Topsham Folk Club

Topsham Folk Club in Topsham, Devon, United Kingdom | Club

Welcome to the Topsham Folk Club, Topsham, United KingdomTopsham Folk Club is held every Sunday at The Globe Hotel, Fore Street, Topsham. Singers and musicians are welcome and entrance on singers nights is free. If you want to perform on a singers night, please make sure that you arrive by 8.15pm and make yourself known to the evening's compere.
People normally perform two songs or tunes within a 10 minute slot. Don't worry it is not compulsory to perform! You're welcome to just come along and listen.  Most nights are Singers Nights and are held in the restaurant, starting at 8.30pm. Guest Nights are held in the Malt House at the rear of The Globe and start at 8.00pm. Both finish by 11pm.
Topsham Folk Club was started by Dorothy Peel one Saturday night in July 1977, in an upstairs room at The King's Head public house in Higher Shapter Street. Dorothy ran the Club for a while before handing over to herhusband, Russell Peel, who ran the Club for most of its 11 years residency at The King's Head.
In 1988 The King's Head was sold and converted into a private dwelling. The Folk Club then moved to an upstairs room at The Salutation Hotel in Fore Street where it stayed for about two years, still meeting on a Saturday night. A subsequent move to The George & Dragon Hotel at Clyst St George, about a mile outside the town, changed the meeting night to Sunday.
On 23rd February 1992, the Club moved to it's present location of The Globe Hotel, Fore Street, Topsham where it still meets on a Sunday.  The Club meets in the restaurant but moves over to the 'Malt House' function room, where the guest evenings are held. The Club is run by a group of folk enthusiasts and performers, many of whom remember the Club from its early days at The King's Head.  The Club celebrated it's 30th Anniversary with a special weekend of events

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Fore Street, Topsham, Exeter, Devon
Topsham
England
United Kingdom
01395 267029
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