8th - 14th March 2026
Folk events in Coventry & Warwickshire
Chris & Nick Johnson - Temperance, Leamington
Thursday 10th March
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2:00pm - 5:00pm
The Humber (Acoustic Music Session)
Humber Road, Coventry CV3 1BA
Free Sunday afternoon music session.
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Monday 9th March
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Warwick Folk Club (Phil Beer + Liz Wall SOLD OUT)
The Racehorse, Stratford Road, Warwick CV34 6AS
Tickets £20
UPDATE.... We're fully booked now for our Guest Night on 9th March - Phil Beer. If you want to go on the reserve list please email robinjkaye@btinternet.com and we'll let you know if anyone is unable to come and wants us to re-sell their place(s).
8:00pm - 11:00pm
8:00pm - 11:00pm
"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
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.
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 10th March 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Abbey Theatre (Music & Song session w/KC Jones)Pool Bank Street, Nuneaton CV11 5DB
Bring an instrument, your singing voice and/or just your ears to listen. Taking place on the first Tuesday of each month
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 - 11:00pm
The Wurzel Bush Folk Club (Sally Ironmonger & Brian Carter)
Rugby West Indian Association, Railway Terrace, Rugby CV21 3HE
Come along and enjoy a splendid evening's entertainment from Sally Ironmonger and Brian Carter - a very talented couple. They will hold you spellbound from the opening song to the inevitable but well deserved encore. Laugh along and be transported to sunny days on Broadstairs beach (or should that be Joss Bay) eating ice cream or mourning the loss of the great ship building industry in the Medway. Every song delivered with humour, love, and a great deal of style.
Free admission - jug collection
Hosted by Craig Sunderland
8:00pm - 10:00pm
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
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
8:30pm - 11:00pm
(Session}
88 West Street, Warwick CV34 6AW
Weekly on Tuesdays
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Wednesday 11th March
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Weekly on WednesdaysThe Kenilworth Centre (Kenilworth Acoustic Traditional Session)
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 (Anthony John Clarke + Finders Keepers)
Bedworth Ex-Servicemens Social Club & Institute, Ryepiece Ringway, Bedworth CV12 8JH
Free admission - jug collection
8:30pm - 10:30pm Wednesday Tuneworks at Kenilworth Ale Rooms (Tuneworks music session)
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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Thursday 12th March
7:00pm - 11:00pm "Step Right Up" The Songs of Tom Waits w/ Chris and Nick Johnson
Temperance, 33 Bath Street, Leamington Spa CV31 3AF
Tickets £13.94 incl booking fee
Phone: 01926 730102
Email: mail@temperance.bar
Come spend an evening in the company of Tom Waits. Chris and Nick Johnson (Dark Side of the Moon) return to perform their Tom Waits show!
STEP RIGHT UP: THE SONGS OF TOM WAITS
Step right up and accept our invitation to the blues as Temperance veterans Stuart Maxwell (vocals/harmonica/organ/piano), Chris Johnson (vocals/guitars), Nick Johnson (vocals/guitars/piano/harmonium) and Alex Davis (double bass) return to present another eclectic selection of Tom Waits’ brilliant songs.
Join us on a journey from Waits’ folky 70s singer-songwriter origins through tender ballads, twisted blues, black comedy, smoky jazz, spoken word, graveyard gospel, haunted lullabies and Faustian cabaret.
Tom Waits is a true original with such an idiosyncratic vocal style he can’t be copied and each ofhis albums inhabits its own sonic world. A prolific songwriter, his diverse catalogue has been covered by artists including Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Bette Midler, John Hammond, The Ramones, Pearl Jam, Johnny Cash, The Eagles, Norah Jones, Blind Boys of Alabama, Scarlett Johansson and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss.
This is not a tribute show to Tom Waits' stage persona - no hats, no attempts at imitation - but it is a celebration of some of the best songs of the past 50 years. Even if you’re not a die-hard Waits fan, you probably know more than you think….
This show will have two sets with an interval and may involve use of a loudhailer.
The musicians:
Stuart Maxwell has been singing the blues for over 40 years, fronting European and UK touring favourites Storm Warning, three years fronting Mick Ralphs’ Blues Band, plus his own Shufflepack, Barnstormers, Big River Blues and Blues Raiders.
Chris Johnson, Nick Johnson and Alex Davis are all members of Everything Under The Sun, the collective that has performed classic albums including Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here at cathedrals round the country - including a four night sold out run of Dark Side of the Moon at Temperance in 2023 and two sold out shows at Coventry Cathedral in 2024 and 2025. Chris and Nick also perform their own material under the Chris & Nick Johnson name, playing venues from folk clubs to festivals, headlining and also supporting the likes of Steve Knightley (Show of Hands), Seth Lakeman and The Dunwells. Nick was a member of the reformed Thunderclap Newman and has toured with Big Country drummer and session legend Mark Brzezicki as well as playing guitar in Stuart Maxwell’s Big River Blues.
8:00pm - 10:00pm (Hosted by Wes Stanton)
The Squirrel, Bishopton, Stratford upon Avon CV37 9LD
8:00pm - 11:00pm (Singaround hosted by Yonderland)
The Humber, Humber Rd, Coventry CV3 1BA
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Friday 13th March
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Friday Sessions at the Twisted Barrel (Wes Finch)
FRIDAY 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.
Christ The King Club, Westhill Road, Coventry CV6 2AA
We're kicking off this years St Patrick's Celebrations with our annual St Patrick's Ceili! hosted by Coventry Comhaltas - a night of music, dancing, community and good craic
Ceili / ceilidh (kay-lee): noun :
A social event with Irish folk music and singing, traditional dancing.Now don't worry if you've never been to a Ceili before, the night is led by our own Innisfail Ceili Band and dance caller; walking you through all the group dances so absolutely everyone is welcome! We also have music from our Junior musicians and a wonderful display of Irish dance from the Turley Duggan Academy of Irish Dance.
Along with refreshments and raffle prizes it promises to be a fun night for all, so please come along and bring family and friends to enjoy the festivities!
All information on the poster - any questions please feel free to dm or call us!
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Saturday 14th March
Church End Beer Festival
2pm Old Broom String Band
7pm Lost Highway
Church End Brewery, Ridge Lane, Nuneaton CV10 0RD
Annual Beer Festival - free admission
https://www.facebook.com/church.end?locale=en_GB
Earlsdon Carnegie Community Library
(Lauren South & Becky Syson)
Earlsdon Ave N, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6FZ
St.Bartholomew's Church Hall(Barn Dance with Splarradash)
Binley, Coventry CV3 2DT
NOW SOLD OUT
All profits to ongoing hall refurbishment project. Tickets available from John Owen – email – jowen6@yahoo.co.uk or mobile 07872-580450.
Southbound Café-Bar(The Wolverstones + Greg Holt + The Foehn Effect)
Railway Arch, 12 Neilston Street, Leamington CV31 2AZ
We are thrilled to welcome back Louise and Chris for their fourth performance of their unique alt-folk sound at Southbound. They will be joined on-stage by New Orleans-based blues fiddler, Greg Holt. The bill includes support by The Foehn Effect, a wonderful contemporary folk act from Aberystwyth. Join us in the afternoon for some matinee sets.
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