Dec 2025 wk1
30 November - 7 December 2025
Folk Events in Coventry and Warwickshire
- 2:00pm - 5:00pm
- (Acoustic Music Session)
- Weekly on Mondays
- Humber Road, Coventry CV3 1BA
- 5:00pm - 7:30pm
- (Old Broom String Band)
- 21 Spon St, Coventry CV1 3BA
- Closing act for the Old Windmill Winter Beer Festival
- 7pm - 11pm
Rupam Barthakur exhibition launch w/Shanade, Mick Cox, Jonathan Waller & Alkevan
You are invited to join us for a party to launch new art exhibition "Dance" by Rupam Barthakur. And live music. Everyone welcome!
We invite all our friends to join us for a party to celebrate our new exhibition by Rupam Barthakur "Dance". This follows on from his hugely successful show in 2023 where most of the art sold on the first day of the show!
A great chance to meet the artist, enjoy the art and network with other art lovers. And there will be live music from Shanade, Mick Cox, Jonathan Waller and Alkevan! Not many spaces left.
Free admission but register to secure a place:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/art-temperance-rupam-barthakur-exhibition-launch-tickets-1968649576879?aff=oddtdtcreator&mc_cid=814ab52639&mc_eid=1917f14a06
- 7:00pm - 10:00pm
- (Benji Kirkpatrick (Bendrix set) + Craig Sunderland)
- Antelope, Lighthorne, Warwick CV35 0BX
"This November! !I'll be touring with the 'Bendrix: Slight Return' show.It's 10 years since I embarked on the original Bendrix project and I'll be playing the full Hendrix Songs album that went with it, plus another album's worth of newly worked up material.Come along!"
Banknote jug collection – please bring cash!
Further details: lighthornefolk@gmail.com
- 7:00pm - 9:00pm
- (WFC Fringe Singaround)
- The Ale Hub, 4 Chase Meadow Square, Warwick CV34 6BT
- http://www.warwickfolkclub.co.uk/
- 7:45pm - 9:45pm
- (Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden's Wassail)
- University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7FD
Box Office - 024 7649 6000
NB - this show runs for two nights - 1st and 2nd December
Long before the tradition of carolling, festive revellers would go house-to-house, exchanging songs for money, food and ale.
Coming from the old English waes hael, ‘wassail’ is a toast wishing good health.
This Christmas, Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden combine their considerable talents and reputations within the UK folk scene for a nationwide wassail, wishing good health to all.
Presenting seasonal material amongst a stage of illuminated Christmas trees, they will take audiences back to some of the oldest songs in the English canon, spreading good cheer and lighting up the darkest days of the year.
Tickets £28 (conc.) - https://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/qDy-eliza-carthy-jon-bodens-wassail/
- 8:00pm - 11:00pm
- Weekly on Mondays
- Humber Hotel, 1 Humber Road, Coventry CV3 1BA
- Free casual music session focussed 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
- (Music and song session / singaround)
- The Fox Inn, The Square, Attleborough, Nuneaton CV11 4JY
- 8:00pm - 10:00pm
- (Irish music session)
- Weekly on Mondays
- Quigleys, 22 Albert Street, Rugby CV21 2RS
Weekly on Mondays
- 7:00pm - 11:00pm
- (Instrument classes and music session)
- 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.
- 7:45pm - 9:45pm
- (Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden's Wassail)
- See Monday, 1st Dec
- 8:00pm - 11:00pm
- (The Stopwatch Session)
- Monthly on the first Tuesday
- 4 Campion Terrace, Leamington Spa CV32 4SX
- Open Mic
- 8:00pm - 10:00pm
- (either Ellie Gowers, Stylusboy, or Lauren South)
- Weekly on Tuesdays term-time
- Warwick Arts Centre -Helen Martin Studio, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Warwickshire based songwriter, Ellie Gowers returns with Steve Jones (aka Stylusboy) and Lauren South to deliver a series of workshops across the year. Whether you’re just starting your songwriting journey or are looking to refine your craft then these free sessions are for you.
Free admission - No need to book, just turn up!
- 8:30pm - 10:30pm
- (Tuneworks music session)
- Weekly on Tuesday
- Ale Rooms, 7 Smalley Place, Kenilworth, CV8 1QG
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 & established players.
More info @www.tuneworks.co.ukWhy not pick up an instrument and learn to play traditional tunes in a sociable and welcoming environment?
- 11:45am - 1:45pm
- Abbey End Car Park, Kenilworth CV8 1QJ
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- (Afternoon folkish singaround)
- Monthly on the first Wednesday
- Atherstone Red Lion, 99 Long Street, Atherstone CV9 1BB
- 7:30pm - 10:30pm
- (Jesca Hoop + Hot Springs)
- Units 1 - 4, The Canal Basin, CV1 4LY
Tickets £21.45 incl booking fee
California-born but now based in Manchester, UK, Jesca Hoop is what you’d call a musician’s musician. Discovered by Tom Waits, and brought on tour by Peter Gabriel to sing in his band, it was a phone call from Elbow’s Guy Garvey that saw her move to the UK. Hoop’s 6 studio albums including her most recent album “Order of Romance”, produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Aldous Harding, This is the Kit), all received huge acclaim from critics and fans alike, and it’s easy to see why: Jesca Hoop is one of our most captivating singers. Her beautiful songs, rooted in the folk tradition are intricately detailed, acoustic-led pieces that teem with ideas, expertly crafted lyrics and melodies that spring from a deeply curious imagination.
Admission £13.94 incl booking
fee
Phone: 01926 730102
Email: mail@temperance.bar
Growing up inside a cult, Katey
Brooks found refuge in song. A rebellious artist that resists formula, the
‘powerful’ (Evening Standard) award-winning singer, songwriter & producer
brings a seamless blend of Americana, Folk and Pop to listeners’ ears, which
has earned her radio play from BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, 6music, Canada’s CBC,
Jazz FM, and Amazing Radio amongst many others.
“She had the crowd eating out of
her hands” The Independent
No stranger to the stage, Brooks
has toured in the US, Australia, Canada, Europe and the UK. She has shared
bills with artists like Cat Burns, Nick Mulvey, Newton
Faulkner, and Yola, as well as playing big name festivals such
as Glastonbury, WOMAD, Paralympics 2012, the Australian National Folk Festival,
and several BBC Introducing stages, to name a few.
KB’s album Revolute was
released in 2019 to huge critical acclaim across the world including a ‘Best
Album of the Year’ credit from music magazine Popdust, and premiers
for the singles from Billboard, Pride Magazine,
and Gay Times. Since then she has released a live album, several
singles, and had multiple collaborations including upcoming track with
award-winning Blues artist, Elles Bailey.
Brooks’ vocals have featured on
records with Brian May (Queen), Bill Wyman (Rolling
Stones), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) and Paloma Faith.
Her music has been used in the West End (PRIDE), TV (Hulu’s Harlots soundtrack)
and film (My Christmas Hero). She has so far earned three Best Original Song
awards at film festivals.
Brooks has made fans out of her
influences and heroes including Joss Stone, Nick Van
Eede (Cutting Crew), and Chris Difford (Squeeze) who
have all spoken warm words of support for her. It’s safe to say she has been
catching the attention of big names, with her song ’All Of Me’ making
the finals in the International Songwriting Competition in 2023, whose judges
included Mariah Carey, Coldplay & Tom
Waits.
With 205 songs written in 200
days in 2023, expect to hear a lot from Katey Brooks in 2024/5
- 7:30pm - 11:00pm
- Virgins & Castle Folk Session
- Monthly on the first Thursday
- 7 High Street, Kenilworth CV8 1LY
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1286579691388300
- Acoustic folk and fun from UK, Ireland, France, Scandinavia and beyond, EVERY 1st THURSDAY EVENING OF THE MONTH at The Virgins & Castle, Kenilworth. Guitars, voices, concertinas, melodeons, fiddles, accordions, mandolins, double basses, whistles, saxophones, trumpets... All sympathetic musicians and drinkers welcome!
- 8:00pm - 11:00pm
- 8:00pm - 11:00pm
- (Themed Singers Night)
- Monthly on the first Thursday
- Harbury Village Library, High Street, Harbury. Leamington Spa CV33 9HW
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HarburyFolkClub/
Check website for each month’s theme.
NB - no bar in venue. Bring your own drink and glasses
- 9:00pm - 11:00pm
- (Music session)
- Weekly on Thursday
- 27-29, Crompton St, Warwick CV34 6HJ
- Free admission
- 7:15pm - 10:00pm
- (House concert with Gerry Colvin)
- Ryepiece Barn, Rogers Lane, Ettington CV37 7SX
Tickets £14 https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on?q=ryepiece
It’s hard to do justice to the Gerry Colvin live experience. Bad jokes. Awful puns. Flapping hands. Oh and songs that are funny, sad, poignant and very very catchy. Expect a Mexican Wave, the only song in the English language to feature the word tarmac and to leave with a lovely warm, Christmassy glow.
Gerry will be joined by some of his fabulous musical friends and it will, as always, be a truly wonderful night. (NB we won’t have the full orchestra!)
The idea behind Ryepiece House Concerts is to bring some amazing musicians to our village and let them perform in a relaxed and intimate setting.
We are always on the look out for interesting artists from the worlds of folk, jazz, blues and beyond who will engage and entertain an audience who in all likelihood have never heard them before.
More details: https://ryepiecebarn.wordpress.com/
- 7:30pm - 10:30pm
- (Ellie Gowers SOLD OUT)
- Abbey Hill United Reformed Church, Kenilworth CV8 1LW
- 8:00pm - 11:00pm
- (Greenman Rising, Liam Vincent & the Odd Foxes, Daisybell)
- Queen's Road, Nuneaton, CV11 5LA
A night of folk with Greenman Rising and special guests Liam Vincent and the Odd Foxes & Daisybell. A hardcore tradition for modern audiences. Driving dance tunes, songs about love, war, murder and betrayal. The soldier who rebels against an invasion and the sailor cheated when he comes on shore. Beautiful ballads and full-on musical madness that’ll get you dancing the night away.
Tickets £10 https://tinyurl.com/3c7xtnzx
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