Welcome to the Dorking Folk Club website and our programme page.
Membership can now be renewed for 2025 on the door when you attend.
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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16 July 2025 Singers’ Night Entrance £5 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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23 July 2025 Local Showcase The opportunity for some of our regular musicians to perform extended sets. Those who want to participate are chosen by our famous randomiser. |
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30 July 2025 Singers’ Night Entrance £5 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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Summer break – returning on 10th September. |
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10 September 2025 Singers’ Night Entrance £5 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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17 September 2025 Enda McCabe Entrance £13 A Dubliner by birth Enda spent 24 years in England. He worked as a full-time musician from 1989 until he returned to Ireland in 1998. His lively performances consist of songs, music and tales tall which he performs in Folk Clubs, Festivals, Libraries and Arts Centres. After living in Dublin for four years he moved to Connemara, as he wanted to improve his Irish and he has stayed there since. He is a great musician and a wonderful entertainer. A great guest to begin the September to December season. |
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24 September 2025 Singers’ Night Entrance £5 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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01 October 2025 The Claras Entrance £13 The Claras are a Sussex-based folk duo consisting of harpist and singer Clare McGlone and singer and guitarist Claire Rakich. Performing traditional songs from the British Isles and beyond, alongside traditional folk-inspired originals and the occasional left-field cover. The Claras tell stories through song. Their unique partnership combines ethereal harp and compelling harmonies with good old down-to-earth yarns. The first visit as guests of the Club they sound compelling, not to be missed. |
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08 October 2025 Singers’ Night Entrance £5 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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15 October 2025 Steve Tilston and Hugh Bradley Entrance £15 Steve is one of the UK’s finest singer songwriter and guitarist. He has been described as “absurdly accomplished”. He has toured with the likes of John Renbourn, Maggie Boyle and Jez Lowe. Among his classic self-penned songs are “The Slip Jigs and Reels” and “The Naked Highwayman”. His songs have been covered by a huge number of artists in the folk world. After fifty years in the business, he is in fine form. Tonight, Steve will be accompanied by his long-time associate Hugh Bradly on the double bass. Definitely not to be missed. |
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22 October 2025 Charity Singers’ Night. Supporting Brigitte Trust in Dorking. Entrance £5 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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29 October 2025 Paul Walker and Karen Pfeiffer Entrance £13 Wherever they go, and they have toured extensively – New Zealand, Australia, Germany and Ireland, they have been wooing audiences with expressive vocals and authentic musicianship. Karen’s natural theatricality and playful energy compliments Paul’s calm geniality. Together they are magical and turn a great performance into a real event. We are fortunate to have been able to secure them as our guests tonight. Come along and be amazed. |
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05 November 2025 Singers’ Night Entrance £5 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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12 November 2025 Reg Meuross Entrance £15 After years of collaboration with various artists Reg launched his solo recording and touring career in 1996. Since then, he has released fifteen albums collaborating with various other notable musicians. Pete Townshend of the Who wrote of him “I so enjoyed my role as studio producer for Reg, his songwriting come straight from the heart, the melodies fall under his fingers. This is folk music at its best.” Reg is also a superb live performer as anyone who saw him when he last appeared at the club will testify. |
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19 November 2025 Singers’ Night Entrance £5 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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26 November 2025 Christina Alden and Alex Patterson Entrance £13 Christina and Alex are multi-instrumentalists and songwriters from East Anglia. Their music is rich with intertwining harmony, sensitive accomplished musicianship and creative song writing. Deeply inspired by the world around them, they have a keen environmental eye to craft stories with the natural world at its heart, reflecting on the relationship between humans and the wild. They have toured widely and headlined at some of the most prestigious folk festivals. They have recorded four albums and have had over a million streams on Spotify. An evening not to be missed. |
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03 December 2025 Singers’ Night Entrance £5 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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10 December 2025 Christmas Theme Singers’ Night Entrance £5 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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