The English Folk Dance and Song Society

 

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Arts Council Funding Heralds New Era for the English Folk Dance and Song Society

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
Owing to a complete overhaul of the archive spaces in Cecil Sharp House, original archive materials will only be available to researchers by appointment. This arrangement will be in place for the next six months and we shall require at least a week's notice of a proposed visit with a listing of the materials of interest. Most collections are available in microforms in the library and some are online at http://library.efdss.org/archives

Please also note that the library and archive will be closed on Saturday 2 January 2010

Don't Miss!

See what's happening this month and beyond:


• New Exhibition: Mumchance and Guise - folk costumes and other artifacts from the EFDSS archive

• Mumchance & Guise: Procession and Performance on Saturday 31 October

• Don't miss Jack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers on Sunday 8 November

• Spiers & Boden perform on Thursday 12 November

• Davy Graham: A Life in Celebration on Saturday 28 November

• Belshazzar's Feast in concert on Friday 4 December

• Join the festive celebration with a Ceremony of Carols and Customs on Sunday 20 December

Plus:

• Saturday Music Workshops, The Cecil Sharp House Community Choir and the C# Minors Play Club

• Singing Histories: London

• The Take 6 Archives Website Goes Live!

• Sharp's Folk Club - Forthcoming Guest Singers

• 2009 Folk Festivals Listing

• 2009 Gold Badge Awards

• SIGN UP TO THE EFDSS NEWS AND EVENTS MAILING LIST TODAY! Just send a blank email to marketing@efdss.org with 'Mailing List' as the subject line to be kept up to date with all the latest happenings at Cecil Sharp House.

For over one hundred years the English Folk Dance and Song Society has worked to record, develop and promote the folk music, dance, song and traditions of our country.

With over 3,000 members and affiliated clubs and organisations, it is regarded as one of the premiere folk development and advocacy organisations in the UK.

On this site you will find information about the Society, what it is and what it does. Everyone with a love of, or an interest in, the traditional folk music, dance, song and traditions of England is elegible to become a member of the Society.

If you are not currently a member, we hope that you will join the Society to help us to continue our work of recording, developing and promoting the traditional folk arts in England.

Please use the buttons on the left to navigate around the site and to find out more about us.

If you have a question which cannot be answered here, please feel free to email us, phone us on 020 7485 2206, or visit us at:

Cecil Sharp House
2 Regent's Park Road, London, NW1 7AY.

Opening Hours:
EFDSS Offices:
Mon - Fri 0930 - 1730
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library:
Tue - Fri 0930 - 1730
1st & 3rd Saturdays (Except August) 1000 - 1600
Cecil Sharp House:
Outside office hours, the House is open during scheduled events taking place within it. Please see the What's On page for details.

Click here for a map of how to get to Cecil Sharp House.

 

 

 

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Mumchance and Guise: Procession and Performance - Saturday 31 October


Jack Rose & Band:
Sunday 8 November


Spiers and Boden:
Thursday 12 November


Davy Graham:
A Life in Celebration
Saturday 28 November