The history of Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club in NSW Australia.

As you can see from the article there is not a clear idea of how our local folk club started but the date is close to 60 years ago. One date mentioned is December 1964, so sixty years at the end of this year.

I first went to the club sometime around 1974 and was a member of the committee for a few years in the mid '80's, including being the Secretary and compiling the newsletter. I used to go regularly to the club nights and also the annual Newcastle Folk Festival, which is now defunct. I haven't been to any folk club events for about 20 or 30 years but I still play music every week with people I met through the club.