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Thames Ditton
Thames Ditton is a village in Surrey, England, bordering Greater London. It is situated 12.2 miles south-west of Charing Cross between the towns of Kingston upon Thames, Surbiton, Esher and East Molesey...
, Surrey. Established in 1983, it runs on Friday evenings featuring music by folk and acoustic artists and bands. It is run by a small group of regulars and is not for profit. The evening usually consists of a main 'guest' preceded by several floor spots. In 2007, it received the BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
Folk Club of the Year
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music. The awards have been given annually since 2000 by British radio station BBC Radio 2....
award.
Currently located at the Old Cranleighan Club, it has previously been located in Weston Green
Weston Green
Weston Green is a village close to Thames Ditton and Long Ditton in the county of Surrey. It is just inside the southern part of the circle of the M25 near the larger towns of Esher and Sunbury-on-Thames....
, Weybridge
Weybridge
Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England. It is bounded to the north by the River Thames at the mouth of the River Wey, from which it gets its name...
and most recently Claygate
Claygate
Claygate is a village in the English county of Surrey, approximately south west of London and within the Metropolitan Green Belt.It is primarily a residential area but with offices, farms and two shopping areas with a supermarket, five pubs and numerous restaurants...
, from where it had to move due to proposed redevelopment plans by the pub.
The club has a wide variety of guests, from local bands to national or international musicians. Past guests include Phil Beer
Phil Beer
Phil Beer is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.-Biography:...
, Martin Carthy
Martin Carthy
Martin Carthy MBE is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days...
and John Kirkpatrick
John Kirkpatrick
John Kirkpatrick is an English player of free reed instruments.-In London :John Kirkpatrick was born 8 August 1947 in Chiswick, west London. As a child he sang in the choir and played piano. In 1959 he joined the Hammersmith Morris Men, in the second week of their existence, beginning a...
.