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Katy Carr, Mishaped Pearls, Steve Tilston, Rattle On The Stovepipe, Thomas McCarthy, Gemma Khawaja, Fran Foote, Simon Prager & Doc Rowe, The Lucky Dandy & The Known Associate, Gentlefolk, Dulwich Folk Choir, Niall Kelly, Forbes Moncrieff, Black Scarr, Stuart Forrester, Umbrellabirds, Bara Bara Band and Hank Dog.
cunningfolkmusic.com/2015/06/09/ bermondsey-folk-festival/
Shetland Fiddle Frenzy
(2nd – 9th Aug), the annual celebration of the Shetland fiddle tradition curated by Jenna & Bethany Reid sees guest appearances from Angus Lyon & Ruaridh Campbell, Mairearad & Anna, Saltfishforty, Bryan Gear & Violet Tulloch and more.
shetlandarts.org/fiddlefrenzy
Ethno Flanders (2nd – 10th Aug at Sint-Lutgardisinstituut, Steenbakkersstraat, Ostend, Belgium) offers a week full of music, meeting friends from over the world, playing music, going to the beach, playing music, dancing, playing music, going crazy, playing music… together with 60 young musicians from 20 countries from 5 continents.
flanders.ethno-world.org
Amongst those appearing as tutors and concert acts at Feakle International Festival of Traditional Music (5th – 10th Aug) are: Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Páraic Mac Donnchadha, Leon Agnew, Eileen O’Brien, Edel Fox, Martin Connolly, Cormac Begley, Laoise Kelly, Martin Hayes, Yvonne Kane, Mary MacNamara, Ciarán Ó Gealbháin, Tara Diamond, Peter Carberry & Padraig McGovern, Moya Brennan & Cormac De Barra, The London Lasses, The Jeremiahs, Four Star Trio, Caitlín Nic Gabhann & Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, Oisín Mac Diarmada with Seamus Begley & Joe Fitzgerald, Mary Mac Namara, Geraldine Cotter, Eileen O’Brien and Andrew McNamara.
feaklefestival.ie
Ethno Norway runs from 5th
– 12th August in Rørstad, Bodø.
ethno-world.org/events/ethno- camp/ethno-norway-2/
Belladrum Tartan Heart
Festival in Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland (6th – 8th Aug) has a line-up featuring: Keston Cobblers’ Club, John Langan
Band, Rura, Dizraeli & The Small Gods, Coco & The Butterfields, Blackbeard’s Tea Party, The Elephant Sessions, The Shee, Tantz, The Goat Roper Rodeo Band, Rusty Shackle, Caledonian Ceilidh Trail and more.
tartanheartfestival.co.uk
Wickham Festival (6th – 9th Aug) has a line-up featuring Carlos Nuñez, The Sharon Shannon Band, De Temps Antan, Billy Bragg, Show Of Hands, Seth Lakeman, Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band, Kathryn Tickell & The Side, Gavin Marwick’s Journeyman Spectacular, Spooky Mens Chorale, The Askew Sisters, Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston, Roy Bailey, Martin Carthy, Huw Williams & Maartin Allcock, Megson, Edward II, The Dhol Foundation, Luka Bloom, Moulettes, Les Barker, The Gren Bartley Band and more.
wickhamfestival.co.uk
Edmonton Folk Festival in Canada (6th – 9th Aug) has a guest list including Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Aurelio, Hanggai, Jerry Douglas, Richard Thompson, Oysterband, Le Vent Du Nord, Lynched, Bombino, The McCrary Sisters, Tinariwen, John Smith, The Fairfield Four, Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson, Ashley MacIsaac, Còig, Eliza Gilkyson, Laura Marling, Emmanuel Jal, Tony Mcmanus & Beppe Gambetta, Frazey Ford, Si Kahn, The Duhks, Geoff Muldaur, Harry Manx, Old Man Luedecke, Oscar Lopez, The Once and more.
edmontonfolkfest.org
Telemark International Folk
Music Festival, Norway (6th – 9th Aug) has a line-up including Arvvas, Knut Buen & Hallvard T. Bjørgum, Kvedarkurs Med Ingvill Marit Buen Garnås, Munnharpekurs Med Anders Røine, Laura Ellestad, Sigrid Moldestad, Valkyrien Allstars and more.
telemarkfestivalen.no
Dartmoor Folk Festival (7th – 9th Aug) takes place in South Zeal, near Okehampton, with Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Huw Williams & Maartin Allcock, Alistair Anderson, Jeff Warner, Jeff Warner's Jig Doll, The Dovetail Trio, The Liam
Dartmoor Pixie Band – Darmoor Folk Festival
Carlos Nuñez –Wickham & Lorient
Robinson Dance Band, The Kestor Stringband, The Dartmoor Pixie Band, Tony Bear and more.
dartmoorfolkfestival.org.uk Appearing at Les Escales de
Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Nazaire, France (7th & 8th Aug) are: Les Ambassadeurs, Dakhabrakha, Dhafer Youssef, Tribal Voix, Vaudou Game, Jungle By Night, La Isla De La Fantasia, Poder Guadaña, Pascuala Ilabaca Y Fauna, Lafloripondio and more.
les-escales.com
Festival Dranouter, Belgium (7th – 9th Aug) features Gordie Mackeeman & His Rhythm Boys, De Temps Antan, Calexico, Mad Dog Mcrea, Baltic Crossing, Amsterdam Klezmer Band, Treacherous Orchestra, The Waterboys, Basco, Spiro, Steeleye Span, Beoga and more.
festivaldranouter.be
The Montelago Celtic
Festival (6th – 9th Aug) in Italy features Mercedes Péon, Rapalje, Kalevala, Harp Attack, Corvus Corax, Etnoarmònia, Finnegans Wake, Folkamiseria, Gabriele Possenti, Green Clouds, La Corte Di Lunas and more.
montelagocelticfestival.it
Kaya Weekender has moved
to Margam Country Park, South Wales (7th – 9th Aug) with appearances from The Turbans, Kibir La Amlak, South African All Stars, Siyaya Band, Viramundo Brazil, Arhai, Lionstar and more.
kayafestival.com
Broadstairs Folk Week runs
from 7th – 14th August with Edward II, Flook, Phil Henry & Hannah Martin, Belshazzar's Feast, Ben Paley & Tab Hunter, Dan Walsh, Edwina Hayes, Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys, Green Diesel, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Jeff Warner, Jez Lowe, Kate Rusby, Keith Kendrick & Sylvia Needham, Kirsty Bromley, Maggie Holland, Mawkin, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Sarah McQuaid, The Demon Barbers XL, John Langan Band, Long Hill Ramblers, New Rope String Band, Simon Care Trio, Spooky Men's Chorale, Tim Edey & Brendan Power, Two Man Ting, Vin Garbutt and more.
broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk
The 45th Lorient Interceltic
Festival takes place at The Breizh Stade from 7th – 16th August, celebrating two nations: Cornwall and The Isle Of Man. Guests Include Carlos Nuñez, Sharon Shannon Band, Sylvain Barou, Shooglenifty & The Dhol Drum, Skolvan, Breabach, Barrule, Calan, Dalla, Danú, Fred Morrison, Gwenan Gibbard, Manran, L'Orchestre National Breton, 3 Daft Monkeys, Mec Lir, Aman, Amieva, Aon Teanga, Kíla, Banda Gaitas El Trasno, Caarjyn Cooidjagh, Lleuwen Steffan, Robyn Stapleton Band, Ruth Keggin, The Changing Room, The Friel Sisters, Vishtèn, Keskowethyans, Réalta and many more. festival-
interceltique.bzh
Richard Thompson – Edmonton, Purbeck, Tønder, Shrewsbury
Photo: Pamela Littky
Photo: Ian Anderson
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