Sproughton Folk & Ceildh Club began life in 2005 with the support of Suffolk Folk, as Folk in the Barn (Suffolk). Our aims were, and still are

· To promote professional arts events in the local community.

· To promote the use of Sproughton’s Tithe Barn and Church Hall as venues for folk dances and music concerts.

· To provide opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to dance to and listen to live folk and acoustic music.

· To make the events attractive to family groups so that children, parents and grandparents can come away with a shared experience.

· To provide a focus for local people to meet and socialise with neighbours, friends and passing acquaintances to strengthen the structure of the community.

Since then, our public barn dances have continued and now take place on the third Saturday of every month except December and June - August.

Our concerts are becoming more frequent and have moved to a new venue in the Church Hall and are held on Saturday evenings.

We have arranged and sponsored visits into local primary schools by the New Scorpion Band and Flossie Malavialle, and supported Chelmo Champs, a primary school rapper sword team, to attend and compete at DERT 2007.

                                Some of Chelmo Champs, January 2008