Lunchtime live

Poisoned Folk to bring the sunshine back...

...and make you sweat. They'll be playing tomorrow (Sunday March 4th 2018) lunchtime from 1:30pm on the terrace of Ramiro's bus station bar beside the bridge in La Calera again. Last Sunday the market was abandoned and the music cancelled due to the wind and rain, but the forecast for this Sunday afternoon is much better and the sun will be splittin' stones. There'll also be another open music session to follow 'Poisoned Folk' from from 3:30 pm. Don't forget your sunglasses, and make sure to drink enough beer.

Sunday live last minute change

Caro Spiller from Argentina (above) with Tony Reece and friends will play at the bus station this Sunday afternoo instead of Poisoned Folk (due to illness), who'll be there again next Sunday Feb. 25th  2018 at 1:30 pm, I've been told.

Sunday afternoon live music

Poisoned Folk (above) will play at 1:30 pm this Sunday, Feb. 18th 2018, at Ramiro's

bus station bar in La Calera, Valle Gran Rey (in front of Sunday market).

From about 3:30 pm an open music session will follow, where anything can happen...

Sundays at the bus station

Poisoned Folk (above) will play at Ramiro's bar in the bus station near the bridge in La Calera, Valle Gran Rey from 1:30 pm this Sunday, and again there might be some special guests joining them.

At about 3:30 pm an open music session and sing-song will follow. Below is an image taken exactly one year ago of some musicians who played there and a good few of them will be there again this Sunday. There's also a 'parranda' (open music session) at around 3 pm on Wednesday afternoons at the bus station bay view bar.

The Sunday sessions

... followed by an open music session (called a parranda here) from 3:30 pm. All welcome.

More Poisoned Sunday Sessions

Sunday afternoon music sessions at Ramiro's bus station bar in La Calera near the bridge and Sunday market continue and tomorrow Jan.28th 2018 Poisoned Folk will start playing at 1:30pm again,  followed by an open music session and sing-song.

Bar at bus station reopened. Live music this Sunday

Not just decoration on the wall...

The small bar with terrace at the bus station in Valle Gran has reopened and host Ramiro is back behind the beer tap. The bar with the panoramic view over the Atlantic with El Hierro island in the background had been closed for several months and had been sorely missed by its loyal clientele of locals and regular visitors. The interior has been repainted and new tables and chairs are on the open terrace. An impromptu music session yesterday afternoon entertained the first guests and a beautiful sunset proved that this bar is one of the best spots to view the setting sun in all of La Gomera (click this for more...).

This Sunday afternoon, January 21st 2018, there'll be live music with Poisoned Folk from 1:30 pm and this will be directly followed by an open music session. Come on up to the bus station beside the bridge in La Calera and join in...

Yesterday's sunset seen from the bus station bar in Valle Gran Rey

Popular poison

Troubadour Tony on guitar and Toxic Tom on fiddle, aka Poisoned Folk, are back by popular demand tomorrow Jan.14th 2018 from 1:30 pm at the Sunday market behind the bus station in La Calera close to the bridge. They'll perform a semi-unplucked (sic) session/concert with an Irish guest bodhran player called Wild Willie on the terrace of Ramiro's bar. So come on up and get intoxicated...

Poisoned Folk Session today

Once again today, Jan.7th 2018 from about 1:30 pm Poisoned Folk will perform a semi-unplucked (sic) session/concert with an Irish guest bodhran player. Come on up to the Sunday market behind the bus station in La Calera close to the bridge (not under) where host Ramiro keeps the cold beer flowing to the sound of the boys above...

Market will be poisoned

...this Sunday, Dec. 17th 2017 from about 12 noon, when Poisoned Folk will perform a semi-unplucked (sic) session/concert with an Irish mystery guest 'drummer'. Come on up to the Sunday market behind the bus station in La Calera close to the bridge (not under) where host Ramiro keeps the cold beer flowing. 

...and then, when these boys are plucking away at all the money that went into the hat and the market traders are packing up, an informal sing-song might begin with gallons of guitars and even more beer, the likes of which can only be heard at Ramiro's...

Lunchtime live

Poisoned Sunday afternoon

Hurry to get poisoned

The comedy show on the pier was postponed, but there's a good and entertaining act on in La Puntilla where 'Poisoned Folk' will take on any folk from 9pm - get there soon !

Two bands for beach party

Tonight the 'noche en blanco' promotion is taking place in the La Playa area of Valle Gran Rey and a short walk further out at the uninhabited western end of the valley at the Playa del Ingles beach just beyond the sports grounds two bands will be performing after sunset - see flyer above. This gig is the rocking alternative to the X-mas shopping promotion in La Playa and not part of the official programme below:

Let's rock tonight !

Tonight at the football grounds in Valle Gran Rey (far western end): Five great bands for a fiver. Reasonably priced food and drink available on-site. Be there !

Rock Festival as live music returns to Valle Gran Rey

Slowly but steadily live music is returning to Valle Gran Rey on La Gomera and some more bars and restaurants are going to the trouble to obtain a licence for each specific event. A festival of live music will take place at the football grounds on Saturday, Oct. 5th 2013, from 6pm. Five solid bands for only a fiver sounds very good to me.

Valle Luna Festival '13 at the Sunday Market

Impressions of some of the action yesterday afternoon:

Musicians rehearsing 

'The Jazz Jammers'

'Poisoned Folk'

Vueltas Choir

The Sunday market

Peter (Skazz trumpet)