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38/60 – Royal Oak, Tunbridge Wells. 5/4/24
We're back again! See post number 2 in the series (https://www.miltonhide.com/2-60-the-royal-oak-tunbridge-wells-8-9-23/) . This time our mate Delby couldn't...
Competitions
We decided to enter four competitions this year - Talent Is Timeless; Purbeck Rising; Milkmaid Songwriters; pFite Talent is Timeless is a great initiative...
37/60 – Bluebell Roots with M G Boulter, 31 March 24
Yes, we were back in the Bluebell Kitchen again - 3 times in one month! This was the March Bluebell Roots event featuring a first half of floor spots and a...
36/60 – The Section, 17 March 24
We were pleased to be invited to play at this new event in Arlington organised by Bruce Knapp and friends. We've know Bruce for a while now, he's played on...
35/60 – Livestream from Arlington, 13 March 24
A Your Stories in Song event We hadn’t live-streamed for a while using Streamyard, something we did a lot during lockdown, so paid our mate and all round...
34/60 – Live on Radio Reverb, 11 March 24
A whirlwind, hundred-mile-an-hour stop at the Radio Reverb studio in Brighton to chat with the inimitable Pete Jones. This man is a force of nature and was...
33/60 – Twickfolk, 3 March 24
Another memorable evening, a lovely event run by lovely people.The train journey there wasn’t as straightforward as to Croydon and we were wary of being...
32/60 St Edith Folk, Sevenoaks – 1 March 24
This was our second time playing St Edith Folk Club. It’s in a great hall in Otford, near Sevenoaks. That’s just over an hour’s drive away, not easy...
31/60 – Bluebell Roots with Daria Kulesh, 24 February 24
Daria Kulesh is lovely and was really helpful getting us set up as we arrived pretty late, always rushing and that makes it very stressful. We’d had a busy...
30/60 – Crowborough U3A, 15 Feb 24.
A Your Stories in Song event. Crowborough Community Centre is a bit special - it’s a HUGE hall with an enormous stage suitable for several levels of flats....
29/60 – Croydon folk club, 12 Feb 2024
It’s always a pleasure coming to Croydon Folk Club. Brian and Jenny are a lovely couple who run the club, always the first to arrive to set up display boards,...
Livestream!
Wednesday 13th March, 8.30pm GMT Join us, Jim and Jo, as we sing some of our songs and tell the stories behind them live online. We'll ask you to share some...
Songwriting session in Norwich
Time & Location 12 May 2024, 12:00 – 16:00 Norwich, 11-15 Fye Bridge St, Norwich NR3 1LJ, UK About the event Join singer-songwriters Milton Hide for...
28/60 – Acoustic Sessions, Rainham, February 10th.
This is a very special gig and this was the second time we have played it. Held in the lovely Oasthouse Theatre in Rainham www.oasthousetheatre.co.uk, the...
27/60 – Old Oak Inn, Arlington. 9th Feb 2024.
Back once again in our local. There was a good crowd when we got there including some of our neighbours and friends form Bluebell Roots, and most people...
26 /60 – Frontier Bar, Eastbourne. February 7th, 2024.
This event was organised as a Your Stories In Song event (our first one) with Compass Community Arts. They had wanted to hold the event as part of Eastbourne...
22 – 25 of 60 – Bluebell Roots sessions
I had managed to miss out the Bluebell Roots monthly sessions in my earlier ’60 by 60’ write ups so am going back to October, November of 2023 and January of...
21/60 E.L.F Battle – Abbey Hotel
Part 5 of 5 gigs for E.L.F - Every Last Friday in Battle. The previous duo were still playing when we arrived at the final venue, the Abbey Hotel. And then...
20/60 E.L.F Battle – Sarah’s Cellar
Part 4 of 5 gigs for E.L.F - Every Last Friday in Battle. The next venue, a bit further down the High Street and down a sideway, was Sarah’s Cellar which was...
19/60 E.L.F Battle – The Bull
Part 3 of 5 gigs for E.L.F - Every Last Friday in Battle. Next up was The Bull, right opposite the Taproom. It did take quite a while to cross the road though...
18/60 E.L.F Battle – King’s Head
Part 2 of 5 gigs for E.L.F - Every Last Friday in Battle. We finished the previous gig on time, got packed up quick, and we’re into the next venue with a...
17/60 E.L.F Battle – Brewery Taproom
Friday 26th January 2024 We had been in conversation with Darren Watson about playing at E.L.F in Battle in April. Every Last Friday is a mini music marathon...
Pausing Patreon
We have decided to pause our Patreon page for now and concentrate on sending special stuff to those on our mailing list. So make sure you sign up here: Sign...
16/60 Bluebell Roots
16/60 Bluebell Roots24 Dec 202317/12/23 Christmas Special in ArlingtonWe have written before about the wonder that is Bluebell Roots. For the Christmas...
15/60 – Live at Thornsett Road. 16/12/2023
VIDEO - https://youtu.be/6QZzOeiU4Hc?si=bvfKRozYtqJn-SmU House Concert in Penge When we first started performing we looked at the gigs that artist friends...
14/60 – Bodiam Castle. 09/12/23
What better to do on a day of heavy rain and floods than go and play music in a castle!? We'd been invited, after recommendation from a friend who volunteers...
13/60- Under Ground Theatre, Eastbourne. 2/12/23
This event was a double header with us and Terry Lees & Natasha Norodien. The night was extremely cold with a freezing fog so we were amazed to have any...
12/60 – The Grove, Eastbourne. 23/11/23
Notes Home at The Grove Theatre, Eastbourne The idea for this event morphed a couple of times before we got to the planning stage. First we had an idea to...
11/60 The Stag, Hastings. 12/11/23
We had one of our best gigs ever on Sunday. Neither of us could stop grinning. We’ve played here before but never had such the enthusiastic response we had...
17th Feb, Selmeston
Interactive Songwriting session with Milton Hide aimed at experienced and aspiring songwriters. Providing motivation and advice on how to proceed with ideas...
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