Folklife Members'

​online DIRECTORY

is on
​
folklife-directory.uk

From Folklife, publishers of
​FW: the Folklife West magazine

Detail listings, includes links to webpages.  

Directory summaries, and updates, are printed in Folklife West.

Our categories for the "Folklife-Directory" ​are as the table on right,
​which has links to each webpage

Folklife DIRECTORY LINKS to WEBPAGES are given in the table on right
  • Arranged by area: each area webpage including List 1 Venues, 2, Performers, 3, Media, 4, Services   
  • Then the Diaries:  List 5  Festivals Diary.    List 6  Workshops Diary.
  • And details of a separate site, our Folklife-Traditions Directory.  List 7: Folklife Societies: Associations, Trusts, Organisations,  List 8: Folklife Studies & Institutions,  List 9:  Local Celebrations are on our new Folklife-Traditions Directory site.

A summary of our DIRECTORY
website:   folklife-directory.uk

LINKS to
​WEBSITE PAGES
AND IN PRINT IN 
FOLKLIFE  WEST
membership, contact info, ads  Info
Info Page (always page 3)
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[Updates in our email Newsletters]​​​
Areas

​Cymru-Wales
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Areas

​Cymru-Wales​  1-line summaries
West Country, now split into:
Cornwall, Devon
​Somerset, Devon, Wilts
​Bristol, S Glos, Glos
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Cornwall, Devon
​Somerset, Devon, Wilts
​Bristol, S Glos, Glos
 ​1-line summaries
South/West Midlands, now split to:
Herefs, Shrops, Worcs
Central Midlands (WMids, Staffs, Warks, Oxon)
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​​Herefs, Shrops, Worcs
Central Midlands
​1-line summaries
Other areas
Other areas  1-line summaries
Diaries

List 5  Festivals Diary
Diaries
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Festivals Diary copied to site
List 6  Workshops Diary
Workshops Diary copied to site
Folklife Traditions
​Lists 7, 8, 9  are on a separate site
folklife-traditions.uk
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Folklife Traditions
Societies, ​Folklife Studies, 
​Local Celebrations
​1-line summaries
other pages; please refer to www.folklife.org.uk
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  • The first line of each entry is printed in Folklife West, every issue!  

  • ​Do you want to be listed?​
  • ​For 'Folk' listings, Lists 1 to 6, we list Folklife Members only. This costs £16 a year; please see Info webpage.
                         for 'Festival Diary', List 4, in FW, we print full details as in Directory - the next 12 months
                         for 'Workshops Diary', List 6, in FW, we print full details as in Directory - the next 3+ months, plus annual events
  • ​For 'Folklife Traditions' listings, Lists 7 to 9, open to all, you do not have to be a Member for these FT entries. 
​                         for 'Seasonal Local Celebrations', List 9, we give full details of the next quarter as printed here  (the full year is on this site)

​​a  detailed  Index
List 1: Folk Clubs & Venues
• Clubs • Concerts • Singarounds • Sesssions (Song, Music, Poetry)
• Storytelling • Dance Clubs & Ceilidh Series •
List 2: Folk Performers
Pf.1    FOLK MUSIC & SONG • Pf.1a-c, general •  Pf.1d-h, specific 
Pf.1a   Music/Song - Bands/Groups
Pf.1b   Music/Song - Duos
Pf.1c   Music/Song - Solo
Pf.1d   Choirs & Quires (and see List 5)
Pf.1e   Community & Street Bands
Pf.1f    Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo
Pf.2   FOLK DANCE
Pf.2a   Folk Dance Callers
Pf.2b   Folk Dance Bands
Pf.2c   Ceremonial & Display (Clog, Morris, Sword)
Pf.3  SPOKEN WORD
Pf.3a   Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
Pf.3b   Poetry & Monologuists
​Pf.3c   Storytellers
List 3: Folk Media
M.1  Online Folk Magazines & Listings
M.2  Printed Folk Magazines & Listings
M.3  Folk Radio
List 4: Folk Services
S.1  Folk Journalists
S.2  Agents, Managers, Promoters, MCs and Stage Management
S.3  Technical:  PA  &  Sound  Hire,  Engineers,  Studios
S.4  Website Design and Services
S.5  Print, Design, Illustration
S.6  Crafts and Makers 
S.7  Shops & other sales
S.8  Tourist Information Centres
List 5: Folk Diary  …..  Member-festivals - for the next 12 months!   Plus adverts as in the latest FW.
List 6: Workshops: Providers, and  Workshops’ Diary.
Arranged: Wales; England: West Country; West Midlands & Oxon; Other Areas. For each section:
Workshops Providers,  -- ​W.1   Study Centres, Folk Teachers, Tutors, Development Workers, Workshop Organisers
​---- W.2   Members’ continuing (longer-term) Workshops Series
Followed by  Workshops Diary, for the next 3+ months
​Arranged: Wales; England: West Country; Midlands; Other Areas
For each section:
For 'Folklife Traditions' listings, Lists 7 to 9, open to all, you do not have to be a Member for these FT entries. ​
These listings are in our new (Nov 2017)  Folklife Traditions Directory.
For more information, see Folklife-Traditions webpage on this site.

Lists 7-9 are on our folklife-traditions.uk site, along with our index & links to all articles from the Folklife Traditions pages in FW

On our new site: Index to our online FW's Folklife Traditions pages archive, plus
  • List 7:  Folklife Societies: Associations, Trusts, Organisations
  • List 8:  Folklife Studies & Institutions
  • List 9:  Seasonal Local Celebrations
List 7: Folklife Societies:
Associations, Trusts, Organisations
        • A1-A2, general •  A3-A13, specific
A.1     General: National Societies
A.2    General: Regional and Local Societies
A.3    Cerdd Dant Societies
A.4    Folk Song Societies
A.5    Folk Music Societies
A.6    Folk Dance Societies
A.7    Folk Drama Societies
A.8    Folklore Societies
A.9    Storytelling Societies
A.10  Oral History Societies
A.11   Language & Dialect Societies
A.12  Folk Life Generally - Societies
A.13  Folk Life Specific Groups
• Yahoo web discussion groups are under appropriate [A.] category
List 8:
Folklife Studies & Institutions
          § specialist folklife institutions, or general
Fs.1   Researchers and Authors
Fs.2   Lecturers and Speakers
Fs.3   Archives §
Fs.4   Museums§
Fs.5   Libraries §
Fs.6   Academic Courses & Research
Fs.7   Music Publishers / Recording Companies
Fs.8   Print Book Publishers & Booksellers
Fs.9   Print Journals
Fs.10 Online Resources (websites, & blogs with articles)
List 9:
Seasonal Local Celebrations This covers the full year, online.
Also, in FW, every quarter, we print the current quarter, with photos and notes.
Additional information for Wales on www.bywyd-gwerin.cymru, our Wales Folklife online Directory,
​including articles on Seasonal Celebrations