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.
Folk at the Maltings
The series of online concerts has now
finished for the time being. Folk at the Maltings will return in the autumn,
either live or online.
St
Albans Folk Festival June 25-27, 2021
A mixture of live and online events.
Online
Friday June
25, 8pm Opening concert with Lizzy
Hardingham, Said the Maiden, Kelvin Davies and Eleanor Dunsdon
Saturday
June 26, 8pm Festival concert with Lucy
Farrell plus Arbrevyn.
Bookings online at http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/stalbansfolkmusic
or by phone 0333 666 3366.
Sunday June 27 5-6pm Online
ceilidh with Lisa Heywood
and Gifford:Brookes. Bookings online at http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/stalbansfolkmusic
or https://www.tickettailor.com/events/lisaheywood/513595/
Live music showcase performances, sessions and
singarounds in pub gardens and other venues. These are being arranged with
venues in the light of ever-changing government regulations. As a result, the
final programme will be published here much closer to the time. Keep watching
this space.
Wednesday July 7
From 1988 to 2019, we held a popular event St
Michael's Street folk evening on the first Wednesday evening
in July, with dancing in the street and music everywhere. This could not happen
in 2020 or 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic but it will be back as soon
as possible. Meanwhile, this year, we have a really exciting open air concert
instead:
Wednesday July 7 2021 at 7.30pm Amazing
duo Belshazzar’s Feast
plus New Roots 2020 finalist Rakoczy in concert at the Roman Theatre,
Verulamium as part of the Roman Theatre Open Air Festival season.
Booking and further information is here.
St Albans Folk Festival 2020
St Albans Folk Festival ran from September
25-27 and was mainly online. If
you missed the day of free music, you can still hear a great range of musicians
and singers in our online showcase performances on St Albans Folk Music’s YouTube channel
Further details including names of
performers are here.
New
Roots an event for young musicians who are under 25 and play or sing
folk, roots or traditional music.
New
Roots 2021 The closing date will be August 31 2021 and the final
will be on October 24 at Trestle Arts Base, St Albans or if not possible
online. The judges will be Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne, Ffion Mair, Valmai
Goodyear and Andy Stafford. For further details and information about to enter,
click here.
New
Roots 2020 The final of New Roots 2020 was postponed to Sunday
November 1 2020 from 11am to 5pm and was online. The music can be
heard on New Roots YouTube channel.
For further details, click here.
New Roots 21st anniversary celebration, Sunday June
28 2020
The first New Roots took place in 2000 and a 21st
anniversary event was held on Sunday June 28 2020, with performances by
some of the amazing singers and musicians who have taken part over the years.
This was an online event, with videos newly recorded by over 30 past New Roots
finalists. If you missed it, you can still hear it on New Roots YouTube channel
by following this link and
make a donation at https://www.gofundme.com/new-roots-21st-anniversary The proceeds will be shared between the
performers. The programme, which includes featured spots by Iona Fyfe, Hazel
Askew on behalf of the Askew Sisters, the Foxglove Trio and Katrina Gilmore and
Jamie Roberts is here.
Sessions Mainly traditional Irish,
English, Scottish and other traditional music. All welcome to listen or to
play. Mainly tunes, but singers welcome.
The sessions have been suspended until further notice. The Robin Hood
sessions are currently being replaced by sessions on Zoom. For details, email info@stalbansfolkmusic.org.uk
Weekly sessions at 8.30pm on Wednesdays are 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.
Links to other
regular events in St Albans
Contact Alison
Macfarlane
Tel 01727 852111
Email: info@stalbansfolkmusic.org.uk