Ely Folk Club meets in The Stables Bar, The Lamb Hotel, Lynn Road, Ely, CB7 4EJ
Concerts take place most months, usually on Wednesday evenings, and start at 8.30pm unless otherwise stated. We also hold occasional extra events.
Tickets may be booked in advance by telephoning 01353 740999 or 01353 664706.
Some of the many musicians who have played at Ely Folk Club since its formation in 1990 (in alphabetical order):
| Name | Dates |
|---|---|
| 1651 | Dec 2001 |
| 90% Proof | Nov 2000 |
| Acaysha | Apr 2000 |
| Adam Sewell | Apr 2009 |
| Adrian Nation | Jan 2009 |
| Alan Burke | Feb 2000, Oct 2002, Jun 2005 |
| Alistair Russell | Jan 1999 |
| Allie Fox | Sep 1993 |
| Anam | Feb 1997 |
| Andy Caven | May 1991, Jul 1992, Jun 1993, Sep 1995, Dec 1996, Mar 1998 |
| Andy Letcher and Cliff Stapleton | Feb 2010 |
| Andy Stone | Mar 2006 |
| Andy Wall | Jul 2003, Jul 2005, Jul 2007, Jan 2008, Jan 2009, Oct 2009 |
| Arizona Smoke Revue | Dec 2004 |
| Artisan | Dec 1991, Oct 2005 |
| Bailey | Jun 2005 |
| Banoffi | Mar 2000 |
| BarronBrady | Jun 2007, Mar 2008 |
| Belshazzar’s Feast | Dec 1999, May 2010 |
| Benji Kirkpatrick, Cormac Byrne and Sam Norman | Apr 2009 |
| Bernard Hoskin | Nov 2006 |
| Big Apple Pie | Nov 1991, Apr 2010 |
| Bill Jones | Jun 2002 |
| Bobby Ray and Edwin Few | Mar 2005 |
| Bondy | May 2010 |
| Boo Hewerdine | Oct 2004 |
| Bram Taylor | Nov 1996, Apr 1999 |
| Brian Cleary and Frances O’Rourke | Mar 1993 |
| Brian Cleary and John Ward | Jun 1991 |
| Brian Jeffels | Jan 2010 |
| Brian O’headra | Jun 2000 |
| Brian Peters | Nov 1990, Dec 1992, Mar 1995, May 1997, Sep 2009 |
| Brian Peters and Gordon Tyrrall | Apr 2004 |
| Cameo | Jul 2000 |
| Carolyn Sheppard and Bryan Causton | Feb 2005 |
| Cave | Oct 2006 |
| Chris Sherburn and Denny Bartley | Jun 1998 |
| Chris Wood | May 1999 |
| Chris Wood and Andy Cutting | Mar 2000 |
| Cliff n Prue | Sep 2007 |
| Cliff Stapleton | May 2001 |
| Cloudstreet | May 2006 |
| Colvin Quarmby | May 2004, Mar 2006, Dec 2007, Dec 2009 |
| Coope, Boyes and Simpson | Apr 2003 |
| Cosmotheka | Apr 1991 |
| Cruel Folk | Dec 2005, Feb 2008, Dec 2009 |
| Damien Barber | Nov 1990, Jan 2000 |
| Dan Evans | Mar 1996 |
| Dana and Susan Robinson | Sep 2005 |
| Dan McKinnon | May 2007 |
| DanSmall | Nov 2000, Mar 2005, Jan 2007 |
| Dark Lantern | Mar 1995 |
| Dave Burland | Jun 1992, Dec 2000 |
| Dave Goulder | Nov 1993 |
| Dave Hardy | Jun 2009 |
| Dave Swarbrick | Dec 2009 |
| Dave Townsend | Apr 1991 |
| David Stevenson | May 2005 |
| David Stevenson and Andrew Noyes | May 2006 |
| Derek Brimstone | May 2001 |
| Dick Miles | Mar 1991, Apr 1992 |
| Dolphin Smile | Apr 1994 |
| Downes and Beer | Feb 2002, Jun 2008 |
| Drohne | Mar 2007 |
| Drumachie | Feb 1992 |
| Duncan McFarlane | Nov 2002, Jun 2003, Feb 2006 |
| Enda Kenny | Sep 2000 |
| Fairport Convention | May 2008, May 2009 |
| Finality Jack | Nov 1997 |
| Firebrand | Feb 1999 |
| Fish Up A Tree | Sep 1994 |
| Fizzadity | Jul 2000 |
| Flook | Sep 2001 |
| Flossie Malavialle | Mar 2009 |
| Frank McLaughlin and Gillian MacDonald | Jun 1995 |
| Geoff Higginbottom | Oct 1997, Oct 1999 |
| George Norris | Sep 1996, Mar 1998 |
| George Wilson | Apr 1994 |
| Gerry Hallom | Mar 1997 |
| Gigspanner | Feb 2009 |
| Gilly Darbey | Jul 1997, May 1999 |
| Gordon Tyrrall | Nov 1991, May 1995, Jun 1997 |
| Graham and Eileen Pratt | Nov 1997 |
| Gravelly Hill Billies | Sep 2002 |
| Harrison Shaw Cajun Band | Oct 1993 |
| Harvey Andrews | Sep 1996, Jun 2006 |
| Hex | Jul 2007 |
| Highly Strung | May 1995 |
| Hilary James and Simon Mayor | Sep 2000 |
| Dick Frazer Nudds & Hunky Dory | Mar 1994 |
| Huw and Tony Williams | Oct 1998 |
| Ian Bruce | Oct 1995 |
| Iceni | Mar 2000 |
| Isambarde | Apr 2007, May 2008 |
| Issy and David Emeney | Apr 2008 |
| James Chadwick | Apr 2006 |
| James Hickman and Dan Cassidy | Nov 2009 |
| Jay Turner | Oct 1993 |
| Jenna | Sep 2007, Apr 2010 |
| Jeremy Taylor | Nov 1999 |
| Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies | Mar 2004 |
| Jim Couza | Feb 1994, Dec 1994, Dec 1998 |
| Joe Stead | Oct 1994 |
| John and Lucy Crowe | Nov 2004 |
| John Kirkpatrick | Oct 2001 |
| John Spiers and Jon Boden | Jun 2004 |
| John Spires and Dave Benton | Sep 1995 |
| John Sykes | Mar 1992 |
| John Ward and Mario Price | Jan 1993, May 1994, Dec 1995, Dec 1998, Dec 2004 |
| Johnny Coppin | Nov 2006 |
| Joint Venture | Sep 2006 |
| Jon Betmead | Jul 1991 |
| Jon Brindley | Oct 2000 |
| Jon Harvison | Oct 2005 |
| Judith Silver | Sep 1997 |
| Julie Henigan | Jun 1994 |
| Kate Locksley | Feb 2010 |
| Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman | Nov 2005 |
| Keds | Sep 1999 |
| Keith Kendrick | Jan 2010 |
| Kevin Dempsey and Joe Broughton | Mar 2009 |
| Kiss the Mistress | Jun 2008 |
| Last Night’s Fun | Sep 1999, Mar 2002, May 2005 |
| Lee Collinson | Sep 1990 |
| Les Barker | Dec 2002 |
| Life and Times | Jun 2010 |
| Lightning Jack | Nov 2005 |
| Lightning Tree | Jan 2006 |
| Little Johnny England | Nov 2001 |
| Liz Simcock | Apr 2005 |
| London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra | Jul 2002 |
| Lorebreakers | Feb 2000 |
| Magna Carta | Nov 2004 |
| Mark Newman | Nov 2003 |
| Martin Carthy | Dec 2000, Jan 2005, Jun 2010 |
| Martin Kaszak | May 2008, Nov 2009 |
| Martin Long | Nov 1994, May 1996 |
| Martin Sumpton | Jan 1998 |
| Mary Humphreys and Anahata | Sep 2004, Dec 2004, Jul 2006, Dec 2008 |
| Mawkin | Mar 2007 |
| Mawkin:Causley | Oct 2008 |
| Megson | Nov 2008 |
| Mike Freeman and Tania Opland | Jul 1996, Jun 2007 |
| Mike Silver | Apr 2000, Sep 2006 |
| Misericordia | Dec 1997 |
| Mooncoin | May 2000, Nov 2002 |
| Morris and Dexter Ardoin | Oct 2003 |
| Mundy-Turner | Oct 2000 |
| na-mara | Oct 2008 |
| Nancy Kerr and James Fagan | May 2000, Jul 2001, Jan 2004, Feb 2007, Jun 2009 |
| Nick Hennessey | Apr 2006 |
| Norman and Betty McDonald | Apr 1996 |
| Nuada | Jul 2003, Dec 2004 |
| Oliver Bootle | May 1997 |
| Pagan Billy | Jul 1994 |
| Pat Hayward and Sarah Woods | Feb 1995 |
| Paul Downes | Oct 1996, Jul 1999, Feb 2008 |
| Paul Gill and Sam Belcher | Feb 2009 |
| Paul Hoad | Sep 1994 |
| Paul Scourfield | Dec 2004 |
| Pavlov’s Cat | Dec 2004 |
| Peggy and P J | Nov 2007 |
| Penni McLaren Walker and Bryan Causton | Jul 2005 |
| Pete Quin | Oct 2004 |
| Pete Coe | Nov 1996, Mar 1999, Oct 2007 |
| Pete Oakley | Jul 2003 |
| Phil and Philippa Lyons | Oct 1991, Jan 1994 |
| Phil Beer and Deb Sandland | Feb 2003 |
| Phil Beer and Gareth Turner | Sep 1998 |
| Phil Beer and Miranda Sykes | Apr 2007, Mar 2009 |
| Phil Hare | Jul 2004 |
| Richard Grainger | Oct 1990, Feb 1992, May 1993, Jan 1996, Sep 1998 |
| Richard Grainger and Chris Parkinson | Dec 1993 |
| Rick Christian | Dec 1995 |
| Robert Brown | May 2009 |
| Roger Wilson | May 2000 |
| Rosie Eade | Jun 2006, Nov 2007 |
| Sara Grey | Sep 1991, Nov 1992, Jun 1996 |
| Sara Grey and Kieron Means | Apr 2005 |
| Serious Kitchen | Feb 2004 |
| Seth Lakeman, Benji Kirkpatrick and Simon Friend | Jan 2006 |
| Shave the Monkey | Sep 1992, Jan 1995, Jun 1998, Mar 2001, Dec 2003 |
| Show Of Hands | Feb 1996, May 1998, Mar 1999, Feb 2001, May 2005, Oct 2007, Nov 2008 |
| Simon Hopper Band | Oct 2006, Mar 2008 |
| Sinéad Orme | Sep 2009 |
| Sister Sister | Nov 1995 |
| Steve Knightley | Oct 1999 |
| Skryp and Mary Jane Evans | Jan 2005 |
| Skylarks | Jul 2006 |
| Sound Tradition | May 2007, Dec 2008 |
| Spencer Cleary | Jul 2008 |
| Steve Tilston | May 1992, Oct 2009 |
| Stuart Boyd | Dec 1999 |
| Suntrap | Mar 1999, Jul 2008 |
| Tanglefoot (Canada) | Jun 1999, May 2001, Sep 2003 |
| Tanglefoot (UK) | Sep 1997 |
| The Amazing Mr Smith | Jul 1995, Jul 1998 |
| The Aqua Sisters | Apr 1997 |
| The Askew Sisters | Feb 2007 |
| The Baghdaddies | Jun 2004 |
| The Band With No Name | Feb 1993 |
| The Devotees | Sep 2005 |
| The Dunns | Mar 1996 |
| The Floozies | Nov 2008 |
| The John Wright Band | Jan 1997 |
| The Joyce Gang | Apr 1998, Jun 2000, Dec 2001 |
| The Kipper Family | Sep 1990 |
| The Larks | Mar 2009 |
| The Old Rope String Band | Feb 2003 |
| Them Harvey Boys | Nov 1998 |
| Tim Van Eyken and Graham O’Callaghan | Feb 1998 |
| Tom McConville | Dec 1994 |
| Tom McConville and David Newey | Mar 2010 |
| Tom McConville and Pauline Cato | Sep 1998 |
| Tom Napper Tom Bliss | Sep 2004, Dec 2006 |
| Tony Winn | Mar 1997 |
| Triangle | Mar 2010 |
| TU | Jan 2007 |
| Uiscedwr | Dec 2007 |
| Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer | Dec 2005, May 2009 |
| Vin Garbutt | May 2002, Apr 2008 |
| Waterfall | Jan 2003, Feb 2005, Jan 2008 |
| Where’s Spot | May 1996 |
| Whiskey Before Breakfast | Apr 1995 |
| Wide Glide Band | Jan 1992 |
| William Pint and Felicia Dale | May 2003 |
| Winter Wilson | Dec 2004 |
| Witcham Toll | Jan 1991 |
| Zoox | Oct 2007 |
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