***The Barking Spider / Portsmouth Blues Site News Letter May / June 2002*** _Apologies_ Due to 'general business' it's been quite some time since I sent one of these news letters out to you all. I will try and keep them more regular in future. ( no promises :^) Further Apology. I have been having a fwe problems with my mailier. Aplogies to any one who has recieved mulitple copies of this mail. _Site News_ Lot's of information has been added to the barking spider site over the last few weeks, mainly in the artists and festival sections. We know and have info and pictures on more than 20 of the artists who have played or will be playing at the at The Bullfrog Blues Club and Southsea Folk And Roots Festivals. More is being added all the time. Check Out: http://www.barkingspider.abelgratis.com/html/artists.html to see what's there. _Online Tickets Sales_ The Barking Spider Site now offers the option to order tickets for Bullfrog Blues Club and Southsea Folk And Roots Festival events on- line. Once you have selected your tickets you may pay by cheque or by using our secure credit card service. Goto http://webplus.barkingspider.abelgratis.com/cgi-bin/tickets.pl to see what we have on offer. _Forth Coming Blues And Roots Events_ The two biggies in the area this month have to be The Roots IN The Garden Festival On The Isle Of Wight and *Dervish* appearing at South Parade Pier on the preceding Monday. The Roots In The Garden Festival is being organised by Barking Spider as part of the fortnight long Isle Of Wight Music Festival. It will be held in Ventnor Botanical Gardens and Ventnor Winter Gardens. Here's a brief over view of the line-up. Friday 7th June: 7:30 pm - Ventnor Botanic Gardens - Phil Beer Band - Tickets £6. Saturday 8th June: 12:30pm to 7:30pm - Ventnor Botanic Gardens A Day in The Garden - FREE! Pete Quin, Shep Woolley, Legacy, The Hot Tamales, Arlen, Father Jack , With Bob On Our Side, Loscoe State Opera Saturday 8th June: Dervish with support from Ron Truman Border. 8pm - Ventnor Winter Gardens. Tickets £10 Sunday 9th June: 12:00 noon till 8:00 pm - FREE Blues day- THE ROYAL GARDEN PARTY Shep Woolley , The Big Easy, Mark Sutcliffe & Alan Sherwood, The Rhythm Kings, Claude Bourbon, J.C. & Angelina Grimshaw , King Rollo, The Gwyn Ashton Band If you can't make it to the Island for Dervish then you can catch them at South Parade Pier on Monday June 3rd Tickest also £10.00 Dervish are one of the world's most famous traditional Irish bands. This a very rare opportunity to see this band in the U.K. when they play the Pier on bank holiday Monday, 3rd June, prior to headlining the three day Isle Of Wight Folk & Roots Festival. More Info on The Festival at http://www.barkingspider.abelgratis.com/wight.html More Info on Dervish at http://www.barkingspider.abelgratis.com/artists/dervish.shtml including a link to their own excellent sight. Other Local Blues Roots Events. Tuesday 21st May Aynsley Lister The Bullfrog Blues Club - The Albert Bar - South Parade Pier Friday 24th May Bob Cheevers from The U.S.A. The Bullfrog Blues Club - The Albert Bar - South Parade Pier Friday 24th May Hershey And The Twelve Bars The Boarhunt Social Club, Boarhunt Monday June 10th - King Rollo The Railway Folk Club, The Alma Arms, Albert Road Southsea. More Information and a complete listing of Bullfrog Blues and Roots Club events can be found on The Barking Spider Website at http://www.barkingspider.abelgratis.com/ or http://webplus.barkingspider.abelgratis.com/cgi-bin/listings/listings.pl Information about the Portsmouth Area Blues Scene can be found at. http://www.broad.ology.org.uk/ Cheers All! Andy -- This mailshot was delivered using sPAM (s)imple (P)erl & (A)rexx (M)ailshooter. A hybrid Perl / ARexx script for the Amiga © Andy Broad 2001. .