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Thursday 23 Sep TOWN HALL 8pm Start £7.50
CEILIDH WITH TIEFRUNG GLEEMEN
Tiefrung Gleemen are based in the little village of Terrington, nestling in the heart of the Howardian hills in North Yorkshire and comprise an eclectic collection of instruments including a saxophone, clarinet, flute, an accordian, violin, an acoustic guitar, mandolin, and a bass guitar.

Friday 24 Sep ARTS CENTRE 7.30pm start £14.50
JEZ LOWE & THE BIG PAD PENNIES/ STEVE GARDHAM
North-East based folk singer songwriter Jez Lowe (BBC Folksinger of the Year Nominee 2008) marks TWENTY years of The Bad Pennies in 2010 by inviting Canadian percussionist Mattie Foulds (Shooglenifty/ Karine Polwart Band) to augment the already multi-talented line-up of Kate Bramley, Andy May (Baltic Crossing) and David De la Haye (Monster Ceilidh Band) for selected UK festival and theatre dates as THE BIG BAD PENNIES. This new line-up uses Jez Lowe's award-winning songs as a landscape to experiment instrumentally with fiddle, Northumbrian Pipes, fretless-bass and percussion with most exciting results! Bigger, badder and even better!
Jez Lowe is the Indie Acoustic USA Winner of Album of the Year 2009 for ‘Northern Echoes’, his most recent CD and DVD album set featuring the Bad Pennies. His song-writing was described this year as ’gloriously witty’ by the UK’s Guardian newspaper, with the Bad Pennies picking up their own accolades from the UK’s Daily Telegraph as ‘one of the hottest acts around’. www.jezlowe.com

Steve Gardham is one of Yorkshires most highly respected folk performers and collectors, with a huge repertoire of traditional folk songs and tunes including maritime and sea-songs, as well as some of his own story songs in the same style. He is also one of the founder members of the Yorkshire Garland group that have worked tirelessly to preserve traditional Yorkshire songs and make them available to schools groups and the general public.

Friday 24 Sep ARTS CENTRE Late Singaround
10.30pm onwards in the cafe bar (Free entry)
with
RAY PADGETT & JOHN GREAVES
Ray is well known as a singer of traditional songs, and those with a social and historical wealth. He is a regular performer at Barnsley Folk Club (where he is also the Chairman) and often seen hosting great sessions at Saddleworth, Saltburn, Holmfirth, Sheffield and Barnsley Festivals. John is a great singer from Ryedale who has a wonderful collection of local songs for all occasions, from the sombre to the comedic, and is a great entertainer!

Saturday 25th Sep ARTS CENTRE Tunes session 11am-12.30pm in the cafe bar. (Free Entry)
With C13
Bring your instruments and join a lively tunes session, with your hosts, C13, or just come along to have a coffee and listen to these young talents! C13 are a new young folk band from the North East who met at Folkworks Summer School - Frankie, Beth and Grace met in 2005 and been playing with Luc since last year. Between them they play fiddle, guitar, piano, viola, cello and boxes as well as singing and clog. web


Saturday 25th Sep ARTS CENTRE Lunchtime concert with JEZ LOWE 12 noon - 1.15pm in the Theatre £7.50
Jez Lowe is one of Britain's most highly respected songwriters in the folk tradition. His lyrical meldoies and poignant lyrics capture stories and traditions rooted in the North-east of England but with a universal resonance. He is a SONY Radio Academy Award winner and regular songwriter for BBC Radio 2, as well as touring internationally with one of the busiest schedules on the folk scene worldwide. www.jezlowe.com


Saturday 25th Sep ARTS CENTRE Songs and Tunes session 2pm- 4pm in the cafe bar.(Free Entry)
With Smithy.
Bring your instruments and join a lively song and tunes session, with your host Smithy. Hot foot from the sunnier climes of  San Pedro Del Pinatar where he now resides, Ian 'Smithy' Smith has been a stalwart member of the UK folk scene for more years than any of us care to remember. With a wide range of influences across folk and pop and cheerful good humour - honed as co-organiser with his wife Carol of Torrevieja Folk Club at Rocajuna- come join him for a relaxing afternoon in the cafe bar. web

Saturday 25th Sep ARTS CENTRE Fiddle Masterclass 3pm- 4pm in the Theatre £6
With SHONA MOONEY
Calling all fiddle players! Bring your instrument and enjoy an hour with one of the best fiddle players from North of the border! In 2006, Shona was awarded with the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year, and as a result of this award, had the opportunity to record her debut album, Heartsease. The album combines her love for traditional Borders melodies with a selection of contemporary original tunes inspired by the Borders landscape, people and culture.

Saturday 25th Sep ARTS CENTRE Yorkshire Concert 4.30pm-6.30pm in the cafe bar. (Free Entry)
With YORKSHIRE GARLAND and YORK YOUNG FIDDLERS
Enjoy a leisurely afternoon in the cafe bar with local singers and musicians from the Yorkshire Garland Group and the talented York Young Fiddlers.
The Yorkshire Garland is a group set up to collect and make available the diverse wealth of traditional songs and music that we have in Yorkshire. Singers Steve Gardham, Ray Padgett and John Greaves will showcase some of these collected songs and talk about their work on the project over the last few years.
York Young Fiddlers are a group of young people who meet monthly in York, although their many members are drawn from across the county, to share and learn new fiddle tunes and enjoy playing as a group. We are delighted to welcome them to Helmsley Folk Weekend for the first time this year.

Saturday 25th Sep ARTS CENTRE Scottish Night 7.30pm start £14.50
SHONA MOONEY & AMY THATCHER/ ROBIN LAING/ EMILY SMITH TRIO (With MC Eddie Affleck)
Fiddler Shona Mooney is one of Scotland's leading young traditional musicians. The winner of the 2006 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year she has gone from strength to strength with her own band and The Shee, who were nomindated this year for another prestigious award. Accompanied on her debut trip to Helmsley by the wonderful young accordionist Amy Thatcher (also of The Shee and The Monster Ceilidh Band). www.myspace.com/shonamooney

Robin Laing is one of Scotland's most lyrical contemporary folk writers, and has a diverse repertoire of his own songs, traditionally sourced songs from his home in rural Lanarkshire, and also a wide range of Whisky songs compiled for his touring one-man show on the much-loved subject of Scots Whiskey. Expect good humour and sweet songs from the soft-spoken 'Whisky bard'. www.robinlaing.com

‘Scots Singer of the Year 2008/9’ Emily Smith has firmly established herself as a leading light in the Scottish folk scene. Since winning the 2002 ‘BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award’ she has now released four critically acclaimed albums, toured extensively with her band on the international folk circuit and is recognised not only as one of Scotland’s finest interpreters of traditional song but also as a talented songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Her beautiful lilting voice, subtle songs, and great musicianship make her one of Scotland's finest young Celtic singers. Her praise from the national press speaks for itself:
“as far as I’m concerned she can walk on water”
Mike Harding, Radio 2
“Smith could become to Scottish folk what Joni Mitchell is to its Californian cousin”
Q Magazine
“Smith deserves to become yet another new folk celebrity”  
The Guardian
www.emilysmith.org

Saturday 25th Sep ARTS CENTRE Songs and Tunes session 8pm-11pm in the cafe bar (Free entry)
Bring your instruments and join a lively song and tunes session, with your hosts Steve Gardham and C13. All singers and musicians, and audience, welcome!

Sunday 26th Sep ARTS CENTRE Singaround 11am-12.30pm in the cafe bar (Free Entry)
With KATE BRAMLEY
Kate is a songwriter and singer based in North Yorkshire, best known for her tours with Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies, but a fine performer in her own right. Bring your instruments and voices and join her for a morning song session to set you up for the day!

Sunday 26th Sep ARTS CENTRE Concert 12.30pm-2pm  in the cafe bar (Free Entry)
With RYEDALE LIVE
Ryedale Live are a collected group of talented songwriters from the local area who presented a wonderful showcase of diverse music at last years Folk Weekend and we're delighted to welcome them back once more!

Sunday 26th Sep ARTS CENTRE  Final concert: 2.30pm start £14.50
EDWINA HAYES/ CARRIVICK SISTERS/ JAMES KEELAGHAN TRIO (With MC David Swann)
Edwina Hayes is a wonderful singer-songwriter from Driffield, East Yorkshire, who spends her time between Nashville and her Yorkshire base, as a prolific writer and touring artist. She has toured with the likes of Nanci Griffiths (who recorded one of Edwina's original songs), Jools Holland and many more, and has collaborated with the likes of Boo Hewardine and Clive Gregson to name but a few. Her smoky voice and pared back guitar style show a soulful americana lilt and Edwina's version of Randy Newman's 'Feels Like Home' featured last year in the New Line Cinema major motion picture My Sister's Keeper (June 2009) starring Cameron Diaz and Alec Baldwin. www.edwinahayes.com

Just out of their teens, The Carrivick Sisters, twins Charlotte and Laura have grown up playing and writing music together. Their unique style shows their strong bluegrass influences without obscuring their English roots. With tight harmonies that only siblings can achieve, they perform their original songs on guitar, fiddle, mandolin, dobro and clawhammer banjo. 2009 saw them nominated for the BBC radio 'Young Tradition' Awards where they wowed the judges with their wonderful musicianship and good humour. These are one of the top folk acts of the future so make sure you catch them now! www.myspace.com/thecarrivicksisters

Jez Lowe and the Big Bad Pennies

Ray Padgett

C13

Smithy

John Greaves, Steve Gardham, Ray Padgett- Yorkshire Garland Concert.



Shona Mooney

Robin Laing

Emily Smith

Kate Bramley

Edwina Hayes

The Carrivick Sisters


James Keelaghan