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Cork TradFest
Location: Cork
Date: February for 3 day(s)
Full Price:
£25
Also available Price is in EUROS. Many free gigs
Contact for info:
Website:
County:
County Cork
Country: Ireland
Neil Gow Festival March
Annual Scottish fiddle festival.
A fun-filled weekend of fiddle music
and good craic, this very informal festival kicks off on the Friday night, and
celebrates the life of Perthshire's fiddle legend.
Location: Dunkeld & Birnam
Date: March for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available: TBA
Contact for info:
admin@thetaybank.com
Website: www.niel-gow.co.uk
County:
Perthshire
Country: Scotland
Niel Gow Scottish Fiddle Festival March 16th – 18th, 2018
The 15th Niel Gow festivalwill be held in the beautiful and historic Perthshire village of Dunkeld & Birnam, home of Niel Gow.
- Various Venues
Dunkeld & Birnham
Perth And Kinross
Scotland
The Annual Niel Gow Scottish Fiddle Festival was established in 2004 to celebrate the life and music of Perthshire's fiddle legend. It is envisaged that through time the festival and other activities will gather enough funds to erect a fitting memorial to Niel Gow in Dunkeld & Birnam.
Please see website for full details
https://www.niel-gow.co.uk/
Welcome to the Shetland Folk Festival
The 38th Shetland Folk Festival will be held between 3rd - 6th May 2018 and as the UK's most northerly folk festival, it is regarded as a prestigious event for performers, locals and visitors alike.
Organised by a voluntary committee (and run by an even bigger pool of volunteers) the Festival prides itself in reaching out to even the most far flung areas of Shetland. Concerts are organised throughout the isles, consisting of some of the best International, British and Shetland music that the world has to offer. In fact, visiting artistes are regularly dumbfounded by the quantity and quality of local musicians that our remote isles have to offer.
http://www.shetlandfolkfestival.com
The 38th Shetland Folk Festival will be held between 3rd - 6th May 2018 and as the UK's most northerly folk festival, it is regarded as a prestigious event for performers, locals and visitors alike.
Organised by a voluntary committee (and run by an even bigger pool of volunteers) the Festival prides itself in reaching out to even the most far flung areas of Shetland. Concerts are organised throughout the isles, consisting of some of the best International, British and Shetland music that the world has to offer. In fact, visiting artistes are regularly dumbfounded by the quantity and quality of local musicians that our remote isles have to offer.
http://www.shetlandfolkfestival.com
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Celtic Colours International
Festival October 5-13, 2018. Come celebrate the living Celtic culture on Cape Breton Island. http://celtic-colours.com/ |
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Return to Camden Town Festival
October 23rd – 29th, 2018 After a fabulous ‘Irish Night at Cadogan’ hall featuring 40 female traditional Irish musicians and singers based in London (celebrating Fair Plé Day) plus the premiere in Britain of Dave Flynn’s Irish Memory Orchestra – the London Irish community is well and truly ready and waiting for the 20th instalment of the internationally renowned Return to Camden Town Festival to land on its doorstep! This year’s Festival will host seven days of traditional Irish music, song and dance at venues in and around the London Borough of Camden from Tuesday 23 to Monday 29 October 2018. The impressive anniversary line up so far includes: The Friel Sisters, Buttons and Bows, Tulla Céilí Band, Mairtín O’Connor, Cathan Hayden and Seamie O’Dowd, Mary Bergin and Mick Conneely, Roaring 20s Tribute to the Flanagan Brothers (feat. Frankie Gavin, Emma Corbett, Martin Murray, Carl Hession), Garadice (feat. Eleanor Shanley, Padraig McGovern, Dave Sheridan, John McCartin), Mairéad Casey, Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha and Tommy Mellett, Kelly and Colm Gannon, The Dublin Lasses (feat. Mary Corcoran, Aoife O’Connor and Majella O’Beirne), Órlaith McAuliffe, Daithí Gormely, Dylan Carlos and Catherine McHugh, Socks in the Frying Pan, Landless, Theresa O’Grady (album launch) and more tba. More information www.returntocamden.org, www.irishmusicinlondon.org, facebook.com/returntocamdentown, Twitter: @ReturntoCamden and Instagram: irishmusicdanceinlondon www.returntocamden.org and www.irishmusicinlondon.org |
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Cork Folk Festival
Traditional music from Ireland and England too. One of the major Irish
festivals.
Location: Cork
Date: for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info:
Website: www.corkfolkfestival.com/
County: County Cork
Country: Ireland
Tenterden Folk Festival October
Web site incomplete when last visited.
Tenterden Folk Festival is a four
day long festival of folk song, music and dance. Tenterden, situated in the
ancient Weald of Kent, about 12 miles west of Ashford, is an ideal setting for
this friendly, family folk festival. It features one of the widest High Streets
in the country lined with historic and listed buildings, numerous friendly pubs
and restaurants and green verges.
Location: Tenterden
Date: October for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available tba
Contact for info: info@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk
Website: www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk/
County: Kent
Country: England
Derby Folk Festival October
The sixth edition of the region’s leading folk event.
Concerts, workshops, sessions.
All indoors at the Assembly Rooms, so no need to worry about
the weather.
Location: Derby
Date: October for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £72
Also available Day tickets - from £18 to £32.
Contact for info: admin@derbyfolkfestival.co.uk
Website: derbyfolkfestival.co.uk
County: Derbyshire
Country: England
Ingleton Folk Weekend
Location: Ingleton
Date: for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available £15 for headliner show, the rest is FREE
Contact for info: ingletonfolk@gmail.com
Website: www.ingletonfolk.co.uk
County: Yorkshire
Country: England
Musicport Festival - October
A world music event, many different styles. Check the line up to see if it
appeals to your tastes.
Location: Whitby
Date: October for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available tba
Contact for info: 01947 603475
Website: www.musicportfestival.com/
County: Yorkshire
Country: England
Swanage Blues Festival - October
Another FREE event at Swanage! How do they do it!
Free Admission to 40
gigs in 15 indoor venues
Open Mic daily, Electric Jam Sessions, Buskers,
Blues Steam Train rides
Festival Friendly Accommodation
Location: Swanage
Date: - October for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available It's FREE
Contact for info: s.darrington@btopenworld.com
Website: www.swanage-blues.org
County: Dorset
Country: England
Walk the Line - October
Various musical genres are presented, at various venues. Rock, folk,
acoustic, pop and more. All at bargain prices too!
Location: Cheltenham
Date: October for 2 day(s)
Full Price: £12
Contact for info:
Website: walkthelinefestival.blogspot.com
County: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Lewes Folk Festival - October
Once again, the two Lewes folk clubs, The Royal Oak and The Lewes Saturday
Folk Club are combining their efforts to promote this festival, largely based in
their own clubrooms and other venues in the town
Location: Lewes
Date: October for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: lewesfestival@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.lewesfolkfest.org
County: East Sussex
Country: England
Banbury Folk Festival - October
Web site incomplete on our last visit
Location: Banbury
Date: October for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available tba
Contact for info: 01295 709881
Website: www.banburyfolkfestival.co.uk/
County: Oxon
Country: England
Feile Frank McGann - October
Site not fully updated on our last visit.
Location: Stokestown
Date: October for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: info@feilefrankmcgann.com
Website: www.feilefrankmcgann.com
County: County Roscommon
Country: Ireland
Harwich International Sea Shanty Festival - October
A mixture of free open air entertainment, concerts, music sessions, classic
boats, pub sessions and singarounds during the festival weekend. Events take
place throughout the old town of Harwich at several local venues.
Location: Harwich
Date: October for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: info@harwichshantyfestival.co.uk
Website: www.harwichshantyfestival.co.uk/
County: Essex
Country: England
Blazin' in Beauly - October
Join Blazin’ Fiddles and friends for a musical extravaganza in a week of
classes, sessions, concerts and craic in the heart of the Scottish Highlands.
Guest fiddle tutors Adman Sutherland of Session A9 and Gillian Frame, formally
with Back of the Moon and currently tours with Findlay Napier and the Bar Room
Mountaineers.
Fab for fiddle fans.
Location: Beauly
Date: October for 5 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Public concert tickets - £10 - £16; courses - £220
Contact for info: info@blazininbeauly.com
Website: www.blazininbeauly.com
County: Invernesshire
Country: Scotland
Lowender Peran - October
Celebrating cornwall's distinctive heritage of traditional music, dance,
songs, story telling and our links with Brittany, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland
and Wales
Location:
Date: October for 5 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: +44 (0) 1872 553 413
Website: www.lowenderperan.co.uk
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Belfast Festival at Queens - October
A wide variety of genres, not just folk music. Run at Queen's University for
over 30 years.
Spread over many days.
Location: Belfast
Date: October for 16 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Various event tickets
Contact for info:
m.b.kelly@qub.ac.uk
Website: www.belfastfestival.com
County: County Antrim
Country: Ireland
Bristol Cajun & Zydeco Festival - October
We like to include a few not quite folk but sort of folk festivals, like this
one. Just to broaden your outlook a bit.
Location: Bristol
Date: October for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: Website: bristolcajunfestival.com/
County: Bristol
Country: England
Music and Craic in the Glen - October
A free event with traditional music, hurdy gurdy and songs.
Location: Glengarriff
Date: October for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available It's FREE
Contact for info: freespiritceol@live.co.uk
Website: www.facebook.com/events/213354215447549/
County: County Cork
Country: Ireland
Sligo Live - October
Sligo Live Sessions is a national festival celebrating traditional, roots and
acoustic music. Now in its sixth year, it has carved out a niche as one of the
most relaxed, intimate and enjoyable music festivals in Ireland. Sligo Live.
100 events, 80% free, All Indoors. Intimate Concerts.Street
Markets.Over 350 artists.Dynamic pub sessions. Cafe Culture & Sligo Live
Showcase.
Location: Sligo
Date: October for 6 day(s)
Full Price: £90
Also available About 80 free events too
Contact for info: Website: sligolive.ie
County: County Sligo
Country: Ireland
After the Fair - October
Bampton Charter fair is centuries old. After the Fair is a free folk
festival, that runs, well, after the fair. Site is not regularly updated, but
the festival program is up to date. Features Anglo, Irish, and Breton
music.
Location: Bampton
Date: October for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available It's FREE
Contact for info: 01884 860023
Website: www.bampton.org.uk/charterfair/after-the-fair.html
County: Devon
Country: England
Baring-Gould Folk Weekend - October
Song sessions, Morris dancing, ceilidh Site not fully updated, but
provisional artists list.
Part of a week long Song School
Location: Okehampton
Date: October for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £45
Contact for info: +44(0)1837 53754
Website: www.baring-gould.co.uk
County: Devon
Country: England
Perthshire Amber - October/November
Dougie MacLean has developed a unique festival. Described as "a jewel of a
festival where contemporary song meets folk, roots and tradition" (Courier and
Advertiser) it began as a weekend of music and has grown to become a successful
10-day event that is an important part of Scotland's musical calendar.
Location: Several locations nr Dunkeld
Date: October November for 10 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available tba
Contact for info: admin@butterstone.com
Website: www.perthshireamber.com
County: Perthshire
Country: Scotland
North Dorset Folk Festival
November
International Guitar Festival - November
The long running International Guitar Festival is based in the Wirral. The
festival celebrates all things guitar, presenting concerts, workshops and
related events throughout November. This year’s festival features the usual
eclectic mix of genres and artists that highlight the importance of the guitar
within every form of music. Acoustic, yes, but not sure about folky.
Location: Wirral
Date: November for 1 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: 0151 666 0000
Website: www.bestguitarfest.com/
County: Merseyside
Country: England
Carlisle Rock and Blues Festival - November
Another great blues festival (we've added a few more after some requests).
Don't let the word rock frighten you off from having a great time out.
Location: Carlisle
Date: November for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: carlislebluesfest@btinternet.com
Website: www.carlislebluesfestival.com/
County: Cumbria
Country: England
Tenby Blues Festival - November
From a humble beginning in 2006 the Tenby Blues Festival has grown rapidly
and is now firmly established as one of the major events in the UK Blues
calendar. This intimate and friendly festival has built its reputation on the
strength of its line up that just gets better by the year.
Location: Tenby
Date: November for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: info@tenbyblues.co.uk
Website www.tenbyblues.co.uk/
County: Pembrokeshire
Country: Wales
Kinross-shire Music Festival - November
Covers the two weekends November.
Website was under construction on our last visit, so full details were not available
A festival promoting live music of all styles and genres and at all levels!
Various genres of music (Folk, Jazz, Classical, Rock/Pop), Musical workshops, Dance
workshops for school children, RSPBA-DPA Branch Solo Piping & Drumming
Competition, The Big Dance
Disco for kids. Family Ceilidh
Location: Kinross and Milnathort
Date: November for 7 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info:nfo@kleo.org.uk
Website: www.k-m-f.org.uk
County: Kinross-shire
Country: Scotland
William Kennedy Piping Festival - November
The William Kennedy Piping Festival celebrates the life and work of William
Kennedy, the 18th century piper, pipe maker and inventor.
In its 19th year now.
Location: Armagh
Date: November for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Individual event tickets
Contact for info: info@wkpf.org
Website: wkpf.org
County: County Armagh
Country: Ireland
Fiddle 2012 - November
The Scots Fiddle Festival, sustaining and promoting traditional fiddle
music.
Location: Edinburgh
Date: November for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Various event and day tickets
Contact for info: info@scotsfiddlefestival.com
Website: www.scotsfiddlefestival.com
County: Midlothian
Country: Scotland
Bedworth Folk Festival - November
Winter Festival
The Grand Ceilidh, Concerts, Singarounds, Music Sessions,
Poetry & Storytelling, Real Ale Bars, Workshops (Guitar, Harmonica,
Percussion & Songwriting), Folk Clubs, Meet the Artiste, Friday evening
"Rock 'n' Roll Party", Late Night Specials (Week-end Ticket Holders Only),
"Themed" shows and sessions, Dance Displays, Craft Fair, The Famous "Bedworth
Voices Concert", plus much more!
Location: Bedworth
Date: November for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: email@bedworth-festival.info
Website: www.bedworth-festival.info
County: Warwickshire
Country: England
Great British Folk Festival - November
Festivals for August are listed below!!
Masters of Tradition - July
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: July 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.
cation: 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 - February
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: February for 5 day(s)
Full Price: £100
Also available Day tickets £40
Contact forinfo: 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 and 2012 is the festival's 10th anniversary.
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 3 day(s)
Full Price: £120
Contact for info:
info@beautifuldays.org
Website: www.beautifuldays.org/
County: Devon
Country: England
Green Man Festival - August
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
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 for 31 day(s)
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: 15 -17th August 2015 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.
Now in it's 11th year, site not fully updated on our last visit.
Location: Wallingford
Date: September for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Usually 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
Rhythm Festivals - 24th Aug 2012 (Final one)
Three music festivals for the price of one! Includes Rhythm Folk.
just choose which parts you wish to see.
Rhythm Festival, held as a single event in Bedfordshire since 2006.
Location: Old Warden Park, Biggleswade
Date: Friday 24th August 2012 for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £119
Also available Folk only ticket - £80
Contact for info:
jim@rhythmfestival.com
Website: www.rhythmfestival.com
County: Bedfordshire
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 indepth.
Location: Shrewsbury
Date: 28 - 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
