Roving Tuesday Folk Sessions Birmingham

15/06/2026

Tomorrow night sees us congregate at The Wellington in Bennetts Hill at 7:30 to join together, singing and playing tunes until closing time.

So bring your instruments, bring your voices, and bring your ears.

07/06/2026

This coming Tuesday, 9th June, we will be hosted at The Good Intent in Great Western Arcade B2 5HU, where we will fill the upper room with Folk Music and Song from 7:30 until closing time.

27/05/2026

Next Tuesday will be the 2nd of June, and being the first Tuesday, the Folk Music And Song Session will be hosted at The Bull in Price Street, Birmingham, from 7:30 until closing.

So bring your instruments, bring your voices or bring your ears or any combination of the three.

Because of my error last week, we have the same pic again!

23/05/2026

I messed up! And was shown the error of my ways by John Townley. The rest of yoy either didn't notice or wanted me to end up in the wrong pub!

Next Tuesday the session is at The Woodman not the Bull.

Apologies to anyone who thought they had lost a week out of their life and to those who thought i had successfully invented time travel.

In my defence im not feeling well but can't quite make up my mind if im having a reaction to Thursday's shingles vaccine or if I have a very bad cold.

22/05/2026

🎻✨ Folk at The Bull – Tuesday 25 June, 7:30pm! ✨🎻
We’re rolling back into The Bull, Price Street, for another warm, lively, slightly‑chaotic‑in‑the-best-way folk session — and this week comes with some cracking On This Day trivia.

On 25 June…

🛰️ 1967: The world’s first live global TV broadcast aired — so if your chorus is a bit wobbly, just pretend it’s “authentic vintage transmission noise”.
🎸 1988: Debbie Gibson hit No.1 in the US — proof that even teenagers can write bangers, so bring that new tune you’ve been hiding.
🗺️ 1678: Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to earn a PhD — so yes, you absolutely can bring that obscure academic ballad about 18th‑century rope‑making.
🎤 2009: The world lost Michael Jackson — expect at least one cheeky attempt at a folkified MJ riff.

Bring a tune, bring a song, bring a friend, or just bring yourself.
All instruments, all voices, all levels, all good vibes welcome.

We have 30 people attending the boat trip session on the 30th of June, and I have now closed the books. Although the boat holds 40, we need more room than most passengers for our instruments, i hope I have judged it right and hope even more that you have not all decided to take up the double bass.

It would be fantastic if a couple of people could take the lead in getting some photographs, or even videos of the sessions so that I can incorporate them into the Facebook posts. The simplest way is for you to put them up as a post in the group, and I'll take that as permission to use them.

📍 The Bull, Price Street, Birmingham
🕢 Tuesday 25 June — 7:30pm
🎶 Free, friendly, and gloriously unpredictable

18/05/2026

The Narrowboat trip on 30th June will start from outside the Sealife Centre at 7:00pm and finish outside the Tap Aad Spile at 10:00, the Pub will host us upstairs fir and hour or so after the. Oat trip.

There are still 4 places left

18/05/2026

We are £85 towards our target of £130!

I’m fundraising for the RNLI – will you help power lifeboat crew to the rescue?

17/05/2026

🎶✨ Folk Music & Song at The Wellington – Tuesday 19 May! ✨🎶

We’re back at The Wellington this Tuesday for another evening of tunes, songs, stories and good company. If you fancy a pint, a sing, a play, or just soaking up the atmosphere, you’ll be in the right place.

Bring an instrument, bring a voice, or simply bring yourself — everyone’s welcome and the vibe is always friendly, relaxed and full of life.

📅 Tuesday 19 May 2026
🕢 7:30pm
📍 The Wellington, Birmingham

Let’s fill the room with music, laughter and that lovely warm buzz you only get from a proper folk session. See you there.

11/05/2026

Don't forget tomorrow night's session at The Good Intent, and don't forget your £15 cash for the boat trip. :-)

06/05/2026

Next week's session is at The Good Intent. 7:30 kick off.

Now the exciting news. 30th of June being a 5th Tuesday we are going on a musical canal cruise in Birmingham City Centre probably out to Hockley Port.

The boat holds upto 40 people but that would be too tight for instruments so we are limiting it to 26 people. I am going to ask each person to pay £15.

We need a minimum of 18 people to have paid up by 19th of May. If we dont hit that deadline I will cancel the event. If we exceed 18 people the ballance will be donated to RNLI.

I need hard UK currency by Tuesday 19th May so you can hand over your contribution at the Good Intent or Wellington Sessions.

So, get ready with your canal songs, shanties and SOS songs.

The boat has a bar.