5th - 11th April 2026
Folk events in Coventry & Warwickshire
Jack Blackman
2:00pm - 5:00pm
The Humber - Acoustic Music Session
Humber Road, Coventry CV3 1BA
Free Sunday afternoon music session.
Craven Club - Cravern Ceili
3-5 Craven St, Coventry CV5 8DS
First Sundays. Celebrate Irish Traditional Music - all musicians welcome, every age, every abiity
7:30pm - 10:30pm
Willow & Tool's Music Parlour
Double header:
Wren + Canned Blues + Harper's Dove + Yonderland.
Hosts: Willow & PowellThe Harvester, Church Rd, Long Itchington, Southam CV47 9PE
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Monday 6th April
"CovTrad" traditional music session
Weekly on Mondays
Humber Hotel, Humber Road, Coventry CV3 1BA
Free casual music session focused on traditional tunes from Britain and Ireland with bits of Americana, Skandi etc. If you are a beginner with only a few tunes, let us know and we'll join in at a speed that works for you.
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Fox Acoustic session (Music and song session / singaround)
Weekly on Mondays
The Fox Inn, The Square, Attleborough, Nuneaton CV11 4JY
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Tuesday 7th April
7:00pm - 11:00pm
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Weekly on Tuesdays
Hearsall Inn, 45 Craven Street, Coventry CV5 8DS
The Coventry Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann is a creative community nurturing Irish culture. We are dedicated to promoting Irish music, dance and language.We hold music classes for a range of traditional instruments, including fiddle, banjo, tin whistle, button accordion, mandolin and bodhran, every Tuesday evening commencing at 7.00 pm for tin whistle and 7.30 pm for all other instruments. Lessons are £2 per week with the first taster lesson absolutely free. Details https://coventrycomhaltas.wordpress.com/about/
Classes are followed by a session in which musicians of all abilities are welcome to come along and join in. If you do not play an instrument but enjoy listening to Irish music you are also more than welcome to join us.
The Coventry Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann is a creative community nurturing Irish culture. We are dedicated to promoting Irish music, dance and language.
We hold music classes for a range of traditional instruments, including fiddle, banjo, tin whistle, button accordion, mandolin and bodhran, every Tuesday evening commencing at 7.00 pm for tin whistle and 7.30 pm for all other instruments. Lessons are £2 per week with the first taster lesson absolutely free. Details https://coventrycomhaltas.wordpress.com/about/
Classes are followed by a session in which musicians of all abilities are welcome to come along and join in. If you do not play an instrument but enjoy listening to Irish music you are also more than welcome to join us.
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Abbey Theatre session with KC Jones
Acoustic Music and Song Session
Abbey Theatre, Pool Bank Street, uneaton CV11 5DB
Bring an instrument, your singing voice and/or just your ears to listen.
Taking place on the first Tuesday of each month
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8:00pm - 11:30pm
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Wurzel Bush Folk Club (O'Sullivan, Thorpe & Daze)
Rugby West Indian Association, Railway Terrace, Rugby CV21 3HE
Free admission - jug collection
Hosted by Craig Sunderland
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Somerville Arms (The Stopwatch Session)4 Campion Terrace, Leamington Spa CV32 4SXFirst Tuesdays open mic.
8:30pm - 11:00pm
(Session}
88 West Street, Warwick CV34 6AW
Weekly on Tuesdays
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Wednesday 8th April
1:00pm - 3:00pm
The Kenilworth Centre
(Kenilworth Acoustic Traditional Session)
Weekly on Wednesdays
Abbey End Car Park, Kenilworth CV8 1QJ
https://www.thekenilworthcentre.com/whats-on/groups/kenilworth-acoustic-traditional-session/
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Bedworth Folk Club
Notts Alliance + Jamie McCoan (with a touch of Jake Thackray)Bedworth Ex Servicemens Social Club, Ryepiece Ringway,Bedworth CV12 8JHFree admission - jug collectionNotts Alliance are an unaccompanied harmony group with material from the folk tradition and thereabouts with a reputation for tight and inventive harmony singing. Their repertoire includes arrangements of songs from some of the best of today’s songwriters including Richard Thompson, Pete Morton, Maggie Holland as well as a good helping of traditional material.
Regulars at many clubs and festivals, they released "Out of the Darkness" in 1997 to enthusiastic reviews. In 1999 they recorded several songs for the transportation section of the "Galleries of Justice" museum in Nottingham. Their second album "Nothing Spoken" came out in 2003 - the title was taken from a featured Pete Morton song. The third album, Faithful Heart came out in June 2008 and the latest (Aug 2013) album is "On the Doorstep". It was produced by John Adams and recorded by Jon Loomes at his studio in Ripponden.
8:30pm - 10:30pm
Wednesday Tuneworks at Kenilworth Ale Room
(Tuneworks music session)
Weekly trad tunes session, upstairs at the Ale Rooms, Kenilworth.
£3 (£2 unwaged) contribution towards room hire appreciated please.
All sensitive musicians welcome, beginners, improvers and established players.
More info @www.tuneworks.co.uk #
Why not pick up an instrument and learn to play traditional tunes in a sociable and welcoming environment?
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Bluegrass at The Squirrel(Bluegrass session with Wes Stanton)The Squirrel, Bishopton, Stratford upon Avon CV37 9LDAcoustic jam session
The Humber, Humber Rd, Coventry CV3 1BA
(Singaround hosted by Yonderland)
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Friday sessions at Twisted Barrel Brewery and Tap House(Jack Blackman)Unit 11, FarGo Village, Coventry CV1 5EDFRIDAY SESSIONS
Join us at the Tap House at FarGo Village Coventry EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT for live, local,musical talent.
Performers will kick off each week at 7pm and play a couple of sets, with an approximate finish of 10pm (each performer may vary).
PLEASE come and join us to support your local, independent music scene.
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Saturday 11th April
7:30pm - 10:00pm
Medieval Music Concert (Marco Cannavo and Steve Tyler)St Mary Magdalene's Church, Vicarage Road, Lillington, Leamington CV32 7RHTickets £15 (£12 conc):
On Saturday 11 April 2026 at 7:30pm (doors 7:00pm), at the historic St Mary Magdalene's Church, Lillington (Leamington Spa), Marco Cannavo and Steve Tyler present Musica Medievalis, an instrumental journey into the music of medieval Europe. Featuring hurdy-gurdy and its early predecessors, alongside harp, lute, citole, portative organ, bladder pipe, and tambourine, the concert explores rhythms and melodies from both sacred and secular traditions, interpreted with imaginative freedom while remaining rooted in historical sources.
Tickets & Pricing:
Tickets are available for £15.00, supporting us independent musicians in pursuing our love for medieval music. However, we understand financial constraints, so we offer concession tickets for just £12.00 with no proof required. If you can't afford full price, that's okay, grab a concession ticket and enjoy the show!
About St Mary Magdalene's Church, Lillington:
A chapel and a quarter of the land in Lillington were granted to the canons of Kenilworth in 1122 to endow their new Priory with an income. This chapel was pre-Conquest in origin, perhaps as early as 970AD. Part of the south wall of the present chancel is a survival of this building, while the Saxon doorway, which now stands between the Lady Chapel and sacristy, may date from about 1020 when the little church was repaired after Canute's 1016 raid into Warwickshire.
By about 1380 the chapel is thought to have developed into a parish church with chancel, nave and short south aisle of two bays. The west tower was added around 1480, and a bell dedicated to St Catherine at this time still hangs in the tower today.
