Folk in the Cellar

Folk in the Cellar 2nd & 4th Mondays in the month at 7.30pm. Folk club at MAP studio cafe NW5 3DU. Featured guest acts and floor spots. Our Christmas special. Christmas is over!

Folk in the Cellar is an inclusive and eclectic folk club, with an emphasis on everyone joining in. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Monday of every month (except August and Christmas week). Our nights take place at the fabulous MAP Studio Cafe in Kentish Town. £5 cash donation requested, so we can pay our guest artists. Most evenings feature an extended set from a guest artist or group, but half of the

evening is open to anyone to share a song, a tune, a poem…… Some evenings are singarounds, where the audience is the star attraction. We’re not dogmatic about genre, but we are completely unplugged. And we do not talk while people are performing, though joining in is usually welcome! Coming up:

Dec 22 Singaround - the audience are the star attraction. Jan 12 Singaround - the audience are the star attraction. Jan 26 Midnight Ramblers - London based folk and Americana trio
Feb 9 Double bill - Richard Allen & Hannah Lovell - Richard is a writer-ranter of works of comic poetic genius, Hannah will treat us to a rendition of her new EP of self penned pagan themed songs - equal parts melodious, humorous, evocative and seductive. Feb 23 Dana Immanuel and Duncan Menzies - A sound influenced by Duncan’s Scottish folk heritage and bourbon-soaked old-timey Americana with a mutual appreciation of Led Zeppelin.

June is a bonus month at Folk in the Cellar. There are 5 Mondays, so we have three musical evenings!We've already had a ...
18/06/2026

June is a bonus month at Folk in the Cellar. There are 5 Mondays, so we have three musical evenings!

We've already had a stormer with Nod and Paul and next Monday 22nd we have what promises to be a magical evening with Omam Dawn and friends.

Then we have a very special evening on 29th when we're proud to host Jenn Butterworth for a rare solo London gig.

Jenn is widely recognised as one of the UK’s leading exponents of traditional folk guitar and as a central figure in the thriving Scottish folk music scene. She is a key member of the award-winning folk powerhouse Kinnaris Q and performs regularly in duos with Laura-Beth Salter and Will Pound. Her versatility has seen her contribute to an impressive array of projects, including performances with Fairport Convention, Fiddlers’ Bid, Treacherous Orchestra, Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton, Bella Hardy, and many others.

Last year she released an award-winning solo album, Her By Design.

We're thrilled to have a musician of her stature playing for us. We'll be away from our normal home for this gig, at the Slaughtered Lamb in Clerkenwell.

This is one not to miss. Tickets from
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/folkinthecellar/2169826

We're delighted about this too, not only for Jenn, but also because she is playing a special solo gig for us on June 29t...
18/04/2026

We're delighted about this too, not only for Jenn, but also because she is playing a special solo gig for us on June 29th at The Slaughtered Lamb. Watch this space - full announcement and ticket link coming very soon!

Delighted to have received this certificate in the post from the Ireland Tonight Radio Music Awards, awarding me Best Female Vocalist of the Year for Her By Design. How cool is that?! Definitely lifted my Fairport Convention post-tour blues.

Thanks Sharon Smith Iberle and everyone at Ireland Tonight.

10/03/2026

Skylark doing their beautiful thing at FITC last night.

10/03/2026

Skylark blew us away last night - the first standing ovation we can remember. A wonderful night of music and community.

Our very own Lou & Leo and TwickFolk’s Sue Graves will be co-headlining a double bill at the Cabbage Patch, Twickenham o...
31/01/2026

Our very own Lou & Leo and TwickFolk’s Sue Graves will be co-headlining a double bill at the Cabbage Patch, Twickenham on Sunday 22 February. Sue will be familiar to FITC audiences as a member of the wonderful Suntrap. She will be performing each of the ten songs and one tune from her new album, 'The Surrey Nightingale', in the company of the other members of Suntrap, plus Sue Evans and Lynne Reynolds.
Lou & Leo will share the evening. Harmonies, guitar and banjo provide the soundscape to their songs of love, anger, social injustice … and moth eradication. Jack Harris will be adding some sparkling guitar magic to some of their songs on this special night.
Louella JC's album 'This Is All There Is' will be on the merch desk alongside Sue’s.
https://www.twickfolk.co.uk/events/double-bill-sue-graves-lou-leo/

Our winter programme!
05/12/2025

Our winter programme!

Lacuna did a great floorspot at Walthamstow Folk last week. Now's your chance to hear them do a full set at Folk in the...
23/11/2025

Lacuna did a great floorspot at Walthamstow Folk last week. Now's your chance to hear them do a full set at Folk in the Cellar, tomorrow (Monday 24).

Sure to be a cracker

The MAP Studio Cafe
49 Grafton Rd
Kentish Town
NW53DU
7.30pm
More info on our website:
https://folkinthecellar.wordpress.com/

19/11/2025

The end of a cracking evening! Thanks Suntrap. And we’re going to do it all again next Monday 24th with the wonderful Lacuna.

08/09/2025

Re FITC tonight - with Lou & Leo - the Mildmay Line which serves Kentish Town West and the Thameslink Service which goes to Kentish Town, and the Elizabeth Line which links with Thameslink services are all running. Look forward to welcoming you to the first night of our exciting Autumn line up.

Thankyou everyone who donated at our last singaround!
03/08/2025

Thankyou everyone who donated at our last singaround!

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