At foot of page  a form  for our free emailed newsletter (monthly-ish), or   just email sam@folklife.uk with same details

Also: info about  joining Folklife, paid-for magazine (A4, 60 pages), posted or PDF, incl. publicity for your news/listings

Free publicity (if on our Newsletter mailing list) -- we welcome enthusiasts!
for Other areas^ of the UK: folk clubs, Zoom, performers, services
^ Other areas = other than Wales; England: South-West; Oxon; West Midlands region.

News Pages (normally printed, but online-only during covid) above
  • 🄵  Folklife Member = £16 a year
  • 🄰  Associates = free = signed up to our emailed Folklife Newsletter (1 or 2 a month), with news updates & deadline-reminders
  •       To sign up, just email sam@folklife.uk 'Opt In’, + your country or England region.   Or  use form at the foot of page to opt in.
                  Opting in to Newsletter means we make the best use of our resources by saving us admin time (avoids us sending reminders etc individually)
                  Folk who send news are on our mailing list so they get reminders to keep us up to date

​Your folk enthusiasm will interest our readers - and we look forward to being able to travel ...
  • For those who run a (currently closed) club/session -  we welcome a few words about what the club/session is like in normal times.  Something to look forward to!     Normally up to 200 words text (200 not counting heading, picture/logo, contact) to sam@folklife.uk, we can help you draft it / suggest text.
  • ​Non-members in "Other UK' areas: before sending news, you first need to sign up 
  • 3 weeks notice for dates to circulate in Newsletter.     By email please, not Zoom chats  (as we can't easily copy chats).
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  • JULY 19 is September FW print-deadline.  
  • Contributions from 🄵 Folklife members + 🄰  'Associates' only
  • It's difficult, at print-deadline times, to fit in completely new contributors, setting up your text into our print format.
  • So please, please, contribute some news now while we are online-only,  this can be revised for next issue, or just be repeated
  • You can tell your friends if they want to join the list.
​As well as these NEWS pages,  online DIRECTORY- FULL LISTINGS for our FOLKLIFE MEMBERS.
Below, our NEWS pages include 1-line summaries from our Members' Directory full listings.

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​Folklife West print magazine:   news pages copied
  
   --- ➀ Venues  --- ➁ Performers   --- ➂ Media   --- ➃ Services  --- ➄  Workshops Providers
    --- for ➅  Members' Festivals & Workshops Diary, adverts and fully-detailed diary listings  - see our Festival & Workshop webpage
    --- 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 at Folklife magazine (3 per year), for your news plus your Members' Directory listings.
Annual Membership is £18 a year, for posted UK (but £2 credit for May smaller issue), or for PDF via WeTransfer worldwide, see Info webpage

Other areas of England, ​and Scotland  news pages below.   Also, you can download as a PDF --->
other_uk_67_v2.pdf
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UPDATES (not included in new pages below & May PDF) -- none as of 13/5/2021

Printed SUMMARY list of our Members above.  
Below a handy ONLINE VERSION - that is, with LIVE WEBLINKS in blue 
They are the 1st lines of our fully-detailed listings in our online Directory, www.folklife-directory.uk/south-west.html​
  • RED: new/revised listings (= since May Folklife was printed), details confirmed √    * GREEN: new/revised listings, details to be confirmed
  • VIRTUAL FOLK CLUBS & SESSIONS list,  ​​Members' live & recorded sessions  is on our  Virtual-Folk webpage
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
​Tuesday
​1st & 3rd Tue   W.Yorks    MORLEY       MORLEY FOLK CLUB       www.morleyfolk.org       Alan Street  ...............
4th Tue     Tyne & Wear  SUNDERLAND     STUMBLE INN FOLK & ACOUSTIC AFTERNOON    www.facebook.com/stumbleinnfolk  Eileen Richardson  .............
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​Members:  PERFORMERS
Pf.1a    Folk Music & Song - Bands / Groups
South-East   Sussex    BLACKTHORN BAND                                     www.blackthornband.org           Fergus McClelland             01273 455202 
Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo      
North-East      Tyne & Wear  KEITH GREGSON  ..........................................     www.keithgregson.com         Keith Gregson                 .......................
Scotland         Western Isles / Na h-Eileanan Siar  LYNN PHIPPS ...    https://linnphippsfolk.co.uk    Lynn Phipps                   .......................
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
Pf.2b    Folk Dance Bands 
® South-East  Sussex    BLACKTHORN BAND                                     www.blackthornband.org          Fergus McClelland              01273 455202 

Members:  MEDIA
M.1    ONLINE FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS
® mainly Wales, SW, 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 Folklife Studies webpage on our Folklife Traditions website
® 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.

​Members:  SERVICES
​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 South-West region
•  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

​Members:  WORKSHOP PROVIDERS
W.1        WORKSHOP PROVIDERS, including Study Centres, Folk Teachers, Tutors, Development Workers, Workshop Organisers.
London         ENGLISH FOLK SONG & DANCE SOCIETY (EFDSS)       www.efdss.org       Office         020 7485 2206
W.2        MEMBERS’ CONTINUING (long-term) WORKSHOPS SERIES (eg termtime) • For 1-off workshops, see FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DIARY
London         ENGLISH FOLK SONG & DANCE SOCIETY (EFDSS)       www.efdss.org       Office         020 7485 2206


® ​DETAILED LISTINGS for more details of listings on this page in our online Members DIRECTOR, webpage for 'Other UK': www.folklife-directory.uk/other.html​ 
                   ⇒ our Membership (only £18 a year! see p 3)  includes listings & your publicity & FW posted to you
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 ◊ FESTIVAL & WORKSHOP DIARY listings on that webpage
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​VIRTUAL FOLK --- live & recorded sessions
​         Normally . . . only Folklife members ® listed, as we  - er -  need money coming in to keep going.  So if you can spare £18 a year to help . . . 
Would you like to publicise your Zoom or other virtual session ?   We can draft a listing for you based on your website etc details  
         Exceptionally  . . .  we now also list OTHER ZOOM SESSIONS ---- free, if  you've signed up for our Newsletter mailing list (above)
®  Sunderland - THE STUMBLE INN FOLK & ACOUSTIC AFTERNOON - 4th Tuesdays, 2.10pm for 2.30pm
        So that we can meet virtually and have a catch-up and sing a few songs. The meeting will open at 2.10pm to allow for chat before the singing starts at 2.30pm.  The link will be posted on Facebook during the weekend before that date.
      All welcome, whether Stumble Inn regulars or not, to share a song, tune, poem etc. or simply to come along and listen.  Eileen Richardson
      Further information: www.facebook.com/stumbleinnfolk  Contact Stumble Inn Folk and Acoustic Afternoon on Messenger or email 
      eileenrich<at>hotmail.com 
   
🄰  Non-member Zoom sessions on webpage our complete LIST for ALL AREAS on our VIRTUAL FOLK webpage.
UPDATE 16/4/2021
‡ Harrison Singaround.   Sophie Crawford new email s.u.crawford<at>gmail.com

ɸ   If you've signed up to our emailed Newsletter, your "Other UK" news welcome (up to 200 words), to sam@folklife.uk  - see top of page
ɸ   Dates: 3 weeks notice for dates to circulate in Newsletter. By email please, not Zoom chats (as we can't easily copy chats on our iPad)
Other News online-only, from those not signed up.     Not included in printed pages & PDF download above.

‡   Other entries (not signed up):  since not on our mailing list, we may not be in touch regularly, in which case may be outdated.

​Being phased out, so no new contributors accepted unless signed up as above.


SOUTH-EAST:   BERKSHIRE

MAIDENHEAD FOLK CLUB ‡ The New Inn, 1 Farm Road, Maidenhead,  SL6 5HX. 
Every Thursday, 8.30pm
        In normal times, Maidenhead Folk Club meets every Thursday evening at 8.30pm at The New Inn. We present one or two paid guest performers each month. The remaining weeks are singers’/musicians’ nights, open to anyone wishing to perform, where all kinds of acoustic styles, both contemporary and traditional, may be heard. New faces are always welcome, whether you want to sing, play or just listen and maybe join in a chorus or two.
    For more information and the latest news, visit our website at www.maidenheadfolkclub.org or find us on Facebook @maidenheadfolkclub.            Mark


LONDON

FOLK AT THE CASTLE ‡ The Castle, 30 West Street, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3EF               Mondays, 8pm
    The Club will now remain closed due to the Corona Virus epidemic for the forseeable future. However, we are now running weekly singarounds using Zoom, and approximately once a month are featuring a booked guest.  To be added to the distribution list for log-in details each week, send an e-mail to oldtimetim(*at*)gmail.com, or sign up using the form on our ‘contact’ page on https://herga.club/                        For more details see  https://herga.club/

HARRISON SINGAROUND ‡ 28 Harrison Street, Kings Cross, London, WC1H 8JF.     Last Saturdays,5pm-8pm     Currently on Zoom - details below
    The Harrison Singaround is a friendly folk singing session where everyone from everywhere is welcome to bring a song, singalong or just listen. Songs, instruments and poems all welcome! Originally founded by the folk musician Sophie Crawford who was raised with the folk tradition and recorded a collection of songs learnt from Singarounds on her album ‘Silver Pin’. It is now run by a dedicated team of folkies too!
    Zoom: still last Saturday of the month, but now 6pm-9pm UK time, see the Harrison Singaround Facebook page: facebook.com/groups/harrisonsingaround/   
    To receive the link, either go to this Facebook page, or get in touch with Sophie Crawford at s.u.crawford<at>gmail.com to be added to the mailing list.                                                           Sophie Crawford
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SHARP'S FOLK CLUB ‡ Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road, London, NW1 7AY. - except in August when Sharp's Summer Season takes place in a local pub.
              Every Tuesday, 8pm
    Following national rules on Covid-19 and the current closure of Cecil Sharp House, the club will be closed until further notice. However, we continue to meet online every Tuesday evening. Videos of previous sessions are available on our YouTube channel,
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvqDn8d3uUq1a3Wk87Q9GMsW87L6qdFqJ
or follow link from www.sharpsfolkclub.co.uk .   
    Contact Amanda on sharpsfolkclub <at> gmail.com to join the Zoom mailing list. 
    Most evenings at Sharps are singers' nights, which means that anyone is welcome to volunteer to sing, play an instrument, tell a story, etc. Evenings are run by one of a rota of MCs who invites singers and musicians to perform in turn. About once a month a guest artist is booked; the programme (on website) lists forthcoming bookings.
    At various times Time Out magazine has said of Sharps:
• This long-standing, friendly and enjoyable club. • Hugely enjoyable evenings of song and music making.  • One of the friendliest, worthiest traditional folk clubs left in London.
    The club takes place in the licensed bar which serves real ales.
    Each evening begins at 8pm. Admission is £4 per person (£3.50 for performers) on singers' nights, and on guest nights usually £6 (£5).
    For further information contact: Sheila Finn, 4a Kenilworth Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent BR5 1DY; 01689 825263; or email Sharp's Folk Club info@sharpsfolkclub.co.uk, www.sharpsfolkclub.co.uk, https://twitter.com/sharpsfolkclub1?lang=en

​NORTH-EAST

VIRTUAL THURSDAY ZOOM SESSION ‡ Central Bar, Gateshead.
Weekly Thursdays, 1.00pm.  
Meeting number is  895 8997 2620 and pass number id 015239.  
Ged Moore

​NORTH-WEST

ALSTON HOUSE FOLK SESSION ‡ Alston, Cumbria.
1st Tuesdays, 8pm until at least 11pm 
    A friendly gathering of local folkies, with both instrumentalists and singers. All visitors welcome on the first Tuesday of the month. Alston is the highest market town in England at ~1000’ so your voice might unwittingly be raised a semi-tone (joke).
            For Zoom invitation, please email  Phil, harley.science <at> btinternet.com
​
​BRAMPTON FOLK SESSIONS ‡  The Howard Arms, Front Street,  Brampton, near Carlisle, Cumbria  CA8 1NG.     3rd Tuesdays, 8pm
    We work on a ‘singers’ session’ format. We have lots of vocalists, not so many instrumentalists, but we’d be really pleased to welcome more. In the happy days when we could meet live, we would go round in a circle, taking turns. Now that we are reduced to Zoom, we still try to operate on a strict taking turns basis - though it’s harder to keep track of whose turn it is!
    What makes us a little different from most sessions is that we have a ‘theme’ each month which is discussed and decided upon the previous month and announced on our website. It gives us an incentive to learn new material, or to be very devious about finding a way of introducing what we wanted to sing/play all along!’       Katy van den Berg
    Zoom:  there is a monthly theme, for details see website:
laverocks.co.uk/folkclub   Singers and players of all standards, and listeners are welcome to this friendly Sing-Around. For more information phone Katy on 01228 674209.  For Zoom invitation, please email kmvandenbergstewart<at>gmail.com


FW Deadlines

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☞    ●   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 - see Info page

•  Member-Festivals & Workshops Diary
included in the folk-news pages in the printed FW  . . .  
​online, full details on  Festivals & Workshops Diary webpage

Other areas of England, ​and Scotland: member-Festivals.
For current status, & updates, check Festivals & Workshops Diary webpage
Every Issue, we cover Member-Festivals for the next 12+ Months !   Those who are Members get very detailed listings.
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​JULY               CLECKHEATON FOLK FESTIVAL  NOT THIS YEAR      www.cleckheatonfolkfestival.org            West Yorkshire
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  NOT THIS YEAR                  http://dulcimer.org.uk/calendar.html     Granborough, Aylesbury, Bucks
SEPTEMBER   SOUTHDOWNS FOLK FESTIVAL.                               www.southdownsfolkfest.co.uk              BOGNOR REGIS, West Sussex
MARCH            SPRING FLING Dulcimer Workshop Weekend                  http://dulcimer.org.uk/calendar.html         DENEHOLME, Allendale, Northumbria
Martyn Wyndham-Read
Steve Turner
Turner Violins 
Beeston, Nottingham






some Folklife members
For many years, Folklife has used woodcut-style illustrations by
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This is useful for you, with Updates for News, Directory, & Folklife Traditions (& deadline reminders). 
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