Some folk music activities in London

What was new

This page lists major changes to my folk music activities in London pages up to December 2004. Links are given as they were at the time of the change; some have changed since (and are hence incorrect) but have not been updated here. Changes from January 2005 onwards are listed in the What's new page.


December 2005

31st December 2005

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

23rd December 2005

Updated Borough Session page.

18th December 2005

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme and Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme.

11th December 2005

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme, and Musical Traditions Club main page and forthcoming programme.


November 2005

26th November 2005

Updated Islington Folk Club main page and forthcoming programme.

7th November 2005

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


October 2005

23rd October 2005

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, and Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.

8th October 2005

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


September 2005

21st September 2005

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, and Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.


August 2005

31st August 2005

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.


July 2005

9th July 2005

Updated Islington Folk Club main page and forthcoming programme.


June 2005

29th June 2005

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme, and Borough Session page.

12th June 2005

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme.

6th June 2005

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


April 2005

24th April 2005

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme, Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme, and Borough Session page.

12th April 2005

Added page for Keith Summers Festival.

10th April 2005

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


March 2005

20th March 2005

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

5th March 2005

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


February 2005

27th February 2005

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme.


December 2004

23rd December 2004

Updated Borough Session page and Dancemusic page.

22nd December 2004

Updated Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.

20th December 2004

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme.

11th December 2004

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme and Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


November 2004

28th November 2004

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme and Borough Session page.

14th November 2004

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


October 2004

31st October 2004

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


September 2004

17th September 2004

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme.

5th September 2004

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme.


August 2004

31st August 2004

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme, and Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.

22nd August 2004

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.

11th August 2004

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


July 2004

21st July 2004

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

14th July 2004

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, and Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.


June 2004

13th June 2004

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


May 2004

22nd May 2004

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


April 2004

14th April 2004

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.

4th April 2004

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme and Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.


March 2004

20th March 2004

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme, Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme, and Knees Up Cecil Sharp main page and forthcoming programme.

10th March 2004

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme and Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


February 2004

27th February 2004

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.

8th February 2004

Updated Borough Session pages.


January 2004

5th January 2004

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

4th January 2004

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


December 2003

21st December 2003

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme, and Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.

7th December 2003

Updated Borough Session pages.


November 2003

25th November 2003

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme.

24th November 2003

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


October 2003

25th October 2003

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

3rd October 2003

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


September 2003

28th September 2003

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

21st September 2003

Updated Musical Traditions Club main page, and forthcoming programme.


August 2003

16th August 2003

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme, Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme and Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.


June 2003

28th June 2003

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

25th June 2003

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme, and Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.

16th June 2003

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme, and Musical Traditions Club main page and forthcoming programme.


April 2003

21st April 2003

Updated Sharp's Folk Club forthcoming programme.

6th April 2003

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme.


March 2003

25th March 2003

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

22nd March 2003

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme, and Borough Session page.


January 2003

25th January 2003

Updated Borough Session and Borough Session history pages.

16th January 2003

Updated Borough Session page.


December 2002

15th December 2002

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp forthcoming programme.

14th December 2002

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

1st December 2002

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme, and Borough Session page. Converted Some folk music activities in London and subsidiary pages to XHTML.


November 2002

17th November 2002

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme, and converted Islington Folk Club pages to XHTML.


September 2002

29th September 2002

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, and Borough Session page.

22nd September 2002

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.

7th September 2002

Updated Islington Folk Club main page.


July 2002

29th July 2002

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

24th July 2002

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme, Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme and Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs forthcoming programme.


June 2002

22nd June 2002

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme, and Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme>.

9th June 2002

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


April 2002

10th April 2002

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.

8th April 2002

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs main page.


March 2002

23rd March 2002

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

15th March 2002

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme and Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs forthcoming programme.

10th March 2002

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.

8th March 2002

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


February 2002

8th February 2002

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


January 2002

20th January 2002

Updated Islington Folk Club main page.

8th January 2002

Updated Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.

7th January 2002

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs forthcoming programme.


December 2001

30th December 2001

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme and Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

23rd December 2001

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

8th December 2001

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs forthcoming programme.

2nd December 2001

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


November 2001

18th November 2001

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

11th November 2001

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme, Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs main page, and Borough Music Session page.

3rd November 2001

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


October 2001

28th October 2001

Added Knees Up logo to Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs main page and forthcoming programme.

14th October 2001

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


September 2001

5th September 2001

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme and main page.

2nd September 2001

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme and Borough Music Session page.


July 2001

18th July 2001

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.

8th July 2001

Updated the Borough Music Session page and created a new history page for the session.


June 2001

25th June 2001

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs forthcoming programme.

22nd June 2001

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme and main page, and the Borough Music Session page.

17th June 2001

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs forthcoming programme.

2nd June 2001

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


May 2001

23rd May 2001

Updated Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.

9th May 2001

Updated Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.


April 2001

30th April 2001

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs forthcoming programme.

18th April 2001

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme and Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.

6th April 2001

Updated National Folk Music Festival alternative event page.

4th April 2001

Updated Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.


March 2001

30th March 2001

Updated National Folk Music Festival alternative event page.

29th March 2001

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, and National Folk Music Festival alternative event page.

28th March 2001

Created page for National Folk Music Festival alternative event.

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme and main page, and Islington Folk Club main page.

23rd March 2001

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

18th March 2001

Updated Sharps Folk Club forthcoming programme.

10th March 2001

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.

6th March 2001

Validated Some folk music activities in London and its subsidiary pages as HTML 4.01 with the World Wide Web Consortium validator and associated stylesheets with the W3C CSS Validation Service, and made appropriate amendments.

5th March 2001

Added dance descriptions for the tunes on Dancemusic and It's about time

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs forthcoming programme.

Tidied Committe Band pages with HTML Tidy.


February 2001

18th February 2001

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs forthcoming programme and the English Ceilidh Dancing page.

9th February 2001

Updated Islington Folk Club main page and forthcoming programme


January 2001

8th January 2001

More minor updatings.

7th January 2001

Validated Some folk music activities in London and its subsidiary pages as HTML 4.01 with the World Wide Web Consortium validator, checked for accessibility problems with CAST Bobby, and tidied them up with HTML Tidy.

Updated English music session at the Wheatsheaf, Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme, Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, and Sharp's Folk Club forthcoming dates. Other minor updates to various pages.


December 2000

16th December 2000

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs main page and forthcoming programme. Revised English Ceilidh Dancing page.

10th December 2000

Removed Cellar Upstairs Folk Club page and provided a redirection to Cellar Upstairs Folk Club.

9th December 2000

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme and Sharp's Folk Club forthcoming dates.

2nd December 2000

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


November 2000

26th November 2000

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.

19th November 2000

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

13th November 2000

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme and Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.


October 2000

29th October 2000

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme.

4th October 2000

Updated Cellar Upstairs Folk Club page.

Transferred pre-2000 changes to a new What was new page.


September 2000

30th September 2000

Updated Cellar Upstairs Folk Club page.

18th September 2000

Corrected dead links on Cecil Sharp House, Musical Traditions Club and Sharp's Folk Club: forthcoming dates pages.


August 2000

20th August 2000

Updated Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme. Added a page for Cellar Upstairs Folk Club.

Added style sheets for the pages in this area of the site and generally revised and updated the pages.


July 2000

23rd July 2000

Updated Sharps Folk Club dates.


June 2000

18th June 2000

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs forthcoming programme, Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme, Musical Traditions Club forthcoming programme, and English music session at the Wheatsheaf.


May 2000

28th May 2000

Updated Sharps Folk Club dates, Musical Traditions Club main page.


April 2000

22nd April 2000

Updated telephone numbers and other changes on Islington Folk Club main page, Musical Traditions Club main page and forthcoming programme, Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs main page and forthcoming programme, English music session at the Wheatsheaf.


March 2000

12th March 2000

Updated Islington Folk Club main page and forthcoming programme. and Musical Traditions Club main page and forthcoming programme.


February 2000

20th February 2000

Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

12th February 2000

Musical Traditions Club dates.


December 1999

22nd December 1999

Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates and Musical Traditions Club dates updated.

21st December 1999

Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates updated.

10th December 1999

Updated Sharps Folk Club dates and Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

5th December 1999

Updated page for English music session at the Wheatsheaf.


November 1999

29th November 1999

Updated Sharps Folk Club dates

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

14th November 1999

Updated Islington Folk Club main page and Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

10th November 1999

Updated Musical Traditions Club dates.

4th November 1999

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


October 1999

10th October 1999

Updated reference to Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England page on folk music activities in London page.


September 1999

19th September 1999

Updated Islington Folk Club main page.

13th September 1999

Updated Musical Traditions Club main page and Musical Traditions Club dates.

8th September 1999

Updated Islington Folk Club main page, Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme. Islington Folk Club venues and Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates.

2nd September 1999

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates.


August 1999

11th August 1999

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.


July 1999

28th July 1999

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

14th July 1999

Updated Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme.

8th July 1999

Updated Islington Folk Club main page, Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme, Sharps Folk Club dates, Musical Traditions Club dates and English music session at the Wheatsheaf, Borough Market. Added page for Islington Folk Club previous programme.


June 1999

19th June 1999

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates.

16th June 1999

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates.


May 1999

4th May 1999

Updated URLs for English Folk Dance and Song Society, Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, and Cecil Sharp House programme on Cecil Sharp House page.

1st May 1999

Minor changes to Islington Folk Club main page, Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme, and Musical Traditions Club dates.


April 1999

Updated URL for Folk London on folk music activities in London page.

22nd April 1999

Islington Folk Club main page and Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme updated.

5th April 1999

Updated link to Folk London on folk music activities in London page.

2nd April 1999

Details of change of venue and Added UK Street Map Page link added to Islington Folk Club main pages.


March 1999

26th March 1999

Details of change of venue added to Islington Folk Club main pages. Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme updated.

21st March 1999

Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme updated.

20th March 1999

Updated Sharps Folk Club dates and Musical Traditions Club dates. Added page for Musical Traditions Club special event An evening of Irish song and story.

9th March 1999

Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme updated.


February 1999

22nd February 1999

Removed URL for English Folk Dance and Song Society and added link to map on Cecil Sharp House page.

12th February 1999

Updated Musical Traditions Club dates.

7th February 1999

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates.


January 1999

31st January 1999

Updated the Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs and Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates pages.

20th January 1999

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates.

18th January 1999

Added link to DCMS Press Release on English music session at the Wheatsheaf, Borough Market page.

17th January 1999

Added UK Street Map Page links to English music session at the Wheatsheaf, Borough Market, Musical Traditions Club and Islington Folk Club main pages.


December 1998

12th December 1998

Updated English music session at the Wheatsheaf, Borough Market and Islington Folk Club main page.

5th December 1998

Added new quotes on Sharps Folk Club main page.

Updated English Ceilidh Dancing page.


November 1998

30th November 1998

Updated Musical Traditions Club dates and Islington Folk Club main page.

21st November 1998

Updated Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates.

18th November 1998

Updated Sharps Folk Club dates.

16th November 1998

Added links to Regional resources on folk music activities in London.

Updated references to Islington Folk Club resident bands on Islington Folk Club main page.

Updated URL for English Folk Dance and Song Society and link to map on Cecil Sharp House page.

7th November 1998

Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme updated.


September 1998

28th September 1998

Musical Traditions Club dates, and Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates updated.


August 1998

31st August 1998

Updated URL for English Folk Dance and Song Society and link to map on Cecil Sharp House page.

28th August 1998

Sharps Folk Club dates updated.

9th August 1998

Musical Traditions Club dates, and Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates updated.


July 1998

25th July 1998

Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme updated.

22nd July 1998

Sharps Folk Club dates updated.

Changed real ale references to Greene King on Cecil Sharp House, Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs, and Sharps Folk Club pages.

5th July 1998

English music session at the Wheatsheaf, Borough Market updated.

4th July 1998

Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme updated.


June 1998

24th June 1998

Islington Folk Club forthcoming programme and Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates updated.

Added link to The Blowpipes Trombone Trio on Islington Folk Club Forthcoming programme page.


May 1998

4th May 1998

English music session at the Wheatsheaf, Borough Market updated.


April 1998

26th April 1998

Islington Folk Club Forthcoming programme page updated.

17th April 1998

Musical Traditions Club dates updated.

15th April 1998

Sharps Folk Club dates updated.


February 1998

8th February 1998

Musical Traditions Club dates updated.

New page for previous Islington Folk Club venues.


January 1998

26th January 1998

Added link to Pete Coe's home page on Islington Folk Club Forthcoming programme page. Added link to Camden Town Online on Cecil Sharp House page.

18th January 1998

Islington Folk Club page revised.

13th January 1998

Sharps Folk Club dates updated.

1st January 1998

Musical Traditions Club dates updated.


December 1997

Revised this page to provide contents listing, and major changes before July 1997

27th December 1997

Islington Folk Club main page and Islington Folk Club Forthcoming programme page revised.

24th December 1997

Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates and English music session at the Wheatsheaf, Borough Market updated.

1st December 1997

Islington Folk Club main page updated with new venue, and Islington Folk Club Forthcoming programme page updated with 1998 programme.


November 1997

19th November 1997

Sharps Folk Club dates updated.

Changed real ale references to Charles Wells on Cecil Sharp House, Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs, and Sharps Folk Club pages.

12th November 1997

Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates updated.


October 1997

22nd October 1997

Created separate What's New page (this page) for my folk activities in London pages.

Reorganised the relationship between English folk and traditional music on the Internet and the pages for the folk music activities I am involved with.

6th October 1997

Musical Traditions Club dates updated.


September 1997

17th September 1997

Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates updated.

7th September 1997

Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidhs dates updated.

5th September 1997

Updated link to the new Musical Traditions magazine site on Musical Traditions Club page.


August 1997

31st August 1997

Musical Traditions Club dates updated.

10th August 1997

Sharps Folk Club dates updated.


July 1997

30th July 1997

Reorganised top level of site with new Contents page for the site and for the folk club pages.

26th July 1997

New page for Borough music sessions.

14th July 1997

Musical Traditions Club dates and Sharps Folk Club dates updated.


I didn't keep records of changes before the middle of July 1997. Major previous milestones were:

March 1997

Started adding material for what became a guide to English folk and traditional music on the Internet.

November 1996

First version of the site, devoted then to activites I was involved with, as covered now by my folk activities in London pages.


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