f8 Klezfest takes place at
University of London, Vernon Square campus from 15th –19th August with tutors Ilana Cravitz, Alan Bern, Frank London, Joel Rubin, Susi Evans, Guy Schalom and Francesca Ter-berg.
jmi.org.uk/event/klezfest-2016/
The Masters Of Tradition
Festival, Bantry, Co Cork, Eire (17th – 21st Aug) features tutors/performers including Martin Hayes, Dermot Byrne, Colm Gannon, Doug Wieselman, Bríd Harper, Liz Knowles, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Conal Ó Gráda, Colm O’Donnell, Dennis Cahill, Steve Cooney, Utsav Lal, Róisín Elsafty, Máire Ní Chéileachair, Colm O’Donnell, Máire Ní Ghráda and more.
westcorkmusic.ie
Mull of Kintyre Music Festival, Campbeltown runs from 16th – 21st August with Wendy MacIsaac, Finlay MacDonald, Gillian Frame & Jenn Butterworth, Ceol an Aire, Hollow Mountain String Band, Dalriada Connections Band, Kintyre Schools Pipe Band, Kay Johnston, Jean-Michel Veillon, Norman MacKinnon, Ciaran Mulholland, Rhuvaal, Scooter Muse, Alastair Gillies & Friends, The Dalriada Connections Band, Ross Kennedy, Struan Thorpe, Slainte Davaar Allstars and many more.
mokfest.com
Green Man Festival, Brecon
Beacons, Wales (18th – 21st Aug). has a wide-ranging line-up, including Sam Lee & Friends, Laura Marling, Songhoy Blues, Yorkston/Thorne/Khan, Pictish Trail, Awesome Tapes From Africa and more.
greenman.net
Amongst those on the bill at
Telemark International Folk Music Festival, Bø, Norway (18th – 21st Aug) are Aastad Bråten, Aletchko Trio, Hayseed Dixie, Kristine Valdresdatter, Maija Kauhanen, Marja Helena Mortensson, Ottar Kåsa & Gro Marie Svidal, Sigrid Moldestad and more.
telemarkfestivalen.no
The sold out Beautiful Days in
Escot Park, Devon (19th – 21st Aug) is headlined by hosts Levellers plus Afro Celt Sound System, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Billy Bragg, Baaba Maal, Martin Carthy and loads more.
beautifuldays.org
Andy Irvine: Folk East, Shrewsbury
FolkEast, Glemham Hall,
Suffolk runs from 19th – 21st August with Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band, Blowzabella, Usher’s Island (with Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, Paddy Glackin, Mike McGoldrick & John Doyle), The Young’uns & The Aldeburgh Young Musicians, Chris Wood, RURA, Andy Irvine, Topette!!, Effra, Attila the Stockbroker, Luke Jackson, The Roaring Trowmen, John Dipper & Dave Malkin, Daoirí Farrell, Sam Carter, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, Martin Newell & The Hosepipe Band, Peter Knight, John Spiers, Moore Moss Rutter, The Hut People, Tir Eolas, Dan Walsh, Gilmore & Roberts, Ross Couper & Tom Oakes, The Willows, Tom Lewis, O’Hooley & Tidow, Rob Harbron & Emma Reid and many more.
folkeast.co.uk
Innerleithen Music Festival
(19th – 21st Aug) features Rachel Sermanni, Mànran, The Barra MacNeils, Boreas, The Emily Smith Duo, Kaela Rowan Band, Kieran Halpin, Scott Gardiner & Johnny Kemp, Fisher Lassies, Henry Douglas, Fellow Travellers (a journey through the Border Ballads) and more.
innerleithenmusicfestival.org
Moira Furnace Folk Festival, National Forest (19th – 21st Aug) features Blackbeard’s Tea Party, Elbow Jane, The Urban Folk Quartet, Enda Kenny, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Flossie Malavialle, John Connolly, Bill Caddick, Granny’s Attic, Marie Little, Kim Lowings & the Greenwood, Anna Shannon, Rosie Hood, Two Coats Colder, Peter & Barbara Snape, Pete Grassby and more.
moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk Coming to this year’s Whitby
Folk Week, North Yorkshire (20th – 26th August): Anna & Elizabeth, Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley, Colum Sands, Lynched, Sheila Kay Adams, The Askew Sisters, Alistair Anderson, Alistair Russell & Chris Parkinson, Annie Winter, Barbara Dymock & Chris Marra, Benammi Swift, Brian Peters, Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson, Carolyn Robson & Moira Craig, Cath & Phil Tyler, Coope, Boyes & Simpson, Dan Quinn, Dan Walsh, Dovetail
Trio, Ellen & Kevin Mitchell, Geordie Murison, Gordon Tyrrall, Huw Williams, Ian Russell, Iris Bishop, Janet Russell, Jerry O'Reilly, Jim Bainbridge, Jim Mageean & Graeme Knights, Jim Woodland, Jimmy Crowley, Joe Aitken, John Kirkpatrick, Longhill Ramblers, Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner, Martyn Wyndham Read, Mike & Helen Hockenhull, Mike Tickell, Notts Alliance, Ollie King, Paul & Liz Davenport, Peta Webb & Ken Hall, Pete Shepheard, Rachel Hamer Band, Rattle On The Stovepipe, Roger Wilson, Sandra Kerr, Taffy & Chrissie Thomas, Ted Kemp & Laura Smyth, The Rheingans Sisters, The Wilsons, Thomas McCarthy, Vicky Swan & Jonny Dyer, Will Duke, Will Noble, Windy Gyle Band and many more.
whitbyfolk.co.uk
Nordsjøfestivalen I Farsund,
Farsund, Norway (25th – 28th Aug) has guests invited including Mischa Macpherson, Valkyrien Allstars, Maija Kauhanen, Sam Kelly Trio, Okra Playground and more.
nordsjofestivalen.no
Boombalfestival, Lovendegem-Ghent, Belgium (25th – 28th Aug) features Brotto Lopez, Los Callejeros, Nubia, Guido Belcanto, Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Trio Loubelya, Naragonia, Nygaard & Ruymbeek and many more.
boombalfestival.be
Appearing at this year’s
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival, Corfe Castle, Dorset (25th – 28th Aug) are: Eliza Carthy & the Wayward Band, Nizlopi, Lucy Ward Band, Sheelanagig, The Hot Seats, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Rory McLeod & The Familiar Strangers, Boo Hewerdine, Gilmore & Roberts, Holy Moly & the Crackers, Maz O'Connor, Cardboard Fox, The Churchfitters, Threepenny Bit, Jaywalkers, Kadia and more.
purbeckvalleyfolkfestival.co.uk
Tønder Festival, Denmark
(25th – 28th Aug) has a line-up including Adam Holmes & The Embers, Hans Theessink Band, Eric Bibb, Big Daddy Wilson, Eddi Reader, Sofia Karlsson & Cathy Jordan with Gustaf Ljunggren and Roger Tallroth, Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band, Flook, FolkBaltica
Ensemble, Jason Isbell, Karine Polwart, Mànran, Mary Gauthier, Mick Flannery, Niels Hausgaard, Peatbog Faeries, Rock My Soul feat. The McCrary Sisters & The Fairfield Four, Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal, Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson Band, RURA, Shooglenifty, Talisk, Ten Strings & A Goat Skin, The Avett Brothers, The Barra MacNeils, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, The Chair, The Elephant Sessions, The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc, The String Sisters, Tim O’Brien, Treacherous Orchestra, Väsen and more.
tf.dk
Albert Dock Liverpool stages a brand new music festival Folk On The Dock (26th – 29th Aug) with Alasdair Roberts with Alex Neilson & Stevie Jones, Henry Priestman, Gilmore & Roberts, Tom Kitching, John Loomes, Benji Kirkpatrick, and more.
albertdock.com
Summer Isles Festival in
Achiltibuie runs from 26th – 27th Aug with Peatbog Faeries, Blazin’ Fiddles, Blue Rose Code, Tannara, Mairearad Green Ceilidh Band, Achiltibuie Highlanders and more.
summerislesfestival.com
Solfest, Tarns, nr Aspatria, Cumbria (26th – 28th Aug) has a wide-ranging line-up including Baka Beyond, Tantz, Bill Lloyd, DJ Dolphin Boy, Dreadzone, Firepit Collective and more.
solfest.org.uk
Cornwall Folk Festival,
Wadebridge (26th – 29th Aug) has a line-up including Ralph McTell, Martin Simpson, Rory McLeod & The Familiar Strangers, Ange Hardy & The Barefoot Band, Wizz Jones, Mannie & Pete McClelland, Rosie Upton & Pete MacGregor, Brian Phillips, Hopopops, Geoff Lakeman and more.
cornwallfolkfestival.com
Shrewsbury Folk Festival
(26th – 29th Aug) features (alphabetically) A Day’s Work (folk opera by Mick Ryan), Amadou Diagne & Modou Cissokho, Andy Irvine, Andy May Trio, Barnstar!, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, Crooked House, Dervish, Edward II, Effra, Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band, Galleon Blast, Gnawa Blues All Star Band, Hot Vultures, John Jones
Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band: Folk East, Purbeck, Shrewsbury, more
Photo: © Judith Burrows
Photo: © Judith Burrows
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