INFO webpage
INFO www.folklife.uk/info subscriptions, below. Then detailed "Info page" gives reselling discounts, ads, etc
We have various products, each with options, so we recommend not reading below on a phone.
Folklife
Folklife West, Folklife Traditions Journal:
our 2 print publications, also free to read online.
PDF downloads: FW, subscribers; Journal, free. By post (details below) & in person from the editors.
Other online resources on this site: our Directory, and our Updates for the above.
Keeping Folk In Touch ~ subscriptions and publicity
SUBSCRIBE:
BECOME A FOLKLIFE MEMBER, and then you can send us your publicity, up to 150 words per news item (more if advertising) ~ and you can send us Updates inbetween magazines for our Updates webpage & for our emailed Updates.
Annual SUBSCRIPTION for 6 folk magazines :3 Folklife West, plus 3 Journals
- just £9/year ~ For businesses, venues, & performers looking for very cheap year-round publicity - your news in Folklife West in print & online, and in fortnightly emailed Updates, just £9 a year to access (download) PDF copies of print, via a password, from this site; or by post as below
- £25/year ~ For individuals looking for a good read, Posted, to UK only, £25 a year (£24 standingorder), inc free PDFs.
- Or FW only @ £18 (standing order £17) , or Journal only @ £10.50 (standing order £10)
- £ discounts ~ For folk clubs & sessions & others wanting to resell, and for advertisers.
- We don't sell individual pdf or posted copies directly - only annual subscriptions.
- Clubs etc can resell individual magazines: discounts for resellers.
Payment methods
✅ In UK, Bank preferred. Folklife West t/a Folklife, Sort Code 09-01-55, Account 18675181.
Please enter Folklife West t/a Folklife.
But some banks (eg Halifax) won't accept entering 'Folklife West t/a Folklife', but require you to abbreviate to 'Folklife West', or 'Folklife', and then having done so, it may then say 'This is the account Folklife West t/a Folklife' !
*** we are hoping to change the account name to be simply 'Folklife', this will take a while, meanwhile, as above.
Reference: Your name or club name plus 'New Sub' or 'Renewal'.
By BACS ------------- or if you don't like computer banking, simply tell your bank the details above, by phone, or in branch.
There is no form; simply email us your address.
We have had a report of links not working, although we have tested fully and found no problem. In the unlikely event this happens again, please email sam@folklife.uk stating what option you wanted, and we can email you the appropriate Stripe direct link for that option.
✅ In UK, cheque: Folklife West t/a Folklife • 16 Barrett Rise, Malvern, Worcs WR14 2UJ. Add +£1 more for sales under £9.
❗️By post: sales to 🇬🇧 UK, and 🇮🇲 Isle of Man: references to UK below include posting to IoM; so our card options are UK or IoM.
Exceptionally, we post complimentary Journal overseas to those sending in articles (so 'gift' not 'sales' for customs!).
We may post Journals overseas, please ask us to quote. Note that on receipt you may be asked to pay customs fees in addition. No FW are sent overseas.
For ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS: BACS, or Cheques; or card (link in blue boxes); we use Stripe.
MEMBERSHIP: STANDARD (for both magazines), or for FW-only, or for Journal-only.
YOUR PAYMENT OPTIONS for our various publications
Journal pdfs are free! STO = annual standing orders, from bank (BACS or phone bank or in your branch), or by card (blue links below)
✅ STANDARD FOLKLIFE MEMBERSHIP:
3 Folklife West + 3 Journals. So a total of 6 magazines - every 2 months. Alternate, so each mag is 4 monthly.
⇒ ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS: STANDARD, both mags Post UK 1️⃣ £25, 2️⃣ £24 STO.
—or — FOLKLIFE WEST only, PDF download 3️⃣ £9, 4️⃣ £9 STO; --or-- Post UK 5️⃣ £18 6️⃣ £17 STO.
—or— JOURNAL only, Post UK 7️⃣ £10.50, 8️⃣ £10 STO. Journal PDFs are free to all to download from site without a password.
✅ all Members (standard, FW only, or FTJ only) can send in free news/publicity for FW magazine and for folk news Updates page & emails.
✅ all Members receive free access to Folklife West PDFs: we'll send you a password, so you can download from password-access webpage.
✅ Anyone (member or not) can download Journal free, and can send in Journal news updates, and online Directory entries.
MEMBERSHIP: if paying by CARD, links in blue boxes ••• 🇬🇧 🇮🇲 post is to UK, & Isle of Man §
§ exceptionally, Journal only, we post to EU (! you'll have to pay customs/tax) & Canada (no extra?), please ask us to quote cost.
(sorry, not USA: you can't afford excessive post and excessive tariffs ....)
Card payments: please email us after paying, as Stripe keep your money for a week, and only then do they tell us!
✅ STANDARD posted Membership
3 Folklife Wests, and 3 Journals, per year
or standing order:
✅ PDF-DOWNLOAD
FOLKLIFE WEST only: 3 per year
FW-only PDF-download UK & world-wide
or standing order:
✅ POST: FOLKLIFE WEST only:
3 per year
or standing order:
✅ POST: the FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS
JOURNAL only: 3 per year
- Every-issue advertisers ~ Membership special rates PDF free!; post: £10 for 1, or £10 off for multiple copies. Colour ads, PDF or post: x1 free!
- Discounts for more than 1 copy per issue, and advertisers' Membership special rates are BACS only, costs as "info page" below
MULTIPLE COPIES FOR RESALE - DISCOUNTS. 6 magazines a year.
RESELLING: 3 Folklife West, sell at £4 each issue; + 3 Journals, sell at £2 each issue = £18 a year, if all sold
Annual costs are: x2, £35. x3, £45. x4, £52.
Annual costs for 5 or more, just £12 a year for each copy, so 5 copies are £60, etc.
PAYMENTS BY BACS ONLY
ADVERT RATES, paid by BACS or cheque. Sizes, discounts, see INFO sheet below.
PAYMENTS BY BACS ONLY.
Folklife West adverts, colour/mono (mono is 1/2 colour rate), A4, £130 / £65. 1/2, £70 / £35. 1/4, £40 / £20. 1/8, mono only, £11. Discounts for repeats.
Journal adverts (ads are half FW ad rate), colour/mono A4, £65 / £32.50. 1/2, £35 / £17.50. 1/4, £20 / £10. 1/8, mono only & BACS only, £5.50.
Discounts for repeats, see Info sheet below.
Below: read / download our "Info" page (as printed Folklife West, 1/1/2026)
The page shown below (as an image) is also a PDF which you can download.
~ our "Info page", giving details of Membership, resale discounts, ad prices & ad sizes
Annual SUBSCRIPTION is for 6 folk magazines : 3 Folklife West, plus 3 Journals
Note: Journal ad rates are 1/2 Folklife West rates below.
On our About page, we have
- Folklife's constitution.
- Folklife's team of editorial volunteers.
- Admin / online volunteers welcome, followed by a list of possible volunteer admin / online roles
For latest folk news updates from our Members, & to send us updates: see Updates webpage
You have to be a Folklife Member to circulate your folk news, whether for our Updates emails or for Folklife West.
You have to be a Folklife Member to circulate your folk news, whether for our Updates emails or for Folklife West.
To receive our free "Updates" email list, covering all 3 publications, fortnightly: see Opt-in (on home page)
And if you're on our "Updates' mailing list, you can have free entries in our online Directory.