Bath & Bristol French Sessions

Bath  Sessions at 8pm:

Now on first Mondays

 2 May, 6 June, 4 July etc etc etc

Royal Oak pub  (Lower Bristol Road, BA2 3BW ).

Map here .

Bath Sessions are in the bar, mostly for the music….with a bit of space for dancing too.  Free entry!  and please support the pub.

Update May 2022: Six new tunes added to the “New Tunes” page

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Bristol Sessions at 7.00 pm

Now starting an hour earlier:  7.00 to 9.30

Third Sundays:

17 April 2022,  15 May,  19 June,  17 July,  21August,  18 September, 16 October…etc

Bristol Brewhouse and Kitchen, 31 Cotham Hill,Bristol  BS6 6JY 

Map  here

We meet  upstairs in  “The Library” . Plenty of room for dancing.  Free entry.… and please support the pub.

(For parking try Whiteladies Road as it descends before the left turn to Cotham Hill.)  

Update May 2022: Six new tunes posted on the New Tunes page!

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Bristol Session with Daniel & Kate (Boldwood)  and Giles Brown (ex-Cyser) visiting from U.S.

Bath Session December 2018, with visitors from Boldwood, AndroSisters, Dromadaire, and Chippenham pipe trio, plus Jake leading these tunes. Talent!!!

Sansonette danced as an Andro…. and  as Scottish:   at the  Bristol Session

We play and dance to traditional or new French and Breton tunes:  in couples, or in lines without partners.  In Bath we play in the bar, and in Bristol we have an upstairs room to ourselves, with plenty of room for dancing.  So Bristol   is best for dancers.  We usually have  bagpipes , hurdy-gurdy;  accordions, melodeons, and concertina;  fiddles and whistles. CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR VIDEOS

This session is more than 20 years old,  originally started  in Bristol by Andy Letcher.  For our dancing in the Bristol streets  see videos here    and  see Mike Finn’s  fine photos here

Yes, that is a trumpet!

Use the menu under the title to find tunes and other resources.