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🄵  2nd Sat. ​  Bristol    KNOWLE        THE REDCATCH CLUB   https://redcatchclub.vistaprintdigital.com   Trevor Carter     0117 9665514
→    Redcatch Community Centre, Redcatch Road, Knowle, Bristol BS4 2EP.  
⇒    Trevor Carter, windmillbard@aol.co.uk,  0117 9665514 / 07957 147464 
⊕     Quality acts will headline each month,  with local performers beforehand. Admission £8, or £3 for performers; it is a BYO event. To join our mailing list, please email windmillbard<at>aol.co.uk, with your name. [2018 Dec, new member]  ​​
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    Pf.1    FOLK MUSIC & SONG
                                                                       
    Pf.1a-c, general Music & Song            Pf.1d-f, specific Music & Song    
    Pf.1a  Music/Song - Bands/Groups    Pf.1d  Choirs & Quires                     Pf.1b  Music/Song - Duos                 Pf.1e  Community & Street Bands
    Pf.1c  Music/Song - Solo                    Pf.1f   Shanty (Chantey)
                                                                        Groups, Duos, & Solo
     

    Pf.2   FOLK DANCE              
    Pf.2a  Folk Dance Callers          
    Pf.2b  Folk Dance Bands           
    Pf.2c  Ceremonial & Display (Clog, Morris, Sword)  
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    Pf.3  SPOKEN WORD                          
    Pf.3a   Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
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​Ø 3rd Fridays.  Staffs.  MOORLANDS FOLK (Twinned with Room at The Top).
→  8pm-10pm.
⇒  DIRECT LINK  Meeting ID: 850 4962 3676  Passcode: 350160   Join Zoom Meeting   Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting   
⊕   Audience and Artists all welcome.     [added 6/11/2021]

🄵 2nd & 4th Mondays.    Glos.  'FOLK in the CLOUD' 
⇒  DIRECT LINK details published on GLOSFOLK FACEBOOK page, facebook.com/groups/32771298449 
⊕   open to all  (now live 1st & 3rd Mon)


​NOW LIVE -ASKED TO REMOVE
ØØ Weekly Sunday.  NY.  Rochester  GOLDEN LINK  ZOOM SING AROUNDS
→ 2:00-4:00 pm EST (so UK usually 7-9pm - Ed) 

⇒ ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87586137865          Meeting ID: 875 8613 7865
⊕ For info & links, Home - Golden Link Folk Singing Society  www.goldenlink.org  click on "singarounds" on the left column.   [Jan 2023]


​------------  FRIDAY:  ​Staffs  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Requested to be taken off mailing list
🄵  3rd Fridays   Staffs  --Zoom--   MOORLANDS FOLK ZOOM  (twinned with Room at The Top)    Victoria Berringer
→    See Zoom list page for details for joining meeting, 8pm-10pm.
⊕    Audience and Artists all welcome.  8:00 PM London until 10 pm   [added 12/2021]
⎈ PERFORMERS (by area)       
​                   Subpages:

Performers: Cymru•Wales
Performers: England South-West
Performers: England Midlands 
[East & West]
Performers: England South-East & East
Performers: North of England
Performers: Scotland
Performers: International
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​LINKS TO OUR AREA PAGES:
  • Performers: Cymru•Wales
  • Performers: England South-West
  • Performers: England Midlands [East Mids & West Mids]
  • Performers: England South-East & East
  • Performers: North of England
  • Performers: Alba•Scotland
  • Performers: International
2nd, 4th  Sun   Glos    CHELTENHAM    CHELTENHAM FOLK CLUB   From Sept 2022: see under MONDAY
3rd   Sun,+     Glos    DURSLEY    DURSLEY AC. MUSIC NIGHTS   has closed (2021)
1st,3rd,5th Wed    Glos    STROUD    STROUD SINGERS SESSION   now 1st, 3rd Tuesday
Last Thu  Devon TEIGNMOUTH   TEIGNMOUTH FOLK CLUB is now 1st Monday

NOW CLOSED
Some Sun     Cornwall    GOLANT   GOLANT SESSION  www.folkincornwall.co.uk/clubdetail.php?clubname=GOLANT%20SESSION   John Tremaine     01208 872124
    →      Fishermans Arms, Golant PL23 1LN, 8pm.
    ⇒     John Tremaine, johntremaine<at>gmail.com
    ⊕    Informal open acoustic music and song session. All welcome, free entry. We meet about every two weeks when it is low tide so we can park on the road in front of the pub (the road floods at high tide!). [Jan 2018, new member]

​NOW LIVE  11/2022 was only online a few days!
06/11/2022 1:54 PM  Thanks Sam. Please don't include the Thursday zoom session as it won't continue now the session at the pub has resumed.  Mike
But we don't have 4th Thu listed, nor does Mike (Eckington is on 1st & 3rd Thu, not 4th).

🄵 4th Thursdays.  Worcs  WORCESTER   VIRTUAL MUSIC & SONG ZOOM SESSION.   worcesterfolk.org.uk
→ 8pm to 10pm.   
⇒  EMAIL  You will need to contact Mike Walton, mike<at>worcesterfolk.org.uk to obtain a Zoom code.  
⊕  Virtual Zoom session with a broad range of music accepted (new entry Nov 2022)=
FREE LISTINGS for  VENUES    • Clubs • Concerts • Singarounds • Sessions (Song, Music, Poetry) •
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1st    Tue   Worcs    WORCESTER    CARDINAL’S HAT SESSION    www.worcesterfolk.org.uk    Mike Walton    01905 357482
⇒ pub website http://the-cardinals-hat.co.uk Pub phone 01905 724006.  Or contact ​Pauline Molloy: paulinamolloy(at)gmail.com  [FQ 2017 Jan]

2nd    Tue    Worcs    WORCESTER     FARRIERS ARMS SESSION    www.worcesterfolk.org.uk    Mike Walton    01905 357482 
→    8.30pm - 11pm, all year.
⇒ pub website look for this pub on Facebook  Pub phone 01905 27569.  Or contact Pat Heslip:  patheslip(at)hotmail.com  [FQ 2017 Jan]


No longer performing email, Aug 2022 per email.
VENUES MIDLANDS  —————— SATURDAY:  Worcs  
1st,3rd    Sat   Worcs  REDDITCH  REDDITCH FOLK CLUB            (no website)      Dave James        07795 022779
  →/ ⇒   89 Salford Close, Redditch, Worcestershire B98 7UL, 8pm. For more details:
Dave James, dave.james8<at>gmail.com, 07795 022779
  ⊕       The Club will now be held at the above address. Tea and coffee will be available on the house, please bring your own alcohol. It will be nice  to see you, all are welcome: singers, poets, story-tellers, and listeners. [FQ 2017 Jan - was Alcester & Redditch FC in Alcester, Warks]

PERFORMERS MIDLANDS  
Pf.1    FOLK MUSIC & SONG  
Worcs    FAIRFIELD   www.bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk/bookanact.html    Bob Bignell    0121 476 5938
Worcs    MAMWIG      www.bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk/bookanact.html   Bob Bignell    0121 476 5938
Worcs    BOB BIGNELL     www.bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk/bookanact.html    Bob Bignell    01214765938
Worcs    DAVE JAMES   (no website)    Dave James      07795 022779  ⇒  For more detail[added 2017 Feb]
Pf.2a    Folk Dance Callers  
Worcs    BOB BIGNELL    www.bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk/bookanact.html    Bob Bignell    01214765938
Pf.2b    Folk Dance Bands     
Worcs    5 BAR GAIT    www.bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk/bookanact.html    Bob Bignell    01214765938


​No longer performing email, July 2022 per email.
Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo  - sorted by first name
Denbs.     BRIAN BULL      www.tradfolk.net     Brian Bull     01745 339502 
⇒  Phone 01745 339502, email brianjbull<at>btinternet.com
⊕   Singing traditional English songs ever since the sixties with guitar and concertina, available for festivals and clubs. 
Pf.2a    Folk Dance Callers    • for Folk Dance Teachers: see W.2, Workshops pages, every issue        
Denbs.     BRIAN BULL     www.tradfolk.net    Brian Bull     01745 339502
⇒ Phone 01745 339502, email brianjbull<at>btinternet.com
    ⊕   Experienced caller with bands or recorded music, a fun evening for all abilities

No longer open to public, July 2022 per email.
🄰   North-East - GAELIC SINGING WORKSHOPS - Weekly Fridays, 6.30pm - 8pm.  Mixture of Irish and Scottish (with phonetics). Maria comes from an Irish-speaking background and sings in Irish and Scots Gaelic.  Her 'phonetics' coupled with singable translations make these songs accessible to all and easy to learn. 
Beginners always welcome – 
  EMAIL & VIA WEBSITE works best if you let Maria know in advance before coming for the first time, mariaboylegalway<at>gmail.com  https://us04web.zoom.us/j/704402088?pwd=RkkzMjNVQjNvcXpDajBla054S1lnUT09
Meeting ID: 704 402 088    Password: 006564   (added 24/9/2020)
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