What's on Club nights
We have a range of events on our calendar...
Sunday Club Night: a feature concert every week (apart from some holiday weekends) 7.30 pm. Floorspot performers often invited from local musicians in the first half. Cafe and bar open. See notes on each night for featured performers or events.
Thursday Open Mic Night: a warm welcome to all, 7.30 pm. Gold coin entry. Cafe open.
Special Concerts - may be scheduled on other nights
Our venue for club events is the Opoho Bowling Club rooms, 80 Lovelock Avenue, North Dunedin
In the current covid climate, some may wish to wear a mask when up and moving around.
Coming up for the Dunedin Folk Club
Thomas Loefke | plus waiata for Matariki
22 June 2025
Harp Music from the Celtic Northwest - concert with slideshow: Northern Isles Soundscape Islands in the North Atlantic, like Tory Island - the Irish island of legend and myth, the Hebridean Islands...
Folkinfusion
29 June 2025
It is six years since Folkinfusion’s inception. Folkinfusion is comprised of Margi Ferguson, Tracey Hutchison, and Renee McGinnis. Various instruments are explored by the Folkinfusion gals, incl...
Americana! 🇺🇸
6 July 2025
Committee member Kirk Hamilton has put together a concert of local performers to commemorate Independence Day. The Americana Night is a star-spangled evening featuring US ex-pat Folk Club mem...
Amnesty Fundraiser Concert
12 July 2025
SPECIAL SATURDAY CONCERT to raise funds for Amnesty. Organised by Dorothy Brown and Bernadette Berry with local performers. Celtic music (Erin St )Western Swing (Skin & Bone)Three harpersSin...
Martinette with George Warren
13 July 2025
George Warren is a Dunedin-based PhD student, guitarist, and singer/songwriter. Originally from Christchurch, George has a deep appreciation for blues and folk-rock artists like Mark Knopfler, Bob Dyl...
Steep Street
20 July 2025
Steep Street are a fresh Dunedin alt-folk band playing mostly originals plus a few well-chosen covers from the last fifty years of popular song. Harold Bernhardt, the lead singer and guitarist, has...
Skin and Bone
27 July 2025
Blue Sea Above
10 August 2025
Vic McDonald
7 September 2025
Vic has been a member of the folk club since the late 70's. Started singing ballads- still does! Joined "Lost in the Bush" band as singer /dance caller for some years until the band disb...
Life & Rhymes of Banjo Patterson
23 November 2025
Burns Supper, Songs and Poems
25 January 2026
Featuring | Address to the Haggis | Potluck Burns Supper | Concert of the songs and poems of Robert Burns ...
