Folk Music Festivals in the UK
We are now updating the festivals for 2025.
If you are a folk / traditional / acoustic music festival organiser and your festival's site is not listed / updated, just drop us a line with the details that we typically display. (See the Contact page.)
The UK folk music scene is a large and vibrant music genre, with folk and traditional music clubs in almost every town in the the country. Folk music festivals are an important part of the folk or traditional music scene. They give artists a chance to showcase their talents to a much larger audience than the average folk music club will provide. I don't know anyone who has gone to a festival and not returned with news of some new band that impressed them. (Okay, a group that was new to them anyway.)
Finding a folk festival has now become easier. We aim to list almost all the festivals in the UK. If you know of one that's missing, do let us know, so we can update the lists. We have arranged the festivals by country and by date, as well as our famous Big List which covers all those festivals that we know about. Festivals starting within the next five weeks can be found on our This Month page.
The list of music festivals is initially compressed when displayed, to make scrolling through it easier. Clicking on a festival name expands the details to show the festival location, dates, ticket prices and a brief summary of the event.
Prices - concession prices, early birds, full adult and family prices would complicate our listings, so we tend to list either the full adult price, or the adult early bird price if it is available for a long time. Perhaps next year we'll list all of them.
We have taken a slightly liberal view in our interpretation of a folk festival, in an attempt to include as wide a variety as possible (we don't usually include dance only festivals, but there are a few). Better to have a wider choice than you wanted than miss out something that you would really like to know about. And we make a point of visiting every web site listed, to check the festival is on and the site is live.
And now we have a shop here selling folk music cds - give it a visit!
Some festivals that are starting soon.
Kimpton Folk Festival
Location: Kimpton, SG4
Date: Saturday 5th July 2025 for 1 day(s)
Full Price: £40
Contact for info: hello@kimptonfolk.uk
Website: www.kimptonfolk.uk/
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Willie Clancy Summer School
Location: Miltown Malbay
Date: Saturday 5th July 2025 for 9 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available TBA
Contact for info: scoilwclancy73@gmail.com
Website: www.scoilsamhraidhwillieclancy.com/
County: County Clare
Country: Ireland
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
Location: Llangollen, LL20 8SW
Date: Tuesday 8th July 2025 for 6 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Day tickets from £20
Contact for info: info@international-eisteddfod.co.uk
Website: www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk/
County: Denbighshire
Country: Wales
Stonehaven Folk Festival
Location: Stonehaven
Date: Thursday 10th July 2025 for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £0
Also available TBC
Day tickets too.
Contact for info: admin@stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk
Website: www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk
County: Aberdeenshire
Country: Scotland
Dalry Folk Festival
Location: Dalry
Date: Thursday 10th July 2025 for 3 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Several free events, some ticketed
Contact for info: Use facebook
Website: www.facebook.com/DalryFolkClub/?locale=en_GB
County: Ayrshire
Country: Scotland
Folk on the Lawn
Location: Abbey Mil, Tintern, NP16 6SE
Date: Thursday 10th July 2025 for 4 day(s)
Full Price: £
Also available Tickets on the day
Contact for info: 01291 689346
Website: folkonthelawn.com
County: Monmouthshire
Country: Wales
Member of a folk music club? Then help your fellow folk fans by placing a link to our site on your club's website, thus spreading the news about festivals in the UK to more folk music enthusiasts.
Help the music grow.