What’s on: folk sessions, customs and folklore

Saturday 3 October

• Sat 3 Oct 11:00 23:00

  Custom, day 4 of 4

  Bridgwater St Matthew’s Fair

  Sets off from St Matthew’s Field, Bridgwater, Somerset

  • Fair or wakes
  
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• Sat 3 Oct 14:00 16:00

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  Nags Head Sessions

  The Nags Head, Scalby, North Yorkshire

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• Sat 3 Oct 18:00 21:00

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  Hoy Saturday Tunes Session

  Anke’s Tea and Coffee Lounge, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex

  • Tune
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• Sat 3 Oct 19:00 21:00

  Session

  White Hart Singaround

  The White Hart, Mickleby, North Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Singaround
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• Sat 3 Oct from 19:15

  Custom

  Eastbourne Bonfire

  Crown and Anchor, Eastbourne, East Sussex

  • Fire
  • Procession
  • Bonfire Night
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Sunday 4 October

• Sun 4 Oct All day

  Custom, day 10 of 10

  Nottingham Goose Fair

  Sets off from Forest Recreation Ground, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

  • Fair or wakes
  
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• Sun 4 Oct All day

  Custom, day 1 of 8

  Ballinasloe October Fair

  Sets off from Fair Green, Ballinasloe, County Galway

  • Fair or wakes
  
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• Sun 4 Oct 12:00 14:00

  Session

  Tap and Spile Sunday Session

  Tap and Spile, Morpeth, Northumberland

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
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• Sun 4 Oct 13:00 17:00

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  Sunday Session

  The Dolphin, Plymouth, Devon

  • Mixed
  • English
  • Irish
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• Sun 4 Oct 13:00 17:00

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  Sunday Session

  Cadgwith Cove Inn, Cadgwith, Cornwall

  • Mixed
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• Sun 4 Oct 13:00 16:30

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  Office Ale House Tunes Session

  The Office Ale House, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

  • Tune
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• Sun 4 Oct 13:00 16:00

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  Puzzle Hall Sunday Singaround

  Puzzle Hall Community Pub, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Singaround
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• Sun 4 Oct 13:00 15:00

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  Steam Machine Sessions

  The Steam Machine Brewing Co., Newton Aycliffe, County Durham

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
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• Sun 4 Oct 13:30 15:30

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  Red Shed Free Session

  The Red Shed, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
  • Singaround
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• Sun 4 Oct 14:00 16:30

  Session

  Ely Folkie Funday

  Ely Scout Hut, Ely, Cambridgeshire

  Maintained

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sun 4 Oct 14:00 16:00

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  Afternoon Tune Session

  Major Tom’s Social, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

  • Tune
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• Sun 4 Oct 14:00 16:00

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  Polka Hop Traditional Session

  The Polka Hop, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
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• Sun 4 Oct 14:00 16:00

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  Ballad Club

  The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

  • Song
  • Traditional
  • Round the Room
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• Sun 4 Oct 14:00 17:00

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  Bia Sunday Irish Session

  Bia Cafe Bar, Levenshulme, Greater Manchester

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 4 Oct 14:30 16:30

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  Taunton Sunday Folktunes Session

  The Lawns Social Club, Taunton, Somerset

  • Tune
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sun 4 Oct 15:00 17:30

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  Southampton Traditional Music Session

  Raven and Bine, Southampton, Hampshire

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 4 Oct 15:00 17:00

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  Big Old Sing

  The Bar, John Peel Centre, Stowmarket, Suffolk

  • Song
  • Shanties
  • Traditional
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• Sun 4 Oct 15:00 18:00

  Session

  Caledonia Sunday Session

  The Caledonia, Liverpool, Merseyside

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 4 Oct 15:30 18:00

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  Stourport Afternoon Session

  Swan Hotel, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire

  • Mixed
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• Sun 4 Oct 16:00 21:00

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  Tinners Session

  Tinners Arms, Zennor, Cornwall

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 4 Oct 16:00 18:00

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  Oxford Slow Session

  The Slow and Steady, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Tune
  • Beginners welcome
  • Slow session
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• Sun 4 Oct 17:00 19:00

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  Minerva Sessions

  The Minerva, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

  • Song
  • Shanties
  • Traditional
  • Listeners Welcome
  • Singaround
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• Sun 4 Oct 18:00 20:00

  Session

  Fox and Goose Acoustic Sundays

  The Fox and Goose, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Sun 4 Oct 19:00 22:00

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  Antelope Inn Session

  Antelope Inn, Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset

  • Tune
  • English
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sun 4 Oct 19:00 21:00

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  Foresters’ Arms Session

  The Foresters’ Arms, Colchester, Essex

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Sun 4 Oct 19:00 21:00

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  The Woodlands Singaround

  The Woodlands, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Sun 4 Oct 19:00 21:00

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  Scottish Open Session

  The Chemic Tavern, Leeds, West Yorkshire

  • Tune
  • Scottish
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• Sun 4 Oct 19:00 21:00

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  Ye Olde Cross Sunday Session

  Ye Olde Cross Inn, Ryton, Tyne and Wear

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
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• Sun 4 Oct 19:00 21:00

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  Bowling Green Irish Session

  Bowling Green Hotel, Chorlton, Greater Manchester

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 4 Oct 19:00 21:00

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  First Sunday Folk

  Anglers Rest, Bamford, Derbyshire

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sun 4 Oct 19:30 22:30

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  Convivial Rabbit Folk Session

  Convivial Rabbit, Dorchester, Dorset

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
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• Sun 4 Oct 19:30 21:30

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  Green Man Sunday Session

  The Green Man, Liverpool, Merseyside

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sun 4 Oct 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Wolverton Acoustic Club

  The MADCAP Theatre, Wolverton, Buckinghamshire

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sun 4 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Devvy Folk Session

  Devonshire Inn, Sticklepath, Devon

  • Mixed
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• Sun 4 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Woolpack Session

  The Woolpack, Ipswich, Suffolk

  • Mixed
  • Traditional
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• Sun 4 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  The Monkey Folk Club

  Monkseaton Arms, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Sun 4 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Cheshire Folk

  Boars Head Hotel, Middlewich, Cheshire

  • Mixed
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• Sun 4 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Half Moon Irish Session

  The Half Moon, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Mixed
  • Irish
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• Sun 4 Oct 20:30 22:30

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  Folk at the Elsted

  The Elsted Inn, Elsted, West Sussex

  • Mixed
  • English
  • Traditional
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• Sun 4 Oct 20:30 22:30

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  White Hart Shanty Session

  The White Hart, Wolvercote, Oxfordshire

  • Song
  • Shanties
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• Sun 4 Oct 21:00 23:00

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  West Malvern Session

  West Malvern Social Club, Malvern, Worcestershire

  • Tune
  • Beginners welcome
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Monday 5 October

• Mon 5 Oct Ballinasloe October Fair day 2 of 8 · All day
• Mon 5 Oct 12:00 23:00

  Custom, day 1 of 2

  Abingdon Michaelmas Fair

  Sets off from Market Place, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  
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• Mon 5 Oct 12:00 22:00

  Custom

  Cirencester Mop

  Sets off from Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

  • Fair or wakes
  • Michaelmas
  
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• Mon 5 Oct 12:30 14:30

  Session

  Hartlepool Folk Club

  The Causeway, Hartlepool, County Durham

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Mon 5 Oct 13:00 15:00

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  Blake Arms Singaround

  The Blake Arms, Seghill, Northumberland

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Mon 5 Oct 14:30 16:30

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  The Company of the Blaxhall Ship

  The Ship Inn, Blaxhall, Suffolk

  • Song
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
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• Mon 5 Oct 14:30 16:30

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  St Werburgh’s Informal Session

  St Werburgh’s Parish Centre, Chester, Cheshire

  • Mixed
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:00 23:00

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  Folk Klub

  The Cornish Bank, Falmouth, Cornwall

  • Mixed
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:00 21:00

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  Albert Inn Acoustic Session

  The Albert Inn, Totnes, Devon

  • Song
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:00 22:00

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  Bere Regis Jam

  Royal Oak, Bere Regis, Dorset

  • Mixed
  • Americana
  • Bluegrass
  • Old Time
  • Beginners welcome
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:00 21:00

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  Merchant Folk Session

  The Merchant, Scarborough, North Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:00 21:00

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  Hudswell First Monday Singaround

  The George & Dragon, Hudswell, North Yorkshire

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:00 21:00

  Session

  The Auckland Shanty Singers

  Elm Road Social Club, Shildon, County Durham

  • Song
  • Shanties
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:00 21:00

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  Bay Horse Session

  Bay Horse Inn, West Woodburn, Northumberland

  • Mixed
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:30 21:30

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  Bridge Inn Instrumental Session

  The Bridge Inn, Topsham, Devon

  • Tune
  • English
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:30 21:30

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  Rumsey Wells Session

  The Rumsey Wells, Norwich, Norfolk

  • Tune
  • Advanced Session
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:30 21:30

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  Stockton Folk Club

  The Moline Cross, Norton Cricket Club, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham

  • Song
  • Traditional
  • Singaround
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:30 21:30

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  Blue Bell Session

  Blue Bell Hotel, Belford, Northumberland

  • Mixed
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:30 21:30

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  Guesthouse Singers Session

  The Guesthouse, Southport, Merseyside

  • Song
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:30 21:30

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  Warwick Folk Club Performers Night

  The Old Fourpenny Shop Hotel, Warwick, Warwickshire

  • Mixed
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• Mon 5 Oct 19:45 22:45

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  General Townsend Monday Session

  General Townsend British Legion Club, Fakenham, Norfolk

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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Breton Music and Dance

  The Front, Falmouth, Cornwall

  • Mixed
  • Breton
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  New Wheel Acoustic Singaround

  The New Wheel Inn, Pennington, Hampshire

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 23:00

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  Godalming Session

  The Star Inn, Godalming, Surrey

  • Mixed
  • English
  • Irish
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  New Clarence Monday Tunes Session

  The New Clarence, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

  • Tune
  • Traditional
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Red Dog Acoustic and Folk Night

  The Red Dog, Cloughton, North Yorkshire

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Folk at the Grove

  The Grove Inn, Leeds, West Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Elm Tree Monday Session

  Ye Olde Elm Tree, Durham, County Durham

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Traditional
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Fisherfolk

  The Fisherman’s Arms, Hartlepool, County Durham

  • Song
  • Traditional
  • Singaround
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Bridge Folk Club

  The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Mariners & Marras

  Enigma Tap, North Shields, Tyne and Wear

  • Song
  • Shanties
  • Traditional
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Acoustic Mondays

  The Ring O’ Bells, Kendal, Cumbria

  • Mixed
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  The Edinburgh Monday Session

  The Edinburgh, Liverpool, Merseyside

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Advanced Session
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Fox Acoustic Nights

  The Fox Inn, Nuneaton, Warwickshire

  • Mixed
  • Singaround
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Folk at The Club

  Churchdown Club, Churchdown, Gloucestershire

  • Song
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
  • Round the Room
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Come All Ye Session, Woodcote

  The Black Lion, Woodcote, Oxfordshire

  • Mixed
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Boat Inn Music Session

  The Boat Inn, Thrupp, Oxfordshire

  • Mixed
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:00 22:00

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  Aunty Shanty

  Jolly Farmers, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Song
  • Shanties
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:30 23:00

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  Cornish Traditional Music Session

  The Countryman Inn, Redruth, Cornwall

  • Tune
  • Cornish
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• Mon 5 Oct 20:30 22:30

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  Bell Folk Circle Session

  The Bell Inn, Adderbury, Oxfordshire

  • Mixed
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• Mon 5 Oct 21:00 23:30

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  Barley Mow Acoustic Session

  The Barley Mow, Wolverhampton, West Midlands

  • Mixed
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