Category Archives: Bristol

This weekend: Bristol crawl and Priston Festival!

Posted on 14th September 2017 by sword

It’s a busy weekend coming up for Northgate. On Sunday, we’re appearing at the wonderful Priston Folk Festival, and we’re excited about that. And as a warm-up we’re off on a crawl around Bristol on Saturday night, and we’re excited … Continue reading →

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Pokégate Go takes world by storm: #CatchEmAll

Posted on 20th July 2016 by sword

It’s been barely a week since the phenomenon that is Pokégate Go was unleashed upon the British public, and in that time it’s taken the country by storm. In a nutshell, players use their phones to walk around like zombies while trying … Continue reading →

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Booking on Saturday: Ioan and Maddy’s wedding!

Posted on 10th June 2016 by sword

A while ago, we were discussing our upcoming bookings for the year and noticed that this weekend was free. Now, given that we want to dance as much as possible, we thought that something had to be done, so Ioan got together with … Continue reading →

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Northgate to show Silver Flame a good time – Bristol Crawl on Friday

Posted on 3rd March 2016 by sword

Following on from the news that Northgate have been asked to spend the day with Silver Flame in Manchester at DERT in a couple of weeks, we decided to give them a trial run first. So we’re taking them out for the evening … Continue reading →

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DERT schedule announced: scrumpy-guzzling Wurzel lovers unite as Northgate spend the day with Silver Flame!

Posted on 27th February 2016 by sword

The running order for the upcoming DERT competition has finally been announced, and Northgate have struck it lucky: we’ll be dancing round the pubs of Manchester with our Bristol-based friends, Silver Flame! What a treat for all of us. Clearly the canny northerners … Continue reading →

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So this is Christmas, and what have we done?

Posted on 19th December 2015 by sword

Good question. Well, loads. Look closely into our annals and you’ll find a veritable cornucopia of exciting things we’ve been up to in the past year. We’ve appeared at Sidmouth Folk Week, Bristol Folk Festival and Bath Folk Festival too! Wow. Oh, and … Continue reading →

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Bristol Folk Festival: socks, sitting and Silver Flame

Posted on 3rd May 2015 by sword

And so we had a splendid day with our chums Silver Flame dancing at the Bristol Folk Festival. We danced in pubs, at the Folk House and on College Green. Oh, and at a wake, which was rather moving. And many interesting things … Continue reading →

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DERT delightfully done; Bristol folk festival follows

Posted on 1st May 2015 by sword

We’ve taken a bit of a holiday during the run up to DERT, which we hosted quite fabulously in Bristol a couple of weeks ago. And indeed we’ve also taken a longer holiday following DERT to recover. But now we’re back. … Continue reading →

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DERT is nigh and we’re getting a little excited

Posted on 22nd March 2015 by sword

DERT is less than three weeks away now and the lads of Northgate are getting a little excited. As can be seen from this Actual Photo taken by CCTV in Bath city centre just last night, we’re rather letting the upcoming dance fest … Continue reading →

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Bristol crawl proves that (sometimes) a plan might be useful

Posted on 8th February 2015 by sword

So for all our bravado, perhaps it might have been better to have a plan for Saturday’s crawl of Bristol. Oh sure, the pubs were superb and the punters therein were extremely enthusiastic and welcoming, but perhaps the lack of … Continue reading →

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