The first wave of artists set to appear at the 2023 Orkney Folk Festival has just been announced, with 24 acts from around the world revealed for the event’s fortieth anniversary.
After three long years, the Orkney Folk Festival returns to a full-scale live event this weekend. Folk fans at home can also tune into this weekend’s festivities, with the addition of three recently announced live-streamed festival concerts.
Further details of ‘Virtually’ Orkney Folk Festival 2021 are announced which promises numerous new concert performances and workshops, alongside iconic programme fixtures – including Saturday night favourite, The Stomp, and the annual Fiddlers’ Rally!
The 2021 Orkney Folk Festival, due to take place over May 27-30, is once again set to be a digital event, as a result of ongoing restrictions and uncertainty surrounding the covid-19 pandemic.
The musical connections between three of Scotland’s island groups – Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides – are to be celebrated at this year’s Orkney Folk Festival, with two collaborative concerts.
Sue Wilson shares her Orkney Folk Festival highlights including Newfoundland’s The Once, Highland fiddle maestro Duncan Chisholm, Findlay Napier, Quebec’s Le Vent du Nord, Fara, The Maes, Ímar, The Chair and more. Another top weekend of superhuman smoothness and cheer.
The preliminary line-up for Orkney Folk Festival 2017 is announced including: Eddi Reader, Kris Drever, The East Pointers, Jeffrey Foucault, Blazin’ Fiddles, Flook, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, The Young’uns and many more.
Donald shares his experience of this year’s Orkney Folk Festival – a masterclass of organisation featuring the likes of Rura, The Unthanks, Adam Holmes, Julie Fowlis and more.
Orkney Folk Festival reveal more acts for 2016 including Rura, Session A9, Lynched, Rob Heron and the Teapad Orchestra, Geoff Lakeman, Saltfishforty, The Chair and more.
Wth just over five months to go until the 34th Orkney Folk Festival the organisers announce some of their first acts: Julie Fowlis, The Unthanks, Liz Carroll and Frigg.
For the final part of her live review of Orkney Folk Festival 2015 Alice took in some great performances from Claire Hastings, Hannah Rarity, Nordic Fiddlers Bloc, New Rope String Band, Dallahan and more. Not forgetting the Orkney v’s the Rest of the World’ folkie-football match.
In part 2 of our Orkney Folk Festival review we kick off on the Friday with headliners Tim Edey and Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys leading into Saturday with the showcase of Mike Vass’ ‘In the Wake of Neil Gunn’ as well as Sharon Shannon, Seth Lakeman, Fara, Gnoss and more.
