Folk-Club

Sandbach Unplugged at The George, High Street. Floor singers welcome; guests twice a month.

Sandpiper Folk Club at the Pigot Arms, Wolverhampton — Wednesday, every two weeks.

An annual celebration in Portsoy of the town’s rich maritime and cultural heritage. The festival features beautiful boats, exhilarating skiff races on the open sea, maritime and rural craft demonstrations, non-stop song and dance with an acoustic and Scottish flavour, mouth-watering food and drink, and adventure activities at the Sports Village (open to all ages).

Scrag End Folk Club meets at the Shoulder of Mutton, Oakthorpe, near Measham, north west Leicestershire. The club meets at 8 pm on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month in the restaurant.

SECOND SATURDAYS This is where the Open Nights started ~ as an environment SECOND SATURDAYS This is where the Open Nights started ~ as an environment in which to share songs, words and music, without amplification, to provide somewhere people can perform, and to encourage them to do so. Everybody is welcome, to perform or not, as we go around the room. You can hear poems, stories, modern songs and various musics as well as folk stuff. Occasionally we also have a Visiting Performer, from ‘furrin’ parts, who we ask to do a few extra items! There is no admission charge, but we pass the pot round during the evening. The income is used to cover promotional costs and to subsidise irregular workshops on a variety of subjects - voice, song writing, instrumental, etc. ...

Most evenings at Sharps are singers’ nights, meaning anyone is welcome to volunteer to sing, play an instrument, tell a story, and so on. Evenings are run by a rota of MCs who call on the singers and musicians to perform in turn. About once a month a guest artist is booked.