Worcester's Longest Running Folk Club

We meet on the
first and third Fridays of the month
(unless otherwise noted - see below)

£3.00 for members - £3.50 for visitors

Membership £10 to 31 December - join at the door

Bishop Allenby Hall, St. Stephen's Church, off St. Stephen's Street, Worcester WR3 7HS

Before You Come

If you have symptoms of viral respiratory infection, please do not come.

Face masks are not required, but please be sensitive to other people's needs and vulnerabilities when socialising.

Please use the hand sanitiser provided when entering the venue.


The hall booking is from 8:00pm - 11:00pm, so we can't arrive early or linger late. We do have a social break during the evening.

For your enjoyment of the evening: please, no animals, no unaccompanied under-18s.

Bring your own drink, glasses etc. and take all rubbish home.

Help setting up before the meeting and clearing away afterwards will be gratefully welcomed.

There's good parking space in the surrounding churchyard.

At meetings on first Fridays of the month, performers during the first half of the evening are asked to choose a song with a chorus.

Members & Contacts Personal Data Policy

Directions

From M5 Jn 6, follow A449 towards Worcester.

From North on A449, turn left after Co-op into St. Stephen’s Street.

From South through Worcester city centre, fork left at A38/A449 junction, then 1st right into St. Stephen’s Street.

(It's best not to approach St. Stephens St. from the A38 Droitwich Rd.)
The entrance to the church is on the left at the corner of Tuffery Close. Park in front of church within the extensive church grounds. The hall is set back to the left of the church (aerial view).


What People Say

The best club for singing in England  Sara Grey
The choruses were definitely the best I've ever heard - totally amazing! Vicky Swan
Some of the best chorus singing we've ever heard, and we've played nearly all the folk clubs in Britain Napper & Bliss

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What To Expect

"The Somers" is named after a (long gone) Worcestershire pub where the club originally started meeting over 30 years ago. Traditional music in all its varieties has always been celebrated at the club, but is by no means an exclusive requirement for performers. There are certainly plenty of beautiful choruses, ballads, and rousing shanties etc. from English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, American and even French and other traditions that are enjoyed on Friday folk nights. But you're just as likely to hear contemporary and self-penned songs in the folk idiom, acoustic blues, spirituals, musical hall and humorous numbers, as well as instrumental tunes played on guitar, fiddle, harmonica, flute, whistle, concertina, and so on. All kinds of folk are welcome!


Club 'Lockdown' Recording

While meetings were suspended during the pandemic, a special club recording was made of the traditional song Thousands or More. The track was put together by Alan Courtney from individual member's contributions made under lockdown conditions.

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What's On

We meet on the first and third Friday of the month unless otherwise noted. Below are upcoming dates and events



Contact

Tel: 01684 561378 (Sam & Eleanor)

email (Chris)

AGENTS AND ARTISTS PLEASE NOTE:
As regular club meetings are floor spots only, we are unable to offer paid artists routine bookings.

The organising committee is currently:
Bob Fox, Selwyn Lane, Eleanor Simmons, Sam Simmons, Chris Stewart.

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