What Can Participation in the Practice of Folk Music Teach Us About Participation in the Arts More Widely? – A Report for the AHRC – Katriona Holmes (2014)

Author(s): Katriona HolmesPublisher: Arts and Humanities Research CouncilDate: 2014 This report explores the meaning of the term ‘arts participation’ and considers how participation is understood and supported in the UK. It does so by looking at some of the ways that people participate in British folk music, both formally and informally, and considers the implications of this for enhancing arts participation in the …

Nights in the Cellar: Bunjies Coffee House – Peter Cadle (1994)

A history of the Bunjies coffee house- central to the folk movements of the 1950s and 1960s and home to performances from artists such as Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Al Stewart, Bert Jansch and John Renbourn. Features accounts by performers and regulars.

Investigating the health of the UK folk club – Stephen Henderson (2011)

This research addresses the conflicting views of the health of folk music clubs using interviews with artists, agents, and folk club organisers/promoters.

Report into the impact of folk festivals on cultural tourism – Morris Hargreaves MacIntyre (2003)

Economic impact survey from 2003 into the impact of UK folk festivals on cultural tourism.

Festivals (48)		Legislation & regulation (40)
Technology (7)		Politics (30)
Tickets & secondary ticketing (8)		Economics (57)
Sustainability & green issues (20)		Strategy (22)

Live Music History (37)		Live Music Places (44)
Live Music People (33)		(Live) Music Industries (66)

Training & practical guides (22)		Miscellaneous (47)

Folk (4)		Metal (1)
Classical & opera (20)		Miscellaneous Genres