St Albans Folk Music organises pub music sessions, a monthly
concert series, ‘Folk at the Maltings’, and an annual 'New roots' competition
for young musicians. It is a part of the 'Folk at the Festival' Committee which
organises the St Albans Folk Festival.
New
Roots an event for young musicians. If you are under 25 and play
folk, roots or traditional music, we would like to hear from you. For further
details, click here.
St Albans Folk Festival
St Albans Folk Festival 2019 will be on June
28-30, with the main events being on Saturday June 29, 2019. These
will consist of a day of dance in the City Centre, a day of music with free showcase
performances in local pubs and other venues, sessions and singarounds
and a festival concert in the Maltings Arts Theatre.
Folk at the Maltings
Maltings Arts Theatre, The Maltings, St Albans
AL1 3HL
No concerts in August and September
Friday October 5, 8.00pm Solasta, dynamic young trio
with Scottish fiddler Elisabeth Flett, Welsh cellist Hannah
Thomas and English guitarist Jamie Leeming plus Steve Warner and Roly Taylor and Ellie McCann.
Sunday November 11, 8.00pm
Walter Harvey Hallam, an ordinary man, a one
act play by Alison Raymond, telling the story of a
London draper cast into extraordinary circumstances when he volunteered for
military service in 1915, plus singing by Martin Olyett and Bob
Templeman and Annette Burrows.
Friday December 7, 8.00pm Kitty Macfarlane, Somerset-based singer songwriter returns to St Albans as part of a
national tour to launch her debut album, Naming
of clouds plus Sembuskers and New Roots
finalist Elye Cuthbertson.
Tickets: £12, Students and
concessions £11. Under 18 £7.50
To book:
Online at http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/ovo
By phone 0333 666 3366, in person at St Albans Central Library or pay on the
door
Sessions Mainly
traditional Irish, English, Scottish and other traditional music. All welcome to
listen or to play.
Weekly sessions at 8.30pm on
Wednesdays are now at the Robin Hood,
126 Victoria Street, St Albans AL1 3TG.
Monthly sessions are at the Great Northern, London Road at 6.00pm
on Sundays, usually on the fourth Sunday of the month, but the December session
will be on December 30.
St
Michael's Street folk evening
St Michael's
Street folk evening will be on Wednesday July 3 2019, subject to a satisfactory resolution to a
problem with the street closure. Dancing
in St Michael's Street and music everywhere.
Links to other
regular events in St Albans
Contact Alison
Macfarlane
Tel 01727 852111
Email: info@stalbansfolkmusic.org.uk