Welcome to the
Santa Monica
Traditional Folk
Music Club!

Going strong since 1978.   2023— our 45th year!

NOTE: We’ve been meeting virtually during the pandemic
and hope to meet IN PERSON in the spring of 2023, but this is uncertain.
Contact aprilspencil [at] G Mail for up-to-date info

Note: the themes have now been updated

On the first Saturday of each month,
somewhere between 20 and 70
folk musicians and singers gather in a circle at our club
to make that magic combination of music and words —
traditional folk music.

May the circle be unbroken.

The Santa Monica Traditional Folk Music Club invites you to join us
for a sing-along/a hoot/a jam!

Bring a friend
          a song
          an instrument
or come to enjoy and to join in the chorus!

Children welcome!

$5.00 donation at the door, or admission with membership.

The SANTA MONICA TRADITIONAL FOLK MUSIC CLUB

meets the first Saturday of each month, 6:30 pm to 10:20 pm

We have changed our meeting place. Contact April (see above) for that info.

$5 at the door, if you can afford it.

~ In May we hold our annual White Elephant Sale ~ Clear out your closets! ~

Bring your new or gently used treasures of a ♪ ♫ musical ♫ ♪ nature to the May meeting,

be prepared to find and purchase new musical treasures,

and help us make a few months rent ~

This is Our 45th Year…

edible instruments unite!

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MONTHLY THEMES FOR 2022 ~ many thanks to Janet Cornwell

~ the following song themes are suggestions only to get your musical juices flowing ~

January 2023

  • The color white
  • Winter sports (Olympics!)
  • Sleep & dreams

February 2023

  • The color pink (& related)
  • Young love
  • Card games

March 2023

Our 45th Anniversary meeting!!!

  • The color green
  • Whisky, stout & porter
  • City sounds

April 2023

  • The color purple
  • Nature (Earth Day!)
  • Money, taxes

Clear out your closets!  It’s time for our annual White Elephant Sale! ~

Bring your new or gently used treasures of a ♪ ♫ musical ♫ ♪ nature to the May meeting,

be prepared to discover and purchase a few musical treasures,

and help us make a few months rent ~

May 2023

  • The color yellow
  • May Day, maypoles, etc.
  • Strangers & outcasts
  • Bonus: Pete Seeger (born 5-3-1919)

June 2023

  • The color blue
  • Newspapers & magazines
  • Picnics & outings
  • 2 bonuses: Burl Ives (born 6-14-1909) and Dave Von Ronk (born 6-30-1936)

July 2023

  • The color red
  • Summer fruit
  • American folk songs (trad.)
  • Bonus: Woody Guthrie (born 7-14-1912)

August 2023

  • The color orange
  • Summer sports
  • Battles & big fights

September 2023

  • The color brown
  • California
  • Lessons (in school or out!)

October 2023

  • The color black
  • Fall sports
  • Nuts (seeds & odd folks!)

November 2023

  • The color grey
  • Train wrecks
  • Warm clothes

December 2023

  • The colors silver & gold
  • Gifts & giving
  • Bells & chimes

Themes contributed by Janet Cornwell ~ thank you, as always, Janet ~

Come play along and bring a song!

Click here for a snapshot of who we are, our mission, and our membership application.
(We encourage you to attend a meeting or two before becoming a member)

TO ALL BOOKING AGENTS AND PERFORMERS:
Please note that we are a group of friends who come together to make music. We do not put on concerts as a result of agent or performer solicitations.

If you’d like to join us in music and song on the first Saturday of the month, please contact us. But if you are contacting us in the hopes that we will put on a concert, please don’t.

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The Beach Cities Folk Music Club (little sister to the SMTFMC) is just down the freeway–we get together on the third Tuesday of each month at a private home in Manhattan Beach.

So–if you’re in the L.A. area, join us on both the first Saturday or the third Tuesday of any month!

“When people ask, ‘Whatever happened to folk music? Do you think it will become popular again?’ I look at them dumbfoundedly and then I invite them to the Folk Club. I take great pride in being able to show them a place where traditional folk music lives in the hearts of ordinary people–strumming away and singing along.” Ross Altman, full-time Folksinger/Songfighter & President of the Santa Monica Traditional Folk Music Club

Folk Links — in no particular order

For more information:
aprilspencil [at] G Mail [dot] com (founder & folk club Mom, April Halprin Wayland)
Santa Monica Traditional Folk Music Club
1097 Aviation Boulevard
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
FAX: (24 hours) (310) 379-4523

The Santa Monica Traditional Folk Music Club is a 501c3 non-profit # 33-0335698