Folk in Kent

Folk Calendar lists 47 folk club nights, 18 dances, 8 morris practices, 7 sessions and 1 custom at 32 venues in Kent. Tonbridge has the most, with 12. Sunday is the busiest night, with 13 of the regular listings.

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Wednesday 21 October to Monday 30 November

Today

Wed 21 Oct 19:30 22:00
Session

Faversham Folk Club Singers Night

The Limes, Faversham, Kent

Guest night Rachel Lowrie & Nick Rice South Shore
- Mixed
- English

Sunday 25 October

Sun 25 Oct 14:00 16:00
Session

Bell & Crown Sunday Session

Bell & Crown, Canterbury

Maintained

Monday 26 October Hunter’s Moon

Tuesday 27 October

Tue 27 Oct 19:30 22:30
Session

Performers Night

Charing Sports Pavilion, Charing (near Ashford), Kent

Maintained
- Song
- Listening

Wednesday 28 October

Wed 28 Oct 13:30 15:30
Session

Goudhurst Afternoon Tunes Session

The Goudhurst Club, Goudhurst, Kent
Wed 28 Oct 19:30 22:00
Session

Faversham Folk Club Singers Night

The Limes, Faversham, Kent

Guest night Liam Sherry
- Mixed
- English

Wednesday 4 November

Wed 4 Nov 19:30 22:00
Session

Faversham Folk Club Singers Night

The Limes, Faversham, Kent

Guest night Mick Ryan & Paul Downes
- Mixed
- English

Thursday 5 November

Thu 5 Nov 19:00 22:00
Session

Deal Folk Club Singers Night

St. Andrews Church Hall, Deal, Kent
- Song
- English

Sunday 8 November

Sun 8 Nov 14:00 16:00
Session

Bell & Crown Sunday Session

Bell & Crown, Canterbury

Maintained
Sun 8 Nov 20:00 22:00
Session

Bekesbourne Celtic Session

The Unicorn, Bekesbourne, Kent
- Tune
- Irish
Sun 8 Nov 20:30 23:00
Session

Doddington English Dance Music Session

Chequers Inn, Doddington, Kent
- Tune
- English

Monday 9 November New moon

Tuesday 10 November

Tue 10 Nov 19:30 22:30
Session

Crafty Green Folk Session

King’s Head, Grafty Green

Maintained

Wednesday 11 November

Wed 11 Nov 19:30 22:00
Session

Faversham Folk Club Singers Night

The Limes, Faversham, Kent
- Mixed
- English

Sunday 15 November

Sun 15 Nov 20:00 22:00
Session

Faversham Celtic Session

The Phoenix Tavern, Faversham, Kent
- Tune
- Irish

Wednesday 18 November

Wed 18 Nov 19:30 22:00
Session

Faversham Folk Club Singers Night

The Limes, Faversham, Kent

Guest night Hunter Muskett
- Mixed
- English

Sunday 22 November

Sun 22 Nov 14:00 16:00
Session

Bell & Crown Sunday Session

Bell & Crown, Canterbury

Maintained

Tuesday 24 November Beaver Moon

Tue 24 Nov 19:30 22:30
Session

Performers Night

Charing Sports Pavilion, Charing (near Ashford), Kent

Maintained
- Song
- Listening

Wednesday 25 November

Wed 25 Nov 19:30 22:00
Session

Faversham Folk Club Singers Night

The Limes, Faversham, Kent
- Mixed
- English

Everything listed in Kent

Folk club nights 47

Rachel Lowrie & Nick Rice South Shore at Faversham Folk Club Wednesday 21 October 2026 at 19:30
The Gigspanner Big Band at St Edith Folk Cranbrook · Saturday 24 October 2026 at 19:30
Bob Fox at Dartford Folk Club Tuesday 27 October 2026 at 20:00
Liam Sherry at Faversham Folk Club Wednesday 28 October 2026 at 19:30
Ed Blunt and From The Workshop at St Edith Folk Friday 30 October 2026 at 19:30
The Woolverstones at Tonbridge Folk Club Monday 2 November 2026 at 19:30
The Hayes Sisters with Clive Gregson at Dartford Folk Club Tuesday 3 November 2026 at 20:00
Mick Ryan & Paul Downes at Faversham Folk Club Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 19:30
Rag Mama Rag at Dartford Folk Club Tuesday 10 November 2026 at 20:00
Hunter Muskett at Tonbridge Folk Club Monday 16 November 2026 at 19:30
Findlay Napier at Dartford Folk Club Tuesday 17 November 2026 at 20:00
Hunter Muskett at Faversham Folk Club Wednesday 18 November 2026 at 19:30
Cathy Barclay & Sarah Yarwood at Deal Folk Club Thursday 19 November 2026 at 19:00
Linda Moylan Band and Wickenwood at St Edith Folk Friday 20 November 2026 at 19:30
Sarah Jane Scouten at Dartford Folk Club Tuesday 24 November 2026 at 20:00
Martyn Joseph at St Edith Folk Sevenoaks · Friday 27 November 2026 at 19:30
No Worries and Four Gone Confusion at Dartford Folk Club Tuesday 1 December 2026 at 20:00
Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham at Faversham Folk Club Wednesday 2 December 2026 at 19:30
Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones “Wesselbobs” at Deal Folk Club Thursday 3 December 2026 at 19:00
Martin Simpson at St Edith Folk Friday 4 December 2026 at 19:30
Doves Vagaries at Tonbridge Folk Club Monday 7 December 2026 at 19:30
Phil Beer at Dartford Folk Club Tuesday 8 December 2026 at 20:00
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer at Faversham Folk Club Wednesday 9 December 2026 at 19:30
Miranda Sykes & Jim Causley at Dartford Folk Club Tuesday 15 December 2026 at 20:00
A Winter Union at St Edith Folk Cranbrook · Friday 18 December 2026 at 19:30
Four Gone Confusion at Tonbridge Folk Club Monday 21 December 2026 at 19:30
Women of Folk at Dartford Folk Club Tuesday 22 December 2026 at 20:00
Bob Kenward at Tonbridge Folk Club Monday 4 January 2027 at 19:30
Holly Carter at Tonbridge Folk Club Monday 18 January 2027 at 19:30
Jim Reynolds at Deal Folk Club Thursday 21 January 2027 at 19:00
The Outcast Band and Gren Bartlett at St Edith Folk Friday 22 January 2027 at 19:30
The Breath and Tom Bright at St Edith Folk Sevenoaks · Friday 29 January 2027 at 19:30
Gren Bartley at Tonbridge Folk Club Monday 1 February 2027 at 19:30
Painted Sky and Bity Booker at St Edith Folk Friday 5 February 2027 at 19:30
Roswell Road and Kyson Point at St Edith Folk Cranbrook · Friday 12 February 2027 at 19:30
Tom McConville at Tonbridge Folk Club Monday 15 February 2027 at 19:30
Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner at Deal Folk Club Thursday 18 February 2027 at 19:00
Peter & Barbara Snape at Faversham Folk Club Wednesday 24 February 2027 at 19:30
Amy Speace and Steve Warner & Julie Simpson at St Edith Folk Friday 26 February 2027 at 19:30
Jeanne Wilde at Tonbridge Folk Club Monday 1 March 2027 at 19:30
Lynne Hanson and Old Mercia at St Edith Folk Friday 5 March 2027 at 19:30
Skinner & T’witch at Tonbridge Folk Club Monday 15 March 2027 at 19:30
Skinner & Twitch at Faversham Folk Club Wednesday 17 March 2027 at 19:30
Jim Causley at Deal Folk Club Thursday 18 March 2027 at 19:00
Melanie Crew & Ross Palmer at Tonbridge Folk Club Monday 5 April 2027 at 19:30
Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson at Deal Folk Club Thursday 15 April 2027 at 19:00
Bird in the Belly at Tonbridge Folk Club Monday 19 April 2027 at 19:30

Dances 18

Contrafusion Sunday Masterclass Aylesford · Sunday 22 November 2026 at 14:30
Contrafusion Sunday Masterclass Aylesford · Sunday 13 December 2026 at 14:30
Contrafusion Sunday Masterclass Aylesford · Sunday 24 January 2027 at 14:30
Contrafusion Sunday Masterclass Aylesford · Sunday 21 February 2027 at 14:30
Contrafusion Sunday Masterclass Aylesford · Sunday 21 March 2027 at 14:30
Contrafusion Sunday Masterclass Aylesford · Sunday 18 April 2027 at 14:30
Contrafusion Sunday Masterclass Aylesford · Sunday 23 May 2027 at 14:30
Contrafusion Sunday Masterclass Aylesford · Sunday 27 June 2027 at 14:30
Halloween Barn Dance at the Hop Shed Faversham · Saturday 31 October 2026 at 19:00
Folkestone Living Advent Calendar Barn Dance Hawkinge · Friday 4 December 2026
Les Batons Hollingbourne · Third Sunday of the month, September to June at 13:30
Ashford Ceilidh Hothfield · Saturday 5 December 2026 at 19:30
Ashford Ceilidh Hothfield · Saturday 6 February 2027 at 19:30
Ashford Ceilidh Hothfield · Saturday 15 May 2027 at 19:30
Dancing for Fun Maidstone · Every Tuesday at 14:00
Marden Barn Dance Marden · Saturday 24 October 2026 at 19:00
Ceilidh and Barn Dance at St Mildred’s Tenterden · Saturday 24 October 2026 at 19:00
Halloween Ceilidh for Whitstable Jack-in-the-Green Whitstable · Saturday 31 October 2026 at 19:30

Morris practices 8

Motley Morris practice Dartford · Every Wednesday, October to April at 20:30
Marlings Morris practice Edenbridge · Every Monday, September to May at 20:00
Kits Coty Morris practice Maidstone · Every Thursday, October to April at 20:00
East Kent Morris practice Mersham · Every Wednesday, September to April at 20:00
Wantsum Morris Men practice Minster · Every Sunday, October to April at 11:00
Wolf’s Head and Vixen practice Rochester · Every Wednesday at 19:30
Dead Horse Morris practice Swalecliffe · Every Monday, September to April at 19:00
Hartley Morris Men practice Wrotham · Every Thursday, September to April at 20:30

Sessions 7

Bekesbourne Celtic Session Bekesbourne · Monthly, 2nd Sunday at 20:00
Performers Night Charing (near Ashford) · Monthly, last Tuesday at 19:30
Deal Folk Club Singers Night Deal · Monthly, 1st Thursday at 19:00
Doddington English Dance Music Session Doddington · Monthly, 2nd Sunday at 20:30
Faversham Celtic Session Faversham · Monthly, 3rd Sunday at 20:00
Faversham Folk Club Singers Night Faversham · Every Wednesday at 19:30
Goudhurst Afternoon Tunes Session Goudhurst · 2 specific dates at 13:30

Customs 1

Edenbridge Bonfire Edenbridge · Every year on the first Saturday on or after 2 November, from 18:30

Towns in Kent

Tonbridge (12)
Faversham (11)
Dartford (10)
Aylesford (8)
Deal (7)
Otford (7)
Cranbrook (3)
Hothfield (3)
Edenbridge (2)
Maidstone (2)
Sevenoaks (2)
Bekesbourne (1)
Charing (near Ashford) (1)
Doddington (1)
Goudhurst (1)
Hawkinge (1)
Hollingbourne (1)
Marden (1)
Mersham (1)
Minster (1)
Rochester (1)
Swalecliffe (1)
Tenterden (1)
Whitstable (1)
Wrotham (1)

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