At Folk Unlimited you can:
- Learn to play, sing and arrange songs and tunes from Britain and across the globe
- Learn and explore new instruments and accessible technology
- Learn new skills with fantastic tutors
- Make new friends
If you want to, you can also:
- Work towards an Arts Award
You do not need any experience of playing an instrument or folk music to take part in Folk Unlimited. Love music? We want you to join us!
Parents and carers are welcome to join in too, or can wait in our lovely café just outside the rehearsal space.
Folk Unlimited sessions take place in our busy public venue on the basement floor which is accessible by lift from the outside of the building. Other events will be running in other rooms and our cafe will be open. Please not that we cannot therefore guarantee a nut-free environment.
Who is it for?
For disabled 12 – 30 year olds, their friends, parents and carers. Open to all abilities and levels of experience.
Please note: places are very limited and priority is given to young people who live or go to school/college in the following London boroughs: Barnet, Brent, Camden, City of London, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.
When is it?
Sundays 2–4pm
Spring Term: 2 and 16 February | 1 and 15 March (Please note that the Spring Term is now fully booked)
Summer Term: 26 April | 10, 24 May | 7, 21 June
Due to the high level of interest in Folk Unlimited, and limited numbers, places for next term (summer 2020) will be bookable by the term only; we will no longer be offering drop-in sessions. We are asking all those keen to attend to complete an Expression of Interest form by midday on Monday 6 April.
How much is it?
Summer term fee: £30 per term (advance booking required)
Assistant / carer: ticket, free
Contact us if you need help with transport or fees: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 020 7241 8953.
Find us
Cecil Sharp House is located in Camden Town. Read more
Access
Our lift is on the left side of the main entrance steps. Read more
Folk Unlimited usually take places in Storrow Hall.
Food and drink
There is a café directly outside Storrow Hall, with a drinking fountain.
Terms and conditions and Policies
Meet the Folk Unlimited team
Emmie Ward holds a PG CERT in music and special needs using Sound Of Intent with Roehampton University. She is a folk musician and works as a freelance music and folk arts practitioner and teaches a range of classes for people with learning disabilities. She specialises in using a multi sensory approach to storytelling and music. Emmie has worked in a variety of settings including Day Centres, FE colleges and schools where she has worked as a teacher for many years. Projects have included “Everybody Dance Company” a millennium funded dance project with performers with complex needs and working on the show “Weighting” by Extraordinary bodies an inclusive, touring circus. Emmie also teaches on the “Get Your Folk on” holiday workshops for young disabled people.
Joe Danks is a percussionist, guitarist singer and composer from Nottingham. He is a member of the band Ranagri (StockFisch Records), playing Bodhran, Tenor Guitar and percussion. In 2018 he was selected for one of EFDSS's Musicians In Museums residencies at The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. His education work has seen him work with EFDSS, Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre, London Symphony Orchestra, The BBC Family Orchestra and Nottingham Royal Concert Hall; amongst others. He is also director of Pulse Arts CIC, a company that takes person centered music practice into hospitals and hospices in London and East Anglia.
Folk Unlimited is supported by John Lyon’s Charity.
If you have any questions about our programme for disabled young people, please email Beth at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call her on 020 7241 8953.
