REGULAR EVENTS, LISTED BY DAY OF THE WEEK:
MONDAYS
Sir Harry's Sword junior sword dancers (9 to 16 years old) - most Mondays - 7:00 till 8:00 - Childers Club, Station Road, Whittlesey 01733 208205 or email
Learn Molly Dancing (women & men) with Pig Dyke Molly - every Monday - 8.15 to 9.45pm - upstairs in the Performance Theatre, Thomas Deacon Academy, Queen's Gardens, off Park Rd, Peterborough, PE1 2UW (as you come through the gate on Queens Gardens look to the right hand side of school and head down to the south entrance) - 01733 345883 or email
Haconby Hare music session - Hare & Hounds, 2 West Rd, Haconby, Bourne PE10 0UZ - 3rd Mondays - 8pm - 01778 571563 or email
Barrowden Folk Club, Exeter Arms, Barrowden, Rutland, LE15 8EQ - singaround - 8.30pm - alternate Mondays - Bob Bakewell - 0116 2593395
Irish & american tune session - Ship Inn, 20 West Street
Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EF - 9pm - 2nd Mon of the month - email
Open Mic - The Crown Inn, Duck St, Elton, Northants, PE8 6RQ - 3rd Monday of the month - 8pm - 07736 434234 or email
Boston Folk Club - upstairs at Eagle pub, 144 West St, Boston (just across from the rail station), PE21 8RE - normally 2nd Monday of the month - 01205 358783
TUESDAYS
Learn Morris Dancing (men only) - Peterborough Morris, Fletton Ex-Service & WM Club, 243a High St, Peterborough PE2 9EH - every Tuesday, 8.30pm, Sept to April - 01733 206627 or 01733 705786 or click here for website
Wisbech Acoustic Music Club - The Three Tuns, Norwich Road, Wisbech, PE13 2AP - 4th Tuesdays - 8 to 11pm - tel 07730 814013 or email
Irish set dancing - every Tuesday in term time - 9-11pm - £1 - The Swiss Cottage, Grove St, Woodston, Peterborough, PE2 9AG - 01733 757286 or 01733 751477
Learn Appalachian dancing - most Tuesdays in Spalding - 01775 723026 for details
Scottish Country Dance - 8pm Tuesdays - St Mark’s Church Hall, 82 Lincoln Road, Peterborough, PE1 2SN
Acoustic Session, Millstone Inn, Barnack near Peterborough PE9 3ET - 8pm - 1st Tuesdays - details: 01733 891860 - MySpace
Oakham Unplugged, the Horseshoe, 83 Braunston Rd, Oakham LE15 6LE - 3rd Tuesday of month - Jacquie Walker - 8.30pm - free
Gretton Singaround, Hatton Arms, Gretton, near Corby NN17 3DN - singaround - 8.30pm - alternate Tuesdays - Andy Butterworth 01536 770302
St Neots Folk Club, Priory Centre, St Neots, PE19 2BH - every Tuesday 8.15pm - 01234 376278
Mainly music session, with the odd song - Kings Cliffe Working Men's Club, Wood Rd, Kings Cliffe, PE8 3XF - 1st Tuesday of the month - 8pm - contact: 01780 470470 or email
Song and music session - Black Horse, 2 Fotheringhay Road Nassington, Peterborough PE8 6QU - 2nd Tuesdays of the month - 8.30pm - 07732 169161 or email
Mainly music session, with the odd song - King's Arms, Kings Arms Lane, Polebrook, near Oundle, PE8 5LW - 3rd Tuesday of the month - 8pm - contact: 01780 470470 or email
Open Mic Night - every 2nd Tuesday in the month - The Bull, Guntons Road, Newborough, Peterborough, PE6 7QW - 8.30pm - free
Open Mic Night - every 3rd Tuesday in the month - Boat Inn, 2 Ramsey Road, Whittlesey PE7 1DR - 8.30pm - free - 01733 202488 or 01733 351668 or email
WEDNESDAYS
94.9 FM Tom Lane's Folk programme on BBC Radio Lincolnshire includes a "What's On" rundown - 6.30 to 7pm every Wednesday click here for website - click here to listen live
Learn English Clog Dancing (women & men) - Crosskey Clog, Village Hall, Gunton's Rd, Newborough, Peterborough, PE6 7RT - every Wednesday, 8 to 10pm, Sept to April - 01778 393507
Bourne Borderers teach Border (anglo/welsh) Dances (women & men) to dance out in the summer - Edenham Village hall, Church Lane, Edenham, Lincs, PE10 0LS - every Wednesday - 8pm to 10pm - tel: 01778 424846
Learn Border dancing with Black Bull Border Morris - mixed English border dance - Wednesdays 8pm - Methodist Church Hall, Horncastle - musicians also welcome - 01507 568438 or email
Spalding Folk Club - South Holland Centre, Market Place, Spalding PE11 1SS click here for map & car parking - 1st Wednesdays - 8.15pm - usually £6 (£5 members) 01406 380100 or email
Music session, maybe songs, - British Legion Club, Rookswood Rd, March PE15 8AS - 3rd Wednesdays - 01354 656094 or 01354 656208
Peterborough Folk Dance Club, Marholm Village Hall, Peterborough, PE6 7JA - partner not needed - 7.30 to 9.30pm - Wednesdays - 01733 266873
Bluegrass & Old Time session - Six Bells, 11 Covent Garden, Cambridge, CB1 2HS - usually the 2nd Wednesday of the month, but may change week occasionally to avoid a fortnightly Open Mic session which runs at the pub - email
THURSDAYS
Baston concerts - venue website & artiste links - The Barn, Main St, Baston, near Bourne PE6 9PA - 8pm - bring own drinks - 01778 560497 (these concerts often sell out)
600 Whiskies Unplugged Acoustic Music Night upstairs in the Stables Bar, George Hotel, 20 High St, Leadenham, LN5 0PN - usually 1st Thursday each month - 8.15pm - 07835 711709
Peterborough Open Mic - Cherry Tree, 9-11 Oundle Road Peterborough, PE2 9PB - 8.30pm - last Thursday of every month - Jules Morgan 07810 867229 or email
Concert, with support, at The Barn, Main St, Baston, near Bourne PE6 9PA - 8pm - roughly once a month, variable date - bring own drinks - get tickets in advance from 01778 560497 -
Wolferton Folk Club - Wolferton Social Club, 18 Wolferton, near Sandringham, Norfolk PE31 6HA - alternate Thursdays - 01485 600 948
Irish Music session - Hand and Heart, 12 Highbury St, Peterborough, PE1 3BE - 1st Thursday in the month - 9pm
Irish Music session - Crown Inn, 8 Duck St, Elton, PE8 6RQ - 2nd Thursday in the month (considering moving to 3rd Thursday - to be advised - 9pm
Music session - Lincoln Arms, Bridge Street, Spalding, Lincs, PE11 1XA - a regularish session but not always the same Thursday in the month - ring to find out when the next one is - 8.30pm - 01775 723026
Backroom Acoustic Music Club - music & songs - The Jolly Sailor, 43 Great Whyte, Ramsey, PE26 1HH - 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month - email
Spalding singaround, Welland Yacht Club, River Bank, Spalding PE11 3AA (follow Cradge Bank next to BP station) - 3rd Thursdays - 01205 723884 click here
Open Mic session - Deepings Rugby Club, Linchfield Rd, Deeping St James, Lincs PE6 8EP - 3rd Thursdays - 8pm - 01778 380163 or 01778 345228 or email
Learn english rapper sword dance & american appalachian dance with Rockingham Rapper & Clog - Childer's Club, 1A Station Road, Whittlesey, PE7 1SA - beginners welcome - partner not needed - 8 to 10pm - every Thursday - 01832 226175
FRIDAYS
Whittlesey Folk Evening - songs & tunes - The Bricklayer's Arms, Station Rd, Whittlesey, PE7 1UA - 8pm - free admission – 2nd Fridays excl. Jul & Aug - 01733 206627 or email
First Friday Folk, The Wishing Well, Main St, Dyke, Bourne PE10 0AF - singaround - 8pm - 1st Fridays (different venue in Dec) - 01778 570115 Dean Hardy or email
French dancing - waltz, mazurka, bourree, scottish, etc - dancers & musicians of any level welcome - Congregational Hall, Church Street, Ketton (from Ketton crossroads turn down towards church, Hall is behind the Railway Inn) - 8 to 11pm - 3rd Fridays, except July & Aug - details Adam or Mary 01780 720521 or email
usually one per month - No Frills Ceilidh with The Beltonas (caller Sue Gray) - St Mary's Church Hall, Rose Lane, Pinchbeck, Spalding, PE11 3RN - doors open 7.30pm for 7.45 start, 10.30 finish - no bar so bring your own alcohol - tea & coffee included - homemade cakes on sale - tickets £2.50 from email
Ceilidh Dancing in Tansor Village Hall, Main Street, Tansor, near Oundle, PE8 5HS - 2nd Fridays in the month - 8pm - details: Jane Sanders 07732 169161
Open mic - Cellar Bar, Thorpe Lodge Hotel, 83-85 Thorpe Rd, Peterborough, PE3 6JQ - 3rd Friday of the month - 8.30pm - details: 01733 891860 - click here for MySpace
Acoustic Kitchen “Live at the Riverside” - contemporary music club - click here – Riverside Restaurant, 27 King St, King's Lynn, PE30 1ET - last Friday of the month - 8pm - admission fee - 07814 838341 or email
SATURDAYS
Acoustic song & music session - Fox Inn, 34 Manor Road, Folkesworth, PE7 3SU - 8pm - 1st Saturday in the month - 07885 706502 or email - these evenings are usually acoustic, amplified occasionally.
SUNDAYS
Traditional music session - Castle Inn, High Street, Castle Bytham, NG33 4RZ - free - 7.30 to 10.30 - the 4th Sunday of the month - 01780 410563
Irish music session - Palmerston Arms, 82 Oundle Road, Peterborough, PE2 9PA - every Sunday - 4pm to 7pm - 01733 896340
Learn Appalachian dancing (female & male)(lively american stepping) - Cotterstock Village Hall, Main St, Cotterstock, near Oundle, PE8 5HD - 5.30pm - details & to book: 01832 226175 or 07725 191754 or pamandnigel@tiscali.co.uk
Haconby Unplugged, Hare & Hounds, Haconby, Bourne PE10 0UZ - 2nd Sundays - 8pm - 01778 425422 or email
Singaround - Marquis of Granby, 65 Westgate, Sleaford, NG34 7DA - some tunes - 4 to 8pm - 3rd Sun in the month - 01529 300277 or email
Grantham Folk Club, Blue Pig Inn, Vine Street, Grantham, NG316RQ - 3rd Sun in the month - email or 01572 789939
odd days
Concerts at Lincoln Drill Hall, Freeschool Lane, Lincoln, LN2 1EY - click here for directions, 01522 873894 or boxoffice@lincolndrillhall.com
Open Mic in the Cellar Bar, Stamford Arts Centre, 27 St Mary's Street, Stamford PE9 2DL -
Concerts at Stamford Arts Centre, 27 St Mary's Street, Stamford PE9 2DL - 01780 763203 - click here
Concerts at Guildhall Arts Centre, St Peter's Hill, Grantham, NG31 6PZ - 01476 406158 - click here
Concerts at the Playhouse, Westgate, Sleaford - Tickets £6 available from Tourist Information Centre, Advice Centre, Money’s Yard, Carre Street, Sleaford (01529 414294)
Concerts at the Blackfriars Arts Centre, Spain Lane, Boston, PE21 6HP - click here 01205 363108