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Raven Folk Club

Raven Folk Club

http://www.ravenfolk.org.uk

The Raven Folk Club was founded in 1978, at The Raven pub in Farndon. Since then we have had several homes, most notably Chester Rowing Club and here at The Bear and Billet. Its founder, Dave Russell is still a regular at the club and until very recently was a member of the resident band, Full House. Nick, who took over the running of the club in 1980, is still one of the organisers together with Chris and Debbie Lee who joined in in 1987.

The club runs every Sunday and, with one or two notable exceptions, we are never closed. These exceptions are a) for Chester Folk Festival during the late May bank holiday weekend and b) over Christmas when we have our Christmas party on the Saturday before Christmas instead. In recent years though the organisers have got together for a session in the Cross-Keys the day after the party, together with anyone who feels like joining them.

The club has always had a loyal group of supporters, regulars who have attended for many years, whether to perform or to listen, who have become part of the club’s our extended family. We encourage new performers - you’ll always find someone to give a bit of advice, or join you with a song or two if you like.

We have also always been very lucky with the quality of the performers who come to the club. Many play their first public performances for us, and become regulars at the club. Some of our regulars have even gone on to soar the heights of the Folk Scene - both Joe Broughton and Greg Russell played their first performances for us at the ages of 10 and 14 respectively and are still great friends of the club. Greg (son of founder Dave) comes down and gives us a song or two whenever he can.

The club has a mix of singers’ nights with guest nights every month or so. Singers’ nights are free whether you’ve come to perform or to listen. Performers will find we use an ambient mike system. You don’t have to get up close to it - in fact it’s better if you just ignore it. It’s there really just to drown out the sound of the quiz on the lower floors which can sometimes be heard in the club.

These nights are run in concert format, with performers putting their name on the list to play, and then getting up at the front of the room to perform a couple of songs. If there aren’t many performers on the list, you might get to do an extra one in the second half.

There is an admission charge for guest nights, varying depending on the guest, and occasionally we may have a ticket only event - in this case tickets will be available from WeGotTickets, or in person from the club, three weeks ahead of the date. We regret that we cannot take reservations over the phone and can no longer reserve tickets without prior payment. Support on guests nights is usually from Full House, so for these you can leave your guitars at home.

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