Folk Night

Presented by the Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Arts Society, Folk Night at the Ship is St. John’s longest continually running live music event (it started in 1974!) and regularly draws a sizeable crowd each Wednesday night; sometimes 100 souls and rarely less than 50. The music ranges from solo songwriters, traditional Newfoundland, blues, klezmer and all styles in between.

There are often special events such as the Folk Festival Launch, themed evenings, open mike nights and one Wednesday of every month is reserved for a traditional tune session that often has 20 or more players in attendance.

And if that isn’t enough, we often have door prizes in the form of gift certificates from our sponsors plus various CDS, artist merch and concert tickets from time to time.

Folk Night starts at 9 p.m. (yes, it really does!) and cover is $10 most nights with the exception of tune sessions and certain special events.

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Nuit Francophone at the Ship

Nuit Francophone at the Ship

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La NL Folk Arts Society et le Réseau culturel francophone de TNL présentent :Nuit francophone en direct avec Laura Penney (1e partie) et Fred et les Clous Tordus (2e partie)

Join the Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Arts Society and our community partner, Réseau culturel francophone de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, to hear the live music of Laua Penney and Fred et les Clous Tordus.

Join the Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Arts Society and our community partner, Réseau culturel francophone de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, to hear the live music of Laua Penney and Fred et les Clous Tordus.

Dec 06

The Ship Pub

Nuit Francophone at the Ship
Dec 06

Nuit Francophone at the Ship

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The Ship Pub

La NL Folk Arts Society et le Réseau culturel francophone de TNL présentent :Nuit francophone en direct avec Laura Penney (1e partie) et Fred et les Clous Tordus (2e partie)

Join the Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Arts Society and our community partner, Réseau culturel francophone de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, to hear the live music of Laua Penney and Fred et les Clous Tordus.

Join the Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Arts Society and our community partner, Réseau culturel francophone de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, to hear the live music of Laua Penney and Fred et les Clous Tordus.

High Fiddlety (Vol. 1)

High Fiddlety (Vol. 1)

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An extra folked up Folk Night at the Ship with a High Fiddlety fiddle fest and featuring Duane Andrews, Kelly Russell, Maria Cherwick and Isaac Andrews Power! This will be a tour de force of the wide world of fiddling styles and influences that you do not want to miss! And yes…there will be Emile tunes. Guaranteed.

Starts at 9 sharp and the show will be one mighty long set with a tune session to close the night! Open to all hands after the show!

Dec 13

The Ship Pub

High Fiddlety (Vol. 1)
Dec 13

High Fiddlety (Vol. 1)

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The Ship Pub

An extra folked up Folk Night at the Ship with a High Fiddlety fiddle fest and featuring Duane Andrews, Kelly Russell, Maria Cherwick and Isaac Andrews Power! This will be a tour de force of the wide world of fiddling styles and influences that you do not want to miss! And yes…there will be Emile tunes. Guaranteed.

Starts at 9 sharp and the show will be one mighty long set with a tune session to close the night! Open to all hands after the show!

More info

The Annual Holiday Wassail

The Annual Holiday Wassail

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The Wassail returns for another year with the usual cast of characters, mummers, fiddlers, young artists, hobby horses, holiday singalongs and yes, even a drop of wassail on the break!

This years guests include Anita Best, The STEP Fiddlers, Dave Paddon, the Brunettes, the Soundbone Folksong Choir, the Navigators, Alex Taylor, Rosemary Lawton and Brad Tuck, and longtime Wassail resident troupe, the Mummers and the Paupers!

Due to the intricacies of the venue, the intermission will be a little different this year but you will be able to get your Wassail on, guaranteed. Please note the new venue for the Wassail is Wesley United on Patrick St.

Doors open at 1:30 and the merriment starts at 2:00 sharp! We look forward to closing the year in our regular and festive style with you all!

Please note that there are limited free tickets available for youth under 12. Anyone purchasing the live stream option, please note that you only need to purchase one ticket to stream on a single device, and more information regarding accessing the live stream will be emailed to you in the coming weeks.

Dec 17

Wesley United Church

The Annual Holiday Wassail
Dec 17

The Annual Holiday Wassail

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Wesley United Church

The Wassail returns for another year with the usual cast of characters, mummers, fiddlers, young artists, hobby horses, holiday singalongs and yes, even a drop of wassail on the break!

This years guests include Anita Best, The STEP Fiddlers, Dave Paddon, the Brunettes, the Soundbone Folksong Choir, the Navigators, Alex Taylor, Rosemary Lawton and Brad Tuck, and longtime Wassail resident troupe, the Mummers and the Paupers!

Due to the intricacies of the venue, the intermission will be a little different this year but you will be able to get your Wassail on, guaranteed. Please note the new venue for the Wassail is Wesley United on Patrick St.

Doors open at 1:30 and the merriment starts at 2:00 sharp! We look forward to closing the year in our regular and festive style with you all!

Please note that there are limited free tickets available for youth under 12. Anyone purchasing the live stream option, please note that you only need to purchase one ticket to stream on a single device, and more information regarding accessing the live stream will be emailed to you in the coming weeks.

More info

Presenting Sponsor

Special Silver Sponsor

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Government Supporters

Community Partner Organizations

Folk Night Sponsor