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Venues: England South-East & London • https://www.folklife.uk/v-se-london
Song, Music, Dance, Poetry, Story: Clubs • Concerts • Sings • Sessions • Ceilidhs • Workshop series
England: South-East & East on other pages:
Left: Sharps Folk Club, London, Tuesdays, weekly
Links for each region, regions are listed in the same order as Folklife West magazine's England regions pages:
Folklife's main areas are: Wales, South-West, West Midlands, Oxon. Currently, most entries in those areas, but open to all.
Most Directory entries are from paying Folklife Members, paid membership (details foot of page) very welcome, but not required for Directory listing.
Entries welcome from enthusiasts in all areas ! For Virtual (Zoom etc) listings - Venues: Zoom page webpage
Most Directory entries are from paying Folklife Members, paid membership (details foot of page) very welcome, but not required for Directory listing.
Entries welcome from enthusiasts in all areas ! For Virtual (Zoom etc) listings - Venues: Zoom page webpage
🄵 Folklife members, Ø Associates; see their Folk News on Folklife West magazine's England: East & South pages
We also list, free, in this Directory, 🅄 UK Updates-signups (other than above), and 🄹 Folklife Traditions Journal subscriber/contributor.
We also list, free, in this Directory, 🅄 UK Updates-signups (other than above), and 🄹 Folklife Traditions Journal subscriber/contributor.
South-East (London follows separately)
Back to top of page, Venues: England East & South For more South-East information, see our news pages: Folklife West: England East & South
South-East: local magazine & listings quite a few entries, so please see under each county
Oxfordshire: local magazine & listings
ONLINE 🄵 Oxon. FOLK IN OXFORD http://folkinoxford.co.uk
⇒ Contact us - admin<at>folkinoxford.co.uk Mailing list for all the latest news, subscribe via website form. Entries welcome
⊕ Calendar of events (by category, by week, searchable); listing a huge variety of folk activities to watch, or to join in. [Apr 2024, checked]
⇒ Contact us - admin<at>folkinoxford.co.uk Mailing list for all the latest news, subscribe via website form. Entries welcome
⊕ Calendar of events (by category, by week, searchable); listing a huge variety of folk activities to watch, or to join in. [Apr 2024, checked]
Oxfordshire
🄵 Wednesday, weekly Oxon BANBURY BANBURY FOLK CLUB www.banburyfolkclub.co.uk
→ Cromwell Lodge Hotel, North Bar St, Banbury OX16 0TB. 8.00pm. Some bigger events may be a change of venue, please check website event pages.
⇒ Contact Ian Huckin, irhuckin<at>aol.com Box Office: 07485 821041 or send a message to www.facebook.com/banburyroots/
⊕ Local and nationally known guest nights, theme nights, open stage nights and our popular Sing, Say, Listen and Say (SSLaP) nights; and also regular floor spots to encourage local performers. Regular admission is £8, Special Guest Nights are priced as advertised. [new venue, Mar 2026]
🄵 Wednesday, weekly Oxon BANBURY BANBURY FOLK CLUB www.banburyfolkclub.co.uk
→ Cromwell Lodge Hotel, North Bar St, Banbury OX16 0TB. 8.00pm. Some bigger events may be a change of venue, please check website event pages.
⇒ Contact Ian Huckin, irhuckin<at>aol.com Box Office: 07485 821041 or send a message to www.facebook.com/banburyroots/
⊕ Local and nationally known guest nights, theme nights, open stage nights and our popular Sing, Say, Listen and Say (SSLaP) nights; and also regular floor spots to encourage local performers. Regular admission is £8, Special Guest Nights are priced as advertised. [new venue, Mar 2026]
🄵 Friday, weekly Oxon KIDLINGTON FRIDAY FOLK https://thehighwaymanhotel.co.uk/music
→ The Highwayman Hotel (01865 377388), 249 Banbury Road, Kidlington OX5 1BF. 9.00pm
⇒ Contact: alasdair.mckeane<at>gmail.com
⊕ Rota of local singers and an audience who love to sing choruses – the “Duke Choir.” Event has been running in the Woodstock area for over 70 years. No entry charge, but a collection is made for the singers. [May 2026, venue change & new member]
Closed.- Sunday, occasional Oxon BALSCOTE, The Butchers Arms AFTERNOON FOLK. The pub no longer does Sunday music.
🅄 Friday, fortnightly Oxon OXFORD OXFORD FOLK CLUB www.Oxford folk club.com
→ Marston Royal British Legion, 17 Hadow Road, OX3 0JW Oxford, 8.15pm, (not August; not Xmas/New Year if Friday is bank holiday). Club upstairs (there is a lift), bar downstairs, free parking just outside.
⇒ Contact Pam Cooper, 01865 768128, pamcooper<at>hotmail.com https://www.facebook.com/OxfordFolkClub/
⊕ We welcome all folk performers and, of course, audiences, and have regulars who offer both traditional and also more contemporary material. [new listing, May 2026]
→ Marston Royal British Legion, 17 Hadow Road, OX3 0JW Oxford, 8.15pm, (not August; not Xmas/New Year if Friday is bank holiday). Club upstairs (there is a lift), bar downstairs, free parking just outside.
⇒ Contact Pam Cooper, 01865 768128, pamcooper<at>hotmail.com https://www.facebook.com/OxfordFolkClub/
⊕ We welcome all folk performers and, of course, audiences, and have regulars who offer both traditional and also more contemporary material. [new listing, May 2026]
Buckinghamshire: local magazine & listings
ONLINE 🅄 Buckinghamshire, and most of East of England* UNICORN FOLK https://unicornfolk.uk
* Unicorn Folk covers Beds, Bucks, Cambs, Essex & Herts, with a bit of overlap into surrounding counties such as Norfolk and Suffolk, as well as elements of the national folk scene.
⇒ info<at>unicornfolk.uk, https://www.facebook.com/FolkFacts/
⊕ The Unicorn Folk website is the online successor to the Unicorn Magazine. Run as a not-for-profit it aims to support and provide information to the folk and acoustic music community and cheap, sometimes free advertising to event organisers & musicians. (June 2025: new listing)
* Unicorn Folk covers Beds, Bucks, Cambs, Essex & Herts, with a bit of overlap into surrounding counties such as Norfolk and Suffolk, as well as elements of the national folk scene.
⇒ info<at>unicornfolk.uk, https://www.facebook.com/FolkFacts/
⊕ The Unicorn Folk website is the online successor to the Unicorn Magazine. Run as a not-for-profit it aims to support and provide information to the folk and acoustic music community and cheap, sometimes free advertising to event organisers & musicians. (June 2025: new listing)
Bucks venues welcome
Hampshire: local magazine & listings
⇒ Contact - Thomas Bending, editor<at>fash.org.uk
⊕ The FASH website has diaries and also lists dance clubs, folk clubs, more informal music sessions, and local Folk Festivals. Links’ page includes links to local bands and callers. (May 2026, new FASH editor, also listing revised as SOLENT WAVES has stopped publication)
Hampshire venues welcome
Isle of Wight: local magazine & listings
ONLINE 🅄 Isle of Wight. FOLKONWIGHT http://folkonwight.com
⇒ Submissions - folkonwight<at>aol.co.uk
⊕ folkonwight lists folk events on the Isle of Wight. It also has a section about the history of folk music, dance, mumming and folklore on the island. (May 2025, new listing).
⇒ Submissions - folkonwight<at>aol.co.uk
⊕ folkonwight lists folk events on the Isle of Wight. It also has a section about the history of folk music, dance, mumming and folklore on the island. (May 2025, new listing).
IoW venues welcome
Kent
Ø Monday, weekly Kent ASHFORD FOLK AT THE DRUM folkatthedrum.co.uk
⇒ Jeff Hartley, hartleylorna<at>aol.com (update 24/12/2021; was Thu)
🄵 Thursday, 1st & 3rd Kent DEAL DEAL FOLK CLUB www.dealfolkclub.org.uk
Sue 01-304-360877
→ St Andrews Church Hall, West St, Deal, CT14 6DZ. 7.15pm to 9.55pm.
⇒ Contact Sue on 01-304-360877, and see the website,
⊕ All are welcome, audience and performers alike, but it helps if you come prepared to join in the choruses! Normally one Singers Night and one guest night per month. Floor Singers always welcome. Traditional and contemporary folk songs predominate. (Updated Mar 2022)
Ø Monday, weekly Kent ASHFORD FOLK AT THE DRUM folkatthedrum.co.uk
⇒ Jeff Hartley, hartleylorna<at>aol.com (update 24/12/2021; was Thu)
🄵 Thursday, 1st & 3rd Kent DEAL DEAL FOLK CLUB www.dealfolkclub.org.uk
Sue 01-304-360877
→ St Andrews Church Hall, West St, Deal, CT14 6DZ. 7.15pm to 9.55pm.
⇒ Contact Sue on 01-304-360877, and see the website,
⊕ All are welcome, audience and performers alike, but it helps if you come prepared to join in the choruses! Normally one Singers Night and one guest night per month. Floor Singers always welcome. Traditional and contemporary folk songs predominate. (Updated Mar 2022)
Sussex: local magazine & listings ❓❓❓we emailed (2025 May & June), you may wish to google: SusFA Sussex Folk Association.
Sussex venues welcome
Sussex
Ø Monday, weekly Sussex CHICHESTER CHICHESTER FOLK SONG CLUB www.chifolksongclub.co.uk
→ The Chichester Inn, 38 West Street, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1RP. 8:15pm to 11:00pm, music session 7:45pm until club starts
Ø Monday, weekly Sussex CHICHESTER CHICHESTER FOLK SONG CLUB www.chifolksongclub.co.uk
→ The Chichester Inn, 38 West Street, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1RP. 8:15pm to 11:00pm, music session 7:45pm until club starts
⇒ Contact: 01243 781866 or email via website form on www.chifolksongclub.co.uk/contactus.html Facebook: Chichester Folk Song Club
⊕ Over sixty years and still going strong, and the fun continues with guests, themes and singarounds to come. Singarounds £2, guest nights £5.
London
Back to top of page, Venues: England regions For more London information, see our news pages: Folklife West: England East & South
London: local magazine & listings
PRINT & ONLINE 🄵 London & Home Counties FOLK LONDON https://folklondon.co.uk/ Print magazine with online listings
⇒ James Eagle, Editor. Mastodon: @FolkLondonMag@folksocial.org ; www.instagram.com/folklondonmag/; Bluesky: @folklondon.co.uk
⊕ Bi-monthly listings magazine covering folk music, dance and song events in London & home counties. There’s also a CD and book store. Folk features, reviews, listings and more; contributions and review CDs welcome – see our website folklondon.co.uk/ [Sept 2024, updated]
🄵 Sunday, 3rd London nr London Bridge SEA SHANTY SINGAROUND SESSION https://en-gb.facebook.com/events/573994703787294/
🄵 Tuesday, weekly London NW1 SHARP'S FOLK CLUB www.sharpsfolkclub.co.uk
🄵 Tuesday, weekly London NW1 SHARP'S FOLK CLUB www.sharpsfolkclub.co.uk
→ Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London, NW1 7AY
. 7:30 - 10:30pm
⇒ sharpsfolkclub<at>gmail.com
. 7:30 - 10:30pm
⇒ sharpsfolkclub<at>gmail.com
⊕ Sharp’s Folk Club is the best-known floor singers’ night in London. Trad songs and tunes, ballads, shanties, rousing choruses and more, with the best folk harmonies in the Capital. Perform up front, or join the chorus from the audience and help us blow the roof off.
We have Folklife members from Skye to Brussels!, our main area is Wales; England West Country & West Midlands.
. . . but it might be worth joining Folklife (just £9 by PDF or by post £21 a year, for 3 issues Folklife West plus 2 issues Folklife Traditions Journal):
-- for venues near to our area
-- for venues in popular holiday areas
-- for venues with something else to publicise eg a folk act, or a folk festival - we can publicise all your folk activities if you are a Folklife member
-- or if interested in our general articles on our "Folklife Traditions" pages, and in reading the whole Folklife West magazine
-- . . . or . . . to support us !
. . . but it might be worth joining Folklife (just £9 by PDF or by post £21 a year, for 3 issues Folklife West plus 2 issues Folklife Traditions Journal):
-- for venues near to our area
-- for venues in popular holiday areas
-- for venues with something else to publicise eg a folk act, or a folk festival - we can publicise all your folk activities if you are a Folklife member
-- or if interested in our general articles on our "Folklife Traditions" pages, and in reading the whole Folklife West magazine
-- . . . or . . . to support us !