With two gigs a week throughout 2009 at Centre Stage, possibly England's best folk venue, Bournemouth Folk Club one of the most ambitious 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 to Bournemouth and East Dorset.
Bournemouth Folk Club has been directly associated with:
- FAWM concerts in East Dorset;
- Club du Monde (world music project); and
- Paul Burke's radio show (Forest Folk) on ForestFM radio.
Officials of the organisation are:
- Paul Burke (organiser) and Catherine Burke (assistant);
-
Val Munro (tickets and admin); and Sheila Burke (assistant).
Thursday night's gigs are funded separately. It is another not-for-profit collaboration between Funnybone Ltd (Centre Stage proprietors) and FAWM (Bournemouth Folk Club). It
is an umbrella to support the promotion of gigs by
Bournemouth Jazz Club, Club du Monde world music and Bournemouth Acoustic Blues -all at Centre Stage.
Paul Burke (below in action with Djambo)
manages the above programmes.
