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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04 June 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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11 June 2025 Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne Entrance £13 Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne is described in “The Living Tradition” as ‘a captivating, bold and striking musician’. It is no exaggeration to claim that he is at the forefront of his generation of English folk musicians, as both a powerful and commanding singer and a masterful player of the Anglo concertina and melodeon. Traditional ballads, songs and tunes form the basis of Cohen’s material, but with a smattering of baroque, renaissance, ragtime, and music hall thrown in for good measure. Fantastic! |
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18 June 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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25 June 2025 Dougie Mackenzie and Brian Millar Entrance £13 Dougie Mackenzie sang mostly Gaelic songs in his youth but was introduced to folk music at the famed Inverness Folk Song Club. He is drawn to Scots ballad language and the stories it carries to us from the past. Brian Miller is one of the most esteemed singers and guitarists on the Scottish traditional music. In January 2024 Brian was inducted in to The Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame, this honour was well deserved. Mackenzie and Millar are a formidable duo. We are in for a great evening as we welcome them back to the club. |
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02 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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09 July 2025 Peet Jackson Entrance £13 Peet Jackson is of Irish/Ukrainian heritage, the son of a renowned classical guitarist. Peet found his own musical direction lay in becoming folk musician who became skilled as a multi-instrumentalist and singer. His first performance was given at the age of 10, from this early beginning he went from strength to strength. I saw him last year as part of the acclaimed musical tribute to the Dubliners “Seven Drunken Nights”. Peet has a passion for authentic, exciting and powerful performance. You will not be disappointed. |
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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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