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Friday 11 December

Born on this day: Henry Burstow (1826)

• Fri 11 Dec 12:00 15:00

  Session

  Three Kings Lunchtime Session

  Three Kings Inn, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 11 Dec 14:00 16:00

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  Sandy Bell’s Friday Afternoon Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Fri 11 Dec 17:30 20:00

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  Irish Cultural Centre Friday Night Session

  Irish Cultural Centre, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 11 Dec 17:30 19:30

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  Royal Oak Friday Folk Session

  Royal Oak, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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• Fri 11 Dec 18:00 21:00

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  Seamus’s Friday Session

  Seamus’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 11 Dec 18:00 21:00

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  Dougal’s Friday Session

  Dougal’s Pub, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 11 Dec 19:00 22:00

  Session

  Norwich Folk Club Song Session

  Christ Church Centre, Norwich, Norfolk

  • Mixed
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 11 Dec 19:30 21:30

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  Rhyl Folk Club Singers’ Night

  Ffordd Las Community Centre, Rhyl, Denbighshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 11 Dec 19:30 21:30

  Session

  Ballinluig Inn Session

  The Ballinluig Inn, Ballinluig, Perth and Kinross

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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• Fri 11 Dec 19:40 22:30

  Session

  Second Time Around Folk Club

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

  Guest night The Wilderness Yet

  • Mixed
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
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• Fri 11 Dec 19:45 22:00

  Session

  Brighton Shape Note Singing (Second Fridays)

  West Hill Hall, Brighton, East Sussex

  • Song
  • Shape Note
  • Beginners welcome
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• Fri 11 Dec 19:45 21:45

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  Kelso Folk & Live Music Club Singers’ Night

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

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:30

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  The Old School Session

  The Old School, Sturminster Marshall, Dorset

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
  • Slow session
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Long Melford Folk Club

  Cock & Bell, Long Melford, Suffolk

  • Mixed
  • Round the Room
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:00

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  Bay Folk Club

  The Bay Hotel, Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:00

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  An Cruiscin Lan Irish Session

  The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:00

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  Ye Olde Cross Friday Session

  Ye Olde Cross Inn, Ryton, Tyne and Wear

  • Mixed
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:00

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  Fibber McGee’s Irish Session

  Fibber McGee’s, Sale Moor, Greater Manchester

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:00

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  Bastard English Session

  Isis Farmhouse, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Mixed
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:00

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  New Crystal Folk Club

  Hill and Cakemore Liberal Club, Halesowen, West Midlands

  • Song
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Gainsborough Folk Club Singaround

  The Old Nick Theatre, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:00

  Session

  Bacca Pipes Singers Night

  Riddlesden Institute, Keighley, West Yorkshire

  • Song
  • English
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:30

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  Northwich Folk Club Singers’ Night

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

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:00

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  Stonehaven Folk Club Singers’ Night

  Stonehaven Community Education Centre ‘Outside Hall’, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:00

  Session

  The Song Loft Performers’ Night

  The Beechey Room, The York House Centre, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire

  Guest night The KelBilly Stomp Skiffle Revue

  • Mixed
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 23:00

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  Watford Folk Club Sing-around

  Watford Ex-Services and Social Club, Watford, Hertfordshire

  Guest night Martha Khan and Gabriel Bath

  • Mixed
  • English
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:00 22:00

  Session

  A Tune for the Foodbank at Encore

  Encore, Inverness, Highland

  • Mixed
  • Irish
  • Scottish
  • Beginners welcome
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:15 22:15

  Session

  Dragon Folk Club

  Bridge Inn, Shortwood, Gloucestershire

  • Song
  • Contemporary
  • Traditional
  • Listeners Welcome
  • Round the Room
  • Singaround
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• Fri 11 Dec 20:30 22:30

  Session

  The Viper Session

  The Viper, Ingatestone, Essex

  • Mixed
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• Fri 11 Dec 21:00 23:00

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  Church Inn Folk and Acoustic Club

  Church Inn, Prestwich, Greater Manchester

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 11 Dec 21:00 23:30

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  Fagan’s Friday Session

  Fagan’s, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Irish
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• Fri 11 Dec 21:00 23:00

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  Malones Friday Trad Session

  Malones Irish Bar, Glasgow, City of Glasgow

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Fri 11 Dec 21:00 23:00

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  Sandy Bell’s Friday Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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Saturday 12 December

• Sat 12 Dec 11:00 14:00

  Session

  Camberwell Green URC Scottish Session

  Camberwell Green United Reformed Church Hall, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Scottish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sat 12 Dec 12:00 14:00

  Session

  QOFF, the Queer Open Friendly Folk Session

  Jolly Farmers, Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Mixed
  • English
  • Irish
  • Traditional
  • Beginners welcome
  • Queer
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• Sat 12 Dec 13:00 16:00

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  Edinburgh Intermediate Trad Session

  Leith Depot, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Sat 12 Dec 14:00 16:00

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  Nags Head Sessions

  The Nags Head, Scalby, North Yorkshire

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• Sat 12 Dec 14:00 16:00

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  Howl at the Moon Saturday Session

  Howl at the Moon, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sat 12 Dec 14:00 18:00

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  Fagan’s Saturday Afternoon Session

  Fagan’s, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Beginners welcome
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• Sat 12 Dec 14:00 16:00

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  Sandy Bell’s Saturday Afternoon Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Sat 12 Dec 15:00 18:00

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  Seamus’s Saturday Session

  Seamus’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sat 12 Dec 15:00 18:00

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  Dougal’s Saturday Session

  Dougal’s Pub, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Listeners Welcome
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• Sat 12 Dec 16:00 18:00

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  Fox Haggerston Saturday Session

  The Fox, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sat 12 Dec 19:00 21:00

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  White Hart Singaround

  The White Hart, Mickleby, North Yorkshire

  • Mixed
  • Singaround
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• Sat 12 Dec 19:30 21:30

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  Raveningham Folk Night

  Raveningham Centre, Raveningham, Norfolk

  • Mixed
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• Sat 12 Dec 19:30 21:30

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  Raising the Rafters

  The Saint James Rooms, Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Sat 12 Dec 20:00 22:00

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  Drover’s Folk Club

  St Paul’s RC Church Hall, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire

  • Song
  • Singaround
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• Sat 12 Dec 20:00 22:00

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  Rushwick Folk

  Rushwick Village Hall, Rushwick, Worcestershire

  • Mixed
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• Sat 12 Dec 20:00 23:00

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  Sir Colin Campbell Saturday Session

  Sir Colin Campbell, London, Greater London

  • Tune
  • Irish
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• Sat 12 Dec 20:30 23:30

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  Fagan’s Saturday Evening Session

  Fagan’s, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

  • Mixed
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• Sat 12 Dec 21:00 23:00

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  Sandy Bell’s Saturday Session

  Sandy Bell’s, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Tune
  • Irish
  • Scottish
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• Sat 12 Dec 21:30 23:30

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  Royal Oak Saturday Folk Session

  Royal Oak, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

  • Mixed
  • Scottish
  • Traditional
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