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Agricultural Orchestra |
Gigs you've missed in 2011
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Sat 31st, December
Private function for Maisie's 80th Birthday, afternoon gig |
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Wed 21st, December Christmas
party sing-a-long |
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Sat 29th October New Milton Round Table, Fawcett's Field, Christchurch Road, New Milton, Hants. BH25 6QB A moosical bash before the bonfire....... The Plonkers are playing on the back of a dung cart, and golly is hoping they've emptied it.............. |
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Friday 28th, October Pennington, Hants
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Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd October Blue Ball Inn, Triscombe, TA4 3HE Taunton. The Plonkers will be topping the bill at Triscombefest. Held deep in the Quantock hills, Triscombe's first celebration of real ale will feature a dozen or so brews from Somerset and Devon, local cider and... pies! Drink, eat and be merry - 21st-23rd October, and its all Plonkerised |
| For more details please log on to: http://www.blueballinn.info/ | |
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Fri 21st October Thorney Hill community centre. Burley Road, Thorney Hill, Bransgore, Hampshire, BH23 8DR The Plonkers are playing live in the evening, more details soon |
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Sat 15th and Sun 16th October Steam Pressing Weekend at: New Forest Cider, Littlemead, Pound Lane, Burley, in the New Forest Barry Topp has invited back Golly and the gang to play at his steam cider press open days. Demonstrations during this 2 day event include a steam driven cider press, hurdle makers, wood turning and its all going be Plonkerised, as Golly and The Plonkers will appearing live (providing they don't have too much cider) |
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| Janet and Golly just Plonkerised Sark, and now thanks to Ken it's Guernsey's turn!. | |
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ANOTHER
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Janet and Golly are in Sark all week, taking along their musical instruments, and they will be playing wherever they can. Sark has been Plonkerised before, and the whole island are eagerly awaiting this return visit. |
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Tuesday 20th September Strawberry Fields Farm Shop, Lifton, Devon A charity event in aid of a local children's Hospice, Tickets on sale now £12 for a bangers and mash supper, Devonshire cream and cider and it's all Plonkerized! Please come along wearing your 'workaday' hat! |
| For more details please log on to: www.liftonstrawberryfields.co.uk | |
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 Friday 16th Sept
until Sunday 18thThe World Sheep Dog Trials, Food & Country Festival Food and Country Fair, The Lowther Estate, Penrith The picturesque Lowther Estates in Cumbria, is home to The 2011 World Sheep Dog Trials. Food and Country Fair The Plonkers will be bringing a touch of the New Forest to Cumbria with their blend of Scrumpy and Western music and culture. Fri 16th Sep, The Plonkers are performing in the day and evening, Sat 17th and Sun 18th The Plonkers are performing in the daytime. |
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The picturesque Lowther Estates in Cumbria, England, is home to the 2011 World Sheep Dog Trials. Lowther Park is the largest outdoor events venue in the Lake District and in 2009 it played host to the International Sheep Dog Trials. To be held, September 15-18 2011, the World Trial will feature 240 dogs and handlers from 23 nations. On of eve of the World Trials on Wednesday, September 14, there will be a parade through the streets of Penrith. It will be headed by the Penrith Town Band, which will be followed by a horse-drawn carriage driven by 19-times world carriage-driving champion George Bowman and carrying the Earl and Countess of Lonsdale. They will be followed by all the competing dogs and their handlers, who will be carrying their national flags. Many will also be dressed in national costume. Afterwards, they will all return to the trials site at Thrimby for a hog roast and live entertainment. |
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Thursday 1st Sept until Sunday 4th The Great Dorset Steam Fair We're back again, you can see The Plonkers live in the New Outdoor Main Concert Stage Area, 12pm until 2pm lunchtime, and various times until Sunday |
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Sunday, 28th, August |
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Saturday 27th Aug The Trigger Pond Beer and Cider Festival The Plonkers are rushing off to another festival at: The Trigger Pond, Bicester Road, Bucknell, Oxfordshire, OX27 7NE. The Plonkers will be appearing live in the Main Tent at 8pm. 11 other bands will be playing live, mostly in the acoustic tent. Full details of the bands, a list of the real ales and cider can found at: |
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Saturday 27th Aug The White Horse Pub, Ringwood Road, Netley Marsh, Hampshire SO40 7GX Duncan the landlord has invited The Plonkers to play at his Beer and Cider
festival The Plonkers are playing live on Saturday afternoon. |
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21st, August The 38th Yesterday's Farming Show  "A Gateway Back to the Past" GILCOMBE FARM, near BRUTON, North Somerset, BA10 0QE And it's all being filmed by Julian our part time Plonker from Video-Trax The Plonkers are now playing live on and off on both days. Special features TBA, Featured tractor special TBA Heavy Horses Traditional Hay Making, Field Gun Dog Display 200 Working Classic/Vintage Tractors, Horticultural Ploughing Machinery Arts and Crafts, Dairy Bygones, Stationary Engines & Live Steam. Licensed Bar Food available by the Gremlins Carnival Club Winners of the Bridgwater Carnival for the past 7 years, Commercial Vehicles & Live Stock Rare Breeds, Village Green All the fun at a Great Country Show at GILCOMBE FARM near BRUTON Organised by The South Somerset Agricultural Preservation Club, opens 9am each day Web site: Yesterday's Farming Show DVD www.videotrax.net/ |
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Sat 13th and Sun 14th Aug, Christchurch
Quay. |
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13th, August The Plonkers are on stage at 2pm |
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5th, 6th, and 7th August |
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Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July The Plonkers are playing live on both days |
| A wonderful event for all the family Knights of the Damned Jousting tournament, The uniquely brilliant Sheep Show Siberian Huskies and other Working Dogs well as many other traditional rural demonstrations. Marquees with arts, crafts, lifestyle and food stands The Events Show Kitchen cookery demos and Wine tasting's too. Traditional Punch & Judy Show bouncy castles, fairground (charges apply) and a Small Animal Farm to keep your little ones engaged while you sit back enjoying a well earned cuppa or perhaps something a little more bracing! | |
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Saturday and Sunday 23rd and 24th July |
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16th and Sunday 17th JulyCountryside on Show Open Weekend Out of Town Centre, Palace Lane, Beaulieu, Hampshire, SO42 7YG The Countryside on Show, 10.00am – 4.00pm, The Plonkers are live from 12 noon each day Activities for the whole family. This event is organised jointly with the New Forest Vintage Tractor & Engine Club Entrance: £5.00 per adult, £3.00 per child, Friends of the Trust £4.50/£2.50 (with membership card). No need to book. Just turn up. Free car parking as directed opposite Out of Town Centre |
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9th July The New Forest Saturday evening, Private function The Plonkers are off to the woods for another private function Winnie and Derek have asked Golly and the band to a 'do' in aid of the air ambulance. |
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9th July The New Forest Saturday Midday, Private function For Ivon's Dad 'Jim' on his 90th birthday party |
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Sunday 26th, June The Rover P5 Club Hampshire Region are running a classic car run with a BBQ, starting from the Master Builder pub, West End, Southampton SO30 3AH, at 10am. The Rover P5 club will be raising money for The Teenage Cancer Trust. |
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Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th June at Canford Park Arena, |
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Sunday 12th, June |
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Saturday 11th, June |
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Friday 10th, June Golden
Wedding Anniversary |
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Saturday and Sunday, 4th & 5th, June The Beaulieu Steam Revival Show prides itself on providing an authentic and quality steam experience for enthusiasts and families alike including moving transport and period costume. The event offers the opportunity to see a wide range of steam driven demonstrations and a wide range of makes and engine models all at the one show! The Plonkers are playing live lunchtime onwards on both days |
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Sunday, 29th, May |
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Thursday 26th, May A Thursday evening gig in aid of cheering up the miserable! |
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Sat 21st May Lymington Gaffers & Classics Regatta Cork's Crew, featuring Janet and Golly' from 'The Plonkers' and Gillian Tolliday on Violin, 3-7pm ish |
The Royal Lymington Yacht Club Bath Road , Lymington, Hampshire , SO41 3SE |
| The Gaffers & Classics weekend plans to be a successful weekend of good food, good friends and a few drinkers with a sailing problem. | ||
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Saturday, 14th May 2011 – 9.30am – 4.30pm |
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Monday
2nd May 2011 The Maypole Fair, Normandy Village Green, Normandy, Guildford, Surrey. Janet and Golly from the Plonkers Impromptu performance, a bit of this and a bit of that.........so watch out Surrey! |
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23rd April The Oak Inn Martins Hill Lane, Burton, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 7NW It's a Surprise, its also Easter Saturday and it's St.George's Day too. We can't say anymore or we will spoil the surprise! We can tell you that it's nothing to do with Easter or St George! |
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Saturday
9th April The South Lawn Hotel Milford-On-Sea, Hants. A fund raising gig for children with special needs, |
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Email: g...@theplonkers.com
Click here for our 2010 gig list
Last revised: June 13, 2016
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