Hackney Folk Club ~ The Winter Carnival of Quebec!
Chats Palace
Thursday 15th January
7pm - 11pm, £15/£13
Timings
Doors: 7pm
Free Workshop lead by Maisie greenwood - Learn a Quebecoise tune and how to podorythmie foot stamp (all instruments and abilities welcome): 7-8pm the back room - register here
Session in the Bar: 7-8pm
Floorspots: 8-9
Club Debris: 9-10
Quebecoise Session in the Bar: 10-11
Join hackney folk club on 15th Jan 2026 for the warmth and energy of our ‘Winter Carnival of Quebec, a night celebrating the vibrant musical traditions of Québec,’ with tunes, dance, and community spirit.
At the same time as our regular session in the bar, there will be a Québécois workshop lead by the mighty Maisie Greenwood in the back room. This workshop is aimed at all levels and all instruments. Expect to come away with a new tune from Quebec and the ability to podorythmie foot stamp. This workshop is included in the price of our club ticket.
As always, we’ll have floorspots between 8 and 9pm, your chance to share a tune, song, or dance. We’re delighted to feature an invited spot by the Tower Ravens Rapper dancers this time, bringing their sharp swords, fast footwork, and infectious energy to the floor!
Club Débris
Club Débris are a Quebec-inspired folk band based in London, playing high-energy French-Canadian trad music in brazenly major keys: no-nonsense tunes with a pro-nonsense attitude.
The band formed as a celebration of the close ties between the trad music that the band members grew up with and the joyous Québécois tunes that they’d gravitated towards over the years, especially through playing together in the vibrant London session scene. Their sound, rooted in centuries of mixed influences between French, English, Scottish and Irish dance music, brings together fiddles, accordion, banjo and piano, accompanied by driving, galloping foot percussion rhythms, featuring a percussive dancer who genuinely lights up the stage.
Over the past couple of years, Club Débris have performed at festivals including Shrewsbury, Broadstairs and Fire in the Mountain, as well as releasing their debut album Ricochet.
The band is formed of Will Allen (accordion/fiddle), Maisie Greenwood (fiddle), Duncan Menzies (fiddle/banjo), Will Chamberlain (piano) and Jessie Collins (percussive dance).
