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English Ceilidh Bands in  Greater Manchester   

List english ceilidh bands who perform in the  Greater Manchester  area for a great evening

Use the drop down box to select  Greater Manchester  English Ceilidh Bands

Listing of english ceilidh bands across the UK. To find the english ceilidh bands in   Greater Manchester  select your county from the drop down box.

 
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Typical tunes played by ceilidh bands

   Dusty Ridge; The Racehorse ; The Railway ; The Rant ; The Rocking Horse ; The Rocky Road To Dublin; The Rogue's March ; The Rollicking Irishman ; Arkansas Traveler; Happy Hollow Hornpipe; Appalachian Fling; Flop-Eared Mule; Virginia Reel; The Scholar ; The Scotch Ramble ; The Self ; The Sluggard Tapper ; The South Wind ; The Spaceman ; The Stone Court ; Turkey in the Straw; Rocky Ground; Sally Ann; Fair Haired Lassies; Temperance Reel; The Swallow's Tail ; The Swiss Boy ; The Sylph ; The Tipsy Parson ; The Toastmaster ; The Ton or Jessie's Hornpipe ; The Trouper ; Paddy on the Turnpike; New Autumn; Indian Summer; Two Day Fling; B is for Bluegrass; The Wandle ; The Waterloo Dance ; The Waterloo Dance,; The Weaver and His Wife; The West End ; The White Cockade Les ; The White Cockade standard ; Cajun Fiddling; Sweet Brown Eyed Girl; Jole Blon; Cajun Fiddle; Cajun Cookin’; The Widow Magee ; The Wild Irishman ; The Wonder ; The Yeti ; Thee More, Never Love ; There Came A Young Man,; Thirty Years Ago ; Texas Schottische;

 
 

Quotations about English Ceilidh Bands.      

Plays and novels have made reference folk music and english ceilidh bands. Here are some quotations:-

The excellence of natural Andalusian melody is revealed by the fact that it is the only music continuously and abundantly used by foreign composers.~ Manuel de Falla

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Greater Manchester   

Weddings - A lively traditional English evening for everyone, where people can still hear themselves talk, with one of our English Ceilidh Bands.

You can hear samples of our english ceilidh bands, online

Parties & Corporate events - Our highly versatile English Ceilidh Bands play for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal birthday parties to corporate sales events

 
Here are just a few of the unusual names of English ceilidh bands & other kinds of folk band      

 

Scratchitt and Pluckitt ; The Bismarcks ; The Blackwater Scratch · ; Bogus Callers ; Boka Halat ; Bold Grannydier ; The Bolingey Troyl Band · BonneBouche ; Burning Bridges ; Bursledon Village Band - Gig list - Notes and Recordings ; Bushes and Briars - Notes ; Cafe Sol Band ; Candleford Ceilidh Band ; Pugwash Band ; Captain Swing ; Chalktown ;