of course I do! Bush Music Club, Australia's oldest folk club & apparently the second oldest in the English Speaking world - a compilation from the thread which went from 2011 to 2016. Central Australian Folk Society in Alice Springs est. 1968 Top End Folk Club est 1971 Western Australian Folk Federation est 1970 Folk Federation of NSW est. 1970 after the 1970 National Folk Festival in Sydney. list of clubs from the blog, many had nothing about their history on their websites San Francisco Folk Music Club (US) - founded 1948 Bush Music Club (Aus) - founded 1954 Topic in Bradford (UK) - founded 1956 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) - 1959 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) - heading to 50 in a couple of years The Fo'c's'le (formerly Balladeer) Southampton (UK) - 1963 The Pick'n & Sing'n Gather'n (US) - 1960s Grimsby Folk Club (UK) - 1964 Cutty Wren Folk Club, Redcar (UK) - 1965 Folk at the Royal Oak, Lewes (UK) - 1965 Black Diamond Folk Club, Birmingham (UK) - 1964 Southport's Bothy Folksong Club (UK) - 1965 Orpington Folk Club (UK) - 1965 Whitby (UK) - similar age to Orpington Folklore Society Of Greater Washington (US) - 1965 Croydon Folk Club (UK) - 1967 Frodsham Folk Club (Cheshire UK) - Jan 1968 Durham City Folk Club (UK) - 1969 Fleetwood (UK) - 1969 (40 slightly interrupted years) Calgary Folk Club (Can) - 1972 Islington Folk Club (UK) - 1972 Woods Hole Folk Music Society (US) - 1973 final concert May 2019, the Society is still in existence Dorking Folk Club (UK) - 1976 Llantrisant Folk Club (UK) - 1980 Somers Traditional Folk Club (UK) - 1981
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