What’s On

Your guide to folk events in Coventry and Warwickshire.

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Cov & Warks Folk Events Listing

If you are planning any folk event in the CV postcode area – big concert, back-room singaround, online performance, dance display, or whatever, click here to email us, providing the following details:

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Please note that information on this page is based on advertising and public announcements by the venues and/or events organisers.
While every effort is made to ensure that details provided here are correct, CVFolk cannot guarantee its accuracy which is why we include contact information for each event so that you can check and confirm if necessary,

Agenda
Agenda
December 2025 – June 2026 Dec 2025 – Jun 2026
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Dec
17
Wed
Scarecrow + Gracenotes + Phil Benson @ Atherstone Folk Club
Tickets
Dec 17 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Free admission – paper money Jug collection

Scarecrow emerged in 2006, formed by three members of a popular Oxfordshire barn dance band who shared a common desire to develop our collective breadth of musical styles, instruments and influences. The band brings together the classical music of Rey Lear, allied to folk tunes from David Moore with jazz and blues influences from Gordon Raitt. The resulting “Scarecrow Sound” reflects these diverse abilities and influences in both the repertoire and arrangements of well known and sometimes more obscure songs and tunes.

Rey plays bass guitar, flute, whistle, recorder and lead vocals. Rey is also very active as a member of a classical quartet, a recorder ensemble and runs Brackley Choir. He has worked as a professional musician since graduating and has toured the Caribbean, worked on cruise ships and been involved in music education for most of his professional life. His influences include his Mum & Dad as well as Billy Connolly, Brahms and Liszt.

David plays whistles, bagpipes, flute and percussion as well as backing vocals. He is self taught on all his instruments. Interests outside Scarecrow include playing Pipe & Tabor for the Adderbury Morris men and occasionally with historical “costume” bands on the English border pipes and Hummelchen pipes. He has toured with bands and Adderbury Morris in Oman, USA, Latvia, Estonia, Germany, Belgium and Romania. Influences range between Steeleye Span, Blowzabella, The Albion Dance Band and Show of Hands.

Gordon plays acoustic guitar and bouzouki, and lead vocals. Gordon is the force behind the distinctive “Scarecrow” sound; his arrangements of the songs and tunes result in the tight and unusual arrangements that we have become recognised for. In addition to his Scarecrow commitments Gordon plays bass guitar in a rock band. He has been influenced by many genres of music including Blues, Jazz, Folk and Classical.

Please contact Phil Benson if you want to book a floor spot.

phil@atherstonefolkclub.org.uk

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Tags: Atherstone Folk Club David Moore Gordon Raitt Gracenotes Phil Benson Ray Lear Scarecrow
Jan
21
Wed
Winter Sing @ Atherstone Folk Club
Tickets
Jan 21 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Free admission – paper money Jug collection

 

Please contact Phil Benson if you want to book a floor spot.

phil@atherstonefolkclub.org.uk

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Tags: Atherstone Folk Club Phil Benson Singaround
Feb
18
Wed
Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer + Pedlar Tom @ Atherstone Folk Club
Tickets
Feb 18 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

So, what is it that makes this internationally touring pair so irresistible? Whilst Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer are acclaimed for their image provoking song-writing, expressive vocals and authentic musicianship, they are frequently recalled for their warmth, humour and their remarkable ability to engage with their audience. Karen’s natural theatricality and life affirming playful energy compliment charmingly with Paul’s calm geniality and combined they magically turn a great performance into a real event.

The duo has toured its shows extensively taking in New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Ireland and most corners of the UK, wooing audiences with Karen’s southern German accent tinged with an ‘oatcake induced’ North Staffordshire dialect from Paul’s heritage.

The pandemic has seen them focusing their attention on writing, recording and developing their online presence. Their live stream ‘Afternoon Tea with Paul & Karen’ is now in excess of 100 shows and still attracts a dedicated international following. The new album ‘Auf Wiedersehen, Me Duck’ was released in May 2022 and received a great amount of radio play, video attention and glowing reviews.

Free admission – paper money Jug collection

Please contact Phil Benson if you want to book a floor spot.

phil@atherstonefolkclub.org.uk

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Tags: Atherstone Folk Club Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer Pedlar Tom Phil Benson
Mar
18
Wed
Silvington @ Atherstone Folk Club
Tickets
Mar 18 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Silvington is a Plymouth-based duo formed in 2016 by two established performers, both members of the Folk on the Moor club in Ivybridge. In an interview on Radio Devon the story of their coming together was described by presenter David FitzGerald as “folk at first sight”.

Tricia Moore has a well-established pedigree which was honed over many years in the folk clubs and bars of Plymouth, Canterbury and Aberdeen, as well as a stint on a cruise ship and a few local television spots. More recently, solo performances around Cornwall and West Devon preceded a return to her folk roots at Folk on the Moor, where her delicate guitar playing and clear voice mark her out as a fine performer.

John Connor was a member of Fairfield, the resident band at Bromsgrove Folk Club in the West Midlands, for 23 years before relocating to Devon and establishing himself as a solo performer in the local folk scene. A multi-instrumentalist, he contributes to Silvington’s trademark vocal harmonies.

Purveyors of both traditional and contemporary songs, they are also prolific songwriters in their own right, and their repertoire rightly showcases many self-penned gems. They are increasingly to be found on the guest lists of clubs and festivals on their home turf and further afield. Well-crafted songs delivered with a close blend of vocals and instruments are hallmarks of their performances, recognised not only by their audiences but also by fellow artists.

 

Free admission – paper money Jug collection

Please contact Phil Benson if you want to book a floor spot.

phil@atherstonefolkclub.org.uk

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Tags: Atherstone Folk Club Phil Benson Silvington
Apr
15
Wed
The Lost Notes @ Atherstone Folk Club
Tickets
Apr 15 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

After a summer of festival performances including Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Off The Rails Festival and Costa Festival, Portugal, on 20.09.24. the band released their third studio album: “GOOD LUCK SHOES”. The album features ten new songs spotlighting tales of the wary, the hopeful, the loved and the lovable; the wild and the lost, the unhinged and the crossed. The fixed up, the torn down, the hoe-downs and throw downs, topped by the musings of a deliriously optimistic psychopath with a death wish.

“GOOD LUCK SHOES” was selected as “Editor’s Choice” by the British Country Music Association, was album of the week on British Country Music Radio and has already received some great reviews:

 

Free admission – paper money Jug collection

Please contact Phil Benson if you want to book a floor spot.

phil@atherstonefolkclub.org.uk

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May
20
Wed
Dryadic @ Atherstone Folk Club
Tickets
May 20 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Emerging Gloucestershire & Bristol folk-roots sensation, Dryadic deliver an infectious blend of rootsy folk with a melodic pop flair on strings, keys and stomp, peppered with heart soaring vocals and vibrant fiddle licks. Their inimitable balance of trad, new, romantic, feel-good and rousing rhythms underpin candid lyrics, tenacious hooks and intoxicating vocals to masterfully command the most diverse audience.

Expect a rhythmical mix-up of stomping feminist protest songs to travelling folk tales to dreamy, epic ballads with candid, hilarious, queer lyrics and five-string fiddles with oversized (double) bass guitars do-si-do-ing with the audience! Having built a reputation for compelling live shows, Dryadic has captivated audiences at venues and festivals across the UK, from Glastonbury’s Avalon Stage to Brighton Pride. With performances alongside folk luminaries like Grace Petrie, O’Hooley & Tidow and Heather Peace, Dryadic’s presence is both magnetic and purposeful, engaging listeners through both the music and the inclusive atmosphere created.

Dryadic members joining leader and song-writer Zora McDonald on guitar, stomp and piano, are Aly Rainey on fiddle and George Pearson on double bass.

 

Free admission – paper money Jug collection

Please contact Phil Benson if you want to book a floor spot.

phil@atherstonefolkclub.org.uk

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Jun
17
Wed
Rack and Ruin @ Atherstone Folk Club
Tickets
Jun 17 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Rack and Ruin are a Warwickshire based folk-rock five-piece band playing a mixture of loud and lively folk-rock: fiddle driven traditional songs and tunes and jigs and reels – with added saxophone.

Rack and Ruin are just as comfortable headlining a large music festival or performing at a wedding, birthday, house concert or other private party. Their contemporary blend of lively folk rock, celtic, roots music is interwoven with foot-tapping jigs and reels that makes for an enjoyable and entertaining event.

Free admission – paper money Jug collection

Please contact Phil Benson if you want to book a floor spot.

phil@atherstonefolkclub.org.uk

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Tags: Atherstone Folk Club Deb Bisiker Mick Bisiker Phil Benson Rack & Ruin
December 2025 – June 2026 Dec 2025 – Jun 2026