, Maghull, Rivelin nr Sheff'd, Uppermill, Rochdale

2008: Oldham, Longridge nr Preston, Shaw nr Oldham (two), Lancaster, Castleton (Peak), Cottingham nr Hull, Denby Dale, Shaw nr Oldham, Dewsbury, Uppermill, Leigh, North Stanford nr Folkestone, Lewes, Holmfirth Folk Festival, Ambleside Festival, Holmfirth, Southwell Folk Festival, Swinton, Gregson Lane nr Preston, Saddleworth, Birdsedge nr Huddsf'd, Saddleworth Folk Festival, Ellesmere Port, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Nottingham (three), Banbury Folk Festival, Gainsborough Folk Festival, South Shields, Milnrow nr Rochdale, Prestwich (M'cr), Euston (London), Frodsham nr Chester, Rochdale

2009: Oldham, Dukinfield (Tameside), Bristol, Hartshill nr Sheff'd, Radio Merseyside, Bradford (two), Doncaster Folk Festival, Swinton, Llantrisant, Cottingham nr Hull, Hyde (Tameside), Rydal (Lakes), Ashton-u-Lyne, Manchester, Uppermill (two), Crediton Folk Weekend (Devon), Huddersfield, Longridge nr Preston, Chester Folk Festival, Wirral Folk Festival, Worrall Folk and Ale Festival (nr Sheff'd), Kington (Herefordshire), Macclesfield, Saddleworth Folk Festival, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Otley Folk Festival, Swinton Day of Folk, Wirksworth nr Matlock, Shaw nr Oldham, Milnrow nr Rochdale, Salford, Wakefield, Rivelin nr Sheffield

2010:  Lancaster, Longridge nr Preston, Northampton, Stalybridge, Haslingden, Swinton, Langdale (Lakes), Chorlton (M'cr), Bollington nr Maccf'd, Cleckheaton Folk Festival, Saddleworth Folk Festival, Festival at the Edge Much Wenlock, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Weston nr Runcorn, Chichester, Cliviger nr Burnley, Uppermill (two), Chorley, Coatham Mundeville nr Darlington, Manchester, Leeds, Bolton

2011: Leytonstone (London), Shaw nr Oldham, Byfleet (Surrey), Appletreewick nr Skipton, Huddersfield (two), Redditch, Sheffield, Crediton Folk Weekend (Devon), Upton Folk Festival (Worcs), York, Lymm, Festival at the Edge Much Wenlock, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Otley Folk Festival, Banbury Folk Festival, Uppermill, Cheetham Hill (M'cr), Preston, Glossop, 

2012: South Shields, Louth (Lincs), Bradford, Knowbury nr Ludlow, Rochdale, Gloucester, Uppermill, Hollingworth Lake nr Rochdale, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Edgworth Day of Folk (nr Bolton), Morley, Redbourne (Herts), Euston (London), Sandbach, Bollington, Deal (Kent), Nottingham, Denholme nr Keighley

2013: Oxford, South Shields, Coal Aston nr Sheff'd, Robin Hood's Bay, Lewes, Uppermill, Gregson Lane nr Preston, Crediton Folk Weekend (Devon), Longridge nr Preston, Swinton, Langdale Folk Festival, Fleetwood, Stanford nr Folkestone, Osbaldeston nr Blackburn, Hoveringham (Notts), Huddersfield, Aycliffe (Durham), Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Uppermill (two), Sandbach, Bury, Chesterfield, Youlgreave nr Bakewell, Morley, Greenfield (Saddw'th), Skipton, Bollington nr Maccf'd, Whitefield (M'cr)

2014: Romford, Maidenhead, Clitheroe, Stocksbridge nr Sheff'd, Uppermill, Swinton, South Shields, Bury, Harthill nr Sheff'd, Grimsby, Croydon, Orpington, Dorking, Bodmin, Whitby Folk Week, Fylde Folk Festival, Mossley nr Oldham, Edinburgh, Swinton Day of Folk, Kirkham, St Anne's, Uppermill, Burnley, Gt Cookham nr Aldershot, Kingswinford nr Stourbridge, Nottingham, Robin Hood's Bay, Oxford, Tonbridge, Whitefield (M'cr), BBC Radio Nottingham, Nottingham, 

2015: Edgworth nr Bolton, Shaw nr Oldham, Tamworth, Kings Cross (London), Nottingham (two), Coal Aston nr Sheff'd, Honley nr Huddersf'd, Lancaster, Uppermill (two),Seaford nr Eastbourne, Swinton, Feckenham (Worcs), South Shields, Chorley FM Radio, Gregson Lane nr Preston, Cleckheaton Folk Festival, Saddleworth Folk Festival, Darlington, Thurfolk Festival (Bedfordshire), Whitby Folk Week, Totnes (Devon), Hurdlow nr Buxton, Northwich, Blacko nr Burnley, Edgworth Day of Folk (nr Bolton), Sheffield, Bury, Bowes Park (London), St Anne's, Romsley (Worcs), Eskdale (Cumbria), Longridge nr Preston, Fleetwood

2016: Kirkham, Crookes (Sheffield), Heywood nr Rochdale, Stocksbridge nr Sheff'd, Ackworth nr Pontefract, Langho nr Blackburn, Uppermill (three), Fleetwood (three), Swinton (two), Wrexham, Bishops Stortford, Mossley nr Oldham, Rochdale, Pigs Ear Ale Markbeech (Kent), Northampton, Weston nr Runcorn, South Shields, Barley nr Burnley, Whitefield (M'cr), Saddleworth Folk Festival, Greenfield (Saddw'th), Whitby Folk week, Llanwddyn Folk Festival, Otley Folk Festival, Royton nr Oldham, Brinklow nr Coventry, Romford, Birmingham, Robin Hood's Bay, Stanford nr Folkestone, Faversham (Kent), Grimsby, Croydon, Bollington nr Macc'f'd

2017: Stocksbridge nr Sheff'd, Cheetham Hill (M'cr), Bury, Saddleworth, Lee Mill nr Plymouth, Bradford, Barley nr Burnley, Swinton (two), Chesterfield, Nottingham, Saddleworth Folk Festival, Uppermill, Whitby Folk Week, Llanwddyn Folk Festival, Ashburton (Devon), Mytholmroyd nr Halifax (two), Kingswinford nr Stourbridge, Fleetwood, Brinklow nr Coventry, Kings Cross (London), Edgworth Folk Weekend (nr Bolton), Stockport, Uppermill, Nottingham, Skipton, St Anne's, Robin Hood's Bay, Bedworth nr Coventry, Edgworth nr Bolton

2018: Blacko nr Colne, Shaw nr Oldham, Goathland nr Whitby, Accrington, Stocksbridge nr Sheff'd, Lancaster (DH&P), Swinton, Mickleby nr Whitby, Warrington, Oxford, South Shields, Mytholmroyd nr Halifax, Lymm nr Warrington, Fleetwood, Bollington nr Macc'field, Kirkburn (E. Yorks) Whitby Folk Week, Crookes (Sheffield), Southampton, Sandbach, Hebden Bridge, Uppermill, Liverpool

2019: Stocksbridge, Ellesmere Port, Goathland, Long Eaton, Chichester, Gainsborough, Swinton, Sandbach, Bradford, Greenfield, Leeds, South Shields, Northampton, Dorking, Birmingham, Fleetwood, Winster, Cleckheaton Folk Festival, St. Neots, Bedworth, Saltburn Folk Festival, Whitby Folk Week, Settle Folk Gathering, Wath, Bracknell, <Uppermill, Whalley, Crookes as part of Doc Harvey & the Philistans>,
Middleton Festival (Derbyshire), Fleetwood, Patterdale (Lake District), St Anne's

2020:  Warwick, Silverdale, London  -  then Coronavirus lockdown saw all other gigs cancelled apart from virtual gigs on Zoom for clubs at Bowes Park (London) and Northampton

2021: <Coronavirus shutdown for much of year>  
           Edgworth Day of Folk, Edgworth, Sandbach, Clent (Worcs)

2022:  Silverdale (Lancs), Whalley,  Westhoughton, Otley, Greenfield, Timperley, Oldham, Romford, Middlewich F&B FF, Over Hulton (nr Bolton), Crookes (Sheffield), Saltburn FF, Whitby FW, Otley FF, Warrington, Kings Cross (London), West Bridgford (Nott'm), Huddersfield,
Edgworth (nr Bolton)

2023:  Crookes (Sheffield) - twice, Newark, Swinton (WRSSC), Aigburth, Liverpool, Norden (Rochdale), Gregson Lane (Preston),
            Whitby FW, Leeds, Westhoughton (Swinton Folk Club), Edgworth Day of Folk, Coal Aston (nr Sheffield), Atherstone

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