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	PLAYING OUT LOUD! FESTIVAL FOCUS Welcome to our guide to music festivals in the South of England which will be a regular feature right up until November. This is just a skeleton list, which will be added to on a weekly basis from now onwards, so keep coming back for more info! CHANDLERS FORD & HILTINGBURY FESTIVAL – JUNE 23 – JULY 8 At Toynbee School, Leigh Park Recreation Ground, The Point and Thornden Hall. Youth Brass Band Concert, Acoustic Jass etc CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL – JUNE 26 – JULY 13 Emily Caket, 5th Floor, 12-14 Mason's Ave, London, EC2V 5BB. Tel: 020 7796 4949. Fax: 020 7796 4959. Contact: admin@colf.org CRAWLEY FOLK FESTIVAL – JUNE 30 – JULY 2 Artists announced so far include Waterson:Carthy, Bellowhead, North South Collide, Damien Ryan, Rabbi John, Thingumajig, Arnie Cottrell & Tim Payne Box Office, The Hawth, Hawth Avenue, Crawley, W Sussex, RH10 6YZ. Tel: 01293 553636. Fax: 01293 533362. Contact: info@hawth.co.uk NEW BOOTS! BRACKNELL – JULY 2 South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, Bracknell, Berks, RG12 7PA.. Tel: Music Dept 01344 416 260, Box office 01344 416 260. Contact: william.trevelyan@southhillpark.org.uk WEST SOMERSET FOLK FESTIVAL – JULY 6 - 8 Carhampton, nr Minehead, Somerset Artists include Mike Nicholson, Patti Smitn & Ned Clamp, Barron Brady & Steve Viney. Contact: Mike & Diane Dibble, 3 The Glebe, Timberscombe, Somerset, TA24 7TS. Tel: 01643 841597 dibblemjd@aol.com www.westsomersetfolkfestival.co.uk BEAULIEU SUMMER POPS – JULY 6 – 8 Fri 6 – Austrailian Pink Floyd Show Sat 7 – Girls Aloud Sun 8 – Jools Holland Orchestra & Lulu Tickets available via Southampton Guildhall 02380 632601 ELY FOLK FESTIVAL – JULY 6 – 8 Artists include Ezio, Battlefield Band, Vin Garbutt, Shooglenifty & Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies John Adams, 4 Willow Walk, Ely, Cambs, CB7 4AT. Tel: 01353 614164. Contact: trish.reed@ntlworld.com www.elyfolk.co.uk PRIDDY FOLK FESTIVAL, SOMERSET – JULY 6 – 8 Artists announced so far: Les Barker, Dragonsfly, Kerfuffle, James Chadwick, Chris Wood, Isambarde, Roger Wilson, Bob Fox, Hilary Spencer & Zoox Bob Dearden, PFF, South Hele, Millway, Rodney Stoke, Somerset, BS27 3XA. Tel: 01749 870981. Fax: 01749 870981. Contact: organizer@priddyfolk.org www.priddyfolk.org FROME FESTIVAL – JULY 6 – 15 Artists include Jane Taylor, Terry Hill Big Band, Slippery Fish, Ken Dodd and many classical concerts Martin Bax, 25 Market Place, Frome, Somerset BA11 1AH. Tel: 01373 453889. Contact: office@fromefestival.co.uk www.fromefestival.co.uk SUSSEX SONG & ALE, DICKER, EAST SUSSEX – JULY 6 – 8 – SOLD OUT! Mary & Ian Barr. Tel: 01323 896682. ttfsussexsongandale@hotmail.com HENLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC & THE ARTS - JULY 11 – 15 Artists include Tukriyatu, Mark Padmore & The Schubert Ensemble, Katherine Jenkins, Hank Wangford, Kit & The Widow, Dionne Warwick, Joseph Calleja, Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain 14 Friday Street, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 1AH. Tel: 01491 843400 (Admin) / 01491 843404 (Box office). Fax: 01491 410482. Contact: info@henley-festival.co.uk www.henley-festival.co.uk LARMER TREE FESTIVAL – JULY 11 - 15 Tollard Royal, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Even more artists this year including Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra featuring Lulu, Show of Hands, Nick Harper, Billy Bragg, Bad Science, Richie Havens & dozens more. Selling out quicker than ever, so book your tickets now! James Shepard, PO Box 1790, Salisbury, Wilts, SP5 5WA. Tel: 01725 552300. Fax: 01725 553090. Contact: laura@larmertreefestival.co.uk www.larmertreefestival.co.uk GUILFEST 2007 – JULY 13 – 15 Headliners include Supergrass, Squeeze, Madness with loads more acts including The Ordinary Boys, The Magic Numbers, Morcheeba etc etc Tony Scott, 54 Haydon Place, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4NE. Tel: 01483 536270. Fax: 01483 306551. Contact: info@guilfest.co.uk www.guilfest.co.uk TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS’ FESTIVAL –JULY 13 – 15 Music, poetry, discussion and debate, a carnival & lots more. The music is folk-orientated including ever-present Billy Bragg, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Pressgang, Chumbawamba, Hoovering The Heavens and Lion Train. www.tuc.org.uk ROMSEY BEGGARS FAIR – JULY 14 & 15 Music at various venues all around the town. Best acts include Black Bart, Contraband, State of Undress & Riverside Blues Band Beggars Fair Committee, 12 Church Lane, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8EP. Tel: 01794 518960. Contact: beggarsfair.2006@yahoo.co.uk www.elyfolk.co.uk TROWBRIDGE VILLAGE PUMP FESTIVAL – JULY 20 – 23 Acts confirmed so far: Levellers, Hot House Flowers, Eric Bibb, Bellowhead, Sharon Shanon, Seth Lakeman, Van Eyken, Andy Fairweather Low, John Martyn, Whapweasel, Tickled Pink, Pine Leaf Boys (Louisiana), Jim Page, Roy Bailey, Oh & Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, Kent Duchaine, Kate Rusby, The Men They Couldn’t Hang. Many more acts to come PO Box 984, Bath, Avon, BA1 6YH. Tel: 01225 769132 (enq) / 01225 710535 (cc bookings) / 0117 929 9008 (cc bookings). Contact: enquiries@trowbridgefestival.co.uk www.villagepump.org.uk RUSKIN HOUSE 16TH FOLK & BLUES FESTIVAL – JULY 21 Croydon, Surrey Contact: Garry & Tina Davis. Tel: 01737 553493 or 020 8688 5339 (Ruskin House). www.folkandblues.org CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL – JULY 26 – 29 The lineup is as follows: Joan Baez Nanci Griffith The Waterboys Steve Earle Kate Rusby Toots & The Maytals Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Toumani Diabaté & Symmetric Orchestra Under One Sky Show Of Hands Sharon Shannon Bellowhead Alabama 3 unplugged Oysterband Bruce Cockburn Martin Simpson Four Men & A Dog Fanfare Ciocǎrlia Solas Shooglenifty James Hunter C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band Fiddlers’ Bid Allison Moorer Brian McNeill The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Le Vent du Nord Kris Drever Seasick Steve Rachel Unthank & The Winterset Lau Ruthie Foster Haugaard & Høirup Martha Tilston Mabon Jaune Toujours Newton Faulkner Breabach Stömp Last Orders Mr Boom Folk Festival Mailing List, The Guildhall, Cambridge, CB2 3QJ. Tel: 01223 457555. Fax: 01223 457519. Contact: folkfest@cambridge.gov.uk www.cambrdigefolkfestival.co.uk WOMAD FESTIVAL – JULY 27 – 29 Charlton Park, nr Malmesbury, Wiltshire It will feature over 70 world-class artists from 40 countries performing over three days. The full line-up so far is as follows, with many more acts due to be announced over the coming months: Isaac Hayes (USA) Baaba Maal (Senegal), Balkan Beat Box (Israel/USA), Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali), Ben Taylor (USA), Bill Cobham (USA), Candi Staton (USA), Cesaria Evora (Cape Verde), CJ Chenier (USA), Daara J (Senegal), DJ Shantel (Germany), El Tanbura (Egypt), Imagined Village (UK), Kronos Quartet (USA), Kung Nei & Ouch Savy (Cambodia), Lila Downs (Mexico), Mariza (Portugal), Marzoug (Algeria), Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga (Kenya/Democratic Republic of Congo), Sam Tshabalala (South Africa), Serta-Gesar Troupe (Tibet), Sheila Chandra (UK), Steel Pulse (UK), The Dhol Foundation (UK), Toots and the Maytals (Jamaica), Toumast (Niger), Warsaw Village Band (Poland). WOMAD, Millside, Mill Lane, Box, Nr Corsham, Wilts, SN13 8PN. Tel: 0870 751 96623. Fax: 01225 743 481. Contact: info@womad.org www.womadpressroom.com INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL – JULY 27 – AUGUST 11 Bath, Somerset Phil Castang (General Manager), Abbey Chambers, Abbey Churchyard, Bath, BA1 1LY. Tel: 0870 240 6783. Contact: phil@igf.org.uk www.visitbath.co.uk GLOUCESTER INTERNATIONAL RHYTHM AND BLUES FESTIVAL – JULY 28 – AUGUST 5 This list may even be in alphabetical order! Ace and The Two Deuces American Blues Harmonica Masters with The Michael Roach Band Blues-To-Go Bridget and The Big Girls Blues Cool Hand D. B. Smith Band Giles Hedley and The Aviators Johnny Dickinson Martin Matt Schofield Band Memphis in the Meantime Mike Harrison Band Mike Sanchez and The Portions Molly Brown Paul Cowley and the TTs Perry Foster Ragtime Blues Orchestra Rick Payne Sharrie Williams and the Wiseguys Sons of the Delta Spank The Monkey Steve Browning and Wayne Elliot The Animals The Big Blues Tribe The Dirty Robbers The Suspects The Worried Men Will Killeen Central Gloucester Initiative, 43 Clarence Street, Gloucester, GL1 1EA. Tel: 01452 412828. Fax: 01452 502539. Contact: info@gloucesterblues.co.uk www.gloucesterblues.co.uk WICKHAM FESTIVAL – AUGUST 2 – 5 This year’s festival will be near the site, but in the fields behind Wickham Community Centre so the atmosphere will be much better. Artists already booked include Jethro Tull, Eddi Reader, The Saw Doctors, Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers, Kathryn Tickell, Shooglenifty, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, The Hamsters and many more. Peter Chegwyn, 51 Russell Street, Gosport, Hants, PO12 3JD. Tel: 023 9252 8017. Fax: 023 9252 8017. Contact: eastfest@talk21.com www.wickhamfestival.co.uk THE BIG CHILL FESTIVAL – AUGUST 3 - 5 Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire Artists include Isaac Hayes, The Blockheads, Bombay Dub Orchestra Stuart Archer, Chillfest ltd, PO Box 52707, London, EC2P 2WE. Tel: 020 7684 2020. Fax: 020 7684 2021. Contact: info@bigchill.net www.bigchill.net SIDMOUTH FOLK WEEK – AUGUST 3 – 10 Acts already announced include Show of Hands, Altan, Liz Rider, Spookymen, Eliza Carthy, Nancy Kerr & Vin Garbutt Tourist Information Centre, Ham Lane, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 8XR. Tel: 01395 578627. Contact: info@sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk EASTBOURNE LAMMAS FESTIVAL – AUGUST 3 – 4 Artists include Black Strap Molasses, Simon Hopper Band, The Dolmen, Ashley Hutchings’ Rainbow Chasers Jerry Bird, 14 Bath Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4UA. Tel: 01323 735364. Contact: greenmangallery@lineone.net www.lammasfest.org FAIRPORT'S CROPREDY CONVENTION – AUGUST 9 - 11 Nr. Banbury, Oxon Already approached subject to contract for this year’s festival are Kerfuffle and BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award winners Last Orders – as well as top established acts such as The Strawbs and Show of Hands. Jools Holland's Rhythm 'n' Blues Orchestra will close the Thursday evening, Richard Thompson and his band will headline on Friday, and the festivities will finish – as always – with a Fairport Convention and friends on Saturday Contact: Gareth Williams, Fairport Convention Ltd, 6 Stonehouse Business Centre, Market Square, Chipping Norton, Oxon, OX7 5NA. Contact: info@fairportconvention.com www.fairportconventon.com DARTMOOR FOLK FESTIVAL – AUGUST 10 - 12 South Zeal, Okehampton, Devon Mrs Jane White, Sunnyhill, Zeal Head, South Zeal, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2JL. Tel: 01837 840102. Fax: 01363 773545. Contact: enquiries@dartmoorfolkfestival.co.uk www.dartmoorfolkfestival.co.uk ENDORSE IT IN DORSET, SIXPENNY HANDLEY – AUGUST 10 – 12 Artists include Pronghorn, The Undertones, Dreadzone, The Cropdusters, Babyhead, The Highliners and many more www.pronghorn.co.uk BROADSTAIRS FOLK WEEK – AUGUST 10 - 17 Pierremont Hall, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 1JX. Tel: 01843 604080. Fax: 01843 866422. Contact: info@broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk www.broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk JEWISH SONG SUMMER SCHOOL – AUGUST 12 - 24 Geraldine Auerbach, JMI SOAS, University of London, PO Box 232, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 2NN. Tel: 020 8909 2445. Fax: 020 8909 1030. Contact: jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk www.jmi.org.uk KLEZFEST, LONDON - AUGUST 12 - 24 Geraldine Auerbach, JMI SOAS, University of London, PO Box 232, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 2NN. Tel: 020 8909 2445. Fax: 020 8909 1030. Contact: jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk www.jmi.org.uk BIDEFORD FOLK FESTIVAL – AUGUST 13 – 19 Artists include Last Night’s Fun, Dambuskers, Les Barker, Bodega, Company of Fools. Andy Knight, 32 Tennacott Heights, East the Water , Bideford, Devon, EX39 4DH. Tel: 01237 473931. Contact: andy@bidefordfolkfestival.co.uk www.bidefordfolkfestival.co.uk BEAUTIFUL DAYS – AUGUST 17 – 19 Escot Park, Honiton, Devon SOLD OUT! Tel: 01392 425309. Contact: info@beautifuldays.org www.beautifuldays.org ROCKINBEERFEST 07 – AUGUST Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Cambs. Contact: Tel: 0845 299 0845. www.rockinbeerfest.co.uk DIVINE MOON FESTIVAL – AUGUST 17 – 19 Portland, Dorset – contemplative & devotional music Contact: Peter Jadinge, 45 Straits, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1HG. Tel: 01305 824996 / 07980 657906 (m). peter@divinemoon.com www.divinemoon.com TOWERSEY VILLAGE FESTIVAL - AUGUST 23 - 27 Nr. Thame, Oxon Festival Office, PO Box 296, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3XU. Tel: 01629 827016. Fax: 01629 821874. Contact: info@towerseyfestival.com www.towerseyfestival.com SOUTHSEA FOLK & ROOTS FESTIVAL – AUGUST 24 – 27 Artists booked so far include Jackie Leven, Colvin Quarmby, The Steve Gibbons Trio, Memo Gonzalez & The Bluescaster See www.barkingspider.com CORNWALL FOLK FESTIVAL – AUGUST 24 - 27 Wadebridge, Cornwall Already booked: John Kirkpatrick, Mich Ryan & Pete Harris, The Outside Track, Anthony John Clark, No Strings Attached, Dangerous Curves, Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner, Barron-Brady, Rum & Shrub, Thorn & Roses Contact: Brian Timmins, Booking Office, Flat 2 Millhouse, Victoria Place, Penzance, TR18 4DB. Tel: 01736 333290 (info) / 01736 850630 (bookings). cornwallfolkfest@btinternet.com DIDMARTON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL – AUGUST 31 – SEPT 2 Kemble Airfield, nr. Cirencester, Glos First band to be booked is Blue Highway – many more to be announced Contact:Moira Wirtz. Tel: 011373 813590. moira@sorefingers.co.uk www.didmarton-bluegrass.co.uk WALLINGFORD BUNKFEST – AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 2 Wallingford, Oxon. Liaison Co-ordinator, PO Box 16, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 0NF. Tel: 07743 330494. Fax: 0870 706 1775. Contact: info@bunkfest.co.uk www.bunkfest.co.uk TRADITIONAL MUSIC DAY – SEPTEMBER 1 Stowmarket, Suffolk Contact: Katie Howson, 44 Old Street, Haughley, Stowmarket, IP14 3NX. Tel: 01449 771090. info@eatmt.fsnet.co.uk www.eatmtorg.uk BURNHAM FOLKFEST – AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 2 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset Contact: Graham Cook, GC Music, College Street, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. Tel: 01278 494414. gcwebsite@aol.com www.folkfest.co.uk PORTSMOUTH MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER ? Castle Field, Southsea, Hants Contact: Tricia Edwin. PO Box 597, Portsmouth. PO1 1XQ. info@gloriousfab.com SWANAGE FOLK FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 7 – 9 Swanage Tourist Office, Shore Road, Swanage, Dorset. Tel: 0870 4420680 Acts announced so far: Spiers & Bode, Steve Tilston, New Rope String Band, Faustus, Crucible, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, 2Pauls, Cloudstreet, Kimber’s Men, John Conolly Contact: swanagefolkfestival@yahoo.co.uk www.swanagefolkfestival.co.uk ST IVES SEPTEMBER FESTIVALOF MUSIC AND THE ARTS SEPTEMBER 9 – 23 Cornwall. Contact: Martin Val Baker, Rainyday Gallery, 116 Market Jew Street, Penzance, TR18 2LD. Tel: 01736 366077. rainday@macunlimited.net BLUES AT THE FORT – SEPTEMBER 14 & 15 Fort Purbrook, Portsmouth, Hants contact: bluesatthefort@btinternet.com www.bluesatthefort.com THE MAYOR'S THAMES FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 15 & 16 South Bank, London Contact: Peter Slavid, The Bargehouse, London, SE1 9PH. Tel: 020 7928 8998. p.slavid@coin-street.org www.thamesfestival.org CORNISH BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 15 - 17 Newquay, Cornwall Contact: Lorraine Moore, 28 Fore Street, Camborne, Cornwall. Tel: 01209 719897 (eve). lorrainew@28fs.fsnet.co.uk SALISBURY FOLK FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 21 - 23 Hurdcott, Salisbury, Wilts Contact: Keith Harris, Fairfield, Hurdcott, Salisbury, SP4 6HJ. Tel: 07831 718789. enquiries@salisburyfolk.co.uk www.salisbury.folk.co.uk BLUES AT THE FORT – SEPTEMBER 14 & 15 Fort Purbrook, Portsmouth, Hants contact: bluesatthefort@btinternet.com www.bluesatthefort.com TENTERDEN FOLK FESTIVAL – OCTOBER 5 – 7 nr Ashford, Kent. Contact: Alan Castle, 15 Repton Manor Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3HA. Tel: 01233 626805. folkspots@btinternet.com BANBURY CANALSIDE FOLK FESTIVAL – OCTOBER 12 - 14 Banbury, Oxon. Contact: D G Droscher, Just William, Fenny Marina, Wharf Road, Fenny Compton, Warks, CV47 2XD. Tel: 01295 770952. Looking for a different Festival Focus? 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Welcome to our guide to music festivals in the South of England which will be a regular feature right up until November. This is just a skeleton list, which will be added to on a weekly basis from now onwards, so keep coming back for more info!

CHANDLERS FORD & HILTINGBURY FESTIVAL – JUNE 23 – JULY 8
At Toynbee School, Leigh Park Recreation Ground, The Point and Thornden Hall. Youth Brass Band Concert, Acoustic Jass etc

CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL – JUNE 26 – JULY 13
Emily Caket, 5th Floor, 12-14 Mason's Ave, London, EC2V 5BB. Tel: 020 7796 4949. Fax: 020 7796 4959.
Contact: admin@colf.org

CRAWLEY FOLK FESTIVAL – JUNE 30 – JULY 2
Artists announced so far include Waterson:Carthy, Bellowhead, North South Collide, Damien Ryan, Rabbi John, Thingumajig, Arnie Cottrell & Tim Payne
Box Office, The Hawth, Hawth Avenue, Crawley, W Sussex, RH10 6YZ. Tel: 01293 553636. Fax: 01293 533362. Contact: info@hawth.co.uk

NEW BOOTS! BRACKNELL – JULY 2
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, Bracknell, Berks, RG12 7PA.. Tel: Music Dept 01344 416 260, Box office 01344 416 260.
Contact: william.trevelyan@southhillpark.org.uk

WEST SOMERSET FOLK FESTIVAL – JULY 6 - 8
Carhampton, nr Minehead, Somerset
Artists include Mike Nicholson, Patti Smitn & Ned Clamp, Barron Brady & Steve Viney.
Contact: Mike & Diane Dibble, 3 The Glebe, Timberscombe, Somerset, TA24 7TS. Tel: 01643 841597 dibblemjd@aol.com
www.westsomersetfolkfestival.co.uk

BEAULIEU SUMMER POPS – JULY 6 – 8
Fri 6 – Austrailian Pink Floyd Show
Sat 7 – Girls Aloud
Sun 8 – Jools Holland Orchestra & Lulu
Tickets available via Southampton Guildhall 02380 632601

ELY FOLK FESTIVAL – JULY 6 – 8
Artists include Ezio, Battlefield Band, Vin Garbutt, Shooglenifty & Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies
John Adams, 4 Willow Walk, Ely, Cambs, CB7 4AT. Tel: 01353 614164.
Contact: trish.reed@ntlworld.com
www.elyfolk.co.uk

PRIDDY FOLK FESTIVAL, SOMERSET – JULY 6 – 8
Artists announced so far: Les Barker, Dragonsfly, Kerfuffle, James Chadwick, Chris Wood, Isambarde, Roger Wilson, Bob Fox, Hilary Spencer & Zoox
Bob Dearden, PFF, South Hele, Millway, Rodney Stoke, Somerset, BS27 3XA. Tel: 01749 870981. Fax: 01749 870981. Contact: organizer@priddyfolk.org
www.priddyfolk.org

FROME FESTIVAL – JULY 6 – 15
Artists include Jane Taylor, Terry Hill Big Band, Slippery Fish, Ken Dodd and many classical concerts
Martin Bax, 25 Market Place, Frome, Somerset BA11 1AH. Tel: 01373 453889. Contact: office@fromefestival.co.uk
www.fromefestival.co.uk

SUSSEX SONG & ALE, DICKER, EAST SUSSEX – JULY 6 – 8 – SOLD OUT!
Mary & Ian Barr. Tel: 01323 896682. ttfsussexsongandale@hotmail.com

HENLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC & THE ARTS - JULY 11 – 15
Artists include Tukriyatu, Mark Padmore & The Schubert Ensemble, Katherine Jenkins, Hank Wangford, Kit & The Widow, Dionne Warwick, Joseph Calleja, Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain
14 Friday Street, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 1AH. Tel: 01491 843400 (Admin) / 01491 843404 (Box office). Fax: 01491 410482.
Contact: info@henley-festival.co.uk
www.henley-festival.co.uk

LARMER TREE FESTIVAL – JULY 11 - 15
Tollard Royal, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Even more artists this year including Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra featuring Lulu, Show of Hands, Nick Harper, Billy Bragg, Bad Science, Richie Havens & dozens more. Selling out quicker than ever, so book your tickets now!
James Shepard, PO Box 1790, Salisbury, Wilts, SP5 5WA. Tel: 01725 552300. Fax: 01725 553090.
Contact: laura@larmertreefestival.co.uk
www.larmertreefestival.co.uk

GUILFEST 2007 – JULY 13 – 15
Headliners include Supergrass, Squeeze, Madness with loads more acts including The Ordinary Boys, The Magic Numbers, Morcheeba etc etc
Tony Scott, 54 Haydon Place, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4NE. Tel: 01483 536270. Fax: 01483 306551.
Contact: info@guilfest.co.uk
www.guilfest.co.uk

TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS’ FESTIVAL –JULY 13 – 15
Music, poetry, discussion and debate, a carnival & lots more. The music is folk-orientated including ever-present Billy Bragg, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Pressgang, Chumbawamba, Hoovering The Heavens and Lion Train.
www.tuc.org.uk

ROMSEY BEGGARS FAIR – JULY 14 & 15
Music at various venues all around the town. Best acts include Black Bart, Contraband, State of Undress & Riverside Blues Band
Beggars Fair Committee, 12 Church Lane, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8EP. Tel: 01794 518960.
Contact: beggarsfair.2006@yahoo.co.uk
www.elyfolk.co.uk

TROWBRIDGE VILLAGE PUMP FESTIVAL – JULY 20 – 23
Acts confirmed so far: Levellers, Hot House Flowers, Eric Bibb, Bellowhead, Sharon Shanon, Seth Lakeman, Van Eyken, Andy Fairweather Low, John Martyn, Whapweasel, Tickled Pink, Pine Leaf Boys (Louisiana), Jim Page, Roy Bailey, Oh & Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, Kent Duchaine, Kate Rusby, The Men They Couldn’t Hang. Many more acts to come
PO Box 984, Bath, Avon, BA1 6YH. Tel: 01225 769132 (enq) / 01225 710535 (cc bookings) / 0117 929 9008 (cc bookings).
Contact: enquiries@trowbridgefestival.co.uk
www.villagepump.org.uk

RUSKIN HOUSE 16TH FOLK & BLUES FESTIVAL – JULY 21
Croydon, Surrey
Contact: Garry & Tina Davis. Tel: 01737 553493 or 020 8688 5339 (Ruskin House).
www.folkandblues.org

CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL – JULY 26 – 29
The lineup is as follows:
Joan Baez Nanci Griffith The Waterboys Steve Earle
Kate Rusby Toots & The Maytals Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Toumani Diabaté & Symmetric Orchestra Under One Sky Show Of Hands
Sharon Shannon Bellowhead Alabama 3 unplugged Oysterband
Bruce Cockburn Martin Simpson Four Men & A Dog Fanfare Ciocǎrlia
Solas Shooglenifty James Hunter C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band
Fiddlers’ Bid Allison Moorer Brian McNeill
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Le Vent du Nord Kris Drever Seasick Steve
Rachel Unthank & The Winterset Lau Ruthie Foster Haugaard & Høirup
Martha Tilston Mabon Jaune Toujours Newton Faulkner
Breabach Stömp Last Orders Mr Boom
Folk Festival Mailing List, The Guildhall, Cambridge, CB2 3QJ. Tel: 01223 457555. Fax: 01223 457519.
Contact: folkfest@cambridge.gov.uk
www.cambrdigefolkfestival.co.uk

WOMAD FESTIVAL – JULY 27 – 29
Charlton Park, nr Malmesbury, Wiltshire
It will feature over 70 world-class artists from 40 countries performing over three days. The full line-up so far is as follows, with many more acts due to be announced over the coming months: Isaac Hayes (USA) Baaba Maal (Senegal), Balkan Beat Box (Israel/USA), Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba (Mali), Ben Taylor (USA), Bill Cobham (USA), Candi Staton (USA), Cesaria Evora (Cape Verde), CJ Chenier (USA), Daara J (Senegal), DJ Shantel (Germany), El Tanbura (Egypt), Imagined Village (UK), Kronos Quartet (USA), Kung Nei & Ouch Savy (Cambodia), Lila Downs (Mexico), Mariza (Portugal), Marzoug (Algeria), Samba Mapangala & Orchestre Virunga (Kenya/Democratic Republic of Congo), Sam Tshabalala (South Africa), Serta-Gesar Troupe (Tibet), Sheila Chandra (UK), Steel Pulse (UK), The Dhol Foundation (UK), Toots and the Maytals (Jamaica), Toumast (Niger), Warsaw Village Band (Poland).
WOMAD, Millside, Mill Lane, Box, Nr Corsham, Wilts, SN13 8PN. Tel: 0870 751 96623. Fax: 01225 743 481.
Contact: info@womad.org
www.womadpressroom.com

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL – JULY 27 – AUGUST 11
Bath, Somerset
Phil Castang (General Manager), Abbey Chambers, Abbey Churchyard, Bath, BA1 1LY. Tel: 0870 240 6783.
Contact: phil@igf.org.uk
www.visitbath.co.uk

GLOUCESTER INTERNATIONAL RHYTHM AND BLUES FESTIVAL – JULY 28 – AUGUST 5
This list may even be in alphabetical order!
Ace and The Two Deuces American Blues Harmonica Masters with The Michael Roach Band
Blues-To-Go
Bridget and The Big Girls Blues
Cool Hand
D. B. Smith Band Giles Hedley and The Aviators
Johnny Dickinson
Martin
Matt Schofield Band
Memphis in the Meantime Mike Harrison Band
Mike Sanchez and The Portions
Molly Brown Paul Cowley and the TTs Perry Foster Ragtime Blues Orchestra
Rick Payne Sharrie Williams and the Wiseguys
Sons of the Delta
Spank The Monkey Steve Browning and Wayne Elliot
The Animals
The Big Blues Tribe
The Dirty Robbers
The Suspects
The Worried Men
Will Killeen

Central Gloucester Initiative, 43 Clarence Street, Gloucester, GL1 1EA. Tel: 01452 412828. Fax: 01452 502539. Contact: info@gloucesterblues.co.uk
www.gloucesterblues.co.uk

WICKHAM FESTIVAL – AUGUST 2 – 5
This year’s festival will be near the site, but in the fields behind Wickham Community Centre so the atmosphere will be much better. Artists already booked include Jethro Tull, Eddi Reader, The Saw Doctors, Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers, Kathryn Tickell, Shooglenifty, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, The Hamsters and many more.
Peter Chegwyn, 51 Russell Street, Gosport, Hants, PO12 3JD. Tel: 023 9252 8017. Fax: 023 9252 8017.
Contact: eastfest@talk21.com
www.wickhamfestival.co.uk

THE BIG CHILL FESTIVAL – AUGUST 3 - 5
Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire
Artists include Isaac Hayes, The Blockheads, Bombay Dub Orchestra
Stuart Archer, Chillfest ltd, PO Box 52707, London, EC2P 2WE. Tel: 020 7684 2020. Fax: 020 7684 2021.
Contact: info@bigchill.net
www.bigchill.net

SIDMOUTH FOLK WEEK – AUGUST 3 – 10
Acts already announced include Show of Hands, Altan, Liz Rider, Spookymen, Eliza Carthy, Nancy Kerr & Vin Garbutt
Tourist Information Centre, Ham Lane, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 8XR. Tel: 01395 578627.
Contact: info@sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk
www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk

EASTBOURNE LAMMAS FESTIVAL – AUGUST 3 – 4
Artists include Black Strap Molasses, Simon Hopper Band, The Dolmen, Ashley Hutchings’ Rainbow Chasers
Jerry Bird, 14 Bath Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4UA. Tel: 01323 735364.
Contact: greenmangallery@lineone.net
www.lammasfest.org

FAIRPORT'S CROPREDY CONVENTION – AUGUST 9 - 11
Nr. Banbury, Oxon
Already approached subject to contract for this year’s festival are Kerfuffle and BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award winners Last Orders – as well as top established acts such as The Strawbs and Show of Hands. Jools Holland's Rhythm 'n' Blues Orchestra will close the Thursday evening, Richard Thompson and his band will headline on Friday, and the festivities will finish – as always – with a Fairport Convention and friends on Saturday
Contact: Gareth Williams, Fairport Convention Ltd, 6 Stonehouse Business Centre, Market Square, Chipping Norton, Oxon, OX7 5NA.
Contact: info@fairportconvention.com
www.fairportconventon.com

DARTMOOR FOLK FESTIVAL – AUGUST 10 - 12
South Zeal, Okehampton, Devon
Mrs Jane White, Sunnyhill, Zeal Head, South Zeal, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2JL. Tel: 01837 840102. Fax: 01363 773545.
Contact: enquiries@dartmoorfolkfestival.co.uk
www.dartmoorfolkfestival.co.uk

ENDORSE IT IN DORSET, SIXPENNY HANDLEY – AUGUST 10 – 12
Artists include Pronghorn, The Undertones, Dreadzone, The Cropdusters, Babyhead, The Highliners and many more
www.pronghorn.co.uk

BROADSTAIRS FOLK WEEK – AUGUST 10 - 17
Pierremont Hall, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 1JX. Tel: 01843 604080. Fax: 01843 866422.
Contact: info@broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk
www.broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk

JEWISH SONG SUMMER SCHOOL – AUGUST 12 - 24
Geraldine Auerbach, JMI SOAS, University of London, PO Box 232, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 2NN. Tel: 020 8909 2445. Fax: 020 8909 1030.
Contact: jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk
www.jmi.org.uk

KLEZFEST, LONDON - AUGUST 12 - 24
Geraldine Auerbach, JMI SOAS, University of London, PO Box 232, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 2NN. Tel: 020 8909 2445. Fax: 020 8909 1030.
Contact: jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk
www.jmi.org.uk

BIDEFORD FOLK FESTIVAL – AUGUST 13 – 19
Artists include Last Night’s Fun, Dambuskers, Les Barker, Bodega, Company of Fools.
Andy Knight, 32 Tennacott Heights, East the Water , Bideford, Devon, EX39 4DH. Tel: 01237 473931.
Contact: andy@bidefordfolkfestival.co.uk
www.bidefordfolkfestival.co.uk

BEAUTIFUL DAYS – AUGUST 17 – 19
Escot Park, Honiton, Devon
SOLD OUT!
Tel: 01392 425309.
Contact: info@beautifuldays.org
www.beautifuldays.org

ROCKINBEERFEST 07 – AUGUST
Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Cambs.
Contact: Tel: 0845 299 0845.
www.rockinbeerfest.co.uk

DIVINE MOON FESTIVAL – AUGUST 17 – 19
Portland, Dorset – contemplative & devotional music
Contact: Peter Jadinge, 45 Straits, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1HG. Tel: 01305 824996 / 07980 657906 (m). peter@divinemoon.com
www.divinemoon.com

TOWERSEY VILLAGE FESTIVAL - AUGUST 23 - 27
Nr. Thame, Oxon
Festival Office, PO Box 296, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3XU. Tel: 01629 827016. Fax: 01629 821874.
Contact: info@towerseyfestival.com
www.towerseyfestival.com

SOUTHSEA FOLK & ROOTS FESTIVAL – AUGUST 24 – 27
Artists booked so far include Jackie Leven, Colvin Quarmby, The Steve Gibbons Trio, Memo Gonzalez & The Bluescaster
See www.barkingspider.com

CORNWALL FOLK FESTIVAL – AUGUST 24 - 27
Wadebridge, Cornwall
Already booked: John Kirkpatrick, Mich Ryan & Pete Harris, The Outside Track, Anthony John Clark, No Strings Attached, Dangerous Curves, Lynne Heraud & Pat Turner, Barron-Brady, Rum & Shrub, Thorn & Roses
Contact: Brian Timmins, Booking Office, Flat 2 Millhouse, Victoria Place, Penzance, TR18 4DB. Tel: 01736 333290 (info) / 01736 850630 (bookings). cornwallfolkfest@btinternet.com

DIDMARTON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL – AUGUST 31 – SEPT 2
Kemble Airfield, nr. Cirencester, Glos
First band to be booked is Blue Highway – many more to be announced
Contact:Moira Wirtz. Tel: 011373 813590. moira@sorefingers.co.uk
www.didmarton-bluegrass.co.uk

WALLINGFORD BUNKFEST – AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 2
Wallingford, Oxon.
Liaison Co-ordinator, PO Box 16, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 0NF. Tel: 07743 330494. Fax: 0870 706 1775. Contact: info@bunkfest.co.uk
www.bunkfest.co.uk

TRADITIONAL MUSIC DAY – SEPTEMBER 1
Stowmarket, Suffolk
Contact: Katie Howson, 44 Old Street, Haughley, Stowmarket, IP14 3NX. Tel: 01449 771090. info@eatmt.fsnet.co.uk
www.eatmtorg.uk

BURNHAM FOLKFEST – AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 2
Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset
Contact: Graham Cook, GC Music, College Street, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. Tel: 01278 494414. gcwebsite@aol.com
www.folkfest.co.uk

PORTSMOUTH MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER ?
Castle Field, Southsea, Hants
Contact: Tricia Edwin. PO Box 597, Portsmouth. PO1 1XQ. info@gloriousfab.com

SWANAGE FOLK FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 7 – 9
Swanage Tourist Office, Shore Road, Swanage, Dorset. Tel: 0870 4420680
Acts announced so far: Spiers & Bode, Steve Tilston, New Rope String Band, Faustus, Crucible, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, 2Pauls, Cloudstreet, Kimber’s Men, John Conolly
Contact: swanagefolkfestival@yahoo.co.uk
www.swanagefolkfestival.co.uk

ST IVES SEPTEMBER FESTIVALOF MUSIC AND THE ARTS SEPTEMBER 9 – 23
Cornwall.
Contact: Martin Val Baker, Rainyday Gallery, 116 Market Jew Street, Penzance, TR18 2LD. Tel: 01736 366077. rainday@macunlimited.net

BLUES AT THE FORT – SEPTEMBER 14 & 15
Fort Purbrook, Portsmouth, Hants
contact: bluesatthefort@btinternet.com
www.bluesatthefort.com

THE MAYOR'S THAMES FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 15 & 16
South Bank, London
Contact: Peter Slavid, The Bargehouse, London, SE1 9PH. Tel: 020 7928 8998. p.slavid@coin-street.org
www.thamesfestival.org

CORNISH BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 15 - 17
Newquay, Cornwall
Contact: Lorraine Moore, 28 Fore Street, Camborne, Cornwall. Tel: 01209 719897 (eve). lorrainew@28fs.fsnet.co.uk

SALISBURY FOLK FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 21 - 23
Hurdcott, Salisbury, Wilts
Contact: Keith Harris, Fairfield, Hurdcott, Salisbury, SP4 6HJ. Tel: 07831 718789. enquiries@salisburyfolk.co.uk
www.salisbury.folk.co.uk

BLUES AT THE FORT – SEPTEMBER 14 & 15
Fort Purbrook, Portsmouth, Hants
contact: bluesatthefort@btinternet.com
www.bluesatthefort.com

TENTERDEN FOLK FESTIVAL – OCTOBER 5 – 7
nr Ashford, Kent.
Contact: Alan Castle, 15 Repton Manor Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3HA. Tel: 01233 626805. folkspots@btinternet.com

BANBURY CANALSIDE FOLK FESTIVAL – OCTOBER 12 - 14
Banbury, Oxon.
Contact: D G Droscher, Just William, Fenny Marina, Wharf Road, Fenny Compton, Warks, CV47 2XD. Tel: 01295 770952.

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