- Alnwick Gathering
The Alnwick Gathering is held every Autumn at various venues around the historic Northumberland town of Alnwick. The event features concerts, dances and competitions for ranging from beginners level to expert. Competitions are held for piping, accordion, fiddle etc, and for duets, bands singing, composition and clog dancing. Highly competetive but fun!
http://www.northumbrian.info/gathering/index.htm
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- Cambridge Folk Festival
The Charles Wells Cambridge Folk Festival is one of the premier music events in Europe and one of the longest running and most famous folk festivals in the world. It has become hugely popular and a regular sell out attracting ten thousand people, many of whom return year after year.
http://www.cam-folkfest.co.uk/
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- Dent Folk Festival
Annual folk music festival during June, in Dent near Kendal.
http://www.dentfolkfestival.co.uk/
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- Durham Gathering
The Durham Gathering is a great festival which springs from the wealth of talent, both tutors and students, at the Folkworks Summer School. There are concerts starring many of the fine artists who are our tutors, and a showcase concert featuring Summer School students.
Every Summer Durham City bursts into music and dancing, with the Durham Gathering offering a free open air concert at the folk picnic, and performances around the City Centre. The Gathering also includes recitals by Summer School Tutors. Admission for students is free to events at which they are performing. Tickets for other Gathering events can be ordered at special rates for participants of the summer school, through Folkworks.
http://www.thesagegateshead.com/
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- Furness Tradition
Furness Tradition is a folk-arts development group based in Ulverston. Organisers of the Annual Furness Tradition Festival, Furness Tradition also organises and provides music, dance and story telling workshops and performances in schools and community venues throughout the Furness Peninsula.
http://www.furnesstradition.org.uk/
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- Holmfirth Folk Festival
Holmfirth Folk Festival has been an annual event since May 1979. Set in the picturesque Yorkshire village, this year will be Homfirth's 25th Folk Festival. The year's line up includes Bob Fox and the Hush and Vin Garbutt amongst others. Check out the website ...
http://www.holmfirthfestival.com/
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- Jumpin Hot Club
'Rockin Roots, Country & Blues' promoter in Newcastle Upon Tyne, based at The Live Theatre.
http://www.jumpinhot.com
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- Morpeth Gathering
Morpeth Gathering has been running since 1966 following a concert of Northumbrian music and song held to raise funds for Morpeth Antiquarian Society. It was the inspiration for a one-day Northumbrian festival in March 1968 which evolved into the Morpeth Gathering. The festival includes a vast array of competitions including crafts, performance and writing. Events of local interest nave been added to the programme of concerts, singarounds, barn dance, storytelling, theatre and street performance which includes a young people's pageant as part of the Border Cavalcade. To find out more about the Gathering or for details of this year's programme check out the Gathering website.
http://www.northumbriana.org.uk/gathering/
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- Newcastleton Traditional Music Festival
Founded in 1970 this festival is held around a series of competitions linked by dances and organised ceilidhs on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. One of the most popular events is the 'Grand Winners Concert' on Saturday night, featuring the best of the day's competitors. The site offers help and advice with accommodation and details the events and competitions held over the weekend. A discussion forum has also recently been added to the site.
http://www.newcastleton.com/
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- Rothbury Traditional Music Festival
First held in 1977 The Rothbury festival is based very much on the Newcastleton Festival and retains a great use of local talent and traditional music. Rothbury have their own Highland Pipe Band, who open the outdoor proceedings with a display of their marching and playing skills. If the weather is fair many of the events, including Ceilidhs, are held in the local animal auction mart, which is an arena-like venue with great acoustics and tremendous atmosphere. The festival site includes an interesting history of the festival, an events list, as well as a biography of traditional musician Alistair Anderson, one of the founders of the festival.
http://www.rothbury-traditional-music.co.uk/
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- SolFest
SolFest is a new Celtic, World & Roots Festival nestling between the mountains and the sea in picturesque West Cumbria. Featuring a range of musical, cultural and eye-opening experiences to rival some of the biggest names in the summer festival calendar.
http://www.solwayfestival.co.uk/
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- Whitby Folk Festival
Whitby Folk Week takes place annually in Whitby, North Yorkshire, during the last full week in August (i.e. immediately preceding the English Bank Holiday), Saturday to Friday inclusive. There are about 600 events scheduled into the week. The main emphasis of the festival is the traditional dance, music and song of the British Isles and Ireland and this is presented in many different ways both at our twenty plus indoor venues as well as on the streets and open spaces around the town.
http://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/
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