The Spiral Earth guide to folk, roots, blues, Americana and alternative music festivals in the UK and Ireland. We are busy putting together listings for 2012.
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- Sept - Dec
Celtic Connections
| dates: | 19 Jan - 5 Feb |
| location: | Glasgow |
| web: | http://www.celticconnections.com/ |
Celtic Footprint
| dates: | 11-13 Feb |
| location: | Chichester, W Sussex |
| web: | www.rootsaroundtheworld.info |
Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival
| dates: | 13-15 January 2012 |
| location: | Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| web: | www.strawbear.org.uk |
Cheltenham Folk Festival
| dates: | 10-12 February 2012 |
| location: | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| web: | http://www.cheltenhamfolkfestival.co.uk |
Gainsborough Old Time Music Festival
| dates: | 10-12 February 2012 |
| location: | Gainsborough, Lincolnshire |
| web: | www.foaotmad.org.uk |
Frome Folk Festival
| dates: | 10-12 February 2012 |
| location: | Frome, Somerset |
| web: | http://www.fromefolkfestival.co.uk |
Alcester Folk Festival
| dates: | 24 - 26 Feb |
| location: | Alcester, Warwickshire |
| web: | www.alcesterfolkfestival.org |
61st Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival
| dates: | 2-4 Mar 2012 |
| location: | Aberdeen University |
| web: | www.ivfdf2012.org.uk |
Porthcawl Inter celtic festival
| dates: | 2-4 Mar 2012 |
| location: | Porthcawl, S. Wales |
| web: | www.cwlwmceltaidd.com |
Bournemouth Folk Festival
| dates: | 23 - 24 March 2012 |
| location: | Bournemouth |
| web: | www.bournemouthfolkfestival.co.uk |
Edinburgh international Harp Festival
| dates: | 30 March - 4 April 2012 |
| location: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| web: | www.harpfestival.co.uk |
Barnsley Acoustic Roots Festival
| dates: | 6 - 8 April 2012 |
| location: | Yorks |
| web: | www.barnsleyacoustic.co.uk |
Maritime Music Festival
| dates: | 6 - 8 April |
| location: | National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port |
| web: | www.shanty.org.uk |
Northern Streams
| dates: | 13 - 15 April |
| location: | Edinburgh & Glasgow, Scotland |
| web: | www.eltmsa.org.uk |
Glenfarg Folk Feast
| dates: | 13 - 15 April |
| location: | Glenfarg, nr Perth, Scotland |
| web: | www.glenfargfolkclub.com |
Malton & Norton Folk Festival
| dates: | 20 - 21 April |
| location: | Malton, North Yorkshire |
| web: | www.maltonfolk.co.uk |
Shennaghys Jiu Celtic Youth Festival
| dates: | 29 March - 9 April |
| location: | Ramsey, Isle of Man |
| web: | www.shennaghys.org |
Crediton Folk Weekend
| dates: | 13 - 15 April |
| location: | Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon |
| web: | www.poppyrecords.co.uk/crediton/cred.htm |
Morpeth northumbrian Gathering
| dates: | 13 - 15 April |
| location: | Northumberland |
| web: | www.northumbriana.org.uk |
Fareham & Gosport Easter Festival
| dates: | tba |
| location: | Fareham, Hampshire |
| web: | www.eastfest.co.uk |
Scandimoot
| dates: | 20 - 23 April |
| location: | Austwick and Settle, N Yorks |
| web: | scandimoot.wikispaces.com |
Upton Upon Severn Folk Festival
| dates: | 28 April -2 May |
| location: | Upton-upon-Severn, Worcs |
| web: | www.uptonfolk.org |
Wath Festival
| dates: | 4 - 6 May 2012 |
| location: | Wath Upon Dearne, S Yorks |
| web: | www.wathfestival.org.uk |
Shetland Folk Festival
| dates: | 3-6 May 2012 |
| location: | Lerwick & other venues, Shetland |
| web: | www.shetlandfolkfestival.com |
Baafest
| dates: | 4-6 May 2012 |
| location: | Bellingham, Northumberland |
| web: | www.baafest.co.uk |
Raunds Music Festival
| dates: | 3 - 6 May |
| location: | Raunds, Northants |
| web: | raundsfestival.com |
Girvan Festival
| dates: | 4 - 6 May |
| location: | Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| web: | www.girvanfolkfestival.co.uk |
Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green
| dates: | 4 - 7 May |
| location: | Hastings, E Sussex |
| web: | www.hastingsjack.co.uk |
Clun Green Man Festival
| dates: | 4 - 7 May |
| location: | Clun, Shropshire |
| web: | www.clungreenman.org.uk |
Big Wheel Blues Festival
| dates: | 5 - 6 May |
| location: | Laxey, Isle of Man |
| web: | www.bigwheelblues.com |
Rochester Sweeps Festival
| dates: | 5 - 6 May |
| location: | Rochester, Kent. |
| web: | www.whatsonmedway.co.uk |
Eastbourne International Folk Dance Festival
| dates: | 4 - 7 May |
| location: | Sussex |
| web: | www.eiff.org.uk |
Brighton Festival
| dates: | 5 - 27 May |
| location: | Brighton |
| web: | www.brightonfestival.org |
Bristol Folk Festival
| dates: | 5 - 7 May |
| location: | Colston Hall, Bristol |
| web: | www.bristolfolkfestival.com |
Norfolk & Norwich Festival
| dates: | 11 - 26 May |
| location: | Norwich |
| web: | www.nnfestival.org.uk |
Folk On The Pier
| dates: | 11 - 13 May |
| location: | Cromer, Norfolk |
| web: | http://www.deckchairproductions.co.uk |
Moniaive Folk Festival
| dates: | 11 - 13 May |
| location: | Moniaive, Dumfries and Galloway |
| web: | http://www.moniaivefolkfestival.co.uk |
Doncaster Folk Festival
| dates: | 18 - 20 May 2012 |
| location: | Doncaster, S.Yorks |
| web: | www.doncasterfolkfestival.org.uk |
Bearded Theory
| dates: | 18 - 20 May |
| location: | Derbyshire |
| web: | http://www.beardedtheory.co.uk/ |
Acoustic Festival of Britain
| dates: | 25 - 27 May |
| location: | Uttoxeter Racecourse, Staffordshire |
| web: | www.acousticfestival.co.uk/ |
Shepley Spring festival
| dates: | 25 - 27 MAY |
| location: | Shepley, Huddersfield |
| web: | http://www.shepleyspringfestival.com/ |
Ryedale Folk Weekend
| dates: | 25 - 27 May |
| location: | Hutton le Hole, N Yorks |
| web: | www.festivalonthemoor.co.uk |
Off The Tracks Spring Festival
| dates: | 25 - 27 May |
| location: | Castle Donington Nr Derby, Derbyshire |
| web: | http://www.offthetracks.co.uk/ |
Bath International Music Festival
| dates: | 30 May-10 June |
| location: | Bath, Somerset |
| web: | www.bathmusicfest.org.uk |
Orkney Folk Festival
| dates: | 31 May - 3 june |
| location: | Orkney |
| web: | http://www.orkneyfolkfestival.com |
Swaledale Festival
| dates: | 27 May -3 Jun |
| location: | Yorks Dales |
| web: | www.swaledale-festival.org.uk |
Knockengorroch World Ceilidh
| dates: | 31 May - 3 june |
| location: | Knockengorroch, Dumfries and Galloway |
| web: | http://www.knockengorroch.org.uk |
Chester Folk Festival
| dates: | 1 - 4 June |
| location: | KELSALL, nr. CHESTER |
| web: | http://www.chesterfolk.org.uk |
Ukelele Festival of Great Britain
| dates: | 1 - 3 June |
| location: | Cheltenham, Glos |
| web: | www.ukulelefestival.co.uk |
Wallingford Folk & Beer Festival
| dates: | 1 - 2 June |
| location: | Wallingford, Oxon |
| web: | www.bluesandbeer.co.uk |
The Border Gaitherin
| dates: | 1 - 4 June |
| location: | Coldstream |
| web: | http://www.bordergaitherin.com/ |
Tan yn y Mynedd
| dates: | 1-5 Jun |
| location: | nr Cwmnewidion Isaf, Wales |
| web: | www.cutashine.co.uk |
Gate to Southwell Festival
| dates: | 1 - 4 June |
| location: | Southwell. Notts |
| web: | http://www.southwellfolkfestival.org.uk/ |
Chippenham Folk Festival
| dates: | 1 - 5 June |
| location: | Chippenham, Wiltshire |
| web: | http://www.chippfolk.co.uk/ |
Bude & Stratton Folk Festival
| dates: | 1 - 5 June |
| location: | Bude, N Devon |
| web: | budefolk.com |
Dulverton Folk Festival
| dates: | 1 - 5 June |
| location: | Dulverton, Somerset |
| web: | www.dulvertonfolkfestival.net |
Fishguard Folk Festival
| dates: | 1 - 4 june |
| location: | Fishguard |
| web: | pembrokeshire-folk-music.co.uk |
Bradninch Music & Arts Festival
| dates: | 1 - 3 June |
| location: | Bradninch, Devon |
| web: | www.bradninchevents.org |
Field Day
| dates: | 2 June |
| location: | Victoria Park, London E3 |
| web: | www.fielddayfestivals.com |
Gower Folk Festival
| dates: | 8 - 10 June |
| location: | Parkmill, Gower Peninsula, nr Swansea, S Wales |
| web: | www.gowerfolkfestival.co.uk |
Spitalfields Music Summer Festival
| dates: | 8 - 23 June |
| location: | London |
| web: | www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk |
Wychwood
| dates: | 8 - 10 June |
| location: | Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire |
| web: | http://www.wychwoodfestival.com |
Blowout Bagpipe Festival
| dates: | 8 - 10 June |
| location: | Polesworth, nr Tamworth, Staffs |
| web: | www.bagpipesociety.org.uk |
Towerfest Country Music Festival
| dates: | 15 - 17 June |
| location: | Drax, nr Selby, N Yorks |
| web: | www.towerfest.co.uk |
Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival
| dates: | 15 - 17 June |
| location: | Falmouth, Cornwall |
| web: | www.falmouthshout.com |
Lichfield Jazz & Blues Festival
| dates: | 7 - 10 June |
| location: | Lichfield, Staffs |
| web: | www.lichfieldarts.org.uk |
Wirral Folk On The Coast
| dates: | 7 - 10 June |
| location: | Cheshire |
| web: | www.wirralfolkonthecoast.com |
Coastline Bluegrass
| dates: | 8 - 10 June |
| location: | Bryn Ffanigl Ganol Farm, nr Llanddulas, N Wales |
| web: | www.coastlinebluegrass.co.uk |
TMSA Keith Festival
| dates: | 8 - 10 June |
| location: | Keith, Banffshire, Scotland |
| web: | www.tmsakeithfestival.blogspot.com |
Wimborne Folk Festival
| dates: | 8 - 10 June |
| location: | Wimborne, Dorset |
| web: | http://www.wimbornefolkfestival.co.uk/ |
Arran Folk Festival
| dates: | 14 - 17 June |
| location: | Isle of Arran |
| web: | http://www.arranfolkfestival.com |
Beverley Folk Festival
| dates: | 15 - 17 June |
| location: | Beverley, Yorks |
| web: | http://www.beverleyfestival.com/ |
Leamington Peace Festival
| dates: | 16 - 17 June |
| location: | Leamington Spa, Warwickshire |
| web: | www.peacefestival.org.uk |
Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival
| dates: | 15 - 17 June |
| location: | Middlewich, Cheshire |
| web: | midfest.org.uk |
Big Session Festival
| dates: | 15 - 17 June |
| location: | Catton Hall, Derbyshire |
| web: | www.bigsessionfestival.com |
Snowdon Fiddle Festival
| dates: | 16 June |
| location: | Nant Peris, Gwynedd, Wales |
| web: | www.gwylffidil.info |
Steamboat Folk Weekend
| dates: | 16 - 17 June |
| location: | Steamboat Tavern, Ipswich, Suffolk |
| web: | www.irfmf.org.uk |
Blues on the Farm
| dates: | 21 - 24 June |
| location: | Chichester, West Sussex |
| web: | www.bluesonthefarm.co.uk |
Sunrise Celebration
| dates: | 21 - 24 June |
| location: | Bruton, Somerset |
| web: | http://www.sunrisecelebration.com/ |
HOME festival
| dates: | 22 - 23 June |
| location: | Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon |
| web: | www.dartington.org/home |
Teignmouth Folk Festival
| dates: | 22 - 24 June |
| location: | Teignmouth, South Devon |
| web: | http://www.teignmouthfolk.co.uk/ |
Dent Music & Beer Festival
| dates: | 22 - 24 June |
| location: | Dent, Cumbria |
| web: | www.dentmusicandbeer.com |
English Country Music Weekend
| dates: | 22 - 24 June |
| location: | Brightlingsea, Essex. |
| web: | www.ecmwbrightlingsea.com |
Garforth Arts Festival
| dates: | 27 June -9 Jul |
| location: | Leeds, W Yorks |
| web: | www.garforthartsfestival.co.uk |
Lymm Festival
| dates: | 28 June - 8July |
| location: | Lymm, Cheshire |
| web: | www.lymmfestival.org.uk |
Sark Folk Festival
| dates: | 29 June 1 July |
| location: | Sark, Channel Islands |
| web: | www.sarkfolkfestival.com |
Exile Music Festival
| dates: | 29 June - 1 July |
| location: | Belper, Derbyshire |
| web: | www.belpermusicfestival.org.uk |
Hop Farm Festival
| dates: | 29 June - 1 July |
| location: | The Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent |
| web: | www.hopfarmfestival.com |
Cornbury Festival
| dates: | 29 June - 1 July |
| location: | The Gerat Tew Park, Oxfordshire |
| web: | www.cornburyfestival.com |
Maverick Festival
| dates: | 29 June - 1 July |
| location: | Easton Farm Park, Suffolk |
| web: | www.maverickfestival.co.uk |
Blissfields
| dates: | 29 June - 1 July |
| location: | Alresford, Hampshire |
| web: | blissfields.co.uk/ |
The Beat-Herder Festival
| dates: | 29 june - 1 July |
| location: | Ribble Valley, Lancs. |
| web: | www.beatherder.co.uk |
Ceolas Summer Music School
| dates: | 1 - 6 July |
| location: | South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland |
| web: | www.ceolas.co.uk |
The Widders Morris Dancing Weekend
| dates: | 1 - 3 July |
| location: | Chepstow, Gwent |
| web: | www.thewidders.co.uk |
Lichfield Festival
| dates: | 4 - 15 July |
| location: | Lichfield, Staffs |
| web: | www.lichfieldfestival.org |
Americana International
| dates: | 5 - 9 July |
| location: | Newark, Notts |
| web: | www.americana-international.co.uk |
North Wales Bluegrass Festival
| dates: | 5 - 8 July |
| location: | Conwy, N Wales |
| web: | www.northwalesbluegrass.co.uk |
Folkstation
| dates: | 6 - 8 July |
| location: | Havenstreet, Isle of Wight |
| web: | www.folkstation.co.uk |
West SomersetFolk Festival
| dates: | 6 - 8 July |
| location: | Carhampton, Nr Minehead, Somerset. |
| web: | www.westsomersetfolkfestival.co.uk |
Cleckheaton Folk Festival
| dates: | 6 - 8 July |
| location: | Cleckheaton, W Yorks. |
| web: | www.cleckheatonfolkfestival.org |
Fuse
| dates: | 6 - 8 July |
| location: | Lichfield, Staffs. |
| web: | www.fuselichfield.org.uk |
Clogfest
| dates: | 6 - 8 July |
| location: | Skipton, N Yorks |
| web: | www.clogfest.org |
Frome Festival
| dates: | 6 - 15 July |
| location: | Frome & surrounding area, Somerset |
| web: | www.fromefestival.co.uk |
Brass: Durham International Festival
| dates: | 6-22 Jul |
| location: | County Durham |
| web: | www.brassfestival.co.uk |
Brass: Durham International Festival
| dates: | 6-22 Jul |
| location: | County Durham |
| web: | www.brassfestival.co.uk |
Stonehaven Folk Festival
| dates: | 6 - 9 July |
| location: | Stonehaven, NE Scotland |
| web: | http://www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk |
Llangollen International Musical Eistedfodd
| dates: | 3 - 8 July |
| location: | Llangollen, Wales |
| web: | www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk |
Priddy Folk Festival
| dates: | 6 - 8 July |
| location: | Priddy,Somerset |
| web: | priddyfolk.org/ |
Show Of Hands Abbotsbury Festival
| dates: | 7 July (tbc) |
| location: | Abbotsbury Sub Tropical Gardens, Dorset |
| web: | www.showofhands.co.uk |
Festival of Scared Dance Music & Song
| dates: | 7 - 13 July |
| location: | Findhorn, Moray, Scotland |
| web: | www.findhorn.org |
Hebridean Celtic Festival
| dates: | 11 - 14 July |
| location: | Isle of Lewis, hebrides |
| web: | http://www.hebceltfest.com/ |
Larmer Tree Festival
| dates: | 11 - 15 July |
| location: | Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire |
| web: | www.larmertreefestival.co.uk/ |
2000 Trees Festival
| dates: | 12 - 14 July |
| location: | Upcote Farm, Withington, Cheltenham, GLOS GL54 4BL |
| web: | http://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/ |
Guilfest
| dates: | 13 - 15 July |
| location: | Guildford, Surrey |
| web: | www.guilfest.co.uk |
Beggars Fair
| dates: | 14 July |
| location: | Romsey, Hampshire |
| web: | www.beggars-fair.org.uk |
Rothbury Trad Music Festival
| dates: | 13 - 15 July |
| location: | Northumberland. |
| web: | www.rothbury-traditional-music.co.uk |
Ely Folk Festival
| dates: | 13 - 15 July |
| location: | Ely, Cambs |
| web: | elyfolk.co.uk |
Furness Tradition Festival
| dates: | 13 - 15 July |
| location: | Ulverston, Cumbria |
| web: | www.furnesstradition.org.uk |
Bromsgrove Folk Festival
| dates: | 13 - 15 July |
| location: | Bromsgrove, Worcs |
| web: | www.bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk |
Rhythms of the World
| dates: | 14 - 15 July |
| location: | Hitchin, Herts |
| web: | www.rotw.org.uk |
Latitude Festival
| dates: | 12 - 15 July |
| location: | Southwold, Suffolk |
| web: | www.latitudefestival.co.uk |
Moonbeams Wold Top Folk Festival
| dates: | 13 - 14 July |
| location: | Wold Top Brewery,Nr Drifield. East Yorkshire. |
| web: | www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk/events/moonbeams/ |
Chruinnaghtinter-Celtic Festival
| dates: | 14 - 21 July |
| location: | Isle of Man |
| web: | www.ynchruinnaght.com |
Port Eliot Festival
| dates: | 19 - 22 Jul |
| location: | Port Eliot, Cornwall |
| web: | www.porteliotfestival.com |
Stainsby Festival
| dates: | 20 - 22 July |
| location: | nr Chesterfield, Derbyshire |
| web: | www.stainsbyfestival.org.uk |
Truck Festival
| dates: | 20 - 21 July |
| location: | Steventon, nr Abingdon, Oxfordshire |
| web: | www.thisistruck.com |
Wickerman Festival
| dates: | 20 - 21 July |
| location: | East Kirkcarswell, South West Scotland |
| web: | http://www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk/ |
Rhythm Tree Festival
| dates: | 20 - 22 July |
| location: | Calbourne, nr Newport, Isle of Wight |
| web: | www.rhythmtree.info |
Seafest
| dates: | 20- 22 July |
| location: | Scarborough, N Yorks |
| web: | www.seafest.org.uk |
Guildtown Bluegrass Festival
| dates: | 20 - 23 july |
| location: | nr Perth, Scotland |
| web: | www.scottishbluegrass.com |
Festival at the Edge
| dates: | 20 - 22 July |
| location: | Much Wenlock, Shropshire |
| web: | www.festivalattheedge.org |
Pilton Green Man Festival
| dates: | 21 July |
| location: | Pilton, Barnstaple, N Devon |
| web: | www.piltonfestival.co.uk |
Stainsby Festival
| dates: | 20 - 22 July |
| location: | Stainsby, Derbyshire |
| web: | http://www.stainsbyfestival.org.uk/ |
Folk by the Oak
| dates: | Sunday 22 July |
| location: | Hatfield House, Hertfordshire |
| web: | http://www.folkbytheoak.com/ |
Speyfest
| dates: | 27 - 29 July |
| location: | Fochabers, North East of Scotland |
| web: | http://www.speyfest.com/ |
Cambridge Folk Festival
| dates: | 26 - 29 July |
| location: | Cambridge |
| web: | www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk |
Camp Bestival
| dates: | 26 - 29 july |
| location: | Lulworth Castle, Dorset |
| web: | www.campbestival.net |
Maryport Blues Festival
| dates: | 27 - 29 july |
| location: | Maryport, Cumbria |
| web: | www.maryportblues.co.uk |
Warwick Folk Festival
| dates: | 26 - 29 july |
| location: | Warwick |
| web: | http://www.warwickfolkfestival.co.uk/ |
Eastbourne Lammas Festival
| dates: | 28 - 29 july |
| location: | Eastbourne, Sussex |
| web: | www.lammasfest.org |
Cambridge Rock Festival
| dates: | 2 - 5 August |
| location: | Cambridge |
| web: | www.cambridgerockfestival.co.uk |
Wickham Festival
| dates: | 2 - 5 August |
| location: | Wickham, Hampshire |
| web: | www.wickhamfestival.co.uk |
African Drum Village
| dates: | 2 - 7 August |
| location: | Kirkton of Glen Isla, Angus, Scotland |
| web: | www.africandrumvillage.com |
Wadebridge Folk Festival
| dates: | 3 - 5 August |
| location: | Cornwall |
| web: | www.wadebridgefolk.co.uk |
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
| dates: | 3 - 4 August |
| location: | Beauly, Invernessshire, Scotland |
| web: | www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk |
Sidmouth Folk Week
| dates: | 3 - 10 August |
| location: | Sidmouth, Devon |
| web: | sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk/ |
Sidmouth Fringe Festival
| dates: | 3 - 10 August |
| location: | Sidmouth |
| web: | www.sidmouthfringe.co.uk |
Boomtown Fair
| dates: | 9 - 12 August |
| location: | Southern England |
| web: | www.boomtownfair.co.uk |
Cropredy
| dates: | 9 - 11 August |
| location: | Nr. Banbury, Oxon |
| web: | www.fairportconvention.com |
Wilderness
| dates: | 10 - 12 August |
| location: | Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire |
| web: | www.wildernessfestival.com |
Saltburn International Festivalof Folk music, dance & Song
| dates: | 10 - 12 August |
| location: | Cleveland |
| web: | www.saltburnfolkfestival.com |
Broadstairs Folk Week
| dates: | 10 - 11 August |
| location: | Kent |
| web: | www.broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk |
Billingham International Folklore Festival
| dates: | 10 - 18 August |
| location: | Billingham, Middlesbrough & Stockton, Teesside |
| web: | www.billinghamfestival.co.uk |
Bath Folk Festival
| dates: | 13 - 19 August |
| location: | Bath |
| web: | www.bathfolkfestival.org |
Mull of Kintyre Festival
| dates: | 16 - 19 August |
| location: | Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland |
| web: | www.mokfest.com |
Women's Music Festival
| dates: | 16 - 20 August |
| location: | Llanfair Clydogau, Ceredigion, Wales |
| web: | www.womenintune.co.uk |
Beautiful Days
| dates: | 17 - 19 August |
| location: | Escot Park, Ottery St Mary, Devon |
| web: | www.beautifuldays.org |
Moira Furnace Folk Festival
| dates: | 17 - 19 August |
| location: | Moira Furnace Museum, National Forest, Derbyshire/Leicestershire border |
| web: | www.moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk |
Summer Sundae
| dates: | 17 - 19 August |
| location: | Leicester |
| web: | www.summersundae.com |
Green Man Festival
| dates: | 17 - 19August |
| location: | Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons, Wales |
| web: | http://www.greenman.net/ |
Innerleithen Music Festival
| dates: | 17 - 19 August |
| location: | Peeblesshire, Scotland |
| web: | www.innerleithenmusicfestival.org |
Whitby Folk Week
| dates: | 18 - 24 August |
| location: | Whitby, N Yorks |
| web: | www.whitbyfolk.co.uk |
Shrewsbury Folk Festival
| dates: | 24 - 27August |
| location: | Shropshire |
| web: | www.shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk |
Towersey Vilage Festival
| dates: | 23 - 27August |
| location: | Towersey, Nr. Thame, Oxon |
| web: | www.towerseyfestival.com |
Purbeck Folk Festival
| dates: | 24 - 26August |
| location: | Langton Matravers, Dorset |
| web: | www.purbeckfolk.co.uk |
Rhythm Festival
| dates: | 24 - 26August |
| location: | Old Warden, nr Biggleswade, Beds |
| web: | www.rhythmfestival.com |
Limetree Festival
| dates: | 24 26 August |
| location: | Grewelthorpe, nr Ripon, Yorks |
| web: | www.limetreefestival.co.uk |
Solfest
| dates: | 24 - 26August |
| location: | Tarns, nr Silloth, Cumbria |
| web: | www.solfest.org.uk |
Watchet Festival
| dates: | 24 - 26August |
| location: | Watchet, W Somerset. |
| web: | www.watchetfestival.co.uk |
Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival
| dates: | 24 - 26August |
| location: | Colne, Lancs |
| web: | www.bluesfestival.co.uk |
Carnaval Del Pueblo
| dates: | 19 August |
| location: | Burgess Park, London SE5 |
| web: | www.carnavaldelpueblo.co.uk |
End of the Road Festival
| dates: | 31 Aug - 2 sept |
| location: | Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset |
| web: | www.endoftheroadfestival.com |
Fylde Folk Festival
| dates: | 31 Aug - 2 Sept |
| location: | Fleetwood, Lancashire |
| web: | www.fylde-folk-festival.com |
Moseley Folk Festival
| dates: | 31 Aug - 2 Sept |
| location: | Moseley, nr Birmingham, UK |
| web: | www.moseleyfolk.co.uk |
Off The Tracks
| dates: | 31 aug - 2 sept |
| location: | Isley Walton, Castle Donington, nr Derby |
| web: | www.offthetracks.co.uk |
Burnham-on-Sea Folkfest
| dates: | 30 Aug - 2 Sept |
| location: | Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset |
| web: | www.folkfest.co.uk |
Weyfest
| dates: | 31 Aug 2 Sept |
| location: | Tilford, nr Farnham, Surrey |
| web: | www.weyfest.co.uk |
Wallingford Bunkfest
| dates: | 31 Aug - 2 Sept |
| location: | Wallingford, Oxon |
| web: | www.bunkfest.co.uk |
The Big Green Cardigan
| dates: | 7-9 SEPTEMBER |
| location: | Cripps Corner, E Sussex. |
| web: | www.biggreencardigan.co.uk |
Bromyard Folk Festival
| dates: | 7-9 SEPTEMBER |
| location: | Herefordshire. |
| web: | www.bromyard-folk- festival.org.uk |
Swanage Folk Festival
| dates: | 7-9 SEPTEMBER |
| location: | Dorset. |
| web: | www.swanageff.co.uk/ |
Sweet Sunny South Festival
| dates: | 7-9 SEPTEMBER |
| location: | Hastings, Sussex |
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Blas Festival
| dates: | 7-15 SEPTEMBER |
| location: | Pan-Highland, Scotland |
| web: | www.blas-festival.com |
The Mayor's Thames Festival
| dates: | 8-9 SEPTEMBER |
| location: | South Bank, London. |
| web: | www.thamesfestival.org |
St Ives September Festival
| dates: | 8 - 22 SEPTEMBER |
| location: | St Ives, Cornwall |
| web: | www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk |
Ramsbottom Festival
| dates: | 14-16 SEPTEMBER |
| location: | Ramsbottom , Lancashire |
| web: | www.ramsbottomfestival.com |
Cornish Bluegrass Festival
| dates: | 14 - 16 SEPTEMBER |
| location: | Newquay, Cornwall. |
| web: | www.cornishbluegrass.co.uk |
Cropton Folk & Roots
| dates: | 21-23 SEPTEMBER |
| location: | Cropton, nr Pickering, N Yorks |
| web: | www.rootsnorth.co.uk |
Helmsley Folk Weekend
| dates: | 28 - 30 Sept |
| location: | Helmsley, N Yorks |
| web: | www.helmsleyfolkweekend.co.uk |
Tenterden Folk Festival
| dates: | 4 - 7 Oct |
| location: | Kent |
| web: | www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk |
Bewdley Festival
| dates: | 5 - 14 Oct |
| location: | Bewdley, Worcestershire |
| web: | www.bewdleyfestival.org.uk |
Banbury Folk Festival
| dates: | 12 - 14 OCTOBER |
| location: | Banbury, Oxon |
| web: | www.banburyfolkfestival.co.uk |
Canterbury Festival
| dates: | 13 - 27 OCTOBER |
| location: | Canterbury, Kent |
| web: | www.canterburyfestival.co.uk |
Lowender Peran
| dates: | 17 - 21 Oct |
| location: | Perranporth, Cornwall |
| web: | www.lowenderperan.co.uk |
Bristol Cajun & Zydeco Festival
| dates: | 19 - 21 OCTOBER |
| location: | Bristol |
| web: | www.bristolcajunfestival.com |
Great British Folk Festival
| dates: | 30 November |
| location: | Butlins, Skegness, Lincs |
| web: | www.bigweekends.com/your-break/67404 |
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