Leamington Folk Club

11/04/2026

Live from Temperance in Leamington Spa, we present Dave McCabe (The Zutons) and very special guest James 'Jay' Lewis.

12/08/2025

Upton Blues Festival is widely regarded as one of the top festivals in the country. Over the last twenty years, Leamington-based Stephen Steinhaus, has taken over as music director of the two main stages. He talks to Adrian Gains at Temperance about that journey and some of his favourite musicians o...

28/07/2025

Leamington-based story-teller, Jason Buck, for once, tells his story. What inspired him to leave the corporate world. How he was inspired by ex*****on ballads. He also reveals some of the exciting things that are about to happen in our basement dungeon.

14/07/2024

Looking forward to welcoming back one of our favourite musicians. She will be playing all the tracks from her latest album and more too!

27/10/2023

Livestreamed from Temperance, we welcome the fabulous Sheena Vultaggio and After the Flood who will be recording a 'Live from' album. Apologies- sound may be glitchy.

14/10/2023

Sensational folk duo to play tomorrow evening. Everyone welcome.

We are very excited to welcome two of the UK's most talented folk musicians to our intimate basement venue

13/10/2023

Another cracking folk duo set to play Temperance this Sunday.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folk-temperance-christina-alden-and-alex-patterson-tickets-475514967067?aff=oddtdtcreator

We are very excited to welcome two of the UK's most talented folk musicians to our intimate basement venue

13/10/2023

Another top folk duo heading to play....
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folk-temperance-christina-alden-and-alex-patterson-tickets-475514967067?aff=oddtdtcreator

We are very excited to welcome two of the UK's most talented folk musicians to our intimate basement venue

24/07/2023

Folk legend, Martin Carthy, returns to play our intimate basement venue. With support from the wonderful Craig Sunderland.

11/09/2022

Another amazing night on Thursday’s Leamington Folk Club!

Huge thanks to everyone for coming down and helping create an intimate atmosphere for magical performances all round .

Massive thanks to Adrian Gains and the team at the Temperance for making it happen.

Here is a compilation of the nights performances. In order of appearance
Zoe Cure, Paul Gibson, Aus Booth, Antonia Kirby, Joe Bayliss , Beth, Rebecca Mileham and Scarecrow

29/08/2022

Tomorrow night!

Tomorrow night, all the way from Nashville, we welcome the amazing Diana Jones. As seen on BBC Joohs Holland, expect another extraordinary night of music in our most intimate venues.

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Award winning, US singer songwriter Diana Jones is known for her gritty, literary, Appalachian influenced songs. Adopted as an infant and raised in Long Island, NY, the fact that Diana couldn’t get enough of her brother’s Johnny Cash records finally made sense when she found her birth family and musical roots in the Smoky Mountains of Eastern Tennessee. Her maternal grandfather, who had formed his first teenage band with a young Chet Atkins, was happy to pass on the culture and the music that he loved to his granddaughter.

Diana’s first album ‘My Remembrance Of You’ (Proper Records) in 2006 garnered rave reviews internationally and set her on a path which would see her release four further critically acclaimed albums: Better Times Will Come (2008), High Atmosphere (2011), Museum Of Appalachia Recordings (2013) and Live In Concert (2016). She has toured the globe, including performances at prestigious events such as Cambridge Folk Festival, Galway Arts Festival, Levon Helm’s Ramble in Woodstock, NY, and Bimhuis in Amsterdam, and shared stages with the likes of Richard Thompson, Janis Ian and Mary Gauthier.

She has also appeared on world-renowned TV and radio shows Later With Jools Holland, BBC4 Folk America, BBC4's Songwriters Circle and BBC Radio 2 Country with Bob Harris. Diana’s progressive, yet historically rich, songs have been recorded by artists including Joan Baez and Gretchen Peters and have won her awards from Kerrville Folk Festival, New Song Festival and nominations from International Folk Alliance.

Song To A Refuge (Proper Records, September 25 2020), Diana’s 6th solo recording, gives voice to the stories of asylum seekers worldwide; a testament to Diana’s commitment to social justice through her gifts as a consummate songwriter and performer.