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Welcome to Folk and Roots A guide to the folk and acoustic scene, with information about UK folk gigs and Folk Festivals and hundreds of links! |
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"The role of the South East Folk Arts Network is that of enabler: offering an information, advisory, co-ordinating and networking service to the traditional arts in the region.
Folk tradition and folk practice of the South East are vibrant and varied. The area is a rich patchwork of festivals, concerts, workshops, dances, music sessions, clubs and - above all - involvement."
The Ram Folk Club
A Folk Club based in Claygate, Surrey - Meets every Friday, two minutes walk from Claygate BR
Bluegrass Plus Club, Coulsdon, Surrey
Regular Bluegrass and other events at this club.
A useful guide to whats happening folk wise in South West Surrey/Guildford
"Glorious, orgasmic ceilidh music" |
Meets every Thursday Evening with regular Guest Nights
The Chanticleer, Dorking
Meets every Wednesday evening with guests
At Tanners Hatch Youth Hostel, Off the Ranmore Road, Nr Dorking, Surrey
Deep in the Surrey woods, away from the world, there’s a small abode where travelling folkies are welcome . . . .
On the second Saturday of the month, September to May, music fills the small room in front of a large fireplace . . .
Acoustic music, ‘from the wood’!
Players, singers and listeners of all ages welcome.
15 beds and camping Parking 0.75miles
Info: 01306 877964 tanners@yha.org.uk or visit their website here
Staines Folk and Blues Club
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"Soiree are Sue Graves, Hector Gilchrist and Steve Poole. Beautiful songs, lifted still further by lilting harmonies and liquid guitars, invoke the ambience and warm glow of a satisfying evening spent with friends." |
| The Abbys Ceilidh Band "London's premier Irish Traditional Music Band specialising in Irish Ceilidh Dances, Irish Sessions, Concerts and Events with Mike Pelton Vocals/Guitar/Mandolin, Mike Hartes Vocals, Guitar Colette O'Dowd Accordian, Kirsten Hughes Fiddle Vocals The band members have appeared on T.V and Radio and have performed at festivals in the U.K and Europe and released records in the States" |
The Maypole Band
"The Maypole band are a group of acoustic musicians who have been providing music for barn dances for years & years, some of the members have been performing at these event since the 1960's. If you are stuck for ideas to provide enjoyable but alternative entertainment for an event then contact the Maypole band. The group, whilst acoustic, does provide good quality amplification & they have their own dance 'caller' who will select dances suitable for the skill level of the dancers & will, as the evening unfolds, teach more complex dances."
The Windsor Arts Centre, Windsor, Berkshire
Reading Folk Club
Tudor Folk Club Meets Every Monday with guests in Chesham, Bucks, England
Every Wednesday 8:30 - 11:00 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Also see myspace.com/marlowbottomacousticclub for details.
Wolverton Acoustic Club, The MADCAP Theatre, Wolverton, Milton Keynes
"We’re open every Sunday evening from 7:30pm and entrance is £2
It’s best to get there early if you’re a performer to guarantee a spot.
We are a very welcoming club and big supporters of emerging talent."
The Stables is Milton Keynes' premier live music venue offering excellent live music for all tastes - jazz, blues, folk, rock, classical, pop and world music.
Cannon Live, Newport Bagnell, Milton Keynes
"The Cannon Club which is now in its 5th year books live acoustic music acts such as Bluegrass, Country, Folk Music, Irish Music, in fact any kind of acoustic music that only requires the minimum of amplification so that the audience can hear the music in as near to natural sound as possible."
The Song Loft
"Now in its 27th year, the Song Loft hosts folk artists on a bi-weekly basic 10 months of the year (closed high summer). Artists range from local performers / bands to the national and internationally known, such as Waterson-Carthy, Vin Garbutt and Isla Blair."
The Vaults Bar Folk Workshop, Stony Stratford, Nr Milton Keynes
"Every Sunday lunchtime for more than twenty years singers, musicians, poets and others too diverse to mention have gathered here for an Open Session. Not just locals, but luminaries such as Martin Carthy and the High Level ranters."
The Fox & Hounds
87 High Street, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes - This high street pub features Live blues, folk & jazz Thursdays & Saturdays
"The DooLallys are a group of new and exciting folk talent, who live and play on the inland waterways of South East England. They live on a 62' narrowboat, Scallywag. Their influences are Irish Traditional and Roots. Interspersing tunes with songs of England past and present and mixing a range of instruments from the sweet and haunting Irish Uilleann pipes, the gentle bodhran, the bouzouki and other various stringed accompaniment." |
Oxford Folk Club meets every Friday in the Port Mahon on St Clements from 8.30 till 11.00. We alternate guest nights and open nights throughout the year and welcome all singers, musicians and audience equally. We feature a broad spectrum of folk music including traditional and contemporary, unaccompanied and accompanied, instrumental and vocal. Please see our web site for up-to-date information, door charges, and floorspot policies. You are very welcome.
The Exeter Hall, Cowley, Oxford
Weekly folk session and other gigs.
The Zodiac, Cowley Road, Oxford
This central Oxford venue hosts regular Folk/Acoustic events.
Cat Weazle, Oxford
"Oxford's legendary performing arts club...
An intimate and magical space for musicians, singers, poets, storytellers and performance artists of every imaginable hue, who grace the stage every Wednesday night. A chance to sit, to listen, to connect, to inspire and to be inspired …"
Rosie O'Grady's, 1 Park End Street, Oxford
Regular gigs at this pub venue.
Weekly Acoustic club in the centre of Oxford.
Ride a Cock Horse Folk Club
Every Wednesday, 8.30pm in the Millers Bar, The Mill Arts Centre, Spiceball Park, Banbury, Oxon
Nettlebed Folk Club
Nettlebed Folk Club meets in the Nettlebed Village Club most Mondays
(doors open at 8PMish).
Nettlebed is located 4 miles N.W. of Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire. Or to put it another way north of Reading and Maidenhead, south of Oxford with handy access from the M4 and M40
White Horse Ceilidhs, Grove, nr Wanatge, Oxfordshire
Ceilidhs held every other month.
The Killingworth Castle, Wootton, Oxon
This village pub hosts weekly (friday) folk gigs and every other Wednesday the Goats play a regular spot.
Chipping Norton Folk Information
A guide to whats going on the folk scene in Chipping Norton, Oxon including folk club dates
Music at the Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Regular concerts at this Theatre venue based in Abingdon Abbey
"Wiltshire Folk Arts has sprung from Wiltshire Traditions, a small organisation based in Potterne as you may have already seen. The idea behind Wiltshire traditions was fairly straightforward and was to concentrate on collection of traditional songs, music, customs and traditions, but after careful and very long deliberation it was decided that Wiltshire needed a much more comprehensive organisation in order to promote the music and traditions that we love so much."
Swindon Folksingers Club
Meets every Friday (bar July/August) with frequent guests at Gorse Hill Working Mens Club, Chapel Street, off Cricklade Road, Swindon. For further details phone Ted Poole on 01793 722335 or Eric Stott on 1793 521301
Salisbury Folk, Wiltshire
Organises regular folk concerts in the Salisbury area.
The White Horse Folk Club, The Fox, Swindon St (A361), Highworth, Swindon
Meets on the first and third Wednesday of the month with guests
Folk at the Royal Oak, Corsham, Wiltshire
Meets every Thursday Night with occasional guests
Mr Red's Mid West cresby.com
List of clubs & sessions in the area: Exeter to Shrewsbury &
Cardiff to Oxford.
Southern Counties Folk Federation (SCoFF)
"Is a loose confederation of Folk Clubs, Arts Centres, Concert Venues, Festivals and Organisations promoting Folk and related Acoustic Music in the Southern Counties of England and the Channel Islands. "
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