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Fabulous FolkEast is back!
England’s most easterly folk festival, FolkEast is thrilled to be back this August.
Afro Celt Sound 2019
Last summer, FolkEast became the first English folk festival to
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flag for Scotland will be three superb acts. Headlining the Sunday
stage a live, socially-distanced event. Buoyed by supporters
night will be pedigree triumvirate Drever, McCusker, Woomble
donating nearly £33,000 to a crowdfunder, they announced
which sees master fiddler John McCusker joining forces with
Virtually FolkEast – a two day live and streamed open-air event
Orkney-born singer songwriter Kris Drever and Idlewild’s lead
from a meadow at FolkEast HQ for a 200-strong daily audience in
singer Roddy Woomble. Named the Best Live Act at the Scots Trad
socially distanced pitches. This summer, the eighth FolkEast will return to the glorious grounds of Glemham Hall between August 20th-22nd in a streamlined, slimmer, spacious and COVID – secure way, with most of the original 2020 line-up preserved. The awesome Afro Celt Sound System will headline Saturday night. The Grammy Award nominated supergroup are past masters at fusing electronica with traditional Irish and West African music. Alongside the event’s hugely popular, multi awardwinning patrons, The Young’ uns, the line-up includes the
Music Awards in 2018, quintet Elephant Sessions bring their unique brand of indie folk while the powerhouse sextet of female instrumentalists that is The Shee wow with their adventurous blend of Scottish folk, Gaelic song and bluegrass. Folk legend Peter Knight will bring his six-strong Gigspanner Big Band to the party. The Big Band takes his original Gigspanner trio (himself, Roger Flack and Sacha Trochet) and fuses them with the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards ‘Best Duo’ winners Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin (Edgelarks) and erstwhile Bellowhead star John Spiers to make something truly special.
sublime partnership of Welsh harpist Catrin Finch with
Tickets purchased for 2020 can be carried over to this year and
Senegalese kora maestro Seckou Keita.
ticket costs are frozen at last year’s prices – a competitive £120 for
FolkEast loves its Celtic connections and this year will be no exception with Ireland represented by the excellent, Dublin-born traditional singer and bouzouki player Daoiri Farrell. Flying the
a weekend adult ticket with free admission for children aged 11 and under. There will also be a limited number of camping tickets available. www.folkeast.co.uk
