Hobgoblin Music
@hobgoblin.com
The UK's first choice for folk and acoustic musical instruments since 1976. Visit our nine UK music shops or find us online at hobgoblin.com
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Hobgoblin Music
@hobgoblin.com
· Jul 11
Hobgoblin Music in Bristol is full of lovely things - come along for accessories and spares for all kinds of instruments, plus banjos, mandolins, resonators, acoustic & electric guitars, accordions, concertinas, whistles... And of course our famous friendly service and free, expert advice.
We're at Sidmouth! Are you at Sidmouth? Come and see us at the Blackmore Gardens Music & Craft Village.
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August 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
We're at Sidmouth! Are you at Sidmouth? Come and see us at the Blackmore Gardens Music & Craft Village.
@sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
#sidmouthfolkfestival
#SidmmouthFolk
#MusicalInstruments
#FolkInstruments
@sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social
#sidmouthfolkfestival
#SidmmouthFolk
#MusicalInstruments
#FolkInstruments
I've just noticed a shipment of Deering Banjos has arrived in our central warehouse! Keep an eye out for these landing in our shops over the next few weeks. hobgoblin.com/brands/deeri...
Deering Banjos - Deering Fretted & Stringed - Deering - Brands
Hobgoblin Music has provided musicians with otherwise hard to find folk instruments, celtic instruments and acoustic instruments for nearly 50 years, and has grown to be the largest source in Europe, ...
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July 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I've just noticed a shipment of Deering Banjos has arrived in our central warehouse! Keep an eye out for these landing in our shops over the next few weeks. hobgoblin.com/brands/deeri...
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Tune sessions in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere. Tunes from Britain, Europe and further afield. All welcome. Bring acoustic instruments of choice.
July 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Tune sessions in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere. Tunes from Britain, Europe and further afield. All welcome. Bring acoustic instruments of choice.
It's the most Sidmouthy Time of the year! We are getting ready to head to @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social at the end of this week. You'll find Louie and the Hobgoblin team with a great selection of new & secondhand instruments at the Blackmore Gardens Craft and Music Village all week.
July 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It's the most Sidmouthy Time of the year! We are getting ready to head to @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social at the end of this week. You'll find Louie and the Hobgoblin team with a great selection of new & secondhand instruments at the Blackmore Gardens Craft and Music Village all week.
Tanglewood at Hobgoblin?! All our shops now stock a selection of these stunning and well priced guitars - get down to your local branch and try them out! hobgoblin.com/brands/tangl...
July 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Tanglewood at Hobgoblin?! All our shops now stock a selection of these stunning and well priced guitars - get down to your local branch and try them out! hobgoblin.com/brands/tangl...
Right, the funding round has finished and, I am delighted to say, it was very successful. Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has contributed or shared our posts!
hobgoblin.com/community/ho...
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Music Shop | Acoustic and Folk Musical Instruments | Hobgoblin Music
Hobgoblin Music has provided musicians with otherwise hard to find folk instruments, celtic instruments and acoustic instruments for nearly 50 years, and has grown to be the largest source in Europe, ...
hobgoblin.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Right, the funding round has finished and, I am delighted to say, it was very successful. Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has contributed or shared our posts!
hobgoblin.com/community/ho...
hobgoblin.com/community/ho...
There are just 3 days left on our crowd-investment campaign, which ends on Monday morning. Would you like to help us to get to the next round number? Every investment will help us to continue to achieve our aims...
www.crowdcube.com/companies/ho...
www.crowdcube.com/companies/ho...
July 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
There are just 3 days left on our crowd-investment campaign, which ends on Monday morning. Would you like to help us to get to the next round number? Every investment will help us to continue to achieve our aims...
www.crowdcube.com/companies/ho...
www.crowdcube.com/companies/ho...
Hobgoblin Music in Bristol is full of lovely things - come along for accessories and spares for all kinds of instruments, plus banjos, mandolins, resonators, acoustic & electric guitars, accordions, concertinas, whistles... And of course our famous friendly service and free, expert advice.
July 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Hobgoblin Music in Bristol is full of lovely things - come along for accessories and spares for all kinds of instruments, plus banjos, mandolins, resonators, acoustic & electric guitars, accordions, concertinas, whistles... And of course our famous friendly service and free, expert advice.
One week to go! Would you like to be a part of our future? We're edging ever closer to £20k - can you take us over the line? www.crowdcube.com/companies/ho...
July 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
One week to go! Would you like to be a part of our future? We're edging ever closer to £20k - can you take us over the line? www.crowdcube.com/companies/ho...
If you're at the New Forest Folk Festival this weekend, come and say hi to Drew from our Southampton shop on the Hobgoblin Music stall.
July 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you're at the New Forest Folk Festival this weekend, come and say hi to Drew from our Southampton shop on the Hobgoblin Music stall.
Our latest competition has just launched! Win a Glenluce Session Whistle in D, and two whistle tutor books from the Instant Tin Whistle Series by Mally.
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July 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our latest competition has just launched! Win a Glenluce Session Whistle in D, and two whistle tutor books from the Instant Tin Whistle Series by Mally.
hobgoblin.com/community/co...
hobgoblin.com/community/co...
Have you heard about Guitar Mammoth's campaign to support guitar shops? guitarmammoth.com/save-our-gui...
Have a read of their ideas, and if you like them you can pledge your support on the page.
You can also nominate your favourite music shop for a feature, if you feel so inclined...
Have a read of their ideas, and if you like them you can pledge your support on the page.
You can also nominate your favourite music shop for a feature, if you feel so inclined...
Save Our Guitar Shops
There was a time when every guitarist had a local shop that felt like a second home — where you could get honest advice from someone who actually cared.
guitarmammoth.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Have you heard about Guitar Mammoth's campaign to support guitar shops? guitarmammoth.com/save-our-gui...
Have a read of their ideas, and if you like them you can pledge your support on the page.
You can also nominate your favourite music shop for a feature, if you feel so inclined...
Have a read of their ideas, and if you like them you can pledge your support on the page.
You can also nominate your favourite music shop for a feature, if you feel so inclined...
Today's featured branch is Hobgoblin Music in Leeds, who are getting a double post because they sent me a lot of nice photos. All the details for this branch are here: hobgoblin.com/branches/leeds
July 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Today's featured branch is Hobgoblin Music in Leeds, who are getting a double post because they sent me a lot of nice photos. All the details for this branch are here: hobgoblin.com/branches/leeds
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The @southbankcentre.bsky.social are seeking dance groups from across the UK to take to their stages and perform as part of the closing ceremony of 'Bring the Dance You Have' on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 August,
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/bring-the-da...
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/bring-the-da...
Bring The Dance You Have call out | Southbank Centre
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July 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The @southbankcentre.bsky.social are seeking dance groups from across the UK to take to their stages and perform as part of the closing ceremony of 'Bring the Dance You Have' on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 August,
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/bring-the-da...
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/bring-the-da...
Great News: Our crowd-funding campaign has been extended for another 7 days, and we are very close to our initial funding target! Huge thanks to everyone who has invested so far. www.crowdcube.com/companies/ho...
www.crowdcube.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Great News: Our crowd-funding campaign has been extended for another 7 days, and we are very close to our initial funding target! Huge thanks to everyone who has invested so far. www.crowdcube.com/companies/ho...
Hobgoblin Music in Birmingham is looking rather splendid - come in and play our instruments!
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#musicshop #guitarshop #folkmusic #musicalinstruments
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June 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hobgoblin Music in Birmingham is looking rather splendid - come in and play our instruments!
hobgoblin.com/branches/bir...
#musicshop #guitarshop #folkmusic #musicalinstruments
hobgoblin.com/branches/bir...
#musicshop #guitarshop #folkmusic #musicalinstruments
Here's a great piece about Hobgoblin Music and the challenges facing high street music shops, by Janelle Borg in @guitarworld.com.web.brid.gy
www.guitarworld.com/gear/hobgobl...
www.guitarworld.com/gear/hobgobl...
“Rates are coming back up, rents very rarely go down, and suppliers are in straitened circumstances”: Is crowdfunding the answer to ensuring guitar stores’ survival? One family-run business has launch...
Guitar stores are struggling. Many of our biggest gear retailers have shut their doors. We hear how the UK’s Hobgoblin Music – where Paul McCartney is a regular – plans to buck the trend
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June 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Here's a great piece about Hobgoblin Music and the challenges facing high street music shops, by Janelle Borg in @guitarworld.com.web.brid.gy
www.guitarworld.com/gear/hobgobl...
www.guitarworld.com/gear/hobgobl...
Play it Again! Latest Secondhand Instrument Arrivals. Banjo, Reso, Psaltery, Bass, Melodeon, Bodhran... you name it.
Our latest email roundup of Secondhand arrivals in our shops has just gone out. Read it here: mailchi.mp/hobgoblin/pl...
Our latest email roundup of Secondhand arrivals in our shops has just gone out. Read it here: mailchi.mp/hobgoblin/pl...
Play it Again! Latest Secondhand Instrument Arrivals
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June 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Play it Again! Latest Secondhand Instrument Arrivals. Banjo, Reso, Psaltery, Bass, Melodeon, Bodhran... you name it.
Our latest email roundup of Secondhand arrivals in our shops has just gone out. Read it here: mailchi.mp/hobgoblin/pl...
Our latest email roundup of Secondhand arrivals in our shops has just gone out. Read it here: mailchi.mp/hobgoblin/pl...
Our shop front in Southampton has been all fixed up, and the shop is looking full and fantastic! Come and visit for friendly service and a huge range of your favourite brands hobgoblin.com/branches
#folkmusic
#musicshop
#southampton
#musicalinstruments
#folkmusic
#musicshop
#southampton
#musicalinstruments
June 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Our shop front in Southampton has been all fixed up, and the shop is looking full and fantastic! Come and visit for friendly service and a huge range of your favourite brands hobgoblin.com/branches
#folkmusic
#musicshop
#southampton
#musicalinstruments
#folkmusic
#musicshop
#southampton
#musicalinstruments
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Inspired by someone's signature from a radio forum in the early noughties ... my new motto for life is:
"The person who dies with the most squeezeboxes at the end of their life is the winner!"
"The person who dies with the most squeezeboxes at the end of their life is the winner!"
June 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Inspired by someone's signature from a radio forum in the early noughties ... my new motto for life is:
"The person who dies with the most squeezeboxes at the end of their life is the winner!"
"The person who dies with the most squeezeboxes at the end of their life is the winner!"
And yet another lovely interview, this time on the BBC Sussex breakfast show with the fabulous Danny Pike. We had great fun during your visit to the Hobgoblin Music shop in Brighton, thanks so much for the interview.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41RX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41RX...
BBC Sussex: Hobgoblin
YouTube video by Be Broadcast
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June 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
And yet another lovely interview, this time on the BBC Sussex breakfast show with the fabulous Danny Pike. We had great fun during your visit to the Hobgoblin Music shop in Brighton, thanks so much for the interview.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41RX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41RX...
We're greatly indebted to the fantastic @johndarvall.bsky.social and the team at BBC Bristol for our radio interview yesterday. We talked about pedestrianisation and public transport in Bristol, and of course about our new crowd-investment round.
John Darvall - 09/06/2025 - BBC Sounds
John brings you great stories, extended interviews, and breaking news.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We're greatly indebted to the fantastic @johndarvall.bsky.social and the team at BBC Bristol for our radio interview yesterday. We talked about pedestrianisation and public transport in Bristol, and of course about our new crowd-investment round.
The Hobgoblin Music Birmingham branch was featured on BBC Midlands Today Evening News, regarding our crowd-investment round - watch Louis and Ricardo playing tunes for the BBC here:
youtu.be/peYT6_aApO4?...
youtu.be/peYT6_aApO4?...
BBC Midlands Today: Hobgoblin
YouTube video by Be Broadcast
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June 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Hobgoblin Music Birmingham branch was featured on BBC Midlands Today Evening News, regarding our crowd-investment round - watch Louis and Ricardo playing tunes for the BBC here:
youtu.be/peYT6_aApO4?...
youtu.be/peYT6_aApO4?...
