Links and Services – A selection of links to other sites of interest, + local businesses connected to the entertainment industry. And some freebies near the bottom of the page:-

 

Government Sites

City of Lancaster Website http://www.lancaster.gov.uk

Morecambe Town Council - http://www.morecambe.gov.uk/

 

Local Social Sites.

Morecambe Life A new Social site for Morecambe - http://morecambelife.co.uk/

Morecambe Bay Web – A forum for residents and friends of the Morecambe bay area.  http://www.morecambe-bayweb.proboards.com/index.cgi

Virtual Lancaster – Events listings and gig guide for the area – plus local chat and other interesting stuff - http://www.virtual-lancaster.net 

Heysham Online - A Leisure, Business & Community Guide to Heysham. It is administered by Heysham Neighbourhood Council and sponsored by PW Building Contractors Ltd.  http://www.heyshamonline.co.uk/

Welcome to Morecambe World – local website with loads of information, forum, chat room etc.  www.morecambe.co.uk

Lancaster4u - http://www.lancaster4u.co.uk

 

Local Entertainment

The Dukes Playhouse http://www.dukes-lancaster.org/

The Grand Theatre – http://www.lancastergrand.co.uk/

The Gregson Centre website – Community events in Lancaster - www.gregson.co.uk

The Platform – Morecambe - http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/platform/

 

Music and Local Culture Related Sites

Folk Music

Lancashire Folk -England's heritage of folk music, song, dance and traditional customs is one of the richest in the world and is especially strong in Lancashire.  http://www.lancashirefolk.co.uk

Trouble at Mill – A guide to folk in Lancashire. Folk clubs, gigs, artistes and `things` Lancashire – well worth a look - www.btinternet.com/~troubleatmill

Richard Robinson’s Tune Book – An excellent source of traditional tunes in both GIF and ABC format, literally thousands of jigs, reels, hornpipes etc. Also links to the other ABC pages. Click Here to visit.

Mr Kite - promotes live folk music in the Preston/Blackburn area with all proceeds from these benefit events going to charity. www.mrkite.org

Harbourtown Records - Welcome to Harbourtown Records, founded in 1987 by former Silly Wizardband mates Bob Thomas and Gordon Jones. Our little company has grown over the years, developed a reputation for fairly uncompromising quality music from a strong roster of artists. We've even collected a couple of posh music biz awards and some plaudits, and now have over fifty titles in our catalogue. We invite you to explore, listen to the music, visit some of our artists' pages and get in touch with us. 
http://www.harbourtownrecords.com

Mississippi Max Hayme`s Early Blues website http://www.earlyblues.com

South Lakes Music Promotions -  a group of enthusiasts promoting live folk music in Ulverston - http://www.slmp.btinternet.co.uk/

Emerging Music – Carlisle based folk music agency run by Ken and Sue Bradburn, organisers of the Brampton Live Festival and Carlisle Folk and Blues Club. Visit them at www.emergingmusic.co.uk   

 

Jazz

Kendal Jazz Club - www.kendaljazzclub.co.uk

Jazz NorthWest – Fred Burnett’s traditional jazz pages - http://www.jazznorthwest.co.uk/

 

Other Peformance Related Sites

The Morecambe Band – The Morecambe Brass Band web site. A very active brass band playing at concerts and contests regularly. http://www.morecambebrassband.co.uk/

Real UK Music  -  a resource for live music clubs, folk clubs, concert venues, music festivals, performers, recording and rehearsal studios and music teachers and also provides internet audio streaming.  http://www.realukmusic.co.uk

Seaside Soul Club - The Seaside Soul Club is run by a group of avid soul music devotees who organise monthly Soul Music Nights in Morecambe, where local DJ's and guests DJ's play their full scope of soul music to an appreciative soul lovin’ crowd. www.seasidesoul.co.uk

The Freerange Theatre Company –  At Freerange Theatre Company we believe that all people, regardless of age, race, gender, financial status or geographical location share the same entitlement to the benefits of the arts.   Freerange Theatre Company has its home in Lancaster (UK) and its roots in small scale rural touring, with an audience largely living in Lancashire and South Cumbria.  http://www.freerangetheatre.co.uk/

The Spotlight Club - Lancaster's Spotlight Club is a live-writing venue in Lancaster, UK dedicated to bringing new and different writing, performers, readers and musicians to the stage. http://www.spotlightlancaster.co.uk/

 

Other Sites of Interest

Morecambe & District Junior Anglers   Angling club for juniors, with expert instruction, contests, etc.  www.mad4fishing.co.uk

The Old Sweetshop - We are one of the few remaining traditional sweetshops left in the UK, set in the beautiful seaside town of Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, our business was originally established in 1903 as a newsagent and sweet shop and has carried on till present day. Our range of loose sweets is around 250, we have selected our best selling ranges for our website.   4-6 Pedder Street,  Morecambe.   www.oldsweetshop.com

Wolfwood - Wolfwood was set up in early 2007 initially to rehome the least wanted dogs from the area.
We are a very small rescue but frequently have a large number needing new homes.  www.wolfwood.co.uk

ImageAcoustic - The primary focus of the images on this site is live music - predominately Acoustic, Folk and Celtic music, many at local venues and festivals.  www.imageacoustic.com

 

 And  Some Freebies

Free  .. Chordwheel key converter…  click here  - you can right click and select ‘save link as…’

And here  is a simple free training program for budding sound engineers to help you learn your frequencies and their position on a graphic equalizer.  http://sft.sourceforge.net/

 

Musical Instruments and Equipment Sales  

 

Promenade Music

For all things musical - 404 Marine Road East, Morecambe.

Telephone 01524 410202 or email info@prom-music.co.uk website at http://www.promenademusic.co.uk

 

 

PA Hire

Lune Valley Audio

Compact Public Address System hire.

Suitable for conferences, meetings, small music ensembles, arts performances,

small festivals, worship groups,  church relay etc. 

Safety testing and certification.  Professional quality cables made to order.

Phone Ron Johnson on 01524 853252 or mobile on 07813 395188 or email Ron@lunevalleyaudio.com - Click here to visit my Web pages

 

 

Alec Lyon

Professional recording and live sound engineer with over 12 years experience, specialising in folk, roots and world music. 

01524 781496

 

Low Fold Professional Audio

Public Address, DJ and Recording Studio equipment - Hire, Sales, Maintenance

01524 792020 –   www.lowfold.com   – email hire@lowfold.com

 

ArranPaul Audio

Arranpaul Audio offer professional PA hire, sales and servicing of all makes of Audio, lighting and AV equipment. Based just outside Blackpool, in Poulton, we are ideally placed to provide our services throughout the Fylde Coast, Preston, Manchester and Liverpool as well as National Tours.

Phone  01253 890 590   http://www.arranpaulaudio.co.uk

 

 

absolute recordings

Digital Recording on location

CD production packages, Editing & mastering, State of the art equipment.

www.absoluterecordings.co.uk

01524 422136 or 07903 937577     

 

  

Please mention the Beside the Seaside website when contacting advertisers.

You can contact me on the email address below

ron@lunevalleyaudio.com

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