Folk in Essex

Folk Calendar lists 18 sessions, 10 folk club nights, 7 morris practices and 1 dance at 26 venues in Essex. Colchester has the most, with 14. Wednesday is the busiest night, with 6 of the regular listings.

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Sunday 15 November to Monday 11 January

A quiet few weeks here, so this runs on to Monday 11 January.

Tuesday 24 November Beaver Moon

Monday 30 November

St Andrew's Day

Wednesday 9 December New moon

Thursday 24 December Cold Moon

Friday 25 December

Fri 25 Dec from 09:00
Custom

Peter Pan Cup Christmas Day Swim

Serpentine Lido, London, Greater London

Saturday 26 December

Boxing Day

Thursday 31 December

New Year's Eve

Sunday 3 January

Sun 3 Jan from 12:00
Custom

Bankside Twelfth Night

Shakespeare’s Globe, London, Greater London

Monday 11 January

Mon 11 Jan 16:30 22:00
Custom

Balsham Plough Monday

Sets off from Prince’s Close, Balsham, Cambridgeshire

Everything listed in Essex

Sessions 18

King William IV Session Black Notley · Monthly, 3rd Sunday at 20:30
The Clubhouse Session Bradwell · Monthly, 5th Friday at 20:30
Walnut Tree Session Chelmsford · Monthly, 2nd Thursday at 20:30
Colchester Ale House Session Colchester · Monthly, 2nd Tuesday at 20:00
Foresters’ Arms Session Colchester · Monthly, 1st Sunday at 19:00
Goat and Boot Session Colchester · Monthly, 3rd Wednesday at 20:00
Duton Hill Acoustic Music Session Duton Hill · Monthly, 2nd Sunday at 19:30
The Viper Session Ingatestone · Monthly, 2nd Friday at 20:30
Hoy Saturday Tunes Session Leigh-on-Sea · Monthly, 1st Saturday at 18:00
Hoy Singers Session Leigh-on-Sea · Monthly, 1st Wednesday at 20:00
Hoy Tunes Session Leigh-on-Sea · Monthly, 3rd Wednesday at 20:00
Salt Water and Beer Shanty Session Maldon · Monthly, 2nd Monday at 20:00
Leather Bottle Session Pleshey · Monthly, 1st Friday at 20:30
Dengie English Session Purleigh · Monthly, 4th Thursday at 20:30
Chequers Session Roxwell · Monthly, 3rd Friday at 20:30
Station Arms Session Southminster · Monthly, 4th Thursday at 20:30
Witham Sing and Play Around Witham · Monthly, 3rd Wednesday at 19:30
The Bell Session Woodham Ferrers · Monthly, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th Thursday at 20:00

Folk club nights 10

Archie Moss, Toby Shaer, Jack Warnock and Sarah Graves at Colchester Folk Club Monday 16 November 2026 at 20:00
Katie Spencer at Colchester Folk Club Monday 23 November 2026 at 20:00
Mambo Jambo and Suzy Cramer at Colchester Folk Club Monday 30 November 2026 at 20:00
Winter Wonderband at Colchester Folk Club Monday 7 December 2026 at 20:00
Narthen at Colchester Folk Club Monday 14 December 2026 at 20:00
Anna Pool at Colchester Folk Club Monday 18 January 2027 at 20:00
Christina Alden & Alex Patterson at Colchester Folk Club Monday 1 February 2027 at 20:00
Jon Boden at Colchester Folk Club Monday 8 February 2027 at 20:00
Benji Kirkpatrick at Colchester Folk Club Monday 22 February 2027 at 20:00
Hunter Muskett at Colchester Folk Club Monday 19 April 2027 at 20:00

Morris practices 7

Belchamp Morris practice Belchamp St Paul · Every Monday at 20:30
AnnieMation practice Colchester · Every Sunday at 11:00
Alive and Kicking practice Maldon · Every Wednesday at 19:30
Dark Horse Morris practice Maldon · Every Thursday at 19:30
Maldon GreenJackets practice Maldon · Every Tuesday at 20:00
Thaxted Morris Men practice Thaxted · Every Monday, October to March at 19:30
Chingford Morris Men practice Waltham Abbey · Every Monday, September to March at 20:00

Dances 1

Grand Ceilidh Club Southend-on-Sea · Every Wednesday at 20:15

Towns in Essex

Colchester (14)
Maldon (4)
Leigh-on-Sea (3)
Belchamp St Paul (1)
Black Notley (1)
Bradwell (1)
Chelmsford (1)
Duton Hill (1)
Ingatestone (1)
Pleshey (1)
Purleigh (1)
Roxwell (1)
Southend-on-Sea (1)
Southminster (1)
Thaxted (1)
Waltham Abbey (1)
Witham (1)
Woodham Ferrers (1)

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