Welcome to Cambridge Folk Club

Intimate roots and acoustic music 

Cambridge Folk Club presents Open Stage, Showcase and Guest Nights. Buy your tickets on-line from this website or phone 01638 603986

We are a live music club offering all styles of acoustic and folk music. We support local and national artists in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We meet every Friday night at 8.00pm in the upstairs function room at The Golden Hind, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 1SP. This easily accessible pub offers a wide selection of draught lagers, beers and ciders, and a great range of pub food, and there's parking too.

For details of what's coming up, see the Programme at a glance page  and the Detailed Programme page.

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May events at Cambridge Folk Club

We have a fantastic month of events lined up for you. Spread the word and let your friends know, but most of all, be there yourself!

On Friday 2nd May, the special guests at our Open Stage are the duo After the Flood. This will be Corinne and Andy’s first appearance at the Folk Club. Come along to listen or to play.

https://cambridgefolkclub.co.uk/collections/tickets/products/20250502-friday-2nd-may-2025-open-stage-with-special-guests-after-the-flood

On Friday 9th May, we’re welcoming back the wonderful Liz Simcock, one of the country’s finest female singer/songwriters. Our support act that night will be the local choir, Mnatobi, led by Cambridge musician James Eisner.

https://cambridgefolkclub.co.uk/collections/tickets/products/20250509-friday-9th-may-2025-liz-simcock

There’s no gig on Friday 16^th May. Instead, we have a very special gig on Saturday 17^th May. We’re very excited to be presenting the unmissable Daphne’s Flight, four top-notch singer/songwriters Chris While, Julie Matthews, Helen Watson and Miranda Sykes, on their last ever tour, The Final Flight Tour. We wish it wasn’t their last ever tour, so don’t miss this opportunity to see them. This gig will be at the wonderful Storey’s Field Centre, Eddington.

https://cambridgefolkclub.co.uk/collections/tickets/products/20250517-saturday-17th-may-2025-daphnes-flight

As if that wasn’t special enough, we have another fantastic night the following Friday, 23^rd May, when we’re back at Storey’s Field again with local legend Boo Hewerdine, songwriter extraordinaire, writer of “Patience of Angels” and “Bell Book and Candle.” Tickets are still available.

https://cambridgefolkclub.co.uk/collections/tickets/products/20250523-friday-23rd-may-2025-boo-hewerdine

We round off this very special month, on Friday 30^th May, with Bob Fox. Bob hasn’t been to Cambridge for a while, so do come along to hear him. We’ll be back at our usual venue, The Golden Hind, Milton Road, for this gig.

https://cambridgefolkclub.co.uk/collections/tickets/products/20250530-friday-30th-may-2025-bob-fox

See you there! The Cambridge Folk Club Team

 

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Saturday 17th May 2025:

Daphne's Flight

FINAL FLIGHT TOUR

 

At Storey's Field Centre, Eddington Avenue, Cambridge CB3 1AA

8pm (Doors open 7:30pm)

Entry: £23(door), £22(advance), £21(members).

Buy tickets here.

 

*BREAKING NEWS*

We are devastated to announce that our Daphne sister and founder member, Melanie Harrold, has had to withdraw from the tour. After having a period of feeling quite unwell, she has now had a diagnosis of Kidney failure and is undergoing treatment. We wish her all the love and strength for her journey ahead and hope she is in much better health in the coming months.

With this news in mind, and with very heavy hearts, we have made the decision to make this the last tour of Daphne’s Flight. It has been a wonderful journey but as they say, all good things must come to an end so this will be our final album and farewell tour.

The four of us hope to see you all on the forthcoming tour for our FINAL FLIGHT.

Thank you for your love and support over the years.

 

Daphne’s Flight are a 5-piece band showcasing five of the leading singer/songwriters of their generation – Chris While, Julie Matthews, Helen Watson, Miranda Sykes and Melanie Harrold.  Described as one of the most exciting vocal groups to emerge on the acoustic music scene, their energy on stage is matched only by their collective talents, Daphne’s Flight are unrivalled and sit firmly in a class of their own as singers, musicians and writers.

Chris While joined The Albion Band in 1993 as lead singer with Fairport's Simon Nicol and Ashley Hutchings. She left the band in 1997 to pursue a full-time duo career with her Albion Band mate and then partner Julie Matthews.

While & Matthews, now famous around the globe for their live performances, have been nominated ten times in the Best Live act, best song and best duo categories at the BBC Folk awards and in 2009, they won the 'Best Duo' award.

Julie Matthews: is one of the country's most talented and prolific song writers. In 2015, she was one of the writers for 'The Ballads Of Child Migration', along with Chris While, Jez Lowe, O'Hooley and Tidow, Boo Hewerdine, John Doyle, Andy Seward, John McKusker and Michael McGoldrick.

Helen Watson: is a unique performer whose versatile voice and idiosyncratic songs are a welcome change in the world of singer/songwriters. Her music crosses the boundaries between blues, soul, jazz and folk.

Miranda Sykes: After a few years of musical promiscuity playing with Firebrand, Little Johnny England, Robb Johnson, Bill Jones, Steafan Hannigan, Reg Meuross, Kirsty McGee, The Phil Beer Band, Martyn Joseph and The Scoville Units she depped for Pete Zorn in the 2004 Show Of Hands festival band line up. Miranda toured with them for the next 20 years,

Melanie Harrold: began her career as Joanna Carlin singing in the folk clubs of the 70’s, moving into musical theatre and television before making her first album Fancy That with DJM records.

https://www.daphnesflight.co.uk/

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Praise for the Folk Club

Lester Lloyd Reason of The Lights made the following comment after they had performed at the Folk Club on 28th March 2025:

" it is always so special playing Cambridge Folk Club. It has a special place in our hearts and has such a unique atmosphere. No other Folk Club I have ever played comes close."  

  

FOLK DAY 2025

Folk@CMT2025

11am to 8pm 26th July 2025

Featuring performers selected by 

Black Fen Folk Club and Cambridge Folk Club

 

Folk @ CMT 2025: Where Folk Music Meets Industrial Heritage!
Get ready for a toe-tapping, family-friendly day out at Folk @ CMT 2025! On July 26th, from 11 am to 8 pm, the Cambridge Museum of Technology will come alive with the sounds of incredible local talent, thanks to the Black Fen Folk Club and the Cambridge Folk Club.   

Imagine this: soul-stirring melodies echoing against the backdrop of a magnificent, iconic Victorian pumping station. David Savage of the Black Fen Folk Club says it best: "It's great to showcase all this great talent against this amazing backdrop!"

But it's not just about the music; it's about the atmosphere! Marion Treby of the Cambridge Folk Club knows that "Folk music and our industrial heritage are perfect partners, making the Cambridge Museum of Technology an ideal venue."

To buy tickets and view a programme of the day, including a list of performers, see https://www.museumoftechnology.com/folkday

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Open Stage 2024 album

This album is now available on streaming platforms.

A play list is available on YouTube at:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yLo4_Tifwg&list=OLAK5uy_lfzk4z7Fz8WqDfPC66H3enzvB_YWqhFGY

 

For more details see the Open Stage 2024 Album page.