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.......Big Session Festival 2009 imminent........more summer festival shows......Oysterband appearances in Germany, Denmark.......²The Oxford Girl & Other Stories² [RMCD6]..........



Hello again

The fifth Big Session Festival is almost here, and tickets are still selling at their fastest-ever rate. Only a few dozen weekend tickets remain, and only a few camper-van spaces, so if you¹re thinking of coming, DON¹T LEAVE IT TOO LATE!  -  we¹d hate it if people on our mailing-list were disappointed. Weekend tickets are a credit-crunch-crunching £70 only, and some day tickets are available too.

WHERE:  De Montfort Hall & Gardens, Leicester, UK

WHEN:  Friday 19 to Sunday 21 June

HOW:   www.bigsessionfestival.com   or    (+44) (0)116 233 3111

This year may well be our strongest bill ever, with  --  as well as Oysterband of course  --  Levellers, Billy Bragg, Eliza Carthy Band, Kathryn Tickell Band, Edward II, Karine Polwart, Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds, Peatbog Faeries, Jersey Budd, The Demon Barbers, Alasdair Roberts, Baskery and heaps more, not to mention John Jones & The Reluctant Ramblers! (For a complete list, plus who¹s-on¹when, see <www.bigsessionfestival.com>.)
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Our next outing is to

 Friday 26 July      CRAWLEY FOLK FESTIVAL   The Hawth Theatre, Crawley, Sussex , UK     01293 533 362   https://tickets.hawth.co.uk/public/booking.asp

  --  conveniently beside a major airport so we can whizz off early next day to the wild and wonderful

Saturday 27 July      FOLK IM  SCHLOSSHOF    74906 Bonfeld [Bad Rappenau], GERMANY   www.folk-im-schlosshof.de

These are followed by a show on the very northern tip of Jutland (much loved by painters)

Saturday 4 July    SKAGEN FOLK FESTIVAL      Skagen, DENMARK    www.skagenfestival.dk

and (especially for those who complain that we never play in Wales)

Thursday 9 July      FOLK PROM         St Davids Hall, Cardiff, Wales      www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk   --   with  our old friend and sometime collaborator, the legendary JUNE TABOR
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³The Oxford Girl & Other Stories² [RMCD6], our release to celebrate our (gulp!) 30th anniversary, is available via Proper Distribution in UK, but now also in Germany and Netherlands via Westpark Music and in Scadinavia via Soundcarrier / Helan Kommunikation. (More territories may follow  -  watch this space.)

Ot, of course, via our website.


That¹s all for now  -  see you at the Big S!


all the best

John, Alan, Chopper, Ian, Dil  x

OYSTERBAND
c/o Running Man, PO Box 32100, London N4 1GR
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