This is very much a mixture of everything you might find at a festival of some sort - circus, jazz, rockabilly, acoustic, dance, folk. brass, swing. Spread over four days, you might find something you like. Not your standard folk festival, but family friendly fun.
Inaugural Weekend Winter Folk Festival 16 real ales
40th Anniversary ! Uses several locations on the island. Has it’s own website now (previously we linked to a site which regularly talked about it and the island in general). Mixes folk and whisky on an island well-known for both. And it’s a very pretty island. With Concerts and Ceilidhs, usually. Make sure you find your accommodation as it can be a busy event.
2022 was the first such event, and it was successful enough to stage its fifth event, for 2026. Transatlantic folk trio, The Magpies, have announced that they will be hosting their first festival - in the stunning parkland of York’s stately home, Sutton Park. The line-up is set to include the likes of Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra, Blair Dunlop and Katherine Priddy, ...
Roots and Americana from both sides of the Atlantic, in a rural English setting.
Think picture-perfect white sands. World-famous surf. Deserted roads lined with lush greenery and wild flowers. Not forgetting more sunshine than practically anywhere else in the UK. It’s little wonder that the tiny Hebridean island of Tiree is nicknamed the Hawaii of the North.
With an interesting line-up, this festival is just 17 miles up the road from Manchester.