Presenting live acoustic music in Twickenham most Sundays, at Patchworks, The Cabbage Patch pub, 2 minutes from Twickenham Station
TwickFolk has been presenting live music in South West London since January 1983. We are now one of the best-known and most highly respected hosts of live acoustic, folk, blues and Americana in South East England. We aim to book the best quality acts across a broad range of genres – traditional and contemporary music from Britain, Europe and beyond. Doors open at 7.45pm, for music at 8pm. The Cabbage Patch serves a selection of real ales and craft beers alongside everything you’d expect of a pub, including food.
Coming up at TwickFolk:
30 November: Pip Collings & Paul Vile + support from Back of a Length
Our final headline act of 2025 combines the talents of singer-songwriter Pip Collings and TwickFolk’s longest-serving volunteer Paul Vile. Pip and Paul have been playing their urban folk together for more 30 years and have released the albums Portraits and Landscapes (2000) and Diary (2005).
Pip (vocals, guitar) began singing in folk clubs when she moved to London from her Suffolk home in the late 1980’s. She sang in a duo with Robb Johnson for six years in the early 1990’s and in the Johnson Collings Band. After that, she started writing her own material and played with bands including The Last Drop (British folk and Americana), Kickback Plus (14-piece Americana band) and Something Going On (four-part harmony). She is currently working with pianist Adam Thompson.
Paul (vocals, guitar, mandolin) hails from Newcastle upon Tyne and moved south in the 1980’s, where he formed the band Staying up Late with Pip Collings and Andy Peters, releasing two albums. He has been a member of The Manana Brothers and Woodsmoke and is a member of rock band ClogIron. He released the album The… Continue reading. →
7 December: Singaround: Informal, unplugged song circle
Our final session of 2025 is another of our popular singaround evenings and, as is our tradition at this time of year, we will be inviting you to donate to homeless charity Crisis.
Expect anything from sea shanties to psychedelia, with a mix of original songs, traditional songs and covers of well known and less known songs. Some performers will take requests on the night. Seasonal songs are welcome but not compulsory.
If you fancy a go at singing in public, then this is the place to start.
If you just want to sit back and listen, that’s also fine. In fact listening, and paying attention to the words and music, is what an evening of folk is all about.
We welcome anyone with a song or a tune to play. Or a poem or a story tell. Expect a warm welcome and a supportive ring of singers and audience.
Non-performers are welcome to come and there is no need to pre-book.
… Continue reading. →4 January: Singaround: Informal, unplugged song circle
We kick off the new year with one of our popular singaround evenings. Expect anything from sea shanties to psychedelia, with a mix of original songs, traditional songs and covers of well known and less known songs. Some performers will take requests on the night.
If you fancy a go at singing in public, then this is the place to start. If you just want to sit back and listen, that’s also fine. In fact listening, and paying attention to the words and music, is what an evening of folk is all about.
We welcome anyone with a song or a tune to play. Or a poem or a story tell. Expect a warm welcome and a supportive ring of singers and audience. Non-performers are welcome to come and there is no need to pre-book.
… Continue reading. →
TwickFolk is a registered charity, no 1159059, and is affiliated to Folk21, a loose affiliation of folk clubs who are trying new avenues of gaining audiences
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See our YouTube playlist of highlights from previous TwickFolk events