Category Archives: Gig

Jun 12 2026
Gig

18th June featuring Alex & Martin plus floor spots

Hi all,

We’re still having a few issues with the dates at the moment (hence why there was no event last month) and this month we’re having to move the night to the 18th June as well – we will be back to our usual time for future events though!

Because of the booking problems, this month our organisers Alex and Martin are going to take advantage of their positions to do featured slots themselves (and banking the money for use in future gigs – don’t worry, this isn’t an embezzlement scheme!)

Martin Howard is a well-known figure in southeast London’s music scene, promoting the long running Acoustic Anarchy nights at waterintobeer in Brockley and putting on a monthly night upstairs at the Shirkers Rest SE14. As a singer-songwriter, his folk-punk stylings cover a range of topics including ornithology, police spies, capitalism and dinosaurs.

Alex MacDonald co-founded Deptford Folk after running the Tooting Folk club in Tooting (duh) for many years. He plays and sings a heady mix of blues, old-time music, calypso and traditional British folk, mainly on the guitar and banjo.

Although entry is free, we have a suggested donation of £5 if you like what you hear.

Things will kick off from around 7:30, but would recommend turning up from around 7 if you want to secure a floor spot.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Alex, Martin & Sarah.

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Apr 22 2026
Gig

30th April featuring The Woolfs plus floor spots

Hi all,

Spring is gradually creeping up on us and that means yet more folk!

Our featured act this month is The Woolfs – Rebecca and Laura – two sisters who previous made up 2/3rds of the folk band Brazen Thieves, bringing together their contemporary musical influences with the traditional folk songs of their father Clive’s archives, bringing a new perspective to some well-known, and some more esoteric, repertoire.

There will also be plenty of slots available for anyone who wants to sing a song, play a tune, or read a poem – all acoustic and unamplified in true folk club style, of course!

Although entry is free, we have a suggested donation of £5 if you like what you hear.

Things will kick off from around 7:30, but would recommend turning up from around 7 if you want to secure a floor spot.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Alex, Martin & Sarah.

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May 19 2024
Gig

Deptford Folk Night – 30th May with Gabriel Hawkins Pottier plus floor spots!

Hi all,

We will be folked up beyond all recognition with another night on 30th May!

Our featured act this month will be Gabriel Hawkins Pottier – a regular on the London folk circuit, Gabriel has been described as a “multi-talented multi-instrumentalist” who brings an array of skilled musicianship and powerful stories to the folk tradition.

There will also be plenty of slots available for anyone who wants to sing a song, play a tune, do a dance or read a poem – all acoustic and unamplified in true folk club style, of course!

Although entry is free, we have a suggested donation of £5 if you like what you hear.

Things will kick off from around 7:30, but would recommend turning up from around 7 if you want to secure a floor spot.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Alex, Martin & Sarah

Any Qs then WhatsApp or text 07951163434!

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Jan 14 2024
Gig

1st February featuring Lunch Special plus floor spots

Hi all,

Happy New Year, all – our next event is taking place at a slightly different date from usual as we will be putting it on as part of Independent Venue Week, the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music and arts venues, as well as the people that own, run and work in them.

Our featured act for the night will be London country/bluegrass stalwarts Lunch Special, a trio of musicians who perform, in their own words, a tubthumping mix of bluegrass, country, and gospel, combining mind-blowing vocals, close-knit harmonies, and rambunctious energy.

As always, there will also be plenty of slots available for anyone who wants to sing a song, play a tune, or read a poem – all acoustic and unamplified in true folk club style, of course!

Although entry is free, we have a suggested donation of £5 if you like what you hear, with all money going to the featured act.

Things will kick off from around 7:30, but would recommend turning up from around 7 if you want to secure a floor spot.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Alex, Martin & Sarah

Any questions, WhatsApp: 07951163434 (Alex)

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Nov 19 2023
Gig

30th November featuring Third Revival plus floor spots

Hi all,

It just keeps folkin’ coming!

On 30th November our featured act is the Third Revival, a terrific duo composed of London folk troubadours Rebecca Woolf and Rupert Browne who describe themselves as producing “folk music for the 3rd millennium.”

There will also be plenty of slots available for anyone who wants to sing a song, play a tune, or read a poem – all acoustic and unamplified in true folk club style, of course!

Although entry is free, we have a suggested donation of £5 if you like what you hear.

Things will kick off from around 7:30, but would recommend turning up from around 7 if you want to secure a floor spot.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Alex, Martin & Sarah

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Jun 27 2023
Gig

29th June featuring Hannah & the Buoys plus floor spots

Hi all,

Our next gig takes place at the Endeavour on 29th June, as word of south London’s hottest new folk night continues to spread!

Our featured act is fabulous local folk act Hannah & the Buoys and there will also be plenty of slots available for anyone who wants to sing a song, play a tune, or read a poem – all acoustic and unamplified in true folk club style, of course!

Although entry is free, we have a suggested donation of £5 if you like what you hear.

Things will kick off from around 7:30, but would recommend turning up from around 7 if you want to secure a floor spot.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Alex, Martin & Sarah.

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Aug 22 2022
Gig, Uncategorized

Tooting Folk 3rd September 2022

Hi all,

After another hiatus while the Gorringe Park was renovated, Tooting Folk night is back in action again!

As usual, we’ll have a mix of open floor spots for those who want to sing or perform and we also have our featured act, Joe Wilkes!

Joe is a tremendous London-based singer, pianist, guitarist and songwriter who has played alongside Bert Jansch, Leon Rosselson and Davy Graham and has been described as a “major talent” by R2 Magazine.

Those who want to perform should come along at 7:30pm to put your name on the list.

Doors 7:30pm. Music starts at 8pm. Entry £5 on the door (cash only – no pre-booking, sorry!)

Upstairs at the Gorringe Park, 29 London Road, Tooting, SW17 9JR
See y’all there!

Any queries, call/message 07375481959 (Sarah) or 07951163434 (Alex)

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Feb 24 2022
Gig

5th March featuring Alex & Tommy MacDonald plus floor spots

Hi all,

Unfortunately, Tom McConville has had to cancel his appearance at Tooting Folk on 5th March.

As such, dragged kicking and screaming at short notice, Alex and his brother Tommy are going to step in as the featured slot for this month!

Alex and Tommy have, for almost two decades, performed a wide variety of music – blues, jazz, country, ragtime, bluegrass, as well as traditional music from Scotland, Ireland, Spain, America, Turkey, Jamaica, England, Trinidad and god knows where else.

In the last few years they have grudgingly managed to put aside their mutual suspicion and play as a duo! On guitar, banjo, saz, accordian, tin whistle and anything else they can carry, they plunge into hundreds of years of musical history from around the world to keep the old traditions alive.

Hope you can all still come!

As always, there will be floor spots for those who want to sing a song, perform a tune or play the spoons.

Those who want to perform should come along at 7:30pm to put your name on the list.

Doors 7:30pm. Music starts at 8pm. Entry £5 on the door (cash only – no pre-booking, sorry!)

Upstairs at the Gorringe Park, 29 London Road, Tooting, SW17 9JR
See y’all there!

Any queries, call/message 07375481959 (Sarah) or 07951163434 (Alex)

FB event: https://fb.me/e/54Mbl4R2i

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Jan 29 2022
Gig

5th February Featuring Simon Prager and ‘Doc’ Stenson plus floor spots

Hi all,

Tooting Folk is back for the new year – among other things, Omicron has thrown a spanner in the works but as it stands we are back up and running for 2022!

For our first gig we have Simon Prager and ‘Doc’ Stenson!

Simon and Doc are folk stalwarts who play a mixture of acoustic music from Country Blues to Ragtime, skiffle, Americana and novelty songs – always with ‘feel’ and humour. They are seriously legendary singers and instrumentalists, having studied at the feet of some of the greats.

As always, there will be floor spots for those who want to sing a song, perform a tune or play the spoons.

Those who want to perform should come along at 7:30pm to put your name on the list.

Doors 7:30pm. Music starts at 8pm. Entry £5 on the door (cash only – no pre-booking, sorry!)

Upstairs at the Gorringe Park, 29 London Road, Tooting, SW17 9JR

See y’all there!

Any queries, call/message 07375481959 (Sarah) or 07951163434 (Alex)

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Oct 25 2021
Gig

6th November featuring Ben Paley plus floorspots

Hi all,

For our third gig of 2021 at the Gorringe Park we have folk maestro Ben Paley.

Ben is very much folk royalty who has been described as “just about the best folk-fiddler of his generation” by fRoots magazine.

He has been playing fiddle music from America, Ireland, Sweden and wherever else since the age of six and has toured widely with father Tom Paley, The Long Hill Ramblers, Tab Hunter, The New Deal String Band and many others.

He also wrote Swedish Fiddle Music: An Anthology, which has become the standard work on the subject in English.

As before, there will be floor spots for those who want to sing a song, perform a tune or play the spoons.

This month, for a variety of reasons, we will be on the ground floor of the Gorringe Park, but otherwise all should be as usual!

Those who want to perform should come along at 7:30pm to put your name on the list.

Doors 7:30pm. Music starts at 8pm. Entry £5 on the door (cash only – no pre-booking, sorry!)

Upstairs at the Gorringe Park, 29 London Road, Tooting, SW17 9JR

See y’all there!Any queries, call/message 07375481959 (Sarah) or 07951163434 (Alex)

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