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The Living Tradition Festival Listing, 2008 We have listed these festivals in good faith and have tried our best to ensure that the details are accurate. Please check with organisers publicity or websites before arranging or travelling long distances. PLEASE REPORT ANY ERRORS that you find In these listings. Telephone The Living Tradition on 01563 571220. 14-16 March THE NIEL GOW FESTIVAL Dunkeld & Birnam, Perthshire, 01350 727340 20-24 March GOSPORT & FAREHAM EASTER FESTIVAL Fareham, Hampshire, 01329 231942 21-23 March BURNLEY NATIONAL BLUES FESTIVAL Burnley, Lancs. 01282 664400 21-24 March GLASSON MARITIME FESTIVAL Lancaster, Lancs 01524 32878 21-24 March MUSIC IN THE CASTLE - EASTER WEEKEND Kilmun, near Dunoon, Argyll, 01292 313205 21 March -13 April CEILIDH CULTURE Edinburgh, 0131 228 1155 27-30 March THE BLEND Stirling, 01786 274004 27-30 March BUNCRANA TRADITIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL Buncrana, Co Donegal 28-30 March MORPETH NORTHUMBRIAN GATHERING Morpeth, Northumberland, 01670 500700 28 March-2 April EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL HARP FESTIVAL Edinburgh, 0131-478-8446 29-29 March KENT GATHERING OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC Frittenden, 01622 832871 29 March-1 April RANT @ DUFF HOUSE Duff House, Banff, 0126 818181 31 March-3 April EDINBURGH YOUTH GAITHERIN' Central Edinburgh, 0131 555 7668 APRIL 2008 10-13 April THE LANG SPOON FESTIVAL Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, 01592 612121 18-20 April CREDITON FOLK WEEKEND Cheriton-Fitzpaine, 01363 775695 18-20 April GLENFARG FOLK FEAST Glenfarg, Perthshire, 01577 830370 MAY 2008 1 MAY KINGS LYNN MAY GARLAND PROCESSION 1-4 May SHETLAND FOLK FESTIVAL Lerwick, Shetland, Highlands & Islands, 01595 694757 2-4 May ROCHESTER SWEEPS FESTIVAL 2-4 May MOOR & COAST FESTIVAL Whitby, North Yorkshire, 01947 820408 2-4 May GIRVAN FOLK FESTIVAL Girvan, Ayrshire, 01560 321102 2-5 May JACK IN THE GREEN Bluebell Hill, Maidstone, Kent, 01622 726633 3-5 May FEIS ROIS INBHICH - ADULT FEIS ROIS Ullapool, Wester Ross, 01349 862600 4-5 May WOODFORD FOLK FESTIVAL (FORMERLY POYNTON) Woodford Centre, Cheshire, 01625 872539 8-10 May BIG WHISTLE WEEKEND Bury, Lancashire, 0161 761 2216 9-11 May HOLMFIRTH FESTIVAL OF FOLK Holmfirth, 07841 646308 9-11 May SCANDINAVIAN FESTIVAL Stainforth & Settle, N Yorkshire, 01756 799367 9-11 May CLENNELL HALL FOLK FESTIVAL Rothbury, 01669 650377 9-11 May ST NEOTS FOLK FESTIVAL St Neots, Cambridgeshire, 01234 376278 9-11 May FOLK ON THE PIER Cromer, North Norfolk, 01263 579715 9-11 May MONIAIVE FOLK FESTIVAL Moniaive, Dumfriesshire, 01848 200474 10-10 May DAY OF DANCE IN SALTAIRE Saltaire, West Yorkshire, 01274 730795 15-18 May WINCHESTER FOLK FESTIVAL Winchester, Hampshire, 01962 866490 16-18 May WHEATON ASTON FESTIVAL Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire, 01785 840010 16-18 May FIFE TRADITIONAL SINGING WEEKEND Fife Animal Park, Birnie, Collessie, Fife, 01337 830773 16-18 May SHEPLEY SPRING FESTIVAL Shepley, West Yorkshire, 01484 604704 22-25 May ORKNEY TRADITIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL Stromness, Orkney Islands, 01856 851331 22-25 May WORLD CEILIDH Carsphairn, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, 01644-460662 23-25 May BUCHAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL Ritchie Hall, Strichen, Fraserburgh, 01771 637 344 23-25 May DOUNE AND DUNBLANE FLING Dunblane, Stirlingshire, 01786 823148 23-25 May OFF THE TRACKS SPRING FESTIVAL Castle Donington, Leics. 01332 384518 23-26 May CHIPPENHAM FOLK FESTIVAL Chippenham, Wiltshire, 01249 657190 23-26 May FISHGUARD FOLK FESTIVAL Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, 01348 875183 23-26 May CHESTER FOLK FESTIVAL Kelsall, Nr. Chester, 07005 977045 23-26 May CLEETHORPES FOLK FESTIVAL Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes, Lincs, 01472 322094 24-25 May MACLENNAN INT. DANCE FESTIVAL Langley Park School For Boys, Beckenham, Kent, 020 8295 1273 30 May -1 June THE BORDER GAITHERIN' Coldstream, Borders, 01573 224920 JUNE 2008 6-8 June WIRRAL FOLK ON THE COAST Wirral, Cheshire, 0151 678 9902 6-8 June WESSEX FOLK FESTIVAL Weymouth, Dorset, 077866 54074 13-15 June WIMBORNE FOLK FESTIVAL Wimborne Minster, Dorset, 01202 623740 13-15 June MIDDLEWICH FOLK & BOAT FESTIVAL Middlewich, Cheshire, 0709 239 0501 13-15 June GOWER FOLK FESTIVAL Heritage Centre, Parkmill, Gower, 01792-850803 13-15 June TMSA KEITH FESTIVAL Keith, Banffshire, 01542 882638 13-15 June LOANHEAD MUSIC FESTIVAL Loanhead Nr Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, 01721 722766 13-15 June THE BIG SESSION Leicester, 07905 952374 20-22 June FALKLAND TRADITIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL Falkland, Fife, 01592 611101 20-22 June BEVERLEY & EAST RIDING FOLK FESTIVAL Beverley, East Yorkshire, 01377 217569 20-22 June LICHFIELD FOLK FESTIVAL Lichfield, Stafforshire, 01543424292 26-29 June LEIGH FOLK FESTIVAL Southend On Sea, Essex, 01702 215120 26-29 June REAL ALE, JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL Lichfield, Staffs, 01543 262223 27-29 June DENT FOLK FESTIVAL Dent, Cumbria, 01524 582803 27-29 June CUMNOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL Cumnock, Ayrshire, 07837 542880 27-29 June TRADITIONS FESTIVAL Lostock Hall, Nr Preston, Lancashire, 01257 263678 27-29 June ST ALBANS FOLK AT THE FESTIVAL St Albans, 01727 852111 27-29 June CRAWLEY FOLK FESTIVAL Crawley, Sussex, 01293 553636 30 June -5 July TINTO SUMMER SCHOOL Wiston Lodge, South Lanarkshire, 01899 850587 JULY 2008 2-26 July SKYE FESTIVAL Isle Of Skye, Highlands, 01471 844207 4-6 July NEWCASTLETON TRADITIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL Newcastleton, Roxburghshire, 01450 377165 4-6 July NATIONAL FOREST FOLK FESTIVAL Moira, Nr Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, 01676 540219 4-6 July CLECKHEATON FOLK FESTIVAL Cleckheaton, W Yorkshire, 01924 404346 4-6 July TWO RIVERS FOLK FESTIVAL Chepstow, 07870 611979 5-13 July WILLIE CLANCY SUMMER SCHOOL Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, Ireland, 00353 65 7084148 6-10 July LIVING TRADITION SUMMER SCHOOLS South West Scotland, 01563 551408 6-11 July CEOLAS MUSIC SUMMER SCHOOL Daliburgh, South Uist, 01878 700154 10-13 July STONEHAVEN FOLK FESTIVAL Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, 01569 764202 10-13 July FURNESS TRADITION FESTIVAL Ulverston, Cumbria, 01229 587120 11-12 July SPRATTON FOLK FESTIVAL Spratton, Northamptonshire, 0778 5332 273 11-13 July ROTHBURY TRADITIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL Rothbury, Northumberland, 01669-620887 11-13 July SMALL NATIONS FESTIVAL Cilycwm, Carmarthenshire, 07971448641 11-13 July ELY FOLK FESTIVAL Ely Outdoor Centre, Cambridgeshire, 01353 669985 13-17 July LIVING TRADITION SUMMER SCHOOLS South West Scotland, 01563 551408 16-19 July HEBRIDEAN CELTIC FESTIVAL Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, 01851 621234 18-20 July BRAMPTON LIVE FESTIVAL 5rampton, Cumbria, 01228 534664 18-20 July LOSSIE FOLK FESTIVAL Lossiemouth, Moray, 01343 814036 18-20 July SADDLEWORTH FOLK & ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL Uppermill, Oldham, Greater Manchester, 01457 870391 18-20 July STAINSBY FOLK FESTIVAL Bruntsfarm, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 01246 559036 18-20 July DULVERTON FOLK FESTIVAL Dulverton, Somerset, 07971 016547 18-21 July SESIWN FAWR DOLGELLAU CYF Dolgellau, Gwynedd, 08712-301314 19-26 July JOE MOONEY SUMMER SCHOOL Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim, Ireland, 00353719641213 20-24 July LIVING TRADITION SUMMER SCHOOLS South West Scotland, 01563 551408 24-27 July TROWBRIDGE VILLAGE PUMP FESTIVAL Trowbridge, Wiltshire, 01985-847583 25-27 July WARWICK FOLK FESTIVAL Warwick, Warwickshire, 01926 614932 25-27 July LOMOND FOLK FESTIVAL Balloch, Dunbartonshire, 01389 603278 27-31 July LIVING TRADITION SUMMER SCHOOLS South West Scotland, 01563 551408 28 July -3 August SPEYFEST Fochabers, Moray, 01343 829022 31 July -3 August FESTIVAL AT THE EDGE Much Wenlock, Shrops, 01939 31 July -3 August WICKHAM FESTIVAL Wickham Nr Fareham, Hamps, 07931 177940 31 July-3 August BBC RADIO 2 CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL Cambridge, 01223 357851 AUGUST 2008 1-2 August NESSFEST Fort Augustus, 01320 366707 1-8 August SIDMOUTH FOLK WEEK Sidmouth, Devon, 01395 516441 1-10 August FESTIVAL INTERCELTIQUE DE LORIENT Lorient, Bretagne, France, 0033 2 97272429 2-9 August WMA SUMMER SCHOOL OF MUSIC Giggleswick School, Setttle, 01904 425256 3-8 August COMMON GROUND SCOTLAND South West Scotland, 01563 551408 7-9 August CROPREDY FESTIVAL Cropredy, Oxon, 8-10 August AUCHTERMUCHTY FESTIVAL Auchtermuchty, Fife, 01337 828358732 8-10 August DARTMOOR FOLK FESTIVAL South Zeal, Okehampton, Devon, 01837 840102 8-10 August SALTBURN FOLK FESTIVAL Saltburn By The Sea, Cleveland, 01287 622623 8-15 August BROADSTAIRS FOLK WEEK Broadstairs, Kent, 01843-604080 10-14 August LIVING TRADITION SUMMER SCHOOLS South West Scotland,01563 551408 11-17 August BIDEFORD FOLK FESTIVAL Bideford, Devon, 01237 470792 11-17 August PIPING LIVE! Glasgow, 0141 353 0220 15-16 August TEGEINGL FOLK FESTIVAL Mold, Flintshire, 07919 177373 15-17 August PONTARDAWE FESTIVAL Billingham, Cleveland, 01642 551389 15-17 August INNERLEITHEN MUSIC FESTIVAL Innerleithen, Peebleshire, 01721 725777 15-17 August PONTARDAWE FESTIVAL Pontardawe, Swansea Valley, 01792 830200 16-22 August WHITBY FOLK WEEK Whitby, North Yorkshire, 01274 833669 20-24 August MARYMASS FOLK FESTIVAL Irvine, Ayrshire, 01294 551047 21-24 August MULL OF KINTYRE FESTIVAL Campbeltown, Argyll, 01586 552056 21-25 August TOWERSEY VILLAGE FESTIVAL Towersey,nr Thame, Oxfordshire, 01629 827016 22-24 August DRIFFIELD FOLK FESTIVAL Driffield, 07887914974 22-24 August SOLFEST Silloth, Cumbria, 01900 602122 22-25 August CORNWALL FOLK FESTIVAL Wadebridge, Cornwall, 01208 8122300 22-25 August SHREWSBURY FOLK FESTIVAL Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 01746 768813 29-31 August WALLINGFORD BUNKFEST Wallingford, Oxfordshire, 07743 330494 29-31 August OFF THE TRACKS FESTIVAL Castle Donington, Leics. 01332 384518 29-31 August FYLDE FOLK FESTIVAL Fleetwood, Lancashire, 01253 872317 SEPTEMBER 2008 5-7 September TMSA KIRRIEMUIR TRAD. MUSIC FESTIVAL Kirriemuir, Angus, 01575 540261 5-13 September BLAS Throughout The Highlands, 01463 783032 6-20 September ST.IVES FESTIVAL St.Ives, Cornwall, 01736 795813 11-14 September LINLITHGOW FOLK FESTIVAL Linlithgow, West Lothian, 01506 433634 11-14 September CORK FOLK FESTIVAL Cork City, Co. Cork, 00353 214 317271 12-14 September BROMYARD FOLK FESTIVAL Bishops Frome, Worcester, 01855 490323 17-21 September FESTIVAL OF THE PENNINSULA Ards, Co Down, 028 9182 6846 18-21 September OTLEY FOLK FESTIVAL Otley, W Yorks, 01943 464858 19-20 September LINCOLN FOLK FESTIVAL The Lawn Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, 01526 352153 19-21 September HAIRTH O' THE WORLD Forest Of Ae, Dumfries & Galloway, 01644 460662 26-28 September DUNBAR TRADITIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL Dunbar, East Lothian, 01246 410172 OCTOBER 2008 3-5 October PENICUIK FOLK FESTIVAL Penicuik, Midlothian, 01968 678397 3-5 October TENTERDEN FOLK FESTIVAL Tenterden, Nr Ashford, Kent, 01233-626805 3-5 October SELKIRK SESSIONS Selkirk, 07768 053596 3-6 October FEST'N'FURIOUS Dundee, Angus, 07704 484335 10-18 October CELTIC COLOURS FESTIVAL Cape Breton, Canada, +1 902 562 6700 13-17 October BLAZIN IN BEAULY Beauly, Inverness-Shire, 01463 783056 24-26 October BARING-GOULD FOLK FESTIVAL Okehampton, West Devon, 01837 53754 24-26 October DERBY TRADITIONAL MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL Derby, 01773 853428 24-26 October DUNFERMLINE FOLK WEEKEND Dunfermline, Fife, 01383 725872 24 October-2 November PERTHSHIRE AMBER Dunkeld, Perthshire, 01350 724281 24 October-2 November SCOTTISH INT. STORYTELLING FESTIVAL Edinburgh, Lothian & Borders, 0131 557 5724 31 October-2 November DENHOLM FOLK FESTIVAL Denholm, Nr Hawick, 01450 377165 NOVEMBER 2008 12-16 November WILLIAM KENNEDY PIPING FESTIVAL Armagh, Northern Ireland, 028 3751 1248 19-30 November ST ANDREWS FESTIVAL St Andrews, Fife, 07704 484335 21-23 November FIDDLE 2008 Edinburgh, 0131 555 7669 27-29 November SCOTTISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC AWARDS Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 01899 850587 |
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