Entries by Jo Cunningham

New Dance Director

We are delighted to announce that we have appointed a new Dance Director! Jon Brenner has taken over the role from Phil Bassindale.

Name our new workshop venue

This amazing yurt from Shropshire Yurtmaker.co.uk will be our dedicated workshop venue this year. But the impressive 42ft handmade structure needs a name! We will give the winning suggestion* a free bag of merchandise and a meal on us (food vouchers to be redeemed at the festival). So send your ideas for the name for our workshop […]

Top 10 summer festival

We are delighted that for the 5th year running Songlines magazine has named us as one of the top 10 summer festivals for people to experience in 2015.  It’s a great honour and we think it reflects the wide mix of music you can enjoy at our festival from traditional and contemporary to North American and […]

Richard Thompson Electric Trio confirmed

After months of negotiation, we can confirm the Richard Thompson Electric Trio as our final Sunday night headliner! Richard has been to Shrewsbury several times to perform solo acoustic sets but this is the first time we have persuaded him to give us a full-on electric performance. Rolling Stone voted him one of the best 20 guitarists of […]