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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! SWANAGE BLUES FESTIVAL – MARCH 2 - 4 At various venues around Swanage. Booked so far: The Barcodes, The Incredible Blues Puppies, Robin Bibi Band, Jon Walsh Blues Band, Slim Lightfoot & The Backbones, Saiichi Sugiyama Band, The Mustangs, Storm Warning, Hollow Bone, Nigel Bagge & Eddie Armer, Sonny Black, John Crampton, Steve Darrington, Pete Smith with Chris Williams, Harris, Budden & Osborne - more to come Contact: Steve Darrington – s.darrington@openworldcom Mail: Steve Darrington, Swanage Blues, c/oTIC, The White House, Shore Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LB www.swanage-blues.org OXFORD FOLK FESTIVAL – MARCH 30 – APRIL 1 Artists already booked include Salsa Celtica, the 11-piece fusion band from Scotland, Eliza Carthy and the Ratcatchers as will be John Spiers and Jon Boden. Other acts include the all-singing, all-strumming Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, folk legends John Renbourn & Robin Williamson, The Daughters of Elvin, squeeze-box maestro John Kirkpatrick, Norfolk's inimitable Sid Kipper, and Welsh newfolk-jazzers Fernhil. Also appearing are hotly tipped newcomers Lisa Knapp, James Chadwick and 16-year-old folk and blues guitarist Wilber. Add the Celtic dream landscapes of Luke Daniels 'Lost Music of the Gaels' and an Afro-collaboration between Kuridza Mbira Project & Jali Fily Cissokho and you’ve got an impressive lineup. Contact: info@oxfordfolkfestival.com www.oxfordfolkfestival.com SPITZ FESTIVAL OF BLUES APRIL 5 - 29 The Spitz, Old Spitalfields Market, 109 Commercial Street, London, E1 6BG Tel: 020 7392 9032 www.spitz.co.uk GOSPORT & FAREHAM EASTER FESTIVAL – APRIL 5 - 9 The lineup has just been announced! KATE RUSBY SETH LAKEMAN SHOW OF HANDS JOHN TAMS & BARRY COOPE COLVIN:QUARMBY JOHN RENBOURN & ROBIN WILLIAMSON NORTH CREGG THE TIM EDEY BAND (TIM EDEY, BRENDAN POWER, LUCY RANDALL) LAU (KRIS DREVER, AIDEN O’ROURKE, MARTIN GREEN) HAZEL & JENNIFER WRIGLEY SHONA KIPLING & DAMIEN O’KANE HEIDI TALBOT, BOO HEWERDINE & TOLA CUSTY PAUL DOWNES • HARRIET BARTLETT AMALTHEA • FLOSSIE MALAVIALLE • MEGSON JAMIE SMITH, COLETTE O’LEARY & BRIAN KELLY ALISTAIR RUSSELL • CHRIS & SIOBHAN NELSON DAVE NEWEY • ARLEN • EMILY & HAZEL ASKEW Contact: Peter Chegwyn, 51 Russell Street, Gosport, Hants, PO12 3JD. Tel: 01329 231942 (Box Office). Fax: 023 9252 8017. eastfest@talk21.com www.gosportfestival.co.uk EASTBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FOLKDANCE FESTIVAL – MAY 4 - 7 Booked so far: Barrie Bullimore, Charles Boton, Colin Hume, Mike Barraclough, Rosemary Hunt, Dampiers Round, Dave & Victoria, Keeping Thyme, Weston Country Dance Band, Orion’s Ring. Many more to come….. Contact: Richard & Judy Wright, Festival Booking Office, Hurstpierpoint College, Hassocks, Sussex, BN6 9JS. Tel: 01273 835759. info@eiff.org.uk www.eiff.org.uk INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL, LONDON – MAY 5 - 7 Contact: Phil Castang (General manager), London Office, 21 Cannon Court, 5 Brewhouse Yard, London, EC1V 4JQ. Tel: 0870 240 6783. phil@igf.org.uk www.igf.org.uk EXMOOR FOLK FESTIVAL – MAY 11 - 13 Contact: Mrs. Gwyn Linley, Leeford, Brendon, Devon, EX35 6PS. Tel. 01598 741279. g.linley@virgin.net www.exmoorfolkfestival.co.uk LEWES FOLK ROCK FESTIVAL – MAY 19 & 20 Contact: Jon Wood, 23 Harrington Villas, Brighton, BN1 6RG. Tel: 07971 823645. jon@thefold.co.uk LONDON AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL – MAY 19 - 28 Box Office, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London. Tel: 08703 800 400 (box office). Contact: joyfulnoise@talk21.com BATH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL – MAY 19 – JUNE 4 Box Office, 2 Church Street, Abbey Green, Bath BA1 1NL. Tel: 01225 463362. Contact: boxoffice@bathfestivals.org.uk WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL, LONDON – MAY 19 – 16 St Martin-in-the-Fields, London WC2. Box Office. Tel: 020 7839 8362 BLACK HORSE FESTIVAL, TELHAM – MAY 25 - 28 nr Battle, E Sussex John Shotton, 32 Tower Road West, St Leonard's On Sea, E Sussex, TN38 0RG. Tel: 01424 429840. Fax: 01424 729982. Contact: jshotton@keme.co.uk www.blackhorsefestival.org.uk CHIPPENHAM FOLK FESTIVAL – MAY 25 - 28 Acts invited so far: Van Eyken, Last Nights Fun, Witchnotes, Pipers Sons, Hoover the Dog, Mawkin, Ashas, Peeping Tom, Whapweasel, Hugh Rippon :: Pete Rees :: Gordon Potts Stradivarious :: Hobson's Choice (Belgium) Geoff Cubitt :: Sharon Green (USA) Bristol Morris Men :: Stone the Crows Bob Berry, Festival Organiser, The Festival Office, The Causeway Music & Arts Centre, The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DD. Tel: 01249 657190. Contact: info@chippfolk.co.uk www.chippfolk.co.uk SUNRISE CELEBRATION, SOMERSET – MAY 31 – JUNE 3 At a secret location in Somerset Contact: dan@familygathering.co.uk www.sunrisecelebration.com EARTHWISE FESTIVAL, DORSET - JUNE 1 - 4 nr Cerne Abbas, Dorset PO Box 5704, Bournemouth, BH8 8NJ. Tel: 0845 330 4340. NORTH DEVON FESTIVAL - JUNE 1 – 30 Venues throughout N Devon Debbie Cooke, North Devon Festival Office, c/o Queen's Theatre, Boutport Street, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1SY. Tel: 01271 869221. Fax: 01271 867707. Contact: press@northdevontheatres.org.uk www.totaltravel.co.uk WYCHWOOD MUSIC FESTIVAL, CHELTENHAM – JUNE 1 – 3 Artists announced so far: Levellers, Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3, Anoushka Shankar, Ba Cissoko, Go Lem System, Martha Tilston, Etan Finatawa, Adjagas Graeme Merifield, PO Box 1000, Cheltenham, GL53 9WY. Tel: 01993 772580. Fax: 01993 771587. Contact: info@wychwoodfestival.com WESSEX FOLK FESTIVAL, WEYMOUTH – JUNE 1 – 3 Booked so far: John Conolly, Beck Sian, Dr Stomp, Jings!, Aardvark Ceilidh Band, D’Accord, Wizz Jones, Julie Felix , Triskele, Ravenstone Contact: Pauline Clenshaw, 32 Greenways, Portland, Dorset, DT5 2LE. Tel: 07801 097891. info@wessexfolkfestival.co.uk www.wessexfolkfestival.co.uk CELEBRATING SANCTUARY – JUNE 7 Bernie Spain Gardens & Oxo Tower Wharf, Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1 Tel: 020 7401 3610. Contact: info@refugeeweek.org.uk www.emanhumusic.com WALLINGFORD BLUES & BEER FESTIVAL – JUNE 8 & 9 Headline acts just announced: Kyla Brox Band & Michael Roach Band Norma Whelan, 48 Croft Road, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 0HH. Tel: 01491 834665. Contact: normawhelan@yahoo.co.uk www.bluesandbeer.co.uk ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL – JUNE 8 – 10 Acts announced so far: Snow Patrol, Amy Winehouse, James Morrison, The Feeling, Muse, Kasabian. SOLD OUT ALREADY! www.community.isleofwightfestival.com WIMBORNE FOLK FESTIVAL – JUNE 8 – 10 Acts confirmed so far: Chris Newman & Máire Ní Cathasaigh with Arty McGlynn & Noillaig Casey, At First Light, Swarb's Lazarus, Téada, Stephen Fearing, Líadan, Shona Kipling & Damien O'Kane, James Chadwick, Four Hand Reel, Back of the Moon, Steve Tilston, Luke Daniels & Friends, Mick Ryan & Pete Harris, Anna Massie Band Contact: Linda Wild, 32A Sea View Road, Upton, Poole, Dorset, BH16 5NG. Tel: 01202 623740. linda.wild@wimbornefolkfestival.co.uk www.wimbornefolkfestival.co.uk GOLOWAN FESTIVAL, PENZANCE – JUNE 16 - 24 Stephen Hall, The Barbican, Battery Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4EF. Tel: 01736 332211. Contact: info@golowan.com www.golowan.com GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL – JUNE 22 – 24 Not all confirmed but apparently The Who, Arctic Monkeys, Bjork & The Chemical Brothers will be appearing. Tickets go on sale on April 1 www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk BLUES ON THE FARM, CHICHESTER – JUNE 22 – 25 Booked so far: Ian Segal, Geoff Achison, Blue Harlem, Eddie Martin, Wild T & The Spirit, Kent Duchaine, , Corb Lund, Tim Hain & Sunnyside Up, Rachael Warwick & New Jack Union, Contact: Julian Moores, Pump Bottom Farm, Birdham Road, Appledram, Chichester, W Sussex, PO20 7EH. Tel: 01243 773828 / 01243 539072. Fax: 01243 773828. info@bluesonthefarm.co.uk www.bluesonthefarm.co.uk TEIGNMOUTH MIDSUMMER FOLK FESTIVAL – JUNE 23 - 25 Colin Eversett, Festival Office, 8 Sweetbriar Lane, Holcombe, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0JZ. Tel: 01626 866395. Contact: colineversett@btinternet.com TOGFEST ALL MUSIC FESTIVAL – JUNE 24 Bradwell Abbey, Milton Keynes. 42 Mortons Ford, Blue Bridge, Milton Keynes, MK13 0LA. Tel: 01908 313413. SUN AND MOON FESTIVAL, BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET – JUNE 24 & 25 Jenny McNeil. Tel: 01278 723829. jenny@wessexfayres.co.uk 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 FOLK ON THE WATER: SAUL CANAL FESTIVAL – JUNE 29 – JULY 1 Saul, nr Frampton on Severn, Glos Acts booked so far: Show of Hands, Megson, Cave, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Patterson, Jordan & Dipper, Horses Brawl, Landermason, Darren Black, Ray Moore, Smerkin Merkins, Banjo Billy's Braunston Picklel Keith Harris, Fairfield, Hurdcott, Salisbury, SP4 6HJ. Tel: 01285 643440 Contact: keith.arris@btinternet.com www.junctionevents.org.uk 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 Contact: Mike & Diane Dibble, 3 The Glebe, Timberscombe, Somerset, TA24 7TS. Tel: 01643 841597 dibblemjd@aol.com www.westsomersetfolkfestival.co.uk ELY FOLK FESTIVAL – JULY 6 - 8 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 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 7 - 9 Mary & Ian Barr. Tel: 01323 896682. ttfsussexsongandale@hotmail.com HENLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC & THE ARTS - JULY 11 – 15 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 artist 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 Lineup to be announced shortly, so watch this space! Tony Scott, 54 Haydon Place, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4NE. Tel: 01483 536270. Fax: 01483 306551. Contact: info@guilfest.co.uk www.guilfest.co.uk ROMSEY BEGGARS FAIR – JULY 14 & 15 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 22 Croydon, Surrey Contact: Garry & Tina Davis. Tel: 01737 553493 or 020 8688 5339 (Ruskin House). www.folkandblues.org CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL – JULY 26 - 29 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 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 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 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 - 5 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 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 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 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 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 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? Click here for our archive	Featured artists: see POL Articles Jackie Leven The Tower Arts Centre, Winchester Friday March 9 Martyn Joseph The Brook, Southampton Tuesday March 13 Rachelle van Zanten Railway Inn, Winchester Wednesday March 14 Black Umfolosi Salisbury Arts Salisbury Saturday March 17 Sarah Jane Morris The Lights, Andover Friday March 23 Walter Trout Mr Kyps, Poole Wednesday March 21	Southampton's No 1 recording studio

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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!

SWANAGE BLUES FESTIVAL – MARCH 2 - 4
At various venues around Swanage.
Booked so far: The Barcodes, The Incredible Blues Puppies, Robin Bibi Band, Jon Walsh Blues Band, Slim Lightfoot & The Backbones, Saiichi Sugiyama Band, The Mustangs, Storm Warning, Hollow Bone, Nigel Bagge & Eddie Armer, Sonny Black, John Crampton, Steve Darrington, Pete Smith with Chris Williams, Harris, Budden & Osborne - more to come
Contact: Steve Darrington – s.darrington@openworldcom
Mail: Steve Darrington, Swanage Blues, c/oTIC, The White House, Shore Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19 1LB
www.swanage-blues.org

OXFORD FOLK FESTIVAL – MARCH 30 – APRIL 1
Artists already booked include Salsa Celtica, the 11-piece fusion band from Scotland, Eliza Carthy and the Ratcatchers as will be John Spiers and Jon Boden. Other acts include the all-singing, all-strumming Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, folk legends John Renbourn & Robin Williamson, The Daughters of Elvin, squeeze-box maestro John Kirkpatrick, Norfolk's inimitable Sid Kipper, and Welsh newfolk-jazzers Fernhil. Also appearing are hotly tipped newcomers Lisa Knapp, James Chadwick and 16-year-old folk and blues guitarist Wilber. Add the Celtic dream landscapes of Luke Daniels 'Lost Music of the Gaels' and an Afro-collaboration between Kuridza Mbira Project & Jali Fily Cissokho and you’ve got an impressive lineup.
Contact: info@oxfordfolkfestival.com
www.oxfordfolkfestival.com

SPITZ FESTIVAL OF BLUES APRIL 5 - 29
The Spitz, Old Spitalfields Market, 109 Commercial Street, London, E1 6BG Tel: 020 7392 9032
www.spitz.co.uk

GOSPORT & FAREHAM EASTER FESTIVAL – APRIL 5 - 9
The lineup has just been announced!
KATE RUSBY
SETH LAKEMAN
SHOW OF HANDS
JOHN TAMS & BARRY COOPE
COLVIN:QUARMBY
JOHN RENBOURN & ROBIN WILLIAMSON
NORTH CREGG
THE TIM EDEY BAND
(TIM EDEY, BRENDAN POWER, LUCY RANDALL)
LAU
(KRIS DREVER, AIDEN O’ROURKE, MARTIN GREEN)
HAZEL & JENNIFER WRIGLEY
SHONA KIPLING & DAMIEN O’KANE
HEIDI TALBOT, BOO HEWERDINE & TOLA CUSTY
PAUL DOWNES • HARRIET BARTLETT
AMALTHEA • FLOSSIE MALAVIALLE • MEGSON
JAMIE SMITH, COLETTE O’LEARY & BRIAN KELLY
ALISTAIR RUSSELL • CHRIS & SIOBHAN NELSON
DAVE NEWEY • ARLEN • EMILY & HAZEL ASKEW
Contact: Peter Chegwyn, 51 Russell Street, Gosport, Hants, PO12 3JD. Tel: 01329 231942 (Box Office). Fax: 023 9252 8017. eastfest@talk21.com
www.gosportfestival.co.uk

EASTBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FOLKDANCE FESTIVAL – MAY 4 - 7
Booked so far:
Barrie Bullimore, Charles Boton, Colin Hume, Mike Barraclough, Rosemary Hunt, Dampiers Round, Dave & Victoria, Keeping Thyme, Weston Country Dance Band, Orion’s Ring. Many more to come…..
Contact: Richard & Judy Wright, Festival Booking Office, Hurstpierpoint College, Hassocks, Sussex, BN6 9JS. Tel: 01273 835759. info@eiff.org.uk
www.eiff.org.uk

INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL, LONDON – MAY 5 - 7
Contact: Phil Castang (General manager), London Office, 21 Cannon Court, 5 Brewhouse Yard, London, EC1V 4JQ. Tel: 0870 240 6783. phil@igf.org.uk
www.igf.org.uk

EXMOOR FOLK FESTIVAL – MAY 11 - 13
Contact: Mrs. Gwyn Linley, Leeford, Brendon, Devon, EX35 6PS. Tel. 01598 741279. g.linley@virgin.net
www.exmoorfolkfestival.co.uk

LEWES FOLK ROCK FESTIVAL – MAY 19 & 20
Contact: Jon Wood, 23 Harrington Villas, Brighton, BN1 6RG. Tel: 07971 823645. jon@thefold.co.uk

LONDON AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL – MAY 19 - 28
Box Office, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London. Tel: 08703 800 400 (box office).
Contact: joyfulnoise@talk21.com

BATH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL – MAY 19 – JUNE 4
Box Office, 2 Church Street, Abbey Green, Bath BA1 1NL. Tel: 01225 463362.
Contact: boxoffice@bathfestivals.org.uk

WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL, LONDON – MAY 19 – 16
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London WC2.
Box Office. Tel: 020 7839 8362

BLACK HORSE FESTIVAL, TELHAM – MAY 25 - 28
nr Battle, E Sussex
John Shotton, 32 Tower Road West, St Leonard's On Sea, E Sussex, TN38 0RG. Tel: 01424 429840. Fax: 01424 729982.
Contact: jshotton@keme.co.uk
www.blackhorsefestival.org.uk

CHIPPENHAM FOLK FESTIVAL – MAY 25 - 28
Acts invited so far:
Van Eyken, Last Nights Fun, Witchnotes, Pipers Sons, Hoover the Dog, Mawkin, Ashas, Peeping Tom, Whapweasel,
Hugh Rippon :: Pete Rees :: Gordon Potts
Stradivarious :: Hobson's Choice (Belgium)
Geoff Cubitt :: Sharon Green (USA)
Bristol Morris Men :: Stone the Crows
Bob Berry, Festival Organiser, The Festival Office, The Causeway Music & Arts Centre, The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DD. Tel: 01249 657190.
Contact: info@chippfolk.co.uk
www.chippfolk.co.uk

SUNRISE CELEBRATION, SOMERSET – MAY 31 – JUNE 3
At a secret location in Somerset
Contact: dan@familygathering.co.uk
www.sunrisecelebration.com

EARTHWISE FESTIVAL, DORSET - JUNE 1 - 4
nr Cerne Abbas, Dorset
PO Box 5704, Bournemouth, BH8 8NJ. Tel: 0845 330 4340.

NORTH DEVON FESTIVAL - JUNE 1 – 30
Venues throughout N Devon
Debbie Cooke, North Devon Festival Office, c/o Queen's Theatre, Boutport Street, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1SY. Tel: 01271 869221. Fax: 01271 867707.
Contact: press@northdevontheatres.org.uk
www.totaltravel.co.uk

WYCHWOOD MUSIC FESTIVAL, CHELTENHAM – JUNE 1 – 3
Artists announced so far: Levellers, Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3, Anoushka Shankar, Ba Cissoko, Go Lem System, Martha Tilston, Etan Finatawa, Adjagas
Graeme Merifield, PO Box 1000, Cheltenham, GL53 9WY. Tel: 01993
772580. Fax: 01993 771587.
Contact: info@wychwoodfestival.com

WESSEX FOLK FESTIVAL, WEYMOUTH – JUNE 1 – 3
Booked so far: John Conolly, Beck Sian, Dr Stomp, Jings!, Aardvark Ceilidh Band, D’Accord, Wizz Jones, Julie Felix , Triskele, Ravenstone
Contact: Pauline Clenshaw, 32 Greenways, Portland, Dorset, DT5 2LE. Tel: 07801 097891. info@wessexfolkfestival.co.uk
www.wessexfolkfestival.co.uk

CELEBRATING SANCTUARY – JUNE 7
Bernie Spain Gardens & Oxo Tower Wharf, Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1
Tel: 020 7401 3610.
Contact: info@refugeeweek.org.uk
www.emanhumusic.com

WALLINGFORD BLUES & BEER FESTIVAL – JUNE 8 & 9
Headline acts just announced: Kyla Brox Band & Michael Roach Band
Norma Whelan, 48 Croft Road, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 0HH. Tel: 01491 834665.
Contact: normawhelan@yahoo.co.uk
www.bluesandbeer.co.uk

ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL – JUNE 8 – 10
Acts announced so far: Snow Patrol, Amy Winehouse, James Morrison, The Feeling, Muse, Kasabian.
SOLD OUT ALREADY!
www.community.isleofwightfestival.com

WIMBORNE FOLK FESTIVAL – JUNE 8 – 10
Acts confirmed so far: Chris Newman & Máire Ní Cathasaigh with
Arty McGlynn & Noillaig Casey, At First Light, Swarb's Lazarus, Téada,
Stephen Fearing, Líadan, Shona Kipling & Damien O'Kane, James Chadwick,
Four Hand Reel, Back of the Moon, Steve Tilston, Luke Daniels & Friends, Mick Ryan & Pete Harris, Anna Massie Band
Contact: Linda Wild, 32A Sea View Road, Upton, Poole, Dorset, BH16 5NG. Tel: 01202 623740. linda.wild@wimbornefolkfestival.co.uk
www.wimbornefolkfestival.co.uk

GOLOWAN FESTIVAL, PENZANCE – JUNE 16 - 24
Stephen Hall, The Barbican, Battery Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4EF. Tel: 01736 332211.
Contact: info@golowan.com
www.golowan.com

GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL – JUNE 22 – 24
Not all confirmed but apparently The Who, Arctic Monkeys, Bjork & The Chemical Brothers will be appearing. Tickets go on sale on April 1
www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

BLUES ON THE FARM, CHICHESTER – JUNE 22 – 25
Booked so far: Ian Segal, Geoff Achison, Blue Harlem, Eddie Martin, Wild T & The Spirit, Kent Duchaine, , Corb Lund, Tim Hain & Sunnyside Up, Rachael Warwick & New Jack Union,
Contact: Julian Moores, Pump Bottom Farm, Birdham Road, Appledram, Chichester, W Sussex, PO20 7EH. Tel: 01243 773828 / 01243 539072. Fax: 01243 773828.
info@bluesonthefarm.co.uk
www.bluesonthefarm.co.uk

TEIGNMOUTH MIDSUMMER FOLK FESTIVAL – JUNE 23 - 25
Colin Eversett, Festival Office, 8 Sweetbriar Lane, Holcombe, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 0JZ. Tel: 01626 866395. Contact: colineversett@btinternet.com

TOGFEST ALL MUSIC FESTIVAL – JUNE 24
Bradwell Abbey, Milton Keynes.
42 Mortons Ford, Blue Bridge, Milton Keynes, MK13 0LA. Tel: 01908 313413.

SUN AND MOON FESTIVAL, BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET – JUNE 24 & 25
Jenny McNeil. Tel: 01278 723829. jenny@wessexfayres.co.uk

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

FOLK ON THE WATER: SAUL CANAL FESTIVAL – JUNE 29 – JULY 1
Saul, nr Frampton on Severn, Glos
Acts booked so far: Show of Hands, Megson, Cave, Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer
Patterson, Jordan & Dipper, Horses Brawl, Landermason, Darren Black,
Ray Moore, Smerkin Merkins, Banjo Billy's Braunston Picklel
Keith Harris, Fairfield, Hurdcott, Salisbury, SP4 6HJ. Tel: 01285 643440
Contact: keith.arris@btinternet.com
www.junctionevents.org.uk

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
Contact: Mike & Diane Dibble, 3 The Glebe, Timberscombe, Somerset, TA24 7TS. Tel: 01643 841597 dibblemjd@aol.com
www.westsomersetfolkfestival.co.uk

ELY FOLK FESTIVAL – JULY 6 - 8
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
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 7 - 9
Mary & Ian Barr. Tel: 01323 896682. ttfsussexsongandale@hotmail.com
HENLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC & THE ARTS - JULY 11 – 15
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 artist 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
Lineup to be announced shortly, so watch this space!
Tony Scott, 54 Haydon Place, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4NE. Tel: 01483 536270. Fax: 01483 306551. Contact: info@guilfest.co.uk
www.guilfest.co.uk

ROMSEY BEGGARS FAIR – JULY 14 & 15
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 22
Croydon, Surrey
Contact: Garry & Tina Davis. Tel: 01737 553493 or 020 8688 5339 (Ruskin House).
www.folkandblues.org

CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL – JULY 26 - 29
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
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
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
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 - 5
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
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
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
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

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

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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