f8 Master Of Tradition, in
Bantry, Co. Cork (14th – 18th Aug) is directed by Martin Hayes with featured guests including Pipers Union, The Voice Squad, Paul Brock, Peter & Angelina Carberry, Danny O’Mahony, Peter & Angelina Carberry, Stephanie Coleman, Manus McGuire, Cleek Schrey, Leo Mac Namara, Dennis Cahill, Steve Cooney, Jim Murray, Triona Marshall, Séamus Begley, Méabh Begley, John Flanagan, Máire Ní Chéileachair, Nell Ní Chróinin and Mikie Smyth.
www.westcorkmusic.ie/ mastersoftradition
The Green Man Festival in
Glanusk (15th – 18th Aug) has a line-up featuring Sam Amidon, Lau, Ellen And The Escapades, Fernhill, This Is The Kit, Gavin Osborn, Lori Campbell, Rachael Dadd, James Yorkston, The Pictish Trail and more.
www.greenman.net
Sold out Beautiful Days in
Escot Park (16th – 18th Aug) features hosts Levellers plus Sinead O’Connor, Roy Harper, Clannad and many more.
www.beautifuldays.org
Innerleithen Music Festival (16th – 18th Aug) sees
appearances and workshops from a variety of musicians including Julie Fowlis, Jeana Leslie & Siobhan Miller, Duncan Chisholm, Rod Paterson, Paul Mckenna Band, Wendy Weatherby, Dirty Beggars, Steve Byrne, Kathy Stewart and more, including a ‘Bonnier Than Moonlight’, supernatural ballads of the Borders feature with well-known traditional singers, and a Border piping concert with Matt Seattle. Tel: 01721 729949;
innerleithenmusicfestival.org Moira Furnace Folk Festival
(16th – 18th July) features Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies, Paul Metsers, Brian Peters, Quicksilver, Vicki Swan & Johnny Dyer, Anthony John Clarke and more.
moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk North Shropshire Cajun &
Zydeco Big Weekend (16th – 18th Aug) in Welshampton features appearances from Joe Hall & His Creole Band, The Savoy Sisters & Manolo Gonzales, The Big Easy, Petit Et La Grosse, Joli Blon, The Boat
Duncan Chisholm: Innerleithen
Band, Joe Hall Trio and more.
www.northshropshirecajun.co.uk/
Whitby Folk Festival (17th – 23rd Aug) has guests including 422, Alan Bell, Alison McMorland & Geordie McIntyre, Alistair Anderson, Alistair Russell, Archie Fisher, Ben Paley, Bob Fox, Bill Whaley & Dave Fletcher, Bob Pegg, Brian Peters, Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson, Cath & Phil Tyler, Chris Parkinson, Craig Morgan Robson, Dan Quinn, Dave Burland, Dave Townsend, David Oliver, Derek Schofield, Doc Rowe, George Unthank, Gordon Tyrall, Grace Notes, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Ian Russell, Iris Bishop, James Findlay, Janet Russell, Jeff Warner, Jimmy Hutchison, Jim Bainbridge, Jim Causley, Jim Mageean & Graeme Knights, Jim Woodland, John Kirkpatrick, Keith Donnelly, Ken Johnson, Ken Watson, Kevin Shiels, Maggie Boyle, Martyn Wyndham Read, Mary Humphreys & Anahata, Matt Quinn, Mick Ryan, Mike Tickell, Moe & Ern Keast, Moor Music, Nick Dow, Paul & Liz Davenport, Peta Webb & Ken Hall, Pete Morton & Roger Wilson, Pete & Sue Coe, Peter & Barbara Snape, Roisin White, Rosie Stewart, Sandra Kerr, Sara Grey, Sarah Mathews & Doug Eunson, Sheelanagig, Siobhan Miller & Jeana Leslie, Taffy & Chrissie Thomas, The Hut People, The Keelers, The Tea Cups, The Wilsons, Thomas McCarthy, Tom McConville & Lenny Brown, Vic & Tina Smith, Vic Gammon, Will Duke, Will Noble, The Young’Uns, Bedlam, Peeping Tom and many more.
www.whitbyfolk.co.uk
This year’s Music Village in
Agios Lavrentios, Greece sees workshops bringing together artists from all over the world in a cultural cross-breeding run in two periods: 18th – 24th Aug and 26th Aug – 1st Sept.
www.music-
village.gr
World Routes Prom (as part of the BBC Proms) takes place at the Royal Albert Hall on 22nd Aug with Azerbaijani singer Fidan Hajiyeva and music master Gochaq Askarov, as well as Tinariwen and Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba.
bbc.co.uk/proms
Mull Of Kintyre Music
Festival in Cambeltown (22nd – 25th Aug) features folk acts Barrule, Rura, Joy Dunlop, Fiona Hunter, Skipinnish, Arthur Johnstone with Ross Kennedy, Scooter Muse & Frank Rochford and many more.
www.mokfest.com
Tønder Festival in Denmark (22nd – 25th Aug) has a line-up including Mariza, Kate Rusby, Billy Bragg, Allan Olsen, Cara Dillon, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Lau, Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns, Tupelo, Guy Davis, Pokey LaFarge, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Niamh Ní Charra, Dervish, Spooky Men’s Chorale, Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson Band, Duncan Chisholm, Matt Gordon & Leonard Podolak and many more.
www2.tf.dk
Cumbria’s Solfest (23rd – 25th Aug) sees guest appearances from Afro Celt Sound System, Oysterband, Delhi 2 Dublin, Home Service, New Rope String Band, New Model Army, Alabama 3, ahab and more. Tel: 01900 602 122;
www.solfest.org.uk
Purbeck Folk Festival (23rd – 25th Aug) sees appearances from Show Of Hands, Dizraeli & the Small Gods, Karine Polwart, Carrie Rodriguez, Mama Rosin, Gadarene, Urban Folk Quartet, Sarah Savoy & the Francadians, Sheelanagig, Martha Tilston, Emily Maguire, Leon Hunt n- Tet, The Carrivick Sisters, Dyer:Cummings, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, Pete Morton, James Findlay, Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston Edwina Hayes, Rob Heron & the Tea Pad Orchestra and
more.www.purbeckfolk.co.uk
Shrewsbury Festival (23rd – 26th Aug) has a line-up including Afro Celt Sound System, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Be Good Tanyas, Capercaillie, Oysterband, Bright Phoebus sings Tom Waits, Heidi Talbot & very special guests, The Patrons’ Set with John Jones and Steve Knightley, Nidi D’Arac, Tim O’Brien, Eddi Reader, Nic Jones Trio, Martyn Joseph, Fay Hield & the Hurricane Party, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Jez Lowe, Lucy Ward, Sam Carter, Melrose Quartet, Lori Watson & The Rule of Three, Blue Rose Code,
Fatoumata Diawara: Shambala
Luke Jackson, Elbow Jane, Jess & Richard Arrowsmith, Keith Donnelly, Lady Maisery, Moore, Moss & Rutter, Something Nasty in the Woodshed, The Wilsons and more.
www.shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk
Shambala Festival (22nd – 25th Aug), near Market Harbourough, Northamptonshire has a line-up featuring Fatoumata Diawara, Joe Driscoll & Seckou Kouyate, Krar Collective, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Lou Rhodes, Martha Tilston & The Woods, Sam Lee & Friends, The Skatalites, Carrie Rodriguez, Dizraeli & The Small Gods, Sheelanagig, Skip & Die, Tyde and more.
www.shambalafestival.org
Cornwall Folk Festival in
Wadebridge runs from 23rd to 26th August with guest appearances from Wizz Jones with John Renbourn & Clive Carroll, Silvia Nicolatto, Mike Silver, Dalla, Pete Berryman, Steve Hunt & Neil Davey, Pete Grassby and many more. Tel: 01208 812230;
cornwallfolkfestival.com
Burnham-On-Sea’s Folkfest runs from 29th – 31st Sept with Romany Diamonds, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Union Jill, David Gibb & Elly Lucas and many more.
www.folkfest.co.uk
Moseley Folk Festival (30th
Aug – 1st Sept) has guest appearances from The Dublin Legends (formerly The Dubliners), Lucy Rose, The Be Good Tanyas, Kate Rusby, Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys, Tir Na Nog, Karen Tweed, The Travelling Band, Trembling Bells, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, The Staves, Wolf People, The Dunwells and more.
www.moseleyfolk.co.uk
The New Forest Folk Festival
in Romsey runs from 30th Aug – 1st Sept with Show Of Hands, Richard Digance, Feast Of Fiddles, Little Johnny England, Peter Knight’s Gigspanner, Julie Felix, Jez Lowe, Reg Meuross, Fake Thackray, Jenna Witts, Edwina Hayes and more.
www.newforestfolkfestival.co.uk
Lyme Folk Weekend (30th Aug & 1st Sept) sees guest appearances from Spiers & Boden, The Albion Band,
Photo: Judith Burrows
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