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Bookshop Sessions: Folk Night
Folk

Bookshop Sessions: Folk Night

Morocco Bound, SE1 3HB [Venue Details]

Join us every month for a traditional folk session at Morocco Bound!

Thursday,
8 Jan 2026
@7.00pm

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Max Runham
Blues Folk Soul

Max Runham

The Fox and Firkin, SE13 6JZ [Venue Details]

Max Runham returns to the Fox and Firkin in January, a year after his first release, with some brand new music. A knees up, a heart-wrench, a warm hug of a gig. Come and get rocked senseless by Max’s vibrant 6-piece band, drawing influences from indie-folk, soul, and blues.

Thursday,
8 Jan 2026
@7.00pm

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Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton
Folk Roots

Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton

Islington Folk Club, The Brewhouse & Kitchen, N5 1JJ [Venue Details]

Pete (fiddle, mandolin, vocals) and Richard (cello, guitar, vocals) play contemporary roots music mixing dance tunes from English and other fiddle traditions with British and American folk songs and pieces of their own. Consummate performers both and perennial Club favourites.

Thursday,
8 Jan 2026
@8.00pm

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Josh Flowers + Amelia Coburn
Alt / Indie Folk Pop

Josh Flowers + Amelia Coburn

Green Note Ltd, Green Note, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]

JOSH FLOWERS returns to Green Note for his yearly January show, having released the Diving Board EP since the last one. He’ll be joined by several guest musicians throughout the evening, sharing old and new songs.

Thursday,
8 Jan 2026
@8.30pm

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Wassail! Wassail!
Folk

Wassail! Wassail!

The Brunel Museum Thames Tunnel, SE16 4LF [Venue Details]

Wassail! Wassail! All over the town, Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown.

Friday,
9 Jan 2026
@6.00pm

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Lando Manning + Winnipeg, MN + Lex Vervain
Alt / Indie Folk Shoegaze

Lando Manning + Winnipeg, MN + Lex Vervain

Paper Dress Vintage, E8 1HR [Venue Details]

Paper Dress Live & Flash Delirium presents acid-folk artist Lando Manning plus special guests Winnipeg, MN + Lex Vervain

Friday,
9 Jan 2026
@7.30pm

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SWEET GIANT + GUS WHITE + FRANKIE MORROW
Folk

SWEET GIANT + GUS WHITE + FRANKIE MORROW

The Troubadour, SW5 9JA [Venue Details]

“An electrifying joy to witness, Sweet Giant are effortlessly, and entirely, cool as fuck- there is simply no other way to put it.” - Folklore

Friday,
9 Jan 2026
@8.00pm

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Maydan Ensemble
Folk Jazz Middle Eastern

Maydan Ensemble

Green Note Ltd, Green Note, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]

The Maydan Ensemble of the North London Jazz Collective is a special new quartet that blends modern jazz with Arabic, Anatolian and Persian folk music, and is delighted to debut at the Green Note after a series of celebrated sold-out gigs around London.

Friday,
9 Jan 2026
@8.30pm

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Balamuc + Zelt Post Christmas Blow-Out!
Folk

Balamuc + Zelt Post Christmas Blow-Out!

Jamboree, WC1X 9HH [Venue Details]

A Friday night of culture-bending, high energy sounds to blow the New Year blues away, as Eastern European, Balkan, Romani sounds collide with Turkish/SWANA fusion with the brilliant Balamuc and Zelt!

Friday,
9 Jan 2026
@9.00pm

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SKRONK + RAT RUN RECORDS - MPTL Microplastics
Alt / Indie Folk

SKRONK + RAT RUN RECORDS - MPTL Microplastics

The Waiting Room, N16 0LH [Venue Details]

SKRONK + RAT RUN RECORDS deliver a declaration, five lines in the sand if you will:

Five Hours Five Acts.

Real moves, keen ears, and then there was the drum… the scrapers and the shakers, banging on a beer keg making a racket.

Saturday,
10 Jan 2026
@5.00pm

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Sam Grassie + Benedict Benjamin
Blues Folk Psychedelic

Sam Grassie + Benedict Benjamin

The Victoria, E8 3AS [Venue Details]

Sam Grassie is a Scottish fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter, gaining a reputation on the circuit for dynamic sets that traverse traditional folk, acoustic blues, and American primitive. Off the back of his recent debut EP, Grassie has toured with Ryley Walker, Naima Bock & Daisy Rickman.

Saturday,
10 Jan 2026
@7.30pm

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The Simon and Garfunkel Story
Folk Rock

The Simon and Garfunkel Story

Fairfield Halls, Ashcroft Theatre, CR9 1DG [Venue Details]

Few shows have experienced the phenomenal global success of The Simon & Garfunkel Story, with multiple sold-out shows in over 50-countries worldwide and over 20 headline performances in London’s West End, including multiple appearances at the world-famous London Palladium.

Saturday,
10 Jan 2026
@8.00pm

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Bandini
Blues Folk Jazz

Bandini

Green Note Ltd, The Basement Bar, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]

Hailing from Italy and based in London, Bandini has been described as “The bastard son of Tom Waits and Cab Calloway” and he surely can put on a show.

Saturday,
10 Jan 2026
@8.00pm

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Emma Tricca + Pete Greenwood
Folk

Emma Tricca + Pete Greenwood

The Betsey Trotwood, EC1R 3BL [Venue Details]

Double bill for these two critically acclaimed songwriters. They will be playing solo sets and a few songs together. Not to be missed

Sunday,
11 Jan 2026
@2.00pm

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MISSING THE FERRY
Folk Rock

MISSING THE FERRY

The Pelton Arms, SE10 9PQ [Venue Details]

Irish and Irish-influenced music as well as writing songs about identity and belonging.

Sunday,
11 Jan 2026
@5.00pm

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The No Frills Folk Club
Folk

The No Frills Folk Club

Windmill Brixton, SW2 5BZ [Venue Details]

All musicians and all styles welcome. Irish, Welsh, English and Scottish, American old time, bluegrass and western swing, French, Yiddish, East European, Scandinavian, Greek, Turkish, Balkan and more.

Sunday,
11 Jan 2026
@7.00pm

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SUNDAY NIGHT FOLK SESSIONS
Folk

SUNDAY NIGHT FOLK SESSIONS

Skehan's, SE14 5SN [Venue Details]

Great musicians playing live folk music that will transport you to a world of enchanting melodies. Come on down for a jig.

Sunday,
11 Jan 2026
@7.00pm

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The Medlars
Folk

The Medlars

Walthamstow Folk Club, E17 4SA [Venue Details]

They played to loud applause at our last street party and we are pleased to welcome this entertaining band to the club proper.

Sunday,
11 Jan 2026
@7.30pm

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Emily Maguire + support from Jody Prewett
Folk

Emily Maguire + support from Jody Prewett

TwickFolk at The Cabbage Patch, TW1 3SZ [Venue Details]

With seven albums and five books to her name, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and poet Emily Maguire is truly “a talent to be reckoned with” (RnR Magazine).

Sunday,
11 Jan 2026
@8.00pm

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Danny Addison
Alt / Indie Folk Rock

Danny Addison

Green Note Ltd, Green Note, NW1 7AN [Venue Details]

Porcelain’s remarkable debut, takes fragments of his journey – both musical and personal – and creates the full picture so far, the culmination of all of his ideas and experiences.

Sunday,
11 Jan 2026
@8.30pm

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Kasai Masai
African Folk

Kasai Masai

Jamboree, WC1X 9HH [Venue Details]

A special Sunday night with legendary African groovesters Kasai Masai, bringing the raw energy of Congolese folklore to the global stage with a high-energy performances and the grooves that have cemented their reputation as one of the most exciting live act in the contemporary soukous world!

Sunday,
11 Jan 2026
@8.30pm

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Midnight Train Feat. Chaplin, Searl and Nan
Folk Various genres

Midnight Train Feat. Chaplin, Searl and Nan

Venn Street Records, SW4 0BD [Venue Details]

Chaplin, Searl and Nan blend foot-stomping rhythms, dipped in moonshine and served with a side of double bass and fiddle. Midnight train reimagines your favourite songs into something refreshingly new with a folk twist, rustic charm, and a whole lot of heart!

Sunday,
11 Jan 2026
@9.00pm

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Silver Gore, Madra Salach, Tommy Barlow - Five Day Forecast Day One
Folk

Silver Gore, Madra Salach, Tommy Barlow - Five Day Forecast Day One

The Lexington, N1 9JB [Venue Details]

Island Records-signed duo Silver Gore – singer-drummer Ava Gore and producer Ethan P. Flynn – open the first night of the 2025 Five Day Forecast

Monday,
12 Jan 2026
@7.00pm

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Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson
Folk

Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson

The Alpaca, N1 8LU [Venue Details]

This talented pair have been playing English Acoustic Folk Music together since 1995.

Monday,
12 Jan 2026
Doors open
@ 7.00pm

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Hilary Spencer - Playing solo tonight
Folk

Hilary Spencer - Playing solo tonight

Croydon Folk Club, CR0 1BD [Venue Details]

Hilary is well-known as “That Voice” in international award winning British acappella trio ARTISAN.

Monday,
12 Jan 2026
@8.15pm

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