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Shepherds, John Otway, Sean Taylor, Fernhill, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Isambarde, Adrian O’Reilly, Shade Of Red, The Sam Brookes Quartet, David Gibb & The Pony Club, Maggie Boyle & Matt Tweed, Po’Girl, Gordon Giltrap, Johnny Coppin & Mike Silver, Wizz Jones, Benny Gallagher, Attila The Stockbroker, The Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys and more. Details from
www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk
Otley Folk Festival (15th – 18th September) sees guest appearances from Urban Folk Quartet, Chumbawamba, Bob Fox, Rosie Doonan & The Snapdragons, Grace Notes, Stanley Accrington, Steve Turner, Duncan McFarlane Band, Bayou Gumbo, Maggie Boyle, John Kirkpatrick, Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts and more.
www.otleyfolkfestival.com
The Ramsbottom Music
Festival, nestled in the West Pennine Moors, runs from 16th to 18th September with The Waterboys, Mike McGoldrick, Capercaillie, Sam Sweeney & Hannah James and more.
www.ramsbottomonline.com
For shape note fans, the 16th Annual United Kingdom Sacred Harp Convention will be held on 17th & 18th September at The Lomas Hall, Church Street, Stannington, Sheffield.
www.ukshapenote.org.uk
Roots & Flutes City Showcase: Roots & Flutes is an open competition held on 17th September in Mile End Park, London E14. Details and application forms from:
www.cityshowcase.co.uk
Roots North at Cropton Brewery in North Yorkshire (23rd – 25th September) sees appearances from Gold Rush, Richard Grainger & The Steel River Band, Richard Newman, Jenny McCormick, Surianne and more.
www.rootsnorth.co.uk
On the bill at Fiesta Mundial
(24th – 25th September) in Balen, Belgium are Merdan Taplak Orkestar, Che Sudaka, Sergent Garcia, Tony Allan and more.
www.fiestamundial.be
Helmsley Folk Weekend runs
from 30th September – 2nd October with John Tams & Barry
The Spooky Men’s Chorale
Coope, Debbie McClatchy, Craobh Rua, Jez Lowe, Steve Tilston, Stan Graham, David Swann & Hissyfit and more.
www.helmsleyfolkweekend.co.uk
TOURS
Tinariwen have UK tour dates at End Of The Road Festival, Larmar Tree Gardens (2nd – 4th September); Moseley Folk Festival (3rd – 5th) to support the release of very fine new album, Tassilli. Also, advance notice of two later dates: Roundhouse, London (27th October) and All Tomorrow’s Parties, Minehead (2nd – 4th December).
www.tinariwen.com
The Unthanks appear at The
Lowry, Manchester (13th September); Leeds Town Hall, Leeds (15th); St George’s, Bristol(17th); Royal & Derngate, Northampton (24th); Assembly Rooms, Derby (25th).
Martin Carthy & Dave
Swarbrick’s Roaring 70s Tour heads to Sidmouth Folk Week (31st July); Open Air Theatre, Scarborough (14th August); The Cut, Halesworth (26th); Towersey Village Festival (27th); Rhos-y- Gilwen, Cardigan (28th); The Met, Bury (1st September); Wakefield Folk Weekend (2nd); Off The Tracks Festival, Castle Donnington (3rd); Stratford Upon Avon Folk Festival (4th); Norwich Arts Centre (8th); The Glee Club, Nottingham (9th); Holy Trinity Church, Leeds (10th); Square Chapel Centre For The Arts, Halifax (11th); Colchester Folk Club (12th); St. Ives September Festival (15th); Bridgwater Arts Centre (16th); St John’s Church, Meopham (17th); The Railway, Winchester (20th); St. George’s, Bristol (21st); Kalamazoo Klub, Union Chapel, London (23rd); Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham (24th); Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham (25th); Exeter Phoenix (27th); Liverpool Philharmonic (29th).
Spiers & Boden play at Cambridge Folk Festival (30th July); Warwick Folk Festival (31st); Shrewsbury Folk Festival (27th August); Towersey Folk Festival (29th); Fylde Folk Festival (3rd September); Uffington, Oxfordshire (19th); Civic Theatre,
Tinariwen
Doncaster (21st); Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven (22nd); Electric Palace, Bridport (23rd); Dartington Hall (24th); Colston Hall, Bristol (25th); Nettlebed Folk Club (26th); Ely (27th); The Lights, Andover (29th); Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich (30th).
www.spiersandboden.com
Martin Simpson has solo dates at The Ram Folk Club, Thames Ditton (22nd July); Malmesbury Carnival (17th August); Otterton Mill, Nr Budleigh Salterton, Devon (18th); Wadebridge Folk Festival (26th). As The Martin Simpson Band, there are dates at Wickham Festival (5th August); Shrewsbury Folk Festival (29th); Buxton Opera House (31st).
Alasdair Roberts has dates at The Green Note, Parkway, London, NW1 (21st July); Towersey Village Festival (28th August);
Kate Rusby has September dates at Octagon Theatre, Yeovil (6th); Wyvern Theatre, Swindon (7th); The Hawth, Crawley (8th); Reading Concert Hall (9th); Forum Theatre, Malvern (10th); Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury (16th); Aberystwyth Arts Centre (17th); Venue Cymru, Llandudno (18th); Victoria Hall, Stoke On Trent (21st); Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury (22nd); Barbican Centre, York (23rd); Burnley Mechanics (24th); Coronation Hall, Ulverston (25th).
www.katerusby.com
Chris Wood has solo dates at
St Mary’s Church, Ashford (22nd July); Stainsby Festival (23rd & 24th); The Co-Operative Cambridge Folk
Uiscedwr
Festival (28th); Shrewsbury Folk Festival (28th August). Chris Wood & Andy Cutting appear at Shrewsbury Folk Festival (28th).
Pentangle reunite again for exclusive summer performances at Cambridge Folk Festival (30th July) & The Royal Festival Hall, London (1st August).
www.pentangle.info
Uiscedwr play at Sidmouth Folk Festival (1st – 3rd August); Shrewsbury Folk Festival (26th) Bad Anna Premiere: Shrewsbury Folk Festival (27th); Purbeck Folk Festival, Wilkswood Farm, Langton Matravers (28th); Huntingdon Hall (29th); Burnham-on-Sea Folk Festival (2nd September); Fylde Festival, (3rd); St. Gregory’s Centre For Music, Canterbury (4th); Theatre Severn, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury (8th); The Rock, The Wesley Centre, Maltby (9th); The Kirkgate, Cockermouth (10th); Bromyard Folk Festival (11th).
See The Spooky Men’s
Chorale (with support from Kate Rowe) at Oundle International Festival (22nd July); Holywell Music Room, Oxford (23rd); Holy Cross Church, Ashton Keynes (24th); Stag Theatre, London Road, Sevenoaks (27th); Warwick Folk Festival (28th & 29th); Cambridge Folk Festival (30th); Sidmouth Folk Week (1st – 4th August); Bridport Arts Centre (5th); Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester (6th); Wickham Folk Festival (7th); Bexhill (8th); Broadstairs Folk Festival (9th); Clee St Margaret Village Hall, near Ludlow (17th); The Paramount, Penistone (18th); QE High School, Hexham (19th);
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