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 2026
Friday 23rd January 2026 – Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village
Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Malcolm
Churchill
Saturday 24th January 2026 – Private
Birthday Party – Cerne Abbas Village Hall – caller: Malcolm Churchill
Saturday 31st January 2026 –
Barn Dance for Wareham Branch of RNLI – Furzebrook Village Hall BH20 5AR –
caller: Teresa Williams
Friday 27th February 2026 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Sue Perigo
Friday 27th March 2026 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Jane Wilkins
Friday 24th April 2026 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Malcolm Churchill
Monday 8th June 2026 – Wareham
Folk Dance Club – Stoborough Village Hall BH20 5AD – 7.30pm – caller Malcolm
Churchill
Friday 10th July 2026 – Wareham
Twinning Association Barn Dance – Carey Hall Wareham BH20 4BA– 7.30pm – caller
Teresa Williams – tickets £10
Friday 24th July 2026 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge BH20
5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Teresa Williams
Cancelled! Friday 23rd Oct 2026 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge – Cancelled!
Monday 16th November 2026 –
Wareham Folk Dance Club – Stoborough Village Hall BH20 5AD – 7.30pm – caller
Malcolm Churchill
Friday 27th Nov 2026 – Kimmeridge
Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge BH20 5PE –
7.30pm – caller:-Malcolm Churchill
Friday 11th Dec 2026 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Teresa Williams
Friday 18th Dec 2026 – Piddle Valley Barn
Dance – Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall, Main St, Piddletrenthide. DT2 7QF -
7.30pm – caller: Teresa Williams
Bookings in 2027
Saturday
6th March 2027 – Barn Dance for Wareham Rotary – Furzebrook Village
Hall BH20 5AR – caller: Teresa Williams