Our History

Topsham Folk Club was started by Dorothy Peel one Saturday night in July 1977, in an upstairs room at The King's Head public house in Higher Shapter Street. Dorothy ran the club for a while before handing over to her husband, Russell Peel, who ran the club for most of it's 11 years residency at The King's Head.

In 1988 The King's Head was sold and converted into a private dwelling. The Folk Club then moved to an upstairs room at The Salutation Hotel in Fore Street where it stayed for about two years, still meeting on a Saturday night. A subsequent move to The George & Dragon Hotel at Clyst St George, about a mile outside the town, changed the meeting night to Sunday.

On 23rd February 1992, the club moved to it's present location Of The Globe Hotel, Fore Street, Topsham where it still meets on a Sunday.

The Club meets in the resteraunt but moves over to the 'Malt House' function room, where the guest evenings are held. The club is run by a collection of folk enthusiasts and performers, many of whom remember the club from it's eary days at The King's Head.