Show of Hands News

THE Plough Arts Centre has plenty of music, dance and theatre to lure you away from the remote control in the winter months.

Cole Stacey 's tune I Met A Stranger moved up one place this month to take the number one spot on the Radio Free South West Listern's chart.

THE penultimate gig in Show of Hands' biggest and most successful tour to date is taking place at the University of Exeter's Great Hall next week.

CORNISH trio 3 Daft Monkeys are rounding off a festival-packed summer with a national UK tour including a date in Falmouth next week.

DESCRIBED as "one of the great English bands" by Peter Gabriel, Show of Hands will be heading up The Folk in the City celebration in Derby.

IT DOESN'T come as much of a surprise that Steve Knightley likes the novels of Thomas Hardy.

Donington le Heath: Classics Tea Room present the second meeting of the folk club on Friday November 13 from 7.30pm to 11pm at Donington le Heath Manor House.

SHOW of Hands, one of Englanda s greatest acoustic folk bands, heads to Salisbury on Sunday.

You just had to be there. Show Of Hands delivered that tingling magic which comes with live performance of the very highest order.

South Street arts centre on Saturday night will be hearing the haunting voice of Jackie Oates.

AN ACOUSTIC roots duo will be performing in Chester on Thursday as part of a county towns tour.

Three pairs of tickets are up for grabs to see acclaimed folk duo Show of Hands line up with Miranda Sykes at Chichester Festival Theatre on Wednesday, October 14.

Organisers of the 18th Otley Black Sheep Folk Festival say they are gearing up for their best year ever - " with a number of big name bands lined up for the event.

A BOAT crewed by musician Phil Beer has beaten more than 100 vessels to come second in an international race.

A BOAT crewed by musician Phil Beer has beaten more than 100 vessels to come second in an international race.

A BOAT crewed by musician Phil Beer has beaten more than 100 vessels to come second in an international race.

PHIL Beer and Miranda Sykes will be performing at East Dean Village Hall on June 14 .

I was not keen on the idea of exchanging a cosy fire, bottle of wine and the final of The Apprentice for venturing out in torrential rain on a wild and cold night but I am certainly glad I did.

CRAWLEY Folk Festival has confirmed a string of top acts for this year's event from Friday to Sunday June 26-28 at the Hawth.

STEVE Knightley, of folk duo Show of Hands, was among the performers who helped raise A 1,400 at Bradninch Musical Gardens.