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Thread #136900 Message #4232683
Posted By: FreddyHeadey
08-Dec-25 - 08:12 PM
Thread Name: Long-lived folk clubs? 70 yrs?
Subject: RE: Long-lived folk clubs? 70 yrs?
Unity Folk Club London "Unity Folk Club is actually Unity Theatre Folk Club (we dropped the 'theatre' in the early 2000s). It was started in the late 40s / early 50s by Jack Firestein Unity Theatre management committee chair, and the front of house face of Unity Theatre, running the bookstall in the foyer during every performance (weekends only) and the folk club in the bar on Wednesdays." ,,, "The folk club had to move after fires (two) shut the Theatre. Pete Seeger and Paul Robeson were two famous singers connected with the Unity Theatre and Jack. The Unity Folk Club was at the Enterprise in Chalk Farm Road until 2003 when it moved to its present venue. The central point of the club is to help to keep political folk singing alive, which is particularly necessary in the present climate." www.unityfolkclub.org YouTube https://youtu.be/R0wzfcnyIfA