Folk and traditional music in specific areas of England
This is a listing of web resources for folk music in specific regions and localities in England. It is
arranged regionally by standard government regions, defined in the
Regional Development Agencies Act 1998, and used
for example by the Arts Council England's
regional structure.
Within each region websites are listed under the headings:
- Regional/county/local event listings
- Individual clubs and sessions
- Other organisations
- Other resources
For comprehensive information on English folk dance clubs
and events go to Martin Kiff's Webfeet pages.
Regional/county/local event listings
Individual clubs and sessions
- Alford Acoustic Music Club, Alford, Lincolnshire
- Bingham Folk Club, Bingham, Nottinghamshire
- Mansfield Folk Club, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
- Carrington Triangle Folk Club, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Chesterfield Folk Club, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
- Derby Heritage Traditional Music Club, Derby, Derbyshire
- Dumbles Folk Club, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
- Farnsfield Acoustic, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire
- Farside 2, Leicester, Leicestershire
- Gainsborough Folk Club, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
- Grand Union Folk Club, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire
- Great Knight Folk Club, Northampton, Northamptonshire
- Heart Of Lincolnshire Folk, Roots & Blues Club, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
- Hope Tavern Accoustic Singaround, Holton-le-Moor, Lincolnshire
- Ilkeston Folk & Blues Club, Ilkeston, Derbyshire
- Lincoln Folk Club, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- Lincoln's Folk in the Cellar, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- Loughborough Acoustic Club, Loughborough, Leicestershire
- Mansfield Folk Club, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
- National Forest Folk Club, Moira, Leicestershire
- Poppy Folk club, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Real-Music Club, Willington, Derbyshire
- Robin Hood Folk Club, Long Eaton, Derbyshire
- Scrag End Folk Club, Oakthorpe, Leicestershire
- Sheffield - Edale Folk Train, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to Edale, Derbyshire
- Spalding Folk Club, Spalding, Lincolnshire
- Tigerfolk, Long Eaton, Derbyshire
- Wilbur Promotions, Leicester, Leicestershire
Other organisations
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Regional/county/local event listings
Individual clubs and sessions
- Acoustic Club, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Acoustic Music upstairs at the Red Lion, Manningtree, Essex
- AcoustiCity Music Club, Colchester, Essex
- Baldock & Letchworth Folk Club, Baldock, Hertfordshire
- Blackmore Folk Club, Blackmore, Essex
- Cambridge Folk Club, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Colchester Folk Club, Colchester, Essex
- Dunton Folk, Dunton, Bedfordshire
- Duton Hill Folk Club, Duton Hill, Essex
- Ely Folk Club, Ely, Cambridgeshire
- Everyman Folk Club, Saxmundham, Suffolk
- Hertford Folk Club, Hertford, Hertfordshire
- Hitchin Folk Club, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Hoy at Anchor Folk Club, Leigh on Sea, Essex
- Loughton Folk Club, Loughton, Essex
- Mayflower Folk Club, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Milkmaid Folk Club, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Norwich Folk Club, Norwich, Norfolk
- Red Lion Folk Club, Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire
- Redbourn Folk Club, Redbourn, Hertfordshire
- St Neots Folk Club, St Neots, Cambridgeshire
- Stortfolk, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
- Waltham Abbey Folk Club, Waltham Abbey, Essex
- "Wandering Windward" St Albans Folk Song Club, St Albans, Hertfordshire
- Waveney Folk & Acoustic Singaround, Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Waveney Folk Club, Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Wivenhoe Folk Club, Wivenhoe, Essex
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Regional/county/local event listings
Individual clubs and sessions
- Barnet Folk Club, North Finchley
- Blackheath Folk Club, Blackheath
- Court Sessions, Wandsworth Common
- Cellar Upstairs Folk Club, Euston
- Crayside Folk, Foots Cray
- Croydon Folk and Blues Club, Croydon
- Croydon Folk Club, Croydon
- The Drunkerd's Noze, Kilburn
- Ealing Folk and Blues Club, West Ealing
- English Music Session, The Borough
- Folk in the Cellar, Camden Town
- Folk Mob, Eltham
- Folk Union, Kings Cross
- The Goose Is Out, East Dulwich
- Green Note, Camden Town
- Greenwich Traditional Musician’s Co-operative, Greenwich
- Haver Folk, Chadwell Heath
- Herga Folk Club, Pinner
- Islington Folk Club, Clerkenwell
- Kalamazoo Klub, Crouch End
- Kit & Cutter, Nunhead
- Lost Horizons Folk and Acoustic Club, Leytonstone
- Monday Monday, Camden Town
- Mondegreen Folk Club, Stoke Newington
- Musical Traditions Club, Fitzrovia
- The Nest Collective, various venues
- Orpington Folk Club, Farnborough Village
- Orpington Friday Folk, Orpington
- Reigate Acoustic Music Club, Sutton
- Romford Folk Club, Romford
- Sharp's Folk Club, Camden Town
- Twickfolk, Twickenham
- Unity Folk Club, Kentish Town
- Uxbridge Folk Club, Uxbridge
- Walthamstow Folk, Walthamstow
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Individual clubs and sessions
- Ashington Folk Club, Ashington, Northumberland
- Barnard Castle Folk Club, Barnard Castle, County Durham
- Bridge Folk Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
- Cramlington Folk Club, Cramlington, Northumberland
- Cutty Wren Folk Club, Skelton, Cleveland
- Darlington Folk Club, Darlington, County Durham
- Davy Lamp Folk Club, Washington, Tyne & Wear
- Durham City Folk Club, Durham, County Durham
- Foggy Furze Folk Club, Hartlepool, Cleveland
- Friday Folk Club, Guisborough, Cleveland
- Guisborough Folk Club, Guisborough, Cleveland
- Monkey Folk Club, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear
- Pot & Glass Folk & Acoustic, Egglescliffe, Cleveland
- Saltburn Folk Club, Saltburn by the Sea, Cleveland
- South Shields Folk Club, South Shields, Tyne & Wear
- Stanhope Folk Club, Stanhope, County Durham
- Stockton Folk Club, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland
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Individual clubs and sessions
- Bollington Folk Club, Bollington, Cheshire
- Bothy Folk Club, Southport, Merseyside
- Bromborough Folk Club, Port Sunlight, Merseyside
- Burnley Folk Club, Burnley, Lancashire
- Carlisle Folk and Blues Club, Carlisle, Cumbria
- Cross Keys Folk Club, Uppermill, Greater Manchester
- Coppull Folk, Coppull, Lancashire
- Dabbers Session, Nantwich, Cheshire
- Everyman Folk Club, Liverpool, Merseyside
- Falcon Folk, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
- Folk at the Manor, Wallasey, Merseyside
- Folk at the Prospect, Runcorn, Cheshire
- Folk Music Workshop, Salford, Greater Manchester
- Four Fools Folk Club, Standish, Greater Manchester
- Full Circle Folk Club, Prestwich, Greater Manchester
- Gregson Lane Folk Club, Hoghton, Lancashire
- Hungry Horse Acoustic Folk Club, Little Stanney, Cheshire
- Liverpool Acoustic, Liverpool, Merseyside
- Lymm Folk Club, Lymm, Cheshire
- Maghull Folk & Acoustic Club, Maghull, Merseyside
- Midway Folk Club, Stockport, Greater Manchester
- Northwich Folk Club, Northwich, Cheshire
- Off the Starboard Bow, Liverpool, Merseyside
- Parkgate Folk Club, Neston, Cheshire
- Open Door Folk Club, Oldham, Greater Manchester
- Plough Sessions, Staining, Lancashire
- Radical Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside
- Raven Folk Club, Chester, Cheshire
- Room at the Top Folk Club, Newburgh, Lancashire
- Sale Folk Club, Sale, Greater Manchester
- Sandbach Folk Club, Sandbach, Cheshire
- Swinton Folk Club, Swinton, Greater Manchester
- Village Folk Club, Manchester, Greater Manchester
- Westhoughton Folk Club, Bolton, Greater Manchester
- Wigan Folk Club, Wigan, Greater Manchester
- Wooden Horse Folk Club, Billinge, Merseyside
- Woody Guthrie Folk Club, Liverpool, Merseyside
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Individual clubs and sessions
- Amberley Acoustic Music Club, Amberley, West Sussex
- Anchor Folk Club, Byfleet, Surrey
- Beacon Folk Club, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- Bracknell Folk, Windlesham, Surrey
- Dorking Folk Club, Dorking, Surrey
- Chesham Folk Club, Chesham, Buckinghamshire
- Chichester Folk Song Club, Chichester, West Sussex
- Chipping Norton Folk Club, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
- City Folk Club, Chichester, West Sussex
- Dartford Folk Club, Dartford, Kent
- Electric Voices, Guildford, Surrey
- Faversham Folk Club, Faversham, Kent
- Fo'c'sle Folk Club, Southampton, Hampshire
- Folk at the Riverside, St Denys, Hampshire
- Folk on the Coast, Bognor Regis, West Sussex
- Footlights Folk Concerts, West Chiltington, West Sussex
- Forest Folk, North Boarhunt, Hampshire
- Friday Folk Club, Deal, Kent
- Golden Slipper Club, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex
- Grayshott Folk Club, Grayshott, Hampshire
- Hambledon Folk Club, Hambledon, Hampshire
- Horsham Folk Club, Horsham, West Sussex
- Hove Folk Club, Hove, East Sussex
- Jamming Dodger Music Club, Newport, Isle of Wight
- Lamb Folk Club, Eastbourne, East Sussex
- The Lamb Session, Andover, Hampshire
- Lewes Saturday Folk Club, Lewes, East Sussex
- Maidenhead Folk Club, Cookham, Berkshire
- Marlow Bottom Acoustic Club, Marlow Bottom, Buckinghamshire
- Milford on Sea Folk Club, Milford on Sea, Hampshire
- The Music Institute, Guildford, Surrey
- Nettlebed Folk Club, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
- Nonsuch Folk Club, Bishops Waltham, Hampshire
- Old Couthouse Sessions, Cove, Hampshire
- Oxford Folk Club, Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Ram Club, Thames Ditton, Surrey
- Readifolk, Reading, Berkshire
- Ringwood Folk Club, Ringwood, Hampshire
- Royal Oak, Lewes, East Sussex
- Seaford Folk Song Club, Seaford, East Sussex
- Sing, dance and play, Frittenden and Horsmonden, Kent
- Six Bells Folk & Blues Club, Chiddingly, East Sussex
- Song Loft, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire
- Staines Folk and Blues Club, Staines, Surrey
- Tenterden Folk Club, Tenterden, Kent
- Tonbridge Folk Club (Nellie's), Tonbridge, Kent
- The Travelling Folk, Kent
- Village Folk Club, Catisfield, Hampshire
- White Horse Folk, Bodle Street Green, East Sussex
- Willows Folk Club, Arundel, West Sussex
- Woolston & Bursledon Folk Club, Bursledon, Hampshire
Other organisations
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Individual clubs and sessions
- Acoustic Oak, Corsham, Wiltshire
- Acorn Folk Club, Minehead, Somerset
- Bodmin Folk Club, Bodmin, Cornwall
- Bourne Folk, Boscombe, Wiltshire
- Bournemouth Folk Club, Bournemouth, Dorset
- Bradford on Avon Folk Club, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
- Bude Folk Club, Bude, Cornwall
- Cheltenham Folk Club, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Christchurch Folk Music Sessions, Christchurch, Dorset
- Devizes Folk Club, Devizes, Wiltshire
- Dreamers Folk, Four Lanes, Cornwall
- Dursley Acoustic Music Night, Dursley, Gloucestershire
- Ebbesbourne Folk, Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire
- Folk on the Moor, Lee Mill, Devon
- Forest Folk Club, Whitecroft, Gloucestershire
- Lechlade River Folk, Lechlade, Gloucestershire
- Marlborough Folk-Roots, Marlborough, Wiltshire
- Milverton Music Club, Milverton, Somerset
- Nailsea Folk Club, Nailsea, Somerset
- Nova Scotia Folk Club, Bristol, Avon
- Old Down Acoustic Club, Litton, Somerset
- Ritz Acoustic Club, Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset
- Seend Acoustic Club, Seend, Wiltshire
- Shammick Acoustic, Combe Martin, Devon
- Sunray Folk Club, Broadmayne, Dorset
- Swindon Folksingers' Club, Swindon, Wiltshire
- Teignmouth Folk Club, Teignmouth, Devon
- Topsham Folk Club, Topsham, Devon
- Village Pump Folk Club, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
- Wessex Acoustic Folk Club, Blandford Forum, Dorset
- White Horse Folk Club, Highworth, Wiltshire
- Wimborne Sessions, Wimborne, Dorset
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Individual clubs and sessions
- Bedworth folk Club, Bedworth, Warwickshire
- Birmingham Traditional Music Club, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Black Diamond Folk Song Club, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Brewtown Folk Club, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
- Bromsgrove Folk Club, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
- Chase Folk Club, Burntwood, Staffordshire
- Common Folk, Pelsall, West Midlands
- Crystal Folk Roots Club, Rowley Regis, West Midlands
- Coventry Traditional Music Session, Coventry, West Midlands
- Cuckoo's Nest Folk Club, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
- The Floor, St Michaels, Worcestershire
- Jug Of Punch Folk Club, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
- Katie Fitzgerald's, Stourbridge, West Midlands
- Lighthouse Folk Club, Rowley Regis, West Midlands
- Newcastle and Potteries Folk Song Club, Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire
- Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Redditch Folk Club, Redditch, Worcestershire
- Rugby Roots, Rugby, Warwickshire
- Rushwick Folk Club, Rushwick, Worcestershire
- Somers Traditional Folk Club, Worcester, Worcestershire
- Styvechale Folk Club, Coventry, West Midlands
- Tower of Song, Cotteridge, West Midlands
- Traditional Music Sessions, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Traditional Song Sessions, Birmingham, West Midlands
- Unicorn Folk Club, Ivetsey Bank, Staffordshire
- Warwick Folk Club, Warwick, Warwickshire
- Woodman Folk Club, Kingswinford, West Midlands
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Individual clubs and sessions
- Anston Folk Club, South Anston, South Yorkshire
- Bacca Pipes Folk Club, Keighley, West Yorkshire
- Barnsley Folk and Acoustic Night, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
- Beehive Folk Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Black Swan Folk Club, York, North Yorkshire
- Blue Ball Folk Club, Malton, North Yorkshire
- Cottingham Live, Cottingham, East Yorkshire
- Croppers Folk Club, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire
- Driffield Folk Club, Driffield, East Yorkshire
- Ep’th Folk, Epworth, Lincolnshire
- First Sunday Folk Club, Hemingbrough, North Yorkshire
- Folk at the Ferry, Thorganby, North Yorkshire
- Grimsby Folk Club, Grimsby, Linconshire
- Grove Folk Club, Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Kirkby Fleetham Acoustic Icons, Kirkby Fleetham, North Yorkshire
- Kiveton Park Folk Club, Kiveton Park, South Yorkshire
- Live at the Lion, Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire
- Morley Folk Club, Morley, West Yorkshire
- Not the White Horse Folk Club, Beverley, East Yorkshire
- Otley Folk Club, Otley, West Yorkshire
- Play On Folk Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Richmond Swaledale Folk Club, Richmond, North Yorkshire
- Rivelin Folk Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Robin Hood's Bay Folk Club, Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire
- Rock at Maltby, Maltby, South Yorkshire
- Ryburn Folk Club, Rishworth, West Yorkshire
- Scarborough Folk Club, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
- Sheffield - Edale Folk Train, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to Edale, Derbyshire
- Skipton Folk Unplugged, Skipton, North Yorkshire
- Tap and Spile Music Sessions, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
- Topic Folk Club, Bradford, West Yorkshire
- White Hart Folk Club, Mickleby, North Yorkshire
- Wortley Folk Club, Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire
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