Kington Folk Club

27/08/2026

A little reminder that there is NO FOLK CLUB today (thursday 27th) for August. Thanks so much to all the performers from July folk club & we look forward to welcoming you back to The Old Picture House Kington on Thursday 24th September. See you sooooon!

29/07/2026

Join us tomorrow (Thursday 30th) for the July edition of Kington Folk Club. We keep a relaxed format so if you would like to play, simply turn up & sign up on the night - please feel welcome if you are a new player! Enthusiastic audience supporters also encouraged.

7.30 doors for 8pm start The Old Picture House Kington . Depending on performer numbers, each act normally plays 3 tunes & we take a break about halfway through for refreshments at the onsite bar, hooray.

Look forward to seeing you soon!

01/07/2026

Join us tomorrow The Old Picture House Kington for last week's rescheduled folk club date. Thank goodness it has cooled down this week!

Same venue (The Old Picture House, Bridge St, Kington), same time (7.30 for 8pm start), same format. Each performer or group normally gets 3 songs, & we will take a short break half way through for refreshments at the onsite bar, hooray.

Hope to see you there!

25/06/2026

A reminder that tonight's folk club is postponed due to the extreme heat. Hopefully see you next week instead - Thursday 2nd July The Old Picture House Kington, 7.30 for an 8pm start. Stay hydrated friends!

24/06/2026

Due to the blistering weather forecast of 35° in Kington tomorrow, we have decided to postpone June folk club.

Please join us next week on Thursday 2nd July instead - same venue (The Old Picture House Kington) same time (7.30 for 8pm start) same format (simply turn up & sign up to play, or just come to listen. Each performer/group gets 2/3 songs)

Thank you so much for your understanding. We hope to see you next week. In the meantime, eat plenty of ice cream!

28/05/2026

Join us this evening for May edition of Kington Folk Club The Old Picture House Kington. Simply turn up from 7.30 (bridge st, kington) to sign up & play or just come to listen - all welcome. Music will begin at 8pm. Bar & snacks available onsite - we will take a short interval about half way through for refreshments.

Look forward to seeing you later!

24/03/2026

Looking forward to seeing you all The Old Picture House Kington this Thursday 26th March. Simply turn up & sign up to play from 7.30pm for an 8pm start, or just come to listen - all welcome.

Performers are invited to play 3 songs or tunes - we will take a short interval half way through the evening for drinks from the in-house bar, hooray.

Thanks to our fab selection of performers from February.

See you all soon!

12/03/2026

22/02/2026

*** Folk Club Guidelines - a Refresh ***

Fabulous folkies,

We have been running folk club for many years now and have always put emphasis on an informal, relaxed atmosphere so that everyone who wants to perform feels welcome to do so. With that ethos firmly in mind, it now feels important to reintroduce everyone to the underlying framework that keeps everything running smoothly, and to set out some clearer guidelines for a typical evening at folk club.

Folk club is designed to be a safe, encouraging space where musicians of a variety of backgrounds, personality types and experience levels are able to perform.

The format we chose when we started folk club was a performance space, rather than a 'session' set up. If you would like to perform, simply turn up on the evening and add your name to the sign up sheet. Each performer or group is invited to play 3 songs or tunes and we have an interval roughly half way through the evening.

With that in mind, we would like to remind all performers and audience members to please show the upmost respect to the person who is playing. It takes a huge amount of courage to put yourself out there to perform - it can be incredibly off-putting if there is a large amount of noise or chatter from the room. Each person is entitled to play their set uninterrupted.

Audience participation should therefore be instigated by the performer themselves, and them alone. Please don't presume that the performer is comfortable with people joining in. Whilst some performers may be very happy for you to sing along or add your own instruments, others may be uncomfortable with this or just find it distracting. Please wait to be invited by whoever currently has the stage, rather than putting them on the spot by asking.

If you are asked to keep your voice down for any reason during folk club, please simply do this. We are all adults and we have no desire to police this throughout the evening.

If at all possible, please keep movement around the room either between songs or in the changeover period between performers.

Thank you so much for your help and understanding. This is your folk club. If you have any issues or requests, please let us know - your feedback is really important. It is a huge privilege for us to host such a brilliant variety of performers each month, and we want to make sure you keep coming back!

Next folk club is this coming Thursday 26th February.

With ongoing admiration, Folk Club Team

26/01/2026

Join us this Thursday 29th January for the 1st folk club of 2026! Looking forward to welcoming you back to The Old Picture House Kington - join us from 7.30 for an 8pm start.

Simply turn up & sign up to play or come as a valuable audience member. Each performer / group has 3 songs or tunes, with a small interval for refreshments, hooray. Newcomers and known faces all welcome!

The Old Picture House is on Bridge Street, Kington, HR53DW. See you soon...