Links

 

New links are welcome, if you think your site should be included in this list then email FAB with details

Dance groups

   

Within a reasonable driving distance of Bristol and most of them are looking for new members

   
         
   

Bristol Morris Men

   
   

Pigsty Morris

   
   

Rag Morris

   
   

Ashley's Rise

   
   

City Clickers

   
   

Turnberrie Castle

   
   

Winterbourn Down

   
   

Somerset Morris

   
   

Bristol Rapper Sword Dancers

   
   

Westbury Scottish Club

   
   

Mendip Morris Men

   
   

Hips and Haws

   
   

Bathampton Morris Men

   
   

Malmesbury Morris

   
   

Mr Wilkins Shilling

   
   

Stroud Morris Dancers

   
   

Ragged and Old

   
   

Chalice Morris Men

   
   

Chippenham Town Morris Men

   
   

Beetlecrushers

   
         
   

NYFTE

   

 

Dance clubs

   

The only club in the area with a website - everyone welcome

   
         
   

Frenchay FDC

   

 

Choirs

   

There are many others but these all include some folk songs in the repertoire

   
         
   

Bath Community Singers

   
   

Bristol Voices

   
   

Clear Sounds Choir

   
   

Gasworks Choir

   
   

People of Note

   
   

Red Notes

   
   

Singing in the Round

   
   

Walcot State Choir

   
   

Westbury Singers

   

 

Venues / folk clubs

   

Some are 100% folk, others less so, but all feature a range of folk events (yes, even the last one !)

   
         
   

Nova Scotia

   
   

Nailsea Folk Club

   
   

Folk Around Fishponds

   
   

Bristol Folk House

   
   

Bath Folk Club

   
   

Bath Acoustic Music Club

   
   

The Prom

   
   

St George's

   
   

  Music at Aust

   
   

  Ritz Acoustic Club

   
   

Colston Hall

   
   

and also ...........

   
   

Bristol Open Mic Music

   


Local performers

 

Singles on the left, groups on the right, all local(ish)

Ceilidh bands further down the page

 
         
 

Pete Atkin

 

Gypsys Kiss

 
 

Steve Hughes

 

Harry Browns

 

Jim Moray

 

Pindrop Band

 
 

Dave Oakley

 

Spiro

 
 

Mike Scott

 

Sulis

 
 

Martin Solomon

 

  Swampmen

 
 

Jane Taylor

     
 

Jim Tigwell

     
 

Keith Warmington

     
 

Fred Wedlock

     

 

Events

   

Depends what you mean by 'events'

   
         
   

Jack-in-the-Green

   
   

Keynsham Mummers Play

   

 

Departed

   

Gone but not forgotten

   
         
   

The Albert Hole

   
   

Bristol Fashion

   
   

Dr. Bowser's Brown Bowel Oil Band

   
   

Erik Ilott

   
   

Pepper in the Brandy

   
   

Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra

   

 

Ceilidh / barn dance bands

   

Many of them do other stuff as well

   
         
   

Bees Knees

   
   

Blakeney Red Band

   
   

Cafe Sol Band

   
   

Fast Parts

   
   

Free Spirit Band

 
   

Fresh Aire

   
   

Grand Union

   
   

Hetty Pegler's Tump

   
   

Hobson's Choice

   
   

Jellied Reels

   
   

Kit and Boodle

   
   

Old Fox Band

   
   

Pilgarlic

   
   

Rum and Kidney Band

   
   

Somerset Levellers

   
   

Teasing the Cat

   

 

Barn dance callers

   

Plenty to choose from but there's only one in the area with a website

   
         
   

Derek Kingscote

   

 

 

Storytelling

   

Are you sitting comfortably ?

   
         
   

Bristol Stories

   
   

Bristol Story Circle

   
   

Bristol Storytelling Cafe

   
   

Bristol Storytelling Festival

   
   

Cassandra Wye

   
   

Midnight Storytellers

   
   

Wild Times

   

 

 

 

Radio & TV

   

From all over the UK and probably beyond

   
         
   

The Music Well

   
   

BBC Radio Gloucestershire

   
   

Thornbury FM

   
         
   

Loads more from all over the country here

   

 

 

Magazines etc

   

See Radio & TV section above

   
         
   

Froots

   
   

Venue

   
   

Taplas

   
   

The Living Tradition

   
   

Musical Traditions

   
   

Triste

   
   

RootsWorld

   
   

Dirty Linen

   
   

Maverick

   

 

 

Festivals

   

Apart from the first two, sorted roughly by distance from Bristol

   
         
   

Sidmouth

   
   

Chippenham

   
   

Bristol Cajun & Zydeco

   
   

Nailsea Arts and Music Festival

   
   

Priddy

   
   

Upton

   
   

Burnham on Sea

   
   

Tredegar House

   
   

Cwlwm Celtaidd

   
   

Two Rivers

   
   

Saul Canal Festival / Folk on the Water

   
   

Gloucester Cajun & Zydeco

   
   

Cheltenham

   
   

Trowbridge

   
   

West Somerset

   
   

Exmoor

   
   

Alcester

   
   

Warwick

   
   

Oxford

   
   

Cropredy

   
   

Wessex

   
   

Crediton

   
   

Bromyard

   
   

Bude & Stratton

   
         
   

  IVFDF

   
 
   

Loads more at the Froots festival guide

   


Ceilidhs

   

Again, sorted roughly by distance from Bristol

   
         
   

Bath

   
   

Stroud

   
   

Ruff ceilidhs

   
   

Great Western

   
   

Oxfolk

   
   

GBH ceilidhs

   
   

Meltdown ceilidhs

   
   

M27 Megabops

   
   

Knees up Cecil Sharp

   
   

Phoenix

   
   

Sheffield University

   

 

Organisations

   

Where would we be without them

   
         
   

EFDSS

   
   

Welsh Folk Dance Society

   
   

Mrs Casey

   
   

Morris Ring

   
   

Open Morris

   
   

Morris Federation

   
   

Folk South West

   
   

Wiltshire Folk Association

   
   

Wiltshire Folk Arts

   
   

trac: Music Traditions Wales

   

 

Beyond the Fringe

   

Listings from just outside the Bristol area

   
         
   

Mr Red's Mid West

   
   

Glos Folk

   
   

Folk Music Somerset

   
   

Scrumpy and Western

   
   

SAD Folk

   
   

North Devon

   
   

Bonny Green

   
   

Devon Folk

   
   

Flaxey Green

   

 

Information

   

More than you'd ever want to know

   
         
   

Webfeet

   
   

Mainly Morris Dancing

   
   

Rapper Online

   
   

Martin Nail's pages

   
   

Folk and Roots

   
   

Mudcat Cafe

   

 

Education / Workshops etc

   

Exactly what it says on the tin

   
         
   

Halsway Manor

   
   

Hands on Music Weekends

   
   

Hibernia Centre

   
   

Folk Camps

   

 

Music shops etc

   

Spend spend spend

   
         
   

Bristol Violin Shop

   
   

Gurt Mint Bodhrans

   
   

Hedingham Fair

   
   

Hobgoblin

   
   

The Music Room

   

 

Music agencies

   

The Mr (& Mrs) Ten-Percenters

   
       
   

Adastra

   
   

Alan Bearman Music

   
   

Jacey Bedford

   
   

Different Strings

   
   

Randomband

   
   

TightSqueezeMusic

   

 

Supermarkets

   

Ashley Hutchings' sideline for all your festival food (except aubergines)

   
         
   

Morris On

   

 

Beer and cider

   

For some reason these seem to be part of the folk culture

   
         
   

Abbey Ales

   
   

Arbor Ales

   
   

Bath Ales

   
   

Bristol Beer Factory

   
   

Butcombe

   
   

Cheddar Ales

   
   

Cotswold Spring Brewery

   
   

Matthews Brewing Company

   
   

Newmans Brewery

   
   

Wickwar Brewing Company

   
         
   

Thatchers

   

 

Completely random list of artistes we've enjoyed watching at festivals and other places over the last year or so

 

Some you've heard of, some you haven't, but we like them

               
   

Jackie Oates

   

Hotel Palindrome

   
   

Mabon

   

Park Bench Social Club

   
   

Dalla

   

Hammersmith Morris Men

   
   

Gloworms

   

Aughakillymaude Community Mummers

   
   

Mawkin

   

Britannia Coco-nut Dancers

   
   

John Tams

   

Flash Company

   
   

Jim Causley

   

 ColvinQuarmby

   
   

  Baghdaddies

   

Spooky Men's Chorale

   
   

  Pete Morton

   

The Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain

   
 

 

and finally, Esther ......

Nothing to do with folk at all, but the two webmasters have been very supportive so the least we can do is help them on their way to the first million - remember us when you get there chaps

               
   

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