Shrewsbury Folk Festival has released its second wave of artists for this August’s event including Canadian singer songwriter Martha Wainwright and a special focus on Scottish music.
Oysterband, Levellers, Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, Jim Moray, Moonlight Benjamin, The Henry Girls, Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones, Melrose Quartet, and 9Bach are just some of the first wave of artists announced for Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2025.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival share the third and final wave of artists for this year’s festival including Elkie Brooks, Gangstagrass, Peatbog Faeries, London Afrobeat Collective, Lady Nade and more.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival have revealed more names for their 2024 lineup, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening, The Wandering Hearts, Suntou Susso, The Hello Darlins, The Pleasures and more.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival make their first line-up announcement for 2024, including Mary Black, Eric Bibb, Ward Thomas, Mànran, Le Vent du Nord, Joshua Burnell Band, Rosie Hood Band, Spiers & Boden, The Longest Johns, Monster Ceilidh Band and lots more.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival reveal the final lineup details for this year’s festival including Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Eddi Reader, Simeon Hammond Dallas, Capercaillie, Katie Spencer, O’Hooley & Tidow and more.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival announces a further wave of artists for 2023, including Joachim Cooder, Moya Brennan, The Dreamer’s Circus, The Hanging Stars, Reg Meuross and more.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival reveal more names for their 2023, including Elephant Sessions, Dustbowl Revival, Gigspanner Big Band, Steve Knightley, Mishra, Good Habits and lots more.
Billy Bragg, Oysterband, Breabach, Talisk, Jiggy, N’Faly Kouyaté, Daphne’s Flight, Spiers & Boden, and Leveret are among the first names announced for Shrewsbury Folk Festival.
The Breath, Thea Gilmore, Edward II, 3 Daft Monkeys, Amythyst Kiah, Lady Nade, Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage and The Haar are among the latest artists to join the line-up for this summer’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival announces first major line-up for 2021 including Judy Collins, Carlos Núñez, The Lost Words: Spell Songs, Lindisfarne, Show of Hands, Oysterband and more.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival announces line-up for free virtual festival including Seth Lakeman, Steve Knightley, Seckou Keita, Chris While & Julie Matthews, The Small Glories, Sheema Mukherjee and more.
Shrewsbury Folk Festival has revealed a second wave of artists on its 2020 line up including Judy Collins, Keb’ Mo’, Seckou Keita Quintet, Band of Burns, Yorkston Thorn Khan, The John Martyn Project and lots more.
A CD launched in tribute to Alan Surtees, the co-founder of Shrewsbury Folk Festival, has raised more than £4,000 for a charity set up in his name to support young and emerging musicians.
Martin Simpson announces the release of his new album Vagrant Stanzas which will be launched at this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival. A full autumn tour will follow.
Sheffield folk collective ‘Bright Phoebus’ which includes Martin Simpson, Jon Boden, Roy Bailey, Sam Sweeney, Fay Hield, James Fagan and Nancy Kerr will pay tribute to Tom Waits at Shrewsbury Folk Festival this year.
Despite the recession Shrewsbury Folk Festival has sold all its adult weekend tickets with more than four months to go until the August Bank Holiday event.
