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S.1    FOLK JOURNALISTS

🄵 Wales: national    ..................    MICK TEMS, Editor, Folkwales online magazine     www.folk.wales/magazine    Mick Tems    01443 201634
⇒ 7, Crawford Close, Y Beddau, Pontypridd CF38 2SD, Cymru / Wales        micktems<at>folkwales.org.uk
⊕  A senior journalist who has worked on several evening papers in South Wales and Bristol, and an international musician and researcher too. Founder and editor of Folkwales online magazine. 

🄵 Warks   MAC AWE ON TOUR, Folk Journalist and Blogger     http://macaweontour.blogspot.co.uk   Geoff Veasey 
⇒    Geoff Veasey, abolper<at>yahoo.co.uk
⊕     Folk Journalist and Reviewer.   Blog : Mac Awe On Tour    [new member, Apr 2018]

S.2   AGENTS,  MANAGERS,  PROMOTERS, MCs, STAGE MANAGEMENT  <> For Dance or Concert Series:  see “1: VENUES” under Series name
AGENTS ------- do ask your artists to contact us to be listed, giving your agency as contact !   or you can send in for them with their consent 

Ø ​ West Yorks JACEY BEDFORD TOUR MANAGEMENT (Booking Agency) www.jacey-bedford.com  Jacey Bedford    01484 606230

‡ Northamptonshire   JAMES H SOARS MEDIA SERVICES  https://www.jameshsoars.com/    Jim Soars  01536 720245
⇒ Contact Jim Soars, t: 01536 720245, m: 07758 781032, e: james[at]jameshsoars[dot]com
⊕  James H Soars undertake artist promotion and media services in the UK.  Offering a full promotional package to musicians, performers and song-writers within the folk and acoustic genre covering new album release and tour promotion.

S.3    TECHNICAL :    PA  &  Sound  Hire,  Engineers,  Studios

​🄵 Devon    WREN MUSIC PA System & operator, short run CDs     www.wrenmusic.co.uk    Paul Tucker     01837 53754 
            ⇒     Ebenezer Hall, North Street, Okehampton, EX20 1AR.                     admin<at>wrenmusic.co.uk
            ⊕    Best pair of ears in the west for highest quality folk sounds - festivals and concerts. 24 channel Allen & Heath desk, 3 x 1Kw Carver power amps, EV Sbx speakers (inc 2 bass units), etc, etc. Fully PAT tested.     [New address, same phone: July 2017]
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🄵 Warks     FAT SAM MUSIC STUDIO    www.fatsammusic.co.uk    Malc Gurnham    024 7634 5568 

S.4    WEBSITE DESIGN AND SERVICES

🄵 Warks     FOLKFAX WEB DESIGN           www.folkfax.net/design    Malc Gurnham    024 7634 5568 
⇒     Malc Gurnham, Tel: as above, Mob: 077 6019 0309. Email: mail<at>bedworthfolkclub.co.uk

S.5    PRINT, DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION

🄵 Glos    CHRIS BEAUMONT Design, Illustration    (no website)    Chris Beaumont    01242 571185
⇒      32 Cudnall Street, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Glos GL53 8HQ.
⊕    Illustrations, such as Folklife’s logo, and hand-lettering. ​

S.6   CRAFTS AND MAKERS AND REPAIRS​   

🄵 ​Worcs    BILL SMITH   http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/tonybrett/Bill/BillWebSite.html Bill Smith    01905 423488
⇒      21 Vernon Park Road, St John’s, Worcester, Worcs, WR2 4NF.    billthefiddle<at>yahoo.co.uk 
            ⊕    Makes fiddles and Appalachian dulcimers and repairs stringed instruments. 

S.7    SHOPS & OTHER SALES
         for FOLK PUBLISHERS (Books & Recordings), BOOKSELLERS, see list 8:  FOLKLIFE STUDIES on our Folklife Traditions site

​Birmingham    
​🄵 HOBGOBLIN BIRMINGHAM    https://hobgoblin.com/branches/birmingham    Shop     0121 212 9010
⇒       Hobgoblin Music,40 Priory Queensway, Birmingham  B4 7LA.   sales<at>hobgoblinbirmingham.co.uk   
⊕  Hobgoblin Birmingham - Britain’s leading Folk and Traditional musical instrument shop based in the heart of Birmingham. Open 10am - 6pm, Monday - Saturday, 11am - 4pm Sunday.  [moved, new address Jan 2023]

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.

Scotland  
🄵 HOBGOBLIN EDINBURGH, Scayles Music https://hobgoblin.com/branches/edinburgh  Shop  0131 667 824
⊕    Acoustic and folk musical instrument specialists. 

​West Midlands     
🄵 IP MUSIC SHOP    www.ipmusic.org.uk    Ian Pittaway
⇒ contact<at>ipmusic.org.uk
⊕    CDs from Ian Pittaway, ‘Lovers Beggars Soldiers Sailors’; The Night Watch, ‘The Ambassadors’; Captain Swing, ‘Captain Swing’s English Jam’. Hand-made mandolin by Small Strings. Guitar and lute tuition. Instruments: http://earlymusicmuse.com/instruments-for-sale  [added 2017 Feb]

UK
🄵 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.
West Midlands   BIRMINGHAM   this shop is an individual Member of Folklife, see entry above 
Other Hobgoblin shops in England and Scotland:
South-East          BRIGHTON           01273 760022;         South-East          CANTERBURY      01227 769484;     
South-East          LONDON              020 7323 9040;       South-East          SOUTHAMPTON   023 8023 1099
North-West          MANCHESTER  0161 273 1000            Yorkshire              LEEDS     0113 245 3311
Scotland              EDINBURGH     0131 667 8241            South-West       BRISTOL  0117 929 0902 

S.8    ARTIST DEVELOPMENT
London
​‡TBC   AMPLIFY  https://thenestcollective.co.uk/includes/amplify/
⇒  Contact via website or  info<at>thenestcollective.co.uk.  https://thenestcollective.co.uk/,  https://www.facebook.com/thenestcollective/,https://twitter.com/nestfolk, https://www.instagram.com/nestfolk/
⊕  The Nest Collective’s artist development programme. It aims to do as its name suggests: reinvigorate and develop contemporary and cross-cultural folk music in the UK by supporting the development of emerging music creators..