Bermondsey Folk Festival

How To Get To Play At Bermondsey Folk Festival 2018

Bermondsey Folk Festival 2018 will be on Saturday 8th September 2018 & is now into it’s 4th year. From small beginnings it is starting to flourish as a calendar event in the London Folk Scene. The headline acts for the day have been booked: Martin Carthy, Lisa Knapp, Circulus, Arfur Doo & The Toerags.

Now is the time to start programming acts who would like to have an opportunity to play on the day. This is why I am starting the Bermondsey Folk Club. Over the course of this year we will be having monthly singarounds at Shortwave Cafe, a lovely licensed venue in Bermondsey. The first singaround is on Sunday January 28th from 7-10pm & all comers will be welcome to play. The singarounds will be on the last Sunday of the month from then on & will be free, though I will pass a hat around with a suggested £3/1.50 concessions for organising & running the session. Regular attendees who want to perform in September will be scheduled a spot.

I will also be starting featured artist club nights from March with floor spots & support slots available. So even more opportunities to play.

I’m a folk musician myself & I get my gigs from people who have met me & I have a relationship with. In my opinion the best way to get booked is to get out & physically meet people & play in front of them. So if you want to come & play in Bermondsey you can: come down to the singaround & say hello!

 

 

Bermondsey Folk Festival: Full line-up!

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Bermondsey Folk Festival: a week of free folk music in the heart of South East London.

Southwark Park Road is a stone’s throw away from Bermondsey Underground Station. On the first week of September there is a programme of free folk music from established performers in & around Southwark Park Road.

Featured performers include acclaimed Irish Traveller singer & storyteller Thomas McCarthy, much loved old time American player & singer Tom Paley, veteran folk & blues player Wizz Jones & the excellent Steve Tilston.

Here is the full line-up & schedule with links to more details:

 

TUESDAY 1/9/2015 At The Queen Victoria,

148 Southwark Park Rd, London SE16 3RP

8pm

RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE

 

WEDNESDAY 2/9/2015 At The Old Bank

239 Southwark Park Road, London SE16 3TT

8pm

THOMAS MCCARTHY, GEMMA KHAWAJA, FRAN FOOTE

 

THURSDAY 3/9/2015 At The Blue Anchor,

251 Southwark Park Rd, London SE16 3TS

8pm

SIMON PRAGER & DOC ROWE, THE LUCKY DANDY & THE KNOWN ASSOCIATE

 

FRIDAY 4/9/2015 At The Ancient Foresters

282 Southwark Park Rd, London SE16 2HB

STUART FORESTER, GENTLEFOLK

 

SATURDAY 5/9/2015 At The Blue Market,

Market Place, Bermondsey, London SE16 3UQ

SATURDAY FOLK STAGE from 12.30pm

 

12:30-1 DULWICH FOLK CHOIR

1:10-1:40 NIALL KELLY

1:50-2:10 FORBES MONCRIEFF

2:20-2:50 BLACK SCARR

3-3:30 STUART FORRESTER

3:40-4:20 KATY CARR

4:30-5:10 WIZZ JONES

5:20-6 UMBRELLABIRDS

 

SUNDAY 6/9/2015 At The Biscuit Factory

100 Clements Road, London, SE16 4DG

SUNDAY FOLK STAGE

 

12:30-1:10 BARA BARA BAND

1.20-2 LORDS OF THYME

2:20-3 TOM PALEY

4-4:20 HANK DOG

4:30-5:10 MISHAPED PEARLS

5:20-6 STEVE TILSTON

 

 

Bermondsey Folk Festival is in 3 weeks time!

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“A free folk festival in Bermondsey on the first week of September?” we hear you ask.

Yes indeed; Cunning Folk, in association with Blue Bermondsey Bid & Grosvenor, is delighted to present the first Bermondsey Folk Festival.

An incredible calibre of folk performers playing for free in locations a stone’s throw from Bermondsey tube station.

If you like folk music & are in London on the first week of September this is the place to be.

Expect more details very soon….