Brace yourselves Warwick - The 'Sods are back in town!

Hey hey we're off to Warwick this weekend! (And we'll make sure our banjo player is given the right directions!)

The 28th Warwick Folk Festival kicks off this Friday (27 July) and it has loads of great guests - Seth Lakeman, Osibisa, Altan... 'Yeah yeah yeah,' I hear you say, 'but what we really want to know is when are The Oddsods playing?'

Well, you can find us on Friday night at the Living Tradition Centre - that's one of the venues in the grounds of Warwick School on Myton Road. We're the final act of the evening concert, following Mick Holditch, Ceridwen Davies, Ninepenny Mark and Chris Aronsten. Estimated start time for our set is 10.30pm.

And on Saturday night, we're hosting an 'Oddsods and Friends'-type event at The Roebuck on Smith Street, Warwick, 8-11pm. Billed as 'A Rare Old Time with The Oddsods', it'll be a little like our regular Denbigh Arms sessions. Admission is free and the key is G!

A rare old Napton finale

Follow the arrow to find us at the Bridge III Beer Festival at Napton on Sunday night. (Click on the image to enlarge)

We'll be the 'headline act' for the folk concert in the Napton Bridge Hotel. The whole weekend will raise cash for the Air Ambulance with rock and blues bands on the Friday and Saturday and folk all day Sunday.

The 'Sods step on stage around 9.30pm to round up a day of entertainment that includes sets by Maggie and Jez, Pam Ashford and Andy Thomas, Danansooz, Rack & Ruin (featuring our old buddy, Nigel Ward on the fiddle), Three Men In A Boat and Ron and Mabel of Meet On The Ledge.

Admission is only a quid. Further details are on this website although a lot of the artist information is now out of date.

It's gonna be a super night - not to be missed!

Folk show to rock at Godiva

Old friends and new names line up to play the free folk concert at this weekend's Godiva Festival.

Hosted by Oddsods singer-guitarist Pete Willow, the Sunday afternoon concert takes place in the Rhythm Tent in Coventry's War Memorial Park. Guests include Dubliners singer Sean Cannon, popular Coventry trio Isambarde, superb blues guitarist Jim Crawford and many more. Click here for full details of the line-up and timings.

Admission is free - just turn up and enjoy. Be warned however - it's in a big marquee and there are no seats provided so you might want to bring a groundsheet or folding chairs.

Although regular guests at Godiva, The Oddsods won't be taking part this weekend, especially as we're playing a private party the night before. We thought we'd give the local residents a break from having their windows rattling to the chorus of 'I'll Tell Me Ma' - for this year at least!

(Photo of Sean Cannon courtesy of Chele Willow)

Celebrating music and beer

There's more than one reason to hold a festival - and whatever your reason, we're the band to help you celebrate!

The Bridge 111 Festival in Napton, Warwickshire will be raising funds for the local air ambulance and features a host of leading rock and folk bands. We'll be there on Sunday 22nd July, performing between 7 and 8.30pm at the Napton Bridge Hotel, Daventry Road near Southam. Other acts that evening are Three Men In A Boat, Thom Kirkpatrick's Beautiful Noise and Meet On The Ledge. Click here for details.

Warwick Folk Festival celebrates all things folk and takes place the following weekend. You'll find us on Friday 27th July as the final concert act in the Living Traditional Centre in the grounds of the main Festival venue, Warwick School on Myton Road, 10.30-11.30pm. You'll need a ticket for that one. Or you can hang on until Saturday 28th and spend the whole evening with us for a 'rare old time' at The Roebuck in Smith Street, Warwick. That will be a bit like the 'Oddsods & Friends' nights we do at Monks Kirby and will start at 8pm - regulars to our Denbigh Arms sessions are most welcome.

Finally - and this is hot news - we're providing the music for the CAMRA Birmingham Beer Festival on Friday 14th September. Click here for details. Bottoms up!