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 Please let us know if you find a broken or outdated link.

Dave Flynn Celtic Guitar Journey
23 March 2025
In ‘Celtic Guitar Journey‘ he presents beautiful guitar arrangements of Irish and Scottish traditional music, exploring the musical connections between these, and other, ‘Celtic’ countries.

James Grey with support act – Saffron Sisters
30 March 2025
James Gray is a contemporary version of an old-school traveling folk singer. In the past decade, Gray has toured throughout Canada, Europe and Australia, seeing the world and sharing his beloved songs along the way.

Helen Capes: the Hexhamshire Lass
6 April 2024
Helen’s voice and the unique sound of the Northumbrian smallpipes – a magical combination.

Open Mic Night – 13 April 2025
13 April 2025
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.

2025 Canterbury Folk Festival
18-21 April 2025
Held every Easter in the tranquil park setting, Waipara Adventure Centre, offers the opportunity to relax enjoy the music and environment. This is primarily a camping-based event and encourages full participation of attendees with additional impromptu music sessions and mini concerts outside the programmed performances of the booked artists.

Andrew London Duo
4 May 2025
Andrew London’s quirky songs will make you laugh out loud as you recognise yourself and everyone around you, and all the prejudices, obsessions and weird little idiosyncrasies we Kiwis put out on display every day.

Saltwater Creek
11 May 2024
Saltwater Creek was formed in early 2024 when a group of five long-time friends and musical collaborators – Al Mackenzie, Bruce Penno, Chris Chamberlain, Lesley Askin, and Rob Allan – decided to get together and start something new.

Ellen Aster & Paul Bacon
18 May 2025
These two artists first both brought their talents to The Open Mic stage at the club, where their ability stood out. We have been delighted to have Ellen and Paul as support acts at the club.
We look forward to a night where we experience more of their creativity, flair and their formula to bring us a night of awe inspiring music. We challenge you to support new local talent, as these two are!, Two young artists to watch as their careers develop.

Sassafras
25 May 2025
The Sassafras Bluegrass Band invites you to a “HOOTENANNY”. What is a “HOOTENANNY”? It is a “banjo-brained hoedown-throwdown-don’t slow down until the cows come home!”

Martin Curtis & Graham Wardrop
15 June 2025
Martin and Graham met in 1989 and formed a close friendship, a partnership that continues to this day. With Graham’s help in 1990 Martin recorded his 3rd album “The Daisy Patch”, which was a finalist in the New Zealand music awards. Since then, Graham has been an integral part of all of Martin’s albums – 10 in total, both as musician and latterly as the sound and recording engineer. They often perform together as a duo and thoroughly enjoy each other’s company.