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NOTE: We’ve been meeting virtually during the pandemic
and will be meeting in person as soon as the new meeting place
finishes fixing its roof.
Contact aprilspencil [at] G Mail for up-to-date info
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.
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The Santa Monica Traditional Folk Music Club invites you to join us
on the first Saturday of each month from 7-10pm 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 at the door, if you can afford it.
We may be holding our annual White Elephant Sale again this year ~
So collect your new or gently used treasures
of a ♪ ♫ musical nature once we’ve decided on the month.
and help us make a few months rent ~
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MONTHLY THEMES ~ many thanks to Janet Cornwell
~ the following song themes are suggestions only to get your musical juices flowing ~
December 2023
- The colors silver & gold
- Gifts & giving
- Bells & chimes
THEMES FOR 2024
~ the following song themes are suggestions only to get your musical juices flowing ~
January 2024
- Hard times
- Soldiers
- Hot food & drink
February 2024
- Lost love
- Babies & children
- Preachers & other clerics
March 2024 ~ Our 46th Anniversary meeting!!!
- Roads & Highways
- Water birds
- Police & firefighters
April 2024
- Spoofs & parodies
- Teenagers
- Politicians & officials
May 2024
- Flowers
- Seduction
- Industrial workers
June 2024
- Good times
- Cowboys & cowgirls
- Snakes
July 2024
- Parents
- Sleep
- Athletes & sports events
August 2024
- Beaches, shores
- Farmers & country folk
- Laziness
September 2024
- Dancers & dancing
- Rocks (and rock!)
- Field work, workers
October 2024
- Philosophy/musings
- Doctors & nurses
- Roving & wandering
November 2024
- Old age
- Prisoners & criminals
- Parties
December 2024
- Trees
- Musicians & singers
- Paper, ribbons & bows
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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
- The Beach Cities Folk Club meets the 3rd Tuesday in Manhattan Beach @ a private home
- FolkWorks – Check out this FABULOUS site for Folk Music and Dance events in the greater Los Angeles area
- Folk Alliance – The North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance–”one strong voice”
- The Topanga Banjo & Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival
- California Traditional Music Society
- Sing Out! Magazine
- Songmakers–They sponsor weekly hoots in private homes, weekend get-aways and special events. Check out their links to other folk clubs.
- The Living Tradition–they sponsor contra dances, folk music concerts and folk music jams. They have a great newsletter, too.
- The San Francisco Folk Music Club our club was inspired by the SFFMC
- FolkScene is a program of traditional and contemporary music featuring live music, interviews, and recordings
- Dick Holdstock and wife, Carol, long-time friends of our club, perform wonderful songs of the sea and more with Allan Macleod
- Ross Altman, folksinger/songfighter…songwriter extraordinaire and longtime president of the Santa Monica Traditional Folk Music Club
- AcousticMusicScene.com–a site designed to promote quality acoustic music by providing news, commentary, advance notice and coverage of awards and contests, conferences of note and music festivals, U.S. national and Northeast regional news, a photo gallery, regional live music calendars, etc.
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 |
