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kebab (or a vegan alternative)!
www.urkult.se
On the bill at Wickham
Festival (1st – 4th Aug) are The Waterboys, Seth Lakeman, Show of Hands, Lunasa, Shooglenifty, The Peatbog Faeries, Spiers & Boden, Roy Bailey, Lau, Moulettes, Tim Edey & Brendan Power, Carthy, Hardy, Farrell & Young, Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party, Le Vent Du Nord, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Rory McLeod, Slim Chance, The Unwanted and many more.
www.wickhamfestival.co.uk
Camp Bestival (1st – 4th Aug)
at Lulworth Castle in Dorset has an exceltic bill including Levellers, Toots & The Maytals, Billy Bragg, Sam Lee & Friends, The Wurzels, Jaipur Kawa Brass Band and more.
www.campbestival.net
Belladrum Tartan Heart
Festival, by Beauly, Invernesshire (2nd – 4th Aug) has folkishness from Dougie MacLean, Peatbog Faeries, Martin Carthy and many more.
www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk
Helions Bumpstead Village
Hall, nr Haverhill plays host to Rory McLeod and New Essex Bluegrass Band on 2nd & 3rd August.
www.winuck.co.uk
Dranouter Festival in
Werchter, Belgium runs from 2nd to 4th August with guests including Fanfara Tirana & Transglobal Underground, June Tabor & The Oysterband, Shantel & Bucovina Orkestar, Tsuumi Sound System, Sam Lee, Vinicio Capossela, Sylvain Barou and more.
www.folkdranouter.be
Festival Interceltique De
Lorient, Brittany, France (2nd – 11th Aug) includes 9Bach, A.C Traspès, Anxo Lorenzo, Bagad de Lorient, Banda Gaites Llacín, Breizh Asturies Project, Capercaillie, Clannad, Cor Meibion Cwmbach, Dalla, Delyth Jenkins, Djiboudjep, DnA, Duo Ebrel Marchand, Gria, I Muvrini, Iñaki Sánchez Santianes, Jacky Molard, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Pablo Seoane Mendez, Patrick Molard, Realta, Scammylt, Skolvan, Sylvain Barou Trio, Titi Robin and many, many more.
www.festival-interceltique.com
Penguin Café: Folk East
Shetland Fiddle Frenzy (4th – 11th Aug), curated by Jenna & Bethany Reid, features a fiddle school and celebration of traditional Shetland muscal culture with Fiddlers’ Bid, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham and Lau. Tel: 01595 745 555;
www.shetlandboxoffice.org
Sziget Festival (5th – 12th
Aug) in Budapest, Hungary sees appearances from Rachid Taha, La Pegatina, Moana & The Tribe, Mokoomba, Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, Fanfara Tirana V Transglobal Underground, Tako Lako, Shutka Roma Rap, Figli Di Madre, Dubioza Kolektiv, Leningrad, Dakha Brakha, Cankisou, R.U.T.A., Warsaw Village Band, Besh o droM and more.
www.szigetfest.co.uk
Folkworks: Adult Summer
School runs at Collingwood College, Durham from 5th – 10th August under the watchful eyes of directors Ian Lowthian and Dave Wood, with tutors Nathan Armstrong, Kev Lees, Mike Vass, Kat Davidson, Taffy Thomas, Jo Freya, Laura-Beth Salter, Jez Lowe, Simon Thourmire and guest tutors John Renbourn and Andy Cutting. Folkworks: Youth Summer School runs simultaneously at Trevelyan College, Durham, led by Kathryn Tickell and Sophy Ball, with tutors also including Lauren Maccoll, Des Hurley, John Renbourn, Calum Stewart, Paul Hutchinson, Mairi Campbell, Andy Cutting, Phil Alexander, Simon Thoumire. The Folkworks: Junior Summer School (7th – 10th) is housed at the Chorister School with Jock Tyldesley, Dave Gray, Sarah Hayes and Tom Kitching.
www.sagegateshead.com
Cropredy Festival (8th – 11th
Aug), Fairport Convention’s flagship festival, has a line-up including Edward II, Peatbog Faeries, Lùnasa, Levellers, Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Moulettes, Richard Digance, Fake Thackray, Brooks Williams and, ahem, Alice Cooper. Tel: 0900 637 1644;
www.fairportconvention.com
Edmonton Folk Festival, Gallagher Park, Canada (8th – 11th Aug) has an alphabetically- listed line-up featuring Alan Kelly Gang with Eddi Reader,
Nidi D’Arac: Towersey & Shrewsbury
Avett Brothers, Bruce Cockburn, Carlos Nunez, Carolina Chocolate Drops, David Francey, Delhi 2 Dublin, Dick Gaughan, Fatoumata Diawara, Hans Theessink & Terry Evans, James Hunter Six, Jerry Douglas, John Smith, Langhorne Slim & The Law, Lisa Hannigan, Loreena McKennitt, Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac, Milk Carton Kids, Neko Case, Niyaz, Rosanne Cash, Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson, Sara Watkins, Tim O’Brien, Tony McManus, Vieux Farka Toure and Wilson & Swarbrick amongst many others.
www.edmontonfolkfest.org
Telemark Festival in Bø,
Norway (8th – 11th Aug) sees appearances from Väsen, Lau, Danjàl, Sver & Snakka San, Earlybird Stringband, Tassili, Mattis Kleppen, Ingvill Buen Garnås, Ottar Kåsa, Atlanter, Sudan Dudan, Tuva Syvertsen, Kardemimmit, Anders Erik Røine, Ole Bjørn Skoe, Ungfolk, Anund Roheim 100 År – Jubileumskonsert, Torgeir Straand, Hallvard T. Bjørgum, Knut Buen, Per Anders Buen Garnås and more.
telemarkfestivalen.no
Wilderness (8th – 11th Aug) in Cornbury Park features Sam Lee & Friends plus London Folk Guild Stage events with Mary Epworth, Rachael Dadd, Maz O’Connor, Mawkin, Emily Barker And The Red Clay Halo, Keston Cobbler’s Club and many more.
www.wildernessfestival.com
Dartmoor Folk Festival,
South Zeal, Okehampton, Devon (9th – 11th Aug) has a line-up featuring Jim Moray, Old Swan Band, Brendan Power & Tim Edey, Trio Threlfall, Peter & Barbara Snape, Lauren McCormick Band, Gadarene, Keith Donnelly, Jim Causley & Lukas Drinkwater (The Poetry of Charles Causley), Dartmoor Pixie Band, Tony Beard and moor (get it?! I’ll get my coat).
www.dartmoorfolkfestival.co.uk
Saltburn Folk Festival (9th – 11th Aug) features Richard Grainger, Marie Little, Kieran Goss, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, The Wilsons, Pete Morton, Elbow Jane, Backshift, Edwina Hayes, Anna Shannon, QuickSilver, Harvey Andrews, Tich Frier, Martyn Wyndham- Read & Iris Bishop, Zoot, Jim & Lynette Eldon, Barry & Ingrid Temple, Broadband, Alan Bell and more.
www.saltburnfolkfestival.com
Broadstairs Folk Week (9th – 16th Aug) has a line-up including Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Capercaillie, Dervish, Peggy Seeger, Tim Edey, Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party, The Old Dance School, Larkin Poe, Yoruba Women Choir and more.
broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk
Bath Folk Festival (10th – 18th Aug) feature Lúnasa, James Fagan & Nancy Kerr, Damien O’Kane, Alan Burke, Rory McLeod, Himmerland, Jaywalkers, Julie Murphy & Ceri Owen Jones.
bathfolkfestival.org
Fanfare Tirana v. Transglobal Underground: Dranouter & Sziget
Photo: Judith Burrows
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