Events where you can go to see and hear steelpan music in 2011
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January
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1 January 2011 - New Years Day Parade, London
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5 January 2011 - Russ Henderson's Birthday Gig
606 Club, 90 Lots Road, Chelsea, London
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11 January 2011 - Dill Katz's Big Bithday Gig with special guest Mick Hutton
606 Club, 90 Lots Road, Chelsea, London
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22 January 2011 - Pan-omenal Steel
Whitley Bay Town Centre, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear
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24 January 2011 - Steel Pan Plays Caribbean Jazz
Matt and Phreds Jazz Club, 64 Tibb Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester
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28 January 2011 - Tropical Islanders Steel Band
Alton Towers, Alton, Staffordshire
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28 January 2011 - Sir Robert Woodward Academy Steelband
Worthing’s Pavilion Theatre, Upper Boundstone Lane, Lancing West Sussex
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February
5 February 2011 - Global Rhythms Steel Band Workshop
Winchester Discovery Centre, The Winchester Guildhall, High Street, Winchester
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6 February 2011 - The London Improvisors Orchestra
Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London
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12 February 2011 - Steel Pan Drumming with Panjazz
Farnborough Library and Learning Centre, Pinehurst, Hampshire
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13 February 2011 - Dudley Nesbitt and Pan Jumbi
Seven Arts Jazz Club, 30a Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds
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18 February 2011 - Laurderdale House
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London
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18 February 2011 - Sir Robert Woodward Academy Steelband
Showcase Performance, Shoreham Centre, Pond Road, Shoreham-by-Sea
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20 February 2011 - Pantastick Steel Band, Massed Bands in Concert 2011
Layard Theatre, Canford School, Canford Magna, Wimborne Dorset
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23 February 2011 - North Tyneside Steelband
Ryton Music Festival, Ryton, Gateshead
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26 February 2011 - Steel Magnolias
Pinner Players Pinner Village Hall, Chapel Lane Pinner Middlesex
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March
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3 March 2011 - Pimlico Food Festival, Mardi Gras at the Market
Tachbrook Market, Pimlico
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4 March 2011 - Tropical Islanders Steel Band
Alton Towers, Alton, Staffordshire
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5 March 2011 - Steel The Rythym
Main Stage, Grimsby Minster, St James’ Square, Grimsby
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12 March 2011 - North Tyneside Steelband, Tynedale Music Festival
Trinity Methodist Church, Beaumont Street, Hexham
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18 March 2011 - Tropical Islanders Steel Band
Alton Towers, Alton, Staffordshire
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19 March 2011 - Foxwood Bandits Steelband
Oakwood Farmer's Market, Oakwood Clock, Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire
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22 March 2011 - Wandsworth Schools' Music presents A Brighter Sound 2011
The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall , Southbank Centre, London
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23 March 2011 - Teatime Recital - Balinese Gamelan and Steel Pans
University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, Aberdeen
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26 March 2011 - Courtney Pine & Jazz Warriors Afropeans
Town Hall, Birmingham
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31 March 2011 - North Tyneside Steelband, Wansbeck Music Festival
Morpeth, Cumbria
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April
15 April 2011 - North Tyneside Steel Band, Youth4Youth 25th Anniversary Concert
Royal Grammar School (RGS), Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne
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15 April 2011 - Blue Steel Pans, Voices, Pan & Jazz Concert
The New Players Theatre, The Arches, Villiers Street, London
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30 April 2011 - PAN FEST
Littlehampton Steelband Festival, The Littlehampton Academy, Sports Hall, West Sussex
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30 April 2011 - Downtown Cuckoo Fair
Downtown Village, Downtown, Salisbury, Wiltshire
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May
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1 May 2011 - Paradise Steel Band
The gardens of Sledmere House, Driffield, East Yorkshire
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1 May 2011 - Steel Band Showcase
Burley Liberal Club, at the traffic Lights between Cardigan Road & Burley Road, Leeds
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14 May 2011 - Tichfield Primary School Steelband
St Peter's Church Fete, The Old Vicarage, Church Street, Titchfield Village
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20 May 2011 - Caribbean Themed Evening
High Lane Conservative Club, Buxton Road, High Lane, Stockport
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21 May 2011 - Caribbean Sunshine Steel Band
Oakengates Theatre, Limes Walk, Oakengates, Telford
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22 May 2011 - Steelpan and Marimba
Preston Old Church, Preston Park, Brighton
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29 May 2011 - Stamford Feast
Stamford Meadows, Stamford, Lincs
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29 May 2011 - Newcastle All Starts Steelband, Party in the Park
Gibside, Nr Rowlands Gill, Burnopfield, Newcastle upon Tyne
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29 May 2011 - Lazy Day Sunday with Levi Roots
Brockwell Park, South London
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29 May 2011 - Blackdown Hills Steel Band
Dulverton Folk Festival, Dulverton, Exmoor, Somerset
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30 May 2011 - Fiesta Steelband, Yattendon Fete
Yattendon, Berkshire
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June
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2 June 2011 - Wetherby Racecourse
Paddock Enclosure, York Road, Wetherby, West Yorkshire
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3 June 2011 - The Frog and Wicket Cricket Day
The Green, Eversley Cross, Hampshire
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4 - 5 June 2011 - Hamstreet County Fayre
Marsh Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, Keny Steel Band
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11 June 2011 - BBQ Midsummer Special
Dukinfield Golf Club, Lyne Edge, Yew Tree Lane, Dukinfield
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11 June 2011 - A Caribbean Evening with Steel Band
Leyton Cross Social Club, Leyton Cross Road, Wilmington
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12 June 2011 - The famous Alne Village Summer Fair
Alne Village, near Easingwold, North Yorkshire
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12 June 2011 - Party In the Park
Ponteland, Northumberland
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17 June 2011 - Caribana Steel Band
Dorking Halls, Reigate Rd, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1SG
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18 June 2011 - Caribbena Evening
Gibbet Lane, Edith Weston, Oakham, Rutland
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18 June 2011 - Sonning Common Primary's Caribbean Summer Fair
Grove Road, Sonning Common, South Oxfordshire
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18 June 2001 - Panache Steel Band, All Day Street Fayre and Carnival
Broad Street, Chipping, Sudbury
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18 - 19 June 2011 - Silloth Vintage Rally
Silloth on Solway, Cumbria
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19 June 2011 - Pantonic All Stars Steel Orchestra
The Pavillion Gardens, Buxton
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22 June 2011 - Wargrave Festival – Caribbean Beach Party
Festival Marquee, Mill Green, Wargrave, Reading
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St George’s Festival, St George’s Church, Buxton Road, Heaviley, Stockport
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25 June 2011 - Deighton Carnival
Huddersfield
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25 June 2011 - Heart of the Forest Festival
Measham, Leicester
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26 June 2011 - Sounds of Steel Steelband, Valley Music Festival 2011
Concert Tent Field, St. Mary Bourne, Bourne Valley, Hampshire
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26 June 2011 - Bury & District Agricultural Society
Burrs Country Park, Woodhill Road, Bury
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26 June 2011 - Next Generation Steelband
Issac's Bar on the Waterfront, 7 Wherry Quay, Ipswich
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26 June 2011 - The Hampton Academy Steel Pans group
Hampton and Teddington Festival, Bushy Park, Hampton
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30 June 2011 - Sherfield on Loddon Village Fête
Village Green, Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire
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July
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2 July 2011 - Sadberge Summer Festival
Sadberge, Darlington
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2 July 2011 - Holy Trinity C of E Primary School Summer Fete
School Lane, Cookham, Berkshire
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5 July 2011 - West Wiltshire Young Musicians Summer Festival
Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford-on-Avon
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7 July 2011 - Caribbean Themed Night
Doncaster Racecourse, Doncaster
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9 July 2011 - Swanmore Carnival
Swanmore, Moen Valley, Hampshire
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9 - 10 Jully 2011 - Fiesta Steelband
Woodcote Rally, Woodcote Village, Reading
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15 July 2011 - Caribbean Party Night
Thames Rivercruise, Pipers Island, Bridge Street, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire
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15 July 2011 - Caribbean Evening
Dinton Cricket Club, Dinton, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
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16 July 2011 - Blackdowns Hills Steel Band
Colyton Station, Seaton Tramway, Colyton Station, Kingsdon, Colyton
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17 July 2011 - Summer BBQ with Live Steel Band
Greenwoods Hotel and spa Retreat, Stock road, stock, Essex
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22 July 2011 - Chepstow Racecourse
New Crane Street, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester
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22 July 2011 - Caribben Summer Party
Oakwood House, Oakwould Park, Maidstone, Kent
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23 July 2011 - West End Festival 2011
Regent Park, Morecambe, Lancaster
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30 July 2011 - Blackdown Hills Steel Band
Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week, Marine Parade, Lyme Regis
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31 July 2011 - Doncaster Racecourse
Leger Way, Doncaster
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August
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6 August 2011 - Caribbean Carnival Day
Redcar Racecourse, Redcar
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6 August 2011 - Blackdown Hills Steel Band
Taunton Flower Show, Vivary Park, High Street, Taunton
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7 August 2011 - Blue Steel Band, Musical Recital
Lecture Theatre, Ness Botanic Gardens, Ness, Neston, South Wirral
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12 August 2011 - Caribbean Party Night
Thames Rivercruise, Pipers Island, Bridge Street, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire
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13 August 2011 - Milnethorpe Steel Band, The Lakes Chilli Fest
Levens Hall, South Lakeland, Kendal, Cumbria
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Old Clough Lane, Worsley, Manchester
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13 August 2011 - Blackdown Hills Steel Band
Blackdown Hills Beer Festival, Cherry Hayes Farm, Honiton, Devon
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27 August 2011 - Liddesdale Agricultural Society Holm Show
Harrison & Hetherington's Newcastleton Auction Mart.,Newcastleton, Scottish Borders
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September
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10 September 2011 - Westbury-on-Trym Flower Show
Westbury-on-Trym Village Hall Eastfield Road Westbury-on-Trym
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October
1 - 2 October 2011 - South of England Autumn Show and Game Fair
Ardingley, West Sussex
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15 October 2011 - The Cider Museum Hereford
Annual Cider Festival, Ryelands Street, Hereford - Fun for all the family
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22 October 2011 - Commemorative Steelpan Exhibition for TASPO
Bhavan, 4a Castletown Road, west Kensington, London
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25 October 2011 - Steelpan Workshop
Kents Moat Library, 55-57 Pool Way, Birmingham, West Midlands
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25 October 2011 - JUICE Steelpan Workshop
The Sage Gateshead, St Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead
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27 October 2011 - Pantonic All Stars Steel Band, Garden of Light at Queen's Park
Queen's Park, off Boythorpe Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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27 October 2011 - Bampton Charter Fair
Bampton, mid-Devon, on the edge of the Exmoor National Park
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28 October 2011 - Discover the Calypso sound of the Caribbean and make your own mini steel pan drum
Catford Library, 1 Laurence House, Catford Road, Lewisham, London
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29 October 2011 - Wycombe Steel Pan Orchestra
Arts4Every1, former St John's Church, Desborough Road, Wycombe
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29 October 2011 - Sue Ryder Halloween, Bonfire and Fireworks
Sue Ryder Hospice, Nettlebed, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
November
4 November 2011 - Mancunian Steelband, family fireworks display
Chirsh Church C of E Church, Monton Street, Manchester
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5 November 2011 - Panfire Steelband, Bonfire and Fireworks at Chatsworth
Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire
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6 November 2011 - Crestwood Steelband, Festival of Remembrance
The Point, Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire
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10 November 2011 - Literary Leicester Festival, Sunrise and Man to Pan
on the Thames between Blackfriars Bridge and Waterloo Bridge
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12 November 2011 - The Lord Mayor's Show and Fireworks
on the Thames between Blackfriars Bridge and Waterloo Bridge
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26 November 2011 - Chestnut Grove School Steel Band, Balham Festival Evening
Balham Community Space, Dedford Hill, London
December
1 December 2011 - Chaucer School’s steel band, Firth Park Christmas Festival
Firth Park, Sheffield
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3 - 4 December 2011 - London Caribbean Christmas Fair
The Kia Oval, Kennington, London
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4 December 2011 - Steelasophical Caribbean Steel Band, Festive Charity Firewalk Fair
Claydon Courtyard, Claydon house, Middle Claydon, Berkshire
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10 December 2011 - Volcano Juniors Winter Showcase
The Sage Gateshead Concourse, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead
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10 December 2011 - fund raising event by Cannock Traders Association
Cannock Shopping Centre, Cannock, Staffordshire
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10 December 2011 - Littlehampton Steelband, Worthing's Christmas Extravaganza
South Street Square, Wothing, West Sussex
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10 - 11 December 2011 - Contrast Steelband - Craft Design Contemporary
Nottingham Contemporary, weekday Cross, Nottingham
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11 December 2011 - Pandiva - Caribeena Dinner Jazz Christmas Special
Tabernacle, Powis Square, London
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11 December 2011 - Mancunian Steelband
Piccadilly Gardens, City Centre, Manchester
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14 December 2011 - BT Melodians Steel Orchestra, The BT Chrismas Concert
Royal albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London
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17 December 2011 - Clinton School Steel Band Academy
Carols at Kenilworth Castle, Kenilworth, Warwickshire
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17 December 2011 - Venture Centre Winter Fete
103a Wornington Road, Nothe Kensington, London
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19 December 2011 - Totally Caribbean Christmas
Tropical World, Roundhay Park, Leeds
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21 December 2011 - RASPO Calypso and Carols Concert
Broad Street East (outside M&S), Reading
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22 December 2011 - North Tyneside Steelband York Busk, York city Centre
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23 December 2011 - RASPO Calypso and Carols Concert
Broad Street East (outside M&S), Reading
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24 December 2011 - Mancunian Steelband
Piccadilly Gardens, City Centre, Manchester
