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Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, Miriam Backhouse-Erasmus, Jeff Warner, Gavin Davenport & Tom Kitching, Dan Walsh and many more.
chesterfolk.org.uk
Chippenham Folk Festival Family Atlantica – Knockengorroch
Bulgarian Choir, Habadekuk, Elephant Sessions, Nubiyan Twist, K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade, Orkestra Del Sol, 47SOUL, Afriquoi, Samedia Shebeen, Cera Impala, Urban Folk Crowd, Ewan McLennan and many more.
www.knockengorroch.org.uk
Bearded Theory Festival takes
place at Catton Hall, South Derbyshire from 26th – 29th May with Levellers, Billy Bragg, Black Uhuru, Turin Brakes, Dub Pistols, Wilko Johnson, John Otway, 3 Daft Monkeys, Sheelanagig, Mad Dog Mcrea, Moulettes, Bar Steward Sons Of Val Doonican, Atilla The Stockbroker, Blyth Power and more.
www.beardedtheory.co.uk
International Africa Festival,
Wurzburg, Germany (26th – 29th May) has a line-up including Hugh Masekela, Lura, Lokua Kanza, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Olivier Tshimanga, Valérie Ekoumè, Cuban Beats All Stars, Raul Paz and more.
www.africafestival.org
How The Light Gets In, Hay
On Wye (26th May –5th Jun) features Fairport Convention, Spiro, Roving Crows, Rachel Sermanni and more.
howthelightgetsin.iai.tv/
Ireby Festival, nr Wigton runs on 27th & 28th May with Kate Rusby, CoCo & The Butterfields, The Jar Family, Luke Jackson Trio, Talisk, The Changing Room, Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith, The BeauBowBelles, Wes Finch, and more.
www.irebyfestival.co.uk
Scarborough Fair Festival is a new music, arts and culture to England’s North East coastline on 27th – 29th May featuring a variety of musical genres, and including Billy Bragg, Martin & Eliza Carthy, Lau and more.
scarboroughfairfestival.com
Buxton Opera House & Pavilion Arts Centre hosts 3 Days In May (27th – 29th May) with Eric Bibb & Band, Luka Bloom, Habadekuk, Jori & The Bandoleros and more. Tel: 01298 72190;
buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
Under The Apple Tree
festival is a two-day roots music festival to be held at Silverstone Woodlands over the spring bank holiday weekend from 27th – 30th May. Hosted by 'Whispering' Bob Harris, the inaugural festival guests include Sam Palladio, The Lake Poets, Ethan Johns, Danny & The Champions Of The World, Liam Bailey, Boo Hewerdine & Thea Gilmore, Keston Cobblers' Club, Judith Owen, Nell Bryden, Martyn Joseph, Ward Thomas and more.
undertheappletreefestival.com
Chester Folk Festival runs
from 27th – 30th May in the village of Kelsall, Nr. Chester with The Melrose Quartet, Blackbeard's Tea Party, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, The Wilson Family, Pete Coe & Alice Jones, Les Barker, Dave Burland, Richard & Jess Arrowsmith, Kelly Oliver, Bill Caddick, Sean Cannon , Hekety, All Blacked Up,
Eric Bibb & Band – Buxton’s Days In May
(27th – 30th May) features Bob Fox, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Isla St Clair, Jeff Warner, Jez Lowe, Keith Donnelly, Moirai, Mrs Bruce’s Boys, The Teacups, Flossie Malavialle, Hector Gilchrist, Moira Craig, Nick Dow, Peter & Barbara Snape, Rosie Upton, Si Barron, The Cleverley Brothers, The Pitmen Poets, The Yirdbards, Winter Wilson, All Blacked Up Ceilidh Band, Jigfoot, Threepenny Bit, Whapweasel, Urban Folk Theory and more. Tel: 01249 657190.
chippfolk.co.uk
Bude & Stratton Folk
Festival, North Cornwall (27th – 30th May) has guests including Jim Causley, Ange Hardy, Barrie & Ingrid Temple, Jim Mageean, Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner, Ned Clamp & Patti Smith, Si Barron and more.
www.budefolkfest.com
Fishguard Folk Festival, Pembrokeshire runs from 27th – 30th May with Alaw, Blackbeard’s Tea Party, James Findlay Trio, Les Barker, Talisk, The Foxglove Trio, The Hut People, Owainsdottir, Fiddlebox, Rheged and more.
www.pembrokeshire-folk-
music.co.uk/Festival.htm
The Great North Folk
Festival, Botton runs from 27th – 30th May with The Willows, Woody Man, The Froe, Richard Grainger, Dick Miles, Bob Fox, The Willows, Woody Mann, Paul & Liz Davenport and more.
www.festivalonthemoor.co.uk/fol kweekend/
index.htm
World Village Festival in Kaisaniemi Park & Railway Square, Helsinki, Finland on 28th & 29th May with Bombino, Alo Wala and more.
www.maailmakylassa.fi
Swaledale Festival takes
place in the Yorkshire Dales (28th May – 11th Jun) with Lau, Rory McLeod, Niamh Ní Charra Band, AKA Trio (Antonio Forcione, Seckou Keita & Adriano Adewale), The Hut People and more. Tel: 01748 880019.
www.swaledale-festival.org.uk
Kacy & Clayton – touring
Bellowhead call time with their final sold-out gig at Oxford Town Hall on 1st May.
www.bellowhead.co.uk
9Bach head out on the road with new album Anian, (and support from Twelfth Day) with dates at The Brook, Southampton (29th Apr); Bristol Folk Festival (30th); Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan (1st May); Hare & Hounds, Birmingham (4th); Deaf Institute, Manchester (5th); La Belle Angele, Edinburgh (6th); Sage Gateshead (7th); Bodega, Nottingham (11th); Arlington Arts Centre (12th); The Stables, Milton Keynes (13th); The Hothouse, Morecambe (14th); Komedia, Brighton (15th); Bush Hall, London (19th); John Peel Centre, Stowmarket (20th); The Globe, Cardiff (21st); The Junction, Cambridge (25th); The Octagon, Keighley (26th); Galeri, Caernarfon (27th); South Peth- erton (3rd June).
www.9bach.com
Kacy & Clayton have May UK dates at The Cluny 2, Newcastle (26th); The Classic Grand, Glasgow (27th); The Tunnels, Aberdeen (28th); The Crescent, York (29th); The Bullingdon, Oxford (30th); The Lexington, London (31st).
www.kacyandclayton.com
Ralph McTell plays at
London’s Royal Albert Hall on 11th May.
www.ralphmctell.co.uk
Bonnie Raitt’s Dig In Deep tour comes to Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (26th May); Sage, Gateshead (27th); Glasgow Royal
Following The Wickerman
Festival in 2015, which followed shortly after the death of the event's co-founder Jamie Gilroy, the Wickerman Festival organisers have decided to take a year off in 2016. The event will go ahead on 21st & 22nd July 2017. People who have purchased early bird tickets for 2016 will be refunded automatically by Skiddle. The Wickerman Festival website, and social media, will be regularly updated to outline plans for 2017.
http://www.skiddle.com/festivals/ Wickerman/
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