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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! 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 Among the artists appearing are: Tony Beard, Black Rat, Abi Faulkner, The Dambuskers, Redwing, Nathan & Quinn, The Swanvesta Social Club and Parcel of Rogues. 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 DORCHESTER FESTIVAL – MAY 24 – 28 Musicians from Central and Eastern Europe join local artists to mark the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. On the bill at various venues areThe Mazaika Quartet, London Gypsy Orchestra, Grand Union Orchestra, Sara Grey, The Baghdaddies & many more acts. Box Office: - 01305 266926 – see www.dorchesterfestival.co.uk BLACK HORSE FESTIVAL, TELHAM – MAY 25 - 28 nr Battle, E Sussex Artists appearing include Local Heros, Wilko Johnson, The Blockheads, Logan Wilson, Hettie Dengate, Simon Hopper Band, The Queensberry Rules, Waking The Witch, Titus, Waterson Carthy and The Fold. Contact: 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 Artists appearing include Alabama 3, Dreadzone, Ozric Tentacles, Ska Cubano, Eat Static, Fortune Drive, Mancini and Babel 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 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! 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 SOLDOUT! 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 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. SOLD OUT! 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 www.glastonburyfestivals.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 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 CHRISTCHURCH FESTIVAL – JULY 6 – 8 The full lineup & programme is as follows Friday 6th July 2007 7:30pm 7.30pm Tinderbox http://www.tinderboxacoustic.com 9.00pm Skint http://www.skintrock.com Saturday 7th July 2007 12:30pm 12.30pm PubLick Demand http://www.myspace.com/publickdemand 1.55pm Jonathan Cotton Band http://www.jonathancotton.co.uk 3.20pm Brazen http://www.brazenrocks.moonfruit.com 4.45pm Sirpico http://myspace.com/sirpicoband 6.10pm Skore http://www.theskore.com 7.35pm Crosscut Saw http://www.crosscut-saw.co.uk 9.00pm The Stuart James Band http://www.stuartjamesband.com Sunday 8th July 2007 12:00 noon 12.00 Zac Harris http://www.zacharris.co.uk 12.50pm Risky Business 2.05pm Black Bart http://www.blackbart.co.uk 3.25pm Station X 4.50pm Riff http://www.riffjunkies.co.uk 6.15pm Lady Winwoods Maggot http://www.moosemanor.co.uk See www.christchurchfestival.co.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 and Isambarde 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. Artists appearing include Jools Holland, Show of Hands, Billy Bragg etc. Weekend tickets already sold out but some tickets for Jools etc still available 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 Artists include Richard Thompson, The Saw Doctors, The Ordinary Boys, Morcheeba, Uriah Heep, Supergrass, Squeeze, The Magic Numbers and Madness 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 13 & 14 Taking place at venues, pubs etc all over town. Artists include Riverside Blues Band, The Outfit, Frayed Knot, Strangeworld & Skimmington Ride Beggars Fair Committee, 12 Church Lane, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8EP. Tel: 01794 518960. Contact: beggarsfair.2006@yahoo.co.uk www.beggarsfair.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, Whapweasel, Tickled Pink, Pine Leaf Boys (Louisiana), Jim Page, Roy Bailey, Joe Brown, Oh & Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, The Begood Tanyas, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Barrelhouse Blues, Smerins Anti-Social Club, & Fantazia 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 Artists appearing include 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 Already confirmed are Ben Taylor, Baaba Maal, Balkan Beat Box, Candi Staton and more. 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 Here’s the lineup on the main stage: Thursday August 2 7.30pm - 11pm Jethro Tull The Spooky Mens Chorale Friday August 3 1pm - 6pm The Spooky Mens Chorale Les Barker Ashley Hutchings' Rainbow Chasers The Mick West Band Cherish The Ladies Friday August 3 6pm - 11pm Blues Night with The Hamsters Maggie Bell & The British Blues Quintet Hans Theesink Saturday August 4 1pm - 11pm The Donnie Munro Band Eddi Reader Kathryn Tickell Luka Bloom Yves Lambert & Le Bebert Orchestra Eivor Lisa Knapp Sunday August 5 1pm - 11pm The Saw Doctors The Men They Couldn't Hang Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers Shooglenifty Hazel O'Connor Dean Friedman Quimantu Contact: 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 Huge array of artists including Show of Hands, Altan, Hoover The Dog, Eliza Carthy and The Yetties 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 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!

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
Among the artists appearing are: Tony Beard, Black Rat, Abi Faulkner, The Dambuskers, Redwing, Nathan & Quinn, The Swanvesta Social Club and Parcel of Rogues.
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

DORCHESTER FESTIVAL – MAY 24 – 28
Musicians from Central and Eastern Europe join local artists to mark the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. On the bill at various venues areThe Mazaika Quartet, London Gypsy Orchestra, Grand Union Orchestra, Sara Grey, The Baghdaddies & many more acts.
Box Office: - 01305 266926 – see www.dorchesterfestival.co.uk

BLACK HORSE FESTIVAL, TELHAM – MAY 25 - 28
nr Battle, E Sussex
Artists appearing include Local Heros, Wilko Johnson, The Blockheads, Logan Wilson, Hettie Dengate, Simon Hopper Band, The Queensberry Rules, Waking The Witch, Titus, Waterson Carthy and The Fold.
Contact: 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
Artists appearing include Alabama 3, Dreadzone, Ozric Tentacles, Ska Cubano, Eat Static, Fortune Drive, Mancini and Babel
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
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!
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
SOLDOUT!
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
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.
SOLD OUT!

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
www.glastonburyfestivals.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
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

CHRISTCHURCH FESTIVAL – JULY 6 – 8
The full lineup & programme is as follows
Friday 6th July 2007 7:30pm
7.30pm Tinderbox http://www.tinderboxacoustic.com
9.00pm Skint http://www.skintrock.com
Saturday 7th July 2007 12:30pm
12.30pm PubLick Demand http://www.myspace.com/publickdemand
1.55pm Jonathan Cotton Band http://www.jonathancotton.co.uk
3.20pm Brazen http://www.brazenrocks.moonfruit.com
4.45pm Sirpico http://myspace.com/sirpicoband
6.10pm Skore http://www.theskore.com
7.35pm Crosscut Saw http://www.crosscut-saw.co.uk
9.00pm The Stuart James Band http://www.stuartjamesband.com
Sunday 8th July 2007 12:00 noon
12.00 Zac Harris http://www.zacharris.co.uk
12.50pm Risky Business
2.05pm Black Bart http://www.blackbart.co.uk
3.25pm Station X
4.50pm Riff http://www.riffjunkies.co.uk
6.15pm Lady Winwoods Maggot http://www.moosemanor.co.uk
See www.christchurchfestival.co.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 and Isambarde
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.
Artists appearing include Jools Holland, Show of Hands, Billy Bragg etc.
Weekend tickets already sold out but some tickets for Jools etc still available
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
Artists include Richard Thompson, The Saw Doctors, The Ordinary Boys, Morcheeba, Uriah Heep, Supergrass, Squeeze, The Magic Numbers and Madness
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 13 & 14
Taking place at venues, pubs etc all over town. Artists include Riverside Blues Band, The Outfit, Frayed Knot, Strangeworld & Skimmington Ride
Beggars Fair Committee, 12 Church Lane, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8EP. Tel: 01794 518960. Contact: beggarsfair.2006@yahoo.co.uk
www.beggarsfair.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, Whapweasel, Tickled Pink, Pine Leaf Boys (Louisiana), Jim Page, Roy Bailey,
Joe Brown, Oh & Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, The Begood Tanyas, The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Barrelhouse Blues, Smerins Anti-Social Club, & Fantazia
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
Artists appearing include
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
Already confirmed are Ben Taylor, Baaba Maal, Balkan Beat Box, Candi Staton and more.

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
Here’s the lineup on the main stage:
Thursday August 2
7.30pm - 11pm
Jethro Tull
The Spooky Mens Chorale

Friday August 3
1pm - 6pm
The Spooky Mens Chorale
Les Barker
Ashley Hutchings' Rainbow Chasers
The Mick West Band
Cherish The Ladies

Friday August 3
6pm - 11pm
Blues Night with
The Hamsters
Maggie Bell & The British Blues Quintet
Hans Theesink

Saturday August 4
1pm - 11pm
The Donnie Munro Band
Eddi Reader
Kathryn Tickell
Luka Bloom
Yves Lambert & Le Bebert Orchestra
Eivor
Lisa Knapp

Sunday August 5
1pm - 11pm
The Saw Doctors
The Men They Couldn't Hang
Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers
Shooglenifty
Hazel O'Connor
Dean Friedman
Quimantu
Contact: 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
Huge array of artists including Show of Hands, Altan, Hoover The Dog, Eliza Carthy and The Yetties
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

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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