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Festivals Page:
New Zealand Festivals
Auckland Folk festival www.aucklandfolkfestival.com
Tauranga & Katikati Acoustic Muisc festival www.tamc.org.nz
New Zealand Festivals is a work in progress as we head towards the Festival season
Auckland Folk festival www.aucklandfolkfestival.com
Tauranga & Katikati Acoustic Muisc festival www.tamc.org.nz
New Zealand Festivals is a work in progress as we head towards the Festival season
Australian Festivals:
Complete Listing our Australian Folk Festivals
Huge thank you to the Folk Alliance Australia for sharing their lists & links!!
Best to check the website for continual updates on accurate information for these Festivals
http://www.folkalliance.org.au/page/festivals/
January
Gulgong Folk Festival Gulgong, NSW
Cygnet Folk Festival Cygnet, TAS
Illawarra Folk Festival Bulli, NSW
Tamar Valley Folk Festival Georgetown, TAS
Thredbo Blues Festival Thredbo, NSW
Tamworth Country Music Festival Tamworth, NSW
Numeralla Folk Festival Numberalla, NSW
Newstead Live Newstead (Castlemaine), VIC
February-
National Austraian Blues Festival Goulburn,
Northern Beaches Music Festival Narrabeen, NSW
Cobargo Folk Festival Cobargo, NSW
Frances Folk Gathering Frances, SA
Adelaide Fringe Festival Adelaide, SA - until 18th March
March-
Corinbank Festival Brindabellas, Canberra, ACT
Sydney Road Street Party Brunswick, VIC
Nannup Festival Nannup, WA
Carnival of Suburbia Oakleigh, VIC
Port Fairy Folk Music Festival Port Fairy, VIC
Blue Mountains Music Festival Katoomba, NSW
Healesville Music Festival Healesville, VIC
Brunswick Music Festival Brunswick, Vic
Yackandandah Folk Festival Yackandandah, Vic
Man From Snowy River Festival Corryong, Vic until 2nd April
April
National Folk Festival Canberra, ACT
East Coast Blues & Roots Bryon Bay, NSW
St. Albans Festival St.Albans, NSW
Fairbridge Festival Pinjarra, WA
Apollo Bay Music Festival Apollo Bay, Vic
Mt Beauty Muster Mt.Beauty, Vic
Koroit Irish Festival Koroit, Vic
May
Wintermoon Festival Cameron's Pocket, Qld
Karuah River of Music Longworth Park, Karuah, NSW
Cairns Blues Festival Carins, Qld
June
Kilmore Celtic Festival Kilmore, Vic
Palm Creek Folk Festival Townsville, Qld
Snowy Mountains of Music Perisher Valley, NSW
National Celtic Festival Port Arlington, Vic
August
Kelly Country Pick Beechworth, Vic
Bellingen Jazz Festival Bellingen, NSW
September
Bony Mountain Music Festival Warwick Qld
Guildford Banjo Jamboree Guildford, Vic
Coast Acoustics in the Park Southport, Qld
Wallaby Creek Festival Rossville via Cookstown, Qld
Deniliquin Ute Muster Deniliquin, NSW
Bush Traditions Gathering Goulburn, NSW until Oct 1st.
Mildura Country Music Festival Mildura, Vic until Oct 7th
October
Folk in The Foothills Jamberoo, NSW
Turning Wave Festival Yass, NSW
Yungaburra Folk Festival Yungaburra Qld
Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival Dorrigo NSW
Fleurieu Folk Festival Willunga, SA
Kangaroo Valley Festival Kangaroo Valley, NSW
November
Maldon Festival Maldon VIC
Beechworth Celtic Festival Beechworth VIC
Music at The Creek next festival is 2013
Blues At Bridgetown Bridgetown, WA
Downsouth Festival Albany, WA
Tarerer Festival Killarney, WA
Harrietville Bluegrass Festival Harrietville VIC
Queenscliff Music Festival Queenscliff VIC
Festivals: USA & Canada
Festival Trek - USA/Canada www.festivaltrek.com/festivals-category/celtic-heritage
Transceltic Festivals - www.transceltic.com
Ireland, Ilse of Man, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, NZ, Australia
Festival Season in the UK
Irish festivals
Checkout this amazing website with all the Irish festivals & all the information relating to them!!
Also live streaming promotions
www.livetrad.com/festivals
Festivals in the UK
www.ukfolkfestivals.co.uk/
Festivals for August are listed below!!
Taking place in August
Masters of Tradition - August
As ever Ireland’s unique Irish Traditional Music Festival will be headlined
by Martin Hayes, the fiddler from East Clare, whose distinctive touch and
extravagant virtuosity has brought the tradition to new levels. His famous
trance-evoking sets with Dennis Cahill have mesmerised audiences all over the
world.
Location: Bantry
Date: Wednesday August for 5 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Individually priced events
Contact for info:
westcorkmusic@eircom.net
Website: www.westcorkmusic.ie
County: County
Cork
Country: Ireland
Mull of Kintyre Music Festival - August
A mixture of events, includes a fair bit of acoustic music and
ceilidhs.
Location: Mull of Kintyre
Date: August for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available tba
Contact for info:
mokfest@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.mokfest.com/
County: Argyll and
Bute
Country: Scotland
Women in tune - August
A mixture of styles but a fiar bit of folk and acoutic music.
A festival for women, with all artists being women too.
Location: Lampeter
Date: August for 5 day(s)
Full Price: £100
Also available Day tickets £40
Contact for info: 07818405674 or 07778142643
Website: www.womenintune.co.uk
County:
Cardiganshire
Country: Wales
Beautiful Days - August
Beautiful Days is the Levellers festival which takes place at Escot Park in
the heart of Devon.
We're a family music festival with six stages, site art, a huge children's area in the centre
of the festival, comedy, theatre, family camping, a healing area, licensed real
ale bars from Otter Brewery & carefully selected food and craft
stalls.
Location: Ottery St Mary
Date: August for 3day(s)
Full Price: £120
Contact for info:
info@beautifuldays.org
Website: www.beautifuldays.org/
County:
Devon
Country: England
Green Man Festival - August
A large independant event now, with a wide range of artists,
more than 100 acts playing indie, psychedelia, Americana, and folk across 5
stages. Food stalls and a bar will be open in the evening.
Location: Glanusk Park
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £145
Contact for info:
Website: www.greenman.net
County: Powys
Country:
Wales
Hull Folk and Maritime Festival -
Non-Stop Music • Folk & Sea Shanty • Roots • Choirs • Ships & Boats •
Maritime Attractions • Pirate Radio • Dance & Theatre • Poetry • Art &
Exhibitions • Film & Photography • World Music • Food & Drink • Real Ale
& Cider Festival • Street Performers • Storytelling • Bollywood Dancing •
Steel Band • Galleries & Museums • Competitions & Games • Henna Painting
• Crafts & Stalls • Anglo Saxon Living Village • Fish Trail • Pirate
Treasure Hunt • Face Painting • Licensed Bars & Pubs... and much more to
follow!
Location: Hull (Marina, Old Fruit Market & Victoria Pier)
Date:
Full Price: £
Also available Most events are
Free, Launch=£7, Finale=£16
Contact for info:
info@hullfolkfestival.com
Website: www.hullfolkfestival.com
County:
Yorkshire
Country: England
Innerleithen Music Festival - August
Bringing the stars of Celtic Music to the Scottish Borders
Location: Innerleithen
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available tba
Contact for info: imfpublicity@aol.com
Website: www.innerleithenmusicfestival.org/
County:
Lothian
Country: Scotland
Moira Furnace Folk Festival - August
The festival features some well known and talented main acts, plus local and
national, up and coming artists.
Location: Moira, Swadlicote
Date: August for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £25
Contact for info:
info@moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk
Website: www.moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk/
County:
Leicestershire
Country: England
Tegeingl - August
Web site just being started when we last visited, so not much info
yet.
Location: Mold
Date: August
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: info@tegeingl.com
Website: www.tegeingl.com
County:
Flintshire
Country: Wales
White Horse Folk Festival - August
A small, intimate, relaxed festival where there is an emphasis on creating an
inclusive atmosphere and encouraging everyone to play a part in the weekend’s
events. There is plenty of opportunity to sing, play or tell a story with
singarounds and music sessions every day.
Location: Grove
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £25
Also available Day and concert tickets too
Contact for info:
WhiteHorseFest@aol.com
Website: www.whitehorsefolkfestival.co.uk/
County:
Oxfordshire
Country: England
Whitby Folk Week - August
Seven days of dancing in the streets, music and singing in the pubs, concerts
and dances until late into the night, and a whole lot more. Seven days of
meeting old friends and making new ones.
With over 600 events, this
long-standing celebration of the traditional music, dance and song of the
British Isles has taken on the trappings of a tradition in its own
right.
Location: Whitby
Date: August for 7 day(s)
Full
Price: £138
Also available Day tickets £16 - £32
Contact for info:
folk@whitbyfolkweek.com
Website: www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/
County:
Yorkshire
Country: England
Wallingford Bunkfesst - September
Music, dance, steam and beer.
Says it all, really.
Location: Wallingford
Date: September for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Usua;;y it's free.
Contact for info:
info@bunkfest.co.uk
Website: www.bunkfest.co.uk/
County:
Oxfordshire
Country: England
Shambala - August
This festival covers many different music styles, including folk music. It
will suit those with a wide range of musical interests. Over 200 diverse music
acts across 12 live stages. comedy, electric,roots, reggae and folk, films and
theatre. some of everything.
Location: Kelmarsh
Date: August for 5 day(s)
Full Price: £135
Contact for info:
Website: www.shambalafestival.org/
County:
Northamptonshire
Country: England
Towersey Festival - August
A traditional village festival, with trade, crafts, and music fair.
A
Street Arts Festival across three open stages with wall to wall programming of
dance, comedy, music, magic, puppetry, storytelling and Circus Workshops for all
ages. It’s a Real Ale Festival and the best ice cream in the country.
Location: Towersey
Date: August for 5 day(s)
Full Price: £104
Contact for info: 01629 827016
Website: www.towerseyfestival.com/
County:
Oxfordshire
Country: England
FolkEast - August
This is a new festival, in East Anglia (hence the name).
And although in it's firstyear, it already has some welknown big names signed up.
It's organised by two experienced suffolk production companies, Gig in th ePark and
For the Win, so with their experience they should produce a great event.
Location: Somerleyton Hall
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £96
Also available Day tickets £35
Contact for info:
mail@silaskendall.com
Website: www.folkeast.co.uk
County: East
Anglia
Country: England
Greenbelt - August
An arts, faith and justice festival with a long and rich history. We’ll be 40
years old in 2013. That’s 40 consecutive festivals. Without a break.
Greenbelt covers a variety of styles of music and other things,
including guest speakers and comedy. currently Bellowhead, Seth Lakeman, The
Proclaimers and a few other folk acts.
Location: Cheltenham Racecourse
Date: August for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £99
Contact for info: info@greenbelt.org.uk
Website:
www.greenbelt.org.uk
County:
Gloucestershire
Country: England
Purbeck Folk Festival - August
KT Tunstall, Larkin Poe and Shooglenifty join more than 30 other acts at the
biggest-ever Purbeck Folk Festival in the rolling hills of Dorset. Rated as one of the top ten gigs by The Independent.
Location: Swanage
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £80
Also available For 12-17 yr olds £40, £10 under 12s
Contact for
info: paul@purbeckfolk.co.uk
Website: www.purbeckfolk.co.uk
County:
Dorset
Country: England
Shrewsbury Folk Festival - August
Shrewsbury Folk Festival has a reputation for delivering the very finest acts
from the UK and around the world, always searching to find new authentic artists
as well as providing a platform for established performers, and never forgetting
to add some fun and diversity to our concerts. We try to bring quality in
depth.
Location: Shrewsbury
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £125
Also available Day tickets £32.50 and £51
Contact for info:
sandra@shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk
Website: www.shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/
County:
Shropshire
Country: England
SolFest -
A mixture of music styles. Something for everyone.
Location: Tarns, near Aspatria
Date: 3 day(s)
Full Price: £95
Contact for info: enquiries@solwayfestival.co.uk
Website: www.solwayfestival.co.uk
County:
Cumbri
Country: England
Treefest - August
A wide selection of local acoustic and folk singers, storytellers, poets and
family friendly workshops and many exhibitors at Treefest.
Tree carving, workshops, family fun, and lots of things to do with trees.
Location: Westonbirt, The National Arboretum
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £30
Also available Day tickets £10
Contact for info: westonbirt@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt-treefest
County:
Gloucestershire
Country: England
Burnham-on-Sea FolkFest - September
The Seventh Free Acoustic Festival in Burnham-on-Sea,
Somerset.
Activities based mainly around the pubs in the Town centre of
Burnham-on-Sea.
Large number of acts confirmed now.
And the easiset web address to remember! It must make everyone else jealous.
Location: Burnham on Sea
Date: September for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available It's FREE
Contact for info: (01278) 794414
Website: www.folkfest.co.uk
County:
Somerset
Country: England
Didmarton-Bluegrass - September
Once again we've included a few bluegrass festivals to give you a bit more
variety. And besides, we noticed a few folk stars in the line up...
(We're not trying to cover every such festival, just a few samples
for you enjoyment.)
Location: Kemble Airfield
Date: September for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info:john.wirtz@hipposound.co.uk
Website: www.didmarton-bluegrass.co.uk
County:
Gloucestershire
Country: England
Moseley Folk Festival - September
Our tradition of an eclectic folk selection continues this
year.
Showcasing unsigned acts right alongside well established
international artists makes for a really exciting bill.
Location: Moseley Park, Birmingham
Date: September for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: info@moseleyfolk.co.uk
Website: www.moseleyfolk.co.uk
County: West
Midlands
Country: England
Off the Tracks - Summer - September
The second Off the Tracks festival of the year.
A great family festival with lots of things going on.
Location: Castle Donnington
Date: September for 3 days(s)
Full Price: £55
Contact for info: info@offthetracks.co.uk
Website: www.offthetracks.co.uk
County:
Derbyshire
Country: England
Sedgefield folk Festival - September
One of our main objectives, being a small Festival, is to ensure that all
visitors have an event to attend, be it concert, singaround, music session,
workshop or dance display.
The festival has gradually expanded to cater for
the tastes and interests of travelling folk music enthusiasts and local
residents alike.
Location: Sedgefield
Date: September for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Typically events from Free - £6 - £13
Contact for info: info@sedgefieldfolkfestival.co.uk
Website: www.sedgefieldfolkfestival.co.uk/
County:
Durham
Country: England
Stroud Fringe - Bank holiday
A mixture of genres, not just folk music. Wide variety of entertainments.
Some may take your fancy.
Location: Stroud
Date: Bank holiday for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available tba
Contact for info: info@stroudfringe.co.uk
Website: www.stroudfringe.co.uk
County:
Gloucestershire
Country: e
The Wareham Wail - September
Location: Oakfield Farm, Verwood
Date: September for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £25
Contact for info: 01202 733699
Website: www.wail.org.uk/
County: Dorset
Country:
England
Irish festivals
Checkout this amazing website with all the Irish festivals & all the information relating to them!!
Also live streaming promotions
www.livetrad.com/festivals
Festivals in the UK
www.ukfolkfestivals.co.uk/
Festivals for August are listed below!!
Taking place in August
Masters of Tradition - August
As ever Ireland’s unique Irish Traditional Music Festival will be headlined
by Martin Hayes, the fiddler from East Clare, whose distinctive touch and
extravagant virtuosity has brought the tradition to new levels. His famous
trance-evoking sets with Dennis Cahill have mesmerised audiences all over the
world.
Location: Bantry
Date: Wednesday August for 5 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Individually priced events
Contact for info:
westcorkmusic@eircom.net
Website: www.westcorkmusic.ie
County: County
Cork
Country: Ireland
Mull of Kintyre Music Festival - August
A mixture of events, includes a fair bit of acoustic music and
ceilidhs.
Location: Mull of Kintyre
Date: August for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available tba
Contact for info:
mokfest@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.mokfest.com/
County: Argyll and
Bute
Country: Scotland
Women in tune - August
A mixture of styles but a fiar bit of folk and acoutic music.
A festival for women, with all artists being women too.
Location: Lampeter
Date: August for 5 day(s)
Full Price: £100
Also available Day tickets £40
Contact for info: 07818405674 or 07778142643
Website: www.womenintune.co.uk
County:
Cardiganshire
Country: Wales
Beautiful Days - August
Beautiful Days is the Levellers festival which takes place at Escot Park in
the heart of Devon.
We're a family music festival with six stages, site art, a huge children's area in the centre
of the festival, comedy, theatre, family camping, a healing area, licensed real
ale bars from Otter Brewery & carefully selected food and craft
stalls.
Location: Ottery St Mary
Date: August for 3day(s)
Full Price: £120
Contact for info:
info@beautifuldays.org
Website: www.beautifuldays.org/
County:
Devon
Country: England
Green Man Festival - August
A large independant event now, with a wide range of artists,
more than 100 acts playing indie, psychedelia, Americana, and folk across 5
stages. Food stalls and a bar will be open in the evening.
Location: Glanusk Park
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £145
Contact for info:
Website: www.greenman.net
County: Powys
Country:
Wales
Hull Folk and Maritime Festival -
Non-Stop Music • Folk & Sea Shanty • Roots • Choirs • Ships & Boats •
Maritime Attractions • Pirate Radio • Dance & Theatre • Poetry • Art &
Exhibitions • Film & Photography • World Music • Food & Drink • Real Ale
& Cider Festival • Street Performers • Storytelling • Bollywood Dancing •
Steel Band • Galleries & Museums • Competitions & Games • Henna Painting
• Crafts & Stalls • Anglo Saxon Living Village • Fish Trail • Pirate
Treasure Hunt • Face Painting • Licensed Bars & Pubs... and much more to
follow!
Location: Hull (Marina, Old Fruit Market & Victoria Pier)
Date:
Full Price: £
Also available Most events are
Free, Launch=£7, Finale=£16
Contact for info:
info@hullfolkfestival.com
Website: www.hullfolkfestival.com
County:
Yorkshire
Country: England
Innerleithen Music Festival - August
Bringing the stars of Celtic Music to the Scottish Borders
Location: Innerleithen
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available tba
Contact for info: imfpublicity@aol.com
Website: www.innerleithenmusicfestival.org/
County:
Lothian
Country: Scotland
Moira Furnace Folk Festival - August
The festival features some well known and talented main acts, plus local and
national, up and coming artists.
Location: Moira, Swadlicote
Date: August for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £25
Contact for info:
info@moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk
Website: www.moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk/
County:
Leicestershire
Country: England
Tegeingl - August
Web site just being started when we last visited, so not much info
yet.
Location: Mold
Date: August
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: info@tegeingl.com
Website: www.tegeingl.com
County:
Flintshire
Country: Wales
White Horse Folk Festival - August
A small, intimate, relaxed festival where there is an emphasis on creating an
inclusive atmosphere and encouraging everyone to play a part in the weekend’s
events. There is plenty of opportunity to sing, play or tell a story with
singarounds and music sessions every day.
Location: Grove
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £25
Also available Day and concert tickets too
Contact for info:
WhiteHorseFest@aol.com
Website: www.whitehorsefolkfestival.co.uk/
County:
Oxfordshire
Country: England
Whitby Folk Week - August
Seven days of dancing in the streets, music and singing in the pubs, concerts
and dances until late into the night, and a whole lot more. Seven days of
meeting old friends and making new ones.
With over 600 events, this
long-standing celebration of the traditional music, dance and song of the
British Isles has taken on the trappings of a tradition in its own
right.
Location: Whitby
Date: August for 7 day(s)
Full
Price: £138
Also available Day tickets £16 - £32
Contact for info:
folk@whitbyfolkweek.com
Website: www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/
County:
Yorkshire
Country: England
Wallingford Bunkfesst - September
Music, dance, steam and beer.
Says it all, really.
Location: Wallingford
Date: September for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Usua;;y it's free.
Contact for info:
info@bunkfest.co.uk
Website: www.bunkfest.co.uk/
County:
Oxfordshire
Country: England
Shambala - August
This festival covers many different music styles, including folk music. It
will suit those with a wide range of musical interests. Over 200 diverse music
acts across 12 live stages. comedy, electric,roots, reggae and folk, films and
theatre. some of everything.
Location: Kelmarsh
Date: August for 5 day(s)
Full Price: £135
Contact for info:
Website: www.shambalafestival.org/
County:
Northamptonshire
Country: England
Towersey Festival - August
A traditional village festival, with trade, crafts, and music fair.
A
Street Arts Festival across three open stages with wall to wall programming of
dance, comedy, music, magic, puppetry, storytelling and Circus Workshops for all
ages. It’s a Real Ale Festival and the best ice cream in the country.
Location: Towersey
Date: August for 5 day(s)
Full Price: £104
Contact for info: 01629 827016
Website: www.towerseyfestival.com/
County:
Oxfordshire
Country: England
FolkEast - August
This is a new festival, in East Anglia (hence the name).
And although in it's firstyear, it already has some welknown big names signed up.
It's organised by two experienced suffolk production companies, Gig in th ePark and
For the Win, so with their experience they should produce a great event.
Location: Somerleyton Hall
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £96
Also available Day tickets £35
Contact for info:
mail@silaskendall.com
Website: www.folkeast.co.uk
County: East
Anglia
Country: England
Greenbelt - August
An arts, faith and justice festival with a long and rich history. We’ll be 40
years old in 2013. That’s 40 consecutive festivals. Without a break.
Greenbelt covers a variety of styles of music and other things,
including guest speakers and comedy. currently Bellowhead, Seth Lakeman, The
Proclaimers and a few other folk acts.
Location: Cheltenham Racecourse
Date: August for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £99
Contact for info: info@greenbelt.org.uk
Website:
www.greenbelt.org.uk
County:
Gloucestershire
Country: England
Purbeck Folk Festival - August
KT Tunstall, Larkin Poe and Shooglenifty join more than 30 other acts at the
biggest-ever Purbeck Folk Festival in the rolling hills of Dorset. Rated as one of the top ten gigs by The Independent.
Location: Swanage
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £80
Also available For 12-17 yr olds £40, £10 under 12s
Contact for
info: paul@purbeckfolk.co.uk
Website: www.purbeckfolk.co.uk
County:
Dorset
Country: England
Shrewsbury Folk Festival - August
Shrewsbury Folk Festival has a reputation for delivering the very finest acts
from the UK and around the world, always searching to find new authentic artists
as well as providing a platform for established performers, and never forgetting
to add some fun and diversity to our concerts. We try to bring quality in
depth.
Location: Shrewsbury
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £125
Also available Day tickets £32.50 and £51
Contact for info:
sandra@shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk
Website: www.shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/
County:
Shropshire
Country: England
SolFest -
A mixture of music styles. Something for everyone.
Location: Tarns, near Aspatria
Date: 3 day(s)
Full Price: £95
Contact for info: enquiries@solwayfestival.co.uk
Website: www.solwayfestival.co.uk
County:
Cumbri
Country: England
Treefest - August
A wide selection of local acoustic and folk singers, storytellers, poets and
family friendly workshops and many exhibitors at Treefest.
Tree carving, workshops, family fun, and lots of things to do with trees.
Location: Westonbirt, The National Arboretum
Date: August for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £30
Also available Day tickets £10
Contact for info: westonbirt@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt-treefest
County:
Gloucestershire
Country: England
Burnham-on-Sea FolkFest - September
The Seventh Free Acoustic Festival in Burnham-on-Sea,
Somerset.
Activities based mainly around the pubs in the Town centre of
Burnham-on-Sea.
Large number of acts confirmed now.
And the easiset web address to remember! It must make everyone else jealous.
Location: Burnham on Sea
Date: September for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available It's FREE
Contact for info: (01278) 794414
Website: www.folkfest.co.uk
County:
Somerset
Country: England
Didmarton-Bluegrass - September
Once again we've included a few bluegrass festivals to give you a bit more
variety. And besides, we noticed a few folk stars in the line up...
(We're not trying to cover every such festival, just a few samples
for you enjoyment.)
Location: Kemble Airfield
Date: September for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info:john.wirtz@hipposound.co.uk
Website: www.didmarton-bluegrass.co.uk
County:
Gloucestershire
Country: England
Moseley Folk Festival - September
Our tradition of an eclectic folk selection continues this
year.
Showcasing unsigned acts right alongside well established
international artists makes for a really exciting bill.
Location: Moseley Park, Birmingham
Date: September for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: info@moseleyfolk.co.uk
Website: www.moseleyfolk.co.uk
County: West
Midlands
Country: England
Off the Tracks - Summer - September
The second Off the Tracks festival of the year.
A great family festival with lots of things going on.
Location: Castle Donnington
Date: September for 3 days(s)
Full Price: £55
Contact for info: info@offthetracks.co.uk
Website: www.offthetracks.co.uk
County:
Derbyshire
Country: England
Sedgefield folk Festival - September
One of our main objectives, being a small Festival, is to ensure that all
visitors have an event to attend, be it concert, singaround, music session,
workshop or dance display.
The festival has gradually expanded to cater for
the tastes and interests of travelling folk music enthusiasts and local
residents alike.
Location: Sedgefield
Date: September for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Typically events from Free - £6 - £13
Contact for info: info@sedgefieldfolkfestival.co.uk
Website: www.sedgefieldfolkfestival.co.uk/
County:
Durham
Country: England
Stroud Fringe - Bank holiday
A mixture of genres, not just folk music. Wide variety of entertainments.
Some may take your fancy.
Location: Stroud
Date: Bank holiday for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available tba
Contact for info: info@stroudfringe.co.uk
Website: www.stroudfringe.co.uk
County:
Gloucestershire
Country: e
The Wareham Wail - September
Location: Oakfield Farm, Verwood
Date: September for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £25
Contact for info: 01202 733699
Website: www.wail.org.uk/
County: Dorset
Country:
England