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Folk London Diary - Updated 15 July 2010
The Regular Events section has been combined with the venues list
| Thursday 15 July | ANCHOR FOLK CLUB Singers Night ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB John Barden and the Bardets |
| Friday 16 July | KNEES UP Closed until 17 September ORPINGTON FRIDAY Sandragon RAM CLUB Vin Garbutt |
| Saturday 17 July | LEWES SATURDAY Come-All-Ye with Carole Taylor |
| Sunday 18 July | FAB CLUB Sandragon PULL UP THE ROOTS Roy Bailey TWICKENHAM Run VOICES Marta Sebestyen - Balazs Szokolay Dongo - Matyas Bolya |
| Monday 19 July | CROYDON Residents Night HERGA Folk Roots winner (tbc) MONDAY MONDAY (CK) The Road TONBRIDGE (NELLIES) Steve Turner VOICES Etran Finatawa WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 20 July | DARTFORD Toy Hearts HOY AT ANCHOR Open Mic ROMFORD Singers from Waltham Abbey FC SHARPS Singers Night VOICES Taraf de Haidouks |
| Wednesday 21 July | FAVERSHAM Singers Night FOLK MOB Singaround HAVERING Open Session OTHER EVENT Bayou Seco - Leytonstone Festival - Holy Trinity Church - 4 Holloway Rd E11 4LD - 7:30 to 9:30 PM |
| Thursday 22 July | ANCHOR FOLK CLUB Singers Night CAJUN BARN Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Doug Field and Brian Cope OTHER EVENT Lau - Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY VOICES Yasmin Levy |
| Friday 23 July | FILE GUMBO Sarah Savoy and the Francadians ORPINGTON FRIDAY Singaround RAM CLUB Tony Cox VOICES Rachel Unthank and The Winterset |
| Saturday 24 July | HAVERING Saturday special cancelled LEWES SATURDAY Hector Gilchrist | Sunday 25 July | FAB CLUB Get a floor spot TWICKENHAM Singers Night |
| Monday 26 July | CROYDON Closed until 6 September HERGA Open Night WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 27 July | DARTFORD Paul Downes HOY AT ANCHOR Kittiwakes ROMFORD Singers Night SHARPS Singers Night |
| Wednesday 28 July | FAVERSHAM Capriole FOLK MOB PA Night HAVERING Open Session TWO FOR JOY (QH) Mama Rosin + Ottersgear with guest club For Folk's Sake |
| Thursday 29 July | ANCHOR FOLK CLUB Bruise ELSDALE Fish and Chip Singaround ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Singers and Musicians Night |
| Friday 30 July | ORPINGTON FRIDAY Singaround RAM CLUB Hank Wangford with Brad Breath |
| Saturday 31 July | LEWES SATURDAY Jan Creaye and Roger Brasier |
| Sunday 1 August | FAB CLUB Closed until 5 September TWICKENHAM Closed until 5 September WALTHAMSTOW Closed until 5 September |
| Monday 2 August | HERGA Open Night TONBRIDGE (NELLIES) Terrifany WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 3 August | DARTFORD Closed until 7 September HOY AT ANCHOR Dave Ellis and Boo Howard ROMFORD Ploughman's Lunch SHARPS Singers Night at the Exmouth Arms, 1 Starcross Street, NW1 2HR |
| Wednesday 4 August | FAVERSHAM Singers Night FOLK WITH WELLY Spootiskerry and Lucy Dagg HAVERING Phil Duffield OTHER EVENT Queen Esther and Hilda with Chutzpah - Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre SOAS Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG |
| Thursday 5 August | ANCHOR FOLK CLUB Singers Night ISLINGTON Closed until 2 September ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Singers and Musicians Night TRAVELLING FOLK Closed until 2 September |
| Friday 6 August | FILE GUMBO Closed until 3 September RAM CLUB Closed until 3 September |
| Saturday 7 August | LEWES SATURDAY Come All Ye |
| Sunday 8 August | OTHER EVENT Klezmer in Richmond - Richmond Synagogue Lichfield Road, Richmond-on-Thames, Surrey TW9 1AP |
| Monday 9 August | HERGA Open Night PULL UP THE ROOTS Rachel Harrington and Rod Clements UNION CHAPEL Tumbalalaika - Yiddish songs of Love and Romance WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 10 August | HOY AT ANCHOR Steve Cherelle ROMFORD Singers Night SHARPS Singers Night at the Exmouth Arms, 1 Starcross Street, NW1 2HR |
| Wednesday 11 August | FAVERSHAM Singers Night HAVERING Open Session UNION CHAPEL Klezmer Klimax |
| Thursday 12 August | ANCHOR FOLK CLUB Closed until 2 September GREEN NOTE Dave Swarbrick ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Singers and Musicians Night TRAVELLERS REST Closed |
| Saturday 14 August | LEWES SATURDAY Come All Ye |
| Sunday 15 August | ELSDALE New Essex Bluegrass Workshop and Cruise |
| Monday 16 August | HERGA Open Night MONDAY MONDAY (CK) Matthew Ord TONBRIDGE (NELLIES) Jeff Warner WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 17 August | HOY AT ANCHOR Open Mic Night featuring Toby Shaer and Friends ROMFORD Singers Night SHARPS Singers Night at the Exmouth Arms, 1 Starcross Street, NW1 2HR |
| Wednesday 18 August | FAVERSHAM Singers Night GREEN NOTE Andy Cutting HAVERING Open Session |
| Thursday 19 August | ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Singers and Musicians Night |
| Friday 20 August | KNEES UP Closed until 17 September ON BOUGE Closed, back next month VORTEX Gypsy / East European Night (folk and jazz) |
| Saturday 21 August | LEWES SATURDAY Come All Ye |
| Monday 23 August | HERGA Open Night WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 24 August | HOY AT ANCHOR Rubus ROMFORD Dave West and Chris Bennett SHARPS Singers Night at the Exmouth Arms, 1 Starcross Street, NW1 2HR |
| Wednesday 25 August | FAVERSHAM Singers Night HAVERING Open Session TWO FOR JOY (QH) Water Tower Bucket Boys VORTEX She'koyokh |
| Thursday 26 August | ELSDALE Guest performer and singaround ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Singers and Musicians Night |
| Saturday 28 August | LEWES SATURDAY Come All Ye at the Black Horse, Western Road, Lewes, BN7 1RS |
| Monday 30 August | HERGA Closed WALTHAM ABBEY Singaround |
| Tuesday 31 August | HOY AT ANCHOR Keith Donnelly ROMFORD Singers Night SHARPS Singers Night at the Exmouth Arms, 1 Starcross Street, NW1 2HR |
| Wednesday 1 September | FOLK WITH WELLY Grae J Wall and Jo Weston HAVERING Open Session |
| Thursday 2 September | ANCHOR FOLK CLUB Singers Night ISLINGTON Maz O'Connor ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Ian Petrie Solo TRAVELLING FOLK The Crown, Otford TN14 5PQ |
| Friday 3 September | FAVERSHAM Hop Festival Special with Craig and Willoughby FILE GUMBO Crane River Cajuns OTHER EVENT Demon Barber Roadshow - Purcell Room, South Bank Centre RAM CLUB Benny Gallagher |
| Saturday 4 September | CELLAR UPSTAIRS Beverly Smith and Carl Jones (from US) CFA Chiltern Ball - Loretta Holz with Paul Dickenson and John Hymas. See display ad for full details. LEWES SATURDAY Come-All-Ye with spotlight on Hilary Ward OTHER EVENT Ashley Hutchins presents Morris On - Purcell Room, South Bank Centre |
| Sunday 5 September | FAB CLUB Get a floor spot OTHER EVENT The Imagined Village - Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre TWICKENHAM Richard Shindell WALTHAMSTOW Hans Theessink |
Foresters
Folk at the Foresters has closed. A replacement session runs at the Seven Stars, Foots Cray High Street on Mondays
Havering Folk Club - Saturday Night Special - 24 July 2010
This event has been cancelled.
Rose and Crown Sessions - St Albans
These sessions have been discontinued.
Kit and Cutter
The Deptford Arms has closed. The club is looking for a new venue but we have no further information at the moment.