2010 GIGS
New Harmonies, Celebrating American Roots Music
The schedule and locations for this exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, and sponsored by the New Mexico Humanities Council. Click here for more info: New Harmonies - Celebrating American Roots Music
SEPTEMBER 2010
Sat - Sept 4 - Pinos Altos, NM - The Buckhorn Bar - 7:30 to 10:30 PM
Sat - Sept 11 - Silver City, NM - PICKNICAMANIA - at Gough Park - Noon to 8:00 PM - Come and share music at Gough Park with local musicians and out of towners. Bring your picnic and your instruments for an unforgettable afternoon of Jamming. While our fledgling festival, Pickamania is taking a year off, we will celebrate with an informal, totally acoustic grass roots festival. In these times of economic stress, making our own music is one way we have to fight back. There will be no sound systems, just groups of people playing music all around the park, and eating/sharing picnics. So mark your calendars with this date and tell your friends. For more INFO write bayouseco@aol.com
OCTOBER 2010
NOVEMBER 2010
Sat - Nov 13 - Los Lunas - Opening of New Harmonies Exhibit - Bayou Seco will present a performance and discussion of American/southwestern traditional music. More Later.
DECEMBER 2010
PAST GIGS - 2010
JANUARY 2010
Sat - Jan 9 - Silver City, NM Annual 12th Night Dance - 7:30 - 10:30 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall - 3845 N. Swan St. A family friendly dance with simple instructions for some dances and lots of Polkas, waltzes, two steps etc.
Thur - Jan 21 - High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM
Fri - Jan 22 - Deming - Fine Arts Friday at Torres Elementary 10:30 AM
Fri - Jan 22 - Deming - Fine Arts Friday at Chaparral Elementary 1:30 PM
FEBRUARY 2010
Thur - Feb 11 - Cliff, NM - Fine Arts Friday at Cliff Elementary 9:15 AM
Sat - Feb 13 - Silver City, NM - Fiddling Friends will play with Bayou Seco at Yada Yada Yarn during Chocolate Fantasia - 12:15 to 12:45.
Tue - Feb 16 - Silver City, NM - Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday at Diane's Parlour, 508 W. Bullard - ChiliGumbo music by Bayou Seco. 6-9 PM - Gumbo and Cajun Treats will be available.
Fri - Feb 19 - Las Cruces, NM - Bayou Seco plays the Las Cruces Contra Dance in Old Mesilla. It's a Mardi Gras theme, so go all out with your costume, but make sure you can dance in it. For more info - juliedance@yahoo.com
Sun - Feb 21 - Silver City, NM - Bayou Seco plays the Silver City Library House Concert Series - 2 PM - at the Silver City Public Library. Doors open at 1:30 PM - Free. More info at: 575-538-3672 or sullivanspl@yahoo.com - Limited seating! Don't be left our, get there early.
MARCH 2010
Thur - Mar 4 - High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM
Sat - Mar 6 - Albuquerque square/contra-dance at the Heights Community Center, 823 Buena Vista SE (south of Lead/Coal). 7:30-10.30 p.m.
Thur - Mar 18 - Truth or Consequences, NM - Concert/discussion of Cowboy music - Bayou Seco. Geronimo Springs Museum, 221 Main St., Downtown Truth or Consequences - 7 to 8 PM. Free admission. This is part of the traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution put on by the New Mexico Humanities Council. The exhibit is called: New Harmonies - Celebrating America's Folk Roots. The exhibit opening is in T or C on March 13th and will be there for six weeks. until April 14th, in the Geronimo Springs Museum. After that it will be in Ruidoso Downs. I'll write more about this later. Jeanie and Ken are designated state scholars for the exhibit in New Mexico.
Fri - Mar 19 - Truth or Consequences, NM - school program for K-5 at the Sierra Elementary School Complex. 1:30PM
Sun - Mar 21 - Silver City - Equinox Boogie - "Here Comes the Sun" - Diane's Parlour - 5:00 to 8:00 PM - If you missed us at Mardis Gras, pass on by and visit for this Bon Temps. Roger will be playing bass and guitar with us.
APRIL 2010
Sat - April 10 - Las Cruces - Mountain View Co-op Annual Meeting at the Court Youth Center - The meeting is from 2:00 to 5:00 - We start at 3:30 PM - Free - Dancing and fun stuff for all ages.
Thurs - April 22 - Albuquerque - University of New Mexico. Arts Lab concert: Bayou Seco and Antonia Apodaca with guest artist, Jose Apodaca. 7:30 PM. Arts Lab is at 131 Pine St. NE at the NW corner of University and Central.
This is a great chance to see and hear Antonia Apodaca, who is a great tradional New Mexican accordionist and guitarist in the old style. She plays polkas, cunas, valses, redondos, inditas and more and sings old traditional Hispanic New Mexican songs as well as some wonderful songs she has written. Her son, Jose Apodaca, is a fine singer, especially in the Zarzuela tradition, and will join his mother on a couple of songs. Jeanie and I have played with Sra. Apodaca for over 20 years and it is always a pleasure and an exciting experience. This is a free concert (donations accepted), take advantage of it.
Sat - April 24 - Albuquerque - Founder's Day - at La Placita in Old Town Albuquerque. 12:00 to 1:30 PM. We are on the program as the Sandia Hots. Mike and Liz, from the Hots, unfortunately couldn't make this, so we are playing with Scott and Linda, who play with us and with the Hots.
Sun - April 25 - Albuquerque - La Montanita Earth Day Celebration (Behind the Co-op) 3:00 PM - I hear it will be broadcast on KUNM.
MAY 2010
Sat - May 1 and/or Sun May 2 - Ruidoso Downs, NM - New Harmonies Concert and discussion of New Mexican, southwestern and American Roots music. At the Hubbard museum of the American West. We play on Sat. May 1st from 6:30 to 8:30 at the exhibit during the opening and we'll engage the visitors in discussion of the music and the exhibit. On Sun., May 2nd we will do a presentation of our work collecting in New Mexico and the southwest and will have a discussion after the presentation.
JUNE 2010
Sat - June 5 - Silver City Farmer's Market 9:30 to 11:30 AM
Sat - June 5 - Pinos Altos, NM - The Buckhorn Bar - 7:30 to 10:30 PM
Thur - June 10 - High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM
Sun - June 13 - Tucson, Arizona - Benefit for Craig Tinney - Temple of Music and Art, from 2pm to 8 pm, with dancing in the Cabaret upstairs for much of the same time. We will be on from 7:00 to 8:00 PM.
Wed - June 16 - Rio Rancho - Concert for Summer Reading Program - Loma Colorado Main Library - - 755 Loma Colorado Dr NE, Rio Rancho - We start at 6:30 PM.
Fri - June 18 - Albuquerque Folk Festival - No Borders Dance - 7:00 to 10:00 PM in the Dance Tent. Dance instruction starts at 6:00 PM. Donna Howell will teach two steps etc from 6:00 to 6:30 to recordings and we will teach some New Mexican dances from 6:30 to 7:00 and play music for those dances.
Sat - June 19 - Albuquerque Folk Festival - Concert - 3:00 to 3:45 PM - on the Main Stage
JULY 2010
We will be on tour in the UK for the whole month of July.
Thurs - July 1 - Lewes, East Sussex - The Royal Oak - £5.00 - for info: Contact tinvic@globalnet.co.uk or 01273 478124
Website: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tinvicRoyal Oak FC
Fri - July 2 - Bishop's Castle, Shropshire SY9 5AY - SpArc Leisure Centre, Bishop's Castle Commuity College, Brampton Road. Children's Show/Concert - 6:00 to 7:00 PM
Sat - July 3 - Wem town Hall, Shropshire - SQUEEZING SHROPSHIRE - A melodeon day organised by Ray Langton and students at Thomas Adams School
2 cajun accordion workshops with Ken teaching - I'll use a C one row melodean but will probably teach to play in G on the C melodeon. It will be mostly for beginners but everyone is welcome. I'll talk about how to take a simple tune, a waltz and a two step, and then make it sound cajun. 10.30-1pm and 2.30 - 5pm.
Evening concert with various squeezers and geezers and Bayou Seco.
Sat - July 3 - Wem town Hall - Shrewsbury Global Beats - Jeanie McLerie and Friends - 12:15 to 13:00
Sun - July 4 - Claverton near Bath - the American Museum, Sundays@Claverton - 14:00 to 15:30 for more info: http://www.americanmuseum.org/default.cfm/loadindex.106
Thurs - July 8 - Faringdon, Oxfordshire - More info to come.
Fri & Sat - July 9 & 10 - LLANGOLLEN, Wales - LLANGOLLEN EISTEDDFOD
Week of July 9 though July 14 - Shropshire sings and Shropshire strings week. Various work in Shropshire area. More info as it becomes available.
Fri - July 16 - Worth Matravers - The Square and Compass. Near Swanage. One of England's great pubs and just too much fun to play here.
Sun - July 18 - Larmer Tree - 2-3 PM at the Larmer Parler Children's stage.
Wed - July 21 - Leytonstone, East London - Leytonstone Festival - Concert at the Holy Trinity Church - 4 Holloway Rd E11 4LD - 7:30 to 9:30 PM (1930 - 2130)
Thu - July 22 - Deal, Kent - Smugglers Sessions in the Balcony studio - Astor Community Theatre, Stanhope Road, Deal, CT14 6AB - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=105208394624
Fri - July 23 - Belper - The George and Dragon, Bridge St., Belper, Derbyshire - We think it starts at 8:00 PM.
Sat - July 24 - Nottingham - SPLENDOR FEST - Wollaton Park, World Music Stage - 15:30 - 16:20
Sun July 25 - Hitchin - Hitchin Festival, Hertfordshire - NW of London, West of the A-1 between junctions 8 and 9. We play at 3:45 PM - for more info: www.myspace.com/rotwbookings
AUGUST 2010
Sat - Aug 7 - Folsom, New Mexico - New Harmonies Front Porch Concert and discussion of New Mexican, southwestern and American Roots music. This, the opening of the New Harmonies - Celebrating America's Folk Roots exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, will go on from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM - in various places around the Folsom Museum. Other local musicians, poets etc will also participate. We will be there the whole time. It's a lovely little village just north of the Capulin Volcano National Monument at the junction of Hwy. 325 and 456, between Clayton and Raton. The museum is really nice local museum with lots of interesting artifacts of life on the NE plains of New Mexico. There is a lot if info about the area at the Museum web site: www.folsommuseum.org
There will be lemonade and cookies at the museum.
Mon - Aug 9 - Red River, New Mexico - New Harmonies Concert and discussion of New Mexican, southwestern and American Roots music. At the Red River Community House from 7:00 to 8:30 PM.
Thur - Aug 19 - High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM
Sat - Aug 21 - Silver City Farmer's Market 9:30 to 11:30 AM
Sat - Aug 21 - Silver City - BENEFIT FOR THE CHILDREN OF PALOMAS, MEXICO with Bayou Seco, Eileen Sullivan (Irish Music) and Angelica Padilla singing mariachi songs. The Silco Theatre - 7 to 9 PM. sponsored by the Palomas Child Education Project. Admission is a cash donation to help supply needed school supplies and gently used or new school uniforms (white button shirts and black pants for boys elementary through high school age)and shoes are also very welcome. One hundred percent of funds will go to pay school enrollments for children who will not be able to attend otherwise. School enrollments in Palomas have never been lower. The Palomas Child Education Project is a project of the Luz de la Esperanza Palomas Outreach, a U.S. nonprofit operating inside Palomas, Chihuahua. Contact U.S. coordinator Victoria Tester at 536-9726 or childrenofpalomas@yahoo.com for more information. Or www.palomasoutreach.org
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Fri - Sat - Aug 27 - 28 - Santa Fe, New Mexico - 36th Annual Santa Fe Traditional & Bluegrass Music Festival at the Santa Fe County Fair Grounds (next to the Rodeo Grounds). Concert Friday evening at 8:00 PM and a concert on Saturday Afternoon at 4:00. Plus a workshop on Tohono O'Odham fiddle music at 11:00 AM and a workshop on Cajun double fiddle at 2:00 PM. More info at: www.southwestpickers.org/festival/2010/schedule.php
PAST GIGS - 2009
JANUARY 2009
Sat - Jan. 10 - Silver City, NM Annual 12th Night Dance
7:30 - 10:30 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall - 3845 N. Swan St.
Thur - Jan. 15 - High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM
Fri - Jan. 23 - Silver City Senior Center - ChileGumbo Dance - After the Bingo - 3:30 to 5:30 PM - $5.00 and bring a snack to share.
Sat - Jan. 24 - Bayard, NM - performing at the A.I.R. Café and Coffee House - Noon to 2:00 PM - 208 Central Ave. Bayard - more info: 575-537-3967; 1-866-892-3009, roastmaster@aircoffee.biz; www.aircoffee.biz
FEBRUARY 2009
Fri - Feb 20 - Bayard, NM - Fine Arts Friday - Bayard Elementary with Hurley children also attending - 9:30 AM - K-2
Fri - Feb 20 - Silver City, NM - FAF - Harrison Schmidt Elemeentary- optional all grades, but probably lower grades only - 1:00 PM
Fri - Feb 20 - Las Cruces, NM - Contradance - 7:30 to 10:30 for more info: call 575-522-1691 or email: juliedance@yahoo.com A Mardis Gras theme is suggested and there will be a bit of Cajun Music played.
The dance is at a new location: San Andres Learning Center (Gymnasium), 2355 Avenida De Mesilla, Las Cruces, NM MAP TO DANCE
MARCH 2009
Thurs - Mar 5 - High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM
Sat - Mar 7 - Albuquerque, NM - Fiddle workshop featuring New Mexican Spanish Colonial and early cowboy styles, mostly from the Lewis Family of southern Otero Co. - 1:00 to 3:30 PM At the New Mexico Musical Heritage classroom on the UNM Campus - Room 144, Communications and Journalism Building - $25.00 - includes music and a CD of the tunes. For more info: bayouseco@aol.com or tel. 575-534-0298
Sat - Mar 7 - Albuquerque square/contra-dance at the Heights Community Center, 823 Buena Vista SE (south of Lead/Coal). 7:30-10.30 p.m.
APRIL 2009
Sat. - April 11 - Silver City, NM - Toytown Birthday Celebration - 1-3 PM - 113 W. Broadway, Silver City
IRELAND/ENGLAND/WALES/SCOTLAND Tour - APRIL 19 to JUNE 7?
Sun - April 19 - Claverton near Bath - the American Museum, Sundays@Claverton - 14:00 to 15:30 for more info: http://www.americanmuseum.org/default.cfm/loadindex.106
Tues - April 21 - Ireland - Ballymore Eustace, Border of Co. Kildare & Co. Wicklow - Mick Murphy's Pub, Main St. - 21:45 entry: €12.00
Fri - April 24 - Ireland - Listowel - St. Johns Theatre - More Info: St. Johns Listowel.com or 353-068-22566
Sun - April 26 - Ireland - Naul, Fingal, Co. Dublin (North of Dublin) - Séamus Ennis Cultural Centre - 3:00 PM - €10.00 - Doors open at 2:30 Events website: http://www.seamusenniscentre.com/events.asp - Email: info@seamusenniscentre.com
MAY 2009
Fri - May 1 - Ireland - Galway, The Crane Bar, Sea Road - Web: http://www.thecranebar.com Email: info@thecranebar.com
Sun - May 3 - Ireland - Wexford - Wexford Arts Centre, - Cornmarket - Children's Concert 3:00 PM, Evening Concert 8:00 PM -
Telephone - 05391 23764
Fri - May 8 - England - Beechwood Hall, Cooksbridge, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 - Concert at 8:00 PM
For More Info: www.applause.org.uk/venues/
Sat - May 9 - Norton Village Hall, Perovender Lane, Norton, Sittingbourne or Faversham, Kent - Concert - 8:00 PM tel: 01795 521581 www.applause.org.uk/venues/
Sun - May 10 - Memorial Hall, 81 High St, Battle, Sussex TN33 Concert: 7:30 PM - tel - 01424 772044 www.applause.org.uk/venues/
Thur. - May 14 - Coolham, West Sussex, Coolham Village Hall, Coolham Village Hall - Billingshurst Rd. Evening Dance 7:30 or 8:00 PM- tel: 01403 741309
Sat - May 16 - Garway Village Hall, Herefordshire HR2 8RQ, UK (West of Ross on Wye) Concert 8:00 PM www.artsalive.co.uk/company.aspx
Sun - May 17 - Longlevens Hall, Longlevens, Gloucester - Cajun Dance - Acoustic starts at 7:00 PM - tel: 01452 410885
Wed - May 20 - London - National Theatre - South Bank - 5:45 - 7:15 PM concert pitch in the foyer
Tue - May 26 - Ryeburn Folk Club - Alma Inn, Cotton Stones, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire http://www.ryburn3step.org.uk/club.htm
Thur. - May 28 - Worth Matravers - The Square and Compass. Near Swanage.
Wed - May 27 - Liverpool, World Museum - Concerts at 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatsonnet/index.aspx
JUNE 2009
Tue - June 2 - Stroud, Gloucestershire, the Prince Albert Pub
Sat - June 6 - Parthenay, France - Workshops - 14:00 to 17:30 - Maison de Culture de Pays, 2 rue de la Vaux St. Jacques - ----- Gran Bal begins 20:30/21:00 - Cafe/Restaraunt le Baratin- More Info: francisco.delers@crc.jussieu.fr or at the website: http://intownweb.cc-parthenay.fr/creparth/pah/accueil.html
Fri - June 12 - Villandrault, Gascogne - We take part in a concert, with will attend a local concert to honor 96 year old diatonic accordionist, Noël Bordessoulles, a living legend in Sud Gironde. He will perform, as will local traditional musicians.
Sat - June 13 - Creon, Entre deux Mers (east of Bordeaux) - 2 Fiddle workshops during the day.
In the evening there will be a Grand Bal in Creon that will be played by us and by local muscians. 21:00 to 01:00
For more info on the above two gigs contact: oliverdidier@orange.fr
JULY 2009
Fri - July 3-5 - Altenstadt, Germany (between Hanau and Geisen) - The Altenstadt Fest. - a great local town festival with lots of music, crafts, a great flea market on all the streets - great time for the whole family.
Fri - July 24 - Albuquerque SunPort - Reception area 1-3 PM - Free
AUGUST 2009
Thur - Aug 13 - High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM
Sat - Aug 22 - Bayard Park Dedication Ceremony/Mimbres Regional Arts Council 30th Anniversary/Bayard 71st Anniversary - We play from 12:00 to 1:00 PM the celebration is from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Free - Musicians, free dogs and burgers, drinks, children's art exhibit, face painting, Casa de la Cultura will be presenting, along with the Fiber Arts Organization, Palomas Cooperative, a Farmers Market, etc
We think this will be in the new park in Bayard.
SEPTEMBER 2009
Fri - Sept 4 - Columbus, NM Fine Arts Friday at Columbus Elementary 9:30 AM - not confirmed
Fri - Sept 4 - Deming - Fine Arts Friday at Bataan Elementary 1:30 PM
Fri - Sept 11 - Silver City - Pickamania Street Dance - 6:00 - 9:30 PM at Gough Park - Free - there will be a short Cajun dance workshop at 6:00. Bayou Seco plays from 6:30 to 7:15, the Dusty Buskers from 7:30 to 8:15 and the Silver City String Beans from 8:30 to 9:30. This is all dependent on stage changeovers etc, but it should be close. We will be next to the beer tent on Pope Street, if it rains we will be in the large covered area in the park.
Sun - Sept 13 - Silver City - Pickamania - Cajun instrumental style music workshop - 9:30 to 10:30 AM at Wells Fargo Bank. $10.00 - For more info: http://www.mimbresarts.org/Pick_Home.html -- There are lots of great bands playing this weekend at Pickamania - check out the website!
Fri - Sept 18 - Deming - Fine Arts Friday
Memorial Elementary - 10:00 AM
Bell Elementary - 1:30 PM
Sat - Sept 19 - Silver City Farmer's Market - 9:00 to 11:30 PM
Sat - Sept 26 - Mimbres Harvest Festival - San Lorenzo Elementary School - 3-4 PM
Sat - Sept 26 - High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM
OCTOBER 2009
Sat - Oct 3 - Pinos Altos Octoberfest - Pinos Altos, NM - 12:30 to 1:30 PM
Sat - Oct 10 - Silver City Farmer's Market - 9:00 to 11:30 PM
Sat - Oct 17 - Silver City Farmer's Market Apple Festival - Outside concert with a guest appearance by the Fiddling Friends - 9:00 to 11:30 AM
Thur - Oct 29 - High Desert Brewing Company - 1102 W Hadley, Las Cruces -8-11 PM
NOVEMBER 2009
Thurs - Nov 5 - Albuquerque, NM - Chroma Studios Performance Space - concert - evening - 600 1st Street, Suite 210 - 505 - 554-3805 / www.chromabq.com
Sat - Nov 7 - Albuquerque, NM - Family Dance Party and Concert with Bayou Seco and the Fiddling Friends and the Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer Band. 7:30 to 10:30 PM at the Nahalat Shalom Synagogue, 3606 Rio Grande Bl. NW, Albuququerque.
Sat - Nov 14 - Silver City, NM - Fiddling Friends at Alotta Gelato - 619 North Bullard - 12:15 to 1:00 PM
Sat - Nov 21 - Bayard, NM - performing at the A.I.R. Café and Coffee House - Noon to 2:00 PM - 208 Central Ave. Bayard - more info: 575-537-3967; 1-866-892-3009, roastmaster@aircoffee.biz; www.aircoffee.biz
DECEMBER 2009
Sat - Dec 5 - Mimbres Hot Springs Ranch Annual Studio Sale. Bayou Seco: music to enhance your shopping experiance. 1:30-5 PM
Sat - Dec 12 - Fallbrook, California - Fallbrook Woman's Club - Fallbrook American concert Series. 7:30 PM - 238 West Mission Road, Fallbrook, CA maps.google.com/places/us/fallbrook/w-mission-rd/238/-fallbrook-woman%27s-club
for info: phee21@mac.com
Sun - Dec 27 - Santa Barbara, CA - Afternoon Cajun (and other couples dances) Dance for Elliott's birthday (3:00 to 5:00 PM), Evening - Contradance. Dancing starts at 6:30 and goes to 9:30 (Maybe 10:00) with the fantastic Erik Hoffman calling - guaranteed a good time. Both events at: First Presbyterian Church, 21 East Constance (off State), Santa Barbara
Thur - Dec 31 - Tucson, AZ - Tucson First Night Celebration - Bayou Seco with Ted Ramirez - 6:00 PM at La Placita Courtyard outdoor stage (within La Placita Village, corner of Congress and Church.)
