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Gosport Easter Festival
dates: 9-13 april
location: Gosport and Fareham, Hampshire
web: gosportfestival.co.uk
tickets: £85
 
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WOLFSTONE
FEAST OF FIDDLES
SHOW OF HANDS
KATHRYN TICKELL
SPIERS & BODEN
ROY BAILEY
MARTIN SIMPSON
MAWKIN CAUSLEY
BREABACH
RICHARD WOOD
CHRIS SHERBURN & DENNY BARTLEY
KING CREOSOTE
BRIAN MCNEILL
ISAMBARDE
RON KAVANA
ALAN BURKE
SARAH-JANE SUMMERS TRIO
ALISTAIR RUSSELL
TINDERBOX
JACK MCNEILL & CHARLIE HEYS
BLACK PEAK
ROBIN HURT
Oxford Folk Festival
dates: 16 - 18 April
location: Oxford
web: oxfordfolkfestival.com/
tickets: vary by event
   
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Bellowhead
Cara Dillon
Warsaw Village Band
The Demon Barbers Roadshow
Chris Wood
Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies
Hastings Traditional Jack-in-the-Green
dates: 30 April 3 May
location: Hastings, Sussex
web: http://www.hastingsjack.co.uk/
tickets: varies by event and venue
   
Wood
dates: 21 - 23th May
location: Braziers Park, Oxfordshire
web: http://www.thisistruck.com
tickets: £50 to £70
Eastbourne Folk Dance Festival
dates: 30 April - 3 May
location: Eastbourne
web: http://www.eiff.org.uk/
tickets: weekend £70, camping £25
Winchester May Fest
dates: 15 - 16 May
location: Winchester, Hampshire
web: http://www.winmayfest.co.uk/
tickets: tba
Black Horse Festival
dates: CANCELLED
location: Telham, East Sussex
web: http://www.blackhorsemusicfestival.org.uk/
   
Crawley Folk Festival
dates: 25 - 27 June
location: Crawley, London
web: http://www.myspace.com/crawleyfolkfestival
tickets: tba
Hop Farm Festival
dates: Saturday 3 July
location: The Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent
web: www.hopfarmfestival.com
tickets: £65 + £25 camping
FolkStation - Isle of Wight Folk Festival
dates: 9 - 11 July
location: Havenstreet Station, Isle of Wight
web: www.folkstation.co.uk
tickets: Adult weekend ticket £45
Folk by the Oak
dates: Sunday 25 July
location: Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
web: http://www.folkbytheoak.com/
tickets: Around £30 tbc
Blissfields
dates: 2 - 4 July
location: Alresford, Hampshire
web: blissfields.co.uk/
tickets: £35 to £55
   
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Band of Skulls
Beans on Toast
Birdpen
Charlotte Hatherley
Chris T-T
Dub Pistols
Echaskech
Fenech-Soler
Headstone Down
Imperial Leisure
James Yuill
Kill It Kid
Kingman County
Lanterns on the Lake
Malpas
Mark Johnson
Montage Populaire
Ou Est le Swimming Pool
Polly and the Billets Doux
Randomer (Med School)
Rebel Control
Ryan O’Reilly
Subgiant
Subsource
The Ashbies
The Jessie Rose Trip
Turbowolf
Broadstairs Folk Week
dates: 6 - 13 August 2010
location: Broadstairs, Kent
web: broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk
tickets: from £36 to £549
 
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de Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds
Adrian O
Al Hewson
Avril Cameron
Barber & Taylor
Bending the Ferret
Blackdoghat
Bob Hall
Bob Kenward
Boka Halat
BouGaRaBou
Briana Hardyman
Bruce Mathiske
Cate Bannister
Charlie Dore & The Hula Valley Orchestra
Chris Sarjeant
Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley
Chris Wiles & Julie Mathews
Christine Tobin & Liam Noble
Clarence
Colin Hume
Colvin Quarmby
Crisis
Dave Lyons & Lee Meadows
Demon Barbers
Derek Gifford
Dogan Mehmet & the Deerhunters
Doug Hudson
Drohne
Duke Street
Eggibred
Elvis Fontenot & the Sugar Bees
Fergy Campbell & Steve Mulhern
Gerry Colvin
Green Diesel
Happy Trails
Hottboxx
Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys
Jeff Warner
Jim Causley
Joe Hodgson
John Ward & Mario Price
Jumbo Gumbo
Junk & Disorderly
Kay & Ken Anderson
Kay Anderson, Graham Anstee & Tap Roots
Keith Kendrick
Kenny Mangena
Knotted Chord
Laity & Eardley
Lesley Laslett
Liam Robinson
Loose Change
Lucy Ward
Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner
Mac & Dawn McLaren
Madeleine Smith
Maggie Harris
Martin Simpson
Masquerade
Mawkin
Mawkin:Causley
Melodic Evil
Melodic Evil
Mick Scott and Hurly Burly
Mike Nicholson
Missouri Gutts
Monroes Revenge
Moondance
Moondance
Mr Trix
Nancy Wallace
Nathan Ball
Neil Erua
Pama International
Panic Circus
Paul Lucas
Pete Castle
Peter Collins
Pip Ives & Jo Ellis
Porchswing Blues
Richard Lee
Roger Watson
Rundogrun
Sam McEvoy
Sarah Horn & James Cudworth
Shamita Ray
Shooting Roots
Show of Hands
Simon Vogel
Skinners Rats
Slow Loris
Steve Turner
Stowfolk
Stretch and Juggle Fun
The Bubble Band
The Cajun Dawgs
The Chimney Boys
The Cocos Lovers
The Dealers
The Demon Barber Road Show
The Doc Marshalls
The Doc Marshalls
The High Chaparrals
The Hot Rats
The Jaywallkers
The Kittiwakes
The Life of Riley
The Nelson Brothers
The Okee Dokee Band
The Old Trout Band
The Phatt BStards
The Ram Company - Waltzers & Wonders Show
The Ram Company Members
The Roots Union
The Shee
The Winter Mountain Band
Three Sheets to the Wind
Tickled Pink
Tim Edey & Isobel Crowe
Tom & Barbara Brown
Tom Fairbairn
Tom McConville Band
Toothless Mary & caller Cate Bannister
Toothless Mary & caller Mick Scott
Trevor Stephenson
Tyde
U Zambezi
U.N.I.T.E
Wheeler Street
Will Pound & Dan Walsh
Xenon
Zirak Hamad
Zoox

   
Cropredy
dates: 12 - 14 August
location: Nr Banbury, Oxon
web: http://www.fairportconvention.com/cropredy.php
tickets: £85
Wickham
dates: 5 - 8 August 2010
location: Wickham, Hampshire
web: http://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/
tickets: £25 - £110 Box Office 023 8071 1818
Towersey Village Festival
dates: 27th - 31st August
location: Towersey, nr Thame, Oxon
web: towerseyfestival.com/
tickets: £46 to £93
 
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Bellowhead
Martin Simpson and special guests
The Dhol Foundation
Chris Wood and Andy Cutting
Brass Monkey
Spider John Koerner
Genticorum
Jackie Oates
Jon Boden and The Remnant Kings
Kan
Whapweasel
Fay Hield
Colum Sands
Nancy Wallace
Hekety
Sara Grey, Kieron Means and Ben Paley
Polkaworks
Steamchicken
The Committee Band
The Music of Cosmotheka
Tyde
Angles
Great Western Morris
Gaorsach Rapper
Steve Green
Jake Jones and Dan Eccles
Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre
Tony Wilson
Gordon Potts
Pete Rees
Kerry Fletcher
Bunkfest
dates: 3 - 5 September 2010
location: Wallingford, Oxon
web: http://www.bunkfest.co.uk/
tickets: tba