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Home (22nd & 23rd June) at Dartington Hall sees a line-up including Jackie Oates, Ballet Nimba, Show Of Hands, Tashi Lhunpo Monks, Japanese pianist Ryoko Nuruki, The Dhol Foundation, Solarference, The Krar Collective, SANS with Andrew Cronshaw, Tigran Aleksanyan, Ian Blake & Sanna Kurki-Suonio and Romany Diamonds amongst others.
www.dartington.org/home
Blues On The Farm runs from
22nd – 24th June in Chichester, with King King & The Blues Band, Earl Thomas with Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds, Woody Mann, Dave Kelly, Doug Macleod, Rag Mama Rag, Toy Hearts, Todd Sharpville, Joe Louis Walker and Bare Bones Boogie Band amongst others. Tel: 01243 773828;
www.bluesonthefarm.co.uk
The English Country Music
Weekend at Brightlingsea (22nd –24th June) sees all the usual sessions large and small, and by popular demand, the return of Mersea Island Discs and the Designated Song Session with guests including: Dan Worrall – Reg Hall, Johnny Adams, Jim Bainbridge, Neil Catchpole, Dan Quinn, Matt Quinn, The English String Band, Polkaworks, Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham.
www.ecmwbrightlingsea.com
Teignmouth Folk Festival
(22nd – 24th June) has guest including Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Kimber's Men, Steve Turner, City Of Plymouth Pipe Band, Old Gafters, Unstrung Heroes, Magpie Lane and Jim Causley.
www.teignmouthfolk.co.uk
Gatehouse Of Fleet Midsummer Music (22nd – 24th Jun) has guest appearances from Alasdair Roberts, Samba Sene and Diwan and Shooglenifty.
www.gatehousemusic.com
Westport Festival Of Music & Performing Arts in Mayo takes place on 23rd & 24th June with many acts including The Waterboys, Seasick Steve, The Chieftains, The Dubliners, Eric Bibb, Eddi Reader, Sam Amidon and more. Tel: 0844 544 1010;
westportfestival.com
The catchily titled Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Traditional Boat Festival sees The
Coastal Choir tutored by voice professional and traditional singer Christine Kydd, performing a series of historic fishing songs to the festival crowds in Portsoy on the North-east coast of Scotland on 23rd and 24th June. They are also joined by US sea shanty expert Bob Walser and the Hyttetu Men's Choir from the Norwegian island of Kvitsoy.
www.scottishtraditionalboatfestival
.org.uk
Seahouses Festival in
Northumberland (23rd & 24th Jun) has guest apperances from Ramon Goose, Jonny Kearney & Lucy Farrell, My Darling Clementine, The Cornshed Sisters, The Toy Hearts, Dan Walsh and more.
www.seahousesfestival.org
The 20th Africa Oye!, the UK's largest free African music & culture event, runs from 23rd – 24th June at Sefton Park, Liverpool with Yellowman, Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga, Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra, The Endless Journey, Jaliba Kuyateh, Diabel Cissokho and Yabba Funk.
africaoye.com
The North Atlantic Fiddle
Convention runs from 27th June – 1st July in Derry, Donegal with concerts, workshop and masterclasses with The Chieftains, String Sisters, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Lau, Four Men & A Dog, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Habadekuk and many more.
www.nafco2012.com
Garforth Arts Festival (28th June – 7th July) has guest appearances from The Saw Doctors, Nitin Sawhney, Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, Camerata Vocal Musica Aurea, Hannah James & Sam Sweeneyand Mzuvelele High School Choir. Tel: 0113 336 8619;
www.garforthartsfestival.co.uk
Crawley Folk & Beer Festival runs from 29th June – 1st July with Jim Moray, Dogan Mehmet & The Boombox Karavan, Ruth Notman & Saul Rose Mawkin, Steve Turner, Alistair Russell, Touchstone, Sean Taylor, Lowri Evans, Cajun Dawgs, Spare Parts , The Nightingales and more. Box office: 01293 553636;
www.hawth.co.uk
Held for the first time outside Brazil, Back2Black Festival, hosted
Fatoumata Diawara – Back2Black Festival
by and featuring Gilberto Gil, runs from 29th June – 1st July at Old Billingsgate, London EC3 as part of the London 2012 Festival with a strong Afro-Caribbean bill featuring Linton Kwesi Johnson & Dennis Bovell, Roots Manuva, Hugh Masekela, Femi Kuti, Fatoumata Diawara, Criolo, Tono, Renegado, Gilberto Gil, Amadou & Mariam, Toumani Diabaté , Arnaldo, Antunes, Edgard Scandurra, Mart'nália, Lura, Natasha Llerena, Aline Frazão. Box Office: 0845 120 7550;
www.barbican.org.uk
Sark Folk Festival 29th June –1st June sees the island invaded by the likes of Martin Simpson & Andy Cutting, The Shee, Show Of Hands, Emily Portman Trio, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts, 3 Daft Monkeys, Ewan McLennan, Lucy Ward, James Findlay Trio and more.
www.sarkfolkfestival.com
Maverick Festival (29th June – 1st July) at Easton Farm Park, Easton, Woodbridge is a feast of Americana with Brooks Williams, Cara Luft, Carrie Rodriguez, Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, Gretchen Peters, Otis Gibbs, Sean Taylor, The New Essex Bluegrass Band and The Toy Hearts included.
www.maverickfestival.co.uk
Belgium's Couleur Café takes
over the Tour & Taxis site again from 29th June – 1st July with appearances from Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Caravan Palace, Stephen Marley, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo, Les Boukakes, Tinariwen, Gogol Bordello, Boban I Marko Markovik Orchestar Madé J and more
www.couleurcafe.be
Beyond The Border Festival runs from 29th June – 1st July at St Donats Castle with Dylan Fowler And Gillian Stevens, Fernhill, Hugh Lupton, Taffy Thomas, Transglobal Underground, Vahdat Ensemble and more.
www.beyondtheborder.com
Global Rhythm, a free festival in Christchurch Park, Ipswich runs on 30th June with Samba Mapangala, Orchestra Virunga, Soothsayers, The Magic
Samba Mapangala
Tombolinos, Shurwayne Winchester and Denyse
Plummer.www.peppery.co.uk
Womad at Bristol Zoo (30th June) sees appearances from Jaipur Kawa Brass Band and Spiro.
www.bristolzoo.org.uk
Blean Village 3rd Annual Mid Summer Music Festival takes place on 30th June with The Deal Hoodener’s Ceilidh Band, The Marbles, Rambling Boys, River Gypsies, Arthur Kitchener and more.
bleanvillagehall.co.uk
The early line-up details for
this year’s Womad at Charlton Park (27th-29th July) have been announced, including Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club featuring Omara Portuondo, Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, Boubacar Traore, Lo’Jo, Narasirato, Peatbog Faeries, Spiro, Jimmy Cliff, Hugh Masekela, The Alaev Family, Ane Brun, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Grupo Fantasma, Raghu Dixit, Terem Quartet, Jupiter & Okwess International, Keb' Mo', Ballet Nimba, Kimmo Pohjonen, Marewrew & Oki, Mama Rosin, and more to come.
womad.co.uk
TOURS The Unthanks with
Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band play at Victoria Theatre, Halifax (9th June); No Direction Home Festival (10th); Liverpool Philharmonic (17th); Grassington Festival, N. Yorks (27th).
www.the-
unthanks.com
Samba Mapangala &
Orchestra Virunga (including Syran Mbenza) have June dates at Passing Clouds, London (22nd); Africa Oye, Liverpool (23rd/24th); Momo, London (26th); Aldershot Arts Centre (28th); Cotton's Rhum Jungle, London (29th); Ipswich Arts Festival (30th).
The excellent Time Gentlemen Please! show comes to Ireby Festival (1st June); Rothes Halls, Glenrothes (2nd); Eden Court, Inverness (3rd).
Show Of Hands with Miranda Sykes continue the festival trail in June with appearances at Plough Arts @ RHS Gardens Rosemoor, Gt Torrington
Photo: Judith Burrows
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