Suffolk Folk

This page links to web sites for venues and other folk resources in East Anglia and useful resources nationally.

For a more comprehensive listing including sessions, singers, musicians, callers and dance bands consult the latest copy of Mardles magazine.

Local Resources

• Peterborough Folk Diary - what's on in Peterborough, North Cambridgeshire, South Lincolnshire, East Northamptonshire and West Norfolk.
• Everyman Folk Club links page
• Norfolk Folk - a list of folk clubs, sessions and resources in and around Norfolk. Liable to be out of date - check details carefully.
• Littlebirdtoldme.info A guide to folk music, storytelling and dance events in Norfolk and North Suffolk. A new (in 2009) and very well-maintained looking site.
• East Anglian Traditional Music Trust, a voluntary organisation based in Suffolk, which aims to promote awareness of and participation in the folk music traditions of East Anglia.
• Arts Ipswich lists many arts venues and organisations in the Ipswich area.
• Constant Billy Trust "To advance the education of the public - especially schoolchildren, and provide facilities and resources for the promotion of traditional folk arts and culture"
• Hedingham Fair (Colin and Karen Cater) produce books, cards, T-shirts and other goods featuring folklore and traditional customs and music. They support and participate in the work of folk music organisations: EFDSS, Morris Ring, Morris Federation, Open Morris, Folk Arts Network, and annual cycle of folk festivals and events.
• The Wireless which includes Mike Norris folk music slot Mondays 7-9pm.
• Moving Tone contemporary acoustic music in the Cambridge Area.

Local Venues

• Everyman Folk Club Stratford St. Andrew (on the A12 between Wickam Market and Saxmundham), Suffolk.
• Duton Hill Folk Club Essex
• Hadleigh Folk and Acoustic Music Nights, Hadleigh, Suffolk
• Milkmaid Folk Club Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
• Waveney Folk Club, Lowestoft
• Peppery Productions "The home of world music in East Anglia" (Ipswich area)
• Colchester Folk Club, Essex.
• Ely Folk Club, Ely, Cambs
• Mersea Session at The Coast Inn, West Mersea. Web site has some useful links for music in NE Essex.

Morris etc.

• East Suffolk Morris Men

National Resources

• Mike Harding Folk Show now on internet broadcast and podcast, following the BBC's canncellation of his Radio 2 show.
• Folk and Roots Performers, gigs, venues, reviews and more.
• EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society) and EDS magazine.
• Genevieve Tudor's Sunday Folk Programme on BBC radio Shropshire.

Musical Instruments

• Hobgoblin Music Acoustic and Folk Music Specialists
• JollyBox (Dave Jolly) melodeons and concertinas: new, second hand, tuning and repairs.
• Wheatstone Concertinas: manufacture, tuning and repairs (based in Suffolk!)
• West End Music a Music Shop in Ipswich.
• Con Rendell - Luthier based in Manningtree, Essex.

Miscellaneous

• Near The Coast A general "what's on" site for East Suffolk.
• Masquerade Costume Hire, Earl Stonham, Suffolk
• Nigel Pennick Spiritual Arts and Crafts, Cambridge. Includes more information about the Northstow Mummers, featured in an article by Nigel in the August-October 2009 issue of Mardles.
• Folk Against Fascism - see Suffolk's statement to see why this is relevant.