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Rooting About
WHAT’S HAPPENING News Edited by Kitty Macfarlane
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FESTIVALS & EVENTS Playing at this year’s Glenfarg
Folk Feast (5th – 7th April) are Siobhan Miller, Les Barker, Fara, Anthony Toner and more.
Edinburgh International
Harp Festival takes place on 5th – 10th April with Twelfth Day, Eira Lynn Jones, JMO, Delyth & Angharad Jenkins, Paul Hoxbro & Helen Davies and many more.
Northumberland’s Morpeth
Gathering (26th – 28th April) hosts music from Baltic Crossing, Brian McNeill, Topette, Fiddler’s Elbow, Chris Ormston, Katrina Porteous, Jim Grant and more.
La Linea is London’s Latin Music Festival, taking place from 26th April – 5th May in various
Maravillas de Mali – La Linea
venues across the capital. The line- up includes Yelfris Valdés, La Yegros, João Bosco, Celso Piña, Maravillas de Mali, Los Auténticos Decadentes, Carla Morrison and more.
Kilfenora Traditional Music
Festival, County Clare, takes place 26th – 29th April with sessions, singers’ nights, concerts, ceilidhs and workshops across the village’s pubs and venues, with appearances from Frankie Gavin and the Roaring 20s Irish Orchestra, Naoise Kettle, and the resident Kilfenora Céilí Band.
Stanser Musikstage in
Switzerland (30th April – 5th May) features Alinis, Baul Meets Saz, Die Strottern &
Blech, Ean, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Les Amazones d’Afrique and many more.
Raunds Music Festival (2nd – 5th May) features The Blair Dunlop Band, Gilmore & Roberts Trio, Dovetail Trio, Belshazzar’s Feast, The Frank Burkitt Band, Will Finn & Rosie Calvert, Becka Wolfe, Fred Claridge and more.
Shetland Folk Festival (2nd – 5th May) features JP Cormier, Tim Edey, Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra, Elephant Sessions, Blazin’ Fiddles, Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente, Kinnaris Quintet, Jenn Butterworth & Laura Beth Salter, Kaia Kater, Pharis & Jason Romero, Bon Débarras, May Erlewine, Connla, Anxo Lorenzo, Les Fils Canouche, Kabantu and Jaywalkers.
Coming to Girvan Folk
Festival (3rd – 5th May) are Bob Fox, Cathal McConnell, Jock Tamson’s Ideal Band, James Patterson & John Dipper, Dick Gaughan, Colum Sands, Sandra Kerr, Mike Vass and more.
Todmorden Folk Festival is on 3rd – 5th May with Martin Simpson, Sheelanagig, Kate & Raphael, Janet Russell, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Lucy Farrell, Bryony Griffith, Alice Jones, Andy May Trio and more.
Kilkenny Roots Festival returns on 3rd – 6th May with guests including William The Conqueror, Patty Griffin, The Accidentals and more.
Appearing at the 30th Upton Upon Severn Folk Festival (3rd – 6th May) are Melrose Quartet, Alice Jones, Cosmotheka, John Kirkpatrick, Geoff Lakeman, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer and more.
Rochester Sweeps Festival is on 4th – 6th May and has appearances from Kimber’s Men, Truckstop, Honeymoon, Banter, Track Dogs, Glymjack, Fabulous Fezheads, The Lowly Strung, Hot Rats and more.
Playing at Wath Festival (3rd
– 6th May) are Skerryvore, Martin Simpson, The Mighty
Pharis & Jason Romero – Shetland
Doonans, Melrose Quartet, Rod Clements & Rab Noakes, Will Pound & Eddy Jay, Sarah McQuaid, John Reilly & Lewis Nitikman, Miranda Sykes, Winter Wilson and more.
Back for a second year,
Walton Folk Festival (4th May) returns with guests Megson, Lukas Drinkwater, Hannah Ashcroft, Trials Of Cato and Daria Kulesh, False Lights.
Hebden Folk Roots Festival is held in Hebden Bridge from 10th – 12th May and features Kathryn Wiliams & Michele Stodart, Keith Donnelly, Henry Parker, Cajun Aces, Howlin’ Johnny & The Devil Rejects and more.
Dart Music Festival takes
place in Dartmouth on 10th -12th May and features Heg & The Wolf Chorus, Noble Jacks, Adam Holmes & The Embers, Phil King, Ethan Barton, Carousel and more.
It’s the 21st year of Cromer’s Folk On The Pier (10th – 12th May), with a line-up including John Tams & Barry Coope, Richard Digance, Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Ashley Hutchings & Becky Mills, Daphne’s Flight, Merry Hell, Megson, Will Pound & Eddy Jay, Oysterband and more.
Holmfirth Folk Festival takes place on 10th – 12th May with Steve Tilston, Chris Cleverley Trio, Bella and Polly, String Theory, Paul & Liz Davenport, Steve Turner and more.
The 18th Moniave Folk Festival (10th – 12th May) plays Melrose Quartet – Upton Upon Severn, Wath, Doncaster, Chippenham
Photo: Lizzy Doe
Photo: Valerie Malot
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