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Currently, other areas of England, ​and Scotland -- none rest of world.
​​​​​Venues, Performers, Media, Services
We welcome enthusiasts from anywhere !   .............   Below we list members from outside our usual area who welcome publicity within our area.   Our usual area is Wales, West Country, West Midlands & Oxfordshire.
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This Directory webpage "Everywhere else (UK & world)" links to these print area newspages on our folk-news website, folklife.uk:
  • Other UK = other areas of England (South​ East, East Midlands & East, North of England) and Scotland 
  • International  = anywhere outside the UK. So far: Ireland, Isreal, Germany, USA & Canada​

Page-header from Turner Violins, Beeston, Nottingham, for shop details see S.7, Shops, at foot of page

Other UK, and World: Virtual Folk § from Folklife members

No member-listings. 

​§ Folklife's UK & World list of Virtual Folk includes both members and non-members,
​and is on  folklife.uk/virtual-folk.html on our Folklife West magazine news site, folklife.uk

​§  Non-Folklife members can publicise virtual activities on our UK & World Zoom list:  we can draft a listing for you, based on your website details.   To be be added:  sign up for our free emailed Newsletter, top of page, and then email  sam@folklife.uk

Venues

We can help - Folklife Members, email your details (see examples below) and we'll draft new entries for you to approve or change
1st line / summary: this also appears in print, every issue, in Folklife West
How often [e.g. Wkly, 1st]   Day  County    TOWN    CLUB/VENUE NAME     website [links in blue & underlined]    Contact name    Contact phone
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→   Venue address/phone. Start time. Frequency e.g. term-time, all year.
⇒ or ⌂ Contact details other than name/phone in 1st line.   Emails: replace <at> by @.
⊕    Up to 40 words more details.     Your news is welcome for Folklife West every issue, up to 200 words (more if advertising)
List 1:  Folk Clubs & Venue  
​Includes • Clubs • Concerts • Singarounds • Sesssions (Song, Music, Poetry)  • Storytelling • Dance Clubs & Ceilidh Series.  Listed by county not category.
 
 •  We have no significant circulation outside our area, but it might be worth joining Folklife (just £16 a year for 3 issues) in some circumstances:  
    -- for venues near to our area
    -- for venues in popular holiday areas
    -- for venues with something else to publicise eg a folk act, or a folk festival - we can publicise all your folk activities if you are a Folklife member
    -- or if interested in our general articles on our "Folklife Traditions" pages
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​1st & 3rd Tuesdays    W.Yorks   MORLEY   MORLEY FOLK CLUB   www.morleyfolk.org   Alan Street
→  Concert room, High Street Sports & Social Club, 27 High Street, Morley  LS27 9AL..  Doors open 7.30pm for prompt start 8pm, finishes 10.30pm.
⇒  Organiser:  Alan Street,  info<at>morleyfolk.org    Facebook: MFC on Facebook
⊕   obviously closed for the time being, but when running again, details will follow.             [Apr 2010, new Member]

Performers, Media, Services
We can help - Folklife Members, email your details (see examples below) and we'll draft new entries for you to approve or change
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​1st line / summary: this also appears in print, every issue, in Folklife West
---------------------->     county  NAME     website [links in blue & underlined]    Contact name    Contact phone
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     ⇒ or ⌂     Contact details other than name/phone in 1st line.   For emails, to avoid spam, we'll replace <at> by @.
      ⊕    Up to 40 words more details.     Your news is welcome for Folklife West every issue, up to 200 words (more if advertising)

​Below is an index - click on a category line (eg LIST 3: FOLK MEDIA) for a drop-down list of catgeories
LIST 2:  FOLK performers --- Music & Song     <Pf.1>
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
LIST 2:  FOLK PERFORMERS --- Dance     <PF.2>
PERFORMERS.   Pf.2   FOLK DANCE
Pf.2a   Folk Dance Callers
Pf.2b   Folk Dance Bands
Pf.2c   Ceremonial & Display (Clog, Morris, Sword)
LIST 2:  folk PERFORMERS --- Spoken Word     <PF.3>
PERFORMERS.   Pf.3  SPOKEN WORD
Pf.3a   Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
Pf.3b   Poetry & Monologuists
​Pf.3c   Storytellers
List 3:  FOLK Media     <M.> 
M.1  Online Folk Magazines & Listings
M.2  Printed Folk Magazines & Listings 
M.3  Folk Radio​
List 4:  FOLK Services     <S.>
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
Performers  Many performers travel across the country; so we give the home county just for info
Pf.1    FOLK MUSIC & SONG

Right:  
the Yorkshire-based Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency) artists, listed below

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Pf.1    FOLK MUSIC & SONG  
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• Pf.1a-1c = general: Group, Duo, Solo    
• Pf.1d-1f = specific: eg Community Bands; Shanties
Pf.1a    Folk Music & Song - Bands / Groups - sorted by first name within country/region
Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)
Agencies

UK    ARTISAN       Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230 [Feb 2018, new Member]
 
UK    COSMOTHEKA    Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230
⇒    Contact 01484 606230 www.jacey-bedford.com/Cosmotheka.htm
⊕     Dave Sealey, his son Dan, and Adam Barry are back with Cosmotheka's famous Music from the Halls show. All the old wit and sparkle (and old jokes) with absurdly comedic songs performed with gusto! Available for clubs, festivals and halls.  [Jun 2018, added]
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S.Africa   UBUNYE    Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230

S.Africa   ZULU TRADITION   Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230
•  Sussex-based
​Sussex    BLACKTHORN BAND     www.blackthornband.org    Fergus McClelland    01273 455202
⇒ pete<at>blackthornband.org
⊕ Mannie McClelland - Concertina, Bodhran, Vocals; Fergus McClelland - Vocals, Bouzouki, Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo; Alex Percy - Guitar, Fiddle; Sarah Mooney - Flute, Low Whistle, Guitar; Philippe Barnes - Flute, Whistle, Guitar.


​Pf.1b    Folk Music & Song - Duo - sorted by first name within country/region
Agencies

UK      IDIOT AND FRIEND (Les Barker & Keith Donnelly) Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)     www.jacey-bedford.com   Jacey Bedford        01484 606230 [added Dec 2019]

UK      QUICKSILVER (Hilary Spencer & Grant Baynham)  Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230  [added Dec 2019]

USA    TANIA OPLAND & MIKE FREEMAN Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com   Jacey Bedford       01484 606230
 [Feb 2018, new Member]

UK    UNION JILL        Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230
 [Feb 2018, new Member]
Pf.1c    Folk Music & Song - Solo
Agencies       

Canada    DAN MCKINNON    Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230  [Feb 2018, new Member]

Australia    JAY TURNER Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230  [May 2019 added]

UK    LEE COLLINSON    Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com     Jacey Bedford        01484 606230  [Feb 2018, new Member]

UK   LES BARKER  Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230  [added Dec 2019]

UK    ROBB JOHNSON    Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230  [Feb 2018, new Member]

S.Africa   THANDA GUMEDE   Jacey Bedford Tour Management (Booking Agency)    www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230
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Steve Turner
Nottinghamshire-based
Notts    STEVE TURNER   www.steve-turner.co.uk    Steve Turner    0115 9430333
⇒   mobile  07831-265272.     info<at>steve-turner.co.uk

Hampshire-based
​Hampshire  MARTYN WYNDHAM-READ   https://dandadesign.co.uk   Martyn Wyndham-Read 01252 719556
⇒  Mobile 07787 504814, Telephone: 01252 719556, Email: wyndham.read<at>ntlworld.com   Access Martyn’s YouTube Channel from website.
⊕ Martyn has been involved with folk music for over forty years, with a deep knowledge of, Australian Folk songs. He started the ‘Maypoles to Mistletoe’ concerts, portraying the seasons of the year, and instigated the well known Song Links Project.
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Martyn Wyndham-Read
Pf.2   FOLK DANCE  (Social / Country / Display / Ceremonial)
     Many callers & bands travel across the country; so we give the home area just for information
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Pf.2a    Folk Dance Callers    • for Folk Dance Teachers: see W.2, Workshops pages, every issue        

​• none in this area at present
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Pf.2b    Folk Dance Bands
•  Sussex-based
​Sussex    BLACKTHORN BAND     www.blackthornband.org    Fergus McClelland    01273 455202
⇒ pete<at>blackthornband.org
⊕ Mannie McClelland - Concertina, Bodhran, Vocals; Fergus McClelland - Vocals, Bouzouki, Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo; Alex Percy - Guitar, Fiddle; Sarah Mooney - Flute, Low Whistle, Guitar; Philippe Barnes - Flute, Whistle, Guitar.
Pf.2c    Ceremonial & Dance Display   (including Clog, Morris, Sword)     → indicates venue and times
Pf.3    SPOKEN WORD PERFORMERS


Pf.3a    Folk Shows & Theatre, Mummers
Pf.3b    Poets & Monologuists    
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​​• none in this area at present
Pf.3c    Storytellers

Folk Media

M.1    ONLINE FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS

Cheshire  [from Cymru/Wales listings, this site also covers Cheshire]
North Wales, & Merseyside/Cheshire    CALENDAR: OPEN MIKE, FOLK & ACOUSTIC EVENTS    http://ruthinallstyles.co.uk, then click ‘Other local clubs’
⇒   Chris Birchall, 01824 704844, chris<at>chrisbirchall.co.uk
            ⊕    Other categories also eg theatres. You can add your event.

includes ​Hampshire
THE ACOUSTIC CALENDAR     http://sanchobramble.weebly.com    Tony Watts 
→     Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucester, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire
⇒      Subscribe or email via website.
            ⊕    The monthly calendar of folk clubs, singarounds, acoustic sessions & open mics.  All about DIY music (NOT concerts, gigs, ceilidhs etc) - the places where you can take your voice and/or instrument and join in or do your own thing.  [formerly The Acoustic Calendar For Wessex. September 2017]
FOLKLIFE
​… and this is the 
FOLKLIFE MEMBERS' ONLINE DIRECTORY, folklife-directory.uk
from Folklife: folklife.uk     Sam Simmons    01684 561378
 
who produce    FOLKLIFE WEST print magazine (details: ⇒  M.2 below) available online: 
             (1) FW news pages  are on   folklife.uk
             (2) Listings are in this Directory
             (3) Folklife Traditions folklife-traditions.uk 
​UK & Ireland           LIVING TRADITION    www.livingtradition.co.uk    Office        01563 571220
    ⇒    The Living Tradition, PO Box 1026, Kilmarnock KA2 0LG.  admin<at>livingtradition.co.uk,  www.facebook.com/thelivingtraditionmagazine
    ⊕     The Living Tradition magazine’s website, featuring articles from the trad/folk magazine, festival, club and concert listings, news, reviews and regional links.  There is also an online shop where you can buy many folk and traditional CDs   [Feb 2018, new member]
*** For details of latest issue (cover on left), see main website, Updates page :    https://www.folklife.uk/updates.html


​M.2    PRINTED FOLK MAGAZINES & LISTINGS   for JOURNALS see list 8: FOLKLIFE STUDIES
England  EDS (English Dance & Song)  www.efdss.org/efdss-join-us/english-dance-and-song     EFDSS    020 7485 2206
⇒ To join EFDSS [English Folk Dance & Song Society] and receive EDS and other benefits: www.efdss.org/efdss-join-us
⇒ ​Editorial: EDS Editor, Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 7AY.  eds.editor<at>efdss.org 
⊕    An international publication, going out to the almost 4,000 members of the Society. It’s the world’s longest-running folk magazine, first published in 1936, and balances professional folk with grassroots folk, both traditional and contemporary. [EFDSS, now a FL member, October 2017]
UK & Ireland         LIVING TRADITION    www.livingtradition.co.uk    Office        01563 571220
    ⇒    The Living Tradition, PO Box 1026, Kilmarnock KA2 0LG.  admin<at>livingtradition.co.uk,   www.facebook.com/thelivingtraditionmagazine
    ⊕        A full colour, glossy, folk and traditional music magazine highlighting the rich heritage of traditional music in the UK, Ireland and beyond.  TLT has a worldwide circulation, and is an independent and authoritative voice in the folk world.  Subscriptions available.   
[Feb 2018, new member]
*** For details of latest issue (cover on left), 
see main website, Updates page :  https://www.folklife.uk/updates.html
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And we are  . . . 
Wales, England West Country, West Midlands, & more   
​FW, the Folklife West print magazine  folklife.uk Sam Simmons  01684 561378
"Other areas" news pages are on   folklife.uk/Other.html
⇒ see Info webpage for contact details.
⊕   Each issue has (1) Members' news pages (copied online folklife.uk);  (2) Members' listings inc Festival & Workshop Diaries (from this Directory!);  (3) Folklife Traditions pages, articles & news ( ​folklife-traditions.uk )

Folk Services

S.1    FOLK JOURNALISTS
​S.2   AGENTS,  MANAGERS,  PROMOTERS, MCs and STAGE MANAGEMENT
<> For Dance or Concert Series:  see “1: VENUES” under Series name
West Yorkshire-based
W Yorks  JACEY BEDFORD TOUR MANAGEMENT (BOOKING AGENCY)  www.jacey-bedford.com      Jacey Bedford        01484 606230
    ⇒ Jacey Bedford, 10 Park Head, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 8XW.   agency<at>jacey-bedford.com 
⊕ Booking agency for performers from home and abroad.
Representing:
UK, Cosmotheka, Union Jill, Lee Collinson, Robb Johnson, Artisan, Quicksilver (Hilary Spencer & Grant Baynham), Les Barker, Idiot and Friend (Les Barker & Keith Donnelly).
Australia, Jay Turner
Canada, Dan McKinnon. 
USA, Tania Opland & Mike Freeman.    
South Africa, Ubunye, Thanda Gumede, Zulu Tradition.
S.3    TECHNICAL:  PA  &  Sound  Hire,  Engineers,  Studios

S.4    WEBSITE DESIGN AND SERVICES

​S.7    SHOPS & OTHER SALES  [ for FOLK PUBLISHERS (Books & Recordings), BOOKSELLERS, see list 8: FOLKLIFE STUDIES ]
Across England
England ………    HOBGOBLIN MUSIC, all shops & mail order:       www.hobgoblin.com  0333 800 9500
⇒   Mail order: P.O. Box 4707, Worthing, BN11 9JA.   Fax: 01903 210011. 
            ⊕    Acoustic and folk musical instrument specialists.  Details for individual shops:
North-West        MANCHESTER  0161 273 1000
South-East         BRIGHTON       01273 760022;      CANTERBURY  01227 769484;     
South-East         LONDON 020 7323 9040;      SOUTHAMPTON  023 8023 1099
Bristol-Glos        BRISTOL           0117 929 0902   
Yorkshire            LEEDS              0113 245 3311      
[and under Central Midlands details for HOBGOBLIN BIRMINGHAM , as this shop is an individual Member of Folklife.
Nottinghamshire-based   
​Notts  TURNER VIOLINS, BEESTON    www.turnerviolins.co.uk    Shop     0115 9430333
⇒   1-5 Lily Grove, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1QL.          Fax: 0115 943 0444.      info<at>turnerviolins.co.uk
            ⊕    Opening hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm; Saturdays 9am - 5pm. Probably the largest violin shop in the UK, specialising in fine old violins, violas, cellos, double basses and bows.
 Other SERVICES welcome, eg • PR • Folk Industry bodies

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