Folk in Southampton Some of the more important Folk Sites in the Southampton Area are shown here. Details of Folk Organisations without their own web presence and of other organisations and venues with some folk interest may be found within many of the listed sites.

Folk Organisations and Magazines
	Folk On Tap Regional Folk Magazine
	SCoFF Southern Counties Folk Federation Large Site with Artistes Database and Member Information
	FASH and its newsletter Solent Waves The Folk Association of South Hants Main Site for Folk Dance but also including music and song events and Clubs
Sore Fingers Summer Schools	Sore Fingers Summer Schools Musical Summer Schools for Bluegrass & Old Time Music
	Forest Tracks Hampshire based record company formed in the early seventies to produce records of the folk and original music of Hampshire and Dorset, still selling vinyl and now re-issuing albums in CD form including some fresh material: Dave Williams - "You're On Nipper" - 2 CD set of an amazing 40-year archive, many previously unreleased. Tim Laycock with the New Scorpion Band - "The Year Clock" - 2 CD set of William Barnes Dorset Dialect Poems spoken and sung. Rob Mills - "Walk On My Boys" - his long-awaited first CD Pete Harris and Marc Houghton - "Play the Blues" - recorded live at The Bent Brief in Southampton.
	Melting Pot Record label and contact organisation Atlantico - A powerful nine-piece Latin dance orchestra Steve Picken & Polly Wood - Original songs and inspirational guitar botyov1791 - Folk songs from the city centre Quattrio - Baroque chamber music Contraband - Bluegrass with country and blues influence Nick Tann - Beautiful melodies, intricate 12-string Louche Manouche - Gypsy jazz in the footsteps of Django Rick Tarrant - Mellow country and clean guitar pickin' Melting Pot Theatre Band - Music for theatre The Travelling Talesman - Good stories well told Miros - Prog Celt tunes and folk songs Chris Whitfield - Virtuoso finger style acoustic guitar
Folk Clubs
	Fo'c'sle Folk Club The Richmond Inn, Portswood, Friday Large Site with many local links
Folklights Extra	Bi-monthly Folk-based Concert at The Abbey Hotel, Romsey. Normally on the 1st Thursday of February, April, June, August, October and December, but see Solent Waves for current details
	Folk at the Riverside (formerly St Denys' Folk & Blues Club) Wednesdays 8.30-11.30pm, Riverside Social Club, above Priory Sailing Club, Priory Ave, St Denys, Soton. also open mike on 1st Friday Rachel Livingston rachel@cmac.eclipse.co.uk
	Woolston & Bursledon Folk Club Bursledon Village Hall, Long Lane, Bursledon, Sundays
For further Folk Clubs & Venues see SCoFF Members and Solent Waves Music/Song Clubs List
Dance Clubs & Venues
Eastleigh Folk Dance Club	Mondays at the Railway Institute Romsey Road, Eastleigh Contact Joy Simmons. 023 80 252248
	M 27 Megabops Bringing Barn Dancing Back with a Bang 2nd Saturday, Nursling and Rownhams Hall, 7.30-11.15pm on Nursling Street, off the A3057 just off J3 of the M27.
For further Dance Clubs see Solent Waves Dance Clubs and for fixtures see Solent Waves Diary
West Gallery
	Madding Crowd
Folk Choirs
Women Singing for Fun (drop in first Wednesday 7.45-9.45) and Segalula	Edmund Kell Hall, Bellevue Road, Southampton Contact Maggie O'Connor 023 80 558704
Delicious Sounds Community Choir	7.30pm - 9.15pm Thursdays at the Edmund Kell Hall, Bellevue Road, Southampton Fiona Moore Tel 023 8022 0331 Mobile 07753 846376 Email fiona@moorestories.co.uk
Display Dance Sides	Ceilidh & Barn Dance Bands
King John's Morris Red Stags Morris Southern Lights ladies traditional Victory Morris Wickham Morris Winchester Morris Hampshire Garland ladies traditional Woodfidley mixed social dance For sides with no web presence see Solent Waves Display Team List	The Woodpecker Band Woodsiders Barn Dance Band, Southampton. Spike Island Band (Spike Island is the old name for Sholing, a district of Southampton). The Bursledon Village Band (World famous) Captain Driver's Delight (Lol & Annie Herklots, Jon Foyle, & Mac) For more complete lists see Melting Pot and SCoFF Band List

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