Welcome to the Dorking Folk Club website and our programme page.
Membership can now be renewed for 2024, either on the door when you attend or via TicketSource at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dorkingfolkclub/
We continue to have some restrictions in place following the Covid pandemic. Currently:
- People should not attend the club if they have any symptoms (no matter how mild) of any acute illness that could be Covid. These include symptoms associated with the common cold, flu, raised temperature and / or digestive upsets.
We will post updates here so please check the website regularly.
Please note that admission to the Club is by card payment only and that this is also the preferred method of payment at the bar.
For all evenings, doors open at 8pm and the entertainment commences at 8:30pm.
We cannot admit dogs or other pets to the Folk Club. Guide and assistance dogs are permitted and we would be grateful for advance warning of these.
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The Club is closed for the summer, returning on 11th September with a singers’ night. |
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11 September 2024 Singers’ Night Entrance £3 Our singers’ nights are open to anyone wishing to perform one or two acoustic items for the enjoyment of all. Each floor spot should take no more than 10 minutes. Our regular singers' nights are often well attended. Although the MC tries to accommodate all performers, this cannot be guaranteed on busy nights. If you are keen to perform, please arrive in good time and let the door person know. |
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18 September 2024 Jez Lowe (advance booking on Ticketsource) Entrance £12 Jez Lowe is an English folk singer-songwriter. Lowe was born and raised in County Durham, in a family with Irish roots, and is known primarily for his compositions dealing with daily life in North-East England, particularly in his hometown of Easington Colliery. Fantastic songs, self-penned, brilliantly performed. A great favourite in the Folk Club world and well beyond. An evening not to be missed. Tickets will go on sale on the Ticketsource website for members on 7th August and on general sale on 28th August. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/dorkingfolkclub/ |
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25 September 2024 Singers’ Night Entrance £3 Our singers’ nights are open to anyone wishing to perform one or two acoustic items for the enjoyment of all. Each floor spot should take no more than 10 minutes. Our regular singers' nights are often well attended. Although the MC tries to accommodate all performers, this cannot be guaranteed on busy nights. If you are keen to perform, please arrive in good time and let the door person know. |
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02 October 2024 Nick Marshall Entrance £10 Nick Marshall is a singer song writer now based in the Lake District. He writes and sings about many subjects, ranging from politics to personal issues and family stories, and has recorded five albums. Nick is an excellent guitarist with a warm easy style. We are fortunate to have him play at the club as he is not “down south” very often these days. Many of us remember him with affection from his days as a regular at Croydon Folk Club. |
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09 October 2024 Singers’ Night Charity singers’ night in aid of Cancer Research Entrance £3 Our singers’ nights are open to anyone wishing to perform one or two acoustic items for the enjoyment of all. Each floor spot should take no more than 10 minutes. Our regular singers' nights are often well attended. Although the MC tries to accommodate all performers, this cannot be guaranteed on busy nights. If you are keen to perform, please arrive in good time and let the door person know. |
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16 October 2024 Pete Coe Entrance £12 Pete Coe has had more than 50 years of music making on the English folk scene. His contributions include traditional song research, song writing in traditional style, and the founding of several seminal bands. Together with his wife, Sue, he received the Gold Badge Award from the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) in 2016 for their outstanding contributions to folk dance, music or song. Pete is a fantastic live performer and so this is going to be an outstanding evening. |
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23 October 2024 Singers’ Night Themed singers’ night: songs about nature Entrance £3 Our singers’ nights are open to anyone wishing to perform one or two acoustic items for the enjoyment of all. Each floor spot should take no more than 10 minutes. Our regular singers' nights are often well attended. Although the MC tries to accommodate all performers, this cannot be guaranteed on busy nights. If you are keen to perform, please arrive in good time and let the door person know. |
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30 October 2024 Jack Rutter Entrance £12 The Living Tradition Magazine said of Jack ‘He has a clear, warm voice across the whole of its range and a performance style which is uncluttered and free from idiosyncrasies. Guitar, bouzouki or concertina accompaniments are beautifully constructed and played – never getting in the way of the song, but supporting and building it. He has chosen some interesting and varied material, usually with a strong narrative element, influenced by the ethos of Martin Carthy – get strong songs and work them into something even stronger.’ We are very pleased to welcome Jack back to the club. |
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06 November 2024 Singers’ Night Entrance £3 Our singers’ nights are open to anyone wishing to perform one or two acoustic items for the enjoyment of all. Each floor spot should take no more than 10 minutes. Our regular singers' nights are often well attended. Although the MC tries to accommodate all performers, this cannot be guaranteed on busy nights. If you are keen to perform, please arrive in good time and let the door person know. |
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13 November 2024 The Kimberleys Entrance £12 The Kimberleys are Isobel and Jim Kimberley. Yorkshire born singer songwriter Isobel met Essex boy Jim while seeking instrumentalists to collaborate on her original material. Whilst recording and touring Isobel’s original songs, the pair had always enjoyed making folk music just between themselves. The arrangements of original songs and traditions material is creative and extremely pleasing to the ear. |
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20 November 2024 Singers’ Night Entrance £3 Our singers’ nights are open to anyone wishing to perform one or two acoustic items for the enjoyment of all. Each floor spot should take no more than 10 minutes. Our regular singers' nights are often well attended. Although the MC tries to accommodate all performers, this cannot be guaranteed on busy nights. If you are keen to perform, please arrive in good time and let the door person know. |
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27 November 2024 Hunter Musket Entrance £10 Hunter Musket is a definite firm favourite at Dorking Folk Club and we are excited and pleased to welcome them back to the club. So, expect and evening of creative guitar interplay, beautiful harmonies and thoughtfully creative songs. You will not be disappointed. A wonderful way to end the guest spots for 2024 and definitely not to be missed. |
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04 December 2024 Singers’ Night Entrance £3 Our singers’ nights are open to anyone wishing to perform one or two acoustic items for the enjoyment of all. Each floor spot should take no more than 10 minutes. Our regular singers' nights are often well attended. Although the MC tries to accommodate all performers, this cannot be guaranteed on busy nights. If you are keen to perform, please arrive in good time and let the door person know. |
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11 December 2024 Singers’ Night – Christmas themed night Entrance £3 Our final evening before the break – the Club reopens on 8th January 2025. Our singers’ nights are open to anyone wishing to perform one or two acoustic items for the enjoyment of all. Each floor spot should take no more than 10 minutes. Our regular singers' nights are often well attended. Although the MC tries to accommodate all performers, this cannot be guaranteed on busy nights. If you are keen to perform, please arrive in good time and let the door person know. |
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Break until the New Year – returning on 8th January 2025 with a singers’ night. |
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