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April 2023 April 2023
BERE REGIS FOLK NIGHTS
THANK YOU TO NISA BERE REGIS ….MORE
THAN JUST A SHOP On the last Tuesday of every
month (usually), a group of folk
music enthusiasts gather in the
Over the last two Skittle Alley of the Drax Arms to
years the Pop In enjoy performances from visiting
Place, our village musicians and bands. Doors
School and The open 7:30pm, starts at 8pm and finishes at 10pm. There is a raffle. Entrance is
Village Hall have free unless otherwise stated. More information is available on
g r e a t l y www.bereregisfolk.com
a p p r e c i a t e d We are not for profit. Our aim is to provide, when ever possible, free
donations made by entertainment to a wide audience not only folk music but many other styles such
the Nisa ‘making a as Blues, Country, Bluegrass. When we do charge then that is because we book
difference fund’. artists with well known national and/or international expertise in their field of

This enabled us as a music. We endeavour to keep entrance free or very low compared to other
village to be part of venues through raffles and door cover charges. Excess funds and one off specials
her late Majesty the Queen Green canopy where have raised funds for charity - for example Ukraine Red Cross we raised £563 in
members of the local community planted a line one evening. On another occasion we raised £373 for Fortuneswell Cancer Trust
of trees on the south side of the cemetery and plus we have made other smaller donations to charities which are supported by
various spring bulbs, the trees are looking very good and are about to burst into some of the artists.
leaf. All our forthcoming events are now listed in the Dates for your Diary section in the
The Village Hall cooker was back of this magazine.
condemned so we are about to buy
a new one and carry out some
maintenance work to the building, 
thanks to Jagtar nominating us for
the Fund.
Jagtar and Raj have been at the 
shop for about two years and in this
time they have expanded their sales
s p a c e a n d a y e a r a g o 
accommodated the much needed
Post Office. 

The variety of items now available in 
the store is extensive from quintessential acoustic music The Skittle Alley, The Drax Arms
newspapers, hot coffee , fresh milk Bere Regis BH20 7HH
( bring a bottle) fresh produce, Finger style guitar virtuoso Steve Hicks and singer
frozen foods to pet foods and songwriter Lynn Goulbourn have a mutual love of 
flowers., to name just a few. They folk, jazz, roots and acoustic genres, their musical
also support local artists by selling partnership has flourished and taken them to all
their greetings cards. corners of the UK, to Germany, France, The To reserve a seat please send email
Netherlands and the USA. to pipthebass@btinternet.com

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