Yorkshire on Folk Directory

Barnsley Folk Festival

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A comeback event at Barnsley Civic and Mandela Gardens. Friday 29th May 2026 for three days. Saturday is free, 11am to 4pm. barnsleycivic.co.uk/barnsley-folk-festival/ Yorkshire, England.

Beverley Folk Festival

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There has been a folk festival in the market town of Beverley every year since 1983, hosting performances by hundreds of artists, helping to create the flourishing live music scene in the town, and putting the town very much on the map.

Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival

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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.

Cottingham Folk Festival

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Now in its twelfth year, the festival is hosted across various venues in Cottingham, an East Yorkshire village thought to be the largest in the UK, over the first weekend of September. The three-day event features a line-up of artists.

Filey Folk Festival

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Filey Folk Festival is one of the mainstays of this North Yorkshire seaside town’s musical year. It is a free-entry independent folk festival on the North Yorkshire Coast, with ticketed evening concerts also available. Over 100 musicians perform Traditional and Contemporary Folk, Americana, Country, Blues, and everything in between. The festival also features Singarounds/Sessions.

Folk at the Hall

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Grove Folk Club

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Meets at the Grove Inn, Leeds, a few minutes’ walk from the central railway station.

Hutton Rudby FolkFest

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Medieval Music in the Dales

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An annual medieval music festival wholly dedicated to medieval music-making. It’s unique in the UK. A major event in the early music calendar - a weekend dedicated solely to the music of the middle ages.

Musicport Festival

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A world music event, many different styles. Check the line up to see if it appeals to your tastes. Musicport was established in 2000 to promote live music and music education in Whitby and the surrounding area. The rather magical winner of the Indoor Festival of the Year 2013 (Fatea Awards)

Saltburn Folk Club

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Scandimoot

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We do like to find you something different every now and then.. Scandimoot offers one of the best opportunities you will find in the UK to learn tunes and dances from Scandinavian teachers. Each year we pick exceptional music and dance teachers from Norway and Sweden to come to this small, intimate event in Yorkshire.

Sheffield Folk Sessions

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Site not fully updated on our last visit. Hopefully more details will be available soon.

skiptonfolkclub

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Skipton Folk Club meets every Tuesday evening with regular guests at The Swan Inn, Carleton in Craven, near Skipton.

Swaledale Festival

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An annual celebration of music and arts in the beautiful landscape of the three northernmost Yorkshire Dales - Swaledale, Wensleydale and Arkengarthdale. A music festival that brings a heady mix of concerts to chapels and churches, village halls and pubs, castles and barns in the glorious northern Yorkshire Dales. And talks; and exhibitions; and guided walks…

The Black Bull

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Friday 13th Folk Club meets every Friday night at the Knox Arms, Harrogate

The Magpies Festival

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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,

The Maltings

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Folk and Blues concerts are held at this pub in the centre of York on Monday and Tuesday evenings, three minutes from York BR.

The Tap

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A great mix of tunes using own printed tunebook. Very welcoming to strangers but come early as we get very full. 8.30 start every Tuesday.

Todmorden Folk Festival

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With an interesting line-up, this festival is just 17 miles up the road from Manchester.

Towerfest

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Country music in Yorkshire. We often include something that isn’t your traditional folk festival, and country music is sort of folky. So here it is.

Wath Festival

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Since 1972, Wath Festival has been all about great music, community spirit and having a good time. Now in its 54th year, the festival has hosted some of the biggest names in roots music. It hosts various events, with the weekend being the highlight. Wath Festival won ‘Best Village Festival 2013’ in Feata Magazine and was runner-up for ‘Festival of the Year 2010’ in Feata Magazine. The festival takes place in Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, on Friday 1st May.

White Hart Folk

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