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Kent venues
Beacon Folk Night, Tunbridge Wells
The Beacon, Teagarden Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
2nd Monday Song Night, 4th Monday Music Session
Tel: Peter +44(0) 1892.782.326
Email: beacon.folk@btinternet.com
Chafford Arms Folk Session
A very good session that welcomes allcomers - good for melodeon and fiddle.
The Chafford Arms, Fordcombe, near Edenbridge, Kent
Evening session 20:00 every 4th Sunday.
Find the map at: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=552575&Y=140375&A=Y&Z=3
Dartford Folk Club
Dartford Working Mens Club, Essex Road, Dartford
Every Tuesday, 20:30-23:00
Tel: +44(0) 1322.222.553
Elsie's Song and Music Nights, Cowden Pound
The most traditional pub in Kent. Lager not sold!
The Queen's Arms, Cowden Pound, near Edenbridge, Kent
Song Night every 2nd Tuesday; Music Night every 3rd Tuesday
Folk South-East
Organises concerts with leading folk artists in Dartford, Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Maidstone
Tel: +44(0) 1732.460.171
Email: info@folksoutheast.org.uk
Music Nights
Faversham Folk Club
The Chimney Boy, Preston Street, Faversham, Kent
Every Wednesday, 20:30
Tel: Mary +44(0) 1795.534.368 or Alan +44(0) 1795.531.649
Folk at The Barge
Layfield Road, Gillingham, Kent
Every Monday, 21:00
Folk at the Brook
The Brook Theatre, Old Town Hall, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4SE
3rd Thursday each month, 20:00
Tel: +44(0) 1634.338.338
Email: caroline.bowen@medway.gov.uk
Fordwich Folk, Canterbury
The Fordwich Arms, King Street, Canterbury, Kent
1st and 3rd Sundays each month
Tel: +44(0) 1227.710.444 or Susan +44(0) 1227.712.577
Fox and Hounds Folk Club, Romney Street, Shoreham
The Fox and Hounds is in the depths of the Kent countryside in Knatts Valley TN15 6XR. It is however only ten minutes or so from Eynsford or twenty minutes from Sevenoaks. Well worth finding. Visit the pub website www.foxnhounds.co.uk or get details of the folk club on myspace foxandhounds folk club
Friday Folk Club, Deal
Star and Garter, Beach Street, Deal, Kent
Every Friday
Tel: +44(0) 1304.375.131
Friday Folk, Orpington
Orpington Liberal Club, 7 Station Road, Orpington, Kent
Every Friday, 20:30-23:00
Tel: Sue +44(0) 1689.838.077
website www.orpingtonfridayfolk.bravehost.com
Greenwich sessions, Lord Hood, 300 Creek Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 9SW, every Tuesday, 21:00
Tel: 020 88581836
Kentish Horse Folk Session
The Kentish Horse, Cow Lane, Markbeech nr. Edenbridge, Kent
2nd Sunday each month, 20:00
Tel: Venue +44(0).1342.850.493
Medway Folk Cellar
The Central Theatre, 170 High Street, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4AS
1st Tuesday each month, 20:00
Tel: +44(0) 1634.338.338
Email: caroline.bowen@medway.gov.uk
Nellies, Tonbridge
The Ivy House, 199 High St., Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BW
1st Monday each month, 20:00-23:00
Tel: Geoff +44(0) 1732.366.857 or Bob +44(0) 1892.529.737 or Alan +44(0) 1732.361.636
Northfield Folk Sessions
The Northfield PH, Penshurst Road, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
1st Saturday each month, 20:30
Tel: Paul or Nick +44(0) 1892.863.362
Email: folk@speldhurst.org
Orpington Folk Club
The Change of Horses, Farnborough High Street, Farnborough Village, Nr. Orpington, Kent
Every Thursday, 20:15
Tel: Venue +44(0) 1689.852.949
Email: orpingtonfolkclub@hotmail.com
Tenterden Folk Festival, Tenterden
Various venues throughout the town
Events commence Friday evening and run through to Sunday afternoon
Tenterden Folk Day Trust, Tenterden, Kent
Tel: Alan +44(0) 1233.626.805
Email: Alan Castle folkspots@btinternet.co.uk
The Moore or Less Folk Club, Rainham
The Three Sisters PH, Rainham, Kent
2nd Friday each month, 20:30-23:00
Tel: Derek +44(0) 1634.376.072
The Oast, Rainham
Oast Community Centre, Rainham, Kent
4th Friday each month
Tel: Sue +44(0) 1634.719.695 or Lynn +44(0) 1634.370.327
The Phoenix Folk Club, Halstead
Polhill Arms, London Road, Halstead (twixt Orpington and Sevenoaks)
1st & 3rd Tuesdays each month, 20:15
Tel: Maddie +44(0) 1689.859.625
The Prince of Wales, Strood
9 High Street, Strood, Kent
The best of Irish and Cajun music
Every Friday
The Riverside Folk Club, Horton Kirby
The Fighting Cocks, The Street, Horton Kirby, Kent
Every Sunday, 20:00-10:30
Tel: +44(0) 1322.862.299
The Wheatsheaf
Hever Road, Bough Beech, Kent
Every Wednesday
Tel: +44(0) 1732.700.254
Traveller's Rest Folk Club, Twitton
The Rising Sun, Twitton Lane, Otford, Kent
2nd Thursday each month, 20:30
Tel: Jon & Pam +44(0) 1255.674.889 or +44(0) 1255.679.232
Travelling Folk
The itinerant folk club! A different pub every month.
1st , 3rd and 5th Thursdays each month, 20:30
Tel: Terry or Stef +44(0) 1732.864.487
Email: travellingfolk@hotmail.com
White Hart Folk Club, Hythe
The White Hart Hotel, Hythe, Kent
Every Thursday, 20:30
Tel: David +44(0) 1797.320.518
Sussex
Folk at The Royal Oak, Lewes
Every Thursday, 20:00.
Station Street, Lewes, East Sussex
Tel: +44(0) 1273.478.124 or 881.416
Email: tinvic@globalnet.co.uk
Fountain Inn Chorus & Harmony, Ashurst nr Steyning
2nd Wednesday each month, 20:30-22:45.
Ashurst Village nr. Steyning, West Sussex
Tel: Don Morgan +44 (0) 1444.44.32.80
Email: DiDonMorgan@aol.com
Horsham Folk Club
Horsham Cricket Club, Cricketfield Road, Horsham, W.Sussex
Every Sunday, 20:00
Tel: Judith +44(0) 1306.875.653
Seaford Folk Club
The Beachcomber, at the junction of the Sea Front and Dane Road, Seaford, East Sussex, BN25 1DX
Every Friday, 20:15
For further information and bookings, contact Mary Barr at marybarrfolk@hotmail.com or Clive Bennett at clivebennett.folk@virgin.net or folkclub@seaford4folk.fsnet.co.uk
Tel: Clive +44(0) 1323.890.032
The Hawth, Crawley
The Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex
Saturdays and/or Sundays
Tel: +44(0) 1293.553.636
Surrey
Anchor Folk Club
Blue Anchor, High Road, Byfleet, Surrey
Tel: Mike +44(0) 1483.476.715
Angel Folk Club
The Angel, Thames Ditton, Surrey
Every Friday, 20:00
Tel: Simon +44(0) 208.398.96.77
Croydon Folk Song Club
Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road, Croydon, Surrey
Every Monday, 20:00
Tel: Jenny or Brian +44(0) 20.898.5322 or +44(0) 770.3210.795
Old House at Home, Dormansland
Old House at Home PH, West Street, Dormansland, (near Lingfield Racecourse), Surrey
1st Sunday every month, 20:00
Tel: Doug +44(0) 1342.835.163
Reigate Folk
Prince of Wales, Holmsdale Road, Reigate, Surrey (next to Railway Station)
Every Thursday, 20:00
Tel: +44(0) 1737.243.112
Ruskin House Folk and Blues Club
23 Coombe Road, Croydon, Surrey
Every Sunday, 20:00
Tel: Garry +44(0) 1737.553.493
The Chanticleer Folk Club
The Social CLub, Friends Provident, Pixham Lane, Dorking, Surrey,
Every Wednesday
Tel: Neil +44(0) 1306.888.530 or Andrew +44(0) 1306.889.238
The Ram Club
Foley Arms, Hare Lane, Claygate, Esther, Surrey (2 minutes from station)
Every Friday, 20:00
Tel: +44(0) 208.686.9421
The Windmill Inn Session
Pitch Hill, Ewhurst, Surrey
4th Monday each month, 20:00
Tel: +44(0) 1306.875.65
London
Barnet Folk Club
The Bull, High Street, Barnet
Tel: +44(0) 208.441.3620
Cellar Upstairs
The Exmouth Arms, Starcross Street, London NW1 2HR
Saturdays 20:15
A pleasant, friendly pub on the corner of Cobourg Street, near Euston and Euston Square stations, with easy parking outside.
Entrance: £5 (unwaged £4), except some performances where a £1 or £2 surcharge applies.
Access: The club room is up a short staircase; wheelchair users have to be carried.
Residents: Peta Webb, Ken Hall, Gail Williams, Jim Younger, Bob Wakeling, Andrew King
Tel: +44(0) 207.281.7700
Court Sessions, Tooting
Every Friday, 20:00-23:00
St.Boniface Social Club, 185 Mitcham Road, Tooting, London SW17
Tel: +44(0) 0208.677.9989
Filé Gumbo - Cajun Music Club
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 7AY
1st Friday every month, doors open 19:00
Tel: +44(0) 208.886.3817 or +44(0) 207.720.6580
Folk Mob Club, Eltham
Tudor Barn, Well Hall Pleasance, Eltham London SE9
Tel: +44(0) 790.393.1007
Greenwich Traditional
The Lord Hood, 300 Creek Road, SE10 9SW
Tel: +44(0) 208 8581836
Hammersmith Irish
Black's Road, Hammersmith, London W6 9DT
Tel: +44(0) 208.563.8232
Sharp's
In the bar at Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, Camden, London NW1 7AY
Every Tuesday, 20:00
Tel: +44(0) 1689.825.263
Sutton Acoustic Music Club
The King's Head, Merton High Street, London SW19 (next to bus garage)
Every Saturday, 20:00
Tel: +44(0) 7703.472.824
Email: Sutton-Acoustic@blueyonder.co.uk
The Old Rose & Crown Folk Club
Hoe Street, London E17 (corner of Richard's Place)
Every Thursday, 20:00
Tel: +44(0) 208.257.8767
Email: oldrose.crown@btinternet.com
Herts, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire, Essex, etc
Blackmore Folk Club
The Bull, Church Street, Blackmore, Essex, CM4 4RN
Every Monday, 20:00
Tel: Sue Cubbin +44(0) 1277.22.11.23 or pub +44(0) 1277.82.12.08
Email: johncubbin@aol.com
Hitchin Folk Club
Sun Hotel, Sun Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1AF
Every Sunday, 20:15-23:00
Tel: club organiser +44(0) 1462.711.164 or hotel +44(0) 1462.436.411
Email: goodmusic@onetel.net.uk
Staines Folk and Blues Club
The Threee Tuns, 63 London Road, Staines, Middlesex
Every Monday, 20:00-23:00
Tel: Geraldine +44(0) 208.897.9227
St.Alban's Folk Club
St. Alban's, Hertfordshire
Tel: +44(0) 1727.852.111
Email: Alison.MacFarlane@lineone.net
Tudor Folk, Chesham
White Hill Centre, White Hill, Chesham, Bucks
Every Monday, 20:15-23:00
Tel: +44(0) 1494.872.859 or +44(0) 1442.875.127
Twickenham Folk Club
The Cabbage Patch Pub, 67 London Road, Twickenham, Middlesex (50yds to left of railway station)
Every Sunday, 20:00
Tel: +44(0) 20.8991.5461 or Paul +44(0) 208.866.2621
Email: twickfolk@yahoo.co.uk
Waltham Abbey Folk Club
The Royal British Legion, Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey
Every Monday, 20:30
Tel: Sally +44(0) 1992.716.121
Windward Folk Club
The Comfort Hotel, Holywell Hill, St. Alban's, Herts.
Every Friday, 20:00
Tel: John Breeze +44(0) 1923.40.45.66
Guides
Folk in Kent
Quarterly news magazine for live folk music in Kent.
Send SAE to:
The Editor, 33 Chapel Street, East Malling, Kent ME19 6AP
Tel: +44(0) 1732.841.178
Email: folkinkent@blueyonder.co.uk
What's On Folks
Bimonthly guide to folk music in and around Kent.
Send SAE to:
The Editor, The Paw House, 30 Snoll Hatch Road, East Peckham, Tonbridge, Kent TN12 5ED
Tel: +44(0) 1622.873.142
Sussex Folk Guide
The Sussex Folk Guide takes listings from The Folk Diary which contains CD reviews, adverts for various folk festivals, folk music record companies, specialist shops, instrument makers and other services. To obtain copies of this free magazine please send an SAE to:
Vic Smith
26 Ferrers Road, Lewes
East Sussex, BN7 1PZ
England
Tel & Fax:- +44 (0) 1273.478.124
Email: folk@brighton.co.uk
Surrey Folk News
Bimonthly newsletter covering Surrey and South London.
Send SAE to:
The Editor,
4 New North Road
Reigate, Surrey RH2 8NA
Tel: +44(0) 1737.242.870
Folk London
Bimonthly guide to folk music in and around London. Published in association with the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
Send copy to:
The Editor, 4a Kenilworth Road, Petts Wood, Kent BR5 1DY
Tel: +44(0) 1689.825.263
For distribution, contact:
Gerry Milne, Grove Cottage, Amyand Park Road, Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 3HG
Tel: +44(0) 208.892.4621
Email: gerry@grove-cottage.demon.co.uk
Live Music South East
Live Music South East is a free email newsletter distributed in West Kent and the Kent/Surrey/Sussex border areas. It is operated by local folk musician Morris and lists numerous venues where you can catch live music performances. To join the mailing list contact Morris on 01732.864.318 or email: morris.penny@virgin.net
efn Magazine (Essex Folk News)
Quarterly folk and roots listings for Essex and East London providing details of traditional folk customs, music, song & dance with diary, club dates, listings, reviews, articles and news.
Contact: The Editor, 37 Sidwell Avenue, South Benfleet, Essex SS7 1LF
TEL: +44(0) 1268.793.905
Email: john@essexfolknews.co.uk
The Folk Mag
The online guide to folk song, dance and roots music for the West Midland counties.
Folk Roots
Monthly roots, world music and folk magazine.
PO Box 337, London N4 1TW, England
Tel: +44(0) 208.340.9651 Fax: +44(0) 208.348.5626
Email: froots@frootsmag.com
English Folk Dance and Song Society
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 7AY, UK
Tel: +44(0) 207.485.2206 Fax: +44(0) 207.284.0534
Email: efdss@efdss.org
Northumbrian Pipers' Society
NPS Newsletter Editor, Julia Say, Park House, Lynemouth, Norhtumberland, NE61 5XQ
Tel: +44(0) 1670.860.215
Email: Julia.Say@nspipes.co.uk
Piping Contacts:
Kent: Debbie Lawther, +44(0) 1795.539.590 debbie@northernlight.demon.co.uk
Sussex: Simon Leveaux, +44(0) 1342.825.613 sleveaux@ecat.ac.uk
London: Graham Wells, +44(0) 208.943.3589 grahamwhwells@aol.com
Commerce
AC Norman & Co Concertina Maker
Old Stables, Nursery Lane, Nutley, East Sussex TN22 3NR
Tel: +44(0) 1825.713.551
Andy Perkins Traditional Instruments
Apple Craft Centre, Selling Road, Faversham, Kent ME13 8XF
Tel: +44(0) 1795.590.374 or +44(0) 1795.533.864
Email: andybanjo@aol.com
David & Emma Newton Violins
16 High Street, Merstham, Surrey RH1 3EA
Tel: +44(0) 1737.645.065 Fax: +44(0) 1737.645.808
Email: Newt@rainbow30.freeserve.co.uk
DruMGood Drums
Tel: +44(0) 1293.782.355 or +44(0) 7989.330.453
Email: mark@drum-god-drums.co.uk
Greenwich Music Shop
Traditional music shop (opp. fire station near Blackheath Road)
Open Tuesday-Saturday 10:00-17:00
102 Greenwich South Street, London SE10 8UN
Tel: +44(0) 208.692.9066
Guitar Junction
84 Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2EN
A259 coast road
Open Tuesday-Saturday 10:30-18:30 Sunday 10:30-16:30
Tel: +44(0) 1903.209.199
Highly recommended !
GuitarMakers Music Shop
87 Gales Drive, Three Bridges, Parade, Crawley, West Sussex
Tel: +44(0) 1293.543.055
Hobgoblin Music
Mail order – new and 2nd hand instruments +44(0) 845.130.9500
Open Monday-Saturday 10:00-17:00
17 The Parade, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 2DT
Tel: +44(0) 1293.515.858
Email: Post@hobgoblin.co.uk
Pilgrim Harps
Stansted House, Tilburstow Hill Road, South Godstone, Surrey RH9 8NA
Tel: +44(0) 1342.893.242
Email: info@pilgrimharps.co.uk
The Music Room
Mail order – new and 2nd hand instruments +44(0) 1274.852.020
Open Monday-Saturday 09:30-17:00
35 Bradford Road, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire BO19 3JN
Tel: +44(0) 1274.879.768
Thrift Music
Specialists in new and used folk instruments
Open Tuesday-Saturday 10:00-17:30
21 Connaught Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex CO13 9PN
Tel: +44(0) 1255.679.232 Fax: +44(0) 1255.852.233
Email: info@thrift-music.com
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