So here it is. The 2016 Bermondsey Folk Festival is going to be from the 6th to the 11th of September. A week of free folk events in the heart of South East London. Eventbrite links will be provided shortly.

So here it is. The 2016 Bermondsey Folk Festival is going to be from the 6th to the 11th of September. A week of free folk events in the heart of South East London. Eventbrite links will be provided shortly.

Bermondsey Folk Festival: a week of free folk music in the heart of South East London.

Bermondsey has a music tradition that goes back to places such as The Star Music Hall opened in October 1867 and was probably begun as a result of the one hundred new houses which had been built in the Bermondsey area a year earlier. It was located at 189 Neckinger Road, now Abbey Street. Continue reading