Phoenix Ceilidhs News:

 31st October 2011:
A replacement venue has been found for the Flash In The Pan ceilidh with Martyn Harvey on 11th November -  St Joseph's RC High School and Sports College, Bolton BL6 6HW. See you there!

 11th strong>May 2011:
Planning exactly a year ahead, Martyn Harvey has been confirmed as the caller with Steamchicken on 11th May 2012.

 26th April 2011:
Our 2011 / 2012 season is now showing on the front page - and a sneak preview of our 2012 / 2013 in the form of Blackbeard's Tea Party in October.

 15th February 2011:
Peter Bearon has been confirmed as the caller for our May 13th ceilidh with Peeping Tom.

 4th February 2011:
Barry Goodman has been confirmed as the caller for our March 11th ceilidh with Random.

 22nd January 2011:
Join us on Facebook! The Phoenix ceilidhs Facebook page is now up and running, discussing ceilidhs past, present and future. There's a link in the menu on every page, or you can you can click here.

 6th September 2010:
Toothless Mary have had to cancel their booking for 11/02/2011. In their place we are pleased to announce the Phoenix debut of Panjandrum, with caller Gordon Potts.

 23rd August 2010:
Cate Bannister will be the caller with Random on 08/10/2010.

 4th August 2010:
Some minor site updates - on 12/11/2010 we present Blackbeard's Tea Party with caller Martyn Harvey, and also Cate Bannister is the caller with Ceilidhography on 08/04/2011. 4/2011.

 9th March 2010:
The caller with The Watch on Friday will be Liam Robertson, not Andrew Swaine as previously advertised. And Toothless Mary are playing in February 2011, not January. Apologies to Liam, Andrew Swaine, Toothless Mary, and anyone else who is inconvenienced or discombobulated by these turns of events. Actually I seem to have spent a lot of time apologising for minor errors on this website recently, I reely mustt get to grips wiv it andd tri hardR to get the ahjka n  m hjknm%(£^EG8 >>>>>> .....

03 February 2010:
Peeping Tom's next appearance at the Phoenix Ceilidhs has been rearranged for 13th May 2011, when the weather should be a bit better than it was when we had to cancel last month ...

06 January 2010:
With the country in the grip of the worst snow in many years, we have taken the decision to cancel the ceilidh with Peeping Tom on 8th January 2010. Please contact us regarding any pre-purchased tickets.

06 January 2010:
Please note that the date for the February ceilidh with Chalktown is now Friday 19th February, NOT the 12th as previously stated on this website and on some of our publicity. Apologies for any confusion.

17 October 2009:
Peter Bearon will be calling with Peeping Tom on 8th January 2010. Meanwhile, details of the ceilidhs up until April 2011 are now up on the calendar page.

02 March 2009:
Diaries at the ready - the whole 2009-2010 season is now up on the events page, starting with the return of All Blacked Up on Friday 9th October.

18 April 2008:
Apologies to Roger Smith of Random, who was alarmed to see himself shown here as being the caller for their ceilidh on 10th October despite never having called a dance before in his life. The caller for Random on 10th October is, and always has been, Martyn Harvey.

05 April 2008:
The site has had a lick of paint and a design refresh. Apologies if there are any broken links caused by the refurbishment: if you do come across one please email me and let me know. I do know that the fading image graphic doesn't look half as good in Internet Explorer 6 as it does in other newer browsers, sorry about that.

25 March 2008:
Callers for the 2008/09 season have now all been confirmed and are on the diary page. Please note that some ticket prices increase from the October 2008 ceilidh onwards.

12 January 2008:
Somehow or other we seem to have booked a good deal of 2009's bands already, so details are now up here on the website!