We are pleased to welcome four new folk acts to Watford Folk Club Just starting out on their musical journeys, these young performers are the future of folk music and we are happy to support them by showcasing their talent… Continue Reading
With Martyn Wyndham– Read, Iris Bishop, Doug Jenner, Cathy Barclay and Peter Barclay Recommended donation – £10:00 From the mid-19th century up to the 1970s, Australia’s economy rode high on wealth from its primary exports – and wool in particular… Continue Reading
Come and share your favourite songs at one of our famous sing-arounds. Bring your best spoooky song We start at 8pm Recommended donation – £6:00
Matt Davis is a folk singer-songwriter based in St Albans. When not looking after his two young children, Matt enjoys arranging traditional songs for guitar using a variety of tunings. He grew up listening, thanks to his parents, to the… Continue Reading
John Kirkpatrick is one of the most prolific figures on the English folk scene, performing solo, in duos, acoustic groups and electric bands, and has established an enviable reputation as an instrumental virtuoso (melodeon, Anglo concertina and button accordion), as… Continue Reading
On the evening of Wednesday January 22nd 1873, a ship rests at anchor in calm seas, two miles off the Kentish shore. On board are three hundred and seventy nine men, women and children, mostly emigrants traveling to Tasmania to… Continue Reading
Come and share your favourite songs We start at 8pm Recommended donation – £6:00
Nick Dow has been singing traditional Folk Songs for over forty years. He has had a big influence on the Folk scene and most recently award-winning English Folk Musician Jim Moray has quoted Nick as an influence singing two songs… Continue Reading
Andrew Clarke is one of our most popular members and we’re pleased to be able to offer him a well-deserved Spotlight feature. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing Bodhran, Guitar, Penny and Low Irish whistles, he sings traditional British and Irish… Continue Reading
Come and share your favourite songs We start at 8pm Recommended donation – £6:00