The Wurzel Bush Folk Club was a not for profit club which was held at The White Lion Inn in Brinklow, England, from 1972 to 2007 Recently reopened and at the Bull in Brinklow on Tuesday and Friday nights.
The club was opened by folk-comedian Dave "Buttercup Joe" Sampson on 19 July 1972. It soon outgrew its original venue at The Denbigh Arms, Monks Kirby so moved to the much larger room at The Fletch Hotel in Coventry where it successfully remained for some years. But even that venue with its 150 capacity was often sold out and on some occasions queues of over 150 people were waiting outside when the doors opened. This sort of popularity really pleased the brewery (Watneys) that they persuaded Sampson to open a Birmingham branch of The Wurzel Bush Folk Club at The Roebuck Ballroom at Erdington which had a capacity of over 400. The new venue was advertised by the brewery on Birmingham's new commercial radio station BRMB. The first night was packed out. With the Birmingham venue on a Friday night and the Coventry venue on the Saturday the club was often able to attract performers who normally only appeared in theatres. Jasper Carrott took advantage of this arrangement by recording his new album for DJM Records at both venues on consecutive nights. Giving an identical performance at both venues assisted editing. Jasper Carrott Rabbits On reached Number 5 in the album charts. Due to pressure of work after 3 years Sampson dropped the Birmingham club as he was working in Middlesbrough during the week. He continued with the club running on a Saturday night but because of a disagreement with a new management moved the folk club to the White Lion where it remained for the next 12 years.
During those years meeting in the White Lions upstairs room the club made international news after 6 ladies attended a performance by the Moulton Morris men when the took part in a fertility dance. Soon these ladies were pregnant. Central News sent the reporter John Swallow to report about the story for ITV. Sampson not only appeared on TV but on national radio and his song "In the club the traditional way" was played on a number of commercial radio news bulletins including Coventry's Mercia Sound. The News of the World told readers about this story on page 3 of their paper. In 1993 the folk club had to move from the White Lion after they turned the function room into bedrooms. For the next 15 years the club met at Brinklow Royal British Legion Club.
The club held a reunion event in August 2016., Subsequently it restarted its weekly folk club events, again at the White Lion Inn in Brinklow, Warwickshire.