Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England
This is a listing of web resources for folk music in specific regions and localities in England. It is
arranged regionally by standard government regions (i.e.
Regional Development Agencies regions, used by the
Department for Culture, Media and Sport's regional
cultural
consortia and Arts Council
England's regional structure).
Within each region websites are listed under the headings:
- Regional/county/local event listings
- Individual clubs and sessions
- Other organisations
- Other resources
For comprehensive information on English folk dance clubs
and events go to Martin Kiff's Webfeet pages.
Regional/county/local event listings
Individual clubs and sessions
- Alford Folk Club, Alford, Lincolnshire
- Bingham Folk Club, Bingham, Nottinghamshire
- Brown Cow Folk Club, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
- Derby Heritage Traditional Music Club, Derby, Derbyshire
- Dunton Bassett Folk Club, Dunton Bassett,
Leicestershire
- Farnsfield Acoustic, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire
- Gainsborough Folk Club, Gainsborough,
Lincolnshire
- Grand Union Folk Club, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire
- Great Knight Folk Club, Northampton,
Northamptonshire
- Heart Of Lincolnshire Folk, Roots & Blues
Club, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
- Ilkeston Folk & Blues Club, Ilkeston, Derbyshire
- Loughborough Acoustic Club, Loughborough, Leicestershire
- Market Rasen Folk Club, Faldingworth, Lincolnshire
- National Forest Folk Club, Ashby de la Zouch,
Leicestershire
- Pack Horse Folk Club, Loughborough, Leicestershire
- Rising Sun Folk Entertainment Club,
Willington, Derbyshire
- Roots to Music, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
- Scrag End Folk Club, Oakthorpe, Leicestershire
- Traditions at the Tiger, Long Eaton, Derbyshire
- Wilbur Promotions, Leicester, Leicestershire
Other organisations
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Regional/county/local event listings
Individual clubs and sessions
- Acoustic Music upstairs at the Red Lion, Manningtree, Essex
- AcoustiCity Music Club, Colchester, Essex
- Baldock & Letchworth Folk Club, Letchworth, Hertfordshire
- Cambridge Folk Club, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. History of the club: Cambridge Folk Club
- Clap'n'Smile Music Club, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Colchester Folk Club, Colchester, Essex
- Ely Folk Club, Ely, Cambridgeshire
- Essex Singers Club, Chelmsford, Essex
- Everyman Folk Club,Saxmundham, Suffolk
- The FaB Club, Orsett, Essex
- Harlow Folk Club, Harlow, Essex
- Hitchin Folk Club, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Hollybush Folk Club, Redbourn, Hertfordshire
- Hoy at Anchor Folk Club, Southend on Sea, Essex
- Mayflower Folk Club, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Milkmaid Music Club, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Norwich Folk Club, Norwich, Norfolk
- Sail Loft Folk Club, Horndon on the Hill, Essex
- St Neots Folk Club, St Neots, Cambridgeshire
- Stortfolk Music Club, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Waltham Abbey Folk Club, Waltham Abbey, Essex
- "Wandering Windward" St Albans Folk Song Club, St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Wisbech Folk Club, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
- Wivenhoe Folk Club, Wivenhoe, Essex
Other organisations
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Regional/county/local event listings
Individual clubs and sessions
- Barnet Folk Club,
Finchley
- Court Sessions, Tooting
- Cellar Upstairs Folk
Club, Euston
- Croydon Folksong Club, Croydon
- English Music Session, The Borough
- Folk Mob, Eltham
- Green Note, Camden Town
- Greenwich Traditional Musician’s Co-operative, Greenwich
- Havering Folk Club
- Herga Folk Club, Pinner
- Islington Folk Club, Clerkenwell
- Kalamazoo Klub, Crouch End
- Magpies Nest, Islington
- Musical Traditions Club, Fitzrovia
- Orpington Folk Club, Orpington
- Pirate Jenny's Club, Bloomsbury
- Sharp's Folk Club, Camden Town
- Sutton Acoustic Music Club, Merton
- Twickenham Folk Club, Twickenham
- Unity Folk Club, Kentish Town
- Uxbridge Folk Club, Uxbridge
- Walthamstow Folk, Walthamstow
Other organisations
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Individual clubs and sessions
- Ashington Folk Club, Ashington, Northumberland
- Bridge Folk Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
- Cutty Wren Folk Club, Skelton, Cleveland
- Darlington Folk Club, Darlington, County Durham
- Davy Lamp Folk Club, Washington, Tyne & Wear
- Globe Folk Club, Guisborough, Cleveland
- Guisborough Folk Club, Guisborough, Cleveland
- South Shields Folk Club, South Shields, Tyne & Wear
- Stanhope Folk Club, Stanhope, County Durham
- Stockton Folk Club, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland
Other organisations
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Individual clubs and sessions
- Bothy Folk Club, Southport, Merseyside
- Buffet Bar Folk Club, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester
- Carlisle Folk and Blues Club, Carlisle, Cumbria
- Cross Keys Folk Club, Uppermill, Greater Manchester
- Folk at the Prospect, Runcorn, Cheshire
- Folk in the Barn, Whitehaven, Cumbria
- Full Circle Folk Club, Manchester, Greater
Manchester
- Gregson Lane Folk Club, Hoghton,
Lancashire
- Lymm Folk Club,
Lymm, Cheshire
- Northwich Folk Club, Northwich, Cheshire
- Open Door Folk Club, Failsworth, Greater
Manchester
- Plough Sessions, Staining, Lancashire
- Raven Folk Club, Chester, Cheshire
- Folk Music Workshop, Salford, Greater Manchester
- Sandbach Unplugged, Sandbach, Cheshire
- Westhoughton Folk Club, Bolton, Greater Manchester
- Wigan Folk Club, Wigan, Greater Manchester
Other organisations
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Individual clubs and sessions
- Anchor Folk Club, Byfleet, Surrey
- Chanticleer Folk Club, Dorking, Surrey
- Chichester Folk Song Club, Chichester,
West Sussex
- Chipping Norton Folk Club, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
- Dartford Folk Club, Dartford, Kent
- Eight Bells Folk Club, Tenterden,
Kent
- Electric Voices, Guildford, Surrey
- The F Word. Maidstone, Kent
- Faversham Folk Club, Faversham, Kent
- Fo'c'sle Folk Club, Southampton, Hampshire
- Footlights Folk Concerts, West Chiltington, West Sussex
- Forest Folk, North Boarhunt, Hampshire
- Good Old Way Folk Club, Farncombe, Surrey
- Hambledon Folk Club, Hambledon, Hampshire
- Horsham Folk Club, Horsham, West Sussex
- Jamming Dodger Music Club, Newport, Isle of Wight
- Lamb Folk Club, Eastbourne, East Sussex
- Lewes Arms Folk Club, Lewes, East Sussex
- Maidenhead Folk Club, Cookham, Berkshire
- Marlow Bottom Acoustic Club, Marlow Bottom, Buckinghamshire
- Nettlebed Folk Club, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
- Oxford Folk Club, Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Ram Folk Club, Claygate, Surrey
- Readifolk, Reading, Berkshire
- Ride a Cock Horse Folk Club, Banbury, Oxfordshire
- Ringwood Folk Club, Ringwood, Hampshire
- Royal Oak, Lewes, East Sussex
- St Denys Folk and Blues Club, Southampton, Hampshire
- Seaford Folk Song Club, Seaford, East Sussex
- Six Bells Folk & Blues Club, Chiddingly, East Sussex
- Staines Folk and Blues Club, Staines, Surrey
- The Travelling Folk, Kent
- Tudor Folk Club, Chesham, Buckinghamshire
- Windmill Acoustic Music Club, Ewshott, Surrey
Other organisations
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Individual clubs and sessions
- Acorn Folk Club, Minehead, Somerset
- Bodmin Folk Club, Bodmin, Cornwall
- Bournemouth Folk Club, Bournemouth, Dorset
- Christchurch Folk Music Sessions, Christchurch, Dorset
- Folk on the Moor, Wotter, Devon
- Harberton Folk, Totnes, Devon
- Marlborough Folk-Roots, Marlborough, Wiltshire
- Milverton Music Club, Milverton, Somerset
- Nova Scotia Folk Club, Bristol
- Old Down Acoustic Club, Litton, Somerset
- Ritz Acoustic Club, Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset
- Shammick Acoustic Sessions, Combe Martin, Devon
- Teignmouth Folk Club, Teignmouth, Devon
- Tiverton Folk Club, Tiverton, Devon
- Topsham Folk Club, Topsham, Devon
- Wheal Dream Folk, Helston, Cornwall
- White Horse Folk Club, Highworth, Wiltshire
- Wessex Acoustic Folk Club, Corfe Mullen, Dorset
Other organisations
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Individual clubs and sessions
- Angie's Folk, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
- Birmingham Traditional Music Club, Birmingham,
West Midlands
- Black Diamond Folk Song Club, Birmingham, West
Midlands
- Brewtown Folk Club, Burton on Trent,
Staffordshire
- Chase Folk Club, Burntwood, Staffordshire
- Crystal Folk, Stourbridge, West Midlands
- Cuckoo's Nest Folk Club, Leek, Staffordshire
- Folk at the Swan, Bedworth, Warwickshire
- Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge, West Midlands
- Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Shining Friends Acoustic Roots Music, Lickey, Worcestershire
- Somers Traditional Folk Club, Worcester,
Worcestershire
- Traditional Song Sessions, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Unicorn Folk Club, Ivetsey Bank, Whaton Aston, Staffordshire
- Woodman Folk Club, Kingswinford, West Midlands
- Wurzel Bush Folk Club, Brinklow, Warwickshire
Other organisations
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Individual clubs and sessions
- Addingham Acoustic, Addingham, West Yorkshire
- Anston Folk Club, South Anston, South Yorkshire
- Bacca Pipes Folk Club, Keighley, West Yorkshire
- Wombwell
Folk Club, Wombwell, South Yorkshire
- Beehive Folk Club, Harthill, South Yorkshire
- Cottingham Live, Cottingham, East Yorkshire
- Driffield Folk Club, Driffield, East Yorkshire
- Grimsby Folk Club, Grimsby, Linconshire
- Grove Folk Club, Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Ryburn Folk Club, Rishworth,
West Yorkshire
- Scarborough Folk Club, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
- Topic Folk Club, Bradford, West Yorkshire
- White Horse Folk Club, Beverley, East
Yorkshire
Other organisations
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Page created by Martin Nail.
Copyright © 2007 Martin Nail. Last revised
28th October 2007