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Globish

only a guide --- only a guide.
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ish.--- approximately, sort of, _____ I think!.

Folk club --- more formal, sit and listen (or else), entrance fee, paid performers, OR the organiser want it to be called a "folk club"!
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sess --- is / has been reported as / is mostly / or otherwise - a jam session. ie mostly music, anyone who can find a seat and doesn't play too loudly can play all night.
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beg sess --- beginners session, where some of us started.
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w/s --- workshop, beginners and experienced swap ideas. Learning as well as playing.
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dance --- dancing is part of it, or the only part of it sometimes.
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acc sess, acoustic --- not purely folk, may include storytelling, pop & poetry. May also be slightly amplified!
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SAR --- is a singaround or come-all-ye. ie one person (or collective) is invited to contribute a spot usually in some sort of rotation around the room with a leader organising it.
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spots --- organisers allow individuals 3 - 9 minutes in the spotlight (on stage), usually in the first half.
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open stage --- spots (in an American accent).
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open mic.--- amplified spots (in a Yankee accent).
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bar music --- paid performers, usually there are no spots or open mic or that kind of thing but you can try!

w/e --- week end, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. OR a small festival.
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fest --- festival.
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day --- all day event.
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alt --- every other week, or some unreported formula of monthly nature which people thought was alternate.
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alt... with other --- look for a nearby same night alt venue and they will probably be co-operating with each other.
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occ... occasional - erratic or unspecified frequency - definitely not predictable by my informants.
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2/4 --- 2nd and 4th week of the month (etc)

fantastic! --- I thought so
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farmhouse cider --- nectar!
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Irish, English, French, Storytelling, blues, not a sess! --- the dominant style of the leading players, often the only preference!
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b/grass --- bluegrass
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cajun / zydeco.--- "creole" music from Louisiana. Americano-French or Franco-American perhaps!
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trad --- this actually means "sounds traditional" and implies "do not even think about an electric instrument", in fact unless the event is specifically amplified, electrics are a pain to everyone and that goes for most of my lists!
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