Info - Folklife West, on folklife.uk

ABOUT "Folklife". Publishers: print & online information. 3 publications --- 3 websites

• FOLKLIFE WEST (this site) • FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL • FOLKLIFE DIRECTORY. click to open (& close!)

2 print magazines, copied free online

① "FOLKLIFE WEST" print magazine, 52-60 A4 pages, 3/year, Posted UK £18, EU £27.  Incl. Journal (also available separately).

● 1 JAN covering Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr.   DEADLINE 20 NOV.
● 1 MAY covering May, Jun, Jul, Aug. DEADLINE 20 MAR.
● 1 SEP, covering Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.   DEADLINE 20 JULY.
② "FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL" print magazine, 10-20 A4 pages, 3/year, UK £9, EU £27, rest of world. See www.folklife-traditions.uk

①

This site:
FW's Folk News area pages + Festivals/Workshops Diary.

Mostly Wales, West Country, West Midlands, but other welcome.

②

Folklife Traditions Journal on www.folklife-traditions.uk,
Researched Articles, Folklife Studies, related news.

UK & International contributors.

also ! a separate directory, online only

③

Folklife's Directory on www.folklife-directory.uk Online-only, not part of magazine.
Free entries. Live & zoom. Details + up to 40 words description (no dates - no concerts, festivals)
Simple text entries - no maps, pictures, etc. Send any time - no deadlines.
Mostly Wales, West Country, West Midlands, but other welcome, incl. international.

Your new & amended entries appear on the ⎈ Updates webpage & in our emailed Updates

Folklife is a non-profit group, all of us are unpaid volunteers.   Editors: Sam & Eleanor Simmons sam@folklife.uk

🄵🅆 News Webpages, and our Correspondents. FOLKLIFE WEST's main areas: Wales, West Midlands, West Country, but all areas welcome
🄵🅆 Cymru .... Tudalen Cymru / Wales page, Mick Tems. ....................................... N-E Wales & Cheshire, Brian Bull.
Gwynedd, Travelling Sessions list local sessions.
England  🄵🅆  West Country (S-W)   Kernow (acting) David Harley; from May, Lamorna Spry. ............. Glos-based & Roving, Cresby aka Mr Red
   🄵🅆  Midlands   S. Birmingham & nearby, Bob Bignell. ....................... Warwickshire with Coventry, Malc Gurnham.
S.W. Herefs and nearby, John & Jane Baxter. ......... Cotswold Folk: S.Warks/N.Cotswolds + listings, Paul Bryan.
🄵🅆 South-East, London, East ...................   Folk Arts Oxford website list: local folk
🄵🅆 North: North-West   Cumbria & North Lancashire, Steve Harrison   North-East   Yorks & Humber
🄵🅆 Alba   ⎈ International [online only]      🄵🅆 Festivals & Workshops Diary

Editors: Sam & Eleanor Simmons (Worcs).  Editing Team: David Harley (Cornwall).  Zoom, web advice: Paul Clarke (Southampton).
Illustrations & Logos: Chris Stewart (Worcs), John Crane (Wolverhampton), Chris Beaumont (Glos).
Photographs: Eden Tanner (Herefs), Colin Davies (Worcs). We thank our Team, we are all Volunteers --- more welcome!

FOLKLIFE WEST, FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL, print magazines, and copied online ● next 1 JAN (Jan to Apr), DEADLINE 20 NOV

Contact

EMAIL
sam@folklife.uk

PHONE
01684 561378

ADDRESS
16 Barrett Rise, Malvern,
Worcs WR14 2UJ

Please email sam@folklife.uk

What we do - and what we don't

FW: print magazine, also copied online - not a blog, nor email forwarding service! We don't use social media.
We print: folk news from our Members only, plus researched articles (membership not required); and a few ads.
For deadlines, word limits, etc, see below.
Members can send their publicity about their albums. No interviews or reviews.
Member-performers news is very welcome as above, incl. members' forthcoming albums, tours, etc.
We include non-Member ads. Non-Members please do not send news, nor CDs for reviews.

£

BACS :    ‘Folklife West T/A Folklife’
   sort code 09-01-55, account 18675181

Cheque : ‘Folklife’ post: 16 Barrett Rise,
  Malvern, WR14 2UJ

Card :   https://ko-fi.com/folklife/shop

Updates to Members' folk news; Journal; online Directory on UPDATES webpage & emailed updates ---
Join our Mailing List, and get free Directory listings online!

free emailed UPDATES (6-12/year) & "UPDATES" WEBPAGE .

also: Free directory entries for details, click to open ( & close !)

UPDATES webpage + emailed updates

Keeping folk in touch

with our free emailed occasional Updates
with News, Directory, Folklife Traditions -- & Deadline Reminders !

Updates are added to Updates webpage, then if still timely are added to next emailed Updates to those opted-in.

We don't pass on details: for data policy see Data webpage : for updates, we collect only email, names, + country, or English region, we don't need your address etc unless also buying a magazine, that info is kept on a separate file.

On right: a form to sign up to Folklife Updates
and/or for new Folklife members

OR --- simply email same details to sam@folklife.uk

This is useful for you, with Updates for News, Directory, & Folklife Traditions (& deadline reminders).

And knowing our online readership's folk interests, and country or for England, regions, helps us to help you with resources.

FREE LISTINGS in our DIRECTORY

www.folklife-directory.uk
if you're on our emailed Updates list

VENUES: How often [e.g. Wkly, 1st], Day, County, TOWN, NAME, website, + optional contact name + optional phone
PERFORMERS, SHOPS, ETC (categories see online Directory): County, NAME, website, + optional contact name + optional phone

Our "Updates" emails (6 - 12 a year)

First Name

Last name

if applies: folk organisation, club, theatre, session, band, etc

Country [GB: please choose Wales, England, or Scotland]

For England only: please choose Region:

MARKETING PERMISSIONS (GDPR: General Data Protection Regulations). Information you provide on this form will only be used to add you to our "Updates" emailing list. By submitting this form, you acknowledge that the information you provide will be processed in accordance with our Data Privacy Policy on https://www.folklife.uk/data.html

"INFO page" : details of deadlines, ad rates, & membership

FOLKLIFE WEST, FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL, print magazines, and copied online
● next 1 JAN (Jan to Apr), DEADLINE 20 NOV

AD RATES - BACS/bank, cheque, card

Colour, A4 £150, 1/2 £80, 1/4 (A6) £50, 1/8 £25.
Mono, A4 £60, 1/2 £32, 1/4 (A6) £18, 1/8 £10.

To buy, by post or as PDF, see green box below "BUY FOLKLIFE WEST"
SINGLE COPIES (pdf £3 worldwide, or posted UK £6. EU £9. world £11.)
or ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP (for each issue you can send in your folk news; word limits apply: 200 words, more if advertising, see below).
See details below, download as PDF and/or read image of FW page 3

Data policy is on Data webpage.

Sizes webpage --- ad sizes for beginners if you're new to publicity, unsure which is A4 or A5, etc

"Info-page" as a pdf -- download (same as p.3 image below) --->

info_1_sep_2023.pdf
File Size:	690 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

Using Word.docx ?

Using 'Word' Footnotes and Endnotes

For any notes: please use Endnotes, do not use Footnotes.

For how to convert Footnotes to Endnotes, see the
Contact & Contribute webpage, on the Folklife Traditions website

Ads : Sizes (A4) subpage

If you're NEW to publicity ? Not sure about page sizes / A4 vs A5 ? Then see our Guide to Page Sizes - A4, A5, etc, with examples, note these are A4-size pages, so not suitable for mobiles.

See our webpage, link--
AD SIZES for beginners

DONATIONS BY CARD - LINK

"Buy a coffee [or a broadsheet?]" for Folklife: £3 donation

We are a non-profit group -- FW runs at a healthy loss. . . plus, these free websites cost c.£300 a year . . .
If you find this free website useful . . . you may wish to donate £3 very occasionally,
by clicking the DONATIONS BY CARD - LINK box (for our "Ko-fi" site) for a 1-off £3 card payment. Thank you!

for us to continue, we need your support !
by buying a copy (pdf £3, print £6) or annual membership (pdf £9, post £18) -- or by a small donation (£3)
- membership = pdf or posted FW + your publicity in print & online (word limits apply)

FOLKLIFE WEST --- PDF (£3 worldwide) OR POST (£6 UK) -- or annUAL membership click to open (& close!)

PAYMENTS:

BACS / phone banking Folklife West T/A Folklife, Sort Code 09-01-55, Account 18675181. Overseas banking, email sam@folklife.uk for details.

Or CHEQUE to "Folklife", 16 Barrett Rise,Malvern, WR14 2UJ. Or CARD - our payments site, ko-fi.com/folklife/shop

1 issue: FOLKLIFE WEST as PDF	1 issue: FOLKLIFE WEST posted	1 issue: FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS JOURNAL posted
Worldwide £3	UK £6 Europe £9	UK £3 Europe £5 Rest of world £6
sent via WeTransfer A4 or US-letter	Rest of world £11	Or FTJ as PDF: free. Download from folklife-traditions.uk
Card payment: 1 issue FOLKLIFE WEST as PDF	Card payment: 1 issue FOLKLIFE WEST by post	Card payment: 1 issue JOURNAL by post

---- Adverts
FOLKLIFE WEST
from 1/8 A4 mono [£10]
to A4 colour
JOURNAL
mono: same; colour only as 1/2 or A4

SAME AD RATES for both magazines

Link to card payments for adverts
ko-fi.com/s/34cd1547ab

FOLKLIFE: PDF MEMBER 1 year	FOLKLIFE: BY POST MEMBER 1 year	JOURNAL -ONLY: BY POST subscribe
3 issues Folklife West and 2 issues FT Journal	3 issues Folklife West and 2 issues FT Journal	3 issues: UK £9 Europe £15
Worldwide £9	UK £18	Rest of world £18
sent via WeTransfer A4 or US-letter	Europe £27 Rest of world £33	Or FTJ as PDF: free. Download from folklife-traditions.uk
Card payment: annual FOLKLIFE WEST as PDF	Card payment: annual FOLKLIFE WEST by post	Card payment: 3 issues JOURNAL by post

About us: meet the Folklife team: our volunteers (as listed on page 3 above)

OUR POLICY

All of us (correspondents, editors, designers, etc) are volunteers, we receive no payment, no free adverts, etc.
Correspondents can receive 3 copies of FW per issue, to sell, or give away, or circulate at their venue, as they wish
Other Volunteers such as those who supply lists, receive 1 copy of FW per issue
Correspondents and Volunteers receive free Membership of Folklife, so free news of all their folk activities
The magazine will run on a non-profit basis. Note: so far, it has always run at a loss, subsidised by the editors. No grants or sponsorships are currently received.

CORRESPONDENTS

Correspondents include festival-organisers, club organisers, performers
Correspondents give an area or special-interest overview
Correspondents can mention their own festivals, clubs, sessions, performances: to a maximum about 1/4 of the column
Otherwise, what Correspondents put in, and leave out, is entirely up to them
So (eg) in order to mention as many venues as possible, a venue might be mentioned but not their guests **
MORE for those interested in BECOMING A FW CORRESPONDENT below - see And you ?

FOLKLIFE MEMBERS can send in their own news items to editors (up to 200 words per item, more if advert)

SENDING YOUR INFO TO CORRESPONDENTS
Our priorities … informal free gatherings, & volunteer-run organisations … do-it-yourself folk
- such as folk clubs, dances, music sessions, singarounds, small halls, and festivals run by unpaid volunteers.

Many printed folk magazines have folded over the years!
So, whilst we are not a commercial organisation, we must closely monitor costs, adverts, and sales, in order to survive.

Venues that have paid guests : we cannot guarantee that Correspondents will have room to mention guests;
but for just £18 a year, you can join Folklife, and send in 200 words publicity per issue (more words if paid advertising).

Organisations employing paid staff should consider joining Folklife for just £18 a year - less than 1 ticket for some events!
You can then send in up to 200 words per issue (more if advertising).

Correspondent - And you ?

If you would like to email a column every quarter, covering your area (which can include some mentions of your session/club/act/festival/etc), anywhere,
then we offer FREE MEMBERSHIP incl. free listings and up to 3 free copies.
*** as above - not mostly about your club/act - and - must be every issue ! ***

Read on, and then contact us ! Contact details see Info webpage

COVER an area, large or small, OR a SPECIAL INTEREST (eg morris, concertina, social dance ...)
Your 3 free copies: up to you what you do with them,
- some only want 1 or 2
- some give away 1 to other club organisers,
- some circulate at their session on a read-and-return next time basis ...
- some sell 'em (in eg own club or elsewhere),
- some buy more -- we give 3, any more charged at discount rate (buy @ £2.40, sell @ £3) - see prices above
Some like to write a lot, some don't.
Correspondents' word limit: 700 words
- Suggested minimum is 350 ....... • word count doesn't include heading, contact details, etc.

House style: please avoid CAPITALS FOR NAMES ETC as we emphasize by using bold.
- We may add ® symbol for Members "(see ad/directory/festivals etc)"
Your style: some give bullet-point lists, some ramble on .... we welcome whatever style suits you
Area covered: size of area is up to you. It doesn't matter if there is a bit of overlap.
- Or perhaps a special interest, eg sessions, morris, concertina, dance.
Correspondents give an area overview
- Correspondents can mention their own festivals, clubs, sessions, performances: to a maximum about 1/4 of the column!
- Otherwise, what Correspondents put in, and leave out, is entirely up to them
  - So (eg) in order to mention as many venues as possible, a venue might be mentioned, but not their guests. See above "Our priorities … informal free gatherings, & volunteer-run organisations … do-it-yourself folk, and Venues that have paid guests
Your photo - please send a head and shoulders type (see examples below)
Pictures for column: entirely optional: a few high-res photo welcome. Printed in mono (so won't work if eg mainly black & red).
Deadlines: as top of page

Thanks, Sam.

copyright Folklife, publishers.