To book tickets email folkatthebarlow@gmail.com ring/text 07427 613783 or use the onsite booking form
Folk at the Barlow is a not-for-profit organisation. Our aim is to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy and participate in folk music and song. Both the folk club and the Festival are run by unpaid volunteers. There is a singaround on the first Friday of each month and a concert on the third Friday of each month.
Concert tickets are £12.50 each. Children's tickets (16 and under) are free and students 21 and under are half price. The Barlow is a fabulous venue with a great stage which has state-of-the art sound and lighting. There is a separate bar serving local ale etc.
September
Events
Fri 4 Sept 26 8pm Friday Singaround (Reading Room)
Tunes, songs, monolgues, poems, jokes are all welcome We go round the rooom and there are always a variety of styles and genres. No actual charge but we have a whip-round to hopefully cover the cost of room hire. .
Third Friday Concerts 8pm, doors open 7;30pm
When & how much : Concerts are held on the third Friday of each month, starting at 8:00pm, doors open at 7:30pm. Tickets are £12.50 each. Under 16s are free and students under 21 are £6.25
How to book: email folkatthebarlow@gmail.com to book direct (no booking fee) or use the form at the foot of this page.
Format : The usual format is a 40 minute support act of excellent quality followed by 2 x 45 minute spots by the main act - often of national acclaim. Between the two main act spots is an interval for drawing the raffle and visiting the bar. While the audience are checking in there is music from the House Band - you are welcome to bring an instrument and join in.
Fri 18 Sept 26 8pm
Sam Kelly & Jamie Francis
Support Act : Tom Perry
Tickets are £12.50 each. email folkatthebarlow@gmail.com
to book or use the form below
Sam Kelly & Jamie Francis are one of the best and most influential duos to appear on the UK folk scene in recent years.
Both are also successful musicians in their own right. Sam plays guitar in Kate Rusby’s band and works as a record producer. Jamie is known as one of the UK’s foremost banjo players, publishing a book and multiple online lessons for the legendary US company Deering Banjos.
Sam & Jamie signed a publishing deal with Wipe Out Music in 2016, and have a varied and successful writing portfolio with the company. Their music is used on Sky Sports, Channel 4, Sky Arts, BBC Two, BA flights and more.
They perform traditional folk music from the British Isles and USA, with barnstorming instrumentals of Irish jigs and reels, tender folk ballads, plus their own original material. A brand new duo album is due for release later this year.
Broadcaster Mike Harding described Sam as ‘one of my favourite singers ever’ and legendary guitarist Martin Simpson described Jamie as ‘an annoyingly good banjo player!’. This show is not one to miss!
Supporting Sam & Jamie will be Tom Perry, friend of the Club and Festival, a fabulous singer of sea-songs, shanties and ballads. Often seen with Clive Brooks, Tom brings a strong yet moving voice and an extensive repertoire.
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