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Friday 6 November

• Fri 6 Nov 19:00 22:00

  Session

  Norwich Folk Club Song Session

  Christ Church Centre, Norwich, Norfolk

  • Mixed
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 6 Nov 19:00 22:00

  Folk club night

  Wynford Jones, Geoff Cripps and Blessed Crow at Newport Folk Club

  St Cadoc’s Church, Caerleon

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• Fri 6 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Rag Mama Rag at Bothy Folk Club

  The Guesthouse, Southport, Merseyside

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• Fri 6 Nov 19:40 22:30

  Session

  Second Time Around Folk Club

  Royal British Legion Social Club (Haig House), Beeston, Nottinghamshire

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
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• Fri 6 Nov 19:45 21:45

  Session

  Kelso Folk & Live Music Club Singers’ Night

  Cross Keys Hotel (Oak Room), Kelso, Scottish Borders

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
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• Fri 6 Nov 19:45 22:45

  Folk club night

  Granny’s Attic at Beehive Folk Club

  Harthill Village Hall, Harthill, South Yorkshire

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• Fri 6 Nov 20:00 22:00

  Session

  New Crystal Folk Club

  Hill and Cakemore Liberal Club, Halesowen, West Midlands

  • Song
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 6 Nov 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Bacca Pipes Singers Night

  Riddlesden Institute, Keighley, West Yorkshire

  • Song
  • English
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• Fri 6 Nov 20:00 22:30

  Session

  Northwich Folk Club Singers’ Night

  The Royal British Legion (Social) Club, Davenham, Cheshire

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Fri 6 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Pete Coe at Black Diamond Folk Club

  The Jewellers Arms, Birmingham, West Midlands

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• Fri 6 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Geoff Lakeman at Bodmin Folk Club

  St Petroc’s Parish Centre, Bodmin, Cornwall

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• Fri 6 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Winter Wilson at Wessex Acoustic Folk Club

  Royal British Legion, Blandford Forum, Dorset

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• Fri 6 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Bonfire Radicals at Greenbank Folk Club

  The Greenbank, Easton, Bristol

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• Fri 6 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Sam Moss and Tractor Watson at Pump Acoustic Club

  The Village Pump, Trowbridge, Wiltshire

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• Fri 6 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Karen Pfeifer & Paul Walker at Watford Folk Club

  Watford Ex-Services and Social Club, Watford, Hertfordshire

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• Fri 6 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth at Whitchurch Folk Club

  Whitchurch Parish Hall, Whitchurch, Hampshire

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Saturday 7 November

Happy birthday to Liam Ó Maonlaí (62 today)

• Sat 7 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Keston Cobblers Club at Grayshott Folk Club

  Grayshott Village Hall, Hindhead, Surrey

  Maintained

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• Sat 7 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  BOB FOX and STU LUCKLEY at NettlehamLive

  Nettleham Village Hall, Nettleham, Lincolnshire

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• Sat 7 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Rachel Newton at Wild Traditions

  The Gathering Ground, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

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• Sat 7 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Sherburn Bartley Sanders at Lewes Saturday Folk Club

  Cliffe Hall, Lewes

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Sunday 8 November

Born on this day: Katharine Briggs (1898)

• Sun 8 Nov 19:00 22:00

  Folk club night

  JIB (Jim Mageean, Barrie and Ingrid Temple) at Ryburn Folk Club

  Hollins Mill, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire

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• Sun 8 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Bob Wood at South Shields Folk Club

  South Tyneside Indoor Bowls and Social Club, South Shields, Tyne and Wear

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• Sun 8 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Session

  Bude Folk Club Singers’ Night

  The Falcon Hotel, Bude, Cornwall

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Sun 8 Nov 19:30 22:45

  Session

  Woolston and Bursledon Folk Club Night

  Bursledon Village Hall, Bursledon, Hampshire

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Sun 8 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Bob Fox & Stu Luckley at Hitchin Folk Club

  The Cricket Pavilion, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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• Sun 8 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Flotsam Sessions at Walthamstow Folk Club

  Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, London

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• Sun 8 Nov 19:45 22:45

  Folk club night

  Steve Tilston at Folk on the Moor

  Moorland Hotel, Wotter, Devon

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• Sun 8 Nov 20:00 22:30

  Session

  Horsham Folk Club Open Floor

  The Normandy Centre, Horsham, West Sussex

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Sun 8 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  El Pony Pisador at Black Swan Folk Club

  The Crescent Club, York

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• Sun 8 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Baum, Maggs and Taylor at Readifolk

  Community Hall, Watlington House, Reading, Berkshire

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Monday 9 November🌑 New moon

Born on this day: Margaret Fay Shaw (1903)

• Mon 9 Nov 19:00 22:00

  Session

  Conwy Folk Club Singers’ Night

  Conwy Comrades Sports and Social Club, Conwy, Conwy

  • Mixed
  • Welsh
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• Mon 9 Nov 19:30 22:00

  Session

  Mansfield Folk and Acoustic Club

  Forest Town Arena, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

  • Mixed
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• Mon 9 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Gordon Tyrrall and Barbara Mainland at Stockton Folk Club

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

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• Mon 9 Nov 19:30 22:00

  Session

  Saltburn Folk Club Singaround

  Saltburn House, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire

  • Song
  • English
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• Mon 9 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Bob Fox & Stu Luckley at Nettlebed Folk Club

  The Village Club, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire

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• Mon 9 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Leo Palzer at Folk in the Cellar

  The Slaughtered Lamb, London

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• Mon 9 Nov 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Folk at the Grove

  The Grove Inn, Leeds, West Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
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• Mon 9 Nov 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Bridge Folk Club

  The Bridge Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Mon 9 Nov 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Herga at the Castle

  The Castle, Harrow, Greater London

  • Song
  • Beginners welcome
  • Listeners Welcome
  • Round the Room
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• Mon 9 Nov 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Croydon Folk Club Singers and Musicians Night

  Ruskin House, Croydon, Greater London

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
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• Mon 9 Nov 20:00 22:00

  Session

  White Horse Folk Club Singers and Musicians Night

  The “C” Club, Beverley, East Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Mon 9 Nov 20:00 22:30

  Session

  Runcorn Folk Club Singers’ Night

  Runcorn Golf Club, Runcorn, Cheshire

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Mon 9 Nov 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Glenfarg Folk Club Singers’ Night

  Gateside Memorial Hall, Gateside, Fife

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
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• Mon 9 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Melanie Crew and Ross Palmer at Chesham Folk Club

  White Hill Centre, Chesham, Buckinghamshire

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• Mon 9 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow and The Umbrella Factory at Colchester Folk Club

  Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester, Essex

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• Mon 9 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Stanley Accrington at The Cellar Upstairs

  The Alpaca, London

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• Mon 9 Nov 20:15 23:00

  Session

  Chichester Folk Song Club Singaround

  The Chichester Inn, Chichester, West Sussex

  • Song
  • English
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Tuesday 10 November

• Tue 10 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Session

  Sharp’s Folk Club

  Cecil Sharp House, London, Greater London

  • Song
  • Shanties
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Tue 10 Nov 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Cryer Folk

  Cryer Arts, Carshalton, Greater London

  • Mixed
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• Tue 10 Nov 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Folk Around Fishponds

  Greyhound, Fishponds, Bristol

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Tue 10 Nov 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Ardersier International Folk Club Singers’ Night

  Church Hall, Ardersier, Highland

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
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• Tue 10 Nov 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Topsham Folk Club Singers’ Night

  The Globe Hotel, Topsham, Devon

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Tue 10 Nov 19:45 22:45

  Folk club night

  Trevor Taylor’s “We Will Remember Them” at Cutty Wren Folk Club

  Redcar Borough Park Bowling Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire

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• Tue 10 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Session

  Nailsea Folk Club Singers and Musicians Night

  Grove Sports Centre, Nailsea, Somerset

  • Mixed
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Tue 10 Nov 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Maghull Folk Club

  The MCA Pub, Maghull, Merseyside

  • Mixed
  • Listeners Welcome
  • Singaround
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• Tue 10 Nov 20:00 22:30

  Session

  Bracknell Folk Singers’ Night

  The Foresters Arms, Bagshot, Surrey

  • Mixed
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• Tue 10 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Anthony John Clarke & Dave Pegg at Banbury Folk Club

  Cromwell Lodge Hotel, Banbury, Oxfordshire

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Wednesday 11 November

Born on this day: Hamish Henderson (1919) and Ian Hardie (1952)

• Wed 11 Nov 19:00 22:00

  Session

  Nova Scotia Folk Club

  Woodhill Evangelical Church (The Hub), Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire

  • Mixed
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Wed 11 Nov 19:00 22:00

  Folk club night

  Anna McLuckie at Hackney Folk Club

  Chats Palace, London

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• Wed 11 Nov 19:30 22:00

  Session

  Nether Edge Folk Club

  Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Wed 11 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Session

  Bromborough Folk Club

  The Merebrook, Bromborough, Merseyside

  • Mixed
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• Wed 11 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Session

  Redbourn Folk Sing Around

  The Hollybush, Redbourn, Hertfordshire

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Wed 11 Nov 19:30 22:00

  Session

  Faversham Folk Club Singers Night

  The Limes, Faversham, Kent

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Wed 11 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Sam Carter at Harrogate Folk Club

  Rooster’s Brewery Taproom, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

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• Wed 11 Nov 19:45 22:45

  Folk club night

  Barratt, Broad and Pugh at Otley Folk Club

  The Black Horse, Otley, West Yorkshire

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• Wed 11 Nov 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Red Lion Folk Club Floor Spots Night

  The Red Lion, Kings Heath, West Midlands

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Wed 11 Nov 20:00 22:45

  Session

  BRADFOLK

  Castle Hotel, Bradninch, Devon

  Maintained

  • Mixed
  • Americana
  • Bluegrass
  • Contemporary
  • English
  • Irish
  • Shanties
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
  • Listeners Welcome
  • Round the Room
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• Wed 11 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  The Carrivick Sisters at Cramlington Folk Club

  Benedictine Social Centre, Cramlington, Northumberland

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• Wed 11 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Paul Walker And Karen Pfeiffer and John Mosedale & The Oxeye Daisies at Bedworth Folk Club

  Bedworth Ex Servicemens Social Club & Institute, Bedworth, Warwickshire

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• Wed 11 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Findlay Napier at The Willows Folk Club

  Wrea Green Institute, Wrea Green, Lancashire

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• Wed 11 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Pete Morton at Edinburgh Folk Club

  Ukrainian Community Centre, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

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• Wed 11 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Claire Hastings at Dunfermline Folk Club

  The Glen Tavern, Dunfermline, Fife

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• Wed 11 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Simon Kempston at Irvine Folk Club

  Vineburgh Community Centre, Irvine, North Ayrshire

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• Wed 11 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Tom McConville at Banbury Folk Club

  Cromwell Lodge Hotel, Banbury, Oxfordshire

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• Wed 11 Nov 20:15 22:15

  Session

  Carrington Triangle Folk Club

  The Gladstone, Carrington, Nottinghamshire

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Wed 11 Nov 20:30 23:30

  Folk club night

  Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow at Hambledon Folk Club

  The Pavilion, Hambledon, Hampshire

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• Wed 11 Nov 20:30 23:30

  Folk club night

  Anna Bass & Ray Taylor at Dorking Folk Club

  Dorking Golf Club, Dorking, Surrey

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Thursday 12 November

Born on this day: Maud Karpeles (1885)

• Thu 12 Nov 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Darlington Folk Acoustic Club

  Rolling Mills Club, Darlington, County Durham

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Thu 12 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Dana Robinson at Topic Folk Club

  The Castle, Bradford, West Yorkshire

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• Thu 12 Nov 19:30 22:30

  Folk club night

  Boys of the Thatch at Hungry Horse Folk Club

  The Whitby Club, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

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• Thu 12 Nov 19:45 22:30

  Session

  Minchinhampton Folk Club Singers’ Night

  Cotswold Club, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire

  • Mixed
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• Thu 12 Nov 20:00 22:45

  Session

  Orpington Folk Club

  Farnborough Social Club, Orpington, Greater London

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Thu 12 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Session

  Newport Folk Club Open Night

  Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Newport, Newport

  • Song
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Thu 12 Nov 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Louth Folk Club

  Louth Jazz Club, Louth, Lincolnshire

  • Song
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• Thu 12 Nov 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Clydesdale Folk Club Singers’ Night

  The Elphinstone Hotel, Biggar, South Lanarkshire

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
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• Thu 12 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Love At the Five and Dime: Remembering Nanci Griffiths at Bromsgrove Folk Club

  Catshill Club, Catshill, Worcestershire

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• Thu 12 Nov 20:00 23:00

  Folk club night

  Robb Johnson at Islington Folk Club

  The Brewhouse & Kitchen, London

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• Thu 12 Nov 20:30 22:30

  Session

  Stockport Acoustic Folk Club

  The Midland, Stockport, Greater Manchester

  • Mixed
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• Thu 12 Nov 20:30 23:00

  Session

  Nitten Folk Club Singaround

  Dean Tavern, Newtongrange, Midlothian

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Thu 12 Nov 20:30 22:30

  Session

  Lyceum Folk & Acoustic Club Singers’ Night

  Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport, Newport

  • Mixed
  • Welsh
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• Thu 12 Nov 20:30 23:30

  Folk club night

  Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer at Lymm Folk Club

  The Spread Eagle, Lymm, Cheshire

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• Thu 12 Nov 21:30 23:30

  Session

  Chorlton Folk Club

  South West Manchester Cricket Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester

  • Song
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
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