Folklife.

www.folklife.org.uk

Folklife - print & online publishers. 
We print FW, the Folklife West magazine,
and publish this & other material online. 
​FW's Folk News pages are on this site.

3 issues a year,  from Jan 2019.

You can download: 
Folklife Quarterly reverted to its previous title, Folklife West, from the Oct 2018 issue.
Our policy is to ensure FW printed copies arrive by the stated print-publication date [UK only].
After the [print] publication date, usually in the month of publication:
  • NEWS pages by area / county
  • DIARY pages - Festivals Diary, Workshops Diary
  • FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS pages articles and FT news & Diary
Folklife Newsletter --- Directory Updates + Deadline Reminders
  • The latest Updates to our DIRECTORY, sent to Folklife Members who have opted in, monthly-ish.
  • Non-members can email us to join the NEWSLETTER mailing list
  • Sign up to opt in for free Newsletter on the DATA page on this website
  • You can also see the UPDATES page on the DIRECTORY website,   http://www.folklife-directory.uk/updates.html
We concentrate on Folk News - about live venues.  As for reviews . . 
Folk 21 (link)
For reviews, which we don't have time to do (so don't send us CDs, please!)
To publicise your CD in FW, join us (£15 a year):  Members can send up to 200 words (more if advertising) about their latest CD (& CD cover jpg).

We publish a vast amount of information!
-- from Directory listings, to copies of FW's news pages
So, we have 3 sites, as appropriate ~ see below:

● we are a non-profit group ~ FW  runs at a healthy loss.
● for us to continue, we need your support - by membership (just £15/year for posted FW  plus your publicity in print & online) -- or by  advertising --- for contacting us, and for more detailed info .... see the Info page

THIS SITE is
FW ( 1 )
News pages 
 FW's folk news from our Folklife members, which forms the first half of each issue.
➀ Clubs & Venues   ➁ Performers 
➂ Services (incl. Shops, media) 

FOLK NEWS WEBPAGES with links
Wales England:  West Country England:  West Midlands & Oxon England:  other areas; national  *** Note: these webpages are copies of FW's A4-sizes pages -- too big for mobiles. So we also have PDFs to download !


​​FW, the Folklife West magazine,
a 48/52 page A4-size print publication,
has 3 sections:
​News, Listings, Folklife Traditions

"DIRECTORY" SITE for
FW ( 2 )
Listings

Listings (from Folklife Members only)
• venues • performers • services • festivals • workshops •
song, music, dance, story, poets

In FW, we print 1-line listing-summaries, plus a next-12-months festival diary, a workshops diary.
Online, we have the full listings on our Members' Directory website. 

You will be amazed at how much we have on this Directory site!

'Folk' listings, from our members   
➀ Clubs & Venues   ➁ Performers 
➂ Services (incl. Shops, media) 
➃ Festival Diary 
➄ Workshop Listings ➅ Workshop Diary

"FT" SITE for
FW ( 3 )  FT:
the Folklife Traditions pages

Picture
Minehead © J K Simmons
The FT pages have articles and folklife news; plus 1-line listing-summaries for Folklife Studies & Folklife Societies, and seasonal local celebrations for this quarter

The FT Archive
We have a fully indexed online archive for all issues on a new fully-interactive FT site!  Full listings plus Jan-Dec seasonal local celebrations.
PDFs of each issue (A4 size) are on an e-magazine website.

Folklife Traditions listings open to all   
➆ Folklife Societies  
➇ Folklife Studies & Institutions   
​➈ Seasonal Celebrations
Of the 3 sections, above, (1) and (2) are from our Folklife members only. (3) open to all.
Membership £15 a year, posting out FW three times a year, covers Members' news and online Directory listings

​INFO page 
Membership, Ad Rates, Reselling, etc

DATA page 
Data Protection policies,
​DP form to opt in

more:   meet the Folklife Team

our Folklife CORRESPONDENTS and OTHER VOLUNTEERS

more: "Folk What's On" (the ads from FW)
​​For the benefit of advertisers, and the public, we also supply an ads-only version of FW, "Folk What's On', (4 to 10 pages), to libraries in regular-advertising areas, as a reference copy, & large concert-venues as free leaflets.    Page includes free FWOn download !

Other than FW

Our other online publications
  • Bywyd Gwerin: Cyfeiriadur -- Wales Folklife-Directory,  Welsh-language traditions​
  • Quite separately to Folklife:   we also host a webpage for The Homend Poets, Ledbury, Herefordshire

for contacting us, and for more detailed information .... see the Info page

● we are a non-profit group
● for us to continue, we need your support ----------- by membership ----------- or advertising ----------- details at foot of page
FW  runs at a healthy loss.
     The English Folk Dance & Song Society has announced that Every donation you make between now and 2019 is matched by Arts Council England.
     We have no such outside funding, nor any sponsorship.  Our income is from your Folklife membership and limited advertising - since we focus on your news, & don't review CDs & avoid featuring folk personalities on the cover, we will not attract commercial adverts from record companies etc!
      We run at a healthy loss (say £1,000 a year) .... fRoots magazine was asking to be crowd funded for £20,000 ... well, we don't need quite that much, but if you would like to support us by taking out membership for 1 copy (£15 a year) or multiple copies for resale, and/or advertising, that will help us to carry on the good work!
● we can help - we can draft Directory & Festival/Workshop Diary listings for you to approve/change, set up news items for FW, based on your listing, etc
Be listed!    Join Folklife , only £15 for 3 issues, for online Directory listings, and FW (Folklife West) posted to you, and your free news/publicity in FW, every issue (per item: up to 200 words, more if advertising), contact us.  
This site: folklife.org.uk   FW: 1 Oct 2018; then 1 Jan, 1 May, 1 Sep. deadlines & other details on Info page