We have revealed our plans for a covid-safe festival including a refreshed line-up to celebrate the best of British based folk artists. We have elected for outside stages and more outdoor activities to ensure we can meet any possible covid related regulations that might be in place by August Bank Holiday. The new line up […]
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We are over the moon to have received another grant to fund us while we plan a fantastic return this return this August! Thanks to Arts Council England and the government’s Culture Recovery Fund, we can continue to be #HereForCulture with a grant of £45,265 to support our running costs. More than £300 million has […]
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We were so sad to hear that Cambridge Folk Festival won’t be taking place this year – our hearts go out to the team and all the festivalgoers who had been looking forward to a glorious return this summer, as are we. As an independent festival, we are in a different position to the organisers […]
https://shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sff-logo-2020.png00Jo Cunninghamhttps://shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sff-logo-2020.pngJo Cunningham2021-03-19 11:24:462021-04-02 09:14:47Looking forward to August
We hope you’re doing as well as can be expected in these testing times but our summer festival is an ever-increasing ray of light at the end of this dark period. Nobody knows exactly what the situation will be by then. But we are heartened by the positive numbers of people being vaccinated. So we’ve […]
https://shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sff-logo-2020.png00Jo Cunninghamhttps://shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sff-logo-2020.pngJo Cunningham2021-01-27 18:22:122021-03-04 18:31:25Bring on your favourite summer festival!
Here is the first major line-up announcement for Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2021. And we’re delighted to say we managed to secure the majority of our performers from the festival-that-never-was! Who’s playing? American folk legend, Judy Collins, globally acclaimed Galician piper Carlos Núñez, Lindisfarne, Show of Hands, Oysterband, The Lost Words: Spell Songs with Karine Polwart, […]
2021 – a celebration of British based folk
/in Latest News /by Jo CunninghamWe have revealed our plans for a covid-safe festival including a refreshed line-up to celebrate the best of British based folk artists. We have elected for outside stages and more outdoor activities to ensure we can meet any possible covid related regulations that might be in place by August Bank Holiday. The new line up […]
Culture Recovery Fund grant
/in Latest News /by Jo CunninghamWe are over the moon to have received another grant to fund us while we plan a fantastic return this return this August! Thanks to Arts Council England and the government’s Culture Recovery Fund, we can continue to be #HereForCulture with a grant of £45,265 to support our running costs. More than £300 million has […]
Looking forward to August
/in Latest News /by Jo CunninghamWe were so sad to hear that Cambridge Folk Festival won’t be taking place this year – our hearts go out to the team and all the festivalgoers who had been looking forward to a glorious return this summer, as are we. As an independent festival, we are in a different position to the organisers […]
Bring on your favourite summer festival!
/in Latest News /by Jo CunninghamWe hope you’re doing as well as can be expected in these testing times but our summer festival is an ever-increasing ray of light at the end of this dark period. Nobody knows exactly what the situation will be by then. But we are heartened by the positive numbers of people being vaccinated. So we’ve […]
2021 line-up
/in Latest News /by Jo CunninghamHere is the first major line-up announcement for Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2021. And we’re delighted to say we managed to secure the majority of our performers from the festival-that-never-was! Who’s playing? American folk legend, Judy Collins, globally acclaimed Galician piper Carlos Núñez, Lindisfarne, Show of Hands, Oysterband, The Lost Words: Spell Songs with Karine Polwart, […]