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Thread #136900 Message #4195699
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
18-Jan-24 - 04:54 AM
Thread Name: Long-lived folk clubs? 70 yrs?
Subject: RE: Long-lived folk clubs? 60yrs?
thanks, G-Force, & no doubt the history is hidden in dusty newspaper archives & tattered folk newsletters (those that survived) in attics & basements. Of course, snippets of memories are probably deep in the grey cells of some old folkies too!
San Francisco Folk Music Club (US) - founded 1948 Bush Music Club (Aus) - founded 1954 Topic in Bradford (UK) - founded 1956 Bridge Folk Club Newcastle (UK) - 1958 Edinburgh University Folk Society (UK) - April 1958 Vancouver Folk Song Society (Can) - July 1959 The Folksong Society of Greater Boston (US) - 1959 Victorian Folk Music Club (Aus) - est. 1959 as Bush Music Club of Victoria Swindon Folk Club (UK) - Jan 1960 Dunfermline Folk Club (UK) - 1961 Stockton Folk Club (UK) - 1962 Aberdeen Folk Club (UK) - 1962 Birtley Folk Club (UK) - 1962 & closed December 2014 Herga (UK) - 1963 The Fo'c's'le (formerly Balladeer) Southampton (UK) - 1963 Marsden Folk Club (UK)- 1963 The Pick'n & Sing'n Gather'n (US) - 1960s Grimsby Folk Club (UK) - 1964 Folklore Society Of Greater Washington (US) - 1964 Black Diamond Folk Club, Birmingham (UK) - 1964 Cambridge Folk Club (UK) - 1964 Southport's Bothy Folksong Club (UK) - 1965 Orpington Folk Club (UK) - 1965 Whitby (UK) - similar age to Orpington Cutty Wren Folk Club, Redcar (UK) - 1965 Folk at the Royal Oak, Lewes (UK) - 1965 Yellow Door, Montreal (Can) - 1966 Croydon Folk Club (UK) - 1967 BACCApipes Folk Club (UK) - 1967 Frodsham Folk Club (Cheshire UK) - Jan 1968 Christchurch Folk Club (formerly Bank Peninsula Folk Club) (NZ) - est. Nov 1968 Central Australian Folk Society in Alice Springs (Aus) - est. 1968 Dragon Folk Club (Bristol, UK) - 1969 Durham City Folk Club (UK) - 1969 Fleetwood (UK) - 1969 (40 slightly interrupted years) Hoy at Anchor - 1970 Devonport Folk Club (NZ) aka The Bunker - 1970 Chichester Folk Song Club (UK) - over 50 years (as of 2023) Maidenhead Folk Club - early 70s Top End Folk Club (Aus) - est 1971 Calgary Folk Club (Can) - 1972 Islington Folk Club (UK) - 1972 Woods Hole Folk Music Society (US) - 1973 final concert May 2019, Society is still in existence Nettlebed Folk Song Club (UK) - 1975 Dorking Folk Club (UK) - 1976 Llantrisant Folk Club (UK) - 1980