Society database
To assist with arranging tours
As those of you who follow my page in Organ & Keyboard Cavalcade will know, I'm very keen to cut down the driving involved in touring, on three counts:
(1) To save expense for the
societies and artists
(2) To save the artists driving long distances in the wee small hours and
(3) To reduce the amount of carbon we're all putting out as we criss-cross the
country.
With this in mind, I have been contacting the societies listed on Organfax Club Directory and asking them on which night of the month they hold their concerts. By knowing this, the societies and the artists can work together to arrange sensible tours, with perhaps only 100 miles per day travel from gig to gig. Obviously, we don't want organists to play 10 miles apart on consecutive nights as that can damage the audience and takings for one or both venues. But compared with some of the trips the organists are making at the moment (apparently 700 miles in a day is not rare), 100 miles would be positive luxury.
I am still waiting to hear from quite a few clubs, but here is the information so far, colour-coded from week to week and with links to websites where applicable. I hope it proves useful.
Societies meeting during week 1 of each month
FIRST MONDAYS
Cheadle & District Organ Society (2nd Monday when a
bank holiday)
Furness Organ &
Keyboard Club
Nottingham Organ
Society
Shirley Organ &
Keyboard Society
FIRST TUESDAYS
ABC organ Society
Bexley
Electronic
Organ Society
Eastbourne
Organ &
Keyboard Club
North Staffs
Organ & Keyboard Club
Trafford & District Electronic Organ Society
Winchester
Electronic Organ Society
FIRST WEDNESDAYS
Abergele & District Organ Society
Ashford (Kent)
Keyboard & Organ Club
Ollerton & District Organ Society
FIRST THURSDAYS
Bridport
Electronic
Organ Club
Exeter
Electronic
Organ Club (but meet 2nd Thursday in January and May)
Sussex
Organ Society
Weston
Organ &
Keyboard Club
FIRST FRIDAYS
Trowbridge Electonic Organ Club
FIRST SATURDAYS
Basildon
Keyboard
Club
FIRST SUNDAYS
None reported so far
Societies meeting during week 2 of each month
SECOND MONDAYS
Banstead
Organ & Keyboard Club
Cheadle & District Organ Society (when 1st Monday is a bank holiday)
East Lancs
Organ & Keyboard Club
Medway Organ Club
SECOND TUESDAYS
Blackpool Keyboard Club
Buckley & District
Organ Society
Bury St Edmunds Organ Club
Cardiff
Organ & Keyboard Club
East Devon Organ Club
Lincoln Electronic Organ Society
Lowestoft & District Organ & Keyboard Club
North Tyneside (December only - usually last Wednesday)
Reading Home Organ & Keyboard Society
St Helens Organ Society
Swale Electronic Organ Club (in December sometimes - usually 4th Tuesday)
SECOND WEDNESDAYS
Clacton & District Organ Society
East London & Essex Organ Society
Horsham Organ Society
North East Organ Society
SECOND THURSDAYS
Exeter Electronic Organ Club (January and May only -
usually 1st Thursday)
Hornchurch
Keyboard Society
Peterborough
Organ & Keyboard Club
Wycombe Organ Club
York Electronic Organ & Keyboard Society
SECOND FRIDAYS
Bristol Hammond & Electronic Organ Society
SECOND SATURDAYS
Cambridge Electronic Organ Society
SECOND SUNDAYS
Organ & Keyboard Music Club, Market Overton, Rutland
Societies meeting during week 3 of each month
THIRD MONDAYS
Canterbury Electronic Organ & Keyboard Club
Grantham Organ & Keyboard Club
Llanelli Electronic Organ & Keyboard Society
Nene Valley Organ Club
Rossendale Organ & Keyboard Club
St Austell Organ & Keyboard Club
THIRD TUESDAYS
Bedworth Organ Society
Bideford Organ Club
Bolton & District Electronic Organ Society
Bournemouth Electronic Organ Society
Jersey Electronic Organ Society (except December and January)
Melksham Electronic Organ Club
THIRD WEDNESDAYS
Bourne Organ Club (plus occasional
Sundays)
Broadway Organ Society, Plymouth
Cardigan & District Organ Club
Great Yarmouth Organ & Keyboard Society
Guernsey Electronic Organ Society (except December and January)
Kings Lynn Organ Club
Western Music Organ Society (except December)
THIRD THURSDAYS
Bristol Organ & Keyboard Society
East Herts Organ Club (except July and August)
Harrogate Organ & Keyboard Club
(4th Thursday in 5-Thursday months)
Stirling Keyboard & Organ Club
Weyhill Electronic Organ Society
THIRD FRIDAYS
Ascot Organ & Keyboard Club
Burgess Hill Keyboard Club
THIRD SATURDAYS
Belper & District Organ & Keyboard Club
Chelmsford Organ & Keyboard Club
THIRD SUNDAYS
Elloughton Organ & Entertainment Society (pipes)
Societies meeting during week 4 of each month
FOURTH MONDAYS
Brentwood Organ & Keyboard Club
FOURTH TUESDAYS
Ashford (Middlesex) Organ Club
New Forest Organ Society
Swale Electronic Organ Club (2nd or 3rd Tuesday in December)
Thanet Electronic Organ Club
FOURTH WEDNESDAYS
Llay Organ Society
FOURTH THURSDAYS
Pinner Organ Society
FOURTH FRIDAYS
None reported so far
FOURTH SATURDAYS
None reported so far
FOURTH SUNDAYS
None reported so far
Societies meeting during the last week of each month (be that 4th or 5th week)
LAST MONDAYS
Boxhill
Organ & Keyboard Club (except bank holidays)
Derby Organ & Keyboard Club
LAST TUESDAYS
East Coast Organ Society,
Sutton on Sea
Haverhill Electronic Organ & Keyboard Club
Maidenhead Electronic Organ Society (except August and December)
Orpington Organ & Keyboard Club
LAST WEDNESDAYS
Bedford Electronic Organ Society
North Tyneside Electronic Organ Society (but 2nd Tuesday in December)
Verwood Organ & Keyboard Society
LAST THURSDAYS
Gainsborough Organ Society (except July and August)
Stockport Organ & Keyboard Club
LAST FRIDAYS
Crawley
Keyboard Club (usually)
Sheppey Organ Club
South Molton Organ & Keyboard Club
LAST SATURDAYS
None reported so far
LAST SUNDAYS
None reported so far
Societies meeting on variable days
VARYING MONDAYS
Dumfries Organ Club
Scarborough Electronic Organ Society
Union Street Baptist Church, Crewe
VARYING TUESDAYS
Barnstaple Organ & Keyboard Club
Stave Organ Club, Cwmbran
White Rose Organ Society, Barnsley (meets alternate weeks)
VARYING WEDNESDAYS
None reported so far
VARYING THURSDAYS
Burntwood Music for All Group
VARYING FRIDAYS
None reported so far
VARYING SATURDAYS
Seaford Organ & Keyboard Club
VARYING SUNDAYS
Bay Organ & Keyboard Society,
Bare, Morecambe (in summer)
Bourne Organ Club (occasionally, in addition to 3rd Wednesdays)
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