Free publicity* for folk clubs, Zoom, performers, services -- 2020 Sep-Dec
We welcome enthusiasts! ​​​​​​​
*South-East:  sign up (below!)  for our (free) Newsletter mailing list,
when signed up, you can send your news (up to 200 words) to sam@folklife.uk  

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​As well as these NEWS pages, we have an online DIRECTORY giving full listings for our Folklife Members.

Our 'usual' area includes Oxfordshire, so DIRECTORY South-East entries are mainly from Oxfordshire.  More Members welcome !

During lockdown, we are covering other South-East counties, but entries only in our detailed DIRECTORY if joining Folklife.
Below, our NEWS pages include 1-line summaries from our Directory full listings.

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 £16 a year UK, see Info webpage

‡‡ Pandemic 2020, Sept-Dec:  non-members on our Newsletter mailing list (sign up: above!) can also send in news items, free
      (if contributing, we ask you to join mailing list, to save us time repeating emails etc)
When this is all over (sigh...),  Folk News will return to being Members-only, except that we'll accept news from other enthusiasts outside our usual area
- so we'll accept news from South-East enthusiasts who have signed up for our mailing list in 2020 and  have sent news/information.

our new South-East folk news pages           
​+ summary listings + Zoom listings below
    You can also download a PDF (on right)​
south-east65a.pdf
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​Our printed SUMMARY list of our Members 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 DIRECTORY webpage :  SOUTH-EAST region [incl. London]
      
* RED: new/revised listings (= since last FW), details confirmed √    * GREEN: new/revised listings, TBC
South-East Members:  VENUES
SUNDAY   
​Occ Sun          Oxon        BALSCOTE, nr BANBURY SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOLK www.thebutchersarmsbalscote.co.uk Pub phone       01295 730750
WEDNESDAY
Weekly Wed    Oxon         BANBURY               BANBURY FOLK CLUB        www.banburyfolkclub.co.uk                          Box Office          07485 821041 
FRIDAY
Weekly Fri       Oxon        WOODSTOCK         FRIDAY FOLK                       www.dukeofmarlborough.co.uk                  Pub phone         01993 644013


South-East Members:   PERFORMERS
FOLK MUSIC & SONG
Pf.1a    Folk Music & Song - Bands / Groups    
Sussex    BLACKTHORN BAND                                     www.blackthornband.org      Fergus McClelland    01273 455202 
Pf.1b    Folk Music & Song - Duo
Oxon       SUE BROWN & LORRAINE IRWING               www.sueandlorraine.com      Sue Brown                01869 351281
Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo    
Sussex   MARTYN WYNDHAM-READ                           https://dandadesign.co.uk      Martyn Wyndham-Read     01252 719556
DANCE
Pf.2b    Folk Dance Bands 
Oxon       RANDOM CEILIDH BAND                             www.random-band.co.uk       Contact                    07733 084 184  
Sussex    BLACKTHORN BAND                                   www.blackthornband.org      Fergus McClelland    01273 455202 

​
South-East Members:  MEDIA
M.1 ONLINE FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS
Oxfordshire            FOLK IN OXFORD                                         http://folkinoxford.co.uk        ……………………           ……………………
​South-East pages  FOLKLIFE MEMBERS’ ONLINE DIRECTORY  www.folklife-directory.uk/south-east.html Sam 01684 561378
M.2 PRINTED FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS (for Journals, see List 8: Folklife Studies)
 England  [London-based]   EDS (ENGLISH DANCE & SONG)        www.efdss.org/efdss-join-us/english-dance-and-song        EFDSS       020 7485 2206
      And we’re FOLKLIFE WEST news pages www.folklife.uk/south-east.html   Sam Simmons 01684 561378
     ⊕ Includes FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS pages, FESTIVAL DIARY; WORKSHOPS DIARY; LISTINGS; plus the usual folk news & some adverts.

South-East Members:  ​SERVICES
S.7    SHOPS  
for FOLK PUBLISHERS (Books, Recordings), BOOKSELLERS ⇒ list 8: Folklife Studies, in our Folklife Traditions Directory, www.folklife-traditions.uk
England [West Sussex-based]   HOBGOBLIN MUSIC, mail order    www.hobgoblin.com     Mail Order     0333 800 9500 South-East [4 shops]    HOBGOBLIN BRIGHTON   01273 760022.  CANTERBURY 01227 769484   LONDON  020 7323 9040.  SOUTHAMPTON    023 8023 1099
​
DETAILED LISTINGS  www.folklife-directory.uk/central-midlands.html  -- our online Members DIRECTORY
⇒ our Membership (only £16 a year! see INFO webpage) includes listings & your publicity & FW posted to you     

VIRTUAL FOLK IN THE SOUTH-EAST (live links; replaces print page)
Folklife's all-areas list of Zoom sessions on  folklife.uk/virtual-folk.html

Ø     Normally, only Folklife members  Ø   listed, as we  - er -  need money coming in to keep going.  So if you can spare £16 a year to help . . 
‡‡  Exceptionally  . . .  we now list      ‡‡ others' Zoom sessions,  free,  if  you've signed up for our Newsletter mailing list (top of page)
_________________________________________________________________________________ 
List order :  first, Day varies; ​then Sun. to Sat.   To avoid spam, we put <at> for @,   please revert to @

​DAY VARIES 
​Ø  Oxfordshire.  FOLK IN OXFORD, Online Events, updates:   folkinoxford.co.uk - concerts, ceilidhs, folk days, etc.   
​These include those from Folk Weekend: Oxford goes #LiveToYourLivingRoom on: folkinoxford.co.uk/online-events​
MONDAY
‡‡  London.  FOLK AT THE CASTLE, Harrow, weekly, Monday.  Opens 7.45pm for Singing 8pm to 10.30pm.   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/
TUESDAY
‡‡  London.- SHARPS FOLK CLUB, Sharp's in Isolation Zoom session - every Tuesday.  Each evening is recorded - catch up with all of our lockdown singarounds on YouTube on youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvqDn8d3uUq1a3Wk87Q9GMsW87L6qdFqJ 
Contact Amanda on sharpsfolkclub <at> gmail.com to join the mailing list. ​
WEDNESDAY
‡‡  Hampshire.  SOUTHAMPTON:  Virtual FOCSLE MUSIC, weekly, Wednesdays, 8pm.   For Zoom link, please see the website focsle.org/virtual_index.php   FOCSLE Music now meets virtually, via Zoom.  Join us and our international music friends (incl. some professionals) each Wednesday 8pm (UK). 
THURSDAY
‡‡  Kent.  VIRTUAL FOLK AT THE DRUM, weekly, 7.30pm - 11pm,  meeting opens at 7.15pm.   For Zoom joining details, check the website folkatthedrum.co.uk 
FRIDAY
‡‡  Kent.  DEAL FOLK CLUB, weekly, Friday.  Opens 7.45pm for Singing 8pm to 10.30pm.    Deal Folk Club is now meeting online on Friday evenings for a singaround.  For details of Zoom and latest news, please see our website,  www.dealfolkclub.org.uk
SATURDAY
‡‡  CAL   London - THE HARRISON SINGAROUND, last Saturday of the month, 4pm - 7pm, 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 sophie <at>glimmertheatre.co.uk to be added to the mailing list.   [added 27 Jul 2020]​
‡‡   London - SHANTIES AND SEA SONGS with London Sea Shanty Collective, weekly, 7pm - 9pm, see https://twitter.com/LondonShanty   Contact via Twitter or email shantycollective <at> gmail.com to join.​ ​

  • Would you like to publicise your Zoom or other virtual session ?   We can draft a listing for you based on your website etc details
  •  ​To be be added:  ​simply sign up for our free emailed Newsletter Updates webpage [top of page] and then email  sam@folklife.uk
Added 13/10 - not included in PDF above 
​Ewan McColl memorial bench​ fundraiser
James Eagle, Editor, Folk London writes:
       As you may have seen in the latest edition of Folk London, friends and family of Ewan MacColl have been hoping for some years to install a memorial bench in London, next to the tree planted in his memory shortly after his death.
      Ewan MacColl (1915-1989) was a giant of folk music: inspirational singer, actor, activist and writer of hundreds of songs including beloved classics Dirty Old Town, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Shoals Of Herring, The Manchester Rambler and more.
      Today his name is on a plaque at a memorial oak in Russell Square, near many of the folk clubs he ran in the 1960s and 70s. Friends and family gather at the tree on 25 January and 22 October, the dates of his birth and death, to sing his songs and honour his memory.
      We've finally got a crowdfunder up and running, with the blessing of his widow Peggy Seeger and his estate, and it's doing very well - just over £1,100 [as of 13/10] of the £1,600 quoted by the local council to install a bench. However, there's still some way to go. See https://www.gofundme.com/f/install-a-memorial-bench-for-ewan-maccoll and more on the memorial in the October-November Folk London.
Even if we meet the £1,600 target we'll keep the fundraiser going, as we also hope to renovate the plaque in Russell Square (we're still awaiting a quote from Camden council for this but we'll update the fundraiser page accordingly).
        James Eagle, Editor, Folk London http://www.folklondon.co.uk · https://twitter.com/FolkLondonMag
UPDATE 20/10/2020:  Target met !  Please continue to contribute, towards renovating the plaque. -- Editors.


FW Deadlines

☞    ●   1 Jan :  19 Nov 
☞    ●   1 May :  19 Mar
☞    ●   1 Sep :  19 Jul
We thank Folk Arts Oxford for use of some website listings
● we're a non-profit group; to continue, we need your support, by membership or advertising - details foot of page

Members' folk news, South-East from FW, the Folklife West magazine

Banbury Folk Club meets at
​The Banbury Cross Inn
Sue Brown &
​Lorraine Irwing
FW usually has 60 to 64 pages, printed, A4-size.
​FW has 3 sections: News & Listings;, as below; 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.
as yet, no FW sales outlets in South-East
FW discounts are available for resellers (6 or more, £2 for £3) - see Info page

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

South-East: member-Festivals.

Member-festivals not included in the above news-pages download file,
as for latest info, please check our 
​Folklife Directory FESTIVAL DIARY  [ www.folklife-directory.uk/festivals.html​ ] for ads & detailed listings

​APRIL               FOLK WEEKEND: OXFORD       www.folkweekendoxford.co.uk
 2020 was online; April 2021 tba

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.    September 2020  postponed until 16 - 19 September 2021

OCTOBER             BANBURY FOLK FESTIVAL                    www.banburyfolkfestival.co.uk
October 2020  postponed until 8-10 October 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
Special note:  Folklife West, Nº 65, 1 Sep 2020  Online only!

Therefore, ​Membership-subscriptions (& prepaid repeat ads) are extended 1 issue (4 months)
• All information below relates to standard 1 year = 3 printed issues;
​• this online issue (4 months Sep-Dec) is not counted
See  Folklife Newsletter on UPDATES webpage for details

​Do join us  ---  New Members: extended subscription as above - this issue not counted - you get 3 print issues;
if you join now, you can publicise yourself now, be added to Directory, mentioned in UPDATES, etc

We are supporting our Folklife Members, who support Folklife ​(£16 a year, since you ask).
With recurring costs (websites, domains, email, repairs & upgrades for computers & software)
and no income from May printed magazine sales, we are losing even more money than usual !
Therefore, only listings from our supportive Members are publicised.