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TIMELINE - 1964

Date	Event	Source
Thu 2 Jan 1964	Luton	DC
Sat 4 Jan 1964	John Berry playing at the Cellar, Cecil Sharp House	DG
Sun 5 Jan 1964	Enterprise Hampstead also playing : Barry Beattie	DC/DG
Mon 6 Jan 1964	Alhambra Croydon	DC
Sat 11 Jan 1964	Black Horse Rathbone Place Hootenanny Ballads & Blues also playing: Alex Campbell, Jamie Dunbar	DC/DG
Thu 16 Jan 1964	BBC Three's Company recording	DC
Sun 19 Jan 1964	Railway Brentwood	DC
Thu 23 Jan 1964	Pear Tree Welwyn Garden City	DC
Fri 24 Jan 1964	BEA Trident Club Ruislip	DC
Sat 25 Jan 1964	Black Horse,Rathbone Place (Hootenanny Ballads & Blues) also playing: Martin Windor and John Berry	DC/DG
Sun 26 Jan 1964	Olive Tree Folk & Blues Club	DC
Mon 27 Jan 1964	London Meeting with Shel Talmy & Mike Stone	DC
Fri 31 Jan 1964	Hermitage Hall, Hitchin	DC
Sun 2 Feb 1964	Watford	DC
Fri 7 Feb 1964	Hastings	DC
Sat 8 Feb 1964	Newbury Slim, Weston?	DC
Tue 11 Feb 1964	Crown, Twickenham (Don & Audrey Leatherbarrow)	DC/DG
Wed 12 Feb 1964	Folkvendors, Star & Garter Bromley	DC/DG
Thu 13 Feb 1964	TV audition?	DC
Sat 15 Feb 1964	article in Melody Maker ("Folk Moves In" in the Raver column) on the "folk boom" "There has been a lot of loose talk about a folk boom. Although I can't see it reaching boom proprtions, there is certainly a growing interest in the field. One pointer is that London's Harold Davison agency has opened a special folk department, which is being handled by singer-promoter Roy Guest. On the books already are the Ian Campbell Folk Group, the Strawberry Hill Boys, Shirley Collins and Alex Campbell ...."	DG
Sat 22 Feb 1964	Newbury Slim, Weston?	DC
Sun 23 Feb 1964	Black Horse, Wembley	DC
Mon 24 Feb 1964	Six Bells, Kings Road, Chelsea also playing: Roy Guest, Shirley Collins	DC/DG
Fri 28 Feb 1964	Talking John Berry at Tinkers Folk Club, Three Horseshoes, Hampstead	DG
Fri 28 Feb 1964	Southampton	DC
Sat 29 Feb 1964	Newbury Slim Weston?	DC
Sun 8 Mar 1964	Brentwood	DC
Mon 9 Mar 1964	Six Bells, Kings Road,Chelsea also playing: Roy Guest and Shirley Bland	DC/DG
Tue 10 Mar 1964	Open Folk & Blues, Crown, Twickenham also playing: Roy Guest, Messengers	DG
Thu 12 Mar 1964	University, Sheffield	DC
Tue 24 Mar 1964	Crown, Twickenham - Friends of Old Timey Music MM ad entices with "Surprise Guest"	DC/DG
Thu 26 Mar 1964	Starting Gate, Station Road, Wood Green	DC/DG
Sun 29 Mar 1964	Hastings	DC
Tue 31 Mar 1964	Portsmouth	DC
Sat 4 Apr 1964	Library, North Finchley	DC
Sun 5 Apr 1964	Brentwood	DC
Tue 7 Apr 1964	Crown, Twickenham also playing: Johnny Silvo and The Farriers	DC/DG
Fri 10 Apr 1964	Railway Tavern, Catford also playing: The Taverners	DC/DG
Thu 16 Apr 1964	Bill Clifton "American bluegrass singer" at Starting Gate, Wood Green	DG
Sun 19 Apr 1964	Brighton Country & Gospel Club	DC
Tue 21 Apr 1964	Crown, Twickenham also playing Tom, Dick & Harry	DC/DG
Sun 26 Apr 1964	Folk At The Fairfield (no 1), Fairfield Halls, Croydon also playing: Steve Benbow, Alex Campbell, John Pearse, The Folkvendors, Fitzroy Coleman, the Cumberland Three, the Malcolm Price Trio, Royd Rivers and Cliff Aungier, Linda Drew, Martin Winsor	DC/DG
Tue 28 Apr 1964	Crown, Twickenham also playing: Malcolm Price/Graham and Lynn McCarthy	DC/DG
Fri 1 May 1964	University, Southampton	DC
Sat 2 May 1964	Alex Campbell, John Berry and Sandy & Jeannie at Hootenanny	DG
Tue 5 May 1964	Crown, Twickenham also playing: Talking John Berry/Folkvendors	DC/DG
Sat 9 May 1964	University, Nottingham	DC
Tue 12 May 1964	Crown, Twickenham also playing: Margaret King	DC/DG
Tue 19 May 1964	Crown, Twickenham also playing: Martin Carthy/North West Three	DC/DG
early Jun 1964	London's first licensed folk club, El Toro, 251 Finchley Road opened	DG
Tue 2 Jun 1964	Queens Head, Chelmsford	DC
Fri 5 Jun 1964	Queens Building, London Airport first show with John Berry	DC
Tue 9 Jun 1964	Dome Theatre, Brighton also playing: the Ian Campbell Folk Group, Shirley Collins, Roy Guest, Royd Rivers and Cliff Aungier and the Southern Three	DC/DG
Thu 18 Jun 1964	Arts Festival Bath MM reportedthis to be the first gig with Talking John Berry on double bass (see 22 Jun below)	DC/DG
Sat 22 Jun 1964	MM article - Talking John Berry joins the Strawberry Hill Boys "Talking John Berry, who has a 6 tracker EP on Ember 'The talking folk singer' out this month, has joined the SHB on bass. Their first gig was at the Bath Festival this week."	DG
Mon 22 Jun 1964	Leather Bottle, Edgware also playing: Linda, Martin	DC/DG
Tue 23 Jun 1964	El Toro, Finchley Road	DC
Thu 25 Jun 1964	Parliament Hill Fields, London also playing : Shirley Collins, John Foreman, Moira Magee	DC/DG
Thu 25 Jun 1964	Talking John Berry at Waggon & Horses, Southgate	DG
Thu 25 Jun 1964	a new "international" Hole In The Ground Folk Club opens on Winchester Road, Swiss Cottage, folk on Weds, with an Israeli evening every Sunday	DG
Fri 26 Jun 1964	Sheffield Arts Festival also playing: Martin Carthy, Nigel Denver	DC/DG
Fri 26 Jun 1964	Talking John Berry at Railway Tavern, Catford	DG
Fri 26 Jun 1964	Paul Simon at The Tinkers Folk Club, Three Horseshoes, Hampstead	DG
Sat 27 Jun 1964	Paul Simon at The Hole In The Ground	DG
Sat 27 Jun 1964	Coventry	DC
Tue 30 Jun 1964	Crown, Twickenham also playing: Alex Campbell, Terry Masterson	DC/DG
Wed 1 Jul 1964	Star & Garter, Bromley	DC/DG
Sat 4 Jul 1964	Ipswich (broke down)	DC
Sun 5 Jul 1964	John Berry at Folk At The Fairfield (no 2), Fairfield Halls, Croydon	DG
Tue 7 Jul 1964	Crown, Twickenham	DC
Mon 13 Jul 1964	Talking John Berry at Leather Bottle, Edgware	DG
Tue 14 Jul 1964	Stevenage	DC
Thu 16 Jul 1964	BBC Keep Young recording	DC
Mon 20 Jul 1964	BBC Keep Young broadcast	DC
Wed 29 Jul 1964	Davy Graham and Shirley Collins provide "an unusual musical evening" at the Mercury Theatre	DG
Fri 31 Jul 1964	BBC Steve Benbow Show recording	DC
Fri 31 Jul 1964	Railway Tavern, Catford	DC/DG
Sat 1 Aug 1964	MM article on Talking John Berry	DG
Sun 2 Aug 1964	Hastings	DC
Sat 8 Aug 1964	John Berry plays at Hootenanny along with Martin Windor, Cliff & Royd	DG
Sat 15 Aug 1964	announcement Black Horse Broadside club to close	DG
Sat 8 Aug 1964	announcement that Bill Leader to open second Broadside Club	DG
Sun 30 Aug 1964	Brentwood	DC
Sun 6 Sep 1964	Swanswell Tavern, Coventry	DC
Mon 14 Sep 1964	Edinburgh	DC
Thu 17 Sep 1964	Bob Davenport & The Rakes open a new club at the Fox, Islington	DG
Fri 18 Sep 1964	Redhill	DC
Fri 18 Sep 1964	Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem UK debut at Fairfield Halls, Croydon	DG
Sun 20 Sep 1964	Enterprise Folk Club, Hampstead also playing: Tony Gould and The North West Three	DC/DG
Tue 22 Sep 1964	Victoria, Leicester	DC
Thu 24 Sep 1964	Abingdon	DC
Fri 2 Oct 1964	after three weeks in Willesden, Bill Leader's Broadsde Club moves to Cambridge Circus	DG
Wed 14 Oct 1964	Springfield Hotel	DC
Fri 16 Oct 1964	Fulham	DC
Mon 19 Oct 1964	Levy's Sound Studio, New Bond Street - Steve Benbow 'Songs of Ireland' album recording	DC
Tue 20 Oct 1964	Crown, Twickenham	DC
Fri 30 Oct 1964	Hole in the Wall Chichester	DC
Sat 7 Nov 1964	Curly's Club MM ad gives details as "the Student Prince, D'Arblay Street", midnight onwards	DC/DG
Sat 7 Nov 1964	Announcement that Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs are set for a UK visit shortly and that they hope to bring the Foggy Mountain Boys with them	DG
Sat 7 Nov 1964	Announcement that Bill Clifton, one of the seven organisers of the US's Newport Folk Festival, becomes an additional resident at The Fox, Islington and joins the EFDSS Folk Advisory Committee	DG
Sat 7 Nov 1964	Announcement that new folk/blues club being run by Les Bridger and Jo-Ann Kelly at the Hole in the Ground, Winchester Road, Swiss Cottage ("under the Felafel cafe")	DG
Sat 7 Nov 1964	Announcement that Gill Cook of Collets bookshop has taken over the Broadside Club at the Scots Hoose	DG
Tue 10 Nov 1964	Troubadour Earls Court	DC
Fri 13 Nov 1964	University of North Wales Bangor	DC
Fri 20 Nov 1964	Pier Pavilion Worthing	DC
Sun 22 Nov 1964	Robin Hood, Potters Bar	DC/DG
Sat 28 Nov 1964	BBC TV Studios Ealing?	DC
Sat 28 Nov 1964	Herga Club, Oxley Pavilion Meldoy Maker Folk Forum on 19 Dec 1964 commented: New venture by the Herga Club's John Nunn conbining singing and dancing at the Oxley Pavilion was a roaring success. A big crowd - which was entertained by the British Czech Friendship Dancers with the Herga Singers and Strawberry Hill Boys - responded enthuiastically to the invitation to dance. Another ceilidh takes place on 9 Jan. The Strawberries arrived at Oxley straight from recording part of a BBC TV documentary to be transmitted in January. Their first album in this capacity is to be released soon in the States and they are to record an LP this month with Roy Guest for release in the New Year. DG: This would have been the Colour Me Pop TV show, I think.	DC/DG
Sun 6 Dec 1964	Brentwood	DC
Sat 12 Dec 1964	BBC TV recording?(but see note above on 28 Nov, this may have been part 2)	DC/DG
Sat 12 Dec 1964	Black Horse, Rathbone Place (Hootenanny Ballads & Blues) also playing: Colin & Shirley, Mike Rogers, Pete Dyer	DC/DG
Sat 12 Dec 1964	MM review of Oxley Pavilion show (see 28 Nov above)	DG
Sun 13 Dec 1964	Ealing	DC
Wed 16 Dec 1964	Harrow School of Art, Harrow	DC
Fri 18 Dec 1964	USAF Base, South Ruislip	DC
Sun 20 Dec 1964	Maresfield Gardens Roy Guest 'Cockney Party' album recording	DC
Wed 30 Dec 1964	Assembly Rooms, Surbiton also playing: Derek Serjeant	DC/DG