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24 May 2023
Shrewsbury Folk Festival has announced the latest wave of artists for this year’s festival including Joachim Cooder, the first lady of Celtic music Moya Brennan and the first ever English gig for Nordic folk trio Dreamers’ Circus.
Also added to the line up for the August Bank Holiday event are The Cathy Jordan Trio, Stolen From God – a new slave trade song cycle from Reg Meuross with Suntou Susso...
31 Mar 2023
Shrewsbury Folk Festival has released its latest wave of artists for 2023 with a DJ set from The Dhol Foundation and debut visits from Scottish indie folk band Elephant Sessions and California based roots band Dustbowl Revival among the new additions.
Also just revealed are the Gigspanner Big Band, Show of Hands frontman Steve Knightley with a solo set, Baskery, global folk collective Mishra, ...
23 Feb 2023
Shrewsbury Folk Festival has kicked off a search to find the folk stars of the future who want to showcase their music and reach new audiences at this year’s event.
The festival is appealing for bands, duos or solo artists to pitch for one of the three places available on The Launchpad, which showcases emerging talent on the festival’s Village Stage.
The Launchpad is sponsored by Midlands What’s...
18 Jan 2023
Singer songwriter Billy Bragg has topped the bill in the first wave of artists announced for this year’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival.
Oysterband, Breabach, Jiggy, Spiers & Boden, Talisk, Daphne’s Flight, kora master N’Faly Kouyaté from Afro Celt Sound System, Maddy Prior & Forgotten Lands, Leveret, N'famady Kouyaté, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican, The Salts and Dana Immanuel & The...
08 Aug 2022
Shrewsbury is set for a million pound economic boost this month as the annual folk festival floods the town with music, dance and visitors over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Free fringe events will return to the town centre this year after covid enforced absences in 2020 and 2021. Morris and dance teams will perform in the Square, outside St Mary’s Church, on Pride Hill in and town centre pubs on...
06 Jul 2022
Organisations and individuals across Shropshire come together in July and August for a nature festival that celebrates all that is green across the county.
The Shropshire Love Nature Festival runs from July 23 to August 21 in a month packed with events exploring the county’s natural environment and raising awareness of how people can help protect its rich natural heritage.
The four weeks of...
01 Jun 2022
Shropshire’s brand-new fitness and Wellbeing event, the Wellbeing Festival is fast approaching and has been incredibly well accepted. With many people excited to attend and get involved. The Wellbeing Festival will be coming to Shrewsbury Quarry on the 11th & 12th June to inspire audiences with local and nationally acclaimed specialists talking, demonstrating, and engaging in the field of...
30 May 2022
Hot showers and comfy beds are on offer to revellers at Shropshire’s newest festival.
Camp Bestival Shropshire, a new sister event to the UK’s favourite family festival, comes to Weston Park from Thursday August 18 to Sunday August 21. Tickets are on sale now.
Ticketholders can now ditch the tents and upgrade to a luxury bed and breakfast package in the stately home itself, just a stone’s throw...
19 Apr 2022
A unique Shropshire music festival is to bring four American performers to the county this summer in the biggest collection of headline acts in the festival’s nine year history.
Four of the biggest names in Louisiana Cajun and Creole roots music will be appearing this year at the North Shropshire Cajun and Zydeco Big Weekend from August 12 to 14 at Welshampton, near Ellesmere.
The international...
28 Mar 2022
Shrewsbury Folk Festival has kicked off a search to find the folk stars of the future who want a platform at this year’s event to showcase their music and reach new audiences. The festival is appealing for bands, duos or singer songwriters aged 16 to 26 who live in Shropshire, Mid Wales or the West Midlands region to pitch for one of the three places available on The Launchpad, which showcases up...
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