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Fiddlers on the street pull in the charity cash

Dan Foster, left, and fellow buskers celebrate the 20th birthday of the Folkworks summer school by busking for charity in Durham

10:38am Monday 18th August 2008

A CHARITY that promotes folk music is more than £100 better off – thanks to the efforts of a York busker and his musical friends.

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Review: Proms Spectacular, Castle Howard

8:01am Monday 18th August 2008

POSH picnics and patriotism were displayed in all their glory as prom-goers celebrated the best of British at Castle Howard.

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Preview: Glasvegas, Fibbers, York, September 16

9:57am Friday 15th August 2008

BASKING in a five-star review in the Observer Music Monthly for their imminent self-titled debut album, Glasgow’s next big thing, Glasvegas, have sold out their September 16 gig at Fibbers, York.

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Jazz notes

9:55am Friday 15th August 2008

IT IS great news to welcome a new jazz venue and the Harrogate Jazz Club is on Tuesdays at the West Park Hotel, West Park, Harrogate.

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Preview: Indian Summer Evening, Harewood House, August 28

9:33am Friday 15th August 2008

Harewood House will present an Indian Summer Evening in the Gallery on August 28, in conjunction with the South Asian Music and Dance organisation Manasamitra.

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Review: Evan Dando, The Duchess, York

12:52pm Saturday 9th August 2008

EVAN Dando is 41, but seemingly as resistant to wear and tear as Dorian Gray, although his portrait in the attic must be gathering more lines than Keith Richards.

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Preview: FEVA, Knaresborough, until August 17

11:52am Friday 8th August 2008

Now in its eighth year, Knaresborough’s ten-day arts festival has expanded to more than 80 performances, exhibitions and activities as FEVA fever sets in today.

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Preview: Conor Oberst, The Duchess, York, August 29

11:39am Friday 8th August 2008

Conor Oberst, the songwriter, singer and poet behind Bright Eyes, will put his self-titled new album in the spotlight when he plays The Duchess, in York, on August 29.

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Middling along

11:36am Friday 8th August 2008

Squeeze legend Chris Difford was due in Pickering tomorrow, until rain washed the event away at the last minute. Charles Hutchinson speaks to him anyway.

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Preview: Girls Aloud, Harewood House, near Leeds, August 29

11:31am Friday 8th August 2008

GIRLS Aloud are to perform their latest all-dancing stage routines outdoors at Harewood House, near Leeds, on August 29 in “The Ultimate Summer Party”.

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