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Welcome to the Davy Lamp Website
In the Arts Centre, Washington.

Picture of the Trophy Welcome to the website of the

Davy Lamp Folk Club

Winner of the BBC2 "Folk Club of the Year" Award 2001.

Latest News ....  

Our  next event is on 25th May - Colum Sands

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Roots of the World i
s a regular monthly  podcast of folk music  which covers the local scene.   Here's a link to the podcast
The programme usually features artists who play at the Davy Lamp



A free Gutenburg eBook!   Reissued.  Just click the link for loads of great song lyrics from the Newcastle Song Book

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Here's another new link to videos of some of the club regulars:-   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHKDQbwpYMUp5IjEhk8GvL2RTR8soXuR&feature=view_all
(thanks to Alan Chapman)

And  a clip of the  The Freeman Family playing in one of the Split Festival sessions .  It's the Moving On Song written by Ewan McColl

and  a couple more  links to Youtube, featuring our MC Eric - Le Voyeur (thanks to Ian Gardner)  and Bernard Wrigley -   The Yawning Song (thanks to Michael Martin)

You can find more  clips of the Club and Sunderland Festival, on Youtube, courtesy of Ian Gardner and others

Search for us under davylampfolkclub or Folk Club or Sunderland Folk Festival or click on the Davy Lamp below.    





Arts Centre Washington offers FREE rehearsal time, recording opportunities and music workshops for children and young people. 

These can be accessed on:

Tuesdays, 6.30 – 9.30pm, Community Music Space for ages 16 – 24 years

Wednesdays, 6 – 8pm, Remix for ages 12 – 19 years

Saturdays 10 – 11.30am, Beat It, drum circle for 8 – 12 year olds



* You can now follow our shy and retiring MC, Eric, on Twitter for details of what's hot and what's not at the the Davy Lamp. He's @DavyLampFolk 

We also have a Facebook page  
 


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