Welcome to the Newcastle & Hunter Valley Folk Club Inc.

The Newcastle & Hunter Valley Folk Club Inc. is a “Not For Profit” community group, which supports and encourages Folk Music, Dance, Folk Lore and Bush Poetry in the Newcastle / Hunter Valley region, with regular concerts and activities showcasing international, national and local artists.

Throughout the website you will find information on Club concerts and activities, local folk-related sessions, events and things of interest to our members and other folk-minded people.

If you have something of interest, be it pictures, information or history, that you think would benefit the Folk Music scene in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley please don’t hesitate to let us know. We are here to promote Folk Music and related areas for all of us to enjoy.

The Newcastle & Hunter Valley Folk Club Inc. acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the Elders past and present.

UPCOMING EVENTS

HUNTER BUSH DANCERS - KEEP YOUR EYE ON THIS PAGE FOR 2026 DATES!  COMING SOON! For further information please contactNewcastle & Hunter Valley Folk Club Inc. Dance Groups’ Co-ordinator.Margaret Kenning – 0413 229 740Email – westwick1@dodo.com.au

       ANDY IRVINE is one of the great Irish singers, his voice one of a handful of truly great ones that gets to the very soul of Ireland. He has been hailed as "a tradition in himself". Musician, singer, songwriter, Andy has maintained his highly individual performing skills throughout his over 60-year career. [...]

In 2007, Albertan songwriter Scott Cook quit his job teaching kindergarten in Taiwan and moved into a minivan. He’s made his living as a troubadour ever since, touring almost incessantly across Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere, averaging 150 shows and a dozen summer festivals a year, and releasing seven albums [...]

You are always welcome at the Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club.