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Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵

@readifolk.bsky.social

Making Sunday night Folk Music night in Reading UK since 1982. Visit 🌐 www.readifolk.org.uk to find out more and 🌐📻🛜 readifolkradio.bsky.social our weekly podcast brought to you by members of the club.

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Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 2d ago

🎵👣🚲🎶🛣🎵🚗🎶🥾🎵 Our next session is a theme night on Sunday 16th August. "The Road Less Travelled". All welcome to share songs and tunes on the theme (or we'll find a link!). Find us at 8pm in the ❤️ of Reading #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight #TheDing @rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social

Graphic advertising Readifolk's theme night "The Road Less Travelled" on Sunday 16th August.
There are shapes of musical notes and instruments as well a silhouette of Reading's Maiwand Lion. In the centre is an image of a track in the hills.
The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £3 cash on the door (free if you are under-25) and you bring your own refreshments.

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 4d ago

TONIGHT in the ❤️ of #TheDing where #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 5d ago

This coming Sunday (2nd August) the club a regular Singers' Night. Please come along and share a song or a tune with us – or just listen! To hear some music we like, check this week's @readifolkradio.bsky.social podcast, brought to you by club regulars and friends. #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight

Mashup of images of our colourful flyer for Sunday's singers' night. There are images of musical notes and instruments as well as flowers and Reading's Maiwand Lion. The start time is 8pm and the venue is Watlington House Hall, RG1 4RA, access on foot from South Street, £3 cash on the door.

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 5d ago

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 6d ago

...in the bottom right corner below you can see us singing and playing together, and you can join us on #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight for another friendly singers' night. Just £3 on the door (cash), FREE for under-25s = a bargain night out! 🎶🎵🎸🎵🎻🎶🪗🎵🎶👇

What's On Reading@rdgwhatson.bsky.social · 7d ago

Birthdays and anniversaries! Local faves and international acts! Acoustic duos and acoustic you-os? And more! Your WEEKEND GIG GUIDE is here! whatsonreading.com/themes/weeke...

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · last wk.

🎵🪕🎶🪗🎶🎸🎵🎻🎶 Singers' night, where everyone is encouraged to share songs and tunes. All levels of skill and experience are welcome, and the club is a great place to try out singing the first time. And you're welcome too to sit back and listen. @rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social

Image advertising Readifolk's singers' night at 8pm on Sunday 2nd August.
The image is colourful with a green and blue background and shapes of musical notes and instruments.
The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £3 cash on the door (free if you are under-25) and you bring your own refreshments.

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · last wk.

The Dog Days of Summer was the theme, and what an evening we had of serious songs, funny songs, singalong favourites, self-penned treasures and some songs linked to our theme with most imaginative explanations. #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight #UKFolkMusic #TheDing #InRdg

List of songs shared at Readifolk's theme night "The Dog Days of Summer". The background is orange and yellow and there is an image of a relaxed-looking dog. The list of songs: Walking the Riverbank (original), Raindrops are Fallin' on my Head, Summertime, I Like to Rise when the Sun Rises, Galway Girl, The Dog that Fouls the Pavements Up in Harlow, As I Went Out One Morning Fair, Rocket Man, My Darling Nancy, Last Day Summer Holiday 1959 (original reading), Summer Wine, The Wild Rover, The Spirit of the Land Survives, Barges, Here Comes the Sun, Sunshine on my Shoulders Makes Me Happy, Those Magic Changes (from Grease), As Soon As I Touched My Seaweed, Summer Rain, Lazy Sunny Afternoon, Harvest Moon, Dark-Eyed Sailor, Hound Dog, Walking the Dog, Seven Little Girls Sitting on the Back Seat, The Hunting Song (original), Mississippi Summer, You Can Close Your Eyes, Mock Tudor Seduction (original reading), Sunny Goodge Street, Don't Worry Be Happy, How Much is That Doggy in the Window, Donkey Riding

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 2w ago

Looking for music sessions in Reading over the Summer? Our #SundayNight #FolkMusicNights are welcoming unplugged sessions, and a good place to have a go at performing for the first time. Find us on most Sunday nights at 8pm in the ❤️ of Reading. @rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social

Collage of colourful flyers advertising sessions at Readifolk over the Summer. These are: 26th July - theme night - The Dog Days of Summer, 2nd August - Singers' Night, 16th August - Theme Night - The Road Less Travelled, 23rd August - Singers' Night and 30th August - Theme Night - Friends Like These.
The flyers are in summery colours with images of musical instruments and notation, and the theme night flyers have images related to the theme.

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 2w ago

🎵🏖🎶TONIGHT🎵🐕🎶

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 2w ago

🎵🐶🎶🏖🎻☀️🎶🌻🪗🎵 Sunday (26th July) is a theme night - The Dog Days of Summer – Songs about Summer, songs about dogs or something else? You decide. A friendly session, where everyone will have an opportunity to sing or play, but no pressure @rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social

Graphic advertising Readifolk's theme night "Dog Days of Summer" on Sunday 26th July.
There are shapes of musical notes and instruments as well a silhouette of Reading's Maiwand Lion. In the centre is an image of a dog lying down, perhaps in the heat. The main colours are yellow, orange and red.
The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £3 cash on the door (free if you are under-25) and you bring your own refreshments.

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 2w ago

We're looking forward to sharing music with you at our #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight Theme Night - Dog Days of Summer at 8pm on Sunday. What sort of music do we like? Listen to @readifolkradio.bsky.social on @folkfridayradio.bsky.social tonight at 8 to hear music chosen by club regulars and friends.

Collage of images advertising Sunday's theme night at the club. Colours are bright red, orange and yellow, with images of musical instruments, notation and a sleepy dog. All are set against a background of wavy yellow stripes.

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 2w ago

Look no further than bottom right for our colourful flyer with images of musical notes and instruments in orange, red and yellow. There's even a sleepy dog in the background, connecting with our "Dog Days of Summer" theme for your songs and tunes. #FolkMusicNight #UKFolkMusic #SundayNight

What's On Reading@rdgwhatson.bsky.social · 2w ago

Top tributes! Massive milestones! Folk! Jazz! Indie! Post-punk! And even YOU! Yep, it's your WEEKEND GIG GUIDE, featuring @purpleturtlerdg.bsky.social, @readifolk.bsky.social and oodles more who we can't tag here! whatsonreading.com/themes/weeke...

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 2w ago

What's On Reading @rdgwhatson.bsky.social · 3w ago

A big all-dayer! A big weekender! Punk! Folk! Blues! And more! Everyone's a winner with this WEEKEND GIG GUIDE! buff.ly/QzEz8KG Feat. @southstreetarts.bsky.social, @purpleturtlerdg.bsky.social, @readifolk.bsky.social and plenty more who aren't here on Bsky the fools

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 3w ago

This weekend's another of our friendly singers' nights where we encourage everyone to share songs and tunes. Our sessions are unplugged and players of all levels of skill and experience are sure of a warm welcome. @rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 3w ago

We love a theme night and look at the songs and tunes we collected (the connection is, as usual, buried in the words of some!). #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight #InRdg #TheDing #FolkMusic #UKFolkMusic

List of songs and tunes shared. In the background are the colours of the French flag: blue, white and red. Here's the list: La Marseillaise, La Vie en Rose, Haul Away Joe, Branle des Cheveaux, Banks of Green Willow, Pink Martini - Sympathique, La Mer, The Downfall of Paris, Waterloo Sunset, Plaisir d'Amour, Hissez Haut Santiano, Liberté Égalite! Fraternité, San Francisco, I Love Paris, Parlez-Vous, Chevalier de la Table Ronde, Parlez-moi d'Amour, We Have Got a Banksy (original), Je Ne Sais Quoi (poem), Marching Inland, Turn Around, Fareweel Regality, Shine Ona, Harvest Moon, Pauvre Rute Boeuf, Titanium, La Montagne, Donnez-Moi la Main [End of list]

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 4w ago

On Sunday (12th July) our theme will be Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité – and what better way to celebrate the approach of Bastille Day? As always in our friendly session, everyone who fancies a turn will have an opportunity to sing or play – ideally, with a connection to the theme, but no pressure!

What's On Reading@rdgwhatson.bsky.social · 4w ago

Football? What football? It's your WEEKEND GIG GUIDE and it's got prog and folk and virtuoso Spanish guitars and Mod revival and tributes and possibly even YOU! whatsonreading.com/themes/weeke... featuring @purpleturtlerdg.bsky.social, @readifolk.bsky.social + more

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 4w ago

A few of our favourite things: Tomorrow, Patakas debut at Maidenhead Folk Club, Friday find a double tribute night at The Flowing Spring (on Saturday a relaxed football screening. Also Saturday music ats Peppard Unplugged, and of course on Sunday there's our Theme Night - Liberté Égalité, Fraternité

Set of adverts for the events listed in the post

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 4w ago

🎵🇲🇫🎵🪗🎶🚲🎵🍾🎶 Our next session is another of our Summer theme nights on Sunday at 8pm in the ❤️ of #TheDing. Next week is Bastille Day, so we are sharing songs and tunes on the theme "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité". @rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight

Graphic advertising Readifolk's theme night "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité" on Sunday 12th July.
There are shapes of musical notes and instruments as well a silhouette of Reading's Maiwand Lion. In the centre is a group of people period clothes. One man is speaking with his arm raised. The others are listening and looking to speak too. The main colours are red, white and blue, the colours of the Tricoleur, the national flag of France.
The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £3 cash on the door (free if you are under-25) and you bring your own refreshments.
The poster also includes a QR code, leading to www.readifolk.org.uk and social media icons for @readifolk on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram.

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 4w ago

Sunday's theme "Folk Songs of America" proved to be a rich seam. Look at all the songs we shared and the places we "visited"! #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing

Image of two lists collected at Readifolk on 6th July, 2026: Folk Songs of America and "The Places". List of Folk Songs of America (the list surrounds an image of the Statue of Liberty.): American Pie, Geronimo (original)), Lament, Passing Through Tulsa, Man of Constant Sorrow, Never Be Silent (orig), New York Girls, Carolina in my Mind, You Ain't Got the Do-re-mi, How to Banish a Bugaboo, Reading (leaving America), All Along the Verdigris, America, With God on Our Side, Long Way From Your Mountain, The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down, Sitting on the Dock of the Bay), This Land is Your Land, House of the Rising Sun, Loss of the Holdens (orig), Howlin' at the Moon, You're so Vain, Lyin' Eyes, Country Roads, Simple Gifts, Jolene, Fishing. END OF THIS LIST List of Places we "visited" (there is a map of the United States of America faintly visible in the background): Arkansas, Blue Ridge Mountains, Cape Girardeau, California, Carolina, Colorado, Danville, Detroit, Georgia, Hampton River, Kansas, Kentucky, Lake Michigan, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Saginaw, San Francisco Bay, Saratoga, Shenandoah River, Tennessee, Tulsa, Virginia, West Virginia. END OF LISTS

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · last mo.

🎵🇺🇸🎵🌁🎵🐎🍿🎶🗽🎶 Tonight!

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · last mo.

It's a theme night on Sunday (Folk Songs of America), and "What sort of music do we like?" We're glad you asked because you can hear music presented by club members tonight at 8 on @readifolkradio.bsky.social @folkfridayradio.bsky.social, including some Americana from club regular Greg Mayston.

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · last mo.

#SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight through the Summer in the ❤️ of Reading, with singers' and theme nights through July and August and guest nights in September. Hear more on this week's podcast www.mixcloud.com/ianfreedman1... ...with inspiration for tomorrow's Theme Folk Song of America night.

Listing with information about Readifolk and list of events
Club information: Sundays 8-10.30pm,
Watlington House Hall, entrance from South Street, Reading, RG1 4RA
Pay cash on the door: Singers' nights £3 (free for under-25s), Guest nights £10 (£5 for under-25s)
Readifolk is on socinl media @readifolk.
What's on...
SUMMER SINGERS’ NIGHTS and THEME NIGHTS
Informal nights where you make the music. Theme nights are singers’ nights where
we share songs and tunes linked (however loosely!) to a theme. Singers and players
of all levels of skill and experience are welcome (and welcome too to come to listen).
JULY
5th Songs of America – plenty of scope with this theme!
12th Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité – French songs or songs of revolution?
19th Singers’ Night
26th Dog Days of Summer - Hot. Summer days or animal songs?
AUGUST
2nd Singers’ Night
9th Club closed
16th The Road Less Travelled – songs of travel or songs of solitude?
23rd Singers’ Night
30th Friends Like These – what sort of friends? You decide!
SEPTEMBER PROGRAMME
Back to our mix of guest nights and singers/theme nights
6th – Club closed (Wallingford Bunkfest)
13th WE MAVERICKS - Australian duo whose sound has been described as “contemp-folk, altcountry and acoustic-pop…”
20th – Singers’ Night
27th STEVE TURNER - Folksinger and multi-instrumentalist, described as “the foremost
concertina player of his generation”

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · last mo.

Excited to be part of another packed weekend of music, and there we are bottom right with our Closing another excellent weekend of music with our heme Night - Folk Song of America 🎶🗽🎵🪕🎵🍿🎶🌁🎵 ...where you make the music as we share as many songs and tunes as we can that link to the theme.

What's On Reading@rdgwhatson.bsky.social · last mo.

It's your first WEEKEND GIG GUIDE of July and it is packed with all manner of musical goodies - big name acts on a hill, local names in local venues, folk, jazz, rock, reggae and much more! whatsonreading.com/themes/weeke...

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · last mo.

...an excellent choice!

What's On Reading@rdgwhatson.bsky.social · last mo.

Oh, there are so many strong choices here... Would this count? youtu.be/5MtAxD9TE88?...

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · last mo.

🎶🪕🎵🎻🎶🍿🎵🍔🎶🇺🇲 One of our welcoming singers' nights where everyone is encouraged to share songs and tunes. Sunday 5th July is just after 4th July, so our theme is "Folk Song of America". Find us in the ❤️ of Reading at 8pm @rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · last mo.

We love a good theme night, and what an excellent selection of songs, tunes and readings with the names Fanny and Willy, some written by Fanny or Willy and some with words that sounded like these names. #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing #UKFolkMusic #RdgUK

List of songs, tunes and readings on the theme "Fanny and Willy": Swan Song (by Fanny Mendelsohn), Original song about Fanny & Willy, Fanny Power, The Weight (Take a Load Off Fanny), Fanny Frail, Fanny’s Fancy, Peter's Private Army, Only Toast Crumpets for One, James, (Fanny) Irwin, Lakes of Champlain, Don't Go Out Tonight, Dear Father, You're Welcome, Willie Stewart, Pretty Peggy-O, Willy o'Winsbury, Tell Me Ma, Lovely on the Water, Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson), Sparrow's Point, You are Old, Father William, Nicholas Too, Bold Fisherman, Billy in the Low Ground, The Bay of Biscay, The Beauty of the Farming Boy, Roseville Fair (by Bill Staines), Bold William Taylor, Sheep crook and Black Dog, Will You Come to the Bar, Wild Mountain Thyme END OF LIST

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · last mo.

...and there's our theme night "Fanny and Willy" (two popular names in folk song and music) bottom right because #SundayNight is #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing 🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵🎶👇👇

What's On Reading@rdgwhatson.bsky.social · last mo.

What's hotter than the sun? OUR WEEKEND GIG GUIDE, THAT'S WHAT! It's jam-packed with big names, local names, people pretending to be big names, songs about names, and possibly even your name! whatsonreading.com/themes/weeke...

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · last mo.

🪕🎶🪗🎵💃🕺🎵🎸🎶 Our next session is another Readifolk theme night. That means one of our welcoming singers' nights. This month's theme "Fanny and Willy" invites songs featuring two popular names in traditional song, so there is lots of scope! @acespacenewbury.bsky.social @rdgwhatson.bsky.social

Graphic advertising Readifolk's theme night "Fanny and Willy" on Sunday 28th June.
There are shapes of musical notes and instruments as well a silhouette of Reading's Maiwand Lion. In the centre there are two figures dressed in period clothes.
The venue is Watlington House Community Hall, accessed on foot from South Street in Reading. The postcode is RG1 4RA. The cost is £3 cash on the door (free if you are under-25) and you bring your own refreshments.

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · last mo.

Some of our favourite live music evenings around Reading this week: Open mics at The Castle Tap and The Butler, unplugged sessions at The Castle Tap, Maidenhead Folk Club our own Theme Night on Sunday. Plus there's a double evening of live music and football at The Flowing Spring

Collage of adverts for liv music in and around Reading this week: Monday - open mic at The Castle Tap, Wednesday unplugged session at The Castle Tap, Thursday unplugged singers' night at Maidenhead Folk Club, Friday Open Mic at The Butler, Saturday gig in the garden at The Flowing Spring "The Trembling Wilburys" followed by football and Sunday is a theme night "Fanny and Willy" at Readifolk.

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Some snaps from our midsummer session with Daria Kulesh and floorsingers #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight in #TheDing

Daria Kulesh (dressed in red and lit by spotlighting) leads the Readifolk audience (in shadow) in song.

Daria Kulesh playing bouzouki. Daria is wearing red and has red flowers in her hair.

Daria Kulesh singing and playing a shruti box (small squeezebox)

Collection ofeimages of Daria Kulesh and floorsingers singing and playing at Readifolk.

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Midsummer spookiness? 🎶👻🎵🕸🎵☀️🎵🎸🎶🌅 That's just one of the teasers from tonight's guest Daria Kulesh. ...and what better way to spend this balmy evening right in the middle of Summer. #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight See you later! 🎶👻🎵🕸🎵☀️🎵🎸🎶🌅

Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵@readifolk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our next guest night is an evening with "the voice of fairytales", Daria Kulesh 🎶🍄🎶🕸🎵💫🎶🏡🎵 Sunday 21st June, 8pm in the ❤️ of Reading (Watlington House Hall, RG1 4RA, access on foot from South Street) #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight #InRdg #TheDing @rdgwhatson.bsky.social @acespacenewbury.bsky.social