NOTE: all gigs are performances by The Coal Porters UNLESS it specifically says “Sid Griffin”.
31 Jul Sat Aylesbury Street Festival (Matt Woolvett on banjo as special guest)
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Town Centre
Aylesbury Market Square (by the statues!)
onstage 11:30am & 1pm
free to the public
www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/leisure-culture/arts-culture/events/aylesbury-street-festival/
dbottomley@aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk
14 Aug Sat - Cold Dog Soup’s ace Alt-Bluegrass Special (mini-festival)
The Coal Porters (headlining, thankyewverrrymooch, onstage 10:45pm)
The Dixie Bee-Liners (from Virginia, USA)
Amy Harrison & the Secondhand String Band
Dolly & the Clothespegs
@ The Face Bar
Ambrose Place
Chatham St.
Reading RG1 7JE
ph: 0118 956 8188 tickets £12, £14
www.myspace.com/colddogsoup2
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/85991
18 Aug Wed Waterstone’s Bookstore
Sid Griffin will lecture on mid-1970s Bob Dylan, read from his new book Shelter From The Storm, and sing two or three Dylan songs while showing some film clips of Dylan’s Rolling Thunder era.
FREE ADMISSION Starts 6:15pm SHARP!, ends with book signing at 7:30pm
82, Gower Street
London
WC1E 6EQ
ph: 020 7636 1577
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/navigate.do?pPageID=200006
29 Aug Sun Museum Park, National Waterfront Museum
Maritime Quarter, Swansea, Wales
SA1 3RD
admission FREE
The Coal Porters are onstage 3pm for 50 mins
http://www.swanseabayfestival.com/index.cfm?articleid=17204
3 Sept Fri Hornsey Library, London
Sid Griffin’s Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Rap/Film/Sing
in support of Sid’s newest book, “Shelter From The Storm: Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Years”
7pm, free admission
Haringey Park, Crouch End
N8 9JA
ph: 020 8489 1118 / 1429
library.service@haringey.gov.uk
4 Sept 2010 Wombwell Mad-Fest
St Michael’s Catholic Church Hall
Park Street, Wombwell, Barnsley S73 0HQ
Box Office: 01226-752901
http://www.wombwellfolk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
Doors 7 p.m.
Tickets £12 for this event (weekend tickets £40)
10 Sept 2010 Nashville, Tennessee USA
Americana Festival & Conference panel
“Punk Is American(a) Music”
with Sid Griffin, Exene, Peter Case, Jon Langford, Hans Rotenberry & Warner Hodges
2pm, exact location TBC
11 Sept 2010 Nashville, Tennessee USA
A Sid Griffin Retrospective
(a career overview with a Q&A by Rolling Stone’s David Fricke)
1:30pm at the Ford Theatre, Country Music Hall of Fame
3pm a booking signing at the C&W Hall of Fame Museum Store
222 Fifth Avenue, South
Nashville, Tennessee
37203 USA
http://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/
ph (615) 416-2001
contact ATonn@countrymusichalloffame.org
11 Sept, 2010 Saturday (yes, the same day…)
The Coal Porters
10pm Americana Festival & Conference showcase set
The Station Inn
402 12th Ave., South
Nashville, Tennessee
37203 USA
http://www.stationinn.com/
ph (615) 255-3307
contact jtgrey@stationinn.com
30 Sept Thurs 2010 The Green Note
Sid Griffin’s Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Rap/Film/Sing
in support of Sid’s newest book, “Shelter From The Storm: Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Years”
106 Parkway
Camden Town, London
NW1 7AN
Sid’s Dylan show begins 9pm, the opening act is the legendary Wes McGhee, Sid’s accompanyist!
£6 advance, £8 on the door
3 mins walk west from Camden Town tube.
ph: 020 7485 9899
http://www.greennote.co.uk
5 Oct 2010 Tues Westminster Reference Library, London
Sid Griffin’s Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Rap/Film/Sing
in support of Sid’s newest book, “Shelter From The Storm: Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Years”
6:30pm, free admission
refreshments provided!
35, St. Martin’s Street
London
WC2H 7HP
ph: 020 7641-5250
ccoleman1@westminster.gov.uk
Charlene Coleman, librarian & Dylan curator
Sid will speak/sing on floor 3, the Performing Arts floor.
http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/libraries/findalibrary/westref/
27 Oct 2010 Wed 8pm Glasgow, Scotland
Accies Club, Helensburgh Drive
Jordanhill, Glasgow G13 1RR
Tickets £10 available from Tickets Scotland or 07804-447511
or soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk
30 Oct 2010 Sat 8pm Aberdeen, Scotland
The Lemon Tree Lounge
5 West North Street
Aberdeen AB24 5AT
box office: 01224 641120
tickets £12/£10 or from
http://www.boxofficeaberdeen.com/
11 Nov Thurs 2010 The Prom, Bristol
26, The Promenade
Gloucester Road
Bristol
BS7 8AL
tickets £8 in advance, £10 on the door
The Coal Porters are onstage 9:20pm
0117 942 7319
http://www.theprom.co.uk/
11 Dec Sat 2010 The Green Note
Special Christmas Show £8
106 Parkway
Camden Town, London
NW1 7AN
3 mins walk west from Camden Town tube.
ph: 020 7485 9899
http://www.greennote.co.uk
16-21 Feb 2011 Folk Alliance conference USA
Memphis Downtown Marriott & Convention Center
250 North Main Street
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
Folk Alliance office: (901) 522-1170
http://www.folk.org
18 March Fri 2011
The Kirkgate Centre
Cockermouth, Cumbria
CA13 9PJ
office: 01900 829966
artssouthwest@thekirkgate.com
http://www.thekirkgate.com
9 May Wed 2011
Edinburgh Folk Club
The Pleasance Cabaret Bar
60 The Pleasance
Edinburgh EH8 9JT
Box Office: 0131-650-2458
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