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Third World, Mykal Rose, Twinkle Brothers, Mad Professor, Vernon Maytone, Jah Tubby, Don Letts and many, many more artists and sound systems.
onelovefestival.co.uk
Moseley Folk Festival (4th – 6th Sept) has guest appearances from The Unthanks, Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, John Smith, False Lights, Stick In The Wheel, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, Pictish Trail, Twelfth Day, Cut A Shine and more.
moseleyfolk.co.uk
Appearing at this year’s
Wallingford Bunkfest (4th – 6th Sept) are: Blackbeard's Tea Party, Unusual Suspects, Edward II, John Jones & The Reluctant Ramblers, The Roving Crows, Megson, Winter Wilson and more.
bunkfest.co.uk
End Of The Road Festival
(4th – 6th Sept) at Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset features Laura Marling, The Unthanks, Frazey Ford, Sam Amidon, This Is The Kit and more.
endoftheroadfestival.com
Robin Hood Folk Festival, Newstead Abbey, Ravenshead, Notts (4th – 6th Sept) has a line-up including Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band, Show Of Hands, Oysterband, Moulettes, Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, Martin Simpson and more.
robinhoodfolkfestival.co.uk
The new Fylde Folk ‘n’ Roots
Festival, Fleetwood (4th – 6th Sept) features Show Of Hands, Peatbog Faeries, The Hut People, Sam Green & The Midnight Heist, Sunjay, Fabian Holland, Liam Robinson Dance Band and more.
fyldefolknroots.org
Weyfest, Tilford, near
Farnham, Surrey (4th – 6th Sept) has The Waterboys and Ric Sanders Trio amongst the festival guests.
weyfest.co.uk
Baafest, Bellingham, Northumberland (4th – 6th Sept) has a line-up including Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies, Damien O'Kane & David Kosky, Andy May Trio, Hicks & Goulbourn, Landermason, Kitty Macfarlane, Mike Tickell & Alan Lynch and more.
baafest.co.uk
Sweet Sunny South Festival,
Hastings, Sussex (4th – 6th Sept) has guests including Debby
East Anglian Traditional Music Day
McClatchy, Native Grass and Alice Wylde.
sweetsunnysouth.co.uk Off The Tracks Summer
Festival, Isley Walton, Castle Donington, nr Derby (4th – 6th Sept) has appearances from Dreadzone, Heg & The Wolf Chorus, Calaita Flamenco Son, Firefly Burning, 4Square and more.
offthetracks.co.uk
Sedgefield Folk Festival, Co
Durham (4th – 6th Sept) features The Coal Porters, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Flossie Malavialle, The Young'uns, Whiskey Dogs and more.
sedgefieldfolkfestival.co.uk
The Traditional Music Day takes place at the Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk (5th Sept). The event provides a showcase for local traditions including stepdancing. Guests include: with Kevin & Ellen Mitchell from Derry and Glasgow, Peter & Barbara Snape from Lancashire, Les Barker, Darren Breslin, Orlaith & Brogan McAuliffe, Matt Quinn Vic & Tina Smith, Colin & Karen Cater, Proper English, Barry Goodman, Sunshine Arts and John Row.
eatmt.org.uk
Africa Utopia takes place at
London’s South Bank from 10th – 13th September, looking at how African art and ideas can change the world for the better and how Africa can lead the way in thinking about culture, community, technology, fashion, sustainability and ethical wealth creation.
southbankcentre.co.uk
Bromyard Folk Festival
(11th – 13th Sept) has guests including Sharon Shannon, Breabach, Gerry Colvin Band, John Doyle, New Rope String Band, The Young’uns, Emma Sweeney, Allan Yn Y Fan, The Hut People, Speldosa and more.
bromyard-folk-festival.org.uk
Kings Place Festival in
London is a multi-media event running from 11th – 13th Sept with appearances from Sam Amidon, The Ceilidh Liberation Front, The Rails, Duotone and more.
kingsplace.co.uk
Swanage Folk Festival
(11th – 13th Sept) features Jim Moray, Said The Maiden, Ninebarrow, Breabach, The Young'uns, Chris Leslie, Chris & Kellie While, Geoff Lakeman,
Simon Care Trio and more.
swanagefolkfestival.com
St Ives September Festival Of Music & The Arts (12th – 26th Sept) has a number of events throughout the month including Show Of Hands, Steve Knightley, Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, Dervish, Kate Rusby, Acoustic Strawbs, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Gordon Giltrap, Mad Dog Mcrea and more.
stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk
SamFest 2015 – a celebration of Sam Larner (1878-1965) – runs from 17th – 20th September with concerts with Peggy Seeger, Dave Burland, Blakeney Old Wild Rovers, singarounds, films, talks, stepdancing, herrings and more in North Walsham and Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Tel: 01692 405979;
samfest.co.uk
Darbar Festival, the UK's largest classical Indian music festival, returns to London’s South Bank Centre from 17th – 20th September with guests including Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Ustad Irshad Khan, Kaushiki Chakraborty, Ranjani Gayatri and Pandit Ronu Majumdar.
darbarfestival.cmail1.com Ramsbottom Festival runs
from 18th – 20th September at Ramsbottom Cricket Club, Bury, with rootsy input from Mark Radcliffe's Galleon Blast, Rura, Edward II, Moulettes and David Gibb.
ramsbottomfestival.com
The Good Life Experience at
the Hawarden Estate, Flintshire (18th – 20th Sept) has a music bill including Wilko Johnson, Catrin Finch, Tom Brosseau, Wizz Jones, Caught By The River, Revolucionarios Cubanos as well as a range of outdoor living- themed events.
thegoodlifeexperience.co.uk The Folk Gathering,
Alstonefield, Staffs (18th – 20th Sept) features The Wilsons, Tom McConville, Pete Morton, Mike Wilson & Damien Barber, Janet Russell and more.
thefolkgathering.org
Stroud Folk Festival (18th – 20th Sept) Check website for details:
stroudfolkfestival.co.uk
Coming to Otley Black Sheep
Folk Festival (18th – 20th Sept) are Coope, Boyes & Simpson, New Rope String Band, O’Hooley &
Tidow, Allan Taylor and many more.
otleyfolkfestival.com
Priston Festival, nr Bath,
Somerset (18th – 20th Sept) has a line-up including Jim Moray, Jess Vincent, Jez Hellard, Reg Meuross, Buffalo Gals Stampede, Sam Evans, Sharon Martin, Waitress For The Bees and more.
priston.org.uk/festival
Transcender, London
Barbican’s series of transcendental and psychedelic music returns this autumn for the sixth time, with concerts taking place between 24th and 27th September in the Barbican Hall, LSO St Luke’s, Union Chapel and Village Underground incuding: Arifa: Voices from the East plus The Lyre Ensemble and pre-eminent Qawwali singer Faiz Ali Faiz and Sufi musician Sain Zahoor. Tel: 0845 120 7550;
barbican.org.uk
The Southdowns Folk Festival,
Bognor Regis, Sussex (25th – 27th Sept) features Show Of Hands, Craobh Rua, Breabach, The Broonzies, O'Hooley & Tidow, Pilgrims' Way, The Young'uns and more.
southdownsfolkfest.co.uk
TOURS
Cover star Chris Smither appears at Cambridge Folk Festival (31st July); Southern Fried, Perth (2nd Aug); Sidmouth FolkWeek (5th Aug).
smither.com
Desert blues ahoy: Songhoy
Blues play at Boomtown Fair Festival, Winchester (16th Aug); Green Man Festival (22nd),
songhoy-blues.com and Tinariwen bring their assouf groove to Fairfield Halls, Croydon (23rd July); Womad (24th); Killarney Folk Festival, Ireland (25th).
tinariwen.com
Sam Amidon plays at End Of The Road Festival (4th – 6th Sept); National Concert Hall, Dublin (13th & 14th); Everyman Theatre, Cork (19th).
samamidon.com
Chris Wood has September dates at The David Hall, South Petherton (18th Sept); The Hat Club, Shepherds Lane,
Beaconsfield (19th); South Street Arts Centre, Reading (24th); Ruskin Mill, Old Bristol Road, Nailsworth (25th); Theatre Severn,
Kaushiki Chakraborty – Darbar Festival
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