[1] The club hosted some of the premier folk artists of the day including Al Jones, Fred Wedlock, Pigsty Hill Light Orchestra, Ian Anderson, Mike Cooper, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, The Incredible String Band and Roy Harper.
[2] The Troubadour was opened in Waterloo Street, Clifton, by a returning Australian emigree, Ray Willmott, on Friday 7 October 1966.
From 1967, the "Folk Blues Bristol and West" club, founded by Ian Anderson, met on the first Sunday of each month at the Troubadour but became so popular that it had to move to larger premises, firstly at The Old Duke in King Street and, later, to the Full Moon on Stokes Croft.
[4] In 1967, Stewart mentioned the club in his track "Clifton in the Rain" from his first album "Bed Sitter Images": In 1971, the venue closed following the purchase of the premises by a Peter Bush, just after it advertised that it had gained a drinks licence (having been alcohol-free from its inception).
Dave Berry wrote in Pre-View magazine that "the loss of the Troubadour can't just be assessed in terms of the weekly entertainment it provided.