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The Rogues Gallery Band, Duke Robillard Band, Chris Smither, Ti Coca & Wanga Neges and Joe Louis Walker.
www.edmontonfolkfest.org
The Big Chill Festival 2011 (4th – 7th August) at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Eastnor, Ledbury has some worldly appearances from Mulatu Astatke & The Black Jesus Experience, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, Mahala Rai Banda, Horace Andy, Konono N°1 and more.
www.bigchill.net/festival
Appearing at this year’s
Wickham Festival (4th – 7th August) are Richard Thompson, Rolf Harris, Mary Coughlan, The Martin Simpson Band, Roy Bailey & Tony Benn, Bellowhead, Kate Rusby, The Peatbog Faeries, The Kathryn Tickell Band, Teddy Thompson, KAN, The Shee, Eddi Reader, The Treacherous Orchestra, The Chair, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, The Webb Sisters, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Tim Edey & Brendan Power, Skerryvore, Jackie Leven, Findlay Napier & The Bar Room Mountaineers, Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts, Damien O’Kane, The Lori Watson Trio, David Newey & Shona Kipling, Tickled Pink, Saltfishforty and more.
www.wickhamfestival.co.uk
Lorient Interceltic Festival takes place from 4th to 15th August with, amongst many more, The Chieftains, The Waterboys, Luz Casal, Blima, Carlos Nunez, Craobh Rua, Danyel Waro, Fernhill, Ialma, Kevin Burke, Robin Huw Bowen, Salsa Celtica and Skolvan.
www.festival-interceltique.com
Festival Interceltico De
Sendim (5th & 6th August) in Portugal features Gwennyn, Xabi Aburrusaga, Altan, Ne Ladeiras, Corquieu and A Barca Dos Casticos.
www.intercelticosendim.com
Battlefield Band’s Music
Tryst Festival runs from 5th – 7th August at the National Mining Museum, Newtongrange. A weekend of traditional music, concerts, workshops and informal sessions, suitable for all ages. Some of the band’s musical guests include Mike Whellans, Michael
Konono No.1 – Big Chill
Marra, Tich Frier, Battlefield Band, Ewen Henderson, Alasdair White, Mike Katz, Sean O’Donnell and more. Tel: 01875 830 328;
www.musictryst.com
The 34th Dartmoor Folk
Festival on 5th – 7th August in South Zeal, Okehampton sees appearances from Belshazzars Feast, The Jackie Oates Band, Tyde, The Watch, Will Noble & John Cocking, Andy Clarke & Steve Tyler, The Dartmoor Pixie Band, Tony Beard, Dave Wills & Rob Pudner, Mick Groves as well, of course, as the Dartmoor Step Dance & Broom Dance Championships and more.
www.dartmoorfolkfestival.co.uk
Headliners at Broadstairs
Folk Week (5th – 12th August) include Home Service, Chumbawamba, Po’ Girl, Jes Lowe & The Bad Pennies, Vin Garbutt, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Roy Bailey, Belshazzars Feast, Heidi Talbot with John McCusker & Boo Hewerdine, Robb Johnson, Elbow Jane, Les Barker, 4Square, Alejandro Toledo & The Magic Tombelinos and Dunasjka Kapelye.
www.broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk
Folkfestival Dranouter,
Heuvelland, Belgium (6th – 8th August) features Band of Gypsies: Taraf De Haidouks & Koçani Orkestar, Iarla O Lionard, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Mercedes Péon Band, Guidewires and Luka Bloom
www.folkdranouter.be
The 2nd Annual Day Of Lincolnshire Folk Music, Song & Dance takes place on 7th August at The George Hotel, High Street, Leadenham, with Laura Connolly, Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher, John Conolly, Brian Dawson, Liam Robinson, The Naira Project, Dick Appleton, David Oliver, John Pape, Heidi Theaker, Gary Rudd, Tim & Annie Walker, Tom Lane and many many more.
www.facebook.com/600whiskies
Folkworks Adult Summer
School 2011 runs at Collingwood College (8th – 13th August) with resident tutors: Joey Oliver (flute & whistle); Ian Lowthian (accordion); James Fagan (fretted strings); Stewart Hardy (fiddle); Kerry Fletcher (dance); Lori Watson (mixed instruments);
Kathryn Tickell Band –Wickham
Mike Tickell (Folkwords); Kathryn Davidson (voice) plus guest tutors: Martin Simpson (guitar); Alistair Anderson (concertina); Julian Sutton (melodeon).
Folkworks Youth Summer
School 2011 is held at Van Mildert College (8th – 13th August) with resident tutors: Rachel Unthank & Becky Unthank (voice); Martin Simpson & Matt Price (guitar); Andy Cutting & Julian Sutton (melodeon); Peter Tickell, Tom McConville & Shona Mooney (fiddle); Claire Mann (whistle); Amy Thatcher (accordion); Anthony Robb (Northumbrian pipes); Ian Stephenson (mixed instruments); Alistair Anderson (concertina).
Folkworks Junior Summer
School 2011 (10th – 13th August) at St. Aidan’s College is led by Carly Blain, Tom Kitching, Hannah James and Dogan Mehmet.
www.thesagegateshead.org/ folkworks
Piping Live!, Glasgow’s International Piping Festival, takes place in various venues across the city, including free daily concerts, from 8th to 14th August. Amongst the acts appearing are: Anxo Lorenzo, Brian Ó hEadhra, Catriona Watt, Cillian Vallely, Fiddlers Bid, Fred Morrison, Hotel Palindrone, Lúnasa, Mànran, Mr McFall’s Chamber, Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton and more.
www.pipinglive.co.uk
The second Bath Folk Festival takes place from 8th – 14th August. Confirmed acts include:
Fairport Convention – Cropredy
Brian Finnegan, Ed Boyd & John Joe Kelly, Steve Tilston, Alan Burke, Seamie O’Dowd & Aminah Hughes, Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, Angles, Inu, Luke Daniels Trio, Dalla, Amadou Diagne and many more.
www.bathfolkfestival.org
The world music stage at
Sziget Festival, Hungary (10th – 15th August) features AfroCubism, Cheikh Lo, Goran Bregovic Wedding & Funeral Band, Gotan Project, LaBrassBanda, Lajkó Félix, Muzsikás, Oi Va Voi, Ojos De Brujo and Ska Cubano. The event takes place on Óbudai Island, Budapest, Hungary.
www.szigetfestival.com
Fairport’s Cropredy
Convention line-up 2011 (11th – 13th August) includes Home Service, Hayseed Dixie, Moore, Moss, Rutter, The Travelling Band, Steve Tilston & The Durbervilles, Charlie Dore, The Dylan Project, The Urban Folk Quartet, Seasick Steve, Richard Digance, The Shee, Lau, Horslips, Blair Dunlop, Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts and of course, Fairport Convention.
www.fairportconvention.com
Bideford Folk Festival (11th – 14th August) sees appearances from Colum Sands, James Findlay, Jaywalkers, Spinndrift, Barrie & Ingrid Temple, Tom & Barbara Brown and more.
bidefordfolkfestival.co.uk
The Wilderness Festival is a new event featuring music, food, theatre, literary debate and
Photo: Judith Burrows
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