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Services

This Services webpage is  www.folklife.uk/services

Agents & Managers, Technical,  Design, Crafts & Makers, Shops & Sales


S.3 Technical: PA & Sound Hire, Engineers, Studios   S.4 Design, incl. website design & services, print, illustration

Media (journalists & reviewers, and magazines & listings) are now on a separate webpage,  Media
Workshop Providers are under Pf.4 on Performers' national/regional webpages.   ** We're open to suggestions for more categories ! 
Within each category (S.2, etc),   entries are listed by country & area, 
in the same order as in Folklife West folk news, and as on Venue and Performer webpages.
→ Cymru • Wales → England​: West Country → West Midlands (these, plus Oxon, are our main areas, so most entries)
​→ England other regions: East Midlands → East → South-East → London → North-West → North-East → Yorkshire
​→ ​ Alba•Scotland → International             entries welcome from enthusiasts everywhere!
For more details of those listed who are 🄵 Folklife members, Ø Associate members, see  Folklife West folk news  and  Updates page.
ØØ International Updates-signups who aren't Members ~ news welcome for  Updates page.
We also list, free, in this Directory, 🅄 UK Updates-signups (other than above), and 🄹 Folklife Traditions Journal subscribers/contributors.

S.2     Agents, Managers, Promoters, MCs and Stage Management
Dance or Concert Series: see VENUES area pages.     Agents,  do ask your artists to contact us to be listed under PERFORMERS area pages, giving your agency as contact ! or you can send in for them with their consent.                           Back to top of page, Services

ENGLAND WEST MIDLANDS
🅄 Herefs, Worcs, Glos, nearby VERSATILE ARTS www.versatilearts.co.uk
⇒ Contact: email: info<at>versatilearts.co.uk Mobile: 07758 125 136
⊕ Versatile Arts have produced and promoted projects in performance since 2009, aiming to deliver exciting, vibrant, live performances for audiences in Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. Past events have included a variety of musical genres including folk, and spoken word events.  [2025 March, new listing]
​ENGLAND ​YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER
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Ø ​ West Yorks JACEY BEDFORD TOUR MANAGEMENT (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com
⇒ Jacey Bedford 01484 606230

ENGLAND EAST MIDLANDS
🅄 Northamptonshire JAMES H SOARS MEDIA SERVICES https://www.jameshsoars.com/
⇒ Contact Jim Soars, t: 01536 720245, m: 07758 781032, e: james[at]jameshsoars[dot]com
⊕ James H Soars undertake artist promotion and media services in the UK. Offering a full promotional package to musicians, performers and song-writers within the folk and acoustic genre covering new album release and tour promotion.

SCOTLAND
🅄 BIRNAM www.birnamcd.com
⇒ Birnam CD Ltd, Station Road, Birnam, Dunkeld, Scotland, PH8 0DS.(+44) 1350 727158. info<at>birnamcd.com Open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. www.birnamcd.com/design, Facebook, Twitter.
⊕ Make the most of your music! The complete service for independent musicians: CD, DVD & vinyl pressing, music promotion, graphic design, digital distribution, online CD, DVD & vinyl sales, promotional merchandise & more (www.birnamcd.com). (Sept 2024, new)
S.3    Technical : PA & Sound Hire, Engineers, Studios
ENGLAND WEST MIDLANDS
​🄵 Warks FAT SAM MUSIC STUDIO www.fatsammusic.co.uk
​⇒ Malc Gurnham 024 7634 5568, Mob: 077 6019 0309. Email: mail<at>bedworthfolkclub.co.uk

SCOTLAND
🅄 Scotland BIRNAM www.birnamcd.com
⇒ Birnam CD Ltd, Station Road, Birnam, Dunkeld, Scotland, PH8 0DS. (+44) 1350 727158. info<at>birnamcd.com Open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. www.birnamcd.com, Facebook, Twitter.
⊕ The complete service for independent musicians: CD, DVD & vinyl pressing, music promotion, graphic design, digital distribution, online CD, DVD & vinyl sales, promotional merchandise & more (www.birnamcd.com). (Sept 2024, new)
S.4    Design: including website design & services, print, illustration
ENGLAND WEST COUNTRY
​🄵 Glos CHRIS BEAUMONT Design, Illustration (no website)
⇒ Chris Beaumont 01242 571185. 21 Hammond Court, College Lawn, Cheltenham, Glos GL53 7AF.
⊕ Illustrations, such as Folklife’s logo, and hand-lettering. 

​ENGLAND WEST MIDLANDS
🄵 Warks FOLKFAX WEB DESIGN www.folkfax.net/design
​⇒ Malc Gurnham 024 7634 5568, Mob: 077 6019 0309. Email: mail<at>bedworthfolkclub.co.uk

SCOTLAND
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🅄 Scotland BIRNAM www.birnamcd.com/design/
⇒ Birnam CD Ltd, Station Road, Birnam, Dunkeld, Scotland, PH8 0DS. (+44) 1350 727158. info<at>birnamcd.com Open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. www.birnamcd.com/design, Facebook, Twitter.
⊕ Birnam’s graphic design service revolves around originality and creativity. We have designed packaging, posters, tickets, and much more for all types of artists, designing for world-renowned CD, DVD & vinyl releases and creating posters and other promotional materials for extensive tours. (Sept 2024, new)
S.5    Crafts and Makers and Repairs
ENGLAND WEST MIDLANDS 
🄵 ​Worcs BILL SMITH http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/tonybrett/Bill/BillWebSite.html
​⇒ Bill Smith, 01905 423488. 21 Vernon Park Road, St John’s, Worcester, Worcs, WR2 4NF. billthefiddle<at>yahoo.co.uk
S.6    Shops, and other live & online sales
(not already included under S.5 Crafts and Makers and Repairs, above)
For FOLK PUBLISHERS (Books, Recordings), BOOKSELLERS, see FOLKLIFE STUDIES on our Folklife Traditions site  
CYMRU/WALES 
-- entries welcome

ENGLAND WEST COUNTRY


🄵 Bristol HOBGOBLIN BRISTOL
⇒ 0117 929 0902; see also South-East: HOBGOBLIN MUSIC
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ENGLAND WEST MIDLANDS 
🄵 Birmingham HOBGOBLIN BIRMINGHAM https://hobgoblin.com/branches/birmingham
⇒ Shop 0121 212 9010. Hobgoblin Music, 40 Priory Queensway, Birmingham B4 7LA. birmingham<at>hobgoblinbirmingham.co.uk
www.facebook.com/hobgoblinbrum , www.instagram.com/hobgoblinbirmingham/
⊕ Hobgoblin Birmingham - Britain’s leading Folk and Traditional musical instrument shop based in the heart of Birmingham. Open 10am - 6pm, Monday - Saturday, 11am - 4pm Sunday. [email & media updated, Jan 2023]

🄵 West Midlands 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 [added 2017 Feb]
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ENGLAND EAST MIDLANDS
🄵 Notts BEESTON TURNER VIOLINS 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.

ENGLAND EAST
-- entries welcome
ENGLAND SOUTH-EAST
🄵 UK HOBGOBLIN MUSIC, all shops & mail order:   www.hobgoblin.com
⇒ 0333 800 9500. Mail order: P.O. Box 4707, Worthing, BN11 9JA. Fax: 01903 210011.
⊕ Acoustic and folk musical instrument specialists.
🄵 Sussex HOBGOBLIN BRIGHTON
⇒ 01273 760022; see above
🄵 Kent HOBGOBLIN CANTERBURY
⇒ 01227 769484; see above
🄵 Southhampton HOBGOBLIN SOUTHAMPTON
⇒ 023 8023 1099; see above​

ENGLAND LONDON
🄵 London HOBGOBLIN LONDON
⇒ 020 7323 9040; see also South-East: HOBGOBLIN MUSIC
🄵 London FOLK LONDON: CDs and books
⇒ https://folklondon.co.uk/cds, plus downloads at https://folklondon.bandcamp.com/
⊕ CDs and books by local and grassroots artists. (Sept 2024, new listing)

​ENGLAND NORTH-EAST
-- entries welcome

ENGLAND NORTH-WEST
🄵 Manchester HOBGOBLIN MANCHESTER

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⇒ 0161 273 1000; see also South-East: HOBGOBLIN MUSIC
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ENGLAND ​YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER
🄵 Leeds HOBGOBLIN LEEDS
⇒ 0113 245 3311; see also South-East: HOBGOBLIN MUSIC

SCOTLAND
🅄 Scotland BIRNAM www.birnamcdshop.com/
⇒ Birnam CD Ltd, Station Road, Birnam, Dunkeld, Scotland, PH8 0DS. (+44) 1350 727158. info<at>birnamcd.com Open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. www.birnamcdshop.com/, Facebook, Twitter.
⊕ An ever-expanding catalogue of CDs, DVDs & vinyl from artists of the highest standard, representing a wide range of styles, backgrounds and genres. All manufactured by Birnam CD and despatched directly from our base in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. (Sept 2024, new)​
🄵 Edinburgh HOBGOBLIN EDINBURGH, Scayles Music https://hobgoblin.com/branches/edinburgh
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⇒ Shop 0131 667 8241
⊕ Acoustic and folk musical instrument specialists.
⊕ Makes fiddles and Appalachian dulcimers and repairs stringed instruments. 


Media  - 26/5/2025:  numerous entries, so now has its own webpage  Media
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