To book tickets email folkatthebarlow@gmail.com ring/text 07427 613783 or use the onsite booking form
Folk at the Barlow is a not-for-profit organisation. Our aim is to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy and participate in folk music and song. Both the folk club and the Festival are run by unpaid volunteers. There is a singaround on the first Friday of each month and a concert on the third Friday of each month.
Concert tickets are £12.50 each. Children's tickets (16 and under) are free and students 21 and under are half price. The Barlow is a fabulous venue with a great stage which has state-of-the art sound and lighting. There is a separate bar serving local ale etc.
June Events
Fri 5 June 8pm Friday Singaround (Reading Room)
Tunes, songs, monolgues poems, jokes are all welcome We go round the rooom and there are always a variety of styles and genres. No actual charge but we have a whip-round to hopefully cover the cost of room hire. .
Third Friday Concerts 8pm, doors open 7;30pm
When & how much : Concerts are held on the third Friday of each month, starting at 8:00pm, doors open at 7:30pm. Tickets are £12.50 each. Under 16s are free and students under 21 are £6.25
How to book: email folkatthebarlow@gmail.com to book direct (no booking fee) or use the form at the foot of this page.
Format : The usual format is a 40 minute support act of excellent quality followed by 2 x 45 minute spots by the main act - often of national acclaim. Between the two main act spots is an interval for drawing the raffle and visiting the bar. While the audience are checking in there is music from the House Band - you are welcome to bring an instrument and join in.
Fri 19 June 26 8pm Third Friday Concert Gilmore & Roberts
Support Act : The Dodgers
Tickets are £12.50 each. email folkatthebarlow@gmail.com
to book or use the form below
A lovely innovative duo, partners Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts bring beautiful music and song on fiddle, mandolin, guitar and vocals. North meets south, each emmanating from folk families.
Katriona, from Hertfordshire, learned violin at school and started playing local folk clubs with her guitarist father at the age of 14. Starting her professional career with folk pop sensations Tiny Tin Lady and singer songwriter Rosie Doonan, then joined The Albion Band in 2011 and subsequently Albion frontman Blair Dunlop on his solo tours. In 2017 Katriona joined established folk-roots band The Willows. Katriona has featured on many acclaimed albums as a session musician and has appeared onstage with such diverse acts as The Troggs, Kim Richey and Matt Berry.
Jamie was brought up in Barnsley. His sister Kathryn is a well-respected singer on the UK folk scene. Jamie joined young English traditionalists Kerfuffle in 2007, formed The Dovetail Trio with Rosie Hood and Matt Quinn in 2014, and joined the critically acclaimed Emily Askew Band in 2016. Alongside his regular projects, he has performed with Nancy Kerr’s Sweet Visitor Band and Blackbeard’s Tea Party amongst others.
Supporting Gilmore & Roberts are well-known and well-beloved local act The Dodgers. Keith Towers and Steve Ingham are great supporters of our Festival. Playing a mix of styles ranging from sing-along traditional pop, blues to folk, they are always well-received by our audiences.
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