SAUL CANAL FESTIVAL & FOLK ON THE WATER WEEKEND, GLOUCESTERSHIRE - JUNE 30 - JULY 1
Lineup includes: Lazarus - featuring Dave Swarbrick, Kevin Dempsey & Maartin Allcock, Ashley Hutchings Morris On Band, Sarah Jory Band, Shooglenifty, Filska, Magna Carta, Fred Wedlock, Johnny Dickinson, Wild Willy Barrett's Sleeping Dogz, Meet on the Ledge -Unledged (Acoustic), Roots and Galoots, Keith Donnelly, Jiggerypipery, Aranmore, Arlen, Les Barker, Derek Brimstone, No Fixed Abode, Celtish, One String Loose and Roy Kirby Paragon Jazz Band

Over the weekend some 50 acts will be at Saul, in the Folk on the Water Music Pavilion, in the hold of the EntsWeb Sabrina Theatre, on board the Oliver Cromwell, in the Drum & Monkey bar and all around the beautiful waterside location. There will also be jazz bands, Morris Sides, Shantymen and street musicians. Keith is still looking and still booking, so keep an eye on the line-up www.junctionevents.org.uk

LYME REGIS JAZZ FESTIVAL - JUNE 30 - JULY 2
Artists appearing on the Friday’s opening night at various venues are Gerry Brown's Mission Hall Jazz Band, Rod Chambers' Louisiana Joymakers & Steve Tucker's All-Star Jazz Band. The second day features the same artists plus Dennis Armstrong's Great Western Jazz Band, Bob Oliver's Hot Eight, John Maddocks Jazzmen, Richard Leach's 7 Stars Of Jazz, Alan James Band, Panama Jazz Kings, Roy Pellett's Dixie Five & JB's Jazz & Blues Band. Final day of the annual 3 day traditional jazz festival. Various venues. The final day features Gerry Brown's Mission Hall Jazz Band, The Liberty Street Jazz Band, Stour Valley Stompers, & TheAntique Six Jazz Band

CHELTENHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL – JUNE 30 – JULY 15
Following the success of 2005’s Russian-themed festival, Festival Artistic Director Martyn Brabbins has chosen to celebrate Scotland: a country, like Russia with which he has strong ties, having been the Associate Principal Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for the past 15 years.

We will be promoting the variety of music-making to be found in Scotland, both traditional and contemporary. We have a ceilidh, traditional musicians the Blazin’ Fiddles, opera from Judith Weir as well as the Scottish Chamber Orchestra visiting from Edinburgh performing an exciting new work commissioned from Scots composers David Horne, Edward McGuire, Alasdair Nicolson and Anna Meredith and Sally Beamish, honorary Scot is our featured composer.

Our Festival Academy with Artist-in-Association Markus Stockhausen, return for a week-long residency which sees them giving concerts, workshops at the National Star College and performances out and about in town as part of our new Surround Sound series.

With wonderful chamber music, orchestras and brass bands, lively debate, a classical club night we look forward to welcoming you the audience to the 2006 Festival for a Highland Fling.

GILLINGHAM FESTIVAL, DORSET - JULY 1 - 16
The following artists have been booked for this year’s festival:
The Blues Band
Barbara Dickson
The Wilsons
Show of Hands
The Red Flags
The Lightyears
Gerard Kenny
Mervyn Stutter
Julie Dunn
Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson
Howling at the Moon
The Rollin' Clones
Pam Ayres
Sally Barker
Ellenby
Tim Laycock
More Famous than Thomas Hardy
The Square Wheel Band
Duncan Honeybourne
Joe Jones
Woman Wants Tall Man
Magenta
Taste of Shadows
Kirsty McGee
Geist
Sequoia
Raggletaggle
HMS Heron Volunteer Band
Ben Waters Band
The Barrelhouse Blues Band
Petites Annonces
The Vibe
Heathrow Jazz
The Stuff
Smith and Moore
Andy Pickering and Martin Faulkner
Fat Marrow Blues Band
Chris Newman and Maire Ni Chathasaigh
The New Rope String Band
Gillingham Imperial Silver Band
Blues Express
Bell Street Jazz Band
Sonny Black
Snaketown
James Chadwick
The Yetties
Soul Commotion
The Pelandrones
The Show Ponies
Heelstone
Dorset Philharmonic Orchestra
Joe Public
Pinstripe
See www.gillinghamfestival.org.uk

WINCHESTER FESTIVAL – JULY 7 – 16
The 9th Winchester Festival opens with a concert in Winchester Cathedral on Friday July 7 at 7.30pm. Over the following week there will be more concerts in the Cathedral, Winchester Guildhall, the Theatre Royal and other venues. Mainly classical music but there are also children’s concerts, a Jazz By The River session at St Cross Water Meadows featuring the Leon Barron Jazz Band and many more events including film previews and literary interviews. For full details of the festival see www.winchesterfestival.co.uk

ROMSEY BEGGAR’S FAIR – JULY 7 & 8
THESE PERFORMERS ARE CONFIRMED FOR 2006:
2 + 2
2 came by
Arts and Crafts
Black Bart
Blue Sun
Broughton Long Sword Dance Group
Captain Drivers Delight
Chien Bizarre
Colcannon
Contagious Vibes
Flûtes Légères
Folk Service by the Association of Romsey Churches
Four Hand Reel
Ground Zeero
Hampshire Garland
Hand to Mouth Theatre
Heelstone
Hursley International Folk Dancers
Ian B Dunne
Innominata
Inside the Rain
Jazmorillo
Jeremy Dayson
Johnny Jet
Ken Wood and The Mixers
Lee Jongleurs
Live Noise
Mac III
Man in the Brown Hat
Mary Jane
Matthew Cross
Motley
Opaque
Pressgang
reClock
Romsey Baptist Worship Group
Sair
Samhain Morris
Saxofony
Segalula - Women of Harmony
Shebeen
State of Undress
Steve Lowis
Stoney Ridge
Strangeworld
Sweetedge
Swing 39
The Andover Museum Loft Singers
The Balloon Man
The Elfin
The Intruders
The Sways
Three's Company
Vaughan King

NEWT BEER & MUSIC FESTIVAL, NORTH NEWTON, SOMERSET – JULY 7/8
See www.newtbeerfest.com

PRIDDY FOLK FESTIVAL, SOMERSET - JULY 7 - 9
The lineup is: Waterson Carthy, Back of the Moon, Van Eyken, Jim Moray, Colum Sands, Johnny Dickinson, Les Barker, Kirsty McGee, Rackaback, Ben Murray & Rosie Doonan, Liz Carlisle, Incontinentals, Maggie Boyle, Nandobinyan, Quicksilver, KTB, Dragonsfly, Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner, Jo Hamilton, Miv Cameron Band, Tom & Barbara Brown, Ember, Kevin Brown, Anne Lister, James Warner Prophecies, Flash Harry, Backroom Band, Sulis, James Chadwick, Howden Jones, Mick Ryan & Pete Harris, The Willbees, Tom Napper & Tom Bliss, Issy & David Emeney, String Whistle, Left Hand Drive, No Fixed Abode, Pete Quin, Diana Johnstone, Jim Tigwell and Chico Holton.
For ticket details go to www.priddyfolk.org

LARMER TREE FESTIVAL, TOLLARD ROYAL, NR SALISBURY - JULY 12 - 16
Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra open the festival on Wednesday July 12, then it’s music all the way for the next four days. Already confirmed are Kate Rusby, Afro Celts, Jazz Jamaica Motor City, BeGood Tanyas, Dreadzone, Chris & Thomas, Stringybark McDowell, Danny George Wilson, Stacy Earle and Mark Stuart, Ukelele Band of Great Britain, Seth Lakeman and Bellowhead.
To keep abreast of bookings see www.larmertreefestival.co.uk

TOLPUDDLE MARTYS FESTIVAL, DORSET – JULY 15 – 17
See www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk

READING REAL ALE & JAZZ FESTIVAL - JULY 20 - 22
At Christchurch Meadow, off George Street, Caversham, Reading
Each evening of the festival features two live jazz bands, each of whom play two sets. There'll be a large dance floor for those who fancy a boogie!
Thursday 20 July
7.15 + 9.15pm - Swing Fever
8.15 + 10.15pm - The Jive Aces
Friday 21 July
7.15 + 9.15pm - The New Gateway Jazz band
8.15 + 10.15pm - Rogers Marks Armada Jazz band with Keith Smith
Saturday 22 July
7.15 + 9.15pm - Gerry Brown & the Mission Hall Band
8.15 + 10.15pm - The Pete Allen Jazz Band
See www.raaj.info

TROWBRIDGE VILLAGE PUMP FESTIVAL - JULY 20 - 23
Always one of the best festivals on the music calendar. Amongst the acts appearing this year are:
THE WATERBOYS - SUZANNE VEGA - ALTAN - WATERSON CARTHY - ELIZA CARTHY & THE RATCATCHERS - OSIBISA - GRETCHEN PETERS - THE KARINE POLWART BAND - SHOW OF HANDS - HANK WANGFORD & REG MEUROSS - DOGHOUSE SKIFFLE GROUP - JOHNNY & THE POORBOYS - MR. LOVE & JUSTICE - LAST NIGHT'S FUN - RACHEL
UNTHANK AND THE WINTERSET - COSTO RICO - MERV GRIST PLAYERS - ZIG A ZAG CAJUN BAND - LOS DE ABAJO - WAILIN JENNYS - NINE BELOW ZERO – DANA GILLESPIE & HER LONDON BLUES BAND - MARY FLOWER - ALLAN YN Y FAN - ZYDECOMOTION - KEITH DONNELLY - JOHN ALDERSLADE - KEITH CHRISTMAS – THE BUFFALO GALS
Also on Stage 3, the rock 'n' roll stage!! There will be a full programme of
slightly more funky acts all weekend, reflecting the rockier edge of
roots music. Artists include:
Mystery Juice * Praying for the Rain * Pronghorn * Vince Lee & the Big
Combo * Swamp Donkey * Pura Vida * The John E Vistic Experience * The
Harrisons * The Huckleberries * Elephant Talk 2 * James Warren * RSVP *
Gringo Ska * Skiffle Haze
See www.trowbridgefestival.co.uk  for complete list and booking details

GLOUCESTER INTERNATIONAL RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL – JULY 24 – 29
Artists appearing this year are:
Alias
Andy Fairweather Low
Lisa Miles
Big Galoot
Blues Brothers Reloaded
Bridget's Big Girls Blues
Claude Bourbon
Dad's Chunky Chords
David Bristow
DB Blues Band
DB Smith
Depot
Eddie Martin
Giles Hedley
Grant James and
Stewart Duthie
Guy Tortora Band
Hangover Blues Band
Helen Watson Trio
Ian Briggs and The Supervampers
Imelda Clabby
Innes Sibun
Jimmy Carl Black Band
Jim Crawford
JB Blues Band
Featuring Bridget
Keith Thompson's Strange Brew
Kent DuChaine
Krissy's Blues Boys
Lightnin' Willie and the Poorboys
Little Andy's Stealers
Lowdown
Michael Roach
Nicholas Gill and
Debbie Arthurs
Nine Below Zero
Oliver Darling & The Blue Tits
Paul Lamb
Paul Cowley and the TTs
Peter Price
Ray Stubbs and His
Amazing One Man Band
Rollo Markee & the Tailshakers
Sons of the Delta
Steve Browning & Wayne Elliot
Studebaker John and the Hawks
Stringybark McDowell
Sherman Robertson and BluesMove
The Animals (tbc)
The Big Town Playboys
The Blues Anoraks
The Cadillac Kings
The Extraordinaires
The Hamsters
The Mike Sanchez
Rhythm and Blues Revue
The Suspects
The Worried Men
TS McPhee
Will Killeen

RADIO 2 CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL, CHERRY HINTON HALL GROUNDS - JULY 27 - 30
The line-up for this year's Radio 2 Cambridge Folk Festival has been announced. An eclectic and exciting bill, featuring the best in contemporary folk and roots music, has been announced for the Festival as it moves forward into its 42nd year.

The festival will include a rare and exclusive UK festival appearance from the legendary Emmylou Harris, plus performances from Richard Thompson, who won a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Radio 2 Folk Awards. Grammy-winning progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek, Cerys Matthews, Eddi Reader, John Tams & Barry Coope and Cara Dillon are also amongst the guests.
The full lineup is as follows:
Emmylou Harris
Richard Thompson
Amadou & Mariam
Capercaillie
Nickel Creek
Bettye LaVette
Los de Abajo
John Tams & Barry Coope
Cara Dillon
The John Butler Trio
Nizlopi
Brian McNeill
Tift Merritt
The Broken Family Band
Swåp
Van Eyken
Croft No.5
Whapweasel
The Chieftains
Cerys Matthews
Eddi Reader
Marcia Ball
Dervish
Mozaik
Chumbawamba
Seth Lakeman
Salsa Celtica
Tom Russell
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Julie Fowlis
Ezio
New Rope String Band
Anna Massie Band
Mauvais Sort
Lau
Bodega

BOOKING
Tickets for the festival will go on sale from 10am on Sunday 30 April by calling 01223 357851. For information call 01223 457245 or visit the official Cambridge Folk Festival website www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk

WOMAD, READING - JULY 28 - 30
Artists appearing this year include: Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings + Salif Keita + Femi Kuti and The Positive Force + Los De Abajo + Marcelo D2 + Misoura + Enrique Morente + Dennis Rollins' Bad Bone And Co + Anoushka Shankar + Spanish Harlem Orchestra + Batucada Sound Machine + Bellowhead + Caribbean Calypso Allstars + Toumani Diabate & Symmetric Orchestra + Gotan Project + Nanci Griffith + Diana Hamilton + The Joji Hirota Taiko Group + Kenny Endo + John Kaizan Neptune

SUN & MOON FESTIVAL, BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET – JULY 30 – 31
Details to follow

EASTLEIGH SUMMER FESTIVAL - AUGUST 3 – 6 – SEE UNDER WICKHAM FESTIVAL!

SIDMOUTH FOLK WEEK, DEVON - AUGUST 4 - 11
Amongst the artists appearing this year are: Concerts
Blue Murder
John Spiers & Jon Boden
Waterson:Carthy
Warsaw Village Band
Martin Simpson & Martin Taylor
Seth Lakeman
Chumbawamba
Coope Boyes & Simpson
Flook
Mrs Ackroyd Band
Chris Wood
John Kirkpatrick
The Poozies
Boka Halat
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset
Van Eyken
Lulo Reinhardt
Duncan McFarlane Band
Craig Morgan Robson
Grace Notes
Julie Fowlis
Jon Swayne & Becky Price
Crucible
Dulaman
John Dipper Band
Faustus
Mary Humphreys & Anahata
Witches of Elswick
The Cole Porters
George Papavgeris
Sandra Kerr
Kandela
The Devil&rsquos Interval
Richard Durrant
Rocas
All Jigged Out
Blackthorn
ThingumaJig
Lee Westwood
Tickled Pink
Peeping Tom
Florida
Hekety
Jabadaw
Mr Gubbins&rsquo Bicycle
The Woodpecker Band
Dartmoor Pixie Band
Grand Union
Steamchicken
Spinach for Norman
For ticket details see www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk

DARTMOOR FOLK FESTIVAL, SOUTH VEAL, OKEHAMPTON – AUGUST 5 – 7
Details to follow

BROADSTAIRS FOLK WEEK, KENT – AUGUST 11- 18
Artists appearing are:
Seth Lakeman Band
Osibisa
Coope Boyes & Simpson
Last Night's Fun
Feast of Fiddles
Demon Barber Roadshow
Kirsty McGee & Matt Martin
Tim Edey
Quicksilver
Bruce Mathiske
Euphoreel
Michael Roach
SpikeDrivers
Kissmet
The Spooky Men's Chorale
Pete Smith & John Buckley
Michael Berk
Amrit Sond
Craig, Morgan, Robson
Aranmore
Crosscurrent
Mike West & Katie Euliss
Keith Christmas
Shona Kipling & Damien O'Kane
The Shanty Crew
Kwame D
Toreth
Magic Car
Whapweasel
Florida
Asha
T & La Touche
Elvis Fontanot & The Sugar Bees
The Zyderhythmics
The Hackney Ramblers
HottBoxx
Tam Lin
Byards Leap
Sheelanagig
Pigeon English
Rattle on a Stovepipe
ZootAlors
The Mad River Band
Black Rat
Kerry Fletcher
Panic Circus
Greg Hastings
Dave Arthur
Kay Anderson & Graham Anstee
Bagas Degol
Gren Bartley
Tom & Barbara Brown
Molly Brown
Roland Chadwick & Nigel Feist
Peter Collins
Drohne
Duke Street
Paul & Glen Elliott
Ember
Lowri Evans
The Great Escape
Happy Trails
Heelstone
Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner
The Hot Rats
Keith Kendrick
Kokopelli
Kundalini Drive
Fran McGillivray & Mike Burke
Nagus
Sylvia Needham
Mike Nicholson
Ben Paley & Tab Hunter
George Papavgeris
The Phatt B'Stards
Polkahuntas
Porchswing Blues
Lucy Randall
The Roosters
Salsa South Connection
Jamie Schofield & Nichola Lyons
RunDogRun
Paul Scourfield & Jon Loomes
Slattery
Andy Smythe
Tapatak
Triality
Simon Vogel
Waspjuice
Waterhorse
Zoox
Hurly Burly
The Old Trout Band
Ray Moore

CROPREDY CONVENTION, OXFORDSHIRE - AUGUST 10 - 12
The running order for this years festival is as follows.
Thursday August 10
Your compere: Simon Care &ndash music starts at 4pm
wRants
PJ Wright
Feast of Fiddles
Chris Newman & Maire Ni Chathasaigh
Steeleye Span
Friday August 11
Your compere: Geoff Hughes &ndash music starts at 12 noon
Shameless Quo
Bodega (Radio 2 Young Folk Award winner)
Then Came The Wheel
Ashley Hutchings Rainbow Chasers
The Deborah Bonham Band
Flook
John Martyn Band
10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and friends
Saturday August 12
Your compere Danny Thompson &ndash music starts 12 noon
Richard Digance
Sam Holmes
Swarb's Lazarus
King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys
Dervish
Glen Tilbrook
Fairport Convention and friends
See www.fairportconvention.com  for full details.

MARLBOROUGH FESTIVAL, NR KINGSBRIDGE, DEVON – AUGUST 10 – 14
Details to follow

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL, BATH – AUGUST12 – 27
Details to follow

TINTAGEL FOLK FESTIVAL, CORNWALL – AUGUST 13
Details to follow

BIDEFORD FOLK FESTIVAL, DEVON – AUGUST 15 – 21
A week long festival in a beautiful riverside town in North Devon with plenty of song and music sessions where musicians and singers are welcomed and made to feel at home. Line-up of artists this year includes Dave Webber and Anni Fentiman, Seize the Day, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, Dangerous Curves, The Amazing Mr Smith, Emma & the Professor, Nick Wyke and Becki Driscoll Devils Interval and Dambuskers a local band who are starting to deservedly get on the Festival circuit. Nick and Becki also lead FolkSprings! Workshops for young folk musicians and singers who also get a festival showcase concert. A great week, ends with a free concert in the beautiful Victoria Park, and a Weekend of Dance

THE GREEN MAN FESTIVAL, GLANUSK PARK NEAR CRICKHOWELL, BRECON BEACONS – AUGUST 18 – 20
A splendid lineup for this festival in a beautiful setting – Jose Gonzalez. Calexico, Donovan, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Martha Wainwright and Teddy Thompson are just a few of the names appearing. For more information go to www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk

WHITE HORSE FOLK FESTIVAL, WANTAGE, OXFORDSHIRE - AUGUST 18 - 20
Watch this space for artists as they are confimed

BEAUTIFUL DAYS - ESCOT PARK, DEVON - AUGUST 18 - 20
Tickets are now on sale via www.levellers.co.uk , www.seetickets.com  and from Solo Records in Exeter, Tel: 01392 425309.
The lineup includes 3 Daft Monkeys, Benji Kirkpatrick, Bleeding Hearts, Buzzcocks, Cara Dillon, Chumbawamba Acoustic, Damien Dempsey, Dan Donnelly, Divokej, Bill Dhol Foundation, Drunk In Public, Dylan Moran, Echo and the Bunnymen, Eighteenth Day of May, Gomez, Hayseed Dixie, Hugh Cornwell, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, Killing Joke, King Creosote, Larry Love Showband, Levellers, Lunasa, Mark Saul, Martha Wainwright, Neck, Nick Harper, Ox, The Fabulous Good Time Party Boys Medicine Show, Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting Revue, Seth Lakeman, Steel Pulse, Subgiant, The Coal Porters, The Crimea, The Demon Barber Roadshow, The Proclaimers, The Selecter, The Toretz, and Tin Tin Lady

TOWERSEY VILLAGE FESTIVAL, OXFORDSHIRE – AUGUST 24 – 28
Artists appearing include Martin Simpson, Blue Murder featuring Waterson:Carthy, Shooglenifty, Bellowhead, Roy Bailey , Jaipur Kawa Brass Band, Julie Fowlies, Genticorum Mnawkin and many more.
See www.towerseyfestival.com  for full details.

READING FESTIVAL - AUGUST 25 - 27
Amongst the acts appearing this year are Franz Ferdinand + Kaiser Chiefs + Audioslave + Feeder + Belle & Sebastian + The Subways + Panic! At The Disco + Yeah Yeah Yeahs + Fall Out Boy + Primal Scream + Dizzee Rascal + Secret Machines + Mystery Jets + Peaches + Gogol Bordello + guiLLeMoTs + The Long Blondes + Muse + The Streets + Feeder + Dirty Pretty Things + Futureheads + The Cribs + Wolfmother + Flogging Molly + Arctic Monkeys + The Raconteurs + Coheed And Cambria + Jet + Clap Your Hands SayYeah + The Fall + The Shins + Be Your Own Pet + Milburn + Plan B + Giant Drag + Pearl Jam + Placebo + My Chemical Romance + Slayer + Less Than Jake + Dashboard Confessional + Taking Back Sunday + Mastodon + Maximo Park + The Rakes + The Kooks + Boy Kill Boy + Broken Social Scene + Goldie Lookin' Chain (GLC) + Hope Of The States + Dresden Dolls + The
Automatic + !Forward Russia!

SHREWSBURY FOLK FESTIVAL – AUGUST 25 – 28
Amongs the artists appearing are:
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, ELIZA CARTHY & THE RAT CATCHERS
OYSTERBAND, SHOOGLENIFTY, VIN GARBUTT, NEW ROPE STRING BAND
THE DOONAN FAMILY BAND, JAIPUR KAWA BAND, THE WOODPECKER BAND, JOHN WRIGHT BAND, MRS ACKROYD BAND, GRAND UNION, KEITH DONNELLY, CHRIS WHILE & JULIE MATTHEWS and The SETH LAKEMAN BAND. See www. For full lineup and booking details.

SOUTHSEA FOLK & ROOTS FESTIVAL – AUGUST 25 – 28
The 6th annual festival compered by George Wilson includes Mike West, Ric Sanders Trio, Ashley Hutchings’ Rainbow Chasers, Larry Miller, PJ Wright, Keiran Halpin and many other acts. Main events take place at South Parade Pier.
See www.barkingspider.abelgratis.com /festival for full details

WALLINGFORD BUNKFEST, OXFORDSHIRE – SEPTEMBER 1 – 3
Music, dance, steam and beer, they say. Topping the bill is Cara Dillon; more top acts includng Seth Lakeman, Kila, Baka Beyond, Pressgang, The Bismarcks, Four Hand Reel and many more. See www.bunkest.co.uk  for more info.

BURNHAM-ON-SEA FOLK FEST - SEPTEMBER 2 - 3
Saturday: free gigs, jams and open mike sessions in various pubs throughout the town, plus dance and music workshops, arts and crafts, farmers' market, kids' ceilidh, family entertainment and adult ceilidh (ticket only).
Sunday: Mini-festival in Manor Gardens. For full details visit: www.folkfest.co.uk

SWANAGE FOLK FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 8 – 10
The festival kicks off this year with a Friday night concert featuring Vin Garbutt, aided and abetted by Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies and all held together by MC Bram Taylor. On Saturday evening Tanglefoot from Canada will be supported at the Middle School by Colvin Quarmby and Quicksilver. The MC for the evening will be Ben Campbell.
For those who enjoy a little more active music we there are two dance bands, The Woodpecker Band and Mawkin. The common thread on Saturday night in the marquee will be Gordon Potts, the caller who will get everybody dancing in his own unique style.
Once again there will be two concerts in the more refined atmosphere of St Mary’s Parish Church. On Saturday afternoon the entertainment will be provided by Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies and to round off the festival the Sunday evening concert features music by Craig, Robinson and Morgan and the ever popular Tom McConville and Pauline Cato.

SALISBURY FOLK FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 15 – 17
All events take place at Salisbury City Hall. Appearing are:
Dave Swarbrick & Martin Carthy, Ashley Hutchings/ Morris On Band, Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle, Last Night’s Fun, Little Johnny England, Magna Carta, Johnny Coppin & Mike Silver, Chris & Kellie While, Meet On The Ledge, Wild Willy Barrett’s Sleeping Dogz, Johnny Dickinson, Ben & Joe Broughton, Fred Wedlock, Derek Brimstone, Rob Johnston, Heelstone, Arlen, Four Hand Reel, Megson, One String Loose and Isambarde. See www.salisburyfolk.co.uk  for booking details

BLUES AT THE FORT - SEPTEMBER 22 & 23
Booked so far:
Dr Feelgood, Ben Waters Band
Blue Bishops, Do$ch
Riotous Brothers, Built For Comfort

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