Dates for forthcoming festivals are as supplied by event organisers and published in good faith. You are strongly recommended to confirm all information with the event organiser before travelling long distances or booking accomodation.

2009
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2009  

• 1 - 3 May 2009
  Moor & Coast Festival - Whitby
  Festival of traditional music, song, dance & arts with a range of events at venues around the town.
  Contact: Glen Rogers
  Telephone: 01947 820408 / 604747
  Email: moorcoast@yahoo.com
  Website: http://www.moorandcoast.co.uk/
  
  
• 8 - 10 May 2009
  Holmfirth Festival of Folk
  A weekend of music, dance and fun based in the Market Hall, Civic Hall, CragRats, pubs and streets of Holmfirth.
  Ticket enquiries: Holmfirth Tourist Information Centre
  Telephone: 01484 222444
  Email: holmfirth.tic@kirklees.gov.uk
  Contact: Sheila Sutton
  Contact address: The Nook, Victoria Square, Holmfirth HD9 1DA
  Telephone: 07841 6463011
  Email:holmfirthfolk@btinternet.com
  Website:http://www.holmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk/
  
  
• 9 May 2009
  Saltaire Day of Dance
  At the Victoria Hall & other venues, Saltaire. There will be 55 workshops during the day, a Family Ceilidh (5-7 pm) and an Evening Event (8-11.30 pm) including SIX dance events on one ticket.
  Contact: Denise Craghill
  Telephone: 01274 730795
  Email: denise@yorkshirecnd.org.uk
  Website: http://www.dayofdance.co.uk/
  
  
• 9 -16 May 2009
  Brigg Fiddle Festival
  The Angel Ballroom, Brigg, North Lincolnshire.
  Concerts, street entertainment, workshops, young people's concert, busking competition with prizes.
  Contact: Carol Dawson
  Telephone: 01469 530561 / 01507 603049
  Email: caroldawson897@btinternet.com
  Website: http://www.briggfiddlefestival.org.uk/
  
  
• 15 - 17 May 2009
  Shepley Spring Festival
  Shepley Spring Festival is an exciting new festival bringing you the very best of traditional music and dance from some of the country's top folk artists and a host of newcomers. Based on a greenfield site in Shepley village in the heart of the Yorkshire Pennines, there will be concerts, dances, workshops and sessions and a full programme of youth and children's activities.
  Contact: James McKinlay
  Contact address: PO Box 645 Scissett Huddersfield HD8 8WR
  Telephone: 01484 604704
  Email: info@shepleyspringfestival.com
  Website: http://www.shepleyspringfestival.com/
  
  
• 21 - 24 May 2009
  Wombwell MAD-Fest.
  St Michael's Church Hall,Park Street,Wombwell.Barnsley.
  Weekend 4 day Pass: Only £30! Day tickets & camping,
  Singarounds,Thursday 21st May ceilidh with Beggars Belief. The bargain of
  the summer?
  Contact: Hedley Jones
  Telephone: 01226752901
  Website: http://www.wombwellfolk.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
  
  
• 22 - 23 May 2009
  Ireby Festival
  Set against the striking backdrop of Skiddaw and the surrounding north western lake district fells.
  Main stage is a 500-seat heated marquee set in the grounds of Ellenside House; other venues throughout the village include The Lion pub, The Globe Hall, St James Church, Ireby Chancel and Ireby W I Hall.
  Headline artists for 2009 are Eddie Reader, Spiers and Boden, The New Rope String Band, White Mansions and the Peter Donegan Band.
  Camping available.
  Contact: Charles Devlin
  Bank Top Cottage, Ireby, Wigton, Cumbria CA7 1EA
  Telephone: 016973 71645
  Mobile: 07814705832
  Email: irebyfestival@tiscali.co.uk
  Website:http://www.musicinireby.co.uk/
  
  
• 22 - 25 May 2009
  Ryedale Folk Weekend - Hutton Le Hole
  Workshops and concerts.
  Tickets include admission to Ryedale Folk Museum (01287 660060}
  Contact: Richard Grainger
  Klondike Folk Arts, The Old Post Office, Commondale, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 2HG
  Telephone: 01287 660200
  Email: moorfolk@googlemail.com
  Website:http://www.festivalonthemoor.co.uk/ryedalelweekend/
  
  
• 30 - 31 May 2009
  City Of York Folk Day
  Concerts, session, singaround and folk club from noon until midnight in three rooms at the Black Swan (Peasholme Green) and a marquee stage outside.
  Contact: Roland Walls
  Email: rolandwalls@yahoo.co.uk
  Website: http://www.blackswanfolkclub.org.uk/
  

• 23 May - 6 June 2009
  Swaledale Festival
  Arts festival with eclectic selection of music including folk.
  Contact: Harriet Smithson
  Hudson House, Reeth, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL11 6TB
  Telephone/Fax: 01748 880018 (admin) 01748 880019 (box office)
  Email: enquiries@swaledale-festival.org.uk
  Website: http://www.swaledale-festival.org.uk/

June

July

• 3 - 5 July 2009
  Cleckheaton Folk Festival
  The Festival includes concerts, singarounds, music sessions, workshops, meets, dance sides and street entertainment. Cleckheaton Town Hall and Town Centre.
  Contact: Dave Minich
  84 Pyenot Hall Lane, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire BD19 5BA
  Telephone: 01274 879761
  Email: info@cleckheatonfolkfestival.org
  Website: http://www.cleckheatonfolkfestival.org/
  
  
• 10 - 12 July 2009
  Clogfest!
  Clog dancers from all over England gather in Skipton to perform their distinctive regional styles of dance. Massed performance at canal basin on the Saturday. Dancers perform in the grounds of Skipton Castle from noon - 3pm on Sunday (usual admission charges apply).
  Contact: Paul Hudson
  Telephone: 01282 868040
  Email: paul@clogfest.org
  Website: http://www.clogfest.org/
  
  
• 10 July 2009
  Birdsedge Mini Beerfest
  With live acoustic musicians.
  Contact: Jacey Bedford
  10 Park Head, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD8 8XW
  Telephone: 01484 606230
  Email: artisan@artisan-harmony.com
  Website: http://www.birdsedge.co.uk/
  
  
• 11 July 2009
  Birdsedge Village Festival
  Family fun afternoon (noon to 5.00) with music and dancing. Entry £1.50
  and 50p for kinds. Evening concert with Tanglefoot's last northern gig on their farewell tour.
  Contact: Jacey Bedford
  10 Park Head, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD8 8XW
  Telephone: 01484 606230
  Email: artisan@artisan-harmony.com
  Website: http://www.birdsedge.co.uk/
  
  
• 17 - 19 July 2009
  Seafest Scarborough
  International Maritime Festival.
  Contact: Richard Grainger
  Klondike Folk Arts, The Old Post Office, Commondale, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 2HG
  Telephone: 01287 660200
  Email: richard-grainger@tiscali.co.uk
  Website: http://www.seafest.org.uk/
  
  
• 17- 19 July 2009
  Saddleworth Folk Festival
  Annual Folk Festival at Uppermill on the Yorks/Lancs border, Concerts, Ceilidhs, Singarounds, Workshops and Sessions at venues around the town.
  Contact: Jan Shevlin
  Telephone: 01706 844657
  Email: info@safra.org.uk
  Website: http://www.safra.org.uk/
  
  
• 24 - 26 July 2009
  The Hardraw Gathering
  Annual Folk Festival at The Green Dragon, Hardraw.
  Contact: Mark Thompson
  The Green Dragon Inn
  Hardraw, Hawes, N Yorkshire DL8 3LZ
  Telephone: 01969 667392
  Email: info@greendragonhardraw.com
  Website: http://www.greendragonhardraw.com/
  Website: http://www.hardrawgathering.com/
  

August

• 14 - 16 August 2009
  Saltburn Folk Festival
  'Ceilidhs; singarounds; sessions; 'chance to meet'; workshops; concerts; Punch & Judy; folk dance displays; street entertainment; music hall; folk on the internet; indoor table top; craft, ethnic clothing & bric-a-brac market. Competitions : Traditional Singer / Singer-Songwriter; and a line up of artists who will make this festival a special experience.'
  Contact: Festival Office
  57 Marske Road, Saltburn by the Sea, Tees Valley TS12 1PN
  Telephone: 01287 622623 / 0798 009 3898
  Email: saltburnfolkfestival@ukforum.com
  Website: http://www.saltburnfolkfestival.ukforum.com/
  MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/saltburnfolkfestival
  
  
• 14 - 23 August 2009
  Knaresborough Festival of Entertainment and Visual Arts
  Wide range of events including folk, jazz, street entertainers, theatre, workshops and more.
  Contact: 'feva', Knaresborough House, Knaresborough HG5 0HW
  Email: jones.anne@ntlworld.com
  Website: http://www.feva.info/
  
  
• 22 - 28 August 2009
  Whitby Folk Week
  The famous Whitby Folk Week. Approx. 600 events on offer, ranging from public dance displays to major dances and concerts. Full programme of workshops in most folk related topics / instruments / types of dance, both at beginner and higher level. Extensive children's programme.
  General Enquiries: PO Box 44, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 9YP
  Telephone 01274 833669
  Email: enquiries@folkwhitby.co.uk
  Tickets: PO Box 137, Queensbury, Bradford, BD13 1WS
  Telephone 01274 833669
  Email: tickets@whitbyfolk.co.uk
  Website: http://www.folkwhitby.co.uk/
  
  

September

• 4 - 6 September 2009
  Hull Sea Fever Festival
  Hull, East Yorkshire: weekend following August bank holiday.
  Sea Festival with national and international performers and shantymen.
  Contact: Shanty Jack
  "The Anchorage" 16 The Kingsway, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire DN35 8QU
  Telephone: 01472 696757 / 07970 651293
  Email: shantyjack@anchorage.f9.co.uk
  Website: http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/
  Hull Tourist information
  Tel (01482) 223559
  Email: tourist.information@hullcc.gov.uk
  
  
• 11 - 13 September 2009
  Osmotherly Gathering
  Guests include The Old Dance School, Richard Grainger & Chris Parkinson, Accordance Ceilidh Band, String Theory, Steve Dawes & Helen Pitt and more...... Venues Golden Lion , Queen Catherine and Osmotherley Village Hall.
  Contact: Richard Grainger
  Klondike Folk Arts, The Old Post Office, Commondale, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 2HG
  Telephone: 01287 660200
  Email: moorfolk@googlemail.com
  Website:http://www.festivalonthemoor.co.uk/
  
  
• September (Dates for 2009 not yet available)
  York Traditional Dance Festival
  Contact: Joanne Weller
  Telephone: 01904 552273
  Email: joanne.weller@york.gov.uk
  
  
• 17-20 September 2009
  Otley Black Sheep Folk Festival
  All around the town of Otley, West Yorkshire.
  Contact: Steve Fairholm
  PO Box 55, Otley, West Yorkshire LS21 1XP
  Telephone: 01943 464858
  Email: OtleyFF@hotmail.com
  Website: http://otleyfolkfestival.com/
  

October

• 2 - 4 October 2009
  Ingleton Folk Weekend
  Ingleton, North Yorkshire:
  Concerts, sessions, workshops, street performers.
  Information: Ingleton TIC, Community Centre, Ingleton, via Carnforth, North Yorkshire LA6 3HG
  Telephone: 015242 41049
  Email: ingletonfolk@gmail.com
  Website: http://www.ingletonfolk.co.uk/
  
  
• 17th October 2009
  Saltaire Autumn Day of Dance
  A t the Victoria Hall & other venues, Saltaire. There will be 55 workshops during the day, a Family Ceilidh (5-7pm) and an Evening Event (8-11.30pm) including SIX dance events on one ticket.
  Contact: Denise Craghill
  Telephone: 01274 730795
  Email: denise@yorkshirecnd.org.uk
  Website: http://www.dayofdance.co.uk/
  
  
• 23 -25 October 2009
  Musicport - Bridlington Spa
  World music festival
  Contact: Musicport
  16 Skinner Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 3AJ
  Telephone: 0845 373 2760
  Website: http://www.musicportfestival.com/
  
  
• October (Dates for 2009 not yet available)
  Sheffield Folk Festival
  Concerts, ceilidhs, sessions, singarounds, workshops and dance displays centred on the Burton Street Project in Hillsborough and the best music pubs in Central Sheffield.
  Email: info@sheffieldfolkfestival.org
  Website: http://sheffieldfolkfestival.org/
  
  
• October (Dates for 2009 not yet available)
  Staithes Maritime Weekend
  Contact: Richard Grainger
  Captain Cook Festival ,The Old Post Office, Commondale, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 2HG
  Telephone: 01287 660200
  Email: richard-grainger@tiscali.co.uk
  Website: http://www.myspace.com/captaincookfestival
  
  
• 31 October 2009
  Langsett Hunter's Moon Weekend
  Langsett, between Holmfirth and Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
  The Langsett Fox Dance is performed on the Saturday night nearest the Hunter's Moon - the full moon that falls between 7 October and 4 November.
  Fax: 0870 131 6897
  Email: reynard@mr-fox.org.uk
  Website: http://www.mr-fox.org.uk/

November

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December

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2010

January

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March 

• March (Dates for 2010 not yet available)
  Queensbury Music Festival - Folk Day
  From 12 noon. Concerts, workshops, singarounds, music sessions, real ale. Artists include John Tams & Barry Coope, Skyhook, Coope Boyes & Simpson, Crucible, Duncan McFarlane Electric Band, Hall Brothers, Roger Davies and many more.
  Contact: QMF c/o 10 Moor Close Road, Queensbury, Bradford BD13 2EA
  Telephone: 01274 427050 / 01274 635142
  Email: queensburymusicfestival@googlemail.com
  Webpage: http://www.myspace.com/queensburymusic
  
  
• March (Dates for 2010 not yet available)
  Doncaster Folk Festival
  Including - concerts, traditional dance, ceilidh, workshops, sessions and singarounds. It all happens at the Ukrainian Club, Beckett Road, Doncaster.
  Telephone: 01302 367302
  Email:jdsbuz@aol.com
  Website:http://www.doncasterfolkfestival.org.uk/
  
  

April 

• April (Dates for 2010 not yet available)
  Barnsley Easter Singaround
  At the Keel Inn (Nr. Asda). Easter singaround and Music sessions from 7.00 p.m. Friday with Sunday afternoon guests Barrie and Ingrid Temple.
  Contact: Ray Padgett
  Telephone: 01226 284927
  Email: padgettray@yahoo.co.uk
  Website:http://www.sandlizard.f9.co.uk/barnsleyfolk/
  
  

• April (Dates for 2010 not yet available)
  St. George's Celebration - Danby Village Hall
  Free Entry
  Contact: Richard Grainger
  Klondike Folk Arts, The Old Post Office, Commondale, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO21 2HG
  Telephone: 01287 660200
  Email: moorfolk:googlemail.com
  Website:http://www.festivalonthemoor.co.uk/stgeorges/
  
  
• April (Dates for 2010 not yet available)
  Wath-Upon-Dearne Festival
  Based around the Montgomery Hall and the Sandygate Hotel, Wath-Upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
  Wath Festival, 61 Avenue Road, Wath-Upon-Dearne, S63 7AG
  Telephone: 0114 245 7454
  Email: wath2007@hotmail.co.uk
  Website: http://www.syfolk.co.uk/wath/
  

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