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
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
Friday 24th July 2026 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Teresa Williams
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
Monday 3rd March 2025 – Wareham
Folk Dance Club – Stoborough Village Hall BH20 5AD –
7.30pm – caller Malcolm Churchill
Friday 14th March 2025 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Steve Earwicker &
Guest Callers
Friday 11th April 2025 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Sue Perigo
Saturday 3rd May 2025 – Private
Birthday Party – caller Teresa Williams
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
Monday 14th July 2025 – Wareham
Folk Dance Club – Stoborough Village Hall BH20 5AD –
7.30pm – caller Malcolm Churchill
Friday 12th September 2025 – Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at
The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:-Teresa
Williams
Friday 10th October 2025 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:- Guest Callers
Monday 20th October 2025 –
Wareham Folk Dance Club – Stoborough Village Hall
BH20 5AD – 7.30pm – caller Malcolm Churchill
Friday 14th November 2025 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:- Malcolm Churchill
Friday 5th December 2025 – Shillingstone Barn Dance - Portman Hall, Blandford Rd (Main
Rd), Shillingstone DT11 0SF. Dancing from 7.45 - 9.45
– caller:- Sue Perigo
Friday 12th December 2025 –
Kimmeridge Keilidh in the Village Hall at The Etches Collection, Kimmeridge
BH20 5PE – 7.30pm – caller:- Teresa Williams
Friday 19th Dec 2025 – Piddle
Valley Barn Dance – Piddletrenthide Memorial Hall,
Main St, Piddletrenthide. DT2 7QF - 7.30pm – caller:
Teresa Williams