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Stephenson Boiler Shop, Newcastle with support from The Baghdaddies, Alasdair Roberts, Twelfth Day and Rob Heron’s Tea Pad Orchestra. seetickets.com/Event/home- gathering-featuring-the- unthanks/the-boiler-shop/869991

The inaugural Rosemary Lane

Day will celebrate the musicianship, songwriting and enduring legacy of Bert Jansch at The Bell in Ticehurst on 22nd August, in support of The Bert Jansch Foundation, with guests including Bonnie Dobson, Trembling Bells, Jon Allen and more. Tel: 01580 200234 thebellinticehurst.com

Bidasoa Folk Festival (22nd –

24th Aug) in Spain features Kepa Junkera & Sorginak, Spyrodoula Baka & SEAnanay Project, Liber Teran, Casre Dell’Anna, Pascuala Ilabaca, Gabacho Maroconnection and more. facebook.com/BidasoaFolk

Whitby Folk Week (22nd –28th Aug) sees appearances from Demon Barbers XL, Alison McMorland & Geordie McIntyre, Alistair Anderson, Archie Fisher, Cupola, Debby McClatchy, Jim Eldon, John Dipper & James Patterson, John Kirkpatrick, John Tams & Barry Coope, Moirai, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, New Deal String Band, Peta Webb & Ken Hall, Pete Coe & Alice Jones, Pete Morton, Roisin White, Rosie Stewart, Sandra Kerr, Sara Grey & Kieron Means, Steve Tilston, Ted Kemp & Laura Smyth and more. whitbyfolk.co.uk

A new residential Junior

Hothouse course for young people aged 8 – 12, led by Claire Bailey and Gavin Davenport runs from 25th – 27th August at Halsway Manor, Halsway Lane, Nr Crowcombe, Taunton. halswaymanor.org.uk

The New Forest Folk Festival

(26th – 30th Aug) includes: Home Service, Fabian Holland, Little Johnny England, Edwina Hayes, The Jigantics, Ric Sanders Trio, Tannahill Weavers, Reg Meuross & Jess Vincent, Harvey Andrews, Gigspanner, 3 Daft Monkeys and more. newforestfolkfestival.co.uk

Fayetteville Roots Festival, Arkansas, US (27th – 30th Aug)

Pascuala Ilabaca –Womad, Shambala

features Punch Bros, Watkins Family, Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz & Aoife O’Donovan, Pokey La Farge, Devon Sproule and more. fayettevilleroots.com

Boombalfestival, Lovendegem-Ghent, Belgium (27th – 30th Aug) sees appearances from Ciac Boum, Trio Dhoore, Folie Douce, King Dalton, Yevgueni, The Dusty Millers, Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys, Urbanus & De Fanfaar and more. boombalfestival.be

The Nordsjøfestivalen I

Farsund, Norway (27th – 30th Aug) has a line-up including: Jenn Butterworth & Laura-Beth Salter, The Shee, The Furrow Collective, Boys Of The Lough, Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola, Anders Hall, Kevin Henderson, Margit Myhr, Blue Rose Code, Farsund Kino, Erlend Viken Trio. nordsjofestivalen.no

Shambala Festival in

Northampton (27th – 30th Aug) has a line-up featuring: Sam Lee & Friends, Pascuala Ilabaca Y Fauna, Yiddish Twist Orchestra, Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate, Alasdair Roberts, Balkan Beat Box, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Dizraeli & The Small Gods, Emily Portman Trio, The Furrow Collective, Ibibio Sound Machine, Jungle By Night, Nubiyan Twist and more. shambalafestival.org

Playing at this year’s Purbeck

Valley Folk Festival (27th – 30th Aug): Richard Thompson, Kathryn Tickell & The Side, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Martha Tilston & The Scientists, Moulettes, Keston Cobblers’ Club, Megson, CoCo & The Butterfields, Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds, O’Hooley & Tidow, CrossHarbour, Beth Porter & The Availables, Steve Tilston and more.

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Tønder Festival, Denmark runs from 27th – 30th August with John Prine, Danú, Kepa Junkera, Bellowhead, Richard Thompson, La Bottine Souriante, Mánran, Chris Smither, Mary Gauthier, Dreamers’ Circus & The Danish String Quartet, The Wailin’ Jennys, Eleanor Shanley, The Barra MacNeils, The East

Pointers, Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band, Folk BALTICA Ensemble, Mames Babegenush, Rura, The Stray Birds, Sheesham, Lotus & ’Son, Spiro, Kathryn Tickell & The Side, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar Ron Kavana and more. tf.dk

The Summer Isles Festival

takes place in Achiltibuie on 28th & 29th August with Flook, Kathleen MacInnes, Sorren Maclean, The Elephant Sessions, DJ Dolphin Boy and the annual ceilidh dance set led by the festival's own Mairearad Green. summerislesfestival.com

Solfest at Tarns, near Aspatriar returns from 28th – 30th August with The Unthanks, Kathryn Tickell & The Side, The Sam Kelly Trio, Peatbog Faeries, The Baghdaddies, Bridie Jackson & The Arbour and many many more. solfest.org.uk

Watchet Live Festival at Parsonage Farm, Watchet (28th – 30th Aug) has a line-up incuding Seth Lakeman, The Wurzels and Merry Hell amongst others. watchetfestival.co.uk

One of the bank holiday

choices is Shrewsbury Folk Festival (28th – 31st Aug) with Amadou Diagne, Barra MacNeils, Blowzabella, Calan, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Coope, Boyes & Simpson, False Lights, Folk Nations, Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys, Gren Bartley, Janet Russell, John Jones & The Reluctant Ramblers, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, Kate Rusby, La Bottine Souriante, Liam Robinson Band, Lucy Ward, Mary Humphreys & Anahata, Mawkin, Nancy Kerr & The Sweet Visitor Band, New Rope String Band, O’Hooley & Tidow, Oysters3, Oysterband, Patsy Reid, Ray Cooper, Richard Thompson, Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson, Sharon Shannon, Spooky Men’s Chorale, Steve Knightley, Ten Strings & A Goat Skin, The Demon Barbers, The James Brothers, The Teacups, The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain, The Wilsons, The Young’uns, Whapweasel, Winter Wilson and more. shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk

Another option is Towersey Festival, which moves to its new

Simpson, Kerr, Cutting – Towersey

home at Thame Showground from 28th – 31st August with a line-up including The Treacherous Orchestra, The Spooky Men's Chorale, Bellowhead, Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting & Nancy Kerr, Show Of Hands, John Smith, Keston Cobblers’ Club, Chris While & Julie Matthews, Roy Bailey, Mischa Macpherson Trio, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Phil Beer, The Travelling Band, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Kizzy Crawford, Luke Daniels, Anxo Lorenzo, The Dovetail Trio, Blackbeard's Tea Party, Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra, Sally Barker and more. towerseyfestival.com

Cornwall Folk Festival,

Wadebridge (28th – 31st Aug) features Martin Carthy, Jez Lowe & Steve Tilston, Jim Causley, Blackbeard’s Tea Party, Tyn Daga, Brian Peters, Wizz Jones, Dave Burland, Sarah McQuaid, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Rosie Upton & Pete MacGregor, Sean Taylor, Appaloosas, Steve Hunt and more.

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A new event takes place on the bank holiday weekend: Walesby Forest Festival runs from 28th – 31st August with artists including Kíla, The Demon Barbers XL, Rory McLeod and The Will Pound Band walesbyforestfestival.co.uk

The Halsway Manor Folk Summer School runs from 1st – 4th September with a crack team of tutors including Sophy Ball, Kevin Dempsey, Kerry Fletcher, Jo Freya, Paul Hutchinson and Carolyn Robson. halswaymanor.org.uk

Burnham-on-Sea’s Folkfest

(3rd – 6th Sept) features Coco & The Butterfields, Ninebarrow, The Drystones, Steve Turner, FOS Brothers and many more. folkfest.co.uk

LlanwddynWeekend of Folk & Acoustic Music takes place in Lake Vrynwy, Powys, Wales (4th & 5th Sept) with Chris & Kellie While, New Rope String Band, Bernard Wrigley and more. llanwddynevents.co.uk

One Love Festival, the UK's only dub and reggae festival, takes place from 4th – 6th September at Popham Airport, Coxford Down, Winchester with

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