Viva Lewes Issue #122 November 2016

GIG GUIDE // NOVEMBER
GIG OF THE MONTH
The Copper Family. There’s an internationally known,
very long-running group, whose importance to their
genre is such that, in 2011, the Guardian called them
‘not just a national treasure [but] a venerable institution’.
And yet, rather than playing various big concert
halls around the country, the venues for their next five
public performances are: one London folk club, two
London pubs, and two Sussex pubs. There is a logic
to this. In the words of the Dictionary of National Biography, the Copper Family ‘never lost a feeling for an
appropriate context for their songs’. And where better to share centuries-old Sussex folk tunes than the
Queen Victoria in Rottingdean, or the Elly, in Lewes? Sat 19, Elephant & Castle, 8pm, £10
Photo © Tom Reeves
TUES 1
English Dance Tunes session. Folk. John Harvey
Tavern, 8pm, free
THURS 3
Vintage Hot Swing. Pelham Arms, 8.30pm, free
FRI 4
Shirley Collins. Folk legend album launch.
Union Music, 6pm, free (but pre-order album to
guarantee a place)
Waldshut Fager Band. German guggenmusik.
Lewes Town Hall, details TBA
SUN 6
English Dance Tunes session. Folk. Lamb,
12pm, free
MON 7
James Osler. Jazz guitar. Snowdrop, 8pm, free
TUES 8
Concertinas Anonymous practice session.
Folk. Elly, 8pm, free
Open Mic. All welcome. Lamb, 8.30pm, free
WEDS 9
Old-time Music Session. Appalachian roots.
Lamb, 8pm, free
THURS 10
Slaves. Rock (left). De La Warr, 7pm, £16
FRI 11
Death Valley Surfers. Punkabilly. Con Club,
details TBA
The Informers. Blues/soul. Lamb, 8.30pm, free
SAT 12
Musa M’Boob. Gambian music. The Con Club,
details TBA
Frankie Armstrong. Folk. Elly, 8pm, £7
Delta Ladies. Americana. Lamb, 8pm, free
SUN 13
UK Subs. Punk old timers. The Con Club,
details TBA
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