Will's Upcoming Gigs


January 9, 2013: Birmingham B14 7LY.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Red Lion Folk Club, The Red Lion, Vicarage Road, King's Heath. 7.45 p.m.

January 17, 2013: Bradford BD1 2RX.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Topic Folk Club, Bradford Irish Club, Rebecca Street. 8.30 p.m. 

January 26, 2013: Walthamstow, London E17 9NH.
"All You Jim Crow Fascists!" Woody Guthrie's Freedom Songs. Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road. 3.00 p.m. Holocaust Memorial Day benefit for We Are Waltham Forest.


February 14, 2013: Cork, Ireland.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. University College Cork, Dept. of English. Time TBC.

February 17, 2013: Nottingham NG1 3AL.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Nottingham Festival of Words. Broadway Cinema, 14-18 Broad Street. 2 p.m.

February 24, 2013: Manchester M22 4RZ.
"All You Jim Crow Fascists!" Woody Guthrie's Freedom Songs. Menorah Synagogue, 198 Altrincham Road. 7.30 pm. Benefit for Windows for Peace.

March 1, 2013: Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 9HT.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. South Lakes Music Partnership: Ulverston Sports and Social Club, Priory Road. 8 p.m.

March 6, 2013: Preston, Lancashire PR1 2HE.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Harrington Lecture Theatre, University of Central Lancashire. Benefit for Friends of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. 7.00 p.m.

March 15, 2013: Edgworth, Bolton, Lancashire BL7 0AP.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Bromley Cross Folk Club. The Barlow, 216 Bolton Road. 8 pm.

March 16, 2013: York YO1 6JF.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. TUC (Yorkshire and Humber) Annual Conference. Radison Park Inn, North St. 8 pm.

March 24, 2013: New York, NY 10025.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. House concert for the Folk Music Society of New York (Pinewoods). 243 W. 98th St., Apt. 6A. 5.00 pm. Contact Steve Suffet on steve@stevesuffet.com for reservations.

April 12, 2013: Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2PX.
"All You Jim Crow Fascists!" Woody Guthrie's Freedom Songs. The Old No. 7, Market Hill, 8 p.m. Benefit for Unite Against Fascism (Barnsley College UCU).

April 18, 2013: Dublin 1, Ireland.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Hugh Geraghty Memorial Lecture, Irish Labour History Society/SIPTU. Liberty Hall, Eden Quay. 6.30 pm.

April 24, 2013: Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 2QG.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Ryburn 3 Step Folk Club. The Works, 12 Hollins Mill Lane. 8 p.m.

May 15, 2013: Blackpool FY1 2HB.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Annual Conference, Fire Brigades Union. Imperial Hotel, North Promenade. Time TBC.

May 17, 2013: Bearded Theory Festival, Derby DE22 5JQ.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Kedleston Hall, Kedleston Road. The Lock Inn Stage. 12.30 p.m. 

May 18, 2013: Bearded Theory Festival, Derby DE22 5JQ.
Woody Guthrie: The Long Road to Peekskill. Kedleston Hall, Kedleston Road. The Lock Inn Stage. 11.15 a.m.

May 19, 2013: Bearded Theory Festival, Derby DE22 5JQ.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Kedleston Hall, Kedleston Road. The Lock Inn Stage. 11.15 a.m.

June 7, 2012: London EC2A 3EA.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Benefit for the Young Greens of England and Wales. The Amnesty International UK Auditorium, Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard. 7.30 p.m.

June 9, 2013: Salford M3 5HW.
Woody Guthrie: The Long Road to Peekskill. Islington Mill Studios, James Street. Benefit for the Working Class Movement Library. 3 p.m.

June 11, 2013: Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 4QP.
Woody Guthrie: The Long Road to Peekskill. Edge Hill University, St. Helen's Road. 6 p.m.

June 22, 2013: Beverley Folk Festival.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Rapid Lad Bar, Beverley Racecourse, York Road, Beverley, HU17 8QZ. 1.00 p.m.

June 23, 2013: Beverley Folk Festival.
Woody Guthrie: The Long Road to Peekskill. Rapid Lad Bar, Beverley Racecourse, York Road, Beverley, HU17 8QZ. 12.15 p.m.

July 13, 2013: Marxism Festival 2013, London WC1H 0AL.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. University of London, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way. 9 p.m.

July 25, 2013: London NW1 7AN.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. The Green Note, 106 Parkway. 8.30 p.m. Tickets at: http://www.greennote.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2135.

September 5-8, 2013: Lerwick, Shetland Islands.
Woody Guthrie: The Long Road to Peekskill. Shetland WordPlay Festival. Venue and time TBC.

October 5, 2013: Todmorden, West Yorkshire OL14 7DD.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travlin'. Benefit for Freedom from Torture. The Fielden Centre, Ewood Lane. 7.30 p.m.

October 11, 2013: Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1FX.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Second Time Around Folk Club, The Star Inn, 22 Middle Street. 8.15 p.m.

October 19, 2013: Liverpool L18 8AY.
Woody Guthrie: The Long Road to Peekskill. Benefit for Windows for Peace. St Anthony of Padua Church, 1 Elmsley Rd., Greyfriars. 8 p.m.

October 25, 2013: London WC2H 9NP.
Woody Guthrie: The Long Road to Peekskill. Tristan Bates Theatre, 1A Tower Street, Covent Garden. 9.30 p.m. (This programme shares the bill with Tayo Aluko's magnificent one-man show, Call Mr. Robeson.)

November 13, 2013: Bournemouth BH8 8EB.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Political Studies Association, Media and Politics Group Annual Conference. Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University. 5 p.m.

December 2, 2013: Warrington, Cheshire WA1 1EE.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Times and Hard Travelin'. Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society. Friars Green Independent Methodist Church Hall, Cairo Street. 7.30 p.m.

February 4, 2014: Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 8ST.
Woody Guthrie: The Long Road to Peekskill. American Studies Research Seminar, Northumbria University. Time and venue TBC.

For bookings and other information, please contact Will through the form below, or at wkaufman@uclan.ac.uk.

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Will's Woody Guthrie shows have been previously performed at:
2012
7 January 2012: Belfast, Northern Ireland. Out to Lunch Festival.
1 February 2012: Formby, Lancashire. Grateful Fred's.
25 February 2012: BBC Radio Merseyside. Spencer Leigh's "On the Beat" programme.
April 26, 2012: Chester, Cheshire CH1 4BJ. University of Chester, Glyn Turton Lecture Series.
May 5, 2012: Oxenhope, West Yorkshire BD22 9NP. House concert: Sykes Mill House.
May 7, 2012: Belfast, Northern Ireland. Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival.
May 10, 2012: Teddington, London TW11 9NN. Landmark Arts Centre.
May 13, 2012: Salford, M3 5HW. Islington Mill Studios. Benefit for the Working Class Movement Library.
May 16, 2012: Camden, London NW1 7AN. The Green Note. IMPACT Biennial Conference.
May 20, 2012: Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EZ. Tremough Campus Performance Centre. 
June 4, 2012: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 8EE. Hebden Bridge Trades Club. 
June 9, 2012: Cambridge CB4 1SP. The Golden Hind. Benefit for Kiro Kitende (Uganda Child Education Trust).
June 12, 2012: Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 4QP. Edge Hill University, "Refugees and Migrants" conference. 
June 13, 2012: Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 2QG. The Works, 12 Hollins Mill Lane, 8.30 pm. Benefit for Eve's Journey.
June 14, 2012: Shrewsbury SY1 1UY. The Lion Hotel Ballroom, Wyle Cop.
June 21, 2012: York YO1 7PR. Black Swan Folk Club, Black Swan Inn, Peasholme Green.
June 29-July 1, 2012: Piacenza, Italy. Book launch of Italian translation of Woody Guthrie, American Radical, "Dal Mississippi al Po" Music and Literature Festival.
July 4: PBS stations and National Public Radio: Democracy Now! Hour-long interview and performance for Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/4/woody_guthrie_at_100_pete_seeger.
July 7, 2012: Priddy Folk Festival, Priddy, Somerset. Priddy Village Hall.
July 8, 2012: Lewes, Sussex BN7 1YH. Benefit for Lewes Stop the Cuts Group. The Lewes Arms.
July 14, 2012 (Woody's 100th birthday): Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival, Tolpuddle, Dorset. Martyrs' Marquee.
July 15, 2012: BBC Radio Leeds. Interview and performance on The Durbervilles Folk Roots programme.
July 31, 2012: SERTUC Theatre Club, London WC1B 3LS. TUC Congress House, 23-28 Great Russell Street
August 9-12, 2012: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Woody Guthrie Centenary Conference, University of Alberta.
September 8, 2012: State College, Pennsylvania. Woody Guthrie Centenary Conference, Penn State University.
September 14, 2012: Peterborough, New Hampshire 03458. Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center.
September 16, 2012: Irvington, New York 10533. Benefit performance for the Anti-Racist Alliance and WESPAC. Eileen Fisher Waterfront.
September 20, 2012: Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn College, Conservatory of Music.
September 22, 2012: Brooklyn, New York. Woody Guthrie Centenary Conference, Brooklyn College.
October 6, 2012: Axbridge, Somerset BS26 2AR. "Howjidoo: Reg Meets Woody." Benefit performance with Reg Meuross for Somerset Take Art. Axbridge Town Hall.
October 13, 2102: Sheffield S2 4QU. Harland Cafe. Off the Shelf Literary Festival.
October 14, 2012: Leicester LE1 1WB. Leicester Secular Society, Secular Hall.
November 4-5, 2012: Oldenburg, Germany. "Mythos Woody Guthrie" Conference. Carl von Ossietzky Universitat.
November 7, 2012: Leeds LS6 3QS. Leeds Metropolitan University.
November 8, 2012: York YO42 2AR. Pocklington Arts Centre.
November 10, 2012: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 8EE. Hebden Bridge Folk Roots Festival, The Trades Club.
November 15, 2012: Wortley, Sheffield S35 7DB. Fire Brigades Union National School, Wortley Hall.
November 22, 2012: Derby DE22 1GB. University of Derby, American Studies group.
November 23, 2012: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 7BY.  Fundraiser for National Union of Journalists, Calderdale Branch. Hebden Bridge Town Hall.
November 24, 2012: Manchester M3 3ER. People's History Museum, Left Bank. Benefit for the People's History Museum.
December 8, 2012: Exeter, Devon EX4 3LS. Phoenix Arts Centre, Gandy Street.
2011
16 February 2011: Woody Guthrie Folk Club, Liverpool
26 February 2011: The Anvil, Basingstoke
27 February 2011: Twickfolk, Twickenham, London
31 March 2011: Windows for Peace, Ship and Mitre, Liverpool
5 May 2011: Gregson Lane Folk Club, Houghton, Preston
19 May 2011: Ritz Acoustic Club, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset
2 June 2011: The Continental, Preston
8 June 2011: Town Hall, Galway, Ireland
16 June 2011: The Green Note, Camden, London
20 July 2011: LA LaborFest, Los Angeles, California
21 July 2011: Book Soup, E. Hollywood, California
24 July 2011: San Francisco LaborFest, California
28 July 2011: Salt Lake City Public Library, Utah
1 August 2011: The Tattered Cover Bookstore, Denver, Colorado
5 August 2011: The Front Porch, Valparaiso, Indiana
6 August 2011: The Heartland Cafe, Chicago, Illinois
10 August 2011: Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee
16 August 2011: New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, Virginia
17 August 2011: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
21 August 2011: Barnes and Noble Bookstore, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
23 August 2011: Barnes and Noble Bookstore, New York City, New York
3 September 2011: Burnham-on-Sea Folk Festival, Somerset
4 September 2011: American Museum, Bath
9 September 2011: Civic Centre, Oswaldthistle, Lancashire
21 September 2011: The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
23 September 2011: University of Gloucester
2 October 2011: Theatro Technis, London
14 October 2011: Cafe Euro, Sheffield
11 November 2011: Carrying Stream Festival, Edinburgh
18 November 2011: University of Derby
26 November 2011: Menorah Synagogue, Manchester
2010
20 January 2010: University of Chester 
5 February 2010: Chilcompton Village Hall, Somerset
6 February 2010: St. George's Hall, Hinton St. George, Somerset
24 February 2010: Cambridge University
10 March 2010: Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London
20 March 2010: Shammick Acoustic, South Molton, Devon
24 March 2010: Liverpool John Moores University
23 April 2010: Bodmin Folk Club, Cornwall
24 April 2010: Jazz at Future Inns, Bristol
25 April 2010: Readifolk - Reading's Folk Club, Reading
1 May 2010: SIPTU May Day Festival, Athy, Ireland
6 May 2010: Redbourn Folk Club, Redbourn
16 May 2010: Grimsby Folk Club, Grimsby
22 May 2010: Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham
27 May 2010: Black Swan Folk Club, York
23 June 2010: Glastonbury Festival (Avalon Cafe)
10 July 2010: Priddy Folk Festival, Somerset
17 July 2010: Hebden Bridge Folk and Roots Festival
22 August 2010: The Green Note, London
25 August 2010: Whitby Folk Festival
28 August 2010: St. Ives Society of Artists
29 August 2010: Wadebridge Folk Festival
30 August 2010: Wadebridge Folk Festival
4 September 2010: Wordplay Book Festival, Shetland
11 September 2010: Folklore Society of Greater Washington, DC
13 September 2010: South Jersey Acoustic Roots Music Society, Medford, NJ
15 September 2010: Ray Naylor's "Artists You Should Know About," Folcroft, PA17 September 2010: Sylverster Manor, Shelter Island, NY
18 September 2010: The Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY
21 September 2010: The Artist's Crossing, New York, NY
25 September 2010: The Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY
28 September 2010: Middleburgh Library, NY
29 September 2010: Boght Arts Center, Cohoes, NY
30 September 2010: Acoustic Celebration, Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT
2 October 2010: Lambert Castle, Paterson, NJ
6 October 2010: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
8 October 2010: Barrington Coffee House, Barrington, NJ
9 October 2010: House Concert, Folcroft, PA
20 October 2010: Glasgow University, Scotland
28 October 2010: Woody Guthrie Festival, Muenster, Germany
6 November 2010: National Coal Mining Museum for England, Overton
11 November 2010: University of Debrecen, Hungary
12 November 2010: Ady Endre School, Debrecen, Hungary
30 November 2010: University of Lausanne, Switzerland
1 December 2010: University of Bern, Switzerland
2 December 2010: University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
3 December 2010: Universite de Haute-Alsace, France
9 December 2010: University of Leicester
2009
28 January 2009: The Continental, Preston12 February 2009: Hull University17 February 2009: Swansea University
25 February 2009: The British Library, London: 'Taking Liberties' Exhibition
26 February 2009: Canterbury Christ Church University
5 March 2009: Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland
12 March 2009: Center for the Study of the Americas, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
27 March 2009: St Louis University, Madrid, Spain
4 May 2009: The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge
11 May 2009: Carl Schurz Haus, Deutsch-Americanisch Institute, Freiburg, Germany
14 May 2009: Piacenza Literature and Blues Festival, Italy
23 May 2009: Cambridge University
28 May 2009: University of Winchester
29 May 2009: Mission Theatre, Bath (Bath Music Festival)
30 May 2009: American Museum, Bath (Bath Music Festival)
9 June 2009: University of Central Lancashire, Preston
11 June 2009: Offline Club, Brixton Dogstar, London
20 June 2009: Big Session Festival, Leicester
21 June 2009: Cabbage Patch, Twickenham Folk Club, Twickenham
22 June 2009: Rothermere American Institute, Oxford University
26 June 2009: Gregson Lane Folk Club, Preston, Lancashire
24 September 2009: Shakespeare Hotel, Sheffield
2 October 2009: Bruton Community Hall, Somerset
3 October 2009: The Roxy, Axbridge, Somerset
5 October 2009: The New Continental, Preston, Lancashire
8 October 2009: The Dogstar, Brixton, London
21 October 2009: Warwick University
22 November 2009: Walthamstow Folk Club, London
5 December 2009: Davy Lamp Folk Club, Washington, Tyne and Wear
10 December 2009: University of Winchester
2008
29 January 2008: Staffordshire University
6 February 2008: Canterbury Christ Church University
14 February 2008: Cambridge University
18 February 2008: Birmingham University
21 February 2008: Royal Holloway University of London
27 February 2008: Liverpool John Moores University
29 February 2008: cultural eXchanges festival, De Montfort University
11 April 2008: Edge Hill University
30 April 2008: BITA Festival, University of Central Lancashire
1 May 2008: University College London
5 May 2008: Manchester TUC May Day Festival
13 May 2008: Växjö University, Sweden
9 June 2008: TUC Festival of Trade Unionism and Socialism, Lewes, Sussex
14 June 2008: Bolton UNISON Event
20 June 2008: Asylum Link Merseyside, Liverpool
12 July 2008: 'The Other America', Southwell Library Poetry Festival, Southwell
2 October 2008: University of Essex
15 October 2008: Rotary Club of South Ribble, Lancashire
21 October 2008: Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, The Netherlands
29 October 2008: University of Central Lancashire, Public Lecture Series
14 November 2008: Leeds Metropolitan University
27 November 2008: University of Berne, Switzerland
28 November 2008: Gymnasium Oberwil, Switzerland
28 November 2008: Université de Haute-Alsace, France
28 November 2008: Kantonsschule Olten, Switzerland
4 December 2008: University College Cork, Ireland