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  • Festivals and Summer Schools National Lists<\/b>
  • The Folk Roots National Page<\/a> including all known folk and international music festivals<\/b> in this country and Europe (updated annually mid-March).
  • Irish-music.net<\/A> CDs, Festivals, Summer Schools etc.
  • UK Arts Festivals<\/a> list.
  • American Country Dance & Song Society<\/a> Dance & Music Camps (Pinewoods, Buffalo Gap, Ogontz).<\/li>
  • Fo'c'sle Festivals and Summer Schools Select List
    (No longer updated every year for every festival, but with web addresses as known and with at least an approximate indication of calendar slot).
    Refer to     SCoFF Festivals<\/a> for more Southern Festivals.<\/b>

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  • Cheltenham Folk Festival<\/a> early February,<\/b> Cheltenham Town Hall.<\/li>
  • Crediton Folk Festival<\/b>, late March-early April. Info 01363 775695 or Kathy Wallis: kathywallis@nasuwt.net<\/a>.<\/li>
  • Voice Tour Late March, Bournemouth<\/b>. (Voice Tour is a popular mega-singaround-session-with-optional-coach-trip). Further details from Martin Jardine at abbey.graphics@saqnet.co.uk<\/a>. Martin and Vera Jardine:- Martin Jardine, Abbey Graphics, Sovereign House, 51 Vicarage Road, Poole, BH15 3AY.<\/li>
  • Fareham & Gosport Easter Festival<\/a><\/b> is a major independently-organised local Folk Festival sponsored by Folk on Tap<\/b><\/i>, theSCo<\/sup>FF<\/b> magazine. Information line 023 92 528017.<\/li>
  • Miskin at Easter<\/a>, Andy Jackson's Festival<\/b> near Cardiff.<\/li>
  • Sore Fingers Week<\/a> British Bluegrass Summer [Spring?] School<\/b> at Kingham School in the Cotswolds early April<\/b>.<\/li>
  • May Day in Wickham Square<\/b> is an annual one-day Festival organised locally with main input from Wickham Morris<\/a><\/b>. There are normally further details of this event in the April Edition of Solent Waves<\/a>, the FASH Newsletter.<\/li>
  • Winchester MayFest<\/a>, mid-May<\/b>, organised by a team headed by Richard Brecknock.<\/li>
  • Clennell Hall Alwinton<\/a> NEW FESTIVAL 11th - 13th May 2007, near Rothbury Northumberland. Jez Lowe and The Wilson Family along with some amazing NEW talent from The University of Newcastle's 'Folk Degree' course! Dave Forshaw
  • Holmfirth Festival<\/a> 2nd weekend May<\/b>.<\/li>
  • Cleethorpes Folk Festival<\/a><\/b>, late May.<\/li>
  • Streets of Brighton<\/a><\/b> May.<\/li>
  • Fiddles at Fowey<\/a> mid-May<\/b>.<\/li>
  • Chippenham Folk Festival<\/b><\/a> Spring Bank Holiday weekend. Principal movers for this Festival are Bob & Gill Berry, organisers of Wiltshire Traditions (formerly Potterne) Folk Club.<\/li>
  • Wimborne Folk Festival<\/a> early June<\/b>, Linda Wilde 01202 623740 (music/song info, tickets) or Brian Bisp 01202 743465 brian.bisp@wimbornefolkfestival.co.uk<\/a>(dance info, stalls).<\/li>
  • Wessex Folk Festival, Weymouth Early June<\/b>. A new name and new focus for the former Weymouth Folk Festival<\/b><\/li>
  • Caversham Charity Folk Festival<\/a> mid-June:<\/b> Chris Smyth, 44, Starlings Drive, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 4SU, tel 0118 9615436, e-mail chris.smyth@ntlworld.com<\/a>.<\/li>
  • The National Forest Folk Festival<\/a>, Ashby de la Zouch<\/b>, Leicestershire, June.<\/li>
  • Christchurch Festival<\/a>, Dorset, early July:<\/b> Paul Cole, tel (+44) (0)1202 480209 paulc500@btinternet.com<\/a> or Howard Nicol hon@sonion.com.<\/li>
  • Four Fools Folk Festival, Chorley, Lancs late June-early July<\/b>; Ken & Angie Bladen (+44) (0)1257 263678 or four.fools@virgin.net<\/a>.<\/li>
  • Glastonbury Festival<\/a><\/b> (when held). <\/li>
  • Priddy Folk Fair<\/a>, Wells<\/b>, Somerset, July.<\/li>
  • Romsey Beggars Fair<\/a>, mid-July<\/b> when the whole town goes folky for a day (many free events). Once a SCoFF Festival, now organised locally.<\/li>
  • Larmer Tree Music Festival<\/a> Nr Salisbury<\/b>, Wilts, July.<\/li>
  • Ely Folk Weekend<\/a><\/b>.<\/li>
  • TUC Tolpuddle Martyrs<\/a><\/b> July: consult Graham Moore grahamoore@aol.com<\/a>.<\/li>
  • Trowbridge Village Pump Festival<\/a><\/b>, July.<\/li>
  • The Cambridge Folk Festival<\/a><\/b> late July at Cherry Hinton Hall., Cambridge, UK.
  • Womad<\/a> World Music Festival, Reading, late July<\/b>.<\/li>
  • Sidmouth Folk Week (the former International Festival), early August.<\/b><\/li>
  • Dartmoor Folk Festival<\/a> immediately after Sidmouth, Jane White (+44) (0)1837 840162.<\/b><\/li>
  • Broadstairs Folk Week<\/a> mid-August<\/b>.<\/li>
  • Whitby Folk Week<\/a> (precedes Bank Holiday)<\/b> PO Box 44, Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 9YP (Please enclose SAE), wfw@box44selby.freeserve.co.uk<\/a>, tel/fax 01757 708424.<\/li>
  • Fylde Folk Festival<\/a> late August-early September<\/b>, Alan Bell's excellent Festival at Fleetwood, Lancs.<\/li>
  • Swanage Folk Festival<\/a>, early September.<\/b><\/li>
  • Solent Folk Festival<\/a> around 20 September<\/b>, Woolston Community Centre, Southampton, focslefc@yahoo.co.uk<\/a>.
  • Reading Clog & Step Dance Festival<\/a>, mid October<\/b>. Details & programme from Anne 0118 947 4244, Lesley 0118 987 4510 or see website.<\/li>
  • Wren Trust (Baring-Gould)<\/a> Study Break and Folk Festival late October<\/b> around Okehampton, Devon.<\/li> <\/a> <\/menu>

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