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Shrewsbury (26th); Octagon Unitarian Chapel, Colegate, Norwich (30th). chriswoodmusic.co.uk

Richard Thompson Electric

Trio appear at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival, Wareham (solo) (28th Aug); Shrewsbury Folk Festival (30th); Vicar Street, Dublin (1st Sept); Perth Concert Hall (2nd); Aberdeen Music Hall (3rd); Queens Hall, Edinburgh (5th); Sage Gateshead (6th); Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (8th); Lowry, Salford (9th); Sheffield City Hall (10th); Nottingham Royal Centre (12th); Birmingham Symphony Hall (13th); St. David's Hall, Cardiff (15th); Colston Hall, Bristol (16th). richardthompson- music.com

Eliza Carthy & The

Wayward Band come to Lulworth, Camp Bestival (31st July); Wickham Festival (8th Aug); Robin Hood Folk Festival (5th Sept); Cottingham Folk Festival (6th). eliza-carthy.com

Rhiannon Giddens has dates

at Whelan’s, Dublin (30th July); Cambridge Folk Festival (1st Aug). rhiannongiddens.com

Emmylou Harris & Rodney

Crowell appear at Summertyne Americana Festival, Gateshead (17th July) and Cropredy Festival (13th Aug). emmylouharris.com

Noura Mint Seymali has two London dates coming up: Servant Jazz Quarters, Bradbury Street, Dalston, London (27th July); The Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton Street, London EC1 (28th). nouramintseymali.com

Tim Eriksen play solo dates at Folkfest Killarney, Inec, Muckross Road (26th July); Dungarvan Singers Club, Tigh An Cheoil, Baile Na Ngall, An Rinn, Dúngarbhán, Co. Waterford (27th); Stackpole Walled Garens, Pembrokeshire (28th); House Concert, Sandy (29th); The Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury (30th); Sofa Sessions House Concert, Kettering (31st); Sidmouth FolkWeek (1st & 2nd Aug); The Greys, Southover Street, Brighton (3rd); The Green Note, Parkway, London (4th); Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Mill Street (5th); The Vic, Gwesty Victoria, Telford Road, Menai Bridge, Anglesey (6th); DC Music Club, Camden Row, Dublin (7th); The Spirit Store, Georges Quay, Dundalk, Co Louth, Ireland (8th); Open House Festival,

Edward II

The Old Auction Rooms, Gray’s Hill, Bangor, Co. Down (9th). timeriksenmusic.com

Martin Carthy & Dave

Swarbrick bring their annual autumn tour to Village Pump Folk Festival, White Horse Country Park, Westbury (26th July); St Davids Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff (1st Sept); Robin Hood Folk Festival, Newstead Abbey, Ravenshead (4th); The Convent, South Woodchester (5th); Moseley Folk Festival, All Services Club, Church Road, Moseley (6th);

Nettlebed Folk Club, High Street (7th); The Met, Bury (11th); Citadel Arts Centre, Waterloo Street, St Helens (12th); Colchester Folk Club, Colchester Arts Centre (14th); Lincoln Drill Hall Freeschool Lane (18th); Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford (19th); Terrace Cred. Brighton (20th); Colston Hall, Colston Street, Bristol (26th); Exeter Corn Exchange

Market Street, Exeter (27th). The tour continues into October. folkicons.co.uk/swarb.htm

Spooky Men's Chorale tour the UK, armed with a new album Warm, with dates at: Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street (25th July); Village Pump Folk Festival, Westbury (26th); Singing Workshop, Bristol (see website) (27th); St Davids Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff (28th); Colston Hall, Bristol (29th); Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford (30th); Camp Bestival, Lulworth Castle (31st); Dorking Halls, Reigate Road (1st Aug); The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove (2nd); Sidmouth FolkWeek (4th – 6th); Dorchester Corn, High East Street (7th); Wickham Festival, Blind Lane (8th); St Mary In The Castle, Pelham Arcade, Hastings (9th); Broadstairs Folk Week (10th); The Apex, Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds (11th); Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Mill Street (19th); mac Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park (20th); St Andrew's Church, Main Street, Sedburgh (21st); Castle Douglas Town Hall (22nd); Cottier's Theatre, Hyndland Street, Glasgow (23rd); Acoustic Music Centre, Edinburgh (24th); Inchyra Arts Club, Perth (25th); Gala Theatre, Durham (26th); Otley Courthouse – afternoon workshop (27th); Bingley Arts Centre (27th); Towersey Village Festival (28th & 29th); Stables, Wavednon (29th); Shrewsbury Folk Festival (30th);

The Paramount, Penistone (1st Sept); Bury Met – afternoon workshop and evening concert (2nd); Liverpool Philharmonic (3rd); The Subscription Rooms, Stroud (4th); Spookyfest, Bransford, near Worcester, (5th); Islington Assembly Hall, London (6th). spookymen.com

Edward II appear at Village Pump Folk Festival, Trowbridge (25th); Sidmouth FolkWeek (6th); Wickham Festival (7th); Broadstairs Folk Festival (14th); Boomtown Fair (15th). edwardthesecond.co.uk

Peatbog Faeries appear at Butefest, The Meadows, Rothesay (18th July); Alnwick Playhouse, Bondgate (29th); Narberth, Span Arts, The Queens Hall, High Street, Pembrokeshire (30th); South Petherton The David Hall, Roundwell St (31st); Sidmouth FolkWeek (1st Aug); Guildford G Live, London Road (15th); Boomtown Fair, Nr Winchester, The Old Mines Stage (16th); Beautiful Days Festival, Escot Park (21st); FolkEast, Glemham Hall, Little Glemham, Woodbridge (22nd & 23rd); Solfest (Nr Aspartia), Tarnside Farm, Tarns, Cumbria (30th); Fylde Folk Festival Marine Hall, The Esplanade, Fleetwood (4th Sept); Bowfest Invarary Castle, Invarary, Argyll (12th). peatbogfaeries.com

The Deslondes play at The Islington, London (31st Aug); Gullivers, Manchester (2nd Sept); The Fulford Arms, York (3rd). thedeslondes.com

The Furrow Collective have autumn dates at Shambala Festival (29th Aug); Roots Music Weekender, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast (3rd Sept); House Concert, Edinburgh (22nd Sept); The Cluny 2, Lime Street, Newcasle (23rd); West End Centre, Queens Road, Aldershot (25th); Silver Street Sessions, Cotleigh Brewery, Ford Road, Wiveliscombe (28th); The Marlowe Theatre, The Friars, Canterbury (29th); The Junction, Clifton Way, Cambridge (30th). thefurrowcollective.co.uk/

Alistair Anderson plays at Sidmouth FolkWeek (6th & 7th Aug); Dartmoor Festival (8th & 9th); Whitby Folk Week (22nd – 28th); St George's Church, Morpeth, Northumberland (16th Sept). alistairanderson.com

Caladh Nua play at Stamford Arts Centre, St Mary's St (17th Jul);

De Temps Antan

Folk On Monday, Bowling Green Walk, 40 Pitfield Street, London N1 (13th Aug); Norden Farm, Altwood Rd, Maidenhead (14th). caladhnua.com

Coco & The Butterfields play at Larmer Tree Festival, Larmer Tree Gardens, Salisbury (19th July); Village Pump Festival, White Horse Country Park, Westbury (24th); Westfest, The Seagrave Stadium, Darlington Road, West Auckland (25th); Sunflowerfest, Cabra Rd, Legacurry, Hillsborough, Lisbon, Northern Ireland (31st July); Artrix, Slidesglow Drive, Bromsgrove (1st Aug); Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall (2nd); Sidmouth FolkWeek (3rd); Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, By Beauly, Inverness (8th); Forgotten Fields Fest, Tunbridge Wells (9th); Beautiful Days Festival Escot Park, Devon (21st); The Vicar's Picnic Festival, The Lees, Lees Road, Yalding (28th); Baypoint Festival, Baypoint Club, Ramsgate Rd, Sandwich (29th); Purbeck Valley Folk Fest, Purbeck Valley Farm (30th); Greenbelt Festival, Broughton House, Nr Kettering (31st); Burnham-On-Sea Folkfest, Princess Theatre, Princess St, Burnham-On-Sea (4th Sept); Occombe Farm Cider Festival, Occombe Farm, Paignton (5th); Herne Bay Theatre, The Park, Strode Park (11th); West Train Station, Broadway, Maidstone (12th); Bestival, Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight (13th); Howden Live, Shire Hall, Market Place, Howden (26th). cocoandthebutterfields.com

De Temps Antan appear at Cambridge Folk Festival (31st July – 2nd Aug); The Star Inn, Hall Road, Wenhaston (2nd); Abergavenny Borough Theatre, Cross St (3rd); The Courthouse, Courthouse St, Otley (5th); Wickham Festival, Blind Lane, Wickham, Fareham (6th); Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham-By-Sea (7th). detempsantan.qc.ca/en

Martin Simpson has solo dates at Underneath The Stars, Cannon Hall Farm (26th July); Robin Hood Folk Festival, Newstead Abbey, Ravenshead (5th Sept); Town Hall Live, Kirton In Lindsey Town Hall (11th); Hitchin Folk Club, The Sun Hotel, Sun Street (13th) and with Andy Cutting & Nancy Kerr at

Photo: © Judith Burrows

Photo: © Judith Burrows