1st - 7th February 2026
Folk events in Coventry & Warwickshire
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2:00pm - 5:00pm
The Humber (Acoustic Music Session)
Humber Road, Coventry CV3 1BA
Free Sunday afternoon music session.
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Craven Ceili at the Craven Club
3-5 Craven Street, Coventry CV5 8DS
First Sunday of the month. Celebrate Irish Traditional Music - all musicians welcome, every age, every abiity
7:30pm - 10:30pm
Willow & Tool's Music Parlour -
Fundraiser for Coventry Vision Hub
with KC Jones, Yonderland, John Wainwright +
Willow & Tool Band
The Harvester, Church Road, Long Itchington CV47 9PE
Free admission - interval banknote collection
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Monday 2nd February
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Lighthorne Folk Club Session (Scarecrow + Dave Arrowsmith)
The Antelope, Lighthorne, nr Warwick CV35 0BX
The Antelope, Lighthorne, nr Warwick CV35 0BX
Free admission.
Banknote jug collection – please bring cash!
Further details: lighthornefolk@gmail.com
8:00pm - 11:00pm
8:00pm - 11:00pm
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
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.
Weekly on Mondays
The Fox Inn, The Square, Attleborough, Nuneaton CV11 4JY
Weekly on Mondays
The Fox Inn, The Square, Attleborough, Nuneaton CV11 4JY
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Tuesday 3rd February
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.
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7FD
Weekly on Tuesdays
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7FD Weekly on Tuesdays
Join songwriters Lauren, Ellie and Steve to hone your craft and share your songs with other like-minded musicians.
Open to all levels of experience and ability, this is a supportive and welcoming environment to learn about all aspects of songwriting.
Free, donations gratefully accepted.
No need to book, just drop in!
Every Tuesday from 8pm until 10pm between the following dates:
Tue 13 Jan - Tue 17 Mar
Tue 28 Apr - Tue 30 Jun
If you have any queries, please contact ticketing@warwick.ac.uk
8:30pm - 11:00pm
Open to all levels of experience and ability, this is a supportive and welcoming environment to learn about all aspects of songwriting.
Free, donations gratefully accepted.
No need to book, just drop in!
Every Tuesday from 8pm until 10pm between the following dates:
Tue 13 Jan - Tue 17 Mar
Tue 28 Apr - Tue 30 JunIf you have any queries, please contact ticketing@warwick.ac.uk
Somerville Arms (The Stopwatch Session)
First Tuesdays
4 Campion Terrace, Leamington Spa CV32 4SX
Open mic session
8:30pm - 11:00pm
(Session} 88 West Street, Warwick CV34 6AW Weekly on Tuesdays
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Wednesday 4th February
11:45am - 1:15pm
Weekly on Wednesdays
Abbey End Car Park, Kenilworth CV8 1QJ
https://www.thekenilworthcentre.com/whats-on/groups/kenilworth-acoustic-traditional-session/
8:30pm - 10:30pm
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?
NB Now moved to every Wednesday
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Thursday 5th February
6 High Street, Kenilworth CV8 1LZ
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1286579691388300
Acoustic folk and fun from UK, Ireland, France, Scandinavia and beyond, EVERY 1st TUESDAY EVENING OF THE MONTH. Guitars, voices, concertinas, melodeons, fiddles, accordions, mandolins, double basses, whistles, saxophones, trumpets... All sympathetic musicians and drinkers welcome!
8:00pm - 11:00pm
(Singaround) The Humber, Humber Rd, Coventry CV3 1BA
8:00pm - 11:00pm
(Themed Singers Night) Harbury Village Library, High Street, Harbury CV33 9HW
First Thursdays
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HarburyFolkClub/
Check website for each month’s theme.
NB - no bar in venue. Bring your own drink and glasses
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Friday 6th February
Royal Oak, 36 New Street, Kenilworth CV8 2EZFree entry.
https://www.facebook.com/events/the-royal-oak-kenilworth/chris-nick-johnson-amelia-oliver-live-at-kenilworth-fringe-festival/885312717418712/
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Saturday 7th February
10:00am - 4:00pm
Hope Festival at Abbey Theatre
Programme includes KC Jones (12pm), Katherine Fear's Wellsongs (1pm), Yonderland (Bar area performance 1.30pm)
Pool Bank Street, Nuneaton CV11 5DB
Tickets: Call box office or visit in person .
Phone: 02476 327359 (Mon & Weds, 8:30am to 3:30pm)
Email: office@abbeytheatre.co.uk#
Detailsof event and full programme https://www.abbeytheatre.co.uk/page/hope
3:00pm - 5:00pm
The Old Post Office (Kevin Dempsey & Chris Gibbons)
12 West St, Warwick CV34 6AN
Free admission
7:30pm - 10:30pm
Tree House Bookshop @ United Reformed Church (Josienne Clarke)
Abbey Hill, Kenilworth, CV8 1LW
Tickets £17.34 incl booking fee
Indie-folk singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer Josienne Clarke is often said to draw on traditional British folk inspirations, but is a thoroughly modern, multifaceted artist who follows her own compass.
Blessed with a voice of crystalline beauty and clarity that has been compared to Sandy Denny, her myriad talents translate effortlessly to the live space in performances that are all her own. She has extensive touring experience having been a Rough Trade-signed, Radio 2 Folk Award-winning artist – two opposing poles that neatly sum up her inability to be pigeonholed – and has also been hand-picked as main tour support for folk legend Richard Thompson. She’s shared a stage with Robert Plant and has written songs for an adaptation of The Snow Queen for the National Theatre, performed by children aged 7-11.
Her varied background and effortless musicality mean a cover of Radiohead is just as likely to appear on the setlist as Nick Drake, as on her recent “Now & Then” EP live – hence she’s been able to slot seamlessly into the bill of the Shrewsbury Folk Festival as easily as that of End of the Road.
As well as being a guitarist and vocalist of alarmingly good quality, her unforgettably dark wit also acts as compelling counterpoint to her own twilit, low-key and intimate compositions when playing live. Clarke’s rare authenticity – really the main unifying thread running through her career – is something to admire: here is an artist singularly unafraid to express herself via her art and is naturally armed with all the verve and ability to do so – and bring the audience with her.
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