W.  WORKSHOP PROVIDERS

For long-term workshop series, and for tune clubs, see VENUES (webpages by country / region)
For occasional workshops (whether 1 day or 1 week), see our folklife.uk news website, on the FESTIVALS & WORKSHOPS DIARY webpage

Services webpages are Services,  Media  and  Workshop-Providers

​Listed by country & area -- in same order as in Folklife West magazine news on https://folklife.uk, & on these online webpages: 

→  Cymru • Wales →  England​:  West Country →  West Midlands (these, plus Oxon, are our main areas, so most entries)
​→  England other regions --- East Midlands, East; South-East, London; North-West, North-East, Yorkshire & the Humber
​→ ​ Alba•Scotland → International      entries welcome from enthusiasts everywhere!
Many tutors travel across the country; so we give their home area just for information.​

For more details of those listed who are  🄵 Folklife members,  Ø Associate members, ØØ International Updates-signups, see Folklife West folk news.
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We also list, free, in this Directory,   🅄  UK Updates-signups (other than above), and  🄹  Folklife Traditions Journal  subscriber/contributor.

CYMRU • WALES

CYMRU • WALES

TBC    Gwynedd  NANT GWRTHEYRN    www.nantgwrtheyrn.org    
→ Nant Gwrtheyrn, Llithfaen, Pwllheli, Gwynedd.   post<at>nantgwrtheyrn.org
⇒ Office 01758 750334

🄵 Rhondda    PAT SMITH        www.facebook.com/patsmithnedclamp  
⇒ Pat Smith    01443 226892.  Mobile 07989 209824. E-mail pattiespoons<at>gmail.com
⊕ The Amazing Spoons Workshop. Welsh Dance Workshop. Welsh Traditions.    [new listing, Mar 2018]

🄵 National    TRAC CYMRU: Music Traditions Wales       https://trac.cymru     
​⇒  Megan Lloyd, Company Manager    01446 748 556 trac<at>trac-cymru.org
⊕   Wales’ Folk Development organisation; its rôle to promote and develop the music and dance traditions of Wales - both within Wales and beyond. trac provides an information service, and the website lists performers, events and contacts. [2022 May, new contact details]

ENGLAND, by region  

ENGLAND SOUTH-WEST (WEST COUNTRY)

🅄   Bristol  LEARN TO PLAY THE FIDDLE   https://learntoplaythefiddle.co.uk/ 
⇒  Dr Bradon Smith.  IG: @learntoplaythefiddle, Youtube: Learntoplaythefiddle, Twitter: @bradon_smith
⊕   An experienced and trusted teacher of traditional folk fiddle with 2000+ hours of one-to-one experience. I have studied Teaching Traditional Music Song and am accredited by the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Available one-to-one or for workshops.  [new entry, Nov 2023] 

🄵 Somerset    HALSWAY MANOR National Centre for the Folk Arts    www.halswaymanor.org.uk  
→  Halsway Manor, Halsway Lane, near Crowcombe, Somerset TA4 4BD.  
⇒  All enquiries    01984 618274.
⊕   Halsway Manor is an independent charity providing a year round programme of events and learning activities in traditional folk music, dance, song, storytelling, folklore and related arts and crafts. All are welcome.

🅄  Bristol    INTERACTIVE JUNK MUSIC WORKSHOP   www.drumrunners.org    
⇒  Paul Midgley 07932 448627.  paul<at>drumrunners.org
⊕   Navigate your musical world with playing old and new "Riffems" on DIY instruments like the bicycle wheel drums and other percussion. Workshops/Performances led by Paul Midgley of Drum Runners www.drumrunners.org 

🄵 Glos   MARTIN GRAEBE folk song        www.martinandshan.net    
⇒ Martin Graebe    01285 651104.  59 Roberts Close, Cirencester, Glos  GL7 2RP.
⊕  Talks and workshops on folk song topics.

🄵 Cornwall  SARAH McQUAID guitar        www.sarahmcquaid.com     
⇒  Sarah McQuaid    01736 810807. Penzance, Cornwall. Mobile: 07999 868758    sarah<at>sarahmcquaid.com    You can contact Sarah via her website. 
⊕   Sarah performs solo (vocal & guitar), or as 3-piece band (vocal, guitar, fiddle, percussion). She is the author of The Irish DADGAD Guitar Book (see musicroom.com) and gives workshops for both beginning and advanced players -- see website for details. ​   [Contact change: FQ Apr 2016]

🄵 Somerset    ACORNS YOUNG MUSIC GROUP   www.nailseafolkclub.co.uk/acorns    
​⇒  ​David Francis    01275 540231.  32 The Chimes, Nailsea, Bristol, BS48 4NH.  nailseafolkclub<at>hotmail.co.uk
⊕   Playing at festivals and local events.

ENGLAND WEST MIDLANDS

🄵 Birmingham    CHRIS LOWE storyteller   www.chrislowestories.com   
⇒  Chris Lowe    0121 308 2298. chrislowe30<at>hotmail.co.uk
⊕  Stories that amuse, stories that intrigue, stories that transport.  All from the West Midlands’ champion teller.  Workshop Organiser [New website, Jan 2018]

🄵 West Midlands     EARLY MUSIC MUSE   http://earlymusicmuse.com/school-workshops 
⇒  Ian Pittaway. contact<at>ipmusic.org.uk
⊕  Traditional, mediaeval and renaissance music workshops for voice and any instrument. Primary and secondary school workshops and adult workshops in historical music, involving history, drama and dance.  [added 2017 Feb]

🅄 Birmingham    GRAHAM LANGLEY storyteller     www.storytelling.uk.net    
⇒  Graham Langley    07946 718286
⊕  Storyteller. Traditional storytelling for all ages, including HE and professional development.  “An uplifting experience...” Times Educational Supplement. Workshop organiser and presenter for Traditional Arts Team storytelling workshops.

🄵  Birmingham    ​HOBGOBLIN MUSIC BIRMINGHAM offers instrument tuition, see our Folklife West site, Midlands Folk News page

🄵 West Midlands     IAN PITTAWAY    www.ipmusic.org.uk  
⇒  Ian Pittaway. contact<at>ipmusic.org.uk
⊕   Solo traditional, mediaeval and renaissance music with voice, guitars, lutes, harps and other mediaeval/renaissance instruments. Primary and secondary school and adult workshops in historical music and dance.  [added 2017 Feb]
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🅄 around UK    NONSUCH DULCIMER CLUB   http://dulcimer.org.uk   
⇒  Sally Whytehead     01527 64229.   Please use our contact pages https://www.dulcimer.org.uk/contact-form/
⊕   We provide workshops for hammered and mountain dulcimer at a range of venues and levels and can also loan instruments. For the latest news and information on what we are doing or to get in touch go to http://dulcimer.org.uk

🅄 West Midlands     TRADITIONAL ARTS TEAM   www.tradartsteam.co.uk    
⇒  ​​Pam Bishop     0121 247 3856. 19 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7DU

ENGLAND SOUTH-EAST
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🄵 Oxfordshire MOONRAKERS   www.moonrakers.net   
⇒  Jon Bennett   01865 769206
⌂ moonrakerscelticmusic<at>gmail.com, https://www.facebook.com/MoonrakersBand/,  https://twitter.com/moonrakersband , https://www.instagram.com/moonrakersofficial/ , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgNff2A8tp5dvcU0via1C4g
⊕ Moonrakers run Folk Orchestra and Ukulele & Singing residential weekends, plus annual day events, at Halsway Manor (Somerset), Benslow Music (Hertfordshire), Oxford, and several festivals.  For players and singers of all standards: tuition, multi-instrumental arrangements, performing and recording the results.
​[New member: added May 2022]

​🅄  Kent  GOUDHURST u3a tunes group  Singdanceandplay.net  
⇒  Gavin Atkin 07985 522734  gmatkin<at>gmail.com
⊕ The Goudhurst u3a tunes group meets twice monthly to practice traditional English country dance tunes, under the leadership of Gavin Atkin, an experienced multi-instrumentalist folk musician who helps the group progress.  [New listing: added Nov 2023]

ENGLAND LONDON

🄵 London       ENGLISH FOLK SONG & DANCE SOCIETY (EFDSS)   www.efdss.org   
​⇒  Office 020 7485 2206. Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, LONDON, NW1 7AY.   [New member: added August 2017]

Entries from other English regions most welcome.

ALBA • SCOTLAND  --- and --- INTERNATIONAL 

SCOTLAND and INTERNATIONAL
  no entries so far, but very welcome - all entries are free !