Captain Fiddle Music

Ryan J Thomson

Current Schedule

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Performance, travel, and teaching schedule

I only list public events here. Contact me for information about private performances

and to study music with me.

March 2013

1 st - Friday, Irish Session, O'neil's, Washington St., Salem, MA, with Paul Harty and Fiddling

Thomsons, 6 - 9 PM.

2 nd - Saturday, Medway Contra Dance, with Smoke and Mirrors, 7:30 - 10:30 PM, Medway,

Massachusetts, beginners and families welcome.

April 2013

19 th - Friday, Left Handed Fiddling workshop at New England Folk Festival, NEFFA,

Mansfield Middle School, Mansfield Massachussetts, Rm. 108, 8:00pm to 8:50pm. tips for

getting started, where to get a fiddle, reasons for playing lefty, bring your questions, try

out a left handed violin!

23 rd - Tuesday, Phillips Exeter Academy Faculty Concert of traditional folk music, featuring

Fiddling Thomsons(Ryan Thomson is a faculty member), and other music faculty. 7 PM in

the old stone Phillips church on the corner of Front Street and Tan Lane, in Exeter, New

Hampshire. Free to the public.

27 th - Saturday night, public Contra Dance for GALA (Global Awareness Local Action), with

Fiddling Thomsons and friends, in the Ossipee Town Hall Gym, Ossipee, New Hampshire.

The dance starts at 7PM, ends at 10:00 PM. The cost is $7 for adults, $5 for students and

seniors, and $3 for youth.

May 2013

4 th - Saturday, Canterbury Shaker Village, New Hampshire, Fiddling Thomsons at the Heifer

Parade, to celebrate the return of the local farms’ cows coming to graze for the season in

the museum pastures. 1- 3 PM, free to the public.

31 st - Friday, Pickwicks Mercantile, Fiddling Thomsons 6 - 9 PM, 64 State Street,

Portsmouth, New Hampshire. free. This is part of a city wide "Shop Portsmouth Friday

Nights" kickoff, with discounts, stores open late, entertainment, etc.

July 2013

27 th - Saturday, Canterbury Fair, Fiddling Thomsons, mid day performance, Canterbury, NH

August 2013

30 th - Friday, Factory Court Concert Series, Fiddling Thomsons, downtown Rochester, New

Hampshire, USA, 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM, free and open to the public.

September 2013

Friday - Sunday, 6th, 7th, 8th - Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering. The Fiddling Thomsons

return for their second year to teach at this wonderful weekend music camp in central

Pennsylvania. There are many workshops, jams, dancing, in all styles of folk music and

instruments, including performances by honored musicians of Pennsylvania heritage.