Dates for your 2018 diary...
5-7 January Normafest
Whitby, North Yorkshire. www.facebook.com/events/1184275878310552/
12-13 January Stroud Wassail
Stroud, Gloucestershire. www.stroudwassail.com
12-14 January Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival
Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. www.strawbear.org.uk
18 January - 4 February Celtic Connections
Glasgow www.celticconnections.com
26-28 January Gloucester Cajun & Zydeco Festival
Gloucester. http://venues.gloucester.gov.uk/Freetime/Guildhall/listings/music/Cajun-Festival-2018.aspx
2-3 February EastFolk Sandlings Sessions
Snape Maltings www.mardles.org/index.php/whats-on/special-events?showall=&start=2
9-10 February Love Folk - Southport’s Folk Festival
The Atkinson, Southport, Merseyside. www.theatkinson.co.uk/special-event/love-folk-festival-2018/
9-11 February Gainsborough Old Time Music and Dance Festival
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. www.foaotmad.org.uk/gainsborough.html
23-25 February Intervarsity Folk Dance Festival IVFDF
Sheffield. https://ivfdf-2018.ceilidhsoc.org/
24 February Chester February Folk Day
Hoole, Chester, Cheshire. www.chesterfolk.org.uk
TBC March Moonbeams March Folk Weekend
Driffield, East Yorks. www.moonbeamsevents.co.uk
2-18 March Manchester Irish Festival
Manchester. www.manchesteririshfestival.co.uk
10 March Mellor Brook Fiddle Day
Blackburn. www.fiddlemusic.co.uk
15-18 March Yorkshire Cajun and Zydeco Festival
Malton, North Yorks. www.yorkshirecajun.com
16-18 March Nonsuch Dulcimer Club Spring Fling
Allendale, Northumberland. http://dulcimer.org.uk/texts/images/Spring_fling_2018.pdf
23-25 March Dancing England Rapper Tournament (DERT)
Sheffield. www.facebook.com/rappertournament/
25 March Poppy Folk Day
The Poppy & Pint, West Bridgford, Notts. www.poppyfolkclub.co.uk
30 March - 1 April Sheffield Sessions Folk Festival
Sheffield. www.sheffieldseshfest.org.uk/
6-8 April Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering
Morpeth, Northumberland. www.northumbriana.org.uk/gathering/
8 April New Roots, Trestle Arts Base
St Albans. www.new-roots.org.uk
6-8 April Sing in the Spring
The Fleece Inn, Bretforton, Worcs. https://thefleeceinn.co.uk/events/sing-in-the-spring/
20-22 April Folk Weekend Oxford
Oxford. www.folkweekendoxford.co.uk/
26 April-2 May Costa Del Folk
Ibiza, Spain. www.costadelfolk.co.uk/costa-del-folk-ibiza-2018/
27-30 April Great Alne Long Weekend
Long Alne, Warwicks. www.greatalnefolk.org.uk
MAY
3-6 May Raunds Music Festival
Raunds, Northants. www.raundsfestival.com
4-6 May Todmorden Folk Festival
Todmorden, West Yorks. www.todfolkfest.co.uk
5-7 May Filey Folk Festival
Filey, North Yorks. http://fileyfolkfestival.bravesites.com/
4-7 May Scandimoot Scandinavian Music & Dance
Clapham & Settle, North Yorkshire. www.scandimoot.org.uk
4-7 May Wath Festival
Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorks. www.wathfestival.org.uk
4-7 May Upton Folk Festival
Upton upon Severn, Worcs. www.uptonfolk.org
4-7 May Eastbourne International Folk Dance Festival
Eastbourne, Sussex. www.eiff.org.uk
5-7 May Rochester Sweeps Festival
Rochester, Kent. www.medway.gov.uk/leisurecultureandsport/events/sweepsfestival2018.aspx
11-13 May Holmfirth Festival of Folk
Holmfirth, West Yorks. www.holmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk
11-13 May Folk on the Pier
Cromer, Norfolk. www.folkonthepier.co.uk
11-13 May Tredegar House Folk Festival
Newport, Gwent. www.tredegarhousefestival.org.uk
11-13 May Doncaster Folk Festival
Doncaster, South Yorks. http://doncasterfolkfestival.co.uk/
18-19 May Trinity Folk Festival
Guildford, Surrey. www.trinityfolkfestival.co.uk
25-26 May Ireby Festival
Ireby, Cumbria. www.irebyfestival.co.uk
25-28 May Great North Folk Festival
Botton Village, Danby. www.festivalonthemoor.co.uk
25-28 May Chippenham Folk Festival
Chippenham, Wilts. www.chippfolk.co.uk
25-28 May Chester Folk Festival
Kelsall, Cheshire. www.chesterfolk.org.uk
25-28 May Fishguard Folk Festival
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. http://fishguard-folk-music.co.uk/
25-28 May Bude & Stratton Folk Festival
Bude, Cornwall. www.budefolkfest.com
27 May-1 June Morland Scottish Country Dancing Week
Morland, Cumbria. www.newbyendfarm.co.uk/courses-events/
1-3 June Kirtlington Lamb Ale Morris Festival
Kirtlington, Oxon. http://kirtlington-morris.org.uk/kirtlington-lamb-ale-2/
1-3 June Wychwood Festival
Cheltenham, Glos. www.wychwoodfestival.com
1-3 June Wessex Folk Festival
Weymouth, Dorset. www.wessexfolkfestival.com
1-3 June Blowout Bagpipe Festival
Polesworth, Staffs. www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/blowout/
1-3 June Acoustic Festival of Britain
Uttoxeter, Staffs. www.acousticfestival.co.uk
7-10 June Gate to Southwell Folk Festival
Southwell, Notts. www.gtsf.uk
8-10 June St Neots Festival of Traditional Music, Song & Dance
St Neots, Cambs. www.stneotsfolkclub.co.uk
8-10 June Wimborne Minster Folk Festival
Wimborne, Dorset. www.wimbornefolk.co.uk
22-24 June Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival
Falmouth, Cornwall. www.falmouthseashanty.co.uk
15-17 June Middlewich FAB Festival
Middlewich, Cheshire. www.middlewich.org.uk/middlewich-fab-festival
15-17 June Beverley Folk Festival
Beverley, East Yorks. www.beverleyfestival.com
15-17 June Lichfield Folk Festival
Lichfield, Staffs. www.lichfieldfolkfestival.co.uk
15-17 June St Albans Folk Festival
St Albans, Herts. www.stalbansfolkmusic.org.uk
22-24 June Teignmouth Folk Festival
Teignmouth, Devon. www.teignmouthfolk.co.uk
22-24 June Boars Bridge Festival
Little London, Hants. www.boarsbridgefestival.co.uk
22-24 June Beardy Folk Festival
Cleobury Mortimer, Shrops. www.beardyfolkfestival.co.uk/
22-24 June English Country Music Weekend
Abbots Bromley, Staffs. www.mustrad.org.uk/ecmw.htm
23-25 June Moor & Coast – Whitby Spring Session
Whitby, North Yorks. www.moorandcoast.co.uk
30 June Bakewell International Day of Dance
Bakewell, Derbyshire. www.bakewelldayofdance.co.uk
3-8 July Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
Llangollen, Denbighshire. www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk
6-8 July Cleckheaton Folk Festival
6-7 July Moonbeams Festival
Hunmanby, East Yorks. www.moonbeamsevents.co.uk
6-7 July Folk at the Hall (FATH)
Trelawnyd, Flinshire. www.therecordjournal.co.uk
6-8 July Yorkshire Folk Dance Weekend
Drax, North Yorks. www.yfdw.org.uk
6-8 July Priddy Folk Festival
Priddy, Somerset. www.priddyfolk.org
13-15 July Ely Folk Festival
Ely, Cambs. www.elyfolkfestival.co.uk
13-15 July Furness Tradition
Ulverston, Cumbria. www.furnesstradition.org.uk
6-8 July Sandwich Folk & Ale Festival
Sandwich, Kent. http://sandwichevents.org.uk/folkandalefestival/
13-15 July Greensleeves Morris Men Chipperfield Weekend
Chipperfield, Herts. www.greensleevesmorris.org.uk/html/chipperfield.html
12-15 July Bromsgrove Folk Festival
Bromsgrove, Worcs. http://bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk/festival.html
19-20 July Bradfield Traditional Music Weekend
Bradfield, South Yorks. www.facebook.com/events/280401972477103
19-22 July Folk on the Lawn
Tintern, Gwent. www.folkonthelawn.com
20-22 July Mitcheldean Folk Festival
Mitcheldean, Glos. www.mitcheldeanfolkfestival.org.uk
15 July Folk by the Oak
Hatfield House, Herts. www.folkbytheoak.com
20-22 July Stainsby Folk Festival
Stainsby, Derbyshire. www.stainsbyfestival.org.uk
20-22 July Underneath the Stars Festival
Cawthorne, South Yorks. www.underthestarsfest.co.uk
27-29 July Cullerlie Traditional Singing Weekend
Cullerlie, Aberdeen. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/elphinstone/events/11849
2-5 August Cambridge Folk Festival
Featuring EFDSS’ National Youth Folk Ensemble
Cambridge. www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk
26-29 July Warwick Folk Festival
Warwick. www.warwickfolkfestival.co.uk
26-29 July WOMAD UK
Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wilts. www.womad.co.uk
22-28 July Festival at the Edge
Much Wenlock, Shropshire. www.festivalattheedge.org
28-29 July Eastbourne Lammas Festival
Eastbourne, Sussex. www.lammasfest.org
2-5 August Wickham Festival
Wickham, Hants. www.wickhamfestival.co.uk
2-10 August Sidmouth Folk Week
Featuring EFDSS’ National Youth Folk Ensemble
Sidmouth, Devon. www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk
5 August Day of Lincolnshire Folk Music, Song and Dance
Heckington, Sleaford, Lincs. Facebook.com/600whiskies
9-11 August Fairport’s Cropredy Convention
Cropredy, Oxon. www.fairportconvention.com
10-12 August Saltburn Folk Festival
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorks. www.saltburnfolkfestival.com
10-12 August Dartmoor Folk Festival
South Zeal, Devon. www.dartmoorfolkfestival.org.uk
10-17 August Broadstairs Folk Week
Broadstairs, Kent. www.broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk
11-19 August Bath Folk Festival and Traditional Music Summer School
Bath, Somerset. www.bathfolkfestival.org
16-19 August Purbeck Valley Folk Festival
Corfe Castle, Dorset. www.purbeckvalleyfolkfestival.co.uk
17-19 August White Horse Folk Festival
Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire. www.whitehorsefolkfestival.co.uk
17-19 August Moira Furnace Folk Festival
Moira, Leicestershire. www.moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk
17-19 August Folkeast
Glemham Hall, Suffolk. www.folkeast.co.uk
18-24 August Whitby Folk Week
Whitby, North Yorks. www.whitbyfolk.co.uk
23-27 August Cornwall Folk Festival
Wadebridge, Cornwall. www.cornwallfolkfestival.com
24-27 August Towersey Festival
Thame, Oxon. www.towerseyfestival.com
24-27 August Shrewsbury Folk Festival
Shrewsbury, Shropshire. www.shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk
24-26 August Saddleworth Rushcart
Saddleworth, Lancs. www.saddleworthmorrismen.co.uk/events.html
31 August - 2 September Fleetwood Folk and Blues Weekend
Fleetwood, Lancs. www.fleetwoodfolkandblues.com
31 August - 2 September Bunkfest
Wallingford, Oxon. www.bunkfest.co.uk
31 August - 2 September Moseley Folk Festival
Moseley, Birmingham. www.moseleyfolk.co.uk
1 September London Folk Festival
Cecil Sharp House, London. www.londonfolkfestival.co.uk
TBC East Anglian Traditional Music Trust Traditional Music Day
Stowmarket, Suffolk. www.eatmt.org.uk
7-9 September The Big Green Cardigan
Battle, Sussex. www.biggreencardigan.com
7-9 September Swanage Folk Festival
Swanage, Dorset. www.swanagefolkfestival.com
6-9 September Bromyard Folk Festival
Bromyard, Herefordshire. www.bromyardfolkfestival.co.uk
8-22 September St Ives September Festival
St Ives. www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk
14-16 September Priston Festival
Priston, Bath, Somerset. www.priston.org.uk/festival
21-23 September Otley Black Sheep Folk Festival
Otley, West Yorks. www.otleyfolkfestival.com
15-16 September UK Sacred Harp Convention
Brighton. www.ukshc.org
20-23 September Southdowns Folk Festival
Bognor Regis, Sussex. www.southdownsfolkfest.co.uk
21-23 September Stroud Folk Weekend
Stroud, Glous. www.stroudfolkfestival.co.uk
14-16 September International Pipe and Tabor Festival
York. www.pipeandtabor.org
28-30 September Allen Valleys Folk Festival
Allendale, Northumberland. www.allenvalleysfolkfestival.co.uk
3-5 October Edgworth Folk Weekend
Edgworth, Lancs. www.bromleycrossfolkclub.org.uk
4-7 October Tenterden Folk Festival
Tenterden, Kent. www.tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk
4-7 October Derby Folk Festival
Derby, Derbyshire. www.derbyfolkfestival.co.uk
5-7 October Harwich International Sea Shanty Festival
Harwich, Essex. www.harwichshantyfestival.co.uk
9-15 October Costa Del Folk Portugal
Albufeira, Portugal. www.costadelfolk.co.uk
12-14 October Banbury Folk Festival and Hobby Horse Festival
Banbury, Oxon. www.banburyfolkfestival.co.uk
12-14 October Hartlepool Folk Festival
Hartlepool, Co Durham. www.hartlepoolfolkfest.co.uk
18-21 October Manchester Folk Festival
(in collaboration with English Folk Expo)
Manchester. www.manchesterfolkfestival.org.uk
19-21 October Musicport
Whitby, North Yorks. www.musicportfestival.com
19-22 October Nonsuch Dulcimer Club Annual Weekend
Great Malvern. http://dulcimer.org.uk/calendar.html
30 November - 3 December The Great British Folk Festival
Butlins, Skegness, Lincs. www.bigweekends.com
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