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The Imagined Village original lineup of Billy Bragg, Eliza and Martin Carthy, Simon Emmerson, Johnny Kalsi, Sheema Mukherjee, Jackie Oates, Andy Gangadeen, Simon Richmond and cellist Barney Morse Brown will reunite for a rare appearance at this year’s FolkEast.

FolkEast is on course to return this August ft. Afro Celt Sound System, The Young’Uns, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Daoiri Farrell, Drever, McCusker, Woomble, Elephant Sessions, The Shee, Gigspanner Big band, Topette!!, Trials of Cato and more.

FolkEast announces “Virtually FolkEast” – including a live audience concert and features The Young’uns, Sam Kelly, John Spiers, Katherine Priddy, Peter Knight, Mary Ann Kennedy, Daoirí Farrell.

Folkeast Announces Second Wave Of Artists including The Unthanks who will headline the final night, a Canadian contingent including Irish Mythen, The Once and Small Glories, plus Ireland’s Daoiri Farrell and Jarlath Henderson – plus MG Boulter, Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith, Three Cane Whale and lots more.

FolkEast unveils the first names for 2020 including Afro Celt Sound System who will headline Saturday night, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Drever, McCusker & Woomble, The Shee, Gigspanner Big Band, Trials of Cato and more.

FolkEast have an outstanding line-up this year – Richard Thompson, Cara Dillon & friends, the Karine Polwart Trio, John Smith, Calan, Sharon Shannon Band, Ross Ainslie, Jarlath Henderson and Ali Hutton, Daphne’s Flight, Blair Dunlop and Siobhan Miller.

FolkEast announces its 2019 Headliners including Richard Thompson, Karine Polwart, Cara Dillon, Sharon Shannon Band, John Smith, Ross Ainslie, Jarlath Henderson & Ali Hutton, Calan and more.

Growing in stature every year, East Anglia’s fast-rising FolkEast is back for the seventh time this August with another great lineup including Oysterband, Show of Hands, The John Langan Band, John McCusker, Mike McGoldrick and John Doyle and many more.

Johnny shares some his many highlights of this year’s FolkEast festival including The Young’uns, Jon Boden, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys, Martin Carthy, Hughie Jones, Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage, LAU, Dan Walsh, Will Pound, Damien O’Kane and many more.

The first names are announced for FolkEast 2017 which promises to be another fantastic year with names such as Jon Boden, Michael Chapman, Simpson, Cutting and Kerr, Martin Carthy & John Kirkpatrick, Ninebarrow and more.

One of the highlights of this year’s FolkEast Festival was Ushers Island whose lineup reads like an Irish traditional music hall of fame: Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, Paddy Glackin, Michael McGoldrick and John Doyle.

FolkEast have announced their first acts for 2016 which looks to be another promising year with Eliza Carthy’s Wayward Band, Blowzabella Irish supergroup Usher’s Island leading the way.