"Folklife Traditions" pages in print, also copied online​. "Folk News" pages for this issue are online only.
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​Folklife Membership: for Folklife West magazine, folk news & Folklife Traditions pages, post, or pdf via WeTransfer.

Do join us, you can publicise yourself:  news items, added to Directory, mentioned in Updates
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Or
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​Form below: we have a free emailed newsletter (monthly-ish).  We ask for just your name, email, country/region. We don't share that information.  
This is useful for you, with Updates for News, Directory, Folklife Traditions (& deadline reminders).
And so we'll spend less time on admin/emails, more time to add to magazine & website.  And we can respond to areas/countries which show more signups.

Free publicity* during lockdown ~ we welcome enthusiasts!  
for  "Other UK" areas, folk clubs, Zoom, performers, services
"Other UK" = outside our usual area of Wales; England: South-West region, Oxon, West Midlands region
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Sign up below!  for (free) Newsletter mailing list,
* if signed up: your  "Other UK" news welcome (up to 200 words) to sam@folklife.uk
if contributing, we ask you to sign up, to save us admin time (resending emails etc)
3 weeks notice for dates to circulate in Newsletter.  By email please, not Zoom chats  (we can't easily copy chats) 

Keep in touch with FOLKLIFE's
free emailed occasional NEWSLETTER
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​Updates: News, Directory, Folklife Traditions (& Deadline Reminders).
Membership required for your detailed online Directory & Festival listings.
  
A form to sign up to Folklife Newsletter and/or for new Folklife members.
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We don't pass on details.  Data policy (opt-in, opt-out): see Data webpage
NEW permissions only ​(so if any changes, please email instead)

Copies of pages from   FW, Folklife West print magazine

​The NEWS PAGES below, from our members, cover:  --- ➀ Venues  --- ➁ Performers   --- ➂ Media   --- ➃ Services.  ​
​Other information is on other FW print pages, and on our other websites:
--- for ➄ Festivals, adverts and fully-detailed diary listings - see our Folklife's Directory website, Festival Diary pages
--- for ➅ Workshops, adverts and fully-detailed diary listings  - see our Folklife's Directory website, Workshop Diary pages
--- for ➆ Folklife Societies, ➇ Folklife Studies & Institutions, ➈ Seasonal Celebrations - see our Folklife Traditions website
             We're always glad to hear from enthusiasts who would like to join us … posted magazine (3 per year), news for up to 200 words for each of your news items!          Membership is £18 a year UK, see Info webpage

‡‡  Pandemic:  non-members on our Newsletter mailing list (sign up: above!) can also send in news items, free,
      for Online Extra (Other UK 2)  If contributing, we ask you to join mailing list, to save us time repeating emails etc

Other areas of England, ​and Scotland 
news pages below   --or--     download the PDF
DATES & UPDATES at foot, below news pages

mem_other_uk.pdf
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Our printed SUMMARY list of our Members, above, is here replaced, by a handy ONLINE VERSION - that is, with live WEBLINKS in blue
           
Below:  we print, & copy here online, the 1st lines of our fully-detailed online Directory listings ​

FULL DETAILS for each listing, in our ONLINE DIRECTORY webpage:  Other areas
      
* RED: new/revised listings (= since last FW), details confirmed √    * GREEN: new/revised listings, TBC

Other areas of England, and Scotland, Members:   VENUES
always glad to hear from enthusiasts who would like to join us !​  eg a venue in a popular holiday area, or near our area
1st & 3rd Tue   W.Yorks    MORLEY       MORLEY FOLK CLUB       www.morleyfolk.org       Alan Street
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Other areas of England, and Scotland, Members:   PERFORMERS

FOLK MUSIC & SONG

Pf.1a    Folk Music & Song - Bands & Groups
Agency  UK         ARTISAN             Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com     Jacey Bedford        01484 606230
Agency  UK         COSMOTHEKA    Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com     Jacey Bedford        01484 606230
Agency  S.Africa  UBUNYE              Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)  www.jacey-bedford.com    Jacey Bedford        01484 606230
Agency  S.Africa  ZULU TRADITION  Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)  www.jacey-bedford.com    Jacey Bedford        01484 606230
South-East   Sussex    BLACKTHORN BAND                                     www.blackthornband.org      Fergus McClelland    01273 455202 

Pf.1b    Folk Music & Song - Duo 
Agency  UK      IDIOT AND FRIEND (Les Barker & Keith Donnelly) Jacey Bedford  as above   www.jacey-bedford.com   Jacey Bedford        01484 606230
Agency  UK      QUICKSILVER (Hilary Spencer & Grant Baynham)  Jacey as above       www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230
Agency  USA    TANIA OPLAND & MIKE FREEMAN Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com   Jacey  01484 606230
Agency  UK      UNION JILL    Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)         www.jacey-bedford.com        Jacey Bedford         01484 606230

​Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo
Agency  Canada    DAN MCKINNON   Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com     Jacey Bedford      01484 606230
Agency  Australia  JAY TURNER         Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com     Jacey Bedford      01484 606230
Agency  UK           LEE COLLINSON   Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com     Jacey Bedford      01484 606230
Agency  UK           LES BARKER         Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford    01484 606230
Agency  UK           ROBB JOHNSON   Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com     Jacey Bedford      01484 606230
Agency  S.Africa    THANDA GUMEDE Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)   www.jacey-bedford.com     Jacey Bedford      01484 606230

Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo    
South-East    Sussex    MARTYN WYNDHAM-READ                           https://dandadesign.co.uk        Martyn Wyndham-Read     01252 719556
East Midlands  Notts   STEVE TURNER    ............................                       www.steve-turner.co.uk            Steve Turner                      0115 9430333


FOLK DANCE

Pf.2b    Folk Dance Bands 
South-East   Sussex    BLACKTHORN BAND                                     www.blackthornband.org      Fergus McClelland    01273 455202 

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Other areas of England, and Scotland, Members:  MEDIA
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M.1 ONLINE FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS

mainly Wales, West County, S/W Mids   FOLKLIFE MEMBERS’ ONLINE DIRECTORY   www.folklife-directory.uk   Sam Simmons    01684 561378
     For more details of listings on this page: www.folklife-directory.uk/other.html​

UK & Ireland                           LIVING TRADITION               www.livingtradition.co.uk                     Office        01563 571220


M.2 PRINTED FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS    (for Journals, see List 8: Folklife Studies)

England                                  EDS (ENGLISH DANCE & SONG)   www.efdss.org/efdss-join-us/english-dance-and-song   EFDSS    020 7485 2206

UK & Ireland                           LIVING TRADITION               www.livingtradition.co.uk                     Office        01563 571220
 
      And we’re     FOLKLIFE WEST     www.folklife.uk - this page is www.folklife.uk/other.html     Sam Simmons     01684 561378
        ⊕  Includes FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS pages, FESTIVAL DIARY; WORKSHOPS DIARY; LISTINGS; plus the usual folk news & some adverts.
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Other areas of England, and Scotland, Members:  SERVICES

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S.2    Agents, Managers, Promoters, MCs and Stage Management  (for Dance or Concert Series, see List 1: Venues)
Yorks+Humb   W Yorks    JACEY BEDFORD TOUR MANAGEMENT (BOOKING AGENCY)  www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230


S.7    Shops    [ FOLK PUBLISHERS (Books, Recordings), BOOKSELLERS ⇒ list 8: Folklife Studies ]

East Midlands  Notts    TURNER VIOLINS, BEESTON   .........................                                 www.turnerviolins.co.uk        Shop                     0115 9430333

South-East       West Sussex HOBGOBLIN MUSIC, mail order    www.hobgoblin.com     Mail Order     0845 130 9500
       Our main area of Wales, West County, West Midlands
       •  2 shops within our main area, HOBGOBLIN BIRMINGHAM see under West Midlands region and HOBGOBLIN BRISTOL see under Bristol, SG, Glos
•  Hobgoblin shops in other areas of England, and Scotland
•  South-East       East Sussex  HOBGOBLIN BRIGHTON   01273 760022
•  South-East       Kent      HOBGOBLIN CANTERBURY 01227 769484   
•  South-East       London  HOBGOBLIN LONDON  020 7323 9040
•  South-East       Hampshire  HOBGOBLIN SOUTHAMPTON 023 8023 1099
•  Yorks+Humb    Leeds   HOBGOBLIN LEEDS               0113 245 3311 
•  North-West      M'c'r      HOBGOBLIN MANCHESTER  0161 273 1000
•  Scotland          Edinburgh HOBGOBLIN EDINBURGH 50 St Patrick Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9EZ  0131 667 8241 
• Other SERVICES welcome, eg • PR • Folk Industry bodies

    DETAILED LISTINGS for more details of listings on this page: www.folklife-directory.uk/other.html​   --   our online Members DIRECTORY
                   ⇒ our Membership (only £18 a year! see p 3)  includes listings & your publicity & FW posted to you

Members' Latest News, so not included in downloadable-PDF of pages (above).

At least 3 weeks notice for dates, please - we can then circulate in our Folklife Newsletter. 
​By email, not Zoom chats please - we can't easily copy info from chats 

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Scotland

Media: covering UK & Ireland

THE LIVING TRADITION
The Feb / March 2021 issue of The Living Tradition includes articles on Mossy Christian, Eilis Kennedy, George Belton, Fraser Bruce, Carl Hession, Malin Lewis, Robin Hood Ballads, Janie Meneely & Rob Van Sante, Who Was Lord Randal, Straight Out Of The Book, news, reviews and more...  Subscriptions and single copies available from www.livingtradition.co.uk

The Living Tradition is committed to promoting Traditional Music and Song.  Please help us to continue to do this by subscribing at www.livingtradition.co.uk/subscribe

News from non-members (so not included in printed magazine)
​See webpage: Online Extra ~ Other UK 2

FW Deadlines

☞    ●   1 Jan :  19 Nov 
☞    ●   1 May :  19 Mar
☞    ●   1 Sep :  19 Jul

● we're a non-profit group; to continue, we need your support, by membership or advertising - details foot of page

other areas of England, ​and Scotland:
members' folk news
from FW, the Folklife West magazine, below

FW usually has 60 to 64 pages, printed, A4-size.
​FW has 3 sections: News & Listings; also Festival & Workshop Diaries, and Folklife Traditions.
As much as possible - but not everything - will be copied online. It is a print magazine and it's not possible to exactly reproduce it online. Roughly 2/3rds - the area News & Listings pages - is on this site.

FW is available by post from Folklife; as yet, no FW sales outlets in the other areas of the UK.
and you?   FW discounts are available for resellers (6 or more, £2 for £3) - see Info page

Info page (ad rates & membership)

index to all News pages on homepage

•  Workshops Diary & Festivals Diary 
follow the folk-news pages in the printed FW  . . .  
​Online, full details are on our Folklife's Directory website

Our Folklife Directory FESTIVAL DIARY, not included in the news-pages download file,
as copied online to ​www.folklife-directory.uk/festivals.html​  for ads & detailed listings

Other areas of England, ​and Scotland: member-Festivals.

MARCH          SPRING FLING Dulcimer Workshop Weekend  http://dulcimer.org.uk/calendar.html            DENEHOLME, Allendale, Northumbria.

JULY              CLECKHEATON FOLK FESTIVAL      www.cleckheatonfolkfestival.org

AUGUST          WHITBY FOLK WEEK                      whitbyfolk.co.uk             North Yorkshire.   

​AUGUST                MOIRA FURNACE FOLK FESTIVAL
www.moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk               near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire

​AUGUST               JIM IN JOHN’S GARDEN.                      http://dulcimer.org.uk/calendar.html
Granborough, Aylesbury, Bucks

SEPTEMBER          SOUTHDOWNS FOLK FESTIVAL.         www.southdownsfolkfest.co.uk
BOGNOR REGIS, West Sussex.     16 - 19 September 2021

​Every Issue, we cover Member-Festivals for the next 12 Months !

​Those who are Members get very detailed listings, see 
​www.folklife-directory.uk/festivals.html

Martyn Wyndham-Read

Steve Turner

Turner Violins 
Beeston, Nottingham






some Folklife members

​As well as these NEWS pages,  we have an online DIRECTORY giving FULL LISTINGS for our FOLKLIFE MEMBERS.
We have some members outside our 'usual' area, these are listed in our Directory. - more Members welcome!

During lockdown, we are covering other areas & countries, but entries only in our detailed DIRECTORY if joining Folklife.

"OTHER UK, and WORLD"  webpage on our DIRECTORY site

Our NEWS pages above include Members' 1-line summaries from our Member's Directory full listings.

For many years, Folklife has used woodcut-style illustrations by
​Joseph Crawhall of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1821-1896)