Promoting two gigs a week at the fabulous venue 'Centre Stage', Bournemouth Folk Club is one of the most enterprising folk clubs in the South. The old-fashioned title 'folk club' belies the reality of a vibrant young folk scene of acoustic songwriters and folk-influenced instrumentalists. Bournemouth Folk Club also presents top national names from the UK folk scene and monthly acoustic blues and bluegrass gigs.

Bournemouth Folk Club is run by FAWM - (folk and acoustic world music). This is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to bring the best of folk music and a wide range of roots music to Bournemouth.


Officials of the organisation are:
- Paul Burke (director) and Catherine Burke (assistant);
- Val Munro (tickets); and Sheila Burke (admin).

Bournemouth Folk Club has been directly associated with:
- Purbeck Folk Festival;
- FAWM concerts in East Dorset;
- Club du Monde (world music project); and
- Paul Burke's radio show (Forest Folk) on ForestFM radio.