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ScotStringNZ is a week-long residential camp held in west Auckland, New Zealand. Specialist teachers from Scotland will offer lessons for strings, keyboards and accompaniment instruments, as well as band work.
View website →Ceol Aneas (Ke-ol An-eass) is Aotearoa New Zealand's premiere traditional Irish music festival modelled on the traditional summer schools in Ireland. It attracts musicians and traditional Irish music lovers from around New Zealand and overseas.
View website →Club Nights are held on the SECOND Tuesday of every month starting at 7:30pm Concerts are held on the FOURTH Tuesday of every month starting at 7:30pm The venue is: Hamilton Motorcycle Club 149 Seddon Road (behind the Stadium)
View website →Monthly concerts feature a broad range of musical styles and genres from month to month – traditional folk to bluegrass, a capella to blues, solo performers to seven-piece line-ups… and everything in-between.
View website →Rafters is a friendly music club in central Auckland. Held on the 3rd Friday of each month Time: 8-11pm Admission: $10 cash at door Venue: Unitarian Church, 1a Ponsonby Road.
View website →Devonport Folk Music Club meets every Monday, and some other nights, at the historic command post, "The Bunker" on Mt Victoria, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.
View website →Acoustic Routes is a club based in Wellington for people who enjoy performing and listening to a wide range of music with the emphasis on acoustic styles. They host monthly sing-around sessions, concerts and other club events which provide additional opportunities for members to perform. Currently these events are held at the Johnsonville Collective Community Hub. Their monthly newsletter, The Balladeer, has information about the folk music scene in Wellington.
View website →ANZFA seeks to bring the existing, enduring network of folk music activity in New Zealand front and centre — locally, nationally and internationally. Aotearoa NZ Folk Alliance is a national body to represent folk music and its associated activities across Aotearoa. They are a not-for-profit organisation providing information, resources and networking — including awards, showcases and professional development opportunities for the New Zealand folk music community. Their aim is to facilitate networking among folk artists, clubs, societies, venues and festivals and to provide information sharing, fellowship, training and support.
View website →This is a website, administered by Mike Moroney, which provides information about and links to folk and acoustic clubs, festivals and artists in New Zealand
View website →TITIRANGI FOLK MUSIC CLUB has been a vital part of the Titirangi music scene since its inception in 1965. It has provided a performance venue for local acoustic musicians and singers and a source of enjoyment for audience members. It has been the breeding ground for much prodigious musical talent and has hosted concerts by many wonderful performers from both New Zealand and overseas.
View website →This website, Three Acres and a Cow, is a history of land rights and protest in folk song and story. The resources page has an extensive collection of folk songs with lyrics and video. The collection includes songs written as early as the 1100's and through the centuries up to the present day.
View website →Folk on Foot was launched by the broadcaster and former BBC executive Matthew Bannister in August 2018, bringing together his three passions: folk music, walking and telling stories in sound. In each episode Matthew walks with a leading folk artist in the landscape that has inspired their music and they sing and play on location. The list of artists taking part reads like a Who’s Who of the contemporary folk scene. On this site you can also view the monthly Official Folk Albums Chart Show.
View website →A website about the current traditional music happening in scotland. Articles, reviews and links
View website →Tradfolk.co was put together to celebrate English traditional folk culture now. The site features interviews with traditional folk musicians, reviews of folk music albums and occasional explorations of the traditional songs themselves. From Martin Carthy to Angeline Morrison, you'll find folk music aplenty on this page.
View website →The Session is a community website dedicated to Irish traditional music. You can find tunes to play, find sessions to play them in, and join in discussions about the music. You can also find events (like concerts and festivals), or explore the track listings of recordings.
View website →In 1998 John Archer launched the NZ Folksong website, initially to share the music he collected. This has evolved into a major collection and a valuable resource for anyone interested in finding songs from and about New Zealand.
View website →A useful site if you are researching for lyrics and information about folk songs.
View website →An extremely useful site for researching folk musicians and groups. Also useful for discovering origins, lyrics and different versions of songs.
View website →Funky Whistle, tin whistle and other folk music sheet music, information and videos
View website →An amazingly useful resource for tune players. This collection of traditional and traditional style music from Scotland is easy to read and play with links so you can listen to the music. Many of the arrangements are for a range of instruments and include gorgeous harmonies.
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