Blaxhall Sessions
Returning for a Sixth Season of First Class Folk to a small, but perfectly formed, village in Suffolk.
The Blaxhall Sessions is building a reputation for bringing some of the biggest names in folk to one of the smallest Village Halls in Suffolk. The hall itself has the most beautiful acoustics and the artists enjoy playing there ... even though the odd tractor may rumble by in a quiet moment.
Who will be playing for their pint ?
Discover the artists who will be joining us for the Blaxhall Sessions
Ticket info
Advance tickets: £16.00 online.
Season tickets: Eight concerts for less than the price of seven - £105.00
Please contact info@folkeast.co.uk for more information.
Doors will open for entry to Blaxhall Village Hall at 7pm for a 7.30pm start.
There may be some tickets available on the door at £18 but please check the website before you come.
There is plenty of parking at the hall and there is a small bar. Please let us know if you have any special requirements info@folkeast.co.uk.
The Blaxhall Ship Inn s a short walk from the village hall. They offer a delicious pub food menu so make sure you book a table well in advance, for your lunch or early evening meal. Or, if you would rather, you can sit outside and raise a well deserved pint to all folk singers and musicians, past and present.
Other info
The Blaxhall Ship is featured in many local tales and songs and in the George Ewart Evans book about rural life, Ask the fellows who cut the Hay. The survival of the traditions of fellowship, lively conversation and music, singing and dancing at any time and any place, is almost unique in East Anglia. Today, the Ship still hosts a regular Monday afternoon session and various monthly evening sessions as well as annually holding the Chorus Cup, The Percy Webb memorial trophy and their three day Midsummer Folk Festival.
Why Blaxhall?
The Blaxhall Sessions came about as a result of several conversations in the Ship Inn between Alan (Alan Bearman Music) and JMP (FolkEast) about the local folk heritage, with the pub very much at the heart of it all. The Blaxhall Sessions take place in the small Village Hall, a stones throw from the pub.These intimate gigs are special for artists and audience alike and truly memorable evenings have been made.
Dating back from the present to 1700, the Ship Inn at Blaxhall in Suffolk has enjoyed a continuous history as a lively social centre in the true tradition of the English village pub.
In 1955, the BBC shot a short film in The Ship, Here’s A Health To The Barley Mow.
In 1953 Alan Lomax and Peter Kennedy recorded Singing at the Ship Inn.
For more information please visit the Blaxhall Ship Inn website.
In August 2022, Tradfolk carried on the tradition of recordings in the Ship and made a series of short videos with Sam Carter, Nick Cooke and Jim Moray (see below).