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Index:   Directory webpages 

​each area below has lists of
Venues, Performers, Media, Services, Workshop Providers
LINKS
to this Directory's webpages
IN PRINT 
​in  ​FOLKLIFE  WEST magazine
News pages = 1-line Summaries
 Ø ​​ Info: membership, contact info, ads ​ Info
 Info page: is always page 3​
Link to [Festivals & Workshops Diary] 
on our News website, www.folklife.uk
detailed ​Festivals & Workshops Diary  ​
Link to [Cymru/Wales website ] Wales Directory Page
news pages: Cymru/Wales
Ø  South West region England South West region
    South West (West Country)  [except Glos]
news pages:  Kernow/Cornwall.  Devon. Somerset & Dorset.  Wilts. 
​Bristol & South Gloucestershire.
Ø  Glos-Oxon Gloucestershire & Oxfordshire:
​news pages: 
​Gloucestershire. Oxfordshire 
​Ø  West Midlands region  [except Herefs & Worcs]
news pages: Birmingham & nearby Staffs, Walsall.
​Warwickshire incl. Coventry.
Ø  Herefs-Worcs  Herefordshire & Worcestershire: 
news pages: 
​Herefordshire. Worcestershire.
Ø ​​ Other UK, and World
     Note: only Folklife Members included in Directory
    §   Currently we have a few members from: S-E §;
         East Midlands §;  North of England §;  Scotland §
         If we're joined by members from other areas or
         countries, then we may set up new webpages
Other UK
   • South-East (other than Oxon) §
   • East Midlands § & East
   • North of England §
   • Scotland §
Link to [FT Traditions site]
​our separate Folklife Traditions Directory website: Societies, ​Folklife Studies, Local Celebrations
FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS
​1-line summaries in printed FW
Link to [Folklife & FW site]   Folklife's main site, with the folk news pages + festivals & workshops diary
--  FOLKLIFE WEST magazine  ---
UPDATES added to appropriate webpages and in our emailed Folklife Newsletters​​ (details: box on right)
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  (no print equivalent)

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​​Index / details

Our categories / webpages are as Webpages Index above:

LISTS BY AREA: - each area below has   Venues.  Performers,  Media,  Services, Workshop Providers    --- details below

FESTIVAL & WORKSHOP DIARY:   Festivals & Workshops Diary  ---- details below

Details of our Folklife-Traditions Directory  are on a separate site. 
List 7, Folklife Societies: Associations, Trusts, Organisations.  
List 8, Folklife Studies & Institutions.
List 9, Local Celebrations - details below​.

National & regional lists, by area.  Each area has these lists:

Folk Clubs & Venues
• Clubs • Concerts • Singarounds • Sesssions (Song, Music, Poetry)
• Storytelling • Dance Clubs & Ceilidh Series •
Folk Performers  

​Pf.1    FOLK MUSIC & SONG        
​• Pf.1a-c, general    •  Pf.1d-h, specific 
Pf.1a   Music/Song - Bands/Groups 
Pf.1b   Music/Song - Duos
Pf.1c   Music/Song - Solo
Pf.1d   Choirs & Quires (and see List 5)
Pf.1e   Community & Street Bands
Pf.1f    Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo
Pf.2   FOLK DANCE
Pf.2a   Folk Dance Callers
Pf.2b   Folk Dance Bands
Pf.2c   Ceremonial & Display (Clog, Morris, Sword)
Pf.3  SPOKEN WORD
Pf.3a   Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
Pf.3b   Poetry & Monologuists
​Pf.3c   Storytellers
Folk Media 
M.1  Online Folk Magazines & Listings
M.2  Printed Folk Magazines & Listings 
M.3  Folk Radio​
​M.4  Publishers (Music & Print)
Folk Services
S.1  Folk Journalists
S.2  Agents, Managers, Promoters, MCs and Stage Management
S.3  Technical:  PA  &  Sound  Hire,  Engineers,  Studios
S.4  Website Design and Services
S.5  Print, Design, Illustration
S.6  Crafts and Makers
​S.7   Shops & other sales
S.8  Tourist Information Centres
Workshops: Providers.         
W.1   Study Centres, Folk Teachers, Tutors, Development Workers, Workshop Organisers
W.2   Members’ continuing (longer-term) Workshops Series 

The Diary pages - festivals, and workshops, in date order

Festivals & Workshops Diary is on Folk News website www.folklife.uk  
​…..  Member-festivals - for the next 12 months!   Plus adverts as in the latest FW.

[ Folklife-Traditions Directory ]
Lists 7-9 are on our separate website, www.folklife-traditions.uk, along with our index & links to all articles from the Folklife Traditions pages in FW
For 'Folklife Traditions' listings, Lists 7 to 9, open to all, you do not have to be a Member for these FT entries. ​
These listings are in our  Folklife Traditions Directory on www.folklife-traditions.uk.
Or, for more information, see Folklife-Traditions webpage on this site.
List 7: Folklife Societies:
Associations, Trusts, Organisations
        • A1-A2, general •  A3-A13, specific
A.1     General: National Societies
A.2    General: Regional and Local Societies
A.3    Cerdd Dant Societies
A.4    Folk Song Societies
A.5    Folk Music Societies
A.6    Folk Dance Societies
A.7    Folk Drama Societies
A.8    Folklore Societies
A.9    Storytelling Societies
A.10  Oral History Societies
A.11   Language & Dialect Societies
A.12  Folk Life Generally - Societies
A.13  Folk Life Specific Groups
• Yahoo web discussion groups are under appropriate [A.] category
List 8:
Folklife Studies & Institutions
          § specialist folklife institutions, or general
Fs.1   Researchers and Authors
Fs.2   Lecturers and Speakers
Fs.3   Archives §
Fs.4   Museums§
Fs.5   Libraries §
Fs.6   Academic Courses & Research
Fs.7   Music Publishers / Recording Companies
Fs.8   Print Book Publishers & Booksellers
Fs.9   Print Journals
Fs.10 Online Resources (websites, & blogs with articles)
List 9:
Seasonal Local Celebrations  This covers the full year, online.
Also, in FW, every issue, we print the current 4 months, with photos and notes.
Additional information for Wales on www.bywyd-gwerin.cymru, our Wales Folklife online Directory,
​including articles on Seasonal Celebrations
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  • ​For 'Folklife Traditions' listings, Lists 7 to 9, open to all, you do not have to be a Member for these FT entries. 
​                         for 'Seasonal Local Celebrations', List 9, we give full details of the next 4 months in FW; the full year is on the Folklife Traditions site

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