Christchurch Folk Music Club
Events
About Our Events
Christchurch Folk Music Club hosts performers every week who get the chance to perform for and interact with the local community.
- Concerts consist of two 50 min performances, split by a 20-minute break. Tea, Coffee & Cakes are available at halftime. Toilets on site.
Concert ticket prices vary between $20 to $25
- We have reduced rates for music students with ID cards.
- Those with a club membership receive a $5.00 reduced weekly door-charge along with other perks. If you would like to learn more, visit the “Join” page to see all the benefits of a club membership.
Christchurch Folk Music Club offers a full listening experience. During concerts, artists may encourage the audience to participate when appropriate, but talking and other noise is to be kept to a minimum during performances. Members who disturb performers and the audience by being consistently inappropriate may be asked to leave. The Committee reserves the right to revoke the membership of any member who is consistently disruptive.
Upcoming Events
Luthier Exhibition and Concert
24 May 2026
The featured luthiers for this Exhibition are Peter Stephen, Steve Barkman, Graham Wardrop, Patrick Murray, Don Milne, Davy Simpson, Malcolm Locke, Scout White and Rosco Luthiery.
Waimate Winter Folk Festival 2026
29 May 2026
White Noise and Luemdillies Band Night
7 June 2026
Canterbury-born acoustic duo White Noise bring a 45-minute set of stripped-back classics to the folk club.
Beatle Back Catalogue Show 1
14 June 2026
This exceptional quality band will present a varied collection of all the Beatles written numbers out of the 188 original songs that they wrote and which have been carefully drawn from all 13 official Beatles albums for your listening pleasure.
Open Mic Night – 21 June
21 June 2026
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
You, Me, Everybody
28 June 2026
You, Me, Everybody hit the road in 2026 for a national tour celebrating Midnight, their new album inspired by the fleeting moment where one day ends and the next begins.
Open Mic Night-August
16 August 2026
We provide an outlet for local acoustic performers – singers, songwriters & poets all welcome.
Celtic Caim – Pauline Vallance (Scotland) and Heather Innes
8 November 2026
Celtic Caim concerts have been described as “hauntingly beautiful harmony singing,” a capella and accompanied by clasarch, flute or bodhrán. An eclectic mix of Celtic songs, songs written by various songwriters, including Pauline & Heather, plus jigs or reels on flute and bodhrán to get your feet tapping!