Folk by the Oak

Alongside The Waterboys, This is the Kit, Sona Jobarteh, The Longest Johns and Lady Maisery, Nick Mulvey completes the Folk by the Oak Main Stage Line-up for Sunday, 16th July 2023.

Scottish legends Charlie and Craig Reid, aka The Proclaimers, join Folk by the Oak’s ‘Line-up of Headliners’ alongside Richard Thomspon and Spell Songs.

Featuring Richard Thompson, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Seth Lakeman and The Lost Words: Spell Songs Ensemble, and many more, Folk by the Oak’s online ‘Family Nest’ Fest takes place on Sunday 19th July 2020.

After their encore over on Folk by the Oak’s Acorn Stage this July, David Weir caught up with Trials of Cato backstage to discuss touring life, the recording process of Hide & Hair and much more. Watch the video interview here.

We have a ticket giveaway for Folk by the Oak festival on Sunday 15 July featuring Amy Macdonald, Billy Bragg, Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band, Julie Fowlis, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita, The Young’uns and more

For their 10th festival Folk by the Oak are welcoming back Kate Rusby – in the year that marks 25 years of her glorious music making. Kate was actually the original inspiration for a folk gathering at Hatfield House. Directors Caroline and Adam Slough imagined a sublime summer evening of music with Kate in stunning surroundings – an idea which sparked the birth of Folk by the Oak back in …

Watch ‘Sweet Liberties’ Cecil Sharp House concert in full. Recorded last November by London Folk Music featuring Martyn Joseph, Nancy Kerr, Sam Carter, Maz O’Connor, Pasty Reid and Nick Cooke.

Featuring Nancy Kerr, Martyn Joseph, Sam Carter, Maz O’Connor, Patsy Reid and Nick Cooke, Sweet Liberties are to record an album this Spring which will be performed at Folk by the Oak on 24 July 2016. Watch a video premiere of Maz O’Connor performing Broad Waters.