An occasional festival that falls outside strict folk policy but includes blues. Set in the award-winning grounds and Great Hall of an Elizabethan stately home surrounded by the Yorkshire Wolds, the festival features UK jazz and blues acts over a weekend.
The 9th Bury St Edmunds Folk Festival is a one-day event held in the walled garden at Nowton Park this summer. The festival features craft stalls, children’s activities, music workshops, hot food, and a bar with local real ales, and is suitable for the whole family.
BuskFest is an international busking festival and competition held in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. The event, which has been running for over 20 years, attracts 6,000+ people from across the globe to Banbridge Town Centre.
Cafe Drummond is an Aberdeen venue that hosts regular acoustic gigs.
A major folk festival in the UK, featuring a diverse range of folk, blues, country, world, singer-songwriter and acoustic music. Acts have ranged from Martin Carthy to Mumford & Sons and all in between. The festival runs over four days across four stages, with a capacity of 10,000, 8,000 campers, and two campsites. It receives national TV and radio broadcast coverage.
Yn Chruinnaght Celtic Gathering, in its 49th year, is based in Peel. It is a celebration of Manx culture and the relationship between the Isle of Man and the other five Celtic countries (Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany). Musicians, singers and dancers take part in concerts, ceilis, sessions, free events and workshops.
A small festival held on a remote Atlantic island with a population of 120. About half of tickets are usually pre-booked, so early booking is advisable.