Welcome to the Cambridge folk home page

These pages are intended to tell you about the folky things you can do in and around Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

If you wanted Cambridge, MA, USA then try here.

If you wanted the Cambridge Folk Festival then try here.

links:
Dance index
CMM
Contra
Folk Club
Mayflower
Molly
Reel club
Round

Dance

English/American

Morris

Scottish

French

  • French dancing happens from time to time (mostly Wednesdays, I think), see here

Irish

International

  • The Cambridge International Club do all sorts of things, but in particular they dance on Monday evenings 8:30-10:30 at St Columba's Hall (entrance from Downing Place - off Downing Street)

Early Dance

  • The Capriol Society dance dances from the European Courts from the 14th to 17th centuries. They meet at 7:45 on Fridays, at St Mark's Church hall, Barton Road.

Line Dance, Square Dance

  • Line Dance - Long Road on Mondays
  • Walk and Dodge - Trumpington, Wednesdays
  • various others

Ceilidh Bands

Music and Song

Clubs

Sessions

These come and go, so this is probably out of date, but
  • On Monday evenings there is an Irish session in the Swan, Mill Road, Cambridge.
  • Hazel Fairburn runs a Fiddle Group on Mondays at the St Paul's Centre, Hills Road
  • The Boot in Histon has a singaround on the first Tuesday of the month.
  • The Unicorn in Cherry Hinton has a session on the third Wednesday of the month (8.30-11: contact Barry on 01223 722927)
  • The Labour club (Mill Rd/Coleridge Rd has an Irish session on Sunday evenings
  • Cambridge Comhaltus run Irish fiddle/accordion/bodhran lessons on Wednesday evenings at the Rathmore club on Cherry Hinton Road.
  • Red Lion, Whittlesford, Friday nights, open floor. It's a very informal folk evening with no booked acts.
  • Carlton Arms, Carlton Way, Cambridge on 2nd and 4th Fridays.
  • Join the Yahoo Cambridge-folk-sessions mailing list
  • Cambridge Cafe Band Co-op not sure it counts as a session, but it's a chance to play folk music
  • In Ramsey, Jingles Music Club play folk/Blues/etc on the second Thursday of the month at the George Hotel

Annual folk music course at Burwell

Further afield

Links

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