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Current Great Folk Clubs?
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST Date: 16 Apr 08 - 03:30 AM Did anyone mention the Black Swan in York? Great club. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST,OLDNICKILBY Date: 16 Apr 08 - 04:34 AM Well my favs are:- Grand Union , Swan in the Rushes and the Packhorse all in and around Loughborough. Black Diamond (when you can find it) and Birmingham Trad, Port Mahon in Oxford, Okehampton is a must,but my favourite is the second saturday session we have in our kitchen. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Fidjit Date: 16 Apr 08 - 06:20 AM Waltham Abbey Stortfolk, Bishop's Stortford Milk Maid, Bury St Edmonds Llantristant, of course Sharps No other reason than that they are very welcoming I'm not over much. When I do (in August) they are all closed. Chas |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Pistachio Date: 16 Apr 08 - 08:16 AM I've got to second Micca and mention Cottingham Live, East Yorkshire. Fantastic venue, friendly crowd, amazing talent, great voices, 'elastic band' and visitors often return having had such a great time. Weekly, Wednesday - 8pm start. Tonight!! Will find out about the White Hart, Mickleby next month! Hazel.x |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Big Al Whittle Date: 16 Apr 08 - 08:17 AM Well that ought to disqualify them, if they keep bloody closing. Christmas ...fair enough, but the best ones keep chugging away the rest of the year, through hell and high water. I tend to think a town is suffering from acute moral failure if there isn't some sort of folk club. Even if its not the sort that plays my sort of music - there should be some citizens with enough red corpuscles to get something going. Stratford always amazes me. You'd think an arty place like that would be snooing with folk clubs, but alas! Nary a sausage.... |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Pistachio Date: 16 Apr 08 - 08:19 AM Try Beverley for opportunities to sing and/or play most nights. How lucky we are to be up near Hull! H. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Banjiman Date: 16 Apr 08 - 08:21 AM WLD....why only towns? We're here. Kirkby Fleetham Paul |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: TheSnail Date: 16 Apr 08 - 08:32 AM Fidjit I'm not over much. When I do (in August) they are all closed. The Lewes Arms Folk Club keeps going through August. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: henryclem Date: 16 Apr 08 - 11:45 AM There are good clubs in the Southwest ... Swindon (every Friday; shuts down July/August but unofficially continues with singarounds throughout that period) plenty of excellent guests and resident legends Ted & Ivy ... Devizes (Mondays) - Bob & Gill Berry's club - terrific guests (about once a month) and enjoyable singarounds otherwise. Definitely deserves supporting. Great for choruses! Bradford-on-Avon (Tuesdays) - no guests; very popular, continues throughout the year. Highworth (twice a month - Wednesdays) has occasional guests, really friendly and well-established club. Corsham (Thursdays) is terrific - really good attendances every week, and a really high standard of floor singers and musicians ... guests once a month or so. Also : The Nova Scotia (Bristol) - good variety of guests, and some outstanding floor singers/players every week. Every Monday; and occasional Saturday guest nights as well. This year I have also visited Folk in The Vale (1st Friday of the month) in North Dorset, and Mary English's monthly session in Bath; all these places are within an hour or so's drive for me, and I'd recommend every one of them - they are all really welcoming to new visitors. Henry |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Girl Friday Date: 16 Apr 08 - 06:55 PM Orpington Friday Folk's not listed here, but, more pleasingly, my little club is not on the other thread either. Whatever you think, we are open all through August. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST,Bill the sound Date: 16 Apr 08 - 07:54 PM One of the best in this area is the BBC Folk club at llandaff run by the Hennessy's. Frank is very fair and gives everybody a chance. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Suegorgeous Date: 16 Apr 08 - 08:10 PM Actually meant Bristol rather than South West, sorry for vagueness! Henry - thanks for the info re some nearish to Bristol, have meant to get to the Bradford one. Where is the monthly one in Bath? There's also of course the new monthly Bath Folk Club, but that's only happened once and I wasn't there. Good reports though. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Forsh Date: 16 Apr 08 - 08:31 PM TWO PENCE WORTH.. here's mine, Wot makes a great folk club? I guess the answers to that would be as varied as the answers to your real question, We are all looking thru oour own eyes after all. For me, I love a good SAR, egletarianism must prevail here though. But then I enjoy those crazy songwriter typs, too, with their depth & modern ways! (!) Still ... I LOVE great Harmonies in Traditional singing, and rousing chorusses... oh hell! I like the one I like at the time, at this time, it's the Bluestone FC at Old Hartley, Near Whitley Bay in the Sunny North East of England. Now, if you's asked me 25 years ago.... |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Mr Red Date: 17 Apr 08 - 02:17 AM Bath FC details on cresby.com > FC's > Somerset And while we are talking of Somers - how about the Somers TFC in Worcester - no guests but a healthy membership who contribute 2 each(all there is time for) and those who just love to listen see the same website page. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Waddon Pete Date: 17 Apr 08 - 12:08 PM If you are south of the Thames, the Croydon Folk Club on a Monday night is well worth a visit! There are plenty of good song sessions in East Anglia too. Grab a copy of "Mardles" and your road atlas! Best wishes, Peter |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: The Sandman Date: 17 Apr 08 - 01:03 PM Cork singers club, An Spailpín Fánach, South Main Street,cork city.I have had at least three really good gigs there.Dick Miles |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Mr Red Date: 17 Apr 08 - 01:19 PM Bath doesn't have a regular day and is monthly. they say Next Month, (Friday 9th of May) we have Cyser booked to play. Cyser play (also) for French/Breton dancing and very dancable they are. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 17 Apr 08 - 01:21 PM From the "left coast," San Diego, CA: Lestat's Coffee House on Adams Avenue Acoustic Music San Diego on Mansfield Avenue (off Adams) Twigg's Coffee House (on occasion) Also, the annual Adams Avenue based Roots Music Festival. Lou Curtiss, collector/archivist/historian owner of Folk Arts rare records on Adams Avenue, who helped found the event, has one of the greatest collections of period recordings anywhere. A great local resource for roots music, folk, jazz, blues - you name it, dating back to the very early 1900's. If you happen to vacation here, it is well worth a visit. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Willa Date: 17 Apr 08 - 01:36 PM Third vote for Cottingham Live! Organised by Linda Kelly, regular opportunities to hear Hissyfit. (Next week it's Hissyfit and Friends evening.) Good guest list and a very smart, acoustically good venue. http://cottingham-live.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Fidjit Date: 17 Apr 08 - 02:53 PM Lewes on a Saturday. Ok. I'll try and get there. Chas |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Dave Earl Date: 17 Apr 08 - 02:57 PM Er Dare I put in another vote for The Lewes Arms ? Is anyone from those other threads watching? Dave |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: TheSnail Date: 17 Apr 08 - 03:39 PM Breton Cap Dare I put in another vote for The Lewes Arms ? You might be considered a little biased, Dave, but I think it's rather good as well. On the other hand, I'm not all that keen on this "Who's best?" idea. Aren't we all trying to do the best we can? It's a lot of trouble to go to if you don't really care. Bryan |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Graveyard Date: 17 Apr 08 - 06:37 PM How about The Bridge Folk Club in Newcastle upon Tyne, 50 years old this year? Great guests, residents, beer and students from the degree course. Or the Bluestone Folk club, Delaval Arms near Seaton Sluice on the northumberland coast, very cosy great singaround and good beers with one of the most scenic caravan sites right outside. Or Cramlington Folk Club, or The Davy Lamp in Washington great guests very friendly. The North East is alive with great folk clubs, and some not so great, but best leave that for the other thread. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Mick Woods Date: 18 Apr 08 - 04:49 AM ngton Friday is not listed here, but is in posting No 6 by Mike Cain! Anyway I like Orpington Friday Folk, Blackheath Folk & Folkmob. All three are friendly & welcoming, as well as attracting fine musical talent fron afar!. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Mick Woods Date: 18 Apr 08 - 04:56 AM Sorry the first few words of my last entry dissolved! I should have read: Girl Friday you say that Orpington Friday is not listed here, but it is, in posting No 6 by Mike Cain! Anyway I like Orpington Friday Folk, Blackheath Folk & Folkmob. All three are friendly & welcoming, as well as attracting fine musical talent fron afar!. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Dame Pattie Smith EPNS Date: 18 Apr 08 - 04:20 PM Fidjit - Llantrisant never closes, we are open all year. You are always very welcome in the the hillside. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Mr Red Date: 19 Apr 08 - 09:01 AM Smoked fish & Welsh moluscs? We'll kipper welk Home in the Hillside I was told last night (At Hors d'oerve 3rd Fri French/Breton dance in Horsley nr Nailsworth - see http:cresby.com) that the Bath FC is a Fri. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Saro Date: 19 Apr 08 - 11:12 AM I'm delighted to see Kiveton Park and Cottingham Live on this list of great clubs as CMR will be at both of them in June - can't wait. I have to back up all the good things said about Lewes, which is a phenomenon, but I don't think anyone has yet mentioned Walthamstow (Sunday evenings) which is well worth a visit. Haven't been to Folk in the Forest (Forest of Dean) for a while, but it used to be very good. Saro |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST,Pete Rimmer Date: 19 Apr 08 - 12:54 PM Its 43 years old this week ,Yes I mean the BOTHY FOLK CLUB in Southport one of the worlds best clubs without any doubt. Pete Rimmer |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST,Len Pentin Date: 19 Apr 08 - 03:01 PM The Bothy. Oh yes! Wonderful guests, great atmosphere and floor singers encouraged. Great venue too! |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Linda Kelly Date: 19 Apr 08 - 03:47 PM For the quality of the singing and the friendlines of the audience-definitely Cottingham Live! |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST,Clive Pownceby Date: 20 Apr 08 - 08:20 AM Bothy - "if it's anything else, it's something less." -someone who shall remain nameless once said! Tee, hee. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST,Geoff Parry Date: 20 Apr 08 - 08:35 AM I would always favour the Bothy Folk Club in Southport. I have seen some amazing people there over the past 16 years or so, have always felt welcome and have received incredible support for my writing of lyrics and poems. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: peregrina Date: 20 Apr 08 - 08:52 AM Kirkby Fleetham, Kirkby Fleetham! (yeah, I'm voting again) |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Kevin Sheils Date: 20 Apr 08 - 09:40 AM Thanks for mentioning Walthamstow, Saro. We've got a lot of regulars but I don't think many are 'catters. Being one of the few 'catters who go there I thought it would be a bit cheeky mentioning it myself, being one of the organisers ;-) |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST,Mike Cain Date: 20 Apr 08 - 12:07 PM The well attended "Sing and Play" evening at "Elsie`s" last night demonstrated what a really great venue it is, perhaps the result of many years "knowhow". The ever smiling Askew Sisters, the booked artistes, gave a splendid performance of spot on songs and tunes to an attentive and fully appreciative audience. A complete "Elsie`s Band" with Iris Bishop ran a smooth operation and the raffle, nigh on a quarter of a pig, would you believe. Also to be seen among the excellent spots were Will Duke, John Morgan, Chris Wood and all for not much more than a couple of pints. Long may they continue, I shall certainly go again. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Abuwood Date: 20 Apr 08 - 12:23 PM Well in the past year or so we have had very warm welcomes at Wheal Dream, Cornwall and Penicuik by Edinburgh and from a few inbetween so maybe the folk clubs in GB are still going strong. I like it when they talk to you and ask you if you want to sing even when they don't know you. I like visiting clubs all over the country whenever we travel, I was particularly impressed by the superb folk mag up in the north west! Ali |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST,Canberra Chris Date: 21 Apr 08 - 04:30 AM I haven't yet been to a bad one. You generally hear folk music at all of them, which is a good start. The Loaded Dog in Sydney has the finest performer acoustics by general consent - X marks the spot where you appear to get 150 per cent natural foldback, a kind of acoustic dayglo effect. I like to sneak in early alone, and just sing in the space, aiming at the point where the back wall meets the high ceiling. The Loaded Dog also has a regular audience that roars the choruses back at you, and a very quietly wise Mudcatter host(ess). I am privileged to have sung in a couple of those in UK mentioned above in despatches - Sharps and Herga. For those asking about the south-west, they might drop in on the Bude (Cornwall) folk club at the Falcon Inn? which has one of the loveliest rooms for a folk club, and a welcome to match. I have spent a fine evening in gentle and talented company at the Raven? Folk Club at the Cross Keys in Chester. But if you want to know where St Peter sends the most deserving souls, it is back down to the Good Intent in Rochester for the final, outrageous non-stop session of all time. Cheers, Chris |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Tootler Date: 21 Apr 08 - 03:52 PM I was away from home over the weekend and visited Orpington Friday Folk who I found friendly and welcoming. So another vote for them. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Saro Date: 21 Apr 08 - 05:56 PM Silly me, forgot to mention Chichester, run by the very experienced and excellent Marilyn Campbell. Tom and Barbara Brown's Shammick sessions are well worth experiencing too! Saro |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST,Peter Stockport Date: 22 Apr 08 - 09:29 AM No one mentioned the Red Bull Folk Club at Stockport! Mind you it moved to The Midway Tavern Stockport a few weeks ago, So I suuppose it#s the MIdway Tavern Folk Club at the moment. what a great club! Peter |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: BB Date: 22 Apr 08 - 05:25 PM Thank you, Saro - we think so, but didn't want to blow our own trumpet. We're a bit off the beaten track here in North Devon, but if ever anyone's down here on holiday, we'd love to see them. Shammick Acoustic Sessions concert this week has the fantastic Rattle on the Stovepipe - whether people like English or American traditional, this is for them! Barbara |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST Date: 28 Jan 20 - 05:46 AM any advance, nearly 12 years on? |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST Date: 28 Jan 20 - 07:04 AM Why not start a new thread rather than have a mix of new and out of date information in this one. Preferably a separate thread for each country. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Dave the Gnome Date: 28 Jan 20 - 07:37 AM Well, according to some there are no such things as good folk clubs any more. They are full of pop star wannabes singing MOR pop music ;-) But for those of us who know better... :-) I moved from Swinton to Skipton 7 years ago. Only 2 letters different and both with a Monday folk club. I nominated Swinton in 2008. Now it's Skipton's turn :-) Cracking club at a super venue. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: Acorn4 Date: 28 Jan 20 - 09:18 AM The Grand Union, now at the Horse and Trumpet, Sileby, Leics. |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST Date: 28 Jan 20 - 10:08 AM The Nova Scotia Folk Club in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. Friendly as anything, full of great singers (who always join in), excellent (BOSE) sound system and mixing, and not hard on the pocket! |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: The Sandman Date: 28 Jan 20 - 10:40 AM the wilsons club , plus the club near plymouth that used to be at milton coombe ,bodmin too |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: The Sandman Date: 28 Jan 20 - 01:39 PM They are full of pop star wannabes singing MOR pop music quote . well who said that ?. i do not think jim carroll said that , i think you are misquoting however there are more people singing pop songs in folk clubs than there were 50 years ago, generally they are floor singers . the only guest[40 years ago] i can recall who sang popsongs was andy caven dave the gnome, are you denying that there has been a change in the repertoire of folk clubs in the last 50 years, why do you have to drag this up, now that jim carroll has left? |
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Subject: RE: Current Great Folk Clubs? From: GUEST,guest Date: 28 Jan 20 - 03:45 PM "people singing pop songs in folk clubs". Nothing new there. "I Don't Like Mondays" - Dave Burland. "Nothing Rhymed" - "New York Mining Disater 1941" - Martin Carthy "Games People Play" - "Geronimo's Cadillac" - Dick Gaughan |
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