Regular folk music events in and around London. Contact us to have your event listed here.
Most clubs remain closed. Check with organisers before travelling.
| Day | Frequency | Event |
| Mon | 1st, 3rd and 5th monthly | EALING FOLK DANCE CLUB St Barnabas’s Church Hall Pitshanger Lane W5 1QG 020 8360 6226 |
| Mon | 1st monthly | CHARLTON (folk club) A Roving Folk Club at The Buglehorn 6 The Village SE7 8UG Jim Kimberley |
| Mon | 2nd and 4th monthly | FOLK IN THE CELLAR The Constitution St Pancras Way NW1 0QT |
| Mon | 2nd monthly | BROMLEY (Folk Club) A Roving Folk Club at The Shortlands Tavern 5 Station Rd. Bromley BR2 0EY Jim Kimberley |
| Mon | 2nd monthly (8:30 – 10:30) | COLINDALE FOLK CLUB The Chandos Arms 31 Colindale Avenue NW9 5DS 020 8200 0032 (venue) |
| Mon | 2nd monthly (Start 7pm) | SCANDI SESSION Please see website |
| Mon | 3rd monthly | CAJUN JAMMERS The Parliament Bar, George Inn 77 Borough High Street SE1 1NH 01322 340910 Patrick Hogan |
| Mon | First monthly | SYDENHAM (Bluegrass) Bluegrass session at The Golden Lion 116 Sydenham Rd SE26 5JX 07931 624047 Dave Marshall |
| Mon | Fortnightly | CHIPPING BARNET FOLK DANCE CLUB Church House Wood Street, Barnet EN5 4BW 020 8360 6226 |
| Mon | Last monthly | UNITY Singaround at Torriano Meeting House 99 Torriano Avenue NW5 2RX 020 7609 2758 Neil Rogers |
| Mon | Weekly | CROYDON FOLK CLUB folk club at Ruskin House 23 Coombe Rd, Croydon CR0 1BD 0792 889 8111 |
| Mon | Weekly | HERGA AT THE CASTLE singers club at The Castle 30 West Street, Harrow HA1 3EF 01923 264536 Tim Brooks |
| Mon | Weekly (Slow session 7pm, main session 8pm) | PECKHAM RYE (Scottish Session) The Clock House 196A Peckham Rye SE22 9QA |
| Mon | Weekly (7:30 – 10:30pm) | WALTHAM ABBEY folk club at The Sultan (new venue from 2020) Sewardstone Road EN9 1 PD |
| Tue | 2nd and 4th monthly | ORPINGTON FOLK AND BLUES CLUB Orpington Liberal Club 7 Station Road, Orpington BR6 0RZ 07515 486379 John Edwards |
| Tue | 2nd monthly | LEWES (Concertinas Anonymous) See Lewes Saturday |
| Tue | 4th monthly | LEWES (English Tunes Practice Session) See Lewes Saturday |
| Tue | Last Monthly | DALSTON (Folk Club) Morris Folk Club at The Vortex Downstairs 11 Gillett Square N16 8AZ |
| Tue | Weekly | BLACKHEATH (Folk Club) The British Oak Old Dover Road Blackheath SE3 |
| Tue | Weekly | DARTFORD FOLK CLUB Dartford Working Mens Club (Rear Lounge), 40 Essex Road, Dartford, Kent DA1 2 AU |
| Tue | Weekly (18:30 – check term times with venue) | EFDSS (Morris) Drop in classes in morris dance at Cecil Sharp House 2 Regents Park Road NW1 7AY 020 7485 2206 |
| Tue | Weekly | GREENWICH (Greentrad) Greentrad at Star and Garter Greenwich Park Street SE10 9NY 020 84612440 John |
| Tue | Weekly (8:30 – 11:15pm) | HOLLOWAY ROAD (Irish) Irish music session for experienced players with Mick O’Connor at The Lamb 54 Holloway Road N7 8JL 020 7609 0253 venue |
| Tue | Weekly | ROMFORD FOLK CLUB The Sun Inn, London Road, Romford, RM7 9QA 07534 029702 Garry Walker |
| Tue | Weekly | SHARPS folk club at Cecil Sharp House 2 Regents Park Road NW1 7AY |
| Tue | Weekly (10am – noon) | WINCHMORE FOLK DANCE CLUB The Village Hall St Peter’s Church, Vera Avenue N21 1RJ 020 8360 6226 |
| Wed | 1st and 3rd monthly | MERTON (English Session) English music session at Trafalgar Freehouse 23 High Path SW19 2JY |
| Wed | 1st and 3rd monthly may vary (from 19:45) | PINNER FOLK AND BLUES CLUB Sing-around Style Folk and Blues at Pinner Village Hall car park off Chapel Lane, Pinner HA5 1AA 07774416696 Barry Bond |
| Wed | 1st monthly | EALING (Grange) The Grange Warwick Road, Ealing Common W5 3XH glyn@hatherall.org.uk |
| Wed | 1st monthly | HARRISON (Cajun) Cajun jam session at The Harrison 28 Harrison Street |
| Wed | 2nd monthly | KENTISH TOWN (Story telling) NW5 2RX 99 Torriano Avenue, NW5 2RX |
| Wed | 3rd monthly (may vary please check website) | HIGHGATE (Music Hall) Lissenden Players at Highgate Literary and Scientific Society 11 South Grove, Pond Square N6 6BS 020 8674 0526 |
| Wed | 4th Monthly (alternate months) | CHALK FARM FOLK Chalk Farm Folk at The Monarch 40 – 42 Chalk Farm Road NW1 8BG 07962361871 Steve |
| Wed | Last monthly | HACKNEY DOWNS (Starry Starry Nights) Acoustic music night at The Star by Hackney Downs 25 Queensdown Road E5 8NN 020 7458 4481 venue |
| Wed | Weekly | HAVERFOLK The Golden Lion 2 High Street, Romford RM1 1HR 07905 654380 or 07980 370536 Mark or Ali |
| Wed | Weekly (7:30-10:00pm) | PRIMROSE HILL (folk dance) English Folk Dance at Primrose Hill Community Centre 29 Hopkinsons Pl NW1 8TN |
| Wed | Weekly (8:30pm) | ST ALBANS (Robin Hood) session at The Robin Hood 126 Victoria St AL1 3TG 01727 852111 Alison Macfarlane |
| Thu | 1st and 3rd monthly (from 9pm) | BRENTFORD (Jug Band Bonanza) Open session lead by the house trio 11 London Road, Brentford TW8 8JB 078 1463 7317 Ed Hopwood |
| Thu | 1st monthly | BOROUGH (Scottish Session) The Gladstone Arms 64 Lant Street SE1 1QN |
| Thu | 1st monthly | BOWES PARK folk club at Mum’s Bistro 143 Myddleton Road N22 8NG 07774 147296 |
| Thu | 1st monthly | ISLINGTON FOLK CLUB (alternative venue) The King and Queen Foley Street W1W 6DL |
| Thu | 1st monthly | KINGSTON UPON THAMES (Folking Around) Folking Around at Woody’s Bar and Kitchen 5 Rams Passage, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1HH |
| Thu | 2nd and 4th monthly (from 9pm) | BRENTFORD (Session) Folk and Blues/American Roots session at The Northumberland Arms 11 London Road, Brentford TW8 8JB 078 1463 7317 Ed Hopwood |
| Thu | 2nd monthly | BOROUGH FOLKLORE South East London Folklore Society talks at The Old Kings Head King’s Head Yard, 45-49 Borough High Street SE1 1NA George Hoyle |
| Thu | 2nd monthly | CROYDON (session) traditional music and song session at The Oval Tavern 131 Oval Road, Croydon CR0 6BR Carol Whinnom |
| Thu | 2nd monthly | HARRISON (Balkan) Balkan jam session at The Harrison 28 Harrison Street WC1H 8JF |
| Thu | 2nd monthly | TRAVELLERS REST folk club at The Bell High St, Kemsing, Kent TN15 6NB 01689 825263 |
| Thu | Last monthly (7pm-10pm) | SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL FOLK CLUB Southwark Cathedral cafe SE1 9DA George Hoyle |
| Thu | Last monthly | UXBRIDGE FOLK CLUB The RNA Club 388a Long Lane, Hillingdon UB10 9PG 07985 018317 Peter Slavid |
| Thu | Weekly (19:30 – check term times with venue) | EFDSS (County dance) Drop in classes in English country dance at Cecil Sharp House 2 Regents Park Road NW1 7AY 020 7485 2206 |
| Thu | Weekly (except 1st monthly) | ISLINGTON FOLK CLUB (main venue) The Tap Room 163 Upper St N1 1US |
| Thu | Weekly | LOUGHTON Loughton Club 8 Station Road, Loughton IG10 4NX 078 9274 5665 Carol |
| Thu | Weekly | NEWINGTON GREEN (Folkaround) Folkaround at The Alma 59 Newington Green Road N1 4QU Colin Chambers |
| Thu | Weekly | ORPINGTON FOLK CLUB Farnborough Social Club 6 Pleasant View Pl, Farnborough, Orpington BR6 7BL 020 8325 6513 Ted Handley |
| Fri | 1st monthly (may vary) | ST ALBANS (Concerts) Maltings Arts Theatre The Maltings, St Albans AL1 3HL 0333 666 3366 (box office) |
| Fri | 2nd monthly | KALAMAZOO KLUB The Kings Head 2 Crouch End Hill N8 8AA 0208 341 0716 |
| Fri | 2nd monthly (not July or August) | ON BOUGE Heath Street Baptist Church Hall 84 Heath Street NW1 1DN 07940 269223 Chris Shaw |
| Fri | 3rd monthly | KNEES UP Cecil Sharp House 2 Regents Park Road NW1 7AY 020 8986 8834 Mary Panton |
| Fri | Last monthly | THE GOOSE IS OUT (Concerts) The Ivy House Stuart Road SE15 3BE |
| Fri | See diary | FILE GUMBO Cajun dance club at Cecil Sharp House 2 Regents Park Road NW1 7AY 020 8367 2439 Tim Rutherford |
| Fri | See diary | GUILDFORD folk club at The Guildford Institute Ward Street, Guildford GU1 4LH 01483 871443 |
| Fri | See diary | MUSICAL TRADITIONS King and Queen 1 Foley Street, W1W 6DL 020 8340 0530 Peta Webb |
| Sat | MARGATE Rosslyn Court 62 Sweyn Road CT9 2DD 07902140248 Morag Butler | |
| Sat | 1st monthly | TOOTING (Folk Club) The Gorringe Park 29 London Road SW17 9JR 0795 1163434 Alex MacDonald |
| Sat | 2nd and 4th monthly | BARNSBURY (Irish) Irish music session at The Hemingford Arms 158 Hemingford Road N1 1DF |
| Sat | 2nd monthly | LONDON BARN DANCE Cecil Sharp House 2 Regents Park Road NW1 7AY 01628 633962 Andrew or Jane |
| Sat | Last monthly (4pm-7pm) | HARRISON (Singaround) The Harrison 28 Harrison Street WC1H 8JF |
| Sat | See diary (7:30 – 10:30) | CARSHALTON VILLAGE CEILIDHS Carshalton Methodist Church Ruskin Road, Carshalton SM5 3DE |
| Sat | See diary | GODALMING CEILIDHS Borough Hall Godalming GU7 1HR 01483 871443 Lawrence Heath |
| Sat | Weekly | CELLAR UPSTAIRS Calthorpe Arms 252 Grays Inn Road WC1X 8JR 020 7281 7700 Sheila Miller |
| Sat | Weekly (4pm – 6pm) | HOXTON (Saturday Session) Irish music session at Howl at the Moon 178 Hoxton St N1 5LH Nigel Stevens |
| Sat | Weekly | KILBURN (Saturday Session) Irish music session at The Sir Colin Campbell 264-266 Kilburn High Road NW6 2BY 020 7693 5443 |
| Sat | Weekly | LEWES SATURDAY Elephant and Castle White Hill, Lewes, Sussex BN7 2DJ 01273 476757 Valmai |
| Sun | 1st and 3rd monthly (from 7:30) | CROYDON (Ukes) Ukulele jam session at The Green Dragon (Upstairs Bar) 60 High Street, Croydon CR0 1NA Carol Whinnom |
| Sun | 1st and 3rd monthly (7 – 10:30) | HOUNSLOW (Open Mic) hosted by Elaine Samuels at The Cross Lances 236 Hanworth Rd, Hounslow TW3 3TU |
| Sun | 1st monthly (2:30pm) | BOROUGH MUSIC SESSIONS The Royal Oak 44 Tabard Street SE1 4JU Martin Nail |
| Sun | 1st monthly (6 – 9:30pm) | CAMDEN TOWN (Folkaround) Folkaround session at The Old Eagle 251 Royal College Street NW1 9LU Colin Chambers |
| Sun | 1st monthly (starting January 2020) | DULWICH FOLK The Lordship 211 Lordship Lane SE 22 8HA 079 5778 9180 Peter Greig |
| Sun | 1st monthly (2pm – 5pm) | SCANDI SUNDAY SESSION Please see website W1W 7EP |
| Sun | 1st Sunday of alternate months (August then every other month. Noon – 3:30 winter, 4:30 summer) | THAMESIDE FOLK Essex Wildlife Trust Cafe Thurrock Thameside Nature Park, Mucking SS17 0RN |
| Sun | 2nd and 4th monthly (evening) | HARRISON SESSIONS (Irish) The Harrison 28 Harrison Street WC1H 8JF |
| Sun | 2nd monthly (limited winter season only – see diary, 3PM) | ABBOTS LANGLEY Abbots Langley Community Centre Gallows Hill Lane, Abbots Langley, Herts WD5 0AP 01923 264536 Tim Brooks |
| Sun | 2nd monthly (from 7:00pm) | BRIXTON (Windmill Session) hosted by No Frills Band at The Windmill 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton Hill SW2 5BZ |
| Sun | 2nd monthly ( 14:30 to 17:30) | FAB CLUB The White Hart Argent Street, Grays, Essex RM17 6HR 01375 387071 Liz |
| Sun | 2nd monthly | THE GOOSE IS OUT (Singaround) The Ivy House Stuart Road SE15 3BE |
| Sun | 3rd monthly (film 1pm: music from 2pm) | BOROUGH (Klezmer) The Ship 68 Borough Road SE1 1DX |
| Sun | 3rd monthly (lunchtime) | BOROUGH SHANTY SESSION The Horseshoe Inn 26 Melior Street SE1 3QP 07534 029702 Gary |
| Sun | 3rd monthly (evening) | HARRISON SESSIONS (Americana) The Harrison 28 Harrison Street WC1H 8JF |
| Sun | 4th monthly (6PM) | ST ALBANS (Great Northern) session at The Great Northern 172 London Road AL1 1PQ 01727 852111 Alison Macfarlane |
| Sun | Last monthly (2:30 – 5:00 not July or August) | BRICKFOLK Singaround at The Bricklayers Arms Waterman Street, Putney SW15 1DD 07720 420384 Jeff |
| Sun | Last monthly | TWICKENHAM (Ailsa) open mic at The Ailsa Tavern 263 St Margarets Rd, Twickenham TW1 1NJ Elaine Samuels |
| Sun | Last monthly | WIMBLEDON (Session) The Sultan 78 Norman Road, South Wimbledon SW19 1BT 020 8540 1689 Tim |
| Sun | See diary (12:15) | WALTON ON THAMES Sunday brunch concerts at Riverhouse Arts Centre Manor Road, Walton on Thames KT12 2PF 01932 253354 Box Office |
| Sun | Weekly except last monthly | HOLLOWAY ROAD (Scots) Irish / Scottish music session at The Lamb 54 Holloway Road N7 8JL Tommie |
| Sun | Weekly (5pm – 7pm) | HOXTON (Sunday Session) Irish music session at Howl at the Moon 178 Hoxton St N1 5LH Nigel Stevens |
| Sun | Weekly | KILBURN (Sunday session) Irish music session at The Sir Colin Campbell 264-266 Kilburn High Road NW6 2BY |
| Sun | Weekly | NEW CROSS GATE (Sunday Session) Irish music session at The White Hart 184 New Cross Road, SE14 5AA 020 7358 0605 |
| Sun | Weekly | RUSKIN HOUSE Ruskin House 23 Coombe Road, Croydon CR0 1BD 01737 553493 Gary |
| Sun | Weekly (check diary – may be affected by events at the stadium) | TWICKENHAM (Twickfolk) folk club at The Cabbage Patch 67 London Road, Twickenham TW1 3SZ |
| Sun | Weekly | WALTHAMSTOW FOLK CLUB Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub 53 Hoe Street E17 4SA 07740612607 |