Local singersongwriter DiElle leads a series of concerts in our area over the next few months, in a few different muscial genres. The first is a series of intimate sessions (only 10 seats each session) in The Studio, West Street, Havant, PO9 1PF. The take place on the 22nd February and the 29th March. There is a further session (not quite so small) at the Boxgrove Village Hall, PO18 0EE on the 6th June. DiElle has called this series "DiElle Unplugged", although the larger, longer session is caller "Troubadour - DiElle Unplugged".

The second series, "Nashville Nights", is Country Music night including line dancing (with a live band, of course) and take place at the Boxgrove Village Hall on the 11th April, 9th May and 27th June.

The third series is "The Laurel Canyon Experience" featuring stories and songs from the 60s and 70s singersongwriters, with John Gleadall and Chris Wood. These take place at the Forest Arts Centre, New Milton, BH25 6DS, on the 21st February, at the Station Theatre, Hayling Island, PO11  0EH on the 25th April and at the New Park Centre in Chichester, PO19 7XY on the 11th and 12th July.

Tickets for all of these events and more details are available from diellemusic.com/gigs. There may be a few tickets available on the door for some of the sessions, but at a slightly higher price.

One of another series of shows is included in the Folk Club diary: on Saturday 23rd May, 'Three Acres and a Cow' will be on-stage at Turner Sims. It is a history of land rights and protest told in folk song and story. It covers topics like the enclosures, Swing Riots and the Luddites, the Glasgow rent strikes and the Kinder Scout mass trespasses, finishing up at the present day. However, this is not your only opportunity to see it. The show is touring our area as part of a country-wide tour. Whitchurch Parish Hall is the first venue on the 21st May, followed by New Milton Memorial Centre the following day and then Turner Sims. On the Sunday, the show is at Salisbury Methodist Church, then leaves our area until 29th May when it will be on-stage at the John Pound Centre in Queens Street, Portsmouth. More details and links for ticket purchase can be found on the website https://threeacresandacow.co.uk/

Just outside our county borders, The Brick Kiln Garden Centre is again staging its 'Folk Live' concerts. No folk concerts listed just at the moment, but keep an eye on this page - www.brickkilngardencentre.co.uk/events/. The site gives all the necessary details for ticket purchase; tickets include a Festive cream Tea. Doors usually open at 3.00.

Also a little outside our borders, the Chichester Folk Song Club meets every Monday at the Chichester Inn in West Street. Usually once a month, it is a Guest Night; the February guest will be David Collins on the 9th. and in March, Crows will be on stage on the 16th. April's guest will be Pete Morton on the 13th. Remember there is an informal session at 7.45 until the club proper opens at 8.15. See their website www.chifolksongclub.co.uk/ for more information and to look at their "latest poster" for the diary of events.

We have moved many of the venues we have been including on this page to our Folk Clubs and Arts Centres dairy. We hope in future to include a few more venues in and around our area. This change is also reflected in our journal 'Solent Waves'; as now we do not have limitations of numbers of pages and printing/distribution costs, we can make the diaries longer.

Loads of events at Halsway Manor - see their website for a timetable and to book https://halswaymanor.org.uk/; also lots of details on these and other events in the area on the SAD Folk website www.sadfolk.co.uk/listings.php

Lots of concerts etc. at Cecil Sharp House - click here to browse; for dance events look here and for workshops/classes/course, click here. There is now a link on the home page of the EFDSS website to events around the country which members have asked to be listed. Click here and scroll down to see everything.