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The 1st line / summary appears in print, every issue, in Folklife West.  It's up to you as to what include or leave out, after  " County---NAME"

• County    NAME     website [links will be in blue]    Contact name    Contact phone
• ⇒ or ⌂  Contact details other than name/phone in 1st line.   Emails: we will put <at> for @, to avoid spam
• ⊕           Up to 40 words more details.    ​
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LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- MUSIC & SONG     <PF.1>

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

LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- DANCE     <PF.2>

Pf.2a   Folk Dance Callers
Pf.2b   Folk Dance Bands
Pf.2c   Ceremonial & Display (Clog, Morris, Sword)

    * Martyn Wyndham-Read  ​             * Keith Gregson                                        * Linn Phipps                               *  Steve Turner

LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- SPOKEN WORD     <PF.3>

Pf.3a   Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
Pf.3b   Poetry & Monologuists
​Pf.3c   Storytellers

LIST 3:  FOLK MEDIA     <M.>

M.1  Online Folk Magazines & Listings
M.2  Printed Folk Magazines & Listings
M.3  Folk Radio

LIST 4:  FOLK SERVICES     <S.>

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:  WORKSHOP PROVIDERS & WORKSHOP SERIES     <W.>

W.1   Workshop Providers  --- Study Centres, Folk Teachers, Tutors, Development Workers, Workshop Organisers
W.2  Members’ Continuing (longer-term) Workshop Series (eg termtime)  
<>    For 1-off workshops (whether 1 day or 1 week), see our FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DIARY webpage

​1. VENUES.   • CLUBS   • CONCERTS   • SINGAROUNDS   • SESSIONS (SONG, MUSIC, POETRY)   • STORYTELLING •       
                            •  DANCE CLUBS & CEILIDH SERIES.           ∞ FOR ZOOM SESSIONS, SEE  ⎈ ZOOM LIST WEBPAGE

Traditional Arts Team,​Tim Ralphs, storyteller, enchants the audience at Storytelling Café.       Nuneaton Folk Club.

Correspondents                                                   

Bob Bignell,  
Bromsgove Folk Club
​& Festival,
our Correspondent for  
​South Birmingham & Nearby

Malc Gurnham,  ​
​Bedworth Folk Club,
​our Correspondent for
Warwickshire with Coventry

Paul Bryan, 
Bagman, ​The Traditional Ilmington Morris Men;
Shifting Sunday Sessions. 
our Cotswold Folk column (South Warks & nearby)

Clubs • Concerts • Singarounds • Sesssions (Song, Music, Poetry) • Storytelling • Dance Clubs & Ceilidh Series.    ​

• We can help -   Folklife Members, email your details (see examples below) and we'll draft new entries for you to approve or change.
• The 1st line / summary appears in print, every issue, in Folklife West.
• It's up to you as to what you wish to include or leave out, after  " How often---Day--County---TOWN---CLUB/VENUE NAME"

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• How often [e.g. Wkly, 1st]   Day  County    TOWN    CLUB/VENUE NAME     website [links will be in blue]    Contact name    Contact phone
• →         Venue address/phone. Start time. Frequency e.g. term-time, all year.
• ⇒ or ⌂  Contact details other than name/phone in 1st line.   Emails: we will put <at> for @, to avoid spam
• ⊕          Up to 40 words more details.     

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------------  SUNDAY:  West Midlands county  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2nd Sun, monthly    Birmingham    MOSELEY     SCANDI MUSIC SESSIONS     www.tradartsteam.co.uk    Trad. Arts Team 0121 247 3856
→    Irish Centre, 205 Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B13 0ST.  2pm - 5pm
⇒    Traditional Arts Team, 19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7DU; info<at>tradartsteam.co.uk
⊕     Meet up and play a few Swedish and other Scandinavian tunes.  All musicians welcome - more info and links to tunes via the ScandiBrum facebook page [2021 Oct new venue & now monthly]

------------  SUNDAY:  Warks  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------​

• THE SHIFTING SUNDAY SESSION (SSS) ... every Sunday, same time, different pub. A folk music session that take place every week in the South Warwickshire / North Cotswolds area, in four regular venues, with it being in a different village pub each Sunday of the month. Times as notified below.    Contact details and further details for all:
• ⇒    Paul Bryan, theflyingmorrisman<at>hotmail.com, 07711 121210
• ⊕    The Shifting Sunday Session (SSS): weekly folk music sessions in South Warwickshire / North Cotswolds, in four regular venues (different village pubs).  Typically around 20 musicians will turn up.. 

1st  Sun    Warks    ILMINGTON     SHIFTING SUNDAY SESSION: HOWARD ARMS www.sessionfolk.blogspot.com  Pub 01608 682226
→    The Howard Arms (01608 682226), Ilmington, Walks CV36 4LT.  7pm until 10pm.
⇒    Paul Bryan, theflyingmorrisman<at>hotmail.com, 07711 121210                  [new times, Oct 2021]

2nd Sun    Warks    STRATFORD-UPON-AVON SHIFTING SUNDAY SESSION: THE BULL INN www.sessionfolk.blogspot.com  Pub 01608 682226
→    The Bull Inn (01789 417931), Old Town, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks CV37. 7-10pm     [new times, Apr 2022]

3rd Sun    Warks    TEMPLE GRAFTON    SHIFTING SUNDAY SESSION: THE BLUE BOAR  www.sessionfolk.blogspot.com  Pub  01789 750010
→    The Blue Boar  (01789 750010), Temple Grafton, Warks B49 6NR.  7pm until 10pm   [new times, Oct 2021]

[ 4th Sun see  Glos-Oxon webpage for  Glos BROAD CAMPDEN   SHIFTING SUNDAY SESSION: THE BAKER’S ARMS www.sessionfolk.blogspot.com ]

5th  Sun   varies    VARIES  SHIFTING SUNDAY SESSION: VENUE VARIES  www.sessionfolk.blogspot.com   Paul Bryan  07711 121210
→    If there’s a 5th Sunday in the month, it’s a variable venues, arranged individually, see website.   [updated Oct 2021]

------------  WEDNESDAY:  ​West Midlands county  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

​1st    Wed   Birmingham    MOSELEY     TALES & ALES STORY SESSION     www.tradartsteam.co.uk    Trad. Arts Team    07946 718286
→    Currently online.  Prince of Wales pub, Alcester Road, Birmingham B13 8EE. 8pm
⇒     Traditional Arts Team, 19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7DU   info<at>tradartsteam.co.uk
⊕    Come along to share stories and ales at this great storytelling venue. [2021 - online]

2nd   Wed    Birmingham    MOSELEY    POLITICAL SONG SESSION    www.tradartsteam.co.uk    Trad. Arts Team    07946 718286
→    Currently online.  Prince of Wales pub, Alcester Road, Birmingham B13 8EE, 8pm
⇒    Traditional Arts Team, 19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7DU; info<at>tradartsteam.co.uk
⊕     Come along, raise your voices, let the songs be heard, whether they were written yesterday or hundreds of years ago, let us learn from them and take heart from them.  [2021  - online]

3rd Wed    Birmingham    KINGS HEATH     BIRMINGHAM STORYTELLING CAFÉ     www.tradartsteam.co.uk    Trad. Arts Team    07946 71828
→   Kitchen Garden Cafe, York Road, Kings Heath, B14 7SA, 7.30pm - 10pm, September to June, 
⇒   Traditional Arts Team, 19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7DU, 
       email birminghamstorytellingcafe<at>gmail.com, or via website, www.birminghamstorytellingcafe.co.uk
⊕   Doors open and food served from 6.30pm.  The perfect setting to enjoy an evening of storytelling.  We have an exciting line-up of guests and regular tellers from across the Midlands. Tickets £7 from the venue (0121 443 4725) or wegottickets.com [2019 Nov, new listing]

------------  WEDNESDAY:  Warks  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1st  Wed, afternoon     Warks  ATHERSTONE    FOLK AT THE LION   www.facebook.com/groups/1194655407220890/ Phil Benson     01827 711514
→    The Atherstone Red Lion, 99 Long Street, Atherstone CV9 1BB.  2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, all year
⇒     Phillip Benson, Sixth Lock Cottage, Holly Lane, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 2SL. phil<at>atherstonefolkclub.org.uk
⊕      Folk in a local hostelry, run by anyone who turns up (not quite, but it gives the flavour).  Singaround format, mostly.
         1st Wednesday afternoon monthly. Come and join a few friends just singing for the joy of it.  Free Entry. (new website May 2019)

1st Wed          Warks     NUNEATON NUNEATON FOLK CLUB   https://blackparrotseaside.weebly.com  Geoff Veasey
→     Queens Hall at the Crew (upstairs), 75-77 Queen's Road, Nuneaton CV115LA.  8.00pm on guest nights.  All year.
⇒    Organiser: Geoff Veasey, abolper<at>yahoo.co.uk   See also NFC Facebook Group Page.
⊕     "Live"     Folk (Traditional and Contemporary), Blues, Acoustic and Open Mic-style performances.  Free!   Parking nearby.  Seating around 60, plus standing room.  Featured guests usually take or share the main spot at the end of each half, with pre-booked floor spots.   [new member, Apr 2018]

2nd,4th Wed   Warks    BEDWORTH      BEDWORTH FOLK CLUB     www.bedworthfolkclub.co.uk     Malc Gurnham    024 7634 5568 
→    Every 2nd Wednesday:  new venue  The Newdigate Club, Smorrall Lane, Bedworth, Warwickshire CV7 9NY.       new start time     8.00pm.   
→    Most 4th Wednesdays:     Bedworth Rugby Club, Rectory Fields, Smarts Road, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 0BP    8.30pm.
⇒     Malc Gurnham, Tel: as above, Mob: 077 6019 0309. Email: mail<at>bedworthfolkclub.co.uk

3rd  Wed   Warks    ATHERSTONE    ATHERSTONE FOLK CLUB    www.atherstonefolkclub.org.uk    Phillip Benson    01827 711514
→    The Atherstone Red Lion, 99 Long Street, Atherstone CV9 1BB.   8.00 pm, all year
⌂    Phillip Benson, Sixth Lock Cottage, Holly Lane, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 2SL.  phil<at>atherstonefolkclub.org.uk
⊕   3rd Wednesday of each month.  Please see website for latest info.  [2022 Feb, venue changed]
​
------------  THURSDAY:  ​West Midlands county  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2nd,4th    Thu   Birmingham    MOSELEY    MOSELEY VILLAGE BAND    www.tradartsteam.co.uk    Trad. Arts Team    0121 443 5687
→    Post Office Rooms, 149-153 Alcester Road, B13 8JP.  7.30 - 9.15pm
⇒   Traditional Arts Team, 19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7DU.    info<at>moseleyvillageband.org.uk
⊕    Lively traditional tunes in several parts, with occasional workshops.  All musicians welcome.  [2019 Nov,  email change, no other change]


------------  THURSDAY:  Warks  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
​
2nd,4th Thu     Warks    STUDLEY    Make & Play HAMMERED DULCIMER Practice Nights  http://dulcimer.org.uk  Sally Whytehead     01527 64229  
→    Studley Baptist Church, New Road, Studley, Warwickshire, B80 7ND, 19.30 to 21.45 all year (please check) 
⇒     Sally Whytehead, 01527 64229.   sally.whytehead<at>gmail.com
⊕    Hammered Dulcimer informal get together where you can learn to play, learn new repertoire, get help with making your own and eat cake!   
        Some instruments available for loan. Please contact Sally before attending for the first time. £1 per dulcimer. [2019 Dec, sessions name retitled]

------------  FRIDAY:  ​West Midlands county  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wkly   Fri   Birmingham   HIGHGATE  BLACK DIAMOND FOLK SONG CLUB    http://blackdiamondfolkclub.org.uk  Paul Ryan 0121 357 7326
→    The Lamp Tavern, Barford Street, Highgate, Birmingham. 8pm, Sept-July.  [2018-19 season restarts 31/8 !]
⇒     748 Walsall Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 1EX.   contact<at>blackdiamondfolkclub.org.uk
⊕    Singers’ nights alternate Fridays, guests inbetween.  [2019 Aug, start time change to 8pm]

​​------------  FRIDAY:  ​Staffs  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3rd Fridays   Staffs  --Zoom--   MOORLANDS FOLK ZOOM  (twinned with Room at The Top)    Victoria Berringer
→    See Zoom list page for details for joining meeting, 8pm-10pm.
⊕    Audience and Artists all welcome.  8:00 PM London until 10 pm   [added 12/2021]

------------  SATURDAY:  ​West Midlands county  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1st Sat  Worcs, but near Birmingham    ALVECHURCH     ALVECHURCH FRENCH DANCE & MUSIC    www.tradartsteam.co.uk    Trad. Arts Team   
→   Alvechurch Village Hall, Worcs B48 7JX, 2.30pm - 5pm
⇒   Traditional Arts Team, 19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7DU, 
       email alvechurchfrenchdance<at>gmail.com, website www.tradartsteam.co.uk/French-dance.html
⊕    Monthly traditional dance events.  Come and enjoy a variety of traditional French dances, bourrées, polkas, mazurkas, valses, Breton, etc.  All abilities of dancer and musician welcome, please bring £2 towards the cost of the hall.  Please bring your own refreshments.  [2019 Nov, new listing]
Listed here FYI, as well as under Worcs, but for news see Herefs-Worcs news pages

2. Performers    MUSIC & SONG, dance, spoken word

​Performers.   Many performers travel across the country; so we give the home county just for info

 * Ian Pittaway ​                   * Cotteswolde Country Dance Band              *  The Traditional Ilmington Morris Men

Pf.1    FOLK MUSIC & SONG                           

• Pf.1a-1c = general: Group, Duo, Solo    • Pf.1d-1f = specific: eg Community Bands; Shanties

Pf.1a    Folk Music & Song - Bands / Groups - sorted by first name within county

Warks    DRUNKMONKEY, see under Warks NUNC/DRUNKMONKEY

Warks    NUNC/DRUNKMONKEY https://blackparrotseaside.weebly.com/nunc--druncmonkey.html     Geoff Veasey  
⇒    Geoff Veasey, abolper<at>yahoo.co.uk
⊕  Flossy McDougal, ex- Pennyroyal:  Geoff Veasey, ex-Black Parrot Seaside; and John Kearney, ex- Romeo's Butcher.     
DRUNKMONKEY is NUNC+ Jon Harrington (blues harps), Paul Moore (Guitars), and John Harris (bass)  [Feb 2020, new website]


Pf.1b    Folk Music & Song - Duo - sorted by first name within county

Staffs     PAUL WALKER & KAREN PFEIFFER  www.paulwalkermusic.co.uk     Karen Pfeiffer     07772 006427
   ⇒ karen<at>paulwalkermusic.co.uk ,   www.youtube.com/PaulWalkerKarenPfeiffer , www.facebook.com/paulwalkerandkarenpfeiffer ,
         www.instagram.com/walkerpfeiffermusic

B’ham     THE DARING YOUNG MEN  www.chrislowestories.com Chris Lowe    0121 308 2298
    ⇒ chrislowe30<at>hotmail.co.uk
    ⊕  Fabulous Music Hall Duo.  See also Andy Casserley's website   [New entry, existing member, Jul 2018]

Warks     MALC GURNHAM & GILL GILSENAN    www.malcandgill.co.uk    Malc Gurnham     024 7634 5568
⇒  Malc Gurnham, Tel: as above, Mob: 077 6019 0309. Email: mail<at>bedworthfolkclub.co.uk

Warks      SQUEEZE-BOW HARMONY    facebook.com/SBHFolkMusic    Paul Bryan     07711 121210
 ⇒   Paul Bryan, theflyingmorrisman<at>hotmail.com, 07711 121210
 ⊕    Paul Bryan and Des Wynes.  Playing traditional music with fiddle, accordion, guitar, concertina and vocals. At The Dirty Duck, Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, monthly 1st Fridays,12.30pm, and the Shifting Sunday Sessions.   CDs: Live At The ‘White’-House, Shutford; A Touch Of The Irish.  [new Member, Oct 2019]

B’ham     THE DARING YOUNG MEN  www.chrislowestories.com Chris Lowe    0121 308 2298
    ⇒ chrislowe30<at>hotmail.co.uk
    ⊕  Fabulous Music Hall Duo.  See also Andy Casserley's website   [New entry, existing member, Jul 2018]

Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo  - sorted by first name within county

​B’ham    CHRIS LOWE    www.facebook.com/Chris-Lowe-Storyteller-702932336552020  Chris Lowe    0121 308 2298
⇒  chrislowe30<at>hotmail.co.uk
    ⊕  Music Hall Singer and More!  Hear the verses to the choruses you always knew.   [New website, Jan 2018]

Notts    STEVE TURNER   www.steve-turner.co.uk    Steve Turner    0115 9430333
⇒   mobile  07831-265272.     info<at>steve-turner.co.uk

W Mids     IAN PITTAWAY    www.ipmusic.org.uk  Ian Pittaway 07504 269 855
⇒ contact<at>ipmusic.org.uk
⊕ Ian performs solo traditional, mediaeval and renaissance music with voice, guitars, harps, lutes and other early instruments, and primary and secondary school and adult workshops in historical music, involving history, drama and dance.  

Pf.1d    Choirs & Quires: Folk & Community Choirs & Bands, West Gallery  
→ indicates venue and times   -- entries welcome 

Pf.1e    Folk Music & Song - Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo -- entries welcome 

​

Pf.2   FOLK DANCE  (Social / Country / Display / Ceremonial)
​
     Many callers & bands travel across the country; so we give the home area just for information
​

Pf.2a    Folk Dance Callers    • for Folk Dance Teachers: see W.2, Workshops pages, every issue        

Staffs      VICTORIA BERRINGER   www.facebook.com/Ceilidh-Dancing-Calling-148536822189704 

​
​Pf.2b    Folk Dance Bands     

Warks    COTTESWOLDE COUNTRY DANCE BAND     (no website)    Paul Bryan     07711 121210
⇒    Paul Bryan, theflyingmorrisman<at>hotmail.com, 07711 121210
⊕    A ‘fun & energetic’ style ceilidh band from South Warwickshire - with melodeon / fiddle/mandolin / bouzouki / electric bass / drums + occasional whistler !
    Tina Morris is our ‘engaging caller’ - who also plays accordion - available for barn dances - folk evenings - parties - tailored to fit any occasion.
[new Member, Oct 2019, revised description & picture, April 2020]

​Warks    GLORISHEARS CEILIDH BAND     www.folkfax.net/gshears    Malc Gurnham      024 7634 5568 
⇒ Malc Gurnham, Tel: as above, Mob: 077 6019 0309. Email: mail<at>bedworthfolkclub.co.uk

B’ham    MAD MOLL    www.tradartsteam.org.uk/MadMoll    Pam Bishop    0121 247 3856


Pf.2c    Ceremonial & Dance Display   (including Clog, Morris, Sword)          arranged by county

​Warks    THE TRADITIONAL ILMINGTON MORRIS MEN   http://ilmingtonmorrismen.org.uk    Paul Bryan (Bagman)     07711 121210
→  Practice Wednesday evenings, September to April, Ilmington Village Hall.  Dance around the local villages and towns on Wednesday evenings, May to August. 
⇒  Paul Bryan, theflyingmorrisman<at>hotmail.com, 07711 121210.  Also on Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/TIMM1974/)
⊕  Dancing the traditional dances which have evolved in the village over 300 years. A living tradition, welcoming any Morris man, experienced or beginner, who would like to join us. The side joined the Morris Ring in 2002.  [new Member, Oct 2019]


Pf.3    SPOKEN WORD PERFORMERS


Pf.3a    Folk Shows & Theatre, Mummers

Coventry    COVENTRY MUMMERS    www.coventrymummers.org.uk    John Havell    02476 672297
⇒ 35 Belvedere Road, Earlsdon, Coventry,  CV5 6PG.   john<at>havell45.plus.com


​Pf.3b    Poets & Monologuists    
None at present 


​Pf.3c   Storytellers
​
​B’ham    CHRIS LOWE  www.chrislowestories.com  Chris Lowe    0121 308 2298
⇒ chrislowe30<at>hotmail.co.uk
    ⊕   Stories that amuse, stories that intrigue, stories that transport.  All from the West Midlands’ champion teller.     [New website, Jul 2018]
B’ham    GRAHAM LANGLEY    www.storytelling.uk.net    Graham Langley    07946 718286
⇒ 19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7DU.   graham@storytelling.uk.net
    ⊕   “A twenty first century teller of tales .... he casts a verbal spell over his wide-eyed audience” - The Times. 
B’ham     LOWE AND PLANT  www.chrislowestories.com Chris Lowe    0121 308 2298
⇒ chrislowe30<at>hotmail.co.uk
   ⊕  Two of the most powerful and entertaining tellers of tales. Black Country yarnsman, Ron Plant brings English as a second language enhancement. You must hear Ron’s telling of Eli’s Cap, Whose The Saftist and Big Sal.        [Added Dec 2022]

3. Media  online & PRINTED FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS,  folk radio, publishers 

​Media.

Correspondents                                                                  

Bob Bignell,  
Bromsgove Folk Club
​& Festival,
our Correspondent for  
​South Birmingham & Nearby

Malc Gurnham,  ​
​Bedworth Folk Club,
​our Correspondent for
Warwickshire with Coventry

Paul Bryan: Bagman, ​The Traditional Ilmington Morris Men; Shifting Sunday Sessions. 
Our Cotswold Folk column (South Warks & nearby)

M.1    ONLINE FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS

West Mids [+ West Country]   ARMANDALEG MUSIC    www.armandalegmusic.com    Mike Weaver 
→     West Country: Bath, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire.  West Midlands: Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire,  and Worcestershire.
⇒      Contact via website.  twitter <at>armandalegmusic
            ⊕    Independent organisation, helping original acoustic and traditional artists to promote their music. Listen online to live music, find out what’s on in the Mid-West, get the latest news, view comprehensive list of Mid-West venues and of folk and acoustic festivals. 
​
Shropshire & elsewhere        SABRINAFLU Online Folk Magazine     https://sabrinaflu.wordpress.com     David Harley     07891 999619
⇒  Contact: david.a.harley<at>gmail.com.    See also https://www.facebook.com/groups/27261137852/        
​    ⊕    Promoting folk(-ish) music, song, dance and poetry, especially but not exclusively along the course of the river Severn (hence Sabrinaflu).

​Warks, Coventry, +                FOLKFAX           www.folkfax.net    Malc Gurnham     024 7634 5568
⇒      Malc Gurnham, Tel: as above, Mob: 077 6019 0309. Email: mail<at>bedworthfolkclub.co.uk

Warks & nearby                   COTSWOLD FOLK listings  www.cotswoldfolk.co.uk    Paul Bryan     07711 121210  

Warks & nearby ​                  SHIFTING SUNDAY SESSIONS listings     www.sessionfolk.blogspot.com    Paul Bryan     07711 121210  

West Mids [+ West Country]  MR RED’s MID WEST listings      www.cresby.com   Cresby Brown  
            ⊕    Mr Red’s website gives regional listings, for the ‘Mid-West’, by day and by county.   

… and this website includes
FOLKLIFE MEMBERS' ONLINE DIRECTORY, including these listings, from Folklife: www.folklife.uk     Sam Simmons    01684 561378
Folklife produce  FOLKLIFE WEST print magazine (details: ⇒  M.2 below) available online: 
     FW news pages & listings are on www.folklife.uk  and Folklife Traditions www.folklife-traditions.uk 

UK & Ireland            LIVING TRADITION    www.livingtradition.co.uk    Office        01563 571220
    ⇒    The Living Tradition, PO Box 1026, Kilmarnock KA2 0LG.  admin<at>livingtradition.co.uk,  www.facebook.com/thelivingtraditionmagazine
    ⊕     The Living Tradition magazine’s website, featuring articles from the trad/folk magazine, festival, club and concert listings, news, reviews and regional links.  There is also an online shop where you can buy many folk and traditional CDs   [Feb 2018, new member]


MEDIA   M.2    PRINTED FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS   
​for JOURNALS see FOLKLIFE STUDIES on our Folklife Traditions site

England  EDS (English Dance & Song)  www.efdss.org/efdss-join-us/english-dance-and-song     EFDSS    020 7485 2206
⇒ To join EFDSS [English Folk Dance & Song Society] and receive EDS and other benefits: www.efdss.org/efdss-join-us
⇒ ​Editorial: EDS Editor, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 7AY.  eds.editor<at>efdss.org 
⊕    An international publication, going out to the almost 4,000 members of the Society. It’s the world’s longest-running folk magazine, first published in 1936, and balances professional folk with grassroots folk, both traditional and contemporary. [EFDSS, now a FL member, October 2017]

​UK & Ireland     LIVING TRADITION    www.livingtradition.co.uk    Office   01563 571220
    ⇒    The Living Tradition, PO Box 1026, Kilmarnock KA2 0LG.  admin<at>livingtradition.co.uk,   www.facebook.com/thelivingtraditionmagazine
    ⊕        A full colour, glossy, folk and traditional music magazine highlighting the rich heritage of traditional music in the UK, Ireland and beyond.  TLT has a worldwide circulation, and is an independent and authoritative voice in the folk world.  Subscriptions available.   [Feb 2018, new member]

And we are  . . . 
Wales, England West Country & West Midlands   FW, FOLKLIFE WEST print magazine   www.folklife.uk Sam Simmons  01684 561378
West Midlands region news pages are on  🄵🅆 Midlands
⊕   Each issue has Members' news pages (also copied online  www.folklife.uk)  Members' listings inc Festival & Workshop Diaries (from this Directory!); and Folklife Traditions pages, articles & news  ​www.folklife-traditions.uk


​M.3    FOLK RADIO  

Warkwickshire   ANKER FOLK    www.ankerradio.co.uk     Geoff Veasey, Presenter 
⇒    folk@ankerradio.co.uk.  Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/ankerradio/playlists/anker-folk
⊕    1st and 3rd Wednesdays monthly on Hospicoms, on 1286am and online via station website. Presenters: John Goodman & Geoff Veasey.
For the three most recent broadcasts, www.ankerradio.co.uk   then click on the FOLK button.   [New member, Apr 2018]
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M.4    PUBLISHERS (MUSIC & PRINT)     see also FOLKLIFE STUDIES on our Folklife Traditions site      -----------

4. Services     including shops

​Services.

S.1    FOLK JOURNALISTS

Warks   MAC AWE ON TOUR, Folk Journalist and Blogger     http://macaweontour.blogspot.co.uk   Geoff Veasey 
⇒    Geoff Veasey, abolper<at>yahoo.co.uk
⊕     Folk Journalist and Reviewer.   Blog : Mac Awe On Tour    [new member, Apr 2018]

​S.2   AGENTS,  MANAGERS,  PROMOTERS, MCs, STAGE MANAGEMENT
<> For Dance or Concert Series:  see “1: VENUES” under Series name  -- entries welcome

S.3    TECHNICAL:  PA  &  Sound  Hire,  Engineers,  Studios

Warks     FAT SAM MUSIC STUDIO    www.fatsammusic.co.uk    Malc Gurnham    024 7634 5568 

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S.4    WEBSITE DESIGN AND SERVICES
​Warks     FOLKFAX WEB DESIGN           www.folkfax.net/design    Malc Gurnham    024 7634 5568 
⇒     Malc Gurnham, Tel: as above, Mob: 077 6019 0309. Email: mail<at>bedworthfolkclub.co.uk

S.7    SHOPS & OTHER SALES    for FOLK PUBLISHERS (Books & Recordings), BOOKSELLERS, see FOLKLIFE STUDIES on our Folklife Traditions site

West Mids     IP MUSIC SHOP    www.ipmusic.org.uk    Ian Pittaway
⇒ contact<at>ipmusic.org.uk
⊕    CDs from Ian Pittaway, ‘Lovers Beggars Soldiers Sailors’; The Night Watch, ‘The Ambassadors’; Captain Swing, ‘Captain Swing’s English Jam’. Hand-made mandolin by Small Strings. Guitar and lute tuition. Instruments: http://earlymusicmuse.com/instruments-for-sale Also CD sale, see http://earlymusicmuse.com/cd-sale   [added 2017 Feb]

​B’ham    HOBGOBLIN BIRMINGHAM    www.hobgoblin.com/birmingham    Shop     0121 212 9010
⇒       8 Priory Queensway, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6BS.       sales<at>hobgoblinbirmingham.co.uk   
⊕  Hobgoblin Birmingham - Britain’s leading Folk and Traditional musical instrument shop based in the heart of Birmingham. Open 10am - 6pm, Monday - Saturday.
​Also, across UK ………    HOBGOBLIN MUSIC, all shops & mail order:       www.hobgoblin.com  0845 130 9500 
⇒   Mail order: P.O. Box 4707, Worthing, BN11 9JA.   Fax: 01903 210011. 
            ⊕    Acoustic and folk musical instrument specialists.
For Hobgoblin shops in other areas, see their website or our webpage ⎈ Other UK Directory 

​Notts  TURNER VIOLINS, BEESTON    www.turnerviolins.co.uk    Shop     0115 9430333
⇒   1-5 Lily Grove, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1QL.          Fax: 0115 943 0444.      info<at>turnerviolins.co.uk
⊕    Opening hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm; Saturdays 9am - 5pm. Probably the largest violin shop in the UK, specialising in fine old violins, violas, cellos, double basses and bows.

5. workshop PROVIDERS & workshop series

​Workshop Providers. ​

Early Music Muse



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W.1    WORKSHOP PROVIDERS, incl. Study Centres, Folk Teachers, Tutors, Development Workers, Workshop Organisers.
Many tutors travel across the country; so we give their home area just for information.
<>  See also Folklife Traditions Directory website: List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions: Fs.2, Lecturers and Speakers

Birmingham    CHRIS LOWE storyteller   www.chrislowestories.com    Chris Lowe    0121 308 2298
⇒   chrislowe30<at>hotmail.co.uk
⊕  Stories that amuse, stories that intrigue, stories that transport.  All from the West Midlands’ champion teller.  Workshop Organiser [New website, Jan 2018]

West Midlands     EARLY MUSIC MUSE   http://earlymusicmuse.com/school-workshops Ian Pittaway
⇒ contact<at>ipmusic.org.uk
⊕  Traditional, mediaeval and renaissance music workshops for voice and any instrument. Primary and secondary school workshops and adult workshops in historical music, involving history, drama and dance.  [added 2017 Feb]

Birmingham    GRAHAM LANGLEY storyteller     www.storytelling.uk.net    Graham Langley    07946 718286
⊕ Storyteller. Traditional storytelling for all ages, including HE and professional development.  “An uplifting experience...” Times Educational Supplement. Workshop organiser and presenter for Traditional Arts Team storytelling workshops.

West Midlands     IAN PITTAWAY    www.ipmusic.org.uk    Ian Pittaway
⇒ contact<at>ipmusic.org.uk
⊕    Solo traditional, mediaeval and renaissance music with voice, guitars, lutes, harps and other mediaeval/renaissance instruments. Primary and secondary school and adult workshops in historical music and dance.  [added 2017 Feb]
​
around UK    NONSUCH DULCIMER CLUB   http://dulcimer.org.uk    Sally Whytehead     01527 64229  
⇒   Please use our contact pages https://www.dulcimer.org.uk/contact-form/
⊕   We provide workshops for hammered and mountain dulcimer at a range of venues and levels and can also loan instruments. For the latest news and information on what we are doing or to get in touch go to http://dulcimer.org.uk

West Midlands     TRADITIONAL ARTS TEAM   www.tradartsteam.co.uk    Pam Bishop     0121 247 3856
⇒    19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7DU

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W.2    MEMBERS’ CONTINUING (LONGER-TERM) WORKSHOPS SERIES ​(eg termtime)
    • For 1-off workshops (whether 1 day or 1 week), see our FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DIARY webpage
 • none advised, but note that HOBGOBLIN MUSIC BIRMINGHAM offers instrument tuition, see West Midlands region Folk News page

6. FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DIARY  (BRIEF SUMMARY)

Member-Festivals
Not included in the above news-pages download file, as for latest info, check our  ​Festivals & Workshops Diary webpage  for ads & detailed listings

July           WARWICK FOLK FESTIVAL               www.warwickfolkfestival.co.uk
​August      MOIRA FURNACE FOLK FESTIVAL    www.moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk        near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
October     NONSUCH ANNUAL WEEKEND        http://dulcimer.org.uk/calendar.html
Every Issue, we cover Member-Workshops & Member- Festivals for the next 12+ Months !

                     **** From Feb 2022,    FREE LISTINGS in our DIRECTORY  if you are on our emailed Newsletter list  **** 1 line summary format is
  VENUES: ..................................................  How often [Wkly, 1st],   Day,  County,  TOWN,   CLUB/VENUE NAME, website,  optional: Contact name, and/or phone
  PERFORMERS, MEDIA, SHOPS:  County, NAME,  website ,  optional: Contact name,  optional Contact phone

Midlands News, from  Folklife members  (Herefs & Worcs on separate webpage).
Copies of pages from FW, Folklife West print magazine.

Steve Turner                            Turner Violins, Beeston, Nottingham

Page Header:   Black Diamond Folk Club: 50th Birthday celebrations:                
                       John Crane in front of backdrop he created.  
                       Photo © Derek Catley, 2014.    ​

Traditional Arts Team,​Tim Ralphs, storyteller, enchants the audience at Storytelling Café.  

Page Header insert, & above:  Nuneaton Folk Club           

Ian Pittaway

Cotteswolde Country Dance Band 

The Traditional Ilmington Morris Men

Correspondents                                          

Bob Bignell,  
Bromsgove Folk Club
​& Festival,
our Correspondent for  
​South Birmingham & Nearby

Malc Gurnham,  ​
​Bedworth Folk Club,
​our Correspondent for
Warwickshire with Coventry

Centre: Paul Bryan, Cotswold Folk column (S. Warks;)  ​& Bagman, ​The Traditional Ilmington Morris Men; & Sunday Sessions

Midlands news:  free PDF
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