Line Up
The members of Arish Mel play:
Melodeon, Fiddle, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Recorders, Bass
Guitar, Djembe
We work with several excellent local
Dorset Callers
We provide
our own PA system
All the band members have been playing for
English Traditional Dance for many years.
We are all dancers as well – which shows in our music!
The Name
Arish
Mell is a beautiful bay nestling in a gap in the Chalk cliffs between Lulworth
Cove and Kimmeridge Bay
Famous for centuries as a navigational
landmark used by sailors to avoid the dangerous Kimmeridge Ledges
It is nowadays in the heart of the Lulworth
Tank Ranges
It just happened to be the nearest bit of
Dorset’s Jurassic Coast to our first ever Arish Mel Gig!
Bookings in 2025
Friday 14th February 2025 – Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village
Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Teresa Williams
Friday 14th March 2025 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-tbc
Friday 11th April 2025 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Sue Perigo
Friday 9th May 2025 – Kimmeridge
Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge BH20 5PE –
7.30pm – caller:-Teresa Williams
Friday 13th June 2025 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Malcolm Churchill
Bookings in 2024
Friday 26th January 2024 – Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village
Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Sue Perigo
Friday 16th February 2024 –
Piddle Valley Barn Dance – Piddletrenthide Memorial
Hall, Main St, Piddletrenthide. DT2 7QF - 7.30pm –
caller: Malcolm Churchill
Friday 8th March 2024 – Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village
Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Malcolm Churchill
Monday 11th March 2024 – Wareham
Folk Dance Club – Stoborough Village Hall BH20 5AD –
7.30pm – caller Malcolm Churchill
Friday 5th April 2024 – Church
Knowle Village Hall BH20 5NN – Village Ceilidh & Supper 7pm – caller
Malcolm Churchill
Saturday 6th April 2024 –
Private Event – Charlton Marshall – caller Teresa Williams
Friday 12th April 2024 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:- Sue Perigo
Monday 29th April 2024 – Wareham Folk Dance Club – Stoborough Village Hall BH20 5AD – 7.30pm – caller Malcolm
Churchill
Friday 10th May 2024 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:- Teresa Williams
Saturday 8th June 2024 – Wedding Ceilidh – nr. Fordingbridge – caller Teresa Williams
Friday 28th June 2024 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Teresa Williams
Friday 13th Sept 2024 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Teresa Williams
Saturday 14th September – Private Engagement Party – Winfrith
Newburgh - caller:- Teresa Williams
Monday 30th September 2024 –
Wareham Folk Dance Club – Stoborough Village Hall
BH20 5AD – 7.30pm – caller Malcolm Churchill
Friday 11th Oct 2024 – Kimmeridge Keilidh
in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge BH20 5PE – 7.30pm –
caller: Malcolm Churchill
Saturday 12th Oct 2024 – East
Stour Village Hall Ceilidh – SP8 5JY - caller Teresa Williams
Friday 8th November – Private
Birthday Party – caller:- Teresa Williams
Friday 22nd Nov 2024 – Kimmeridge
Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge BH20 5PE –
7.30pm – caller:-Teresa Williams
Friday 20th Dec 2024 – Piddle Valley Barn Dance – Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, Main St, Piddletrenthide.
DT2 7QF - 7.30pm – caller: Malcolm Churchill