England on Folk Directory

Accrington Folk Club

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This new folk club meets at the Accrington Cricket Club (BB5 5BD) every alternate Wednesday from 8.30 to 11pm.

Amberley Acoustic

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Amberley Acoustic Music Club meets at The George and Dragon in Houghton, near Amberley, West Sussex, BN18 9LW. The pub, one of the oldest in Sussex, is full of delightful character, the beer is excellent, and food is available until 9.00 pm. Sessions are usually held on the first and third Tuesday nights, though other Tuesdays are also used.

BACCApipes Folk club

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Black Fen Folk Club

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Bollington Folk Club

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Brackley Folk Club

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Brackley Folk Club meets every Sunday in the Greyhound. The club has regular guest nights, welcomes any music style, and has strong connections with the Brackley Morris. It also runs a free folk day every June.

Brighton Acoustic Club

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The club meets at The Lord Nelson, 36 Trafalgar Street, Brighton, on the first Monday of each month. It is an informal floor-spot set-up with a featured guest act. Given that there is no PA, most regular performers have a folk or roots background, whether performing traditional or original material. Admission is free, with a donation encouraged. 8.00pm–11.00pm.

Cadgwith Folk Club

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Cadgwith Folk Club runs from the Cove Inn in Cadgwith, Cornwall, every Tuesday from 9pm.

Carrington Triangle

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Cellar Upstairs

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Cellar Upstairs, London Held in the Calthorpe Arms, Grays Inn Road, London, on Saturdays at 8pm

Central Bar

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Central Bar Folk Club is held upstairs in the Central Bar, next to the Tyne Bridge on Hills Street, and meets on the third Thursday of each month from 12.30 to 3.30pm. The club is run in a sing-around style, with some well-known North East performers attending. The bar serves food as well as a selection of draught ales and spirits.

Cottingham Live Folk Club

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Cramlington Folk Club

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Croydon Folk Club

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The club meets on Mondays at 8pm at Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road, Croydon.

Cutty Wren Folk Club

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Darlington Folk Acoustic Club

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Davy Lamp Folk Club

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Devizes Folk Club

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Devizes Folk Club presents traditional and contemporary folk music and song on Monday evenings at 8pm (except August and bank holidays) in the Lamb Inn, St John’s Street, Devizes, Wiltshire. The club encourages singing, playing and performance, and has a local guest and a major guest each month. All other nights are singers’ nights.

Dragon Folk Club, Worcester

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The Dragon Folk Club was founded in 2016 and meets on the first and third Wednesday of the month from 8 to 10:30 pm in the upper room of the Dragon Inn, The Tything, Worcester. The club offers three song/15-minute floor spots and usually finishes the evening with an invited guest who plays a longer set.

Ely Folk Club

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Folk Around Fishponds, Bristol

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Folk Around Fishponds, Bristol Folk Around Fishponds (FAF) is an acoustic folk club run by live music enthusiasts. “Folk” music can mean different things to different people, but basically FAF is a live music performing club with a foot firmly in the folk tradition.

Folk at Norden Farm, Maidenhead

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Folk at Norden Farm, Maidenhead Held at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead

Grayshott Folk Club

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Grayshott Folk Club meets at Grashott Village Hall and other venues in Surrey. The programme is varied and variable.

Gregson Lane Folk Club

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Gregson Lane Folk Club meets at Nets Bar (formerly Gregson Lane S & C Club) in the village of Gregson Lane, Preston, on Thursdays every two weeks.

Harrogate Folk Club

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Haver Folk

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Haverfolk, Romford HaverFolk meets in The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford, Essex, RM1 1HR every Wednesday from 8pm to chucking out time. They run mainly floor spots, with anyone welcome to perform or listen, and are most encouraging to beginners. There are also monthly professional guests and/or Members’ Showcase evenings for those of a sufficiently high standard. For more info call Peter on 0

Lichfield Folk Dance Club

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The club meets most Monday evenings. Club nights are normally at the Bader Hall of King Edward School, Kings Hill Road, Lichfield WS14 9DE, except during school holidays, when the club normally uses St Chad’s Church Hall, The Leasowe WS13 7HD. New members are always welcome, including beginners.

Liverpool Sea Shanty Session

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Liverpool Sea Shanty Session Hosted By Trim Rig and A Doxy, Mick & Mary McGarry and Andy Kenna. The session is in the Pig & Whistle First Saturday of every month - 8.30pm onwards. Free Entry.

Mellor Brook Community Centre, Blackburn

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Mellor Brook Community Centre, Blackburn On Whalley Road, Mellor Brook, Blackburn, this centre holds regular folk and roots gigs.

Midway Folk Club, Stockport

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The club meets on Mondays at 8.30 pm at the Midway, Newbridge Lane, Stockport (except bank holidays). The club holds singaround sessions and regular guest nights.

National Forest Folk Club, Leicestershire

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The National Forest Folk Club is at The Moira Miners’ Welfare in North West Leicestershire.

Nettlebed Folk Club

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Nettlebed Folk Club Nettlebed Folk Song Club was started in July 1975 by a group of Folk Song lovers from Maidenhead in Berkshire when the tenant of a local public house moved to the Bull Inn at Nettlebed, nr. Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. From a small start in a tiny bar (40 people) the Club progressed to a converted coaching barn holding over 100 and quickly established itself as one of the F

NettlehamLive

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Nettleham Live is a folk music festival featuring acts in a concert setting, three miles from Lincoln. The venue offers a bar and extensive parking. Nettleham Village Hall, Brookfield Avenue, Nettleham, Lincs LN2 2SS.

Northwich Folk Club

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Nova Scotia Folk Club, Bristol

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Nova Scotia Folk Club, Bristol The Nova Scotia Folk Club, in the Nova Scotia Inn, in the Cumberland Basin, is the longest running acoustic music club in Bristol. Every Monday night come rain or shine they host some of the greatest talent in the south west. Beginner or hugely talented, all are welcome to play, so bring your instrument and come along.

Otley Folk Club

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Otley Folk Club meets every Wednesday in The Black Horse Hotel on Westgate. It acts as a host for local singers and musicians and for guest artists. Singing and playing usually starts around 8:30 p.m. The Folk Club works on a rotation basis, alternating weekly between singers’ nights and booked artists. The bar serves Black Sheep real ale and a host of fine wines.

Oxfolk, Oxford

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Oxfolk holds regular ceilidh dances at Kennington Village Hall, Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PG, on the second Saturday of the month from October to May.

Pinner Folk & Blues Club

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The club meets in a singaround format in the Church Hall at St Thomas More RC Church, 32 Field End Road, Eastcote, Pinner, Middx HA5 2QT. Parking is available on site. Meetings are usually on the first and third Wednesdays of each month (dates change occasionally; check the club’s website to be sure). Doors open at 19.30 and music runs from 19.45 to 22.15.

Redbourn Folk Club

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Robin Hoods Bay Folk Club

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The Robin Hood’s Bay Folk Club meets every Friday evening in the big room of the Dolphin Inn, on King Street in the old village of Robin Hood’s Bay, and keeps alive the local tradition of music and singing. It usually starts between 8.30 and 9.00 p.m.

Ryburn Folk Club

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Swindon Folk Club

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The Beehive

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The Bridge

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The Elephant & Castle

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The Grove Folk Club, Leeds

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The Grove Folk Club, Leeds The Grove Folk Club meets on Fridays at The Grove Inn, Back Row, David Street, off Water Lane, Leeds LS11 5PL.

The Song Loft, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes

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The Song Loft is held fortnightly on a Friday in the York House Centre, which is situated in the historic market town of Stony Stratford.

Tigerfolk

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Tigerfolk is a traditional folk club in Long Whatton, Derbyshire. It meets on the second Tuesday of every month at The Falcon Inn, 64 Main Street, Long Whatton, Loughborough, usually starting at 7.30pm. The club was started in February 1991 by singer (and veteran of the UK folk scene) Roy Harris. When Roy moved to Cardiff, he left the club in the capable hands of a group of residents.

Watford Folk Club

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