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Aberdeen City 1
  • Aberdeen Folk Club Aberdeen · Wednesdays, sing-arounds with occasional featured guest singers
Aberdeenshire 1
  • Stonehaven Folk Club Stonehaven · Fridays, alternating guest nights and sessions (not July and August)
Angus 1
Berkshire 2
  • Maidenhead Folk Club Cookham · Every Thursday: singarounds, with a guest night about once a month
  • Readifolk Reading · Sunday nights, guest nights and singers' nights
Bristol 2
Buckinghamshire 3
  • Chesham Folk Club Chesham · 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month
  • Folk Acoustic & Blues Aylesbury Aylesbury · 1st and 3rd Fridays: sing-around on the 1st, feature night with a booked guest on the 3rd
  • The Song Loft Stony Stratford · Concert on the 4th Friday and Performers' Night on the 2nd Friday most months
Cambridgeshire 4
  • Black Fen Folk Club Cambridge · Sundays: guest nights roughly monthly, open stages on the other Sundays (September to June)
  • Cambridge Folk Club Cambridge · Most Friday nights: guest concerts, showcases and open stages with a special guest
  • Ely Folk Club Haddenham · Concerts most months on a Wednesday, plus occasional extra events
  • St Neots Folk Club Eaton Socon · Tuesdays: guest artists most weeks, Round the Room on the last Tuesday of the month (closed August)
Cheshire 6
  • Hungry Horse Folk Club Ellesmere Port · Every Thursday; Oak Room concerts and Big Spot showcases most months, other weeks songs and poetry in the round
  • Lymm Folk Club Lymm · Every Thursday; singers' nights with regular guest nights
  • Northwich Folk Club Davenham · Every Friday; a mix of guest nights and singers' nights
  • Phoenix Folk Club Poynton · First Friday of the month, a guest night
  • Runcorn Folk Club Runcorn · Every Monday; mostly singers' nights, with a guest about once a month
  • SoundBox Acoustic & Roots Chester · Concerts on occasional evenings, mostly Fridays, at St Mary's Creative Space
City of Edinburgh 3
Conwy 1
  • Conwy Folk Club Conwy · Mondays, singers' nights with 6 to 8 ticketed guest nights a year
Cornwall 7
County Antrim 1
County Armagh 1
County Down 1
County Durham 2
County Londonderry 1
  • Foyle Folk Club Derry · One Friday a month, a showcase with featured acts
Cumbria 1
Denbighshire 1
  • Rhyl Folk Club Rhyl · Fridays except the first Friday of the month, mostly singers' nights with some guest nights
Derbyshire 1
  • Folk at the Meadows Belper · Concert seasons in autumn and spring presented by Black Dog Radio, roughly monthly
Devon 5
Dorset 5
East Ayrshire 1
  • Music at Craigie Craigie · Saturday concerts, about six a year (February to April and September to November)
East Dunbartonshire 1
East Riding of Yorkshire 1
  • White Horse Folk Club Beverley · Mondays, singers and musicians nights with a guest about once a month (closed in August)
East Sussex 2
Essex 2
  • Colchester Folk Club Colchester · Monday evenings, mid-September to May (doors 7.30pm, show 8pm)
  • Loughton Folk Club Loughton · Every Thursday: guest nights with floor spots, occasional singers' nights
Falkirk 1
  • Falkirk Folk Club Falkirk · Thursdays, session nights most weeks with guest nights
Fife 4
Gloucestershire 2
Greater London 20
  • Bowes Park Folk Club London · Second Thursday of the month at Mum's Bistro (open mic with a feature spot), plus occasional ticketed guest concerts at
  • Colindale Barnet Folk Club Barnet · Mostly the third Friday of the month, 8pm (four floor spots, then the headline act)
  • Croydon Folk and Blues Club Croydon · Sunday evenings from 8pm, guest plus open mic
  • Croydon Folk Club Croydon · Mondays at Ruskin House, guests most weeks
  • Cryer Folk Carshalton · 2nd Tuesdays open folk night, occasional guest concerts
  • Deptford Folk London · Last Thursday of the month: a featured guest act plus floor spots, free with a suggested donation
  • Dulwich Folk London · Usually the first Sunday of the month, doors 7pm, singing from 7.30pm
  • Folk in the Cellar London · Mondays, roughly fortnightly, 7.30pm to 11pm
  • Hackney Folk Club London · 1st and 3rd (ish) Thursdays, from 7pm
  • Herga at the Castle Harrow · Mondays, Come-All-Ye most weeks, guest evenings about twice a month
  • Islington Folk Club London · Thursdays at 8pm (doors 7.30pm), except July, August and the Christmas break
  • Orpington Folk Club Orpington · Thursdays; singers and musicians nights, guest night about monthly
  • Second Tuesday Folk Union London · Second Tuesday of the month: five billed acts, free entry
  • Sharp’s Folk Club London · Tuesdays; floor singers' nights with occasional guests
  • Soho Folk and Blues London · Alternate Thursdays: an unplugged guest night
  • The Cellar Upstairs London · Monday evenings at 8pm
  • The Kalamazoo Klub London · Usually the second Friday of the month: a headline folk or acoustic guest with house band The Blinkin' Buzzards
  • TwickFolk Twickenham · Most Sundays, 7.45pm
  • Uxbridge Folk Club Hillingdon · Monthly on a Thursday at 8pm (doors 7.30pm)
  • Walthamstow Folk Club London · Every Sunday, doors 7.30pm, main guest around 8.15pm
Greater Manchester 4
Hampshire 5
Herefordshire 1
  • ShireFolk Leominster · Monthly Thursday showcase of an emerging folk artist at The Rankin Club (one stop of a four-venue monthly mini-tour)
Hertfordshire 7
  • Baldock Folk Club Baldock · Every other Wednesday, guest nights, free entry with a collection for the performers
  • Hitchin Folk Club Hitchin · Sundays, roughly fortnightly (doors 6.45pm, concert 7.30pm)
  • Redbourn Folk Redbourn · Every Wednesday, 7.30pm to 10.30pm; a £10 guest night roughly fortnightly to monthly, sing-arounds or singers' nights ot
  • Royston Folk Club Royston · Last Thursday of the month
  • St Albans Folk Music St Albans · Monthly Sunday concert series ('Folk at the Maltings') with booked guests
  • The Acoustic Club Bishop's Stortford · Thursdays, roughly fortnightly: headline showcases and '6 Acts 4 Songs' nights with named acts
  • Watford Folk Club Watford · Friday evenings at 8pm, guest nights alternating with sing-arounds
Highland 2
Kent 6
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 3
  • Grand Union Folk Club Sileby · Monthly on a Monday: guest night usually the 4th Monday, singaround the 2nd Monday (doors 7.30pm)
  • National Forest Folk Moira · Concerts on a Friday or Saturday roughly monthly
  • Scrag End Folk Club Albert Village · Singarounds on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays (not August); guest nights a few times a year, usually on a Sunday at The Railwa
Lincolnshire 5
  • Boston Folk Club Boston · 2nd Monday of every month, upstairs at The Eagle; floor singers welcome, with booked guests
  • Grimsby Folk Club Grimsby · Sundays from September to July, a guest most weeks with club nights and Room & Zoom singers nights between
  • Louth Folk Club Louth · 2nd and 4th Thursdays, club nights, half-guest and guest nights
  • NettlehamLive Nettleham · Folk concerts roughly monthly, mostly Saturdays, with a semi-pro support act
  • Spalding Folk Club Spalding · 1st Wednesday guest night at South Holland Centre
Merseyside 3
  • Bothy Folk Club Southport · Sundays, Southport Bijou Cinema, guest every other week
  • Bromborough Folk Club Bromborough · Wednesdays, singers' nights with occasional guest nights
  • Maghull Folk Club Maghull · Tuesdays, mostly singers' nights with occasional guests
Midlothian 1
  • Nitten Folk Club Newtongrange · Thursdays at the Dean Tavern; guest night first Thursday (not Jul/Aug), singaround other weeks
Neath Port Talbot 1
  • Valley Folk Club Pontardawe · Sunday afternoons in the 2026-27 season: a guest on the third Sunday and an open afternoon on the first Sunday
Newport 2
  • Lyceum Folk & Acoustic Club Newport · Thursdays, a guest roughly monthly and singers' nights the other weeks
  • Newport Folk Club Bassaleg · Thursdays, singers' nights and guest nights; plus a last Tuesday sing at Graig Hall
Norfolk 1
  • Norwich Folk Club Norwich · Fridays; ticketed guest night about monthly, song sessions other weeks
North Ayrshire 1
North Lanarkshire 1
North Yorkshire 5
  • Black Swan Folk Club York · Thursdays, a guest most weeks with an open mic night about once a month, plus concerts at other York venues
  • Cutty Wren Folk Club Redcar · Tuesdays, guest nights about twice a month with singers and musicians nights between
  • Harrogate Folk Club Harrogate · First Wednesday club night, plus guest concerts on other Wednesdays
  • Ripon Wilfrid’s Folk Club Ripon · Friday guest nights
  • Saltburn Folk Club Saltburn-by-the-Sea · Mondays, singarounds with occasional guest spots, plus concerts at Saltburn Community Hall
Northamptonshire 2
Northumberland 1
Nottinghamshire 5
Oxfordshire 4
Scottish Borders 1
Shropshire 3
  • North Shropshire Folk Whitchurch · About eight concerts a year, mostly Friday or Saturday at 8pm
  • Oswestry Folk & Acoustic Club Oswestry · Monthly, first Wednesday; open to singers, players and poets, with booked guests on some nights
  • Severn Folk Club Shrewsbury · Monthly on a Sunday, usually the third: floor performer nights, with occasional ticketed guest nights
Somerset 2
  • Fanny’s Roving Folk Club Langport · Roving; autumn 2026 and early 2027 nights at Fanny H.Q. in Langport
  • Nailsea Folk Club Nailsea · Concerts at Nailsea Tithe Barn; singers and musicians night 2nd Tuesday at the Grove
South Ayrshire 1
South Gloucestershire 1
South Lanarkshire 2
  • Clydesdale Folk Club Biggar · Last Thursday of the month guest night, with an acoustic night earlier in the month
  • Stonehouse Folk Club Stonehouse · 2nd and 4th Fridays, September to June, guest nights and sessions
South Yorkshire 5
  • Beehive Folk Club Harthill · First Friday of the month
  • Crookes Folk Club Sheffield · Thursdays, an invited guest every week with floor spots for anyone; the club says this is its final season, ending 10 De
  • Nether Edge Folk Club Sheffield · Wednesdays, singers' nights with a guest about every six weeks
  • Raising the Rafters Folk Club Wath-upon-Dearne · Second Saturday of the month, a guest night, plus Rafters Xtra singers nights; all proceeds go to charity
  • Wild Traditions Sheffield · Monthly on a Saturday: tunes session, guest act, house songs and a closing singaround
Staffordshire 4
  • Burton Folk Club Burton upon Trent · Guest nights on Fridays roughly fortnightly, alternating with free singarounds
  • Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club Leek · Occasional Thursday guest concerts at the Foxlowe Arts Centre
  • Potteries Folk Club Fenton · 2nd Friday of the month
  • Tamworth Folk Club Tamworth · 1st and 3rd Fridays (not August): floor spots every night, with feature guests a few times a year; free entry
Stirling 1
  • Stirling Folk Club Stirling · Mondays, guest nights and session nights (not December or January)
Suffolk 3
  • Everyman Folk Club Stratford St Andrew · Last Friday of the month, January to May and September to November, with a booked guest every time
  • The Milkmaid Folk Club Bury St Edmunds · 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month (usually), guest with support, occasional open mic nights
  • Waveney Folk Club Lowestoft · Every two weeks on a Friday, alternating booked guests and singers' nights
Surrey 5
Tyne and Wear 3
  • Bridge Folk Club Newcastle upon Tyne · Every Monday except bank holidays
  • South Shields Folk Club South Shields · Sundays; residents and singers nights, booked guests some weeks
  • Tyne Folk Ryton · First, third and fifth Wednesdays, singers nights with a guest or theme night about once a month
Warwickshire 4
West Midlands 5
  • Black Diamond Folk Club Birmingham · Fridays, guest nights alternating with singers' and musicians' nights
  • New Crystal Folk Club Halesowen · Fridays, performers' nights with an occasional guest
  • Red Lion Folk Club Kings Heath · Wednesday guest nights
  • Shirley Folk Club Solihull · 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month: a special guest plays a 30 to 40 minute set, plus two-song floor spots; £2 on the
  • The Woodman Folk Club Kingswinford · Friday nights, guest nights with singers' nights in between
West Sussex 2
West Yorkshire 10
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 3
  • Bromsgrove Folk Club Catshill · Second and last Thursday of every month
  • Folk at the Fold Bransford · 4th Saturday, The Cart House, The Fold, Bransford
  • Foyer Folk Pershore · Monthly folk night on a Saturday in The Foyer at Number 8 arts centre
Wrexham 1
County not given 3