'36 Years of the Tradition'
Welcome to Maidenhead Folk Club's Homepage!
What's On......
The presentation of the award to John and May Sommerville, two people who were there at the beginning, have worked on the Committee for most of those years and were presented with the award by other members of the Committee at the 35th Anniversary Concert. 31st March 2007. (Photograph by Malcolm Austen). From left to right; Liz and Alan Weston, May and John Sommerville and Pearl and Tony O'Neill.
How to find us at the 'Seven Stars', Knowl Hill, RG10 9UR...
If you want to skip the MFC mission statement and description blurb go back to 'What's On' and 'Folk Related Links'.
If not.....
We are a small but friendly club dedicated to the retention, propagation and performance of the Traditional Music and Song of the British Isles, whilst having a little fun!
As the above would suggest our booking policy tends to lean towards the Traditional although that is not set in concrete as exampled by our biennial song writing competition where our desire is to encourage songs that 'will continue to be sung in Folk Clubs'. Check out our style by clicking on the 'What's On' links!
We are known as a warm, friendly, 'Singing' club where no chorus is ignored, due to our enthusiastic members and as most of the audience are performers, if you want a floor spot be sure to get there early!
Our current venue is , the 'Seven Stars' public house, Bath Road, Knowl Hill, Nr Maidenhead, Berks, telephone no; 01628 822967 and we are situated in the Carriage House, down the alleyway from the bar.
We meet every Thursday throughout the year, starting at 8.30pm and finish at 11.00pm, (or as near as possible!).
The venue is now fully wheelchair friendly,
there being a ramp leading to the veranda type doors to the right of the main
building and leading top the interconnecting alley between the Bar and the
Carriage House. There
is also disabled toilet.
Due to the constraints of the venue we do not collect at the door
but 'pass the hat' in the break with the very moderate suggested
fees of £2.00 for Singers and Musicians
and Theme Nights, £3.00 for Feature Nights, £4.00 for Guest
Nights and £6.00 for 'Special Guest' Nights.
We book two or three Guests a month, filling out the rest of the evenings with Singers and Musicians Nights and Theme Nights when we make the money to pay for the Guests! Prospective Guests are advised to supply a 'demo' CD which will be listened to by our Committee and discussed at our quarterly meetings.
The contacts are; Tony and Pearl O'Neill, telephone no; 0118 944 8269 and John and May Sommerville, telephone no; 01628 629117.
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