RESOURCEs
Global Session Tune List
We have an ever growing repertoire of tunes from all corners of the world that have been shared by our brilliant community at our previous Global Sessions. You can access the full collection of our favourite tunes, along with links to recordings below. These tunes are often revisited in the jam session portion of the Global Session evenings so it’s a good place to start if you’re thinking of joining us!
Workshop Resources
We love to teach by ear, and think this really works when all playing together, but we also know that everyone (ourselves included!) needs a memory aid. If you have attended one of our previous workshops you can access the relevant resources by following the link below.
“The Birmingham Folk Team are making an amazing contribution to community music-making. We are learning from skilled musicians and facilitators who ensure that everyone is able to participate. There are great opportunities to make new musical friends, playing together and learning new music from each other”
— Sarah
Opportunities to play in Birmingham
There are a number of other regular sessions and folk events happening in Birmingham which we regularly support and attend. You can find a list of these below:
Trad. Irish Session Every other Tuesday 8pm, Prince of Wales Moseley, next session April 1st 2025
Birmingham Comhaltas Trad. Irish music session Second Sunday of the month, 3-5pm, Nortons in Digbeth
The Woodman Session Tunes from British Isles and beyond, next session Apr 8th 2025 7.30pm. Join WhatsApp Group here for session dates
Live at the Hive Last Thursday of the month, 7pm, Folk inspired open mic night
Redbeer’d Session Third Sunday of the month, 4pm Redbeer’d Cotteridge (Notation provided, suitable for beginners)
There are also opportunities for children and young people to get involved in folk music here:
National Youth Folk Ensemble https://www.efdss.org/learning/young-people/national-youth-folk-ensemble