Friends of Folk – Gigs promoted from 2005 to 2013
2005
April – Maddy Prior and The Girls – Preston
November – Ken Nicol & Friends - Leyland
December – Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band – Preston
2006
March – Abbie Lathe & Friends – Leyland
June – Kirsty McGee & Mat Martin with Gren Bartley – Leyland
October – Ken Nicol & Chris While – Leyland / Maddy Prior & Friends – Leyland
December – Steeleye Span - Preston
2007
February – Dave Swabrick’s Lazarus - Preston
March – Fairport Convention – Preston
May – Kathryn Tickell Band – Preston / Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band - Manchester
June – Nicol & Cool – Leyland
September – Ralph McTell - Darwen / Abbie Lathe & Friends – Leyland
October – Chris While & Julie Matthews - Preston
November – Oyster Band - Preston
December - Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band – Preston
2008
February – Ashley Hutchings Rainbow Chasers - Darwen
March – Maddy Prior & Friends – Hornby
April – Feast of Fiddles – Preston
May – Steeleye Span – Preston / Fairport Convention – Blackburn
September – Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle – Blackburn / Nicol & Cool – Hertford, Penistone
October - Dave Swabrick’s Lazarus – Preston / Maddy Prior & Friends – Liverpool / Nicol & Cool – Great Bardfield, Luton, / Abbie Lathe & Friends – Darwen*, Halifax, Ludlow, Hornby* and Oxford *with Chris & Siobhan Nelson
November – Ralph McTell – Preston / Nicol & Cool – Ludlow, Fleetwood, Oldham, Hornby, Halifax
2009
January– Abbie Lathe & The Lovelies – Ivybridge, Great Torrington, Liskeard / Nicol & Cool – Bridgwater, Stroud
March – Nicol & Cool – Hailsham, Ashover / Chris & Siobhan Nelson with Barry Wake – Preston
April – Feast of Fiddles - Preston
May – Nicol & Cool – Lichfield, Preston, Dartmouth, Poole, Exeter
June – Nicol & Cool – Liverpool, Maltby, Alcester / Peter Knight’s Gigspanner - Preston
July – Nicol & Cool – Poynton, Derby, Dartford, Smallhythe, Bury
September – Joe & Ben Broughton – Preston / Abbie Lathe & The Lovelies – High Wycombe, Moulton, Croydon
October – Abbie Lathe & The Lovelies – Ormskirk, Oxford, Ludlow
December – Steeleye Span - Preston
2010
January – Nicol & Cool - Leek
February - Ashley Hutchings & Ken Nicol – Preston, Bridgwater, Runcorn, Basingstoke, Wellingborough, Halifax, Great Bardfield, Bristol, Newport
March - Ashley Hutchings & Ken Nicol – Leek, Norwich, Goole / Nicol & Cool - Worksop
April – Nicol & Cool – Manchester, Chipping Norton / Maddy Prior, Ken Nicol, Abbie Lathe, Chris & Siobhan Nelson, Simon Fox, Blackheart, Bailey Sisters, Andrew Keeling - Ormskirk
May – Maddy Prior & Nick Hennessy – Hornby / Nicol & Cool – Glossop
June – Nicol & Cool – Boston, Barnsley
July – Nicol & Cool - Ashover
August – Chris & Siobhan Nelson and Ken Nicol – Leyland
September – Nicol & Cool – St Ives
October – Maddy Prior & Friends – Ormskirk / Ashley Hutchings & Ken Nicol with Becky Mills* - Clitheroe*, Bedford, Smallhythe, Chesham
November – Ashley Hutchings & Ken Nicol with Becky Mills* - Croston*, Dartford, Buxton
December – Peter Knight’s Gigspanner – Ormskirk
2011
January – Ken Nicol and Kevin Brown – Preston / Ashley Hutchings & Ken Nicol – Maltby / Blackheart – Oswaldtwistle
February - Ashley Hutchings & Ken Nicol – Chesterfield
March – Urban Folk Quartet - Ormskirk
April – Feast of Fiddles – Ormskirk / Chris & Siobhan Nelson – Oswaldtwistle
May – Ken Nicol - Oswaldtwistle
June – Bailey Sisters - Oswaldtwistle
2012
February - Kimbers Men - Rose Theatre
February - Blackheart – Oswaldtwistle
February - Kevin Dempsey & Gren Bartley - Rose Theatre
March – Urban Folk Quartet - Rose Theatre
April – Maddy Prior with Giles Lewin & Hannah James - Rose Theatre
May – Chris & Siobhan Nelson with Kevin Littlewood - New Longton Village Hall
September - Ken Nicol - Preston Playhouse
October - Blackheart - New Longton Village Hall
November - Peter Knight's Gigspanner - New Longton Village Hall
2013 February - Ashley Hutgings & Blair Dunlop - New Longton
March - The Bailey Sisters - New Longton April - Feast of Fiddles - Preston Charter Theatre