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Post by colan on Dec 11, 2016 12:00:56 GMT
Folk clubs are alive and well in my part of Lincolnshire, and colan runs one of the very best I've ever been to. The "folk club" format here is a main guest with floor singers to open and again during the interval. The main guests are usually well-known people on the UK festival/club circuit, and it's wonderful to see them in such an intimate setting. Maybe we are unusually fortunate, but most of the floor singers around here are fantastic. Some of them aren't, but we appreciate them all the same - we all know that it's an important opportunity for the less-experienced to be able to play in front of an encouraging audience. Not so long ago I needed 5 pints in me before getting up and shakily performing as a floor singer, and I will be forever grateful that I had the chance to do it in such a welcoming environment. My sing-around venture fell flat. My enthuse for it fell on the mat. The bloke before me was on verse thirty-three. I never went back after that. You're forever welcome at The Last Thursday club, WV. Hopefully we'll be hearing you again on December 29th- that strangely sober time betwixt Boxing Day and New Year's Eve. xx
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Post by sigmadel on Dec 12, 2016 16:15:22 GMT
We sometimes go through to a wee pub in Stirling called the 'Settle Inn'. Its absolutely mobbed with people of all ages . The core is the regulars in from between 40-70 but because of the university and Sirlings multicultural population, there are loads of younger people and folk from all over the world . The place itself is pretty small and the few times weve been its been standing room only till around 10pm ! Here in Falkirk there is a folk club and the 'Acoustic Caffè'as well as numerous open mics etc.. So in my case Id say no they are not a thing of the past and heres hoping they long continue .
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