f74 SEPTEMBER
1-30 The Mayor’s Thames Festival, South Bank, London. Mallside, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, London, SE1 9PH. 020 7928 8998.
www.thamesfestival.org
4-15 Blas Festival, Pan-Highland, Scotland. Blas Festival Ltd, Fèisean nan Gàidheal, Meall House, Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland. via website
www.blas-festival.com
5-7 Harvest Time Blues, Monaghan Town, Ireland. Somhairle, The Market House, Monaghan Town, Ireland. +353 47 38162.
info@harvestblues.ie www.harvestblues.ie
5-7 Stourbridge Folk Festival, Red House Cone, W Midlands. Eddy Morton, Katie Fitzgeralds, 187 Enville Street, Stourbridge, DY8 3TB. 01384 374410 / 07860 783232.
eddy@katiefitzgeralds.co.uk stourbridgefolkfestival.co.uk
5-7 Swanage Folk Festival, Dorset. David Blakely, 12 Grosvenor Road, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 2DD. 01929 425176.
swanageffboxoffice@gmail.com www.swanagefolkfestival.co.uk
5-7 The Big Green Cardigan, Cripps Corner, E Sussex. Mick Hoad, 45 High Street, Battle, E Sussex, TN33 0EE. 07881 485771.
info@biggreencardigan.co.uk www.biggreencardigan.co.uk
11-14 Baafest, Bellingham, Northumberland. 01434 221235.
info@baafest.com www.baafest.co.uk
11-14 Linlithgow Folk Festival, West Lothian, Scotland. via website
www.linlithgowfolk.com
12-14 Bromyard Folk Festival, Herefordshire. PO Box 729, Suckley, Worcester, WR6 5WQ. 07990 629203. Box Office: 01432 340555.
info@bromyardfolkfestival.co.uk www.bromyard-folk-festival.org.uk
12-14 Cornish Bluegrass Festival, Newquay, Cornwall. Nigel & Carolyn Harris. 01209 710060.
carolynandnigel@hotmail.co.uk www.cornishbluegrass.co.uk
12-14 Sweet Sunny South Festival, Hastings, Sussex. 7 Badgers Way, Hastings, Sussex, TN34 2QD. Box Office: 01424 423230.
sweetsunnysouth69@yahoo.co.uk www.sweetsunnysouth.co.uk
13-27 St Ives September Festival Of Music And The Arts, Cornwall.
ronaldsonlimited@aol.com www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk
18-21 Darbar Festival, Southbank Centre, London. Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust, LCB Depot, 31 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1RE.
hello@darbar.org www.darbar.org
18-21 Mercat De Música Viva De Vic, Vic, Spain. via website
www.mmvv.cat
19-21 19th UK Sacred Harp Convention, Stannington, S Yorks. Michael Walker. 0191 2150138. via website
ukshc2014.weebly.com
19-21 Otley Black Sheep Folk Festival, W Yorks. PO Box 55, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1XP. 01943 464858.
otleyff@hotmail.com www.otleyfolkfestival.comz
19-21 Ramsbottom Festival, Bury, Greater Manchester. The Met, Market Street, Bury, B19 0BW. 0161 761 7107. Box Office: 0161 761 2216.
info@ramsbottomfestival.com www.ramsbottomfestival.com
26-28 Dunbar Traditional Music Festival, Scotland. via website
www.dunbarmusicfestival.co.uk
26-28 Southdowns Folk Festival, Bognor Regis, Sussex. Roger Nash, 12 Greenwood Avenue, Bognor Regis, PO22 9EN. 01243 820187 / 07751 594285. Box Office: 01243 861010.
rnash@hotmail.com www.southdownsfolkfest.co.uk
26-28 Stroud Folk Festival, Glos.
www.stroudfolkfestival.co.uk
27-28 Southsea Folk & Roots Day, Hants. John Roberts, The Festival Office, Royal Marine Artillery Tavern, 58 Cromwell Road, Southsea, Hants, PO4 9PN. 07506 033378.
spiderpromos@aol.com www.southseafolkfestival.co.uk
OCTOBER
2-5 Cork Folk Festival, Cork City, Ireland. William Hammond, Arts @ Civic Trust House, 50 Popes Quay, Cork, Ireland. +353 21 4317271.
infocorkfolk@gmail.com www.corkfolkfestival.com www.tickets.ie
2-5 Tenterden Folk Festival, Kent. Alan Castle. 01233 626805 .
info@tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk
3-5 Derby Folk Festival. Box Office, Derby LIVE, Assembly Rooms, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AH. Box Office: 01332 255800.
derbylive@derby.gov.uk www.derbyfolkfestival.co.uk
3-5 Llyn Acoustic Guitar Festival, Llanbedrog, N Wales. Plas Glyn-Y-Weddw, Llanbedrog, Gwynedd, Wales. 01758 740763. via website
www.llynacoustic.co.uk
9-12 Fira Mediterrania, Manresa, Catalonia, Spain. C/ de l’Arquitecte Oms, 5 – 08242 Manresa, Spain. +34 938 753 588.
info@firamediterrania.cat www.firamediterrania.cat
10-12 Banbury Folk Festival, Oxon. PO Box 622, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 6ET. 01295 709881.
www.banburyfolkfestival.co.uk
10-12 Lewes Folk Festival, E Sussex. Vic Smith, 26 Ferrers Road, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1PZ. 01273 478124.
tinvic@globalnet.co.uk www.lewesfolkfest.org
11-17 Blazin’ In Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
admin@blazininbeauly.com www.blazininbeauly.com
14-26 Baring-Gould Folk Festival, Okehampton, Devon. Kevin Buckland, Wren Music, 1 St James Street, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1DW. 01837 53754.
site@wrenmusic.co.uk www.baring-gould.co.uk
15-19 Lowender Peran, Perranporth, Cornwall. Park Hoskyn House, Penhallow, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9NB. 01872 553413.
peggy@lowenderperan.co.uk www.lowenderperan.co.uk
17-19 Bristol Cajun & Zydeco Festival. Satu Phillips, c/o 1 New Covenant Place, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1BA. 01634 789117.
bristol_cajun@yahoo.com www.bristolcajunfestival.com
17-19 Musicport, Whitby, N Yorks. Jim McLaughlin, 16 Skinner St, Whitby, N Yorks, YO21 3AJ. 01947 603475.
info@musicportfestival.com www.musicportfestival.com
17-20 Give Voice! Weekend, nr Crowcombe, Som. 01984 618274.
office@halswaymanor.org.uk www.halswaymanor.org.uk
18-1 Nov Canterbury Festival, Kent. Festival Office, 8 Orange Street, Canterbury, CT1 2JA. 01227 452853. Box Office: 01227 787787.
info@canterburyfestival.co.uk www.canterburyfestival.co.uk
20-26 L2F – Lichfield Festival of Folk, Staffs. Lichfield Arts, Donegal House, Bore Street, Lichfield, WS13 6LU. 01543 262223.
info@lichfieldarts.org.uk
lichfieldarts.org.uk/event/the-lichfield- festival-of-folk/
22-26 WOMEX, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. piranha womex AG, Bergmannstr. 102, 10961 Berlin, Germany. +49 30 318 614 30.
womex@womex.com www.womex.com/
23-2 Nov Liverpool Irish Festival. Jake Roney, c/o Handstand Productions, The Annexe, 13 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ. 07804 286145.
www.liverpoolirishfestival.com
24-2 Nov Perthshire Amber, venues throughout Perthshire, Scotland. The Old Schoolhouse, Butterstone, Dunkeld, Perthshire, PH8 0HA. 01350 724261 / 724281.
www.perthshireamber.com
25 North Dorset Folk Festival, Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, Dorset.
upturnedpebble@yahoo.com www.northdorsetfolkfestival.co.uk
25 Old Time Country Festival, Winkel near Bülach, Switzerland. Beat Heri, Alte Badenerstrasse 9, CH-8173 Neerach, Switzerland. +41 44 854 05 53.
bheri@bluewin.ch www.rockingchair.ch
28-3 Nov Oslo World Music Festival, Oslo, Norway. Sagveien 23 C, 0459 Oslo, Norway.
astri@osloworld.no www.osloworldmusicfestival.no
29-1 Nov LIFEM: London International Festival Of Exploratory Music, London. Miguel Santos. 01727 568 716.
info@redorange.org.uk www.lifem.org.uk
NOVEMBER
3-7 November Mini Fest, nr Crowcombe, Som. 01984 618274.
office@halswaymanor.org.uk www.halswaymanor.org.uk
5-9 Etnosoi!, Helsinki, Finland. Jaana-Maria Jukkara, Global Music Centre, Hämeentie 34 D, 00530 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: +358 96 96 27 90.
etnosoi@globalmusic.fi www.etnosoi.fi
7-9 Carlisle Blues & Rock Fest, Cumbria.
carlislebluesfestival@gmail.com www.carlislebluesfestival.com
7-9 Denholm Folk Festival, nr Hawick, Scottish Borders. Kenny Speirs, 4 Douglas Drive, Denholm, TD9 8NS. 01450 870664.
kennyspeirs53@hotmail.com www.denholmfolkfest.co.uk
7-10 Folk Dance and Music Weekend, nr Crowcombe, Som. 01984 618274.
office@halswaymanor.org.uk www.halswaymanor.org.uk
14-19 Interfolk In Russia, St Petersburg, Russia. 199004 Russia, St Petersburg, 2 Linia 17-28, Russia. +7 812 328 39 21.
interfolk@mail.ru interfolk.interfestplus.ru
DECEMBER
5-8 Great British Folk Festival, Butlins, Skegness, Lincs. 0845 0704757. Box Office: 0845 0704734.
butlins.holidays@bourne-leisure.co.uk www.bigweekends.com/your-break/74433
6 Haddenham Festival, Bucks. John Heydon, John’s House, 5 Church Street, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP20 2QP. 01296 415333.
john@actionfolk.co.uk www.haddenhamceilidhs.co.uk
11-14 International Folk Music Festival ‘Mikolajki Folkowe’, Lublin, Poland. Agnieszka Matecka, ACK UMCS Chatka Zaka, ul. Radziszewskiego 16, 20-031 Lublin, Poland. +48 81 533 32 01 ext. 114.
mikolaje@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl www.mikolajki.folk.pl
23-27 Halsway Manor Christmas House Party 2014, nr Crowcombe, Som. 01984 618274.
office@halswaymanor.org.uk www.halswaymanor.org.uk
29-2 Jan Halsway Manor New Year’s House Party 2014/2015, nr Crowcombe, Som. 01984 618274.
office@halswaymanor.org.uk www.halswaymanor.org.uk
JANUARY 2015
9-11 Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival, Cambs. Paul Cornell, 11 Claygate, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 1LT. 01733 204348. Box Office: 01733 204055.
strawbear@hotmail.co.uk www.strawbear.org.uk
15-1 Feb Celtic Connections, Glasgow, Scotland. Box Office, The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY. 0141 353 8000. via website
www.celticconnections.com
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