Christchurch Folk Music Club
Links
The following are a few links to other folk clubs, festivals, local musicians and supporters, or pages that we think might be of interest to other folkies.
- Christchurch Folk Club Facebook
- Canterbury Folk Festival
- Whare Flat Folk Festival
- Wellington Community Choir
Meets for rehearsals during term time. Approx 150 singers attend each rehearsal. Very friendly. Visitors welcome – just turn up $5 ($4) per session. Please visit our website for further information. - Auckland Folk Festival
- Canterbury Folk Festival
Canterbury’s own Family Festival of Music, held each year at Easter - Cardrona Folk Festival
- Contra Dancing in Christchurch
- Devonport Folk Music Club
- Graham Wardrop
- Instrument Care by Dave Hart
- Kiwifolk
New Zealand Folk and Acoustic music website - Lynette Diaz
- The Muse
- Musicworks
- NZ-Folk
New Zealand folk and acoustic music email discussion list - Nut Point Gallery
- The Dux de Lux
- The Penguin Club, Oamaru
- Tui Farm Folk Festival
- Wellington Folk Festival
- Whare Flat Folk Festival
- Waimate Folk Festival
If you would like to submit a link please email the webmistress.
We take no responsibility for the correctness or content of these websites. Please let us know if you find a broken or outdated link.
Child and Youth Open Mic
22 September 2019
Get up on stage and show the world of our audience you’re a star! All kids are welcome to sign up for an 8 minute shot at fame and fortune – or at least become a Folk Club favourite.
Open Mic Night
22 September 2019
We provide an outlet for local acoustic performers – singers, songwriters & poets all welcome. We encourage all levels – novice or expert – to hone performance skills in front of a sympathetic audience.
BottleLake Junction
29 September 2019
With a total of ten instruments between them; a bunch of original songs and tunes; throw in some top notch arrangements and tight three-part harmonies; and there you have it
The Kilmarnock Edition
6 October 2019
The group features mainly Scottish and Irish songs, both serious and amusing, with audience participation welcomed.
Kenny Speirs
13 October 2019
Kenny Speirs has been a well-known figure on the national and international folk circuit for over twenty five years
Port Hillbillies & Hidden Talent – They Meet Again!
20 Oct 2019
Play a range of songs and tunes from toe tapping, recognisable standards to some obscure songs from other genres that are given the Port Hillbillies once over
A Hobnail Knees Up!
2 Nov 2019
Get your dancing shoes on and come on down to the Folk Club for a Saturday night Boogie.
James Bar Bowen
3 November 2019
James Bar Bowen is an original acoustic folk-punk singer songwriter from the north of England. His poetic and thought-provoking songs tell personal and political stories from a variety of perspectives.
Bill Hickman
24 November 2019
Wellingtonian Bill Hickman has a voice that has you coming back for more – celebrating the release of his latest album ‘Crossbones
Jon Sanders: virtuoso bouzouki, tenor uke, guitarist & composer
1 December 2019
A man of landscape and soundscape; Jon Sanders has developed a unique world music sound and style that evokes diverse cultures in a “quantum leaping” way, (so says the Irish Times).