MANY music clubs in Waltham Forest are starting off 2011 settling into new homes, following the closure of the Plough Inn in Walthamstow.
The pub and music venue, in Wood Street, opened and shut its doors for the last time on New Year's Eve after it was bought by new owners.
Its future remains unclear – there are rumours it may yet still reopen one day as a pub while some suggest it will be converted into flats.
But in the meantime most regular clubs and performers at the historic venue have either moved to Ye Olde Rose and Crown in Hoe Street, or nearby Walthamstow Cricket Club, and business is more or less continuing as normal.
Stay tuned for more announcements of new "homes" in the coming weeks.
Walthamstow Folk Club is one of such group that has upped sticks to the 'Rose, although its organisers insist they were planning on moving back to their original home before the Plough's closure was announced.
This Sunday (January 16), the club hosts Klezmer Klub, who play traditional music from Jewish communities in eastern Europe.
Admission is £6, or £5 for concessions.
Doors open at 7.30pm and the show will be held in the pub's theatre room.
On Monday (January 17) Waltham Abbey Folk Club, in Brooker Road, hosts special guests Lynne Heraud and Pat Turner.
The duo play a mix of traditional and contemporary, and serious and silly songs, and have been described as “the most experienced and established harmony singers on the folk scene”.
Tickets are £5 and doors open at 8.30pm.
Next Tuesday (January 18) Deirdre Cartwright plays the East Side Jazz Club at the Lord Rookwood pub in Cann Hall Road, Leytonstone.
Ms Cartwright, who presented BBC music show Rockschool in the 1980s, has been praised for her skilled and imaginative compositions.
Doors open at 8.30pm and entry at the club is usually £6.
Got a gig? Email Sound Advice at dbinns@london.newsquest.co.uk
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