Hackney Folk Club at Chats Palace Launch Night!

**Launch of The Hackney Folk Club at Chats Palace!**

**The Hackney Folk Club** is a **New Music Night** for London, based in Hackney, set up to explore, promote, and platform the wealth of folkloric traditions, music, songs and arts present in our city amongst the myriad of communities and cultures here - out of the rich cultural melting pot of London come old songs, tales and tunes that have drifted over the waves of our ancestor’s migratory past, gathered and cherished anew in the present.

Expect Headline Acts, Floorspots, Sessions, Singarounds, Mummers Plays, Folk Art, Talks, Walks and all manner of things. The Club is based at the legendary community arts venue **Chats Palace**, itself having a pivotal and important role in subversive and counter-cultural scenes over the decades.

Doors 7pm then

Singaround / Floorspots / Performances from Ed Hicks and his Hot Cow Licks / Session

**Join The Club!!**

Our aim is to cultivate and build up an inclusive, participatory and all ages folk club at Chats Palace, where all are welcome. We aim to build it into a true "club", where members have a say in how it's run, and participate through Open Mics, Floorspots and in sessions - these will happen on every night we do at Chats.

To further this aim, in future, we will offer discounted entry for members. To become a member, you are invited to join a WhatsApp Community or Email Newsletter. Once in the community you will receive a weekly announcement message with a discount code.

Presented by The Hackney Folk Club

This is an 18+ event