Find local Sacred Harp singing groups. These are usually an informal weekly or monthly meeting.
Always check with the organiser before attending, as these details may change at short notice.
Ireland
Cork
A weekly evening singing takes place at the Unitarian Church, Princes Street, Cork on Thursday, from 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm.
- Contact:
- email Cork Sacred Harp
- Website:
- http://www.corksacredharp.com/
- Facebook group
Dublin
Weekly singing Friday 7–9pm at Franciscan Friary, Merchant’s Quay, Cook Street, Dublin.
Galway
Weekly singing Tuesday 7–9pm at Drama Department, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway.
- Website:
- Facebook group
United Kingdom
Belfast
A monthly evening singing takes place in Newtown Breda (St John’s) Presbyterian Church, 374-378 Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 3HX on Sundays from 7.30 pm to 9.30pm.
- Contact:
- email Barton Creeth
- Website:
- Facebook group
Brighton
Two monthly evening singings take place in Brighton:
- second Friday in the month at West Hill Community Hall on Compton Avenue, Brighton, BN1 3PS, from 7.45 pm – 9.45 pm;
- last Wednesday of the month at One Church, Florence Road, Brighton BN1 6DL, from 7.30-10pm.
- Contact:
- email Sarah Hill
- Phone:
- +447979640844
- Website:
- http://brightonshapenote.weebly.com/
- Facebook group
Bristol
A weekly evening singing takes place every Tuesday at the Benjamin Perry Boathouse, Phoenix Wharf, Redcliffe Parade, Bristol BS1 6TJ. Singing from 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm.
- Contact:
- email Bristol Sacred Harp
- Website:
- http://www.bristolsacredharp.org/
- Facebook group
Cambridge
Location and date currently varies, so please get in touch for more details.
- Contact:
- email Cambridge Sacred Harp
- Website:
- Facebook group
Derby
A monthly evening singing takes place on the first Friday in every month in Derby.
- Contact:
- email Helen Brown
- Phone:
- +441332768274
Devon — Cullompton
A monthly evening singing takes place at Cullompton, Devon, on the third Friday in each month, except August, 7.30 pm for 7.45 pm to 10.00 pm.
A fifth Sunday singing to sing songs from both the Sacred Harp and other shape note collections is held in Cullompton, 2.30 pm for 2.45 pm to 6.00 pm.
- Contact:
- email Steve Fletcher
- Phone:
- +441884563138
- Website:
- https://southwestshapenote.weebly.com/
- Facebook group
Durham
A twice-monthly singing takes place every second and fourth Saturday at Antioch House, 66 Crossgate, Durham DH1 4PP from 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm.
- Contact:
- email Erin and Ed Johnson-Williams
- Website:
- https://durhamsacredharp.co.uk/
Edinburgh
An informal monthly evening singing from any shapenote source takes place in Edinburgh on the third Friday in every month, at the Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2LJ . 7.00 – 9.30 pm.
- Contact:
- email Karen Turner
- Website:
- http://www.shapenotescotland.weebly.com/
- Facebook group
Glasgow
An informal monthly evening singing from any shapenote source takes place in Glasgow on the first Friday in every month, at the Quaker Meeting House, 38 Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow, G2 4PS. 7.00 – 9.30 pm.
- Contact:
- email Karen Turner
- Website:
- http://www.shapenotescotland.weebly.com/
- Facebook group
Lewes
An evening singing takes place on the second Monday in the month at 27 Valence Road, Lewes, BN7 1SJ, starting at 7.45 pm.
- Contact:
- email Rachel Jordan and Nick Hall
- Phone:
- +441273476837
- Website:
- Facebook group
London — House Singing
A monthly house singing held in various homes on the first or second Sunday the month.
- Contact:
- email Pete Eiseman-Renyard
- Phone:
- +442084445782
London
Monthly evening singings take place on the:
- first Thursday at St Catherine’s Church, Pepys Road, Brockley, SE14 5SG
from 7.30 – 9.30 pm; - second Tuesday at Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead, NW3 1DN
from 7.30 – 9.30 pm; - third Monday in St George’s Church, Bloomsbury Way, Bloomsbury, WC1A 2SE
from 7.15 – 9.15 pm; and - fourth Thursday (Christian Harmony) in St. Mary’s Church, Elsworthy Road, Primrose Hill, NW3 3DJ
from 7.30 – 9.30 pm.
- Contact:
- email London Sacred Harp
- Website:
- http://www.londonsacredharp.org/
- Facebook group
Manchester
A monthly evening singing takes place on the third Tuesday of the month, starting at 7.00 pm, at The Kings Arms, 11 Bloom Street, Salford M3 6AN.
Occasional monthly singings on Sundays, starting at 2.00 pm, at Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 E6R. Contact for more info.
- Contact:
- email Manchester Sacred Harp
- Website:
- Facebook group
Oxford
No regular singing at the moment.
Scarborough
The Scarborough Sacred Harp Singing takes place on the first Tuesday in every month, at 34 Westbourne Park, Scarborough, YO12 4AT from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm.
- Contact:
- email Sally Greaves-Lord
- Phone:
- +447505853822
- Website:
- Facebook group
Sheffield
- First Monday in every month, and
- Third Wednesday of every month, from 7–9pm, upstairs at The Shakespeare, 146-148 Gibraltar Street, Sheffield, S3 8UB.
Tyneside — Gateshead
A monthly evening singing takes place on the second Sunday in every month.
- Contact:
- email Helen Barber
- Phone:
- +441914775809
- Website:
- https://newcastlesacredharp.co.uk/other-north-east-singings/
- Facebook group
Tyneside — Newcastle
Weekly evening singing
Every Tuesday from 7.30-10.00 pm, upstairs at the Bridge Hotel, Castle Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1RQ.
Fifth Sunday singing
The Newcastle Sacred Harp Singers meet in various locations on the fifth Sundays in the month, whenever they occur, from 2.00 pm to 8.00 pm, to sing songs from other shapenote collections and new writings.
- Contact:
- email Phil Tyler
- Phone:
- +447732405268
- Website:
- http://newcastlesacredharp.co.uk/
- Facebook group
Winchester
Evening singings take place on the first and third Thursdays of the month in Winchester, from 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm at St Paul’s Church Hall, St Paul’s Hill, Winchester SO22 5AB.
- Contact:
- email Nigel Bowley
- Website:
- https://winchestershapenotesinging.org/
- Facebook group
York
A singing takes place at St Columba’s Church, Priory St, York, YO1 6EX on first and third Thursdays at 7–9pm.
- Contact:
- email Hilary Blake
- Phone:
- 07855179643
- Website:
- https://yorksacredharp.weebly.com/
- Facebook group