Website & email:  www.folklife.uk,  sam@folklife.uk     Old ones [folklife.org.uk, sam@folklife.co.uk] will redirect (for now), but please change to new ones, thanks.

Folklife West magazine, Nº 64, 1 May 2020  -- Online only
  ***  Subscriptions (& prepaid repeat ads) will be extended  See  Folklife Newsletter (on Updates webpage)  for details   ***

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

Therefore, only information from our supportive Members is publicised.

New webpage ~Virtual folk !

www.folklife.uk/virtual-folk.html
​​Members' live & recorded sessions

Members' online tuition information welcome as well !

for our Directory: WORKSHOPS webpage​  www.folklife-directory.uk/workshops.html​

We're now extending our Updates to include virtual folk!

The Venues are in the same order as our Directory, www.folklife-directory.uk,

  •  ​Cymru / Wales  •  Cornwall-Devon  •  Som-Dor-Wilts  •  Bristol-Glos  •  Herefs-Worcs  •  Central-Midlands  •  Other-UK  •

VIRTUAL FOLK CLUBS & SESSIONS,  ​​Members' live & recorded sessions,
Ø  Members can send details of anything virtual (live sessions or recordings) that you wish to publicise - Zoom, Facebook, YouTube, etc
    - or, for the less technical, email lists to sign up for.   
Ø  some venues are not publicly listing so sessions aren't too crowded.  At the Somers Trad. Folk Club (picture above), 28 Members singing is great, but the evening's MC would have difficulty organising any more! 

Ø  Zoom's past security record is rubbish (try googling: Apple Zoom security!), getting better, but it is essential you keep checking for updates, for security, as well as for updates (eg the 'Use Original Sound' option recently added to iPad version).

Ø  Only Folklife members are listed, as we  - er -  need some money coming in to keep going.  So if you can spare £16 a year to help . . .
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Cymru / Wales, www.folklife.cymru

Ø    Denbs - RHYL FOLK CLUB - Fridays   The Club will be live on Zoom: see https://rhylfolkclub.com/category/club-news-and-forthcoming-events/,  followed by recordings of the proceedings on YouTube (search for Rhyl Folk Club) each week.

Ø    Denbs - RUTHIN ALLSTYLES FOLK & ACOUSTIC MUSIC CLUB - Thursdays   We are meeting up on Facebook instead (you don’t have to be signed up to Facebook to watch), live on Facebook Thursdays, 8pm, see website www.ruthinallstyles.co.uk for details.  Or watch later on Facebook or the club website

Cornwall & Devon, www.folklife-directory.uk/kernow-devon.html

Ø    Devon - BIDEFORD FOLK CLUB:  recordings on https://bidefordfolkclub.com/virtual-folk-club/


Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire (+BANES & N.Som, & Swindon),  www.folklife-directory.uk/som-dor-wilts.html

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Bristol, S. Glos, Glos, www.folklife-directory.uk/bristol-glos.html

Ø   Cresby (aka Mr Red) listings now include Virtual events, see http://mister.red/

Ø   Glos - CHELTENHAM FOLK CLUB - 2nd & 4th Sundays - will be live on Zoom, details will be sent to those on the mailing list.  To join our mailing list,  just email machteltj <at> gmail.com and say you would like to be on the list.​

Ø   Glos - WINCHCOMBE FOLK CLUB:  videos welcome for our Facebook pages, www.facebook.com/Winchcombefolkclu/

Ø   Glos - FOLK at the CLUB - 1st & 3rd Mondays - will be live on Zoom as 'FOLK in the CLOUD', open to all, details published on the GLOSFOLK FACEBOOK page, https://en-gb.facebook.com/groups/32771298449/


Herefs & Worcs, www.folklife-directory.uk/herefs-worcs.html

Ø    Worcs - RUSHWICK FOLK CLUB.  Aidan has set up a Facebook page where songs, poems, tunes, etc can be posted for the enjoyment of one and all.  Rushwick Folk Club on Facebook:    https://en-gb.facebook.com/rushwickfolkclub/ 

Ø    Worcs - WORCESTER DRAGON INN SESSION   - Weekly Mondays - a Zoom virtual Irish session.  Starts 8pm with slow tunes and "faster" tunes played slowly.  As the evening wears on, the idea is that faster jigs and reels will be played.  You will need to contact Mike Walton, see www.worcesterfolk.org.uk 


Central Midlands, www.folklife-directory.uk/central-midlands.html
Shropshire, West Midlands county, Staffs, Warks, Coventry, Oxfordshire


Other Areas UK, www.folklife-directory.uk/other.html