Group affiliation
Why join?
Group affiliation is available for dance or song clubs, schools, festivals and any organisation that wishes to support the charitable work of the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
Affiliates’ benefits include
- A quarterly magazine, English Dance & Song, providing news and reviews of what’s hot in the folk arts as well as news about the Society’s own activities
- Public liability insurance (amateur folk clubs, groups and bands – by application only*)
- The right to use our affiliate logo (please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to request this)
*PLI is limited; our insurance may not cover your activities. Please contact our insurance brokers for more information.
How much does affiliation cost?
Group affiliation is available from £81.
Join us
Group affiliation is available by application only, due to insurance conditions.
We want to engage all people, of all backgrounds, in the folk arts. Therefore we do not condone the practice of ‘blackface’ and do not accept as members any morris sides who paint their faces black. Read more: Policies
Please call us on +44 (0)20 7241 8956 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information about becoming an Affiliate.
Members who pay for their PPL licence through EFDSS can download TheMusicLicence terms and conditions here.
