The pub is the Reindeer on Penleys Grove Street.

This is not something I am directly involved in - hopefully Lorna and her partner who run the pub will post here and tell you a lot more about their plans. I emailed her a bit earlier and let her know of the thread.

I originally went down to see them because a friend of ours had seen a message outside the pub asking for Folk musicians to contact them as they were interested in doing something. It just seems a good idea to support something new as there are not vast numbers of folk friendly pubs in the world. As the pub currently has very few customers it is a great time to get involved and put forward some thoughts that hopefully will bear fruit in the future.

The pub is close to Ripon and St Johns College and is not that far out of the centre of York and is a decent sized pub. Their intention is to turn the juke box off when the music is on :)! It has a little stage area and they also intend to put some bands (probably local student bands etc) on as well as the folky side of things.

As I said, hopefully, Lorna will tell you much more. If anyone wants to contact her directly to offer advice or services pop into the pub if you are local or PM me and I will let you have her email address - I am wary of posting it here directly otherwise I would put it here - as she is happy for it to be passed on to interested parties.