Club logo Sunday Evenings at 8 pm (doors open 7:45) at:
The Normandy Centre Denne Road, Horsham,West Sussex RH12 1JF

Acoustic folk club - Licensed bar
Admission usually varies between £4 and £10 (discounted for members):
Under 21s get free admission to all events.
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Sunday 17th May   Paul Walker and Karen Pfeiffer
Paul and Karen
With glowing reviews from Edinburgh Fringe and beyond, Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer bring a unique Anglo-German flair to the folk scene. Their new show Cheaper Than Therapy blends wit, warmth, harmony, entertainment and deeply engaging songs that connect with audiences from start to finish.
With two voices, guitar and Irish flute/recorders, Paul and Karen let their folk-inspired arrangements and imaginative song-writing sparkle and combine with their cultural banter (Stoke-on-Trent meets Stuttgart): an unforgettable experience blending musical excellence with theatrical presence emerges.
They’ve performed across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Australia and New Zealand, and are known for captivating performances that draw people in – and leave them singing after.
This cultural fusion brings not just songs and stories full of humour and depth – but connection, laughter, and those little moments that turn a good evening into a highlight.
“Eclectic, performed with passion” – Folk & Honey
“A first-class experience” – Bietigheimer Zeitung
“Great show!” – Graham Norton
Admission: £10 (Members £7)
       
Sunday 24th May   Song and Dance with
The Bacon Butties Band
Songs, tunes and poems from members & visitors plus dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced callers ensure everyone can work their way through the dances with enjoyment.
This evening the band from Copsale Bacon Butties (first Sunday of the month; Copsale village hall) - that's Ian Holder, Iris Bishop and the Bunch - will be playing for the dances and, we hope, playing some of their beautiful music too.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4
       
Sunday 31st May   Open Floor and
Ruth Gwilliam's
Musical Odyssey
Ruth
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Tonight Caroline will be talking to Ruth about the music in her life, both in Ireland and in England.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4
       
Sunday 7th June   Open Floor Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome. Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4
       
Sunday 14th June   Winter Wilson
Winter Wilson

Winter Wilson have entranced audiences worldwide since becoming full-time musicians in 2012. In recent years they have completed multiple tours of Australia, New Zealand and Canada, as well as the UK and Europe.
Kip Winter (vocals, flute, piano accordion, guitar) “simply has a voice to die for” (John Roffee, Maverick Magazine), whilst Dave Wilson (vocals, guitar, banjo) is now widely recognised as one of the UK’s very best contemporary folk and blues songwriters, with his songs sung in folk clubs the world over.
There are songs of love, loss and social comment, but the tone is ultimately uplifting. And also as ever, there are the stunning harmonies and superb musicianship that the couple’s many fans have come to love.
In live performance Kip & Dave present their sublime music with passion, punctuated between the songs with real natural humour. Nothing is off limits – they are a couple in life as well as on stage, and it shows.
“Kip Winter's outstanding vocal talents and Dave Wilson's stunning abilities as a songwriter, composer, guitarist and singer welded seamlessly to produce a most memorable evening.”
John Waltham, Living Tradition Magazine
“Dave and Kip of Winter Wilson were a delight to share with a Vancouver BC audience for the first time. Beautiful voices, exceptional songwriting, and utterly endearing performances from these two charming and engaging artists. I loved watching the audience fall in love with them!”
Shari Ulrich (Canada), Multi Juno Award Winner
Admission: £10 (Members £7)

       
Sunday 21st June   Open Floor and
SPOTLIGHT on
Ian McIntyre
Ian
AND
Jeff's JIg Dolls
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.

Tonight Ian will have the spotlight to himself for a while to sing us his favourite songs
AND
Jeff will bring along his collection of jig dolls who, he tells us, have devised an entertainment of their own!!
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4
       
Sunday 28th June   Song and Dance Songs, tunes and poems from members & visitors plus dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced callers ensure everyone can work their way through the dances with enjoyment. Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4
       
SUMMER BREAK!      
       
Sunday 6th September   Song and Dance Songs, tunes and poems from members & visitors plus dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced callers ensure everyone can work their way through the dances with enjoyment and, in some cases, hilarity.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4
       
Sunday 13th September   Jim Causley
Jim
Jim Causley is an all-round entertainer and during the past decade Causley has been nominated no less than six times for a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award. He was nominated as “Singer of the Year” at the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Causley’s unique voice and persona have helped him become one of the most well-known and respected figures of today’s contemporary roots and folk scene.
A prolific collaborator, he has worked with iconic groups The Devil’s Interval and Mawkin:Causley as well as playing, touring and recording alongside Waterson:Carthy, John McCusker, Eddie Reader, Graham Coxson, Shirley Collins, Michael Morpurgo, Show of Hands, Kate Rusby, David Rotheray of Beautiful South fame and, more recently, Miranda Sykes.
Admission: £10 (Members £7)
       
Sunday 20th September   Open Floor and
SPOTLIGHT on
Phil Jarrett
Phil
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Tonight Phil will have the spotlight to himself for a while and no doubt he'll amuse us with some of his favourite songs.
In the late 1960s Phil formed the Penny Gaffs with two friends, an unaccompanied folk song trio. In the 1980s he was a member of the Shanty Crew, who performed in folk clubs and at shanty festivals and aboard the Cutty Sark at Greenwich. The Crew also appeared at shanty festivals in Poland, France and Holland. From 2001 for nearly ten years he was the drummer for Marling's Morris clog-dancing side. He is also a percussionist in John Kirkpatrick's Festival Band at Sidmouth.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4
       
Sunday 27th September   Open Floor and
Joe Griffin's
Musical Odyssey
Joe
Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Tonight Caroline will be talking to Joe about the music in his life, which we understand is entirely independent of cows.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4
       
Sunday 4th October   Song and Dance Songs, tunes and poems from members & visitors plus dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced callers ensure everyone can work their way through the dances with enjoyment. Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4
       
Sunday 11th October   Nigel Bagge, Mike Piggott and Derek Bond
Nigel

Nigel Bagge is an outstanding blues guitarist who has played with some of the big names, toured Europe, been there, done that. A singer, composer and performer of stunning ability.

Mike Piggott is well-known to club members as a wizard of the violin. In his hands it's not just a fiddle, it's a dazzling firework of an instrument, played to entertain.

Derek Bond is a bass guitarist who has not only played with Sylvia and Peter of Bohemian Café, but was also in a band with Paul and Ringo, and did a couple of tours in Hamburg. A man with top-class credentials.

Three great and entertaining musicians!!
Admission: £10 (Members £7)

       
Sunday 18th October   Wild Willy Barrett
Willy and Mary

Willy Barrett is advertised as an 'experimental' musician, but this fails to gives sufficient emphasis to his astounding abilities with the guitar and violin, and the sheer entertainment value of his performances.
With Mary Holland the couple produce some of the most exciting, interesting and moving music you'll hear at Horsham Folk Club. Be prepared to be astonished, mesmerised and more.
Admission: £10 (Members £7)

 

       
Sunday 25th October   Open Floor
70s night!

Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Tonight is an opportunity for some of our younger members who were alive in the 70s to let it all flare out again. If you're an older person, don't forget that there's still plenty of good music to choose from: Eagles, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Abba, Bee Gees, Olivia Newton-John...and the rest! Possibly not Queen.
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4

       
Sunday 1st November   Open Floor and
SPOTLIGHT on
Jean and Keith
Jean & Keith

Our open floor nights are an opportunity for anyone to try a song, a tune or a poem knowing they have a sympathetic audience, although there is no obligation to perform, and those who simply like to listen are welcome.
Tonight Jean and Keith will have the spotlight to themselves for a while - expect very traditional folk, with perhaps a surprise or two?!
Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4

       
Sunday 8th November   Song and Dance Songs, tunes and poems from members & visitors plus dancing to our excellent ceilidh band.
Beginners and experts alike are welcome and our experienced callers ensure everyone can work their way through the dances with enjoyment. Admission: Members £2; Non-members £4
       
Sunday 15th November   Ned Clamp and Pat SmithNed and Pat

Originally from Dorking and once a frequent visitor to Horsham Folk Club, Ned wandered into Wales, and never quite found his way back. He met Pat, then a member of the duo Calennig, and many years later they teamed up as a duo themselves to become stalwarts of the South Wales folk scene; together, individually, or with their dance band. They have been fixtures at numerous folk festivals, including Shrewsbury and Whitby. They have also made a number of forays abroad: touring New Zealand three times, playing Auckland, Dunedin Celtic, and Tui Farm Festivals. They have also travelled to Asturias in Spain, and to the USA, their most recent visit being to Milwaukee with Calennig Arbennig (their concert band) to play at the North American Festival of Wales.
With their accomplished musicianship and easy humour Pat and Ned guarantee an unforgettable experience.
“Ned & Pat tore the house down, especially with “Moving Day”... excellent!”
– Lyceum Folk Club of Newport.
Admission: £10 (Members £7)

       
Sunday 22nd November   Adur Ukrainian Choir
Ukrainians
The Ukrainian Voices Choir, many of whom are refugees who found safety and new beginnings in the UK, was founded in Brighton in 2022. United by their love of music, they share a rich repertoire of traditional and contemporary Ukrainian songs.
Since its founding, the choir has performed concerts across the South East, receiving heartfelt praise for its moving performances that transcend language and culture.
Beyond music, the choir provides friendship, emotional healing, and a sense of belonging, while also celebrating Ukrainian heritage and strengthening community ties through the universal language of song. The choir is joined by members of Nebo i Zemlia choir, founded in Lewes, both under the Directorship of Lyudmilla Kulakova, who brings these two choirs together.
Admission: £10 (Members £7)
       
Sunday 29th November   Steve Tilston
Steve
Steve Tilston is one of our most celebrated song smiths, widely recognised within the world of folk and contemporary music; the words, arrangements and subtle, quite superb guitar playing could be no one else.
In 2011, Tilston released his solo album, The Reckoning, on his own Hubris label. In October 2011, he performed "Oil & Water" from the album on 'Later...with Jools Holland'. In February 2012 the title track from The Reckoning was awarded Best Original Song at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Admission: £10 (Members £7)
       

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