Folk in Greater London
Folk Calendar lists 78 sessions, 56 folk club nights, 22 dances, 11 morris practices and 4 customs at 103 venues in Greater London. North London has the most, with 33. Sunday is the busiest night, with 26 of the regular listings.
Thursday 3 December
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Thu 3 Dec 19:00 22:00
Folk club night
Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones “Wesselbobs” at Deal Folk Club
St. Andrews Church Hall, Deal, Kent
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Thu 3 Dec 19:00 22:00
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Thu 3 Dec 19:30 21:30
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Thu 3 Dec 19:30 22:30
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Thu 3 Dec 19:30 22:00
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Thu 3 Dec 19:30 21:30
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Thu 3 Dec 19:30 22:30
Folk club night
Boo Hewerdine & Jill Jackson at Kirkcaldy Acoustic Music Club
Polish Club (Bennochy House), Kirkcaldy, Fife
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Thu 3 Dec 19:45 22:30
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Thu 3 Dec 20:00 22:45
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Thu 3 Dec 20:00 23:00
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Thu 3 Dec 20:00 22:45
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Thu 3 Dec 20:00 23:00
Folk club night
Elsie Franklin and the Rockettes at Islington Folk Club
The Brewhouse & Kitchen, London, Greater London
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Thu 3 Dec 20:00 22:15
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Thu 3 Dec 20:30 23:30
Folk club night
Stephen Quigg and Pernille Quigg at Nitten Folk Club
Dean Tavern, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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Thu 3 Dec 20:30 22:30
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Thu 3 Dec 20:30 23:30
Folk club night
Anthony John Clarke at Lyceum Folk & Acoustic Club
Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport, Newport
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Thu 3 Dec 21:30 23:30
Friday 4 December
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Fri 4 Dec 19:00 22:00
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Fri 4 Dec 19:30 23:00
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Fri 4 Dec 19:30 22:30
Session
Folk Acoustic & Blues Aylesbury Sing-around
Fairford Leys Centre, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
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Fri 4 Dec 19:30 22:30
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Fri 4 Dec 19:40 22:30
Session
Second Time Around Folk Club
Royal British Legion Social Club (Haig House), Beeston, Nottinghamshire
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Fri 4 Dec 19:45 21:45
Session
Kelso Folk & Live Music Club Singers’ Night
Cross Keys Hotel (Oak Room), Kelso, Scottish Borders
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Fri 4 Dec 19:45 22:45
Folk club night
Pete Morton at The Milkmaid Folk Club
Risbygate Sports Club, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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Fri 4 Dec 19:45 22:45
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Fri 4 Dec 20:00 22:00
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Fri 4 Dec 20:00 22:00
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Fri 4 Dec 20:00 22:30
Session
Northwich Folk Club Singers’ Night
The Royal British Legion (Social) Club, Davenham, Cheshire
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Fri 4 Dec 20:00 23:00
Folk club night
Richard and Jess Arrowsmith at Black Diamond Folk Club
The Jewellers Arms, Birmingham, West Midlands
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Fri 4 Dec 20:00 23:00
Folk club night
Tripple at Stonehaven Folk Club
Stonehaven Community Education Centre ‘Outside Hall’, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
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Fri 4 Dec 20:00 23:00
Folk club night
Magpie Lane at The Song Loft
The Beechey Room, The York House Centre, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire
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Fri 4 Dec 20:15 22:15
Saturday 5 December
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Sat 5 Dec 19:30 22:30
Sunday 6 December
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Sun 6 Dec 14:00 16:00
Session
Valley Folk Club Open Afternoon
Pontardawe Heritage & Visitor Centre, Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot
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Sun 6 Dec 18:00 21:00
Folk club night
Milton Hide and Cheer Up Mollys at Bluebell Roots
Arlington Village Hall, Polegate
Maintained
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Sun 6 Dec 19:30 21:30
Session
South Shields Folk Club
South Tyneside Indoor Bowls and Social Club, South Shields, Tyne and Wear
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Sun 6 Dec 19:30 22:30
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Sun 6 Dec 19:30 22:30
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Sun 6 Dec 19:30 22:30
Folk club night
Hicks and Goulbourn and Craig Sunderland at Scrag End Folk Club
The Railway Inn, Moira, Leicestershire
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Sun 6 Dec 19:30 22:30
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Sun 6 Dec 19:30 22:30
Folk club night
Amit Dattani and Steph Saunders at Walthamstow Folk Club
Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, London, Greater London
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Sun 6 Dec 19:30 22:30
Folk club night
Owen Spafford, Will Allen and Ben Filmer-Sankey at Dulwich Folk
The Castle, London, Greater London
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Sun 6 Dec 19:45 22:45
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Sun 6 Dec 19:45 22:45
Folk club night
Jackie Oates & John Spiers at TwickFolk
The Cabbage Patch Pub (Patchworks), Twickenham, Greater London
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Sun 6 Dec 20:00 23:00
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Sun 6 Dec 20:00 23:00
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Sun 6 Dec 20:00 23:00
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Sun 6 Dec 20:00 23:00
Folk club night
Steve & Mary-Anne Hindley at Grimsby Folk Club
The Old Clee Social Club, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Everything listed in Greater London
Sessions 78
- A Roving Folk Club (Bromley)
- Cryer Folk
- The Hope Carshalton Session
- Harrison Singaround
- Jamboree Tuesday Session
- London Sacred Harp Covent Garden
- Lucas Arms Old Time Session
- Mid-speed English Tune Session
- Morris Folk Club
- Croydon Folk Club Singers and Musicians Night
- Fox Haggerston Saturday Session
- Fox Haggerston Sunday Session
- Hand of Glory Session
- Lauriston Irish Session
- Leytonstone Folk Singaround
- Songs on the Water
- Mary Madden’s Irish Session
- Herga at the Castle
- McCafferty’s Ilford Irish Session
- Whelan’s Kingston Irish Session
- Willoughby Arms Monday Session
- Antwerp Arms Irish Folk Music Session
- Bowes Park Folk Club Open Mic
- Howl at the Moon Saturday Session
- Howl at the Moon Sunday Session
- Myddleton Arms Sunday Session
- Nigel’s Folk Session
- The Lamb Sunday Session
- The Lamb Tuesday Irish Session
- The Regent Irish Session
- Three Wishes Irish Session
- Toolan’s Guided Slow Session
- WB Yeats Sunday Session
- London Christian Harmony Singing
- London Irish Centre Wednesday Session
- London Shenandoah Harmony Singing
- Old Eagle Irish Session
- Old Time Slow Jam
- Sharp’s Folk Club
- Sir Colin Campbell Saturday Session
- Sir Colin Campbell Sunday Session
- Unity Folk Club
- Grand Ole Orpy Singaround Session
- Orpington Acoustic
- Orpington Folk Club
- Pinner Folk and Blues Club
- Romford Ceilidh Band Session
- Blythe Hill Tavern Irish Session
- Borough English Music Session
- Borough Sea Shanty and Folk Song Session
- Camberwell Green URC Scottish Session
- Catford House Irish Session
- Dog and Bell Irish Session
- Effra Singaround
- Folk of the Round Table Sunday Open Session
- GreenTrad English Folk Session
- Hanover Arms Irish Session
- Herne Tavern Irish Session
- Hole in the Wall Irish Session
- London Cajun Jammers
- London Sacred Harp Southwark
- Old Dispensary Irish Session
- Old Justice Irish Session
- Skehan’s Irish Session
- The Goose Is Out Singaround
- The Ship Sunday Session
- South London Irish Centre Friday Session
- South London Irish Centre Tuesday Session
- Sultan Music Session
- The No Frills Folk Club
- Whiskey Tumbler Sunday Session
- Wimbledon Acoustic Music Session
- Prince Albert Whitton Irish Session
- TwickFolk Singaround
- Brickfolk
- Connolly’s Chiswick Late Session
- George and Dragon Acton Session
- Irish Cultural Centre Friday Night Session
Folk club nights 56
- Honey & The Bear and The Blinkin’ Buzzards at The Kalamazoo Klub
- Lainey Dempsey at Walthamstow Folk Club
- Hunter Muskett at TwickFolk
- Peter Shepheard at The Cellar Upstairs
- Chris Wood at Hackney Folk Club
- Mat Green and Andy Turner at Islington Folk Club
- Alkanna Graeca at Hackney Folk Club
- Broomdasher at Colindale Barnet Folk Club
- Hannah James and Toby Kuhn at Walthamstow Folk Club
- So So Sad at Folk in the Cellar
- JEoin at The Cellar Upstairs
- Hilary Spencer at Croydon Folk Club
- Chris Foster at Sharp’s Folk Club
- Dan Nash at Soho Folk and Blues
- Hunter Muskett at Islington Folk Club
- Plumhall and Dave Artus at Uxbridge Folk Club
- San Halen and Friends at Bowes Park Folk Club
- Pete Morton at Walthamstow Folk Club
- Rosie Stewart at The Cellar Upstairs
- Clive Gregson and the Hayes Sisters at Croydon Folk Club
- Tom Moore Quartet at Hackney Folk Club
- Elsie Franklin and the Rockettes at Islington Folk Club
- Amit Dattani and Steph Saunders at Walthamstow Folk Club
- Owen Spafford, Will Allen and Ben Filmer-Sankey at Dulwich Folk
- Jackie Oates & John Spiers at TwickFolk
- Elizabeth & Jameson at The Cellar Upstairs
- Florence Sommerville at Soho Folk and Blues
- John Hegley at Islington Folk Club
- Robb Johnson and the Xmas Irregulars at Walthamstow Folk Club
- Back Of A Length at Croydon Folk Club
- Cormac Begley at Hackney Folk Club
- Caroline Regan at Colindale Barnet Folk Club
- The Kimberleys at Walthamstow Folk Club
- Luke Daniels at Islington Folk Club
- Counter’s Creek at TwickFolk
- London Klezmer Quartet at Islington Folk Club
- Hannah White and Keiron Marshall at Dulwich Folk
- Liz Simcock and John & Di Cullen at TwickFolk
- Linda Moylan at Islington Folk Club
- Duncan Menzies and friends at Islington Folk Club
- Carol Burtt and Rick Hayter at Islington Folk Club
- Benji Kirkpatrick at TwickFolk
- James Patterson and John Dipper at Islington Folk Club
- Steve Turner at Islington Folk Club
- The Kimberleys at TwickFolk
- Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer at Islington Folk Club
- David Collins at Islington Folk Club
- True Foxes and Haves & Haves at TwickFolk
- Tom McConville at Islington Folk Club
- Kris Drever and Cahalen Morrison at Hackney Folk Club
- Sally Ironmonger & Brian Carter at TwickFolk
- JEoin and trio at Islington Folk Club
- Robb Johnson at TwickFolk
- The Lost Trades at TwickFolk
- George Sansome & Matt Quinn and Jo Girdlestone & Malcolm MacWatt at TwickFolk
- Tarren at TwickFolk
Dances 22
- Bal Étoile at Jamboree
- Cut A Shine Winter Ceilidh
- Bal Étoile at the Gipsy Queen
- Bhangra Ceilidh
- Chilled Queer Ceilidh
- Family Barn Dance
- Grand Bal with Naragonia
- Knees Up Cecil Sharp Ceilidh
- London Barndance
- London Ceilidh Club at Cecil Sharp House
- London Ceilidh Club at Cecil Sharp House
- New Year’s Eve Ceilidh at Cecil Sharp House
- Queer Ceilidh Dance Party
- A Wee Ceilidh at Small Beer
- Waterloo Ceilidhs Christmas Special
- Hogmanay Hootenanny
- London Ceilidh Club at London Scottish House
- London Ceilidh Club at London Scottish House
- Pop-up Ceilidh at the Bedford
- Pop-up Ceilidh St Andrew’s Special
- London Ceilidh Club at Grand Junction
- London Ceilidh Club at Grand Junction
Morris practices 11
- Northfields Morris practice
- Etcetera Morris Men practice
- Ravensbourne Morris Men practice
- Kingston Spring Grove Morris practice
- North Wood Morris practice
- Blackheath Morris Men practice
- New Esperance Morris practice
- Greensleeves Morris Men practice
- Westminster Morris practice
- Black Swan Border Morris practice
- Hammersmith Morris Men practice
Customs 4
Towns in Greater London
- North London (33)
- South East London (26)
- North West London (21)
- East London (18)
- Twickenham (14)
- South West London (13)
- Central London (10)
- West London (10)
- Croydon (4)
- Kingston upon Thames (3)
- Orpington (3)
- Barnet (2)
- Carshalton (2)
- Enfield (2)
- Bromley (1)
- Ealing (1)
- Harrow (1)
- Hillingdon (1)
- Ilford (1)
- Keston (1)
- Pinner (1)
- Purley (1)
- Romford (1)
- Sutton (1)
Something in Greater London we are missing?
If you run a session, practise with a side or know a custom that is not here, add it. It takes a couple of minutes, and you can keep it right afterwards.