2023 dates
Thu 27th Apr – Introducing The Dulcimer – talk to Oxford U3A
Sat 17th Jun – dulcimer set for E-Scape international electronic music festival, Halesworth, Suffolk – festival cancelled
Fri 30th Jun – trio concert – Dan (dulcimer), Rebecca Hallworth (vocals) & Andy Cowdy (bass) – York House, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes – details & booking
Sun 9th Jul – dulcimer set at afternoon open-air event in the Amazing Grace Orchard, Olney – to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the hymn being composed
Tue 18th Jul – Introducing The Dulcimer – talk to St Albans U3A
Sat 12th & Sat 19th Aug from 2pm – (subject to the weather being favourable) informal dulcimer & guitar music in Kathy Brown’s famous garden, Stevington, near Bedford – details & booking
Fri 25th Aug – solo concert with dulcimer & guitar for Hunsley Acoustic Music at The Live Lounge, Croft Park, Little Weighton, East Yorkshire – details & booking
Nov date tba – dulcimer seminar for Milton Keynes Acoustic Guitar Group
2022 highlights
Fri 3rd June – informal performance of original guitar music in Kathy Brown’s famous garden near Bedford
Sun 3rd Jul, circa 1pm – short guitar set at Olney River Festival – the recreation ground, Olney
Sun 14th Aug 2pm – afternoon open-air concert at The Arches Theatre, Olney – dulcimer & guitar music & song
Tues 20th Sept – dulcimer & guitar folk music & song with Rebecca Hallworth at the Great kNnight Folk Club, Northampton
Sun 16th Oct – dulcimer concert at The Old Bakery Studios, Truro, Cornwall
Thurs 17th Nov – guitar seminar for MK Acoustic Guitar Club, Milton Keynes
2021 highlights
Mon 31st May – open-air performance of nature-themed music on Appalachian dulcimer in Kathy Brown’s famous garden, Stevington, near Bedford
Sun 22nd Aug – afternoon, open air concert of Appalachian dulcimer & folk song with Rebecca Hallworth at the Stratford Play House, Stratford Upon Avon – in aid of Cancer Research
no other live performances due to the pandemic
2020 highlights
Fri 31st Jan ~ Appalachian dulcimer set in St Michael’s Church monthly evening concert series, Woburn Sands ~ organised by Spectrum Elite Musicians
all other UK 2020 dates cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Oct / Nov ~ US tour: Nashville, TN & Black Mountain Music Festival, NC ~ tour cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
2019 highlights
Thu 17th Jan ~ recording guitar films at Auden Guitars, Higham Ferrers
Sun 3rd Mch ~ 13th return visit to Ealing Guitar Society, London ~ solo Appalachian dulcimer & acoustic guitar concert
Wed 1st May ~ acoustic guitar performance at Statford Play House for local community group ~ Stratford On Avon
Sun 23rd June ~ ‘3 Guitars’ concert at Stratford Play House, Stratford On Avon with Martin Vishnick (classical guitar) and Stefanos Tsourelis (jazz guitar) – I play steel-string acoustic guitar
Thu 27th June ~ Peterborough Town Hall ~ private Appalachian dulcimer concert for local U3A group
Sun 21st July ~ 4pm Appalachian dulcimer & acoustic guitar concert at the Seed Festival at Hawkwood House in the Cotswolds
Sun 8th September ~ MNDA Summer Gala, Harrow London ~ with Martin Vishnick (classical guitar), Matthew Sear (classical guitar) & Kay Grant (vocals) – I play Appalachian dulcimer
Wed 6th Nov ~ interview, recorded music (Appalachian dulcimer) and live performance (acoustic guitar) on Secklow Sounds Radio, Milton Keynes
2018 highlights
13th Jan ~ sell-out concert (Appalachian dulcimer & acoustic guitar) at Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival, Peterborough
18th Feb ~ sell-out concert (Appalachian dulcimer) at Lavendon Village Hall, near Olney ~ with Rebecca Hallworth (vocals) & Andy Crowdy (bass)
16th–18th Mch ~ Allendale, Northumbria ~ mountain dulcimer workshops for Nonsuch dulcimer club’s ‘Spring Fling’
21st April ~ Oxford Folk Weekend ~ concert (Appalachian dulcimer) with Rebecca Hallworth (vocals) ~ Appalachian dulcimer & vocal workshops
23rd Jun ~ Turner Hall, Vanderbilt University, Nashville ~ solo Appalachian dulcimer concert plus duets with virtuoso mountian dulcimer player Stephen Seifert
24th–29th Jun ~ Kentucky Music Week, Bardstown ~ mountian dulcimer workshops & short performance
1st Jul ~ St Pauls Episcopal Church, Louisville, Kentucky ~ mountain dulcimer workshop & solo Appalachian dulcimer concert
19th–22nd Oct ~ Nonsuch Dulcimer Club annual gathering at Malvern ~ short concert performance (Appalachian dulcimer) and mountain dulcimer & vocal workshops
2017 highlights
4th-6th Mch ~ Mountain dulcimer Music Festival, Albany, New York state ~ mountain dulcimer & vocal workshops and Appalachian dulcimer & acoustic guitar concert
9th Mch ~ Brandon Music Cafe, Brandon, Vermont ~ Appalachian dulcimer & acoustic guitar concert
11th Mch ~ Sand Lake Arts Centre, Averill Park, New York state ~ Appalachian dulcimer & acoustic guitar concert
10th Jun ~ Holy Trinity Church, Wolverton, Milton Keynes ~ Appalachian dulcimer & acoustic guitar concert
20th June ~ Great Knight Folk Club, Northampton ~ folk concert (Appalachian dulcimer & acoustic guitar) with Rebecca Hallworth (vocals)
17th Sep ~ The Olney Centre, Olney, ~ afternoon Appalachian dulcimer concert with Rebecca Hallworth (vocals) and Andy Crowdy (bass)
19th-22nd Oct ~ Dulcimer Chautauqua On The Wabash, New Harmony, Indiana ~ mountain dulcimer workshops and concerts
