About chifolksongclub
Chichester Folk Song Club is exactly what it says on the tin: a centre of folk music, for over sixty years, in the fine city of Chichester. The club meets every week of the year at the excellent venue of The Chichester Inn.
The present format is that of a singaround club, with everyone having the opportunity to perform a song or tune. Irregularly (about once a month) we host a guest evening, when national/international artistes from the wider world of folk music provide the main entertainment within the singaround. As we are a singaround club we do not generally offer floor-spots.
To maintain variety we have a number of MC's running the proceedings throughout the year. So every night is going to be different as each MC brings their own touch to the evening's performance, be it Guest Night, theme night or singaround.
The evening starts at 8.15 on every Monday, but there is an informal tunes session from 7.45 onwards which is open to all. See the Events page to see what is on each Monday evening.
Contact us (email or phone) and we can advise how early to get to club.
No tickets or admission charges but we do take a collection.
For Singaround nights we expect £2 per head.
On Guest nights it is £5 (members £2).
For those thinking that our amazingly low prices mean a cut-price act, please bear in mind that contributions over the month ensure that each guest gets their contractual fee irrespective of audience attendance on the night.
We do not charge high prices just to make the artist look good, we let their talent do that for them.
Membership costs £5 a year, and, besides saving money on guest nights, provides members with regular newsletters,
and various social invites such as the Christmas party, Picnic and annual Piggy Dinner.
An unsolicited testimonial:"As ever, what a fantastic reception Chichester Folk Song Club gave us last night. A plethora of songs old and new, familiar and not so familiar...you can always rely on Chichester to pick up the chorus with verve and gusto. Such a pleasure to be your guests" Ramskyte, 2024
And another:"We've been coming along on Mondays for a few weeks now and really enjoy the variety of music performed. What a fab and friendly lot you are" (Ruth)
The Chichester Inn
The Chichester Inn has been our home since 2016. It is ideally suited to our requirements as it is an established music venue with a great dedicated function room with good acoustics, space, furniture and beer. It also does food and has B&B rooms so, if you are coming a bit of a distance for one of our guest nights you could even stay over!
It has a great garden space and parking, plus there is a big public car-park just over the road. Check out their excellent website for more details, or, even better, pop in during your next visit to Chi' and check out our home for yourself.
a google map of venue
