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Folk Song Clubs
The following
regular folk
song clubs, as opposed to less formal pub sessions,
run in South Devon and adjacent areas (click a link for details):
Brixham Folk Club
Exeter Traditional Music Club, Ide, nr Exeter
Exmouth Folk Club
Folk on the
Moor, Lee Mill, nr Ivybridge
Seven
Stars Folk Club, Kennford nr. Exeter
Teignmouth Folk Club
Tiverton Folk Club
Topsham Folk Club, nr Exeter
Totnes Folk
Song Club
Brixham -
Brixham Folk Club
1st Friday, 7.30pm, Lounge/Bar, Brixham Theatre,
Bolton Square, Brixham, Devon TQ5 8TA (map).
Hosts are Anne and Steve Gill, with Maggie Duffy. Contact John Miles on
01803 858394 for more information.
Exeter - Exeter Traditional Music Club
2nd Friday, The
Twisted Oak, Little John's Cross Hill, Ide, nr Exeter, EX2 9RG (map)
The club's aims are to encourage and promote the performance of
traditional music and song, with occasional booked or invited guests.
Club contacts: Barry Lister tel. 01395
579241 and Tom Addison tel. 01392
420694
The club, previously meeting at The Globe, Clifton Road, Newtown, Exeter,
moved 1/09.
Exmouth - Exmouth Folk Club
Third Tuesday (open night), and fifth - if there is one - Tuesday (pre-booked
showcase), Manor Hotel, The Beacon, Exmouth EX8 2AG tel. 01395 272549 (map)
Acoustic song and music.
Contact Jeff Lewis 01395 269232. jeff.lewis58 [at] yahoo.co.uk
Kennford - Seven Stars Folk
Club
Last Friday, 8pm, Seven Stars Inn, Kennford nr Exeter
EX6 7TR (off A38) (map)
Free admission (with a jug collection), everyone welcome.
Come early and enjoy a meal.
New club opened 27/10/06.
Club contacts: Pete, Maggie and Martyn Cornelius tel. 01392
210983
Lee Mill - Folk on the Moor (www.moorfolk.co.uk)
Every Sunday,
Westward Inn, Lee Mill, near Ivybridge PL21 9EE (map)
Club contact: tba tel. tba
Teignmouth -
Teignmouth Folk Club (www.communigate.co.uk/twc/teignfc/index.phtml)
Last Thursday, 8pm, Devon Arms Hotel, Northumberland Place, Teignmouth TQ14 8DE
(map)
Folk music and songs presented in an informal and friendly setting mainly on a
session and sing-a-round basis but featuring occasional guests. If you sing,
play or merely enjoy listening you are warmly welcomed to join us.
Club contact: Martyn Hillstead tel. 01626 778071
Tiverton - Tiverton Folk Club
(www.tivertonfolkclub.org.uk)
First Tuesday, 8.30pm, White
Horse Inn, 12 Gold Street EX16 6PZ (01884 252022)
Club contact: Contact: Susannah Billitter on: 01884 821286.
Run as a singers club, with an occasional guest.
Topsham - Topsham Folk Club (www.topshamfolkclub.co.uk)
Every Sunday, 8.30pm,
Globe Hotel, Topsham, near Exeter,
EX3 0HR (map)
Singers nights start
at 8.30pm in the restaurant area and guest nights at 8.00pm in The Malt House at
the rear. To reserve tickets for
guest nights call Brian Lewis on 01404 44498.
Totnes - Totnes Folk Song Club (club
page)
Second Thursday,
Dartmouth Inn, 28 Warland, Totnes (map).
Contacts: Anne & Steve Gill 01803 290427 or Andy
Clarke 01803 732312
If you have any problems using the information above - i.e. you find mistakes! - do please Contact Us.
Exeter - Exe Folk Club, previously
meeting at the Three Horseshoes Inn, Cowley,
Exeter, closed 9/08 due to circumstances beyond its control.
Club contact was Jackie Williams tel. 01392
421124
Plymouth
- Hyde Folk Club closed 12/06 after 12 years
Thorverton - Exe Valley Folk Club (Ruffwell Inn) Club closed 5/06,
replaced 9/06 by Seven Stars Folk Club
Torquay Club closed 8/12/05, replaced by Totnes Club