This is a list of upcoming folk and roots festivals located mainly in Yorkshire but also includes other festivals that are easy to get to from our area. Please check individual websites for performers and tickets. Please contact us if you’ve got any that you’d like added to this list.
Filey Folk Festival – 1st May for three days – Filey, Yorkshire
Over 150 acts. Live music and street performances, six venues. Broad range in styles of folk, blues, country and acoustic performers and bands
Website: www.fileyfolkfestival.co.uk
HareFest – 1st May for 3 days – Harefiled Hall, Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
Real ale and music festival. Acoustic music, open mike sessions.
Full Price: £35
Contact for info: 01423 711429
Website: harefieldhall.com/harefest-2015/
Scandimoot – 1st May for 4 days – Clapham Village, nr Austwick, Yorkshire
A long weekend of traditional Scandinavian music and dance, in the Yorkshire Dales. Learn tunes and dances from Scandinavian teachers. The music and dance in 2015 will be Norwegian.
Contact for info: info@scandimoot.org.uk
Website: scandimoot.org.uk
Wath Festival – 1st May for 4 days – Wath upon Dearne, Yorkshire
Since 1972 Wath Festival has been all about great music, community spirit and having a good time.
Contact for info: wathfestival@gmail.com
Website: www.wathfestival.org.uk/
Holmfirth Festival of Folk – 8th May for 3 days – Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Every year the town puts on an amazing line up of musicians. There are a variety of paying and free concerts across the weekend. The line up will include old festival favourites and lots of new or local talent. Mainly free, but but some ticketed events.
Contact for info: enquiries@holmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk
Website: www.holmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk
Doncaster Folk Festival – 15th May for 3 days – Doncaster, Yorkshire
Concerts, Ceilidh, Dance Displays, Sessions and Singarounds at four venues around the town.
Full Price: £35 Also available: Day, concert, and ceilidh tickets too – £6 – £30
Contact for info: doncasterfolkfestival@virginmedia.com
Website: www.doncasterfolkfestival.org.uk/
Hebden Bridge Folk and Roots – 15th May for 3 days – Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire
A folk and roots festival covering a wide variety of roots music, from folk and blues to ska and americana. Ceilidh, workshops, sessions, street performers, spoken word. Lots of variety.
Full Price: £50. Also available: Weekend tickets £20. Also individual event tickets
Contact for info: hebdenroots@gmail.com
Website: www.hebdenfolkroots.org/
Shepley Spring Festival – 15th May for 3 days – Shepley, Yorkshire
From Friday ’til late Sunday. Concert marquee, Dance tent, Showground stage and more. On site camping, market and food stalls, crafts, children’s festival and youth programme. Family friendly festival based in Shepley, a small village on the Pennine fringe, in West Yorkshire between Huddersfield and Barnsley
Full Price: £75. Also available: Day tickets from £25
Contact for info: info@shepleyspringfestival.com
Website: shepleyspringfestival.com
Festival on the Moor – 22nd May for 4 days – Botton, Yorkshire
Full Price: £45. Also available: Day and half-day tickets too.
Contact for info: moorfolk@googlemail.com
Website: www.festivalonthemoor.co.uk/folkweekend/
Bedale Acoustic Music Festival – 29th May for 3 days – Bedale, Yorkshire
A three-day family-friendly acoustic music festival taking place in the North Yorkshire market town of Bedale.
Full Price: £60
Contact for info: info@bamfest.co.uk
Website: www.bamfest.co.uk
Beverley Folk Festival – 19th Jun for 3 days – Beverley Racecourse, Yorkshire
Large variety of acts, around 88 of them. Twice nominated for the Family friendly Festival award, this year an even bigger programme of events for children.
Full Price: £89
Contact for info: 01377 217569
Website: www.beverleyfestival.com
Cleckheaton Folk Festival – 3rd Jul for 3 days – Cleckheaton, Yorkshire
Established festival in Yorkshire, popular with many people. Craft fair, sessions, and award winning headline acts. Lots of big names.
Full Price: £60
Contact for info: info@cleckheatonfolkfestival.org
Website: www.cleckheatonfolkfestival.org/
Worral Festival – 3rd Jul 2015 – Worral, Yorkshire
Annual music and ale festival held in the picturesque village of Worrall on the outskirts of Sheffield. This year’s festival will have American flavour featuring a talent competition, Americana music, American style food and ales as well as the usual mix of top quality local music and acts.
Day tickets £5 and £7
Contact for info: worrallfestival@gmail.com
Website: www.worrallfestival.com
Moonbeams Folk Festival – 10th July for two days – Wold Top Brewery, Hunmanby, Yorkshire
Perched on top of the beautiful Yorkshire Wolds, Set in the grounds of the Wold Top Brewery.. Moonbeams Festival is one of the country’s best kept secrets!
Full Price: £65
Contact for info: leila@moonbeamsevents.co.uk
Website: www.moonbeamsevents.co.uk/moonbeams-folk-festival-line/
Whitby Sea Festival – 10th July 2015 – Whitby, North Yorkshire
Promotes local musicians alongside those with international acclaim. Programme has included the cream of the folk, roots, sea music and the shanty world.
Contact for info: moorfolk@googlemail.com
Website: www.whitbyseafest.co.uk/
Dalesfest – 17th July for 3 days – Silsden, Yorkshire
The UKs longest running festival of bluegrass and Americana music.
Full Price: £25
Contact for info: bbevhw5@aol.com
Website: www.dalesfest.co.uk
Underneath The Stars Festival – 24th July for 3 days – Cannon Hall Open Farm, nr Barnsley, Yorkshire
Underneath the Stars Festival is a fresh new summer festival of arts and food. It is a collaboration between Barnsley folk singer-songwriter Kate Rusby’s family production team, and one of the finest Yorkshire visitor attractions and quality food producer Cannon Hall Open Farm.
Full Price: £105
Website: www.underthestarsfest.co.uk/
Saltburn Folk Festival – 14th Aug for 3 days – Saltburn, Yorkshire
Seaside festival, includes singer/songwriter competition. Folk music, dance and song.
Full Price: £65
Contact for info: saltburnfolkfestival@talktalk.net
Website: www.saltburnfolkfestival.com
Whitby Folk Week – 22nd Aug for 7 days – Whitby, Yorkshire
Seven days of dancing in the streets, music and singing in the pubs, concerts and dances until late into the night, and a whole lot more. Seven days of meeting old friends and making new ones. With over 600 events, this long-standing celebration of the traditional music, dance and song of the British Isles has taken on the trappings of a tradition in its own right.
Full Price: £178. Also available: Day and weekend tickets
Contact for info: folk@whitbyfolk.co.uk
Website: www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/
Otley Folk Festival – 18th Sep for 3 days – Otley, Yorkshire
Full Price: £55
Contact for info: OtleyFF@hotmail.com
Website: www.otleyfolkfestival.com/
Ramsbottom Festival – 18th Sep for 3 days – Ramsbottom, Lancashire
A boutique festival in the bohemian enclave of Ramsbottom (that’s what it says!) Varied program with several different genres, and some folk music.
Full Price: £50
Contact for info: info@ramsbottomfestival.com
Website: www.ramsbottomfestival.com
Ingleton Folk Weekend – 2nd Oct 2015 – Ingleton, Yorkshire
Contact for info: ingletonfolk@gmail.com
Website: www.ingletonfolk.co.uk/
Musicport Festival – 16th Oct for 3 days – Whitby, Yorkshire
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.
Contact for info: info@musicportfestival.com
Website: www.musicportfestival.com/
