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Detailed listings, includes links to webpages.
Directory summaries are printed in Folklife West magazine. 

our categories.
​Lists 1-6 are on the site
 http://www.folklife-directory.uk/

And Lists 7-9 are on this site; the Folklife Traditions Directory is made up of 

  • The first line of each entry is printed in Folklife West, every issue!  

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  • ​For 'Folk' listings, Lists 1 to 6, we list Folklife Members only. This costs £16 a year; please see Folklife & FW page.
                         for 'Festival Diary', List 5, we give full details as printed in FW - the next 12 months
                         for 'Workshops Diary', List 6, we give full details as printed in FW - the next 4+ months, plus annual events
  • ​For 'Folklife Traditions' listings, Lists 7 to 9, THIS SITE, open to all, free, you do not have to be a Member for these FT entries. 
​                         for 'Seasonal Local Celebrations', List 9, we print details of the next 4 months; the full year is on this site (Directory: Seasonal webpage)

​​Index
List 1:  Folk Clubs & Venues
• Clubs • Concerts • Singarounds • Sesssions (Song, Music, Poetry)
• Storytelling • Dance Clubs & Ceilidh Series •
List 2: Folk Performers  
​• 3 separate webpages for:
Pf.1    FOLK MUSIC & SONG • Pf.1a-c, general •  Pf.1d-h, specific 
Pf.1a   Music/Song - Bands/Groups
Pf.1b   Music/Song - Duos
Pf.1c   Music/Song - Solo
Pf.1d   Choirs & Quires (and see List 5)
Pf.1e   Community & Street Bands
Pf.1f    Shanty Groups, Duos, & Solo
Pf.2   FOLK DANCE
Pf.2a   Folk Dance Callers
Pf.2b   Folk Dance Bands
Pf.2c   Ceremonial & Display (Clog, Morris, Sword)
Pf.3  SPOKEN WORD
Pf.3a   Folk Shows,Theatre, Mummers
Pf.3b   Poetry & Monologuists
​Pf.3c   Storytellers
List 3: Folk Media
M.1  Online Folk Magazines & Listings
M.2  Printed Folk Magazines & Listings
M.3  Folk Radio

List 4: Folk Services
S.1  Folk Journalists
S.2  Agents, Managers, Promoters, MCs and Stage Management
S.3  Technical:  PA  &  Sound  Hire,  Engineers,  Studios
S.4  Website Design and Services
S.5  Print, Design, Illustration
S.6  Crafts and Makers
S.7  Shops & other sales
S.8  Tourist Information Centres
List 4: Festivals’ Diary   …..  Member-festivals - for the next 12 months!   Plus adverts as in the latest FW.
List 5: Workshops: Providers, and  Workshops’ Diary
Arranged: Wales; England: West Country; Midlands; Other Areas
For each section:
  • Workshops Providers -- ​W.1   Study Centres, Folk Teachers, Tutors, Development Workers, Workshop Organisers
  • ​Workshops Providers -- ​W.2   Members’ continuing (longer-term) Workshops Series
  • Workshops Diary, for the next 4+ months
ON THIS SITE:  a Folklife Traditions Directory.

​For 'Folklife Traditions' listings, Lists 7 to 9, open to all, you do not have to be a Member for these FT entries. ​
List 7: Folklife Societies:
Associations, Trusts, Organisations
        • A1-A2, general •  A3-A13, specific
A.1     General: National Societies
A.2    General: Regional and Local Societies
A.3    Cerdd Dant Societies
A.4    Folk Song Societies
A.5    Folk Music Societies
A.6    Folk Dance Societies
A.7    Folk Drama Societies
A.8    Folklore Societies
A.9    Storytelling Societies
A.10  Oral History Societies
A.11   Language & Dialect Societies
A.12  Folk Life Generally - Societies
A.13  Folk Life Specific Groups
• Yahoo web discussion groups are under appropriate [A.] category
List 8:
Folklife Studies & Institutions
*** specialist folklife institutions, or general
Fs.1   Researchers and Authors
Fs.2   Lecturers and Speakers
Fs.3   Archives  *** 
Fs.4   Museums  *** 
Fs.5   Libraries  *** ​
Fs.6   Academic Courses & Research
Fs.7   Music Publishers & Recording Companies
Fs.8   Print Book Publishers & Booksellers
Fs.9   Print Journals
Fs.10 Online Resources (websites, & blogs with articles)
List 9:
Seasonal Local Celebrations  This covers the full year, online.
Also, in FW, every issue, we print the current 4-months, with photos and notes.
Additional information for Wales on www.bywyd-gwerin.cymru, our Wales Folklife online Directory,
​including articles on Seasonal Celebrations