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 Hampshire Folk, Rock and Blues Festival 12th October 1997 
Canned Heat, Something for the Weekend, Panama Grin, The Rhinomen, Sporting Life Blues Band, The Electric Experience, The Hoax, Jigsaw, Richard Wood, The Mary Custy Band, Lisheen, Seven Little Sisters, Daily Planet, The Tartan Amoebas, Angelina & J C Grimshaw.
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Hi There 2000
 
    
     
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2012
 
    
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2013
 
 
    
 
The Fat Fox, 
Samphier Movie Night,
Olivia Sebastianelli,
Jamie Parisio,
Kai Lavelle,
Cosmo Sheldrake,
Misty Miller,
The Boy I Used To Be,
As Elephants Arg,
Wild Smiles,
Tripwires,
Best Friends,
Loom,
Drenge. 
Pie & Vinyl,
The Wine Vaults,
PURR,
Crows,
Hundredth Anniversary,
Tidal Wars,
Blood Sport,
Bellyeyesmile 
Fawn Spots,
Shinies,
The B of The Bang,
Oliver Wilde,
JAWS,
Traams,  
Cheatahs,  
Splashh. 
 
Psychedelia,
Little Johnny Russell s,
Animal Company,
Bright Smoke,
Unknown Soldiers,
Fever,
Maths & The Moon,
Pivotal,
New Desert Blues,
Dead Rabbits,
Temple Songs,
Dark Bells,
Eagulls,
Spectrals. 
 
Strong Island Recordings,
The Social Club Upstairs,
You re Smiling Now But We ll All Turn Into Demons,
Ricky Fitts,
Battery Hens,
Fat Bicth,
Cycle Schmeichel,
Yoofs,
Tyrannosaurus Dead,
Playlounge, 
The Physics House Band,
Is Bliss,
Slowcoaches,
The Black Tambourines,
Arrows of Love. 
 
Flatpack Recording,
The 5th Hants,
The Jcq,
Calories,
Let s Talk Daggers,
Her Parents,
God Damn,
Theo,
Bad Grammar,
Noyo Mathis,
The Jorneta Stream,
Big Fin,
The Lion And The Wolf,
Pluto Rise. 
 
Southsea Acoustic Stage,
The Magick Bean Caf ,
Pompey Pluckers,
Special Guest,
Andrew Foster,  
Matt Jarvis,
Lucy Kitchen,
Special Guest,
Jerry Williams,  
Will McNicol,
Floella Grace. 
 
Punktastic,
The One Eyed Dog,
Birdskulls,
Summerslam 88,
Nathan Detroit,
As It Is,
Still Bust,
Lay It On The Line,
Yards,
All We Have,
Scholars,
The Cut Ups,
Nai Harvest,
Giants,  
Bangers,  
Atlas Losing Grip. 
 
Southsea Fest & Idle Hands Club,
The Kings Theatre,
Retrospective Soundtrack Players,
Joe Black,
Kimberly Anne,
Sons & Lovers,
MMX,
Marika Hackman,
Foy Vance,
Veronica Falls.
  
Alcopop! & Big Scary Monsters,
The Edge of The Wedge,
Someone Died,
Radstewart,
Bermuda Ern,
Delta Sleep,
Doctrines,
Axes,
Gunning for Tamar,
Stagecoach,
The Computers,
Anamanaguchi. 
 
Crowned Heart Pmmotions
The Loft (Kings Bar),
Acres,
Echoes,
Razoreater,
Svalbard,
The Divorcee,
F.Emasculata,
Lucky One Dies First,
Mine,
Pariso.
  
Champagne Justice,
The Social Club (Downstairs),
Jesse Wyldes & The Stallions,
Jungfrau,
Watashi Calcutecs,
Death at Sea,
Bad Guys,
Protein Window,
Dignan Porch,
Wet Nuns,
Curxes,
Flamingods,
AK DK,
JC Satan,
Mugstar. 
 
Xtra Mile Recordings,
The Atrium,
Rex Domino,
Sean McGowan,
George Ezra,
The Day Of The Robblement,
Elliott Kozlik,
Christopher George Whitear,
Oxygen Thief, 
Fighting Fiction,
The Retrospective Soundtrack Players,
Ben Morwood,
Crazy Arm,
Beans on Toast. 
 
DlY,
Wedgewood Rooms,
Kill Kasper,
Kassassin Street,
Flyte,
Dolomite Minor,
MT,
The Family Rain,
Sisters,
Crushed Beaks,
Thumpers,
Night Engine,
Superfood,
Temples,
Future of The Left.
  
 
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Southsea Fest Autumn s New-Music Festival September 20th 2014
Multiple Venues, Southsea, Portsmouth
It s with tremendous pleasure that we unveil our line-up for our eighth voyage 
Pulled Apart By Horses - Ed Harcourt 
Dinosaur Pile Up - DZ Deathrays - Flyte 
Fear of Men - Laurel - Curxes - Talons 
Blessa - Mazes - Castles - Eliza & The Bear 
Rex Domino - The B of The Bang  
100 Ounces - Alpha Male Tea Party - Andy Oliveri - Bad Grammar 
Battery Hens - Beautiful Boy - Big Fin - Big Sixes - Body Hound 
Boy Jumps Ship - Brawlers - Break-Ups - Dear Everyone 
Deluxe Flamingos - Doe - Eighteen Nightmares at the Lux - Elephantantrum 
Eloise Keating - Emperor Yes - Employed To Serve - Fairweather Band 
FALLS - Fickle Friends - Flash Fires - Floella Grace - Fred Page 
FURS - Gang - Goodtime Boys - Gossling - Happy Accidents - Happyness 
Harker - Holy - Honeyblood - House of Thieves - Hunter And The Bear 
Iced Out - Jesse Wylde & The Stallions - Jimmy Islip and the Ghosts w/ Sam Russo 
Joythief - Kagoule - Kassassin Street - Layers - Life - Lillian Todd Jones 
LOOKS - Love Park - Lu'Ami - Lucky One Dies First - Lyger 
Martha - Matt Emery - Matt Jarvis - Meadowlark - Menace Beach 
Michael A Grammar - Natasha North - Nothing But Thieves 
Osca - Passport to Stockholm - Pedro Donkey 
Personal Best - Phoria - Pixel Fix - Popabawa - Prides - Pure Graft 
Racing Glaciers - Raglans - Richie & The Remedy 
RickyFitts - Rough Hands - SACHA - Saint Agnes 
Sam Brothers - Slaves - Spring King - Tangled Hair - Teef 
The Boy I Used To Be - The Cadbury Sisters - The Cairos 
The Lion & The Wolf - The Magic Gang - The Plastic Beats Band 
The Prestige - The Proper Ornaments - The Ramona Flowers - The SLM 
The Southsea Alternative Choir - ThisPlanet - Thought Forms 
Theo Verney - Tigercub - Tom Moody - Trampolene - Ultimate Painting 
Uncle Luc - Unknown Soldiers - Waylayers - We The Wild 
Woahnows - Wyldest
  
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2015
 
Gullfest 2015 September 5th 
At the Seagull,
Cornaway Lane Portchester
    
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Into 2017
  
 LINEUP & VENUES  
 Al'Burrito  
Bimbo, 
Misgivings, 
Melt Dunes, 
Jesse Wyldes & The Stallions, 
Bearded Youth Quest, 
Violet Mud, 
Nomura, 
The High Wire Act, 
Kamikaze Test Pilots, 
The Go Go Cult.
  Wedgewood Rooms  
Signals, 
Zegema Beach, 
Marley Blandford, 
Richard Morris, 
Emptifish, 
Special Guest, 
Tijuana Bibles, 
Jigsaw Eyesore, 
LST, 
Percival Elliott, 
Strumdiddlyumptious. 
  Edge Of The Wedge  
Ben Goddard & the sons of Indigo, 
Bel Esprit, 
Me and the Moon, 
Temples of Youth, 
Submariner, 
Echoic, 
Witterquick, 
Southerlies, 
Waif & Stray, 
The Gillies.
  Little Johnny Russells  
Four Folds Law, 
Arcade Hearts, 
The Bayonettes, 
Broken Links, 
Fainites, 
Minque, 
Aviv & The Eunuch Horn, 
Lucky 13.
  The Loft  
The Silhouettes, 
COLLyde, 
Hang Dai, 
Dirty Diesel Outlaw Orchestra, 
Offbeat Offensive, 
House Points, 
Destroy The Fleet, 
MISS, 
Basement83, 
The Southern Companion. 
  One Eyed Dog  
Heir of the Dog, 
Veludo Planes, 
Mint Gun Club, 
Special Guest, 
The Diamond Age, 
Kelly Kemp, 
Ever, 
Ben Harvey. 
  The Fat Fox  
Is Bliss, 
Foxer, 
Horseflies, 
Deltorers, 
Glaciers, 
Thieves By the Code, 
Belligerence, 
Hercules Morse, 
Circle of Reason. 
  The Atrium  
The Folsom, 
Paddy Taylor, 
Sophie & The Darling, 
Pedro, 
Roy Peplow, 
Katie-Louise Ball, 
Archie Langley, 
Maddy Gardiner, 
Atay, 
Devin Jade, 
Justin Capps, 
Jecca.
  Wine Vaults  
Just Millie, 
Andy Foster, 
Fugitive Orchestra, 
The Machete, 
Cyprian Sceptre, 
Winters Hill, 
The Sweetchunks Band, 
Crxsses, 
DerDieDas, 
Lewis Smith.
  The Deco  
Housefires, 
Core Of iO, 
ZenthetiX, 
Gravel Rash, 
Sleepwalker, 
Seething Akira, 
Morass of Molasses, 
Kilkovec, 
Reventure, 
Deference, 
Kill 'Em Dead Cowboy. 
  Royal Albert  
Shoot The Duke, 
Calaveras, 
Number 9, 
Crown of Thieves, 
The Dead Freights, 
Paul Dillon, 
Murdoc, 
Cadet, 
Mike Keating, 
Frankie Knight, 
Dutch Criminal Record. 
  Honest Politician  
Sigma Falls, 
The Response, 
The Stayawakes, 
Eyes to the Skies, 
Lonely Dakota, 
Sahara Snow, 
Captain Trips, 
Skinny Milk. 
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18th March 2017 at the Guildhall  
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12th/13th May 2017 at the Guildhall  
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28th to 30th July 2017 indoor and outdoor  
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Lily Fest 2017 - Day 1 - Live and Loud
Aug 5 - Aug 6  2017   Lily's Bar Hayling Island 
Mantis, 
Calaveras, 
Rough Cut, 
Somethin' Else, 
Danny and the Dreamtones, 
Marmalade Mononshine,  
Black Whiskey, 
China Lake.
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Gullfest 2017  
At the Seagull,
Cornaway Lane Portchester
    
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Inside Festivals
All organised by Barking Spider Promotions 
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The Barking Spider arrives  
  The first ever Barking Spider gig at the South Parade Pier 2000  showing the mandolin maestro Pete Clark
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Southsea Folk Festival, Friday 31st August - Sunday 2nd September 2001 
 
Friday 31st August  Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier(evening):    
George Wilson (compere), Rob Johnston, Emily Slade, and Bob Fox (headline)   
"Late night thrash" with Pronghorn.   
Saturday 1st September , Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier (afternoon- 12 noon to 6 p.m - free entry)   
George Wilson (compere),Apicella, Wildest Wish, Mal Simms (of Legacy), Gardener, Worker's Playtime.   
 
Saturday 1st September Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier- evening.    
Emily Slade, Hot Tamales,  Martin Carthy & Norma Waterson with Tim Van Eycken (headline)   
followed by...
Late night thrash with The Joyce Gang   
 
Sunday 2nd September Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier  (afternoon- 12 noon to 6 p.m - free entry)   
George Wilson (compere), Rob Johnston, For Folk's Sake, Hard Times String Band, Mist On The Bog, Hot Tamales, Father Jack 
   
 
Sunday 2nd September Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier(evening)   
Legacy, Ron-Trueman Border, The Joyce Gang   
 
Also, no less than fifteen morris dancing sides performed on Saturday and Sunday afternoons on the Pierhead.
 
   
    
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Southsea Folk & Roots Festival, Monday 26th August - Sunday 1st September 2002 
 
Monday 26th August  - Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier - afternoon (12 noon to 6 p.m - blues afternoon - free entry)   
Apicella, Andy Broad's Rhythm Kings, Claude Bourbon   
Monday 26th August  - afternoon blues workshops    
Gaiety suite, South Parade Pier: Sam Kelly (drums)   
Conference room, South Parade Pier: Marion Dalton (bass guitar)   
Conference room, South Parade Pier: Bill Thomas (guitar).    
NOTE....Johnny Mars was supposed to run harmonica workshop, but did not appear.    
 
Monday 26th August The Apsley House: folk sing around session from 2 p.m.  -free entry   
 
Monday 26th August  - The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier  - evening - blues concert   
The Bill Thomas Band ( Johnny Mars was supposed to play with the band, but did not appear)    
 
Monday 26th August - The Albert Tavern - evening -  folk & alt country concert :    
Teejay Holandes, Pete Quin, The Radio Ramblers.   
Monday 26th August - The Cafe Bar, The Pyramids Centre -  evening - folk concert   
Reaver's Rant   
 
Monday 26th August  -The Apsley House: - evening - blues and folk: free entry   
Apicella   
 
Monday 26th August  - The Florence Arms: evening - trad Irish music session hosted by Stacey (of Father Jack). Free entry.    
 
Tuesday 27th August  The Albert Tavern - evening (8 p.m - to 1 a.m.)   
Chunky and Badger's Doghouse, The Amazing Mr Smith, John Otway.   
 
Tuesday 27th August- The Cafe Bar, The Pyramids Centre -  evening -country blues   
Worker's Playtime    
 
Tuesday 27th August- The Apsley House: - evening -  folk rock: free entry   
Arlen   
 
Tuesday 27th August-The Florence Arms: evening -alt country, free entry   
Teejay Holandes   
 
Wednesday 28th August -The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier  - evening -   
Ron Trueman-Border, Ralph McTell   
 
Wednesday 28th August The Apsley House: - evening, alt country, free entry   
Fodern Perkins   
 
Wednesday 28th August- The Florence Arms: evening -  Celtic folk: free entry   
Legacy   
 
Thursday 29th August- The Gaiety Suite  - evening - Bullfrog blues club present..   
The Aynsley Lister Band   
 
Thursday 29th August- The Cafe Bar, The Pyramids Centre -  evening - folk rock concert   
Dan Ogus,  The Carla Hendricks Band performing Fairport Convention's "Leige & Lief" album   
 
Thursday 29th August- The Apsley House: - evening, folk, free entry   
Gardener   
 
Thursday 29th August- The Florence Arms: evening -  folk, free entry   
Jon Brindley   
 
Friday 30th August: The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier  -  folk evening & late night celidh -   
Legacy, Jon Brindley, Mary Jane -  followed by celidh with Legacy.    
 
Friday 30th August: Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier - evening - folk & spoken word   
Rattlin' Blues, Pete Quin, and top music journalist Karl Dallas talks about his experiences.   
 
Friday 30th August: The Frog On The Front, Pyramids Centre -  evening & late night festival club.   
Lee Burley's Doghouse, Chunky & Badger's Doghouse.   
 
Friday 30th August: The Florence Arms: evening -blues jam; free entry   
hosted by Andy Broad.   
 
Saturday 31st August:  Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier - folk & Americana day (12 noon to 6 p.m) - free entry.   
Hard times String Band, Pete Quin, The Greenhill Boys, J.C. & Angelina Grimshaw, Emily Slade   
(Karl Dallas was also scheduled, but after receiving a poor reception the previous evening did not appear)   
 
Saturday 31st August: The Apsley House: -afternoon -  folk and country: free entry   
Colin Pearce   
 
Saturday 31st August:  The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier  - evening - folk concert   
Emily Slade, Show Of Hands.   
 
Saturday 31st August:The Apsley House: - evening, bluegrass, free entry   
The Greenhill Boys   
 
Saturday 31st August: The Florence Arms: evening - free entry   
Colvin Quarmby   
 
Sunday 1st September: Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier - folk day (12 noon to 6 p.m) - free entry.   
Ben Williams, Shep Woolley, Father Jack, Arlen, Colvin Quarmby   
(Karl Dallas was also scheduled, but after receiving a poor reception on Friday evening did not appear)   
 
Sunday 1st September: afternoon folk workshops, South Parade Pier conference rooms    
Mal Simms: bodhran, Tim Cotterell:  fiddle, Tab Hunter: guitar, flute & whistle: Clare Sanders   
 
Sunday 1st September: The Apsley House: afternoon sing around session: free entry   
Hosted by Helen Prentice   
 
Sunday 1st September: The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier  -  2.30.p.m. p.m. folk opera   
The Dorian Players present "The Life and Loves Of Anne Bonney"   
 
Sunday 1st September: The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier  -  6 p.m. folk concert by workshop tutors,   
Mal Simms, Tim Cotterell, Tab Hunter and Clare Sanders   
 
Sunday 1st September: The Apsley House: evening trad Irish session : free entry   
Hosted by Stacey, of Father Jack   
 
Sunday 1st September: The Cafe Bar, The Pyramids Centre -  evening - folk rock   
Chunky & Badger's Doghouse, North Atlantic Drift   
 
Sunday 1st September: The Square Tower, Old Portsmouth, evening:   
Martin Carthy,  Norma Waterson & Chris Parkison - unplugged   
 
Sunday 1st September: Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier (evening)    
Chunky & Badger's Doghouse, Pronghorn.    
 
   
    
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Southsea Folk & Roots Festival, Sunday 24th August - Sunday 31st August 2003 
Sunday 24th August Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier (evening) 
Shep Woolley
Monday 25th August Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier -  blues afternoon- free entry
Burnt Ice, The Pete Harris Band,  Mo Thomas, The Mustang,. King Rollo.
 
Monday 25th August  The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier  -  blues guitar workshop with King Rollo
 
Monday 25th August Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier (evening) 
KTB, Karnataka.
 
Tuesday 26th August  Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier - (afternoon)
Colin the Clown - children's workshop  - circus skills and entertainment.(6-12 years)
 
Tuesday 26th August  Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier (evening) 
Pete Quin, Julie Felix
 
Wednesday 27th August Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier - (afternoon)
Colin the Clown - children's workshop  - circus skills and entertainment.(6-12 years)
 
Wednesday 27th August The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier (evening)
Ron Trueman-Border, The Oyster Band
 
Thursday 28th August The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier (afternoon)
Monster Massive -  children's workshop - music and movement.(6-12 years)
 
Thursday 28th August  Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier (evening) 
Bullfrog Blues Club presents:Andy broad, The Gwyn Ashton Band
 
Friday 29th August The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier (afternoon)
Monster Massive -  children's workshop - music and movement.(6-12 years)
 
Friday 29th August The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier (evening)
Colvin Quarmby, The Phil Beer Band
 
Friday 29th August The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier - late night Festival club
Trad Irish session hosted by Stacey of Father Jack 
 
Saturday 30th August Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier -  folk afternoon- free entry
Gardener,. Rob Johnston, Mary Jane, Deb Sandland, Colvin Quarmby
 
Saturday 30th August The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier (evening)
Arlen, Little Johnny England
 
Saturday 30th August The Gaiety Suite, South Parade Pier - late night Festival club
Trad Irish session hosted by Stacey of Father Jack 
 
Sunday 31st August Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier -  folk afternoon- free entry
Hard times String Band, Dan Ogus Quartet, Father Jack, Kangaroo Half Moon, The Fold
 
Sunday 31st August Albert Tavern, South Parade Pier (evening) 
Legacy, The Strawbs.
 
Also 11 morris dance sides dancing on the Pierhead, the Promenade and in front of  Southsea Castle . 
 
 
   
    
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South Parade Pier Southsea Folk Festival, Thursday 25th August - Monday 29th August 2004
 
Thursday 26th August
AMOR  & HE CONTINENTALS         
     (A Bullfrog Blues Club presentation) 
      FRIDAY 27th August           
      MARTYN JOSEPH   
     SATURDAY 28th August 12 noon
  GEORGE WILSON, DEB SANDLAND 
       EAST OF EALING,     
    BOB CHEEVERS, MARY JANE 
       JACKIE LEVEN.             
         SATURDAY 28th August 8 p.m. doors  
THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN, 
       MAGICK KHAT.       
  SUNDAY 29th August
       Doors open 12noon. 
   GEORGE WILSON, HARD TIMES STRING BAND, 
STATE OF UNDRESS, BEN PALEY & TAB HUNTER, 
 THE MICKY KEMP BAND,
AMY WADGE.     
  SUNDAY 29th August Doors open 8 p.m
EZIO &     THE AMY WADGE BAND,
       AYNSLEY LISTER BAND, 
                                  ANDY BROAD,     
  BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 30th August
       Doors open 12noon. 
STEVE DANIELS, APICELLA, 
DERRIN NAUENDORF, BACKWATER ROLL,
AYNSLEY LISTER (solo).     
BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY  30th August Doors open 8 p.m
    AYNSLEY LISTER BAND, 
                                  ANDY BROAD.     
 
   
     
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South Parade Pier Southsea Folk Festival, Friday 31st August - Sunday 2nd September 2005 
  
                     Thursday 25th August doors 8pm
              Lightnin' Willie
                       & The Poorboys
              +    Burnt Ice     
                       Friday 26th August doors 8pm
                       Julie Felix
           +   Josie Watts + George Wilson                     
                               
   Saturday 27th August doors 12noon
George Wilson, The Widders, Deb Sandland, Hard Times String Band, Rory Ellis and Arnie Cottrell, Nurray Torkildsen, Colvin Quarmby.    
                     Saturday 27th August doors 8pm
John Otway Big Band
           +  Colvin Quarmby + Murray Torkildsen    
Sunday 28th August doors 12noon
George Wilson, The Widders, Here comes everything, Almathea, Bex Marshall, Crane River Cajuns, Micky Kemp Band.    
Sunday 28th August doors 8pm                 
        Amy Wadge Band
           +   Dave Newey & Lucy Rutherford    
                       Monday 29th August 12 noon
Mo Thomas, The Jelly Rollers, Ruckus Blues, Robin Bibi, Andy Broad, White Knuckle blues Band.    
                       Monday 29th August doors 8pm
                   The Hamsters
              +    Jon Amor      
   
    
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South Parade Pier Southsea Folk Festival, Friday 25th August - Monday 28th August 2006
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
         Fri. 25th AUGUST - EVENING CONCERT                                                    
                                TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON           
         featuring MIKE WEST & KATIE EULLIS       & support by             SLIM PICKINGS                
         Sat. 26th AUGUST - DAYTIME CONCERT                 
                            Your compere GEORGE WILSON introduces                              
                  BROADSIDE (Chris Ricketts & Emma Bannister) 
                                                                                       GARDENER          
                                                                                   P.J. WRIGHT                             
                                                                            KEIRAN HALPIN                                 
                                                                                                ARLEN        and                 
KEIRAN HALPIN's song writing workshop                                                                                                                                                   
             Sat 26th AUGUST - EVENING CONCERT           
RIC SANDERS TRIO & support by     P.J. WRIGHT                                                    
 Sun. 27th AUGUST - EVENING CONCERT 
 12.30 - -5.30. p.m
       Your compere GEORGE WILSON introduces 
    ADE CULL  SWEET BELIEVERS 
 RON TRUEMAN-BORDER
THE TEAPOT JUNKIES   
  Sun. 27th AUGUST - EVENING CONCERT  doors open 8 p.m. 
                                           ASHLEY HUTCHINGS RAINBOW CHASERS        & support by                            BOB CHEEVERS  
  Mon 28th AUGUST -DAYTIME CONCERT 12.30 - 5.30. p.m
 Your compere JOHN ROBERTS introduces 
ANDY BROAD
SONS OF THE DELTA
MO THOMAS
DENISE MARIE 
    WHITE KNUCKLE BLUES BAND and 
ANDY BROAD'S blues guitar workshop       
                                                        
   Mon. 28th AUGUST - EVENING CONCERT 
LARRY MILLER BAND
& support by   CREAMY with Saiichi Sugiyama   
   
    
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South Parade Pier Southsea Folk Festival, Friday 24th August - Monday 27th August 2007
 
 FRIDAY 24th AUGUST EVENING CONCERT    
           JACKIE LEVEN                     
           with support by              
            DAN OGUS                       
SATURDAY 25th AUGUST---DAYTIME CONCERT             
      12.00-6.OOp.m. 
    Your compere DAN OGUS presents              
    CHRIS RICKETTS, SIMON STEWART, 
    MARY JANE, SHORT DRAG ROGER,           
      JINDER and DEVON SPROULE            
SATURDAY 25th AUGUST---EVENING CONCERT doors 8p.m.
          COLVINQUARMBY            
           with support by                  
          GRAHAM ROBBINS                        
SUNDAY 26th AUGUST---DAYTIME CONCERT 12.00-6.OOp.m.  
 Your compere DAN OGUS presents 
SWEETEDGE, SHEP WOOLLEY, DEB SANDLAND,
  MICHAEL WESTON-KING, ADE CULL and
STOMPIN' DAVE ALLEN 
SUNDAY 26th AUGUST---EVENING CONCERT doors 8p.m.
STEVE GIBBONS TRIO  with support by    PAUL DOWNES   
MONDAY 27th AUGUST---DAYTIME CONCERT 12.00-6.OOp.m.  
Your comperes Andy Broad and J.R. present
                                           JELLYROLLERS, ANDY BROAD, BOB LONG,
                                            SLIM LIGHTFOOT & THE BACKBONES,
                                            JON AMOR and REET PETITE AND.....  
MONDAY 27th AUGUST---EVENING CONCERT doors 8p.m.
MEMO GONZALEZ & THE BLUESCASTERS 
with support by 
THE WHITE KNUCKLE BLUES BAND
         
   
    
   
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South Parade Pier Southsea Folk Festival, Friday 22nd August - Sunday 25th August 2008
 
      
FRIDAY 22 nd AUGUST -EVENING CONCERT doors 8p.m.
               AMY   WADGE
            with support by 
      DELLA PERRETT'S SWEETEDGE  
                 
SATURDAY 23rd AUGUST-DAYTIME CONCERT   12.00noon - 6.0p.m.
 Your compere PETE WATKINSON presents
 SUE APICELLA PAUL HORTON, ADE CULL,
CHRIS RlCKETT$, P.J.WRIGHT, 
 MARY JANE DUO, EAST OF EALING   
SATURDAY 23r AUGUST EVENING CONCERT    
LITTLE JOHNNY ENGLAND ACOUSTIC    doors 8p.m.
 with support by     
 EAST OF EALING     
               
      SUNDAY     AUGUST DAYTIME CONCERT 24th 12.00noon - 6.0p.m.
Your compere PETE WATKlNSON presents 
GRAHAM ROBINS, RON TRUEMAN BORDER, 
  STOMPING DAVE ALLEN, RORY ELLIS, 
  JACKIE LEVEN  
SUNDAY 24th AUGUST-EVENING CONCERT doors  8p.m.
THE MEN THEY COULDN'T support by
    NAOMI BEDFORD & PAUL SIMMONDS   
   MONDAY 25th AUGUST EVENING CONCERT doors  8p.m.
Your compere JOHN ROBERTS presents
BOB LONG & KEITH MILLER, BURNT ICE,
KRIS DOLLIMORE, SALLY STRAWBERRY, 
CLAUDE BOURBON, SAIICHI SUGIYAMA BAND  
MONDAY 25th AUGUST EVENING CONCERT doors  8p.m.
MIKE SANCHEZ & THE PORTIONS
with support by 
KRIS DOLLIMORE  
   
    
   
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South Parade Pier Southsea Folk Festival, Friday 28th August - Monday 31st August 2009
 
Friday 28'th August --- evening Concert  Doors 8 p.m..
Colvin Quarmby
With support bySons Of the Delta   
Saturday 29th August - Daytime Concert
12.00 P.M. - 6.00 P.M. 
Your Compere, Shep Woolley Presents
Bemis, Billy Irvine, Mary Jane,Robin James Hurt, Shep Woolley&
Amy Wadge 
Saturday 29th Evening Concert   Doors 8 p.m..
Martyn Joseph
th support by Amy Wadge  
Sunday 30th August ---- Daytime Concert
12.00 P.M.- 6.00 P.M.  
Your Compere, Shep Woolley Presents
Ade Cull, Cruel Folk, Dan Ogus,Two Fingers of Fire Water, Shep Woolley&
JACKIE LEVEN 
Sunday 30th August -- Evening Concert  Doors 8 p.m.
Adrian Edmondson& The Bad Shepherds
with support by Stompin' Dave Allen  
Monday 31st August ---- Daytime Concert
1200P.M. - 6.00 P.M.
Your Compere, John Roberts Presents
Andy Broad, The Jelly Rollers, Andy Grant,King Rollo, Kris Dollimore
&Sons of The Delta 
Monday 31st August Evening Concert  Doors 8 p.m..
Deborah Bonham
With support by
The Brass Knuckle Blues Band Tickets  
   
    
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South Parade Pier Southsea Folk Festival, Friday 27th August - Monday 30th August 2010 
 
South Parade Pier
Friday 27"' August - Evening Concert Doors 8 p.m.
The Pretty Things
With support by The Malchicks  
Saturday 28"' August - Daytime Concert12.00 p.m.-6.00 p.m.Your Compere Shep Woolley presents
Ade Cull, King Size Slim, Sweet Believers,Sons Of The Delta, Shep Woolley
andMicky Kemp Band 
Saturday 28" August - Evening Concert Doors 8 p.m.
The Men They Couldn't Hang
With Support hp	Bemis
and	Naomi Bedford  
Sunday 29" August - Daytime Concert12.00 p.m.-6.00 p.m.Your Compere Shep Woolley presents
Dan Ogus, Stompin' Dave AllenMary Jane, Robin James Hurt, Shep Woolley
andJackie Leven 
Sunday 29'August - Evening Concert Doors 8 p.m.
The Popes
With Support by Jackie Leven  
Monday 30"' August - Daytime Concert12.00". -- 6.00 p.m.Your Compere, John Roberts Presents
Message From Avalon, Backwater Roll, The JellyrollersBurnt Ice, Bluesbeaten Reddshaw, Skunk FunkandStompin' Dave's Electric Band 
Monday 30"' August- Evening Concert Doors 8 p.m.
Sherman Robertson Band
With support by The White Knuckle Blues Band  
 
    
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Southsea Folk Festival, Friday 26th August - Monday 29th August 2011
 
 EVENTS AT THE NBE CSA CLUB, otherwise known as The Dockyard Club, Onslow Road, Southsea 
Friday 26th August(Evening Concert - Doors 8 p.m.)
Holly Kirby Jackie Leven with Michael Weston King 
Saturday 27th August
(Afternoon Concert - Doors open 12 NOON)Miss Cherry Red Dave Arcari
The Marvels 
Saturday 27th August
(Evening Concert - Doors 8 p.m.)
P.J. Wright Little Johnny England
EVENTS AT THE NBE CSA CLUB 
Sunday 28thy August(Afternoon Concert - Doors open 12 NOON)
Walker Broad Mary Jane Jigantics  
Sunday 28th August
(Evening Concert - Doors 8 p.m.)
Robin James Hurt
CoIvin Quarmby 
Monday 29th August
Afternoon Concert - Doors open 12 NOON)
Sons of the Delta (duo) Stompin' Dave Allen & Dave Saunders Reet Petite & Gone 
Monday 29th August
(Evening Concert - Doors 8 p.m.)
King Rollo Aynsley Lister Band 
  
    
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John Roberts aka Mr. Barking Spider 
  
   
 A word from the Barking Spider 
John Roberts 2017 
The picture below is The Albert Tavern on South Parade Pier, Southsea as it is at the moment.. The Pier was partly reopened at Easter after being closed for some years. Apparently the Albert will be run as a restaurant when the Pier is fully operational, but I shall never forget all the gigs I put in there from 2000 onwards... what great, great days... but I could NOT have done this without the help of the wonderful Barking Spider team (including Peter Clarke, Andy Broad, Dan Ogus, Pam Wilkins, Michaela Pape, Kevin Lansdale, Andy Lauchlan, Richard Hambridge and Yvonne Staffordowens) sound man extraordinaire Andy Thomas, the best barmaid in the world Heather Richardson and the encouragement of the managers of the Pier - initially Pam Green, and finally Nick Lyne. I put on gigs between March 17th 2000 when The Motherfolkers appeared (I was their singer) up to December 9th 2010, when top Rory Gallagher tribute Sinnerboy played The Bullfrog Blues Club s last gig at the Pier.  Over those 10 years some legendary artistes appeared (many played more than once).......... Altan, Chris Farlowe, John Otway, Steeleye Span, Lindisfarne, Aynsley Lister, Gene Parsons (from The Byrds), Country Joe McDonald (of Country Joe & The Fish), Jackie McCauley (founder member with Van Morrison of Them), All About Eve, Fairport Convention, The Yardbirds, Steve Forbert, Stacey Earle, Shane MacGowan s Popes, Martin Carthy & Norma Waterson, Excello blues legends Earl Gaines &Al Garner, Kent DuChaine, Canned Heat, Dr. Feelgood, The Oyster Band, Show Of Hands, Billy C. Farlowe (of Commander Cody & The Lost Planet Airmen), Chris Smither, The Muffin Men (with and without Jimmy Carl Black of The Mothers Of Invention), Guy Davis, Paul Lamb & The Kingsnakes, Ralph McTell, Eliza Carthy Band, Big Bill Morganfield (son of Muddy Waters) , Julie Felix , Kelly Joe Phelps, Eric Bibb, Amy Wadge, Martyn Joseph, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Ben Andrews, Limehouse Lizzy, Catfish Keith, Deborah Bonham Band, Frances Black, The Dylan Project, Robin Trower Band, Ann Peebles, Jason Ringenberg (of Jason & The Scorchers), Nick Harper, Tony McPhee (The Groundhogs), Lightnin  Willie & The Poorboys, The Hamsters, Budgie, Juicy Lucy, The Tubes, Dick Gaughan,
Devon Sproule, Steve Gibbons Trio, The Men They Couldn t Hang, Albert Lee & Hogan s Heroes, Adrian Edmundsen s Bad Shepherds, Barry Melton ("the Fish") with It s A Beautiful Day, The Pretty Things, The Sherman Robertson Band, not forgetting Chris Cowley.... etc etc. -and the late great Jackie Leven, who probably played the most gigs EVER at The Pier. Sadly there's just not enough space to include all the wonderful artistes who played in The Albert but you know who you are, so THANK YOU!!!! 
   
  
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