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Folklincs Humberfest 2025
Friday 18th July &
Saturday 19th July 2025
Melrose Quartet Announced
It has been announced that the Melrose Quartet will play at the 2025 Folklincs Festival on Saturday afternoon at the Ropery Hall (3.30 pm) Saturday night at the Estuary Room (limited space 7pm) & they will also run a Workshop on Saturday morning at the Football Club 11am.
The Melrose Quartet perform a diverse repertoire – carousing chorus songs, lively dance tunes, ancient stories and modern pieces written in celebration of everything from weddings & birthdays to issues that affect all of our 21st century lives. This is music for everybody.
From deep roots in their hometown’s vibrant music, song and dance scene, to smashing concert appearances in the UK and abroad, Sheffield-based Melrose Quartet have attracted a reputation for making music that truly connects with people. All four are internationally renowned singers, instrumentalists, writer/composers and teachers and in 2017 they were proud to be named the new patrons of Whitby Folk week.
NEWS 31 Oct 2024
Kate Witney
Kate Witney has joined Folklincs as a tutor. She is a well-known figure on the Lincolnshire folk scene, both as a singer and as a workshop leader.
Kate was born and brought up in Louth and studied English and Education at Homerton College, Cambridge and later studied on the Professional Performance course at the Royal Northern College of Music.
She has released several CDs, including three of unaccompanied traditional folk songs. She is a regular judge for the Song for Lincolnshire competition
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Kate also enjoys giving talks on a range of subjects, including folk song and folk song collectors.
NEWS 5 September 2024
Folklincs Brochure 2024/25
Discover how to get involved in playing or singing folk music in North Lincolnshire
Download the latest Folklincs brochure to find out what's available and how to acccess tuition sessions at the Traditional Music Centre at the Ropewalk in Barton-upon-Humber.
We cater for all ages and offer LOW COST instrumental and small group song workshops.
NEWS 5 September 2024
New Workshop Autumn 2024
Clog Dancing Lynette Eldon and Wendy Bolton have in excess of 30 years experience dancing step clog, mostly as part of the Green Ginger Clog.
In the mid 1970s Lynette learnt from Johnson Ellwood of Chester le Street, who danced on the stage and was a second generation North East Clog dance champion.
Primarily they dance steps from the North East of England, including hornpipes and waltzes, but currently they dance with Dukes Dandy and within that have also performed steps from the Lancashire and Welsh traditions.
NEWS 5 September 2024
Liam A Robinson
Anglo-Concertina/ Melodeon
We welcome Liam A Robinson to the Folklincs tuition team.
Liam has over thirty years experience of performing, teaching and researching traditional music. He has worked across the UK, Europe and North America, bringing folk music and dance to a diverse range of audiences and communities.
Liam is especially interested in Lincolnshire folk culture, dance music and encouraging participation in all areas of the folk arts
NEWS 9 March 2023
Folklincs on the Burnsy Show
BBC Radio Humberside.
Folklincs were featured on BBC local radio when Carol Dawson appeared live on Radio Humberside's multi-award-winning Burnsy Show in March 2023. The programme was sadly later axed as part of wide-ranging BBC cuts - but Carol's fluent contribution was a great promotion for Folklincs.
The award of the North Lincolnshire Community Champions 'Creative Achiever of the Year' accolade brought wider recognition of the group's cultural activities in the community. A great supporter of local music, Burnsy was only too delighted to give airtime to the developing Folklincs success story.
NEWS 9 March 2023
Folk Map of North Lincolnshire
Following today's exposure on BBC local radio and in response to demand, we are making available for download the Folklincs Folk Map of North Lincolnshire
The story of folk music in North Lincolnshire is fascinating, giving rise not only to the public performance of the genre, but also greater awareness of the cultural history of the area. The Folklincs 'Folk Map of North Lincolnshire is a great overview of that rich heritage,
FOLK MAP OF NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
Folklincs
Creative Achiever of the Year
November 2022
