TFA meetings
A visit from Hjaltibonhoga
We are very excited to be hosting the wonderful Shetland Fiddlers, Hjaltibonhoga International Community Fiddle Group, for a concert in Newcastle on Saturday 14th March. Tickets now available! £7.50 / U18s freehttps://www.ticketsource.co.uk/tyneside-fiddle-alliance/ There will also be a free fiddle workshop…
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A New Venue for TFA
It is with some regret that we are required to move out of our long-term and spiritual home of St Mary’s Heritage Centre in Gateshead. Due to the council’s budget plans to seek alternative management of St Mary’s, the lovely…
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Fifth Thursday Workshop – Melissa Whitehead
We are delighted to have Melissa Whitehead back at TFA on Thursday 30th August, this time to lead her own Fifth Thursday Workshop. Originally from the Highlands of Scotland, Melissa Whitehead is a graduate of the Newcastle University Folk Degree course. After…
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Congratulations TFA!
Open Ceilidh Band Winners at Rothbury Traditional Music Festival 2018! Well done to all those who came along a played at Rothbury this year. We performed a big set of tunes, with some tricky tempo changes and we nailed every…
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TFA is Cancelled – Thurs 1st March
We are very sorry, but we have taken the decision to cancel TFA tomorrow, Thursday 1st March. The weather forecast is for more snow and freezing temperatures, which makes driving and public transport very difficult indeed. Please take care and…
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all! We start back this week on Thursday 4th January for a fresh new year of community fiddle music. We will have two new tunes for this week, to kick us off in style, so do join…
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Bellingham Show 2017
We had a fantastic afternoon at the Bellingham Show on the Saturday of August Bank Holiday weekend this year. The Northumbrian Pipers were there for a session from 11 am, and the Competitions began at 1 pm. It was great…
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Annual Concert 2016
The date for our Annual Concert at St Mary’s Heritage Centre, Gateshead has been confirmed as Thursday 24th November. The concert will start at 7.30 pm and will feature the Tyneside Fiddle Alliance. The Cabinet will perform on set, and extra…
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Morpeth Gathering Trophy
We were very excited last Thursday as we got the trophy from the Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering back from the engravers! Melissa Whitehead was kind enough to come along and take some photos which will soon be enhancing our new web…
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Final Year Student Recital
We’re meeting tonight, 6.30 – 8.30pm. At 8.45 we welcome Stevie Jackson, a Final Year student from the Folk Degree course, to give us a short fiddle recital. Then it’s our informal session from around 9pm tonight – hope you…
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