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McCarthy, Grace Petrie, Jim & Lynette Eldon, Cath & Phil Tyler, Sharron Kraus & Nick Jonah Davis, Patterson Dipper, Horse + Bamboo, Sandra Kerr, Chris Foster, Funi, The Old Fashioned, Katie Howson, Token Women, Kirkophany, Steamchicken, English String Band, Floridam, The Savage Prunes, Black Swan Rapper and many, many more. sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk


Fairport’s Cropredy


Convention will be on 10th – 12th August and has Petula Clark as its Friday billtopper. Others appearing include Marillion, Trevor Horn Band, The Divine Comedy, Feast Of Fiddles, Show Of Hands, Richard Thompson, Gigspanner, Dougie MacLean, Plainsong, Judy Dyble & The Band Of Perfect Strangers, Ashley Hutchings’ Morris On and of course Fairport Convention themselves. fairportconvention.com


Among names announced for


Broadstairs Folk Week (11th – 18th August) are Lau, The Demon Barbers, Faustus, Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin, Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman, Liam Ó Maonlai & Tim Edey, Sarah Grey & Kieron Means, Harp & A Monkey, Three Cane Whale, Arlet, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage, Pete & Sue Coe, Alden Patterson & Dashwood and lots more. broadstairsfolkweek.org


Folk East, 18th – 20th August


at Glemham Hall, Suffolk have announced some tasters including Jon Boden, Michael Chapman, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, The Young‘uns, Lau, Damien O’Kane, Beoga and Will Pound & Eddy Jay. folkeast.co.uk


Shrewsbury Folk Festival


runs from 25th – 28th August with Loudon Wainwright III, Eric Bibb, Jon Boden, The Unthanks, Oysterband, The Young'uns, Le Vent Du Nord, Seth Lakeman, Jim Moray's Upcetera Ensemble, Sarah Jarosz, The Transports, John Kirkpatrick, Skipinnish, Sam Carter, Joe Broughton's Conservatoire Folk Ensemble, The Wilsons, The East Pointers, Faith, Folk & Anarchy, Cara, Jamie Smith's Mabon, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, Coven (Lady Maisery, O'Hooley & Tidow, and Grace


Loudon Wainwright III – Shrewsbury TOURS Shirley Collins presents


Lodestar Live at Barbican Hall, London (18th Feb) and at Pass It On festival at Sage Gateshead (4th Mar). shirleycollins.co.uk


Bob Dylan and his band return to the UK for a series of shows in May: Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff (3rd); Bournemouth International Centre (4th); Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham (5th); SECC Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow (7th); Liverpool Echo Arena (8th); The SSE Arena, Wembley, London (9th). bobdylan.com


Tinariwen have some UK dates as part of their March European tour: Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool (7th); Glee, Birmingham (8th); Brixton Electric, London (9th). tinariwen.com


Rhiannon Giddens’ new


album The Freedom Highway tour comes to Union Chapel, London (30th Mar); Junction, Cambridge (31st); Queens Hall, Edinburgh (2nd April); Whelans, Dublin (3rd). rhiannongiddens.com


Lula Pena promotes her new


album Archivo Pittoresco with UK dates at Cafe Oto, London (11th & 12th Mar). cafeoto.co.uk


Petrie), Mick Ryan & Paul Downes, Chris While & Julie Matthews, Maz O'Connor, Alma, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, The Rheingans Sisters and many more.


shrewburyfolkfestival.co.uk


Towersey Festival’s initial tranche of names announced for August 25th – 28th includes Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band, Jon Boden, Lindisfarne, Demon Barbers XL, Mawkin, The Chipolatas, Coope, Boyes & Simpson, Blackbeard’s Tea Party, Jim Causley Trio, Alden Patterson & Dashwood, Alma, Toothless Mary, Hekety and lots more – see towerseyfestival.com


The 29th North Wales Bluegrass Festival will not take place in 2017 due to a recent decision by Conwy County Borough Council not to offer the usual fiscal and practical support . northwalesbluegrass.co.uk


Petula Clark – Cropredy


Police Dog Hogan’s Wild By The Side Of The Road tour heads to Nells, London (22nd Feb); Con Club, Lewes (23rd); Arlington Arts, Newbury (24th); City Hall, Salisbury (25th); The Cluny, Newcastle (1st Mar); Inchyra Arts, Glencarse, Perth (2nd); The Classic Grand, Glasgow (3rd); The Old Firestation, Carlisle (4th) and into April. policedoghogan.com


Seth Lakeman has March dates with his full band at Hall For Cornwall, Truro (1st Mar); St Albans Arena (2nd); Winchester Cathedral (3rd); Hexagon, Reading (4th); The Stables, Milton Keynes (5th); Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells (7th); St Davids Hall, Cardiff (8th); Cadogan Hall, London (9th); Picturedrome, Holmfirth (10th); Parr Hall, Warrington (11th).


Featured this issue, Chris


Wood plays dates in support of new album So Much To Defend at Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham (1st Mar); The Heeley Institute, Sheffield (3rd); The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch (4th); Folk House, Bristol (5th); The Old Fire Station, Oxford (7th); The Art House, Southampton (8th); Proud Galleries, Camden, London (9th); West End Centre, Aldershot (10th); The Quay Theatre, Sudbury (17th).


Leveret have a March tour


taking in Vivacity Key Theatre, Peterborough (3rd Mar); Calstock Arts (4th); The Fleece Inn, Bretforton, Evesham (5th); National Centre For Early Music, York (6th); The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury (7th); Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford On Avon (8th); House Concert, Hereford (9th);


Lula Pena – two nights at Café Oto


New Cut Arts Centre, Halesworth (10th); South Street Arts Centre, Reading (11th); Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead, London (12th); Colchester Folk Club (13th); Howard Assembly Room, Leeds (17th); Bubbenhall Village Hall (18th); The Poppy Folk Club, Nottingham (19th).


Emily Portman & The


Coracle Band play at Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham (23rd Mar); The North Wall, Oxford (24th); Bridgwater Arts Centre (25th); Blackheath Halls, London (26th); Ludlow Assembly Rooms (27th). Emily plays a duo date with Alasdair Roberts at Sage Gateshead as part of the Pass It On event (4th Mar).


The Furrow Collective


continue their Wild Hog Feb dates at The Slaughtered Lamb, London (16th Feb); Traverse Theatre Edinburgh (20th) and Perth Concert Hall(22nd).


Alasdair Roberts Trio (with


Alex Neilson and Stevie Jones) play dates in support of new album Pangs, mostly with support from Sound Of Yell at Cafe Oto, London (23rd Feb); South Street Arts Centre, Reading (24th); Ropery Hall, Barton Upon Humber (25th); Colchester Arts Centre (26th); Cumberland Arms, Newcastle (27th); House Concert, Edinburgh (1st Mar); The Glad Cafe, Glasgow (2nd); Sage Gateshead – duo with Emily Portman (4th); Continental, Preston (5th); Warwick Arts Centre (with trio) Coventry (15th); The Courtyard, Hereford(16th); The Parrot, Camarthen (17th); B-Bar,


Photo: Lucile Dizier


Photo: Ross Halfin


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