Entries by Jo Cunningham

Order your festival beer!

As anyone who has ever been to the festival knows, great real ale is a key component of our line up!

Festival postponement

It is with the heaviest of hearts that we have decided to postpone this year’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival. It will now take place from August 27th – 30th, 2021. We know that many people will be disappointed – we are too. Our small team is hugely passionate about the festival and our summer just won’t […]

Covid-19 response

We are keeping a very close eye on how the landscape is changing in relation to the coronavirus. Advice is currently that it is likely to peak before the summer. At the moment, preparation is continuing as normal and we expect the festival to take place in August. We know it’s testing times for everyone […]

Best Midlands & Shropshire Music Festival

🎉🎉🎉 WE ARE THE BEST MIDLANDS MUSIC & BEST SHROPSHIRE MUSIC FESTIVAL! 🎉🎉🎉 With all that is going on in the world at the moment, we were over the moon to get this good news – we picked up not one but two awards in the Shropshire What’s On Readers Awards for Best Midlands Music Festival and Best Shropshire […]

Judy Collins leads second wave of artists announced

We have revealed the second wave of artists on our 2020 line up – topped by non other than American folk legend, Judy Collins!  Five time Grammy Award winning blues and Americana star Keb’ Mo’, Zimbabwean group Black Umfolosi, a rare show from the Seckou Keita Quintet, a unique interpretation of the work of Scotland’s […]

2019 top of the pops

Our pals at Roots Records have been crunching the numbers of CD sales at this year’s festival and the results are in! Please bear in mind that this is not an exact science – established bands will already be in people’s record collections, availability of stock etc etc. 1. AKA Trio 2. Edgelarks – Phillip Henry and […]