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--- ② International Directory
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    live & virtual sings, performers, shops, festivals, media

Our main Directory headings
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List 1:  VENUES (a) live, & (b) Zoom/Virtual
List 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS
           (Music & Song; Dance; Spoken Word) 
List 3:  FOLK MEDIA
List 4:  FOLK SERVICES

List 5:  WORKSHOP PROVIDERS 
            & WORKSHOP SERIES
​List 6:  FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DAIRY
List 7:   Folklife Societies:  
            Associations, Trusts, Organisations
List 8:  Folklife Studies & Institutions
List 9:  Seasonal Local Celebrations

Within these main Directory headings, we have a huge list of sub-headings for our UK Directories;  
                    so we thought we'd offer this for international readers too.   Click below for details of our amazing list of categories.

The same entries (but with description up to 40 words max) are copied to our amazing online FOLKLIFE DIRECTORY on a separate website www.folklife-directory.uk

DIRECTORY INDEX  (headings WE USE)                          ( CLICK TO OPEN! )

We can help -   email your details (see examples below) and we'll draft new entries for you to approve or change.

LIST 1:  VENUES live and Zoom

•  ​​​For Venues layout - see below under   --------1. VENUES live and Zoom-----------------------   

LISTS 2 to 9 - click on category line, eg LIST 3: FOLK MEDIA  <M>, for a drop-down list of catgeories.  Feel free to suggest more!​

LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- MUSIC & SONG     <PF.1>

Pf.1a   Music/Song - Bands/Groups
Pf.1b   Music/Song - Duos
Pf.1c   Music/Song - Solo
Pf.1d   Choirs & Quires (and see List 5)
Pf.1e   Community & Street Bands
Pf.1f    Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo

LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- DANCE     <PF.2>

Pf.2a   Folk Dance Callers
Pf.2b   Folk Dance Bands
Pf.2c   Ceremonial & Display (Clog, Morris, Sword)

LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- SPOKEN WORD     <PF.3>

Pf.3a   Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
Pf.3b   Poetry & Monologuists
​Pf.3c   Storytellers

LIST 3:  FOLK MEDIA     <M.>

M.1  Online Folk Magazines & Listings
M.2  Printed Folk Magazines & Listings
M.3  Folk Radio

LIST 4:  FOLK SERVICES     <S.>

S.1  Folk Journalists
S.2  Agents, Managers, Promoters, MCs and Stage Management
S.3  Technical:  PA  &  Sound  Hire,  Engineers,  Studios
S.4  Website Design and Services
S.5  Print, Design, Illustration
S.6  Crafts and Makers 
S.7  Shops & other sales
S.8  Tourist Information Centres

LIST 5:  WORKSHOP PROVIDERS & WORKSHOP SERIES     <W.>

W.1   Workshop Providers  --- Study Centres, Folk Teachers, Tutors, Development Workers, Workshop Organisers
W.2  Members’ Continuing (longer-term) Workshop Series (eg termtime)  
<>    For 1-off workshops (whether 1 day or 1 week), see our FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DIARY webpage

LIST 6:  FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DIARY

You are welcome to send in festival diary entries - free.  
Please email at least 3 weeks in advance (we cannot easily copy Zoom chats), they will appear on this page.
A separate list of UK Festivals on webpage 🄵🅆  Festivals, workshops  is restricted to paid-up Members of Folklife and advertisers - currently we have no Festival-members outside the UK.

You may find it useful to include the following information.   ⊕ Note 200 word limit.
DATE - FESTIVAL / WORKSHOP NAME - Website
    →  VENUE up to 14 words eg City, State, other venue details
     ⌂   CONTACT As you wish, eg Contact Name, Phone, Cellphone, Address, Email
     ⊕   MORE DETAILS As you wish, eg guests, comments. ---- up to 200 words

List 7:  Folklife Societies:  Associations, Trusts, Organisations

List 7: Folklife Societies:  Associations, Trusts, Organisations
             - will also be copied to https://www.folklife-traditions.uk/directory-societies.html
 
      • A1-A2, general •  A3-A13, specific
A.1     General: National Societies
A.2    General: Regional and Local Societies
        •  A3-A13, specific
A.3    Cerdd Dant Societies
A.4    Folk Song Societies
A.5    Folk Music Societies
A.6    Folk Dance Societies
A.7    Folk Drama Societies
A.8    Folklore Societies
A.9    Storytelling Societies
A.10  Oral History Societies
A.11   Language & Dialect Societies
A.12  Folk Life Generally - Societies
A.13  Folk Life Specific Groups
• Yahoo web discussion groups are under appropriate [A.] category

List 8:  Folklife Studies & Institutions

List 8:   Folklife Studies & Institutions  
             - will also be copied to https://www.folklife-traditions.uk/directory-folklife-studies.html
​*** specialist folklife institutions, or general
Fs.1   Researchers and Authors
Fs.2   Lecturers and Speakers
Fs.3   Archives  *** 
Fs.4   Museums  *** 
Fs.5   Libraries  *** ​
Fs.6   Academic Courses & Research
Fs.7   Music Publishers & Recording Companies
Fs.8   Print Book Publishers & Booksellers
Fs.9   Print Journals
Fs.10 Online Resources (websites, & blogs with articles)

List 9:  Seasonal Local Celebrations

List 9:  Seasonal Local Celebrations   - local traditions - see also https://www.folklife-traditions.uk/directory-seasonal.html​

• England, mainly from Doc Rowe;
• Wales, from our Bwywd Gwerin website
• ​occasionally elsewhere

This covers the full year, online.
Also, in FW, every issue, we print the current 4 months, with photos and notes.

 SUMMARY - PLEASE SEE DIRECTORY FOR DETAILS, just a summary below

----- 1.   VENUES live and Zoom

​(a) LIVE VENUES   
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DAY VARIES USA
ØØ Day Varies  USA    NY   ROCHESTER   GOLDEN LINK CONCERTS   
TUESDAY USA
ØØ  Weekly Tuesday  USA  NY ROCHESTER  GOLDEN LINK SING AROUNDS

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(b) ZOOM / VIRTUAL SESSIONS  For our full list (mostly UK), & for free entry form, see  www.folklife-directory.uk/zoom.html

DAY VARIES - USA, also SUNDAY - USA
ØØ Varies.   Massachusetts.  BOSTON  LIVE FROM THE MERMAID'S TAVERN EVENTS.
SUNDAY - ISRAEL
(??) 2x Month   JERUSALEM.  LET’S SING TOGETHER (Virtually!) Jerusalem Folk Music Evening  www.facebook.com/pg/JM.Folk.Music.Evenings/posts/
SUNDAY - USA
(??)  1st.  New York.  NEW YORK CITY.    SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM’s SEA CHANTEYS & MARITIME MUSIC,
TUESDAY - USA
ØØ ​1st & 3rd.  California. SAN FRANCISCO    SAN FRANCISCO FOLK MUSIC CLUB'S SINGS
SATURDAY - USA
(??) Monthly.  ​California.  SAN FRANCISCO   Virtual SF MARITIME ASSOCIATION CHANTEY SING
ØØ  2nd.   Massachusetts.  PORTSMOUTH   PMFF CHANTEY SING.          

-------- 2.  PERFORMERS

RICHARD ADRIANOWICZ

LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- MUSIC & SONG     <PF.1>

Pf.1c   Music/Song - Solo
IRELAND              (??)    BRENDAN KENNEDY  ​ 
​​USA   California    ØØ   RICHARD ADRIANOWICZ  
USA   California    ØØ   RIGGY RACKIN: SIMPLE
USA   California    ØØ  BEV PRAVER 
USA New Hampshire    ØØ  CHRIS MADEN 
Pf.1e   Shanty Groups, Duos, solo
​USA   California    ØØ   RICHARD ADRIANOWICZ  
USA   California    ØØ   RIGGY RACKIN                  
USA New Hampshire  ØØ   CHRIS MADEN           

PERFORMERS - Pf.1 MUSIC & SONG
Pf.1a   Music/Song - Bands/Groups
Pf.1b   Music/Song - Duos
Pf.1c   Music/Song - Solo
Pf.1d   Choirs & Quires (and see List 5)
Pf.1e   Community & Street Bands
Pf.1f    Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo
PERFORMERS - Pf.2 DANCE
Pf.2a   Folk Dance Callers
Pf.2b   Folk Dance Bands
Pf.2c   Ceremonial & Display (Clog, Morris, Sword)
PERFORMERS - Pf.3 SPOKEN WORD
Pf.3a   Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
Pf.3b   Poetry & Monologuists
​Pf.3c   Storytellers

------- 3.  FOLK MEDIA   <M.> 

​M.1  Online Folk Magazines & Listings
M.2  Printed Folk Magazines & Listings
M.3  Folk Radio

CALENDAR of VIRTUAL SONG SESSIONS

M.1       Online Folk Magazines & Listings

​SUMMARY

USA            (??)   CALENDAR of VIRTUAL SONG SESSIONS    bostonsongsessions.org​/virtual-sessions  
USA            ØØ    COUNTRY DANCE & SONG SOCIETY'S ONLINE EVENTS CALENDAR https://www.cdss.org/community/events-calendar
USA            ØØ ​  AMERICELTIC   https://americeltic.net
USA            ØØ ​  AMERICELTIC CALENDAR  AmeriCeltic Calendar  
UK   
​🄵    FOLKLIFE's ZOOM LIST      Mostly UK zooms, + above  "Zoom list" webpage is www.folklife-directory.uk/zoom.html 

-------- OTHER ENTRIES WELCOME  

FT's  "THIS ISSUE ONLINE"  webpage on our FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS website

And ! .............  our  FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS website has ARTICLES and an online ARCHIVE.
Articles:  
Folklife Studies & Traditions:   Folklife Societies news & diary   Recordings announced  Books announced & adverts 
From Online Directory: 1-line Summary Listings
Folklife Societies: Associations, Trusts, Organisations; Folklife Studies & Institutions;  Seasonal Local Celebrations, a list & photos, mostly by Doc Rowe,

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