Folk at the Barlow runs singers nights once a month on the first Friday of the month and concerts on the third Friday.

The concerts are arranged as a support act set and two main act sets, no floor singers. The support and main guests are not always to everybody's taste but they are always of a good standard.

The singarounds are round the room and everyone gets a go, good or not so good. Sometimes this means that a poorer peformer brings an interesting song to public view even if the performance is not so good.

This arrangement seems to give a good balance of quality performances and public participation between the two types of event.

In addition we have the annual festival where all performers give their time for free as it is to raise money for the building (many performers really like the hall to sing in!). The result is one of the friendliest festivals that I know of.

Robin