Lymm Folk Club is the new name for the Railway Folk Club, Heatley.

We've been at the Railway for the best part of twenty years, but now is the time to move on... after all, it's difficult to run a folk club in a pub that isn't open!

Nobody bothered to inform us that the licensee's tenancy lease expired at the end of June, not even the licensee, so we found out on Monday July 2nd when someone noticed the pub hadn't opened.

We were in the middle of Lymm Festival, and the previous night had seen a great concert from Anthony John Clarke, who was also one of the judges for our first Songwriter competition the same afternoon.

Luckily we had no concert planned for the Monday evening, and there were two concerts at the nearby Statham Lodge (Chris While & Julie Matthews on Tuesday, and Garva on Wednesday) which meant we weren't expecting to use the club room until the Thursday.

We were extremely fortunate to be able to move Billy Mitchell's concert to the Saracen's Head, Warburton, as the Lymm Festival involves the whole village, not just the folk club.

Singers Night on Thursday July 12th will also be at the Saracen's, after which we will be operating from the Spread Eagle in Lymm centre until we finalise a new venue - which could well be the Spread.

Songs in the Snug is yet to find a new home.

Boo hoo!