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setlists, early drafts, and assorted ephemera from his personal archive. Proceeds from the festival will benefit the work of the charity Strummerville: The Joe Strummer New Music Foundation, which was set up in the singer’s memory by his friends and family following his untimely death.
www.strummeroflove.com
The North Shropshire Cajun &
Zydeco Big Weekend takes place in Welshampton, near Ellesmere (17th – 19th August) The line-up will include the Hackney Ramblers, The Zydeco Diamonds, Chanky-Chank and the Hazel Scott Playboys plus dance workshops, Creole cuisine, a swamp rock DJ roadshow, acoustic sessions and more.
www.northshropshirecajun.co.uk
Tickets for the Levellers signature festival Beautiful Days (17th – 19th August) in Escot Park, Devon have sold out. Amongst the guests are: Levellers, PiL, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Midlake and Richard Thompson.
www.beautifuldays.org
Green Man Festival (17th – 19th August) at Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons, Wales includes Van Morrison, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Trembling Bells, The Staves, Dizraeli & The Small Gods, Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate, Nuru Kane, Urban Folk Quartet, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Ahab and Lori Campbell.
www.greenman.net
Moira Furnace Folk Festival
(17th – 19th August) in the National Forest has appearances from Steve Tilston, Mick Ryan & Paul Downes, Lucy Ward, Bram Taylor, Keith Christmas, Maggie Boyle and more.
moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk
The Summer Sundae
Weekender (17th-19th August) at De Montfort Hall, Leicester sees appearances from Asian Dub Foundation, Billy Bragg Celebrates Woody Guthrie’s 100th Birthday, Dan Mangan, Rachel Sermanni, The Magic Tombolinos, The Staves, Tim Edey & Brendan Power, tUnE- yArDs and more.
www.summersundae.com
Gwyl Werin Tegeingl Folk
Festival runs from 17th – 19th August in Yr Wyddgrug (Mold) with Vin Garbutt, Calan, Jez
Lowe, New Rope String Band, Pamela Wyn Shannon, Rosie Carson & Kevin Dempsey, Y Glerorfa, Kristina Olsen and more. Tel: 07919 177373;
www.tegeingl.com
Whitby Folk Week (18th – 24th August) has an alphabetical selection including Alistair Anderson, Alison McMorland & Geordie McIntyre, Dearman, Gammon, Harrison, The Askews, Bob Pegg, Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson, Damien Barber & Mike Wilson, Dan Quinn, Dave Burland, Dave Townsend, Davenport Family, Debbie McClatchy, Doc Rowe, Gavin Davenport, Gordon Tyrall, Grace Notes, Janet Russell, Jess & Richard Arrowsmith, Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies, Jim Mageean, Jim Woodland, John Faulkner, John Conolly, Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts, Keith Donnelly, Long Hill Ramblers, Lynn Heraud & Pat Turner, Maggie Boyle, Matt Quinn, Martyn Wyndham-Read & Iris Bishop, Melrose Quartet, Mick Ryan & Paul Downes, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, New Deal String Band, Peggy Seeger, Peta Webb & Ken Hall, Pete & Sue Coe, Racker Donnelly, Sandra Kerr, Sisters Unlimited, Steve Tilston, Simon Ritchie, Taffy Thomas, Thomas McCarthy, Tom Napper, Tom Paley, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer, Will Duke, Will Noble, The Wilsons, The Wrigley Sisters, Melrose Quartet, Peeping Tom, and more.
www.whitbyfolk.co.uk
The O2 London Mela (19th August 2012) takes place in Gunnersbury Park, Popes Lane, W3 with appearances from Jaz Dhami, DJ Sanj feat Jay Status, Angrez Ali, U-Cef, Poetic Pilgrimage, Celt Islam, Shafeek Ibrahim, Cheb Nacim, Abdullah Chhadeh, Ustad Ali Hafeez Khan, Dhol Academy & The Bollywood Brass Band. The Mela Carnival, Red Poppy, aka Beijing Red Poppy Ladies’ Percussion Ensemble and more.
www.londonmela.org
The world music festival Sentieri Acustici takes place from 22nd – 25th August 2012 in Maresca, in the mountains around Pistoia, Italy. Among the artists already confirmed: Irene
Grandi, David Munnely Band, Sicilian tambourine player Alfio Antico, Ginevra Di Marco & Francesco Magnelli, Nick Becattini & Sergio Montaleni, Beppe Gambetta, Gilson Silveira, Filippo Gambetta, Elena Ledda & Luisa Cottifogli, Simone Bottasso and many more. A whole night is dedicated to Banditaliana’s birthday, celebrating its 20th anniversary “at home” with a lot of surprise guests.
www.cultura.pistoia.it/ sentieriacustici/
Tonder Festival, Denmark (23rd - 25th August) sees guest appearances from The Guthrie Family, Runrig, Oysterband & June Tabor, The Saw Doctors, Le Vent Du Nord, Dirk Powell & Cedric Watson, Tom O’Brien, Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horn, Manran, David Francey, Plainsong, Ross Couper & Tom Oakes and many more.
www.tf.dk
Boombalfestival takes place in
Ghent, Belgium from 23rd – 26th August with Zlabya, Follia, Zef, Naragonia, Didier Laloy, Aurélia, Parasol, Cantoantico, Le Bour Bodros Quintet and many many more.
www.boombalfestival.be
Shambala Festival runs from 23rd to 27th August, Kelmarsh Hall, Northants with, amongst many others, Billy Bragg, Lau, Roots Manuva, Vieux Farka Toure, Imperial Tiger Orchestra, The Destroyers, Magic Tombolinos, Rory Mcleod & The Familiar Strangers, Laura J Martin, Old School Dance, Urban Folk Quartet, Bella Hardy and more.
www.shambalafestival.org
Purbeck Folk Festival (24th – 26th August) has a line-up including KT Tunstall, Larkin Poe, Shooglenifty, Moulettes, The Destroyers, Rory McLeod & The Familiar Strangers, The Monster Ceilidh Band, Old Man Luedecke and The Old Dance School.
www.purbeckfolk.co.uk
New festival FolkEast takes
place at Somerleyton Estate from 24th – 26th August 2012 with Seth Lakeman, Bellowhead, The Imagined Village, The Travelling Band, Plainsong, Groanbox, Eliza Carthy, Madison Violet, Lau, Faustus, Jackie Oates, Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings, Fay Hield & The Hurricane
Joe Strummer: Strummer Of Love to mark 10th anniversary of his passing Kate Rusby: at sold out Shrewsbury
Party, Spiro, Rua Macmillan, Monster Ceilidh Band, Mike Heron, Trembling Bells, Lady Maisery, Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs, John Ward & Mario Price, Matthew P, Hannah Scott, Daisy Vaughan, The Woodland Creatures, Mary & Anahata, The Vagaband, Feral Mouth, Doc Cox & The Trembling Wheelbarrows and more.
www.folkeast.co.uk.
Another good news story…
Shrewsbury Folk Festival (24th – 27th August) is sold out. Amongst those on the runaway bill are KT Tunstall, Richard Thompson, Kate Rusby, Show Of Hands, Treacherous Orchestra, Dervish, Anxo Lorenzo, Blowzabella, Plainsong, Vin Garbutt, Vamm, Jonathan Byrd, Old Man Luedecke, Madison Violet, Abigail Washburn, The Sweetback Sisters, Rua MacMillan, Faustus, Karine Polwart, Jaywalkers, Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, Kathryn Roberts & Caroline Herring, Session A9, Fay Hield & the Hurricane Party, Lau, Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings, Diana Jones, Jim Moray, Jackie Oates, Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson and more. Tel: 01743 892 800;
www.shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk
The Great British Rhythm &
Blues Festival runs from 24th – 27th August in Colne, Lancs with guests including Connie Lush & Blues Shouter, Top Topham & John Idan Band, Mungo Jerry, Ben Waters Band, King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys, The Blues Band and more.
www.bluesfestival.co.uk
Greenbelt, Cheltenham Racecourse (24th – 27th August) sees musical outings for Nitin Sawhney, Bruce Cockburn, Bellowhead, Seth Lakeman, Imagined Village, Megson, Asian Dub Foundation, Abigail Washburn, The Proclaimers, Rachel Sermanni and more. 020 7374 2760;
www.greenbelt.org.uk
Rhythm Festival takes place over the August Bank Holiday (24th – 26th) at Old Warden Park, Bedfordshire. Guests include: John Cooper Clarke, Hank Wangford, John Otway, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Show Of Hands, Lau, Peatbog Faeries, The Strawbs, Jim Moray & His Band, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Lucy Ward,
Photo: Jak Kilby
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