Summer Festivals 2022
We are looking forward to a full summer of festivals across England in 2022!
Here is a list of the events we know about which are taking place this summer, and (by popular demand) into the autumn...
3–5 June Wychwood Festival
Cheltenham, Glos. wychwoodfestival.com
3–5 June Blowout 2022
Polesworth, Warwickshire. bagpipesociety.org.uk
4 & 5 June City of York ‘Roland Walls’ Folk Weekend
York. blackswanfolkclub.org.uk
4 & 5 June Wessex Folk Festival
Weymouth, Dorset. wessexfolkfestival.com
10–12 June Kirtlington Morris Lamb Ale Festival
Kirtlington, Oxon. kirtlington-morris.org.uk
10–12 June St Neots Folk Festival
St Neots, Cambs. stneotsfolkclub.co.uk
10–12 June Free Weekend of Folk Music Festival
Coppull, Lancashire. coppullfolk.co.uk
10–12 June Wimborne Minster Folk Festival
Wimborne, Dorset. wimbornefolk.co.uk
10–12 June Rochdale Folk Festival
Rochdale, Greater Manchester. rochdalefolkfestival.co.uk
10–12 June Hebden Bridge Folk Roots Festival
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. hebdenfolkroots.org
10–12 June Tangled Roots Festival
Radford Mill, Somerset. tangledrootsfestival.com
16–19 June Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival
Middlewich, Cheshire. middlewichfabfestival.co.uk
17–19 June Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival
Falmouth, Cornwall. falmouthseashanty.co.uk
17–19 June Lichfield Folk Festival
Lichfield, Staffs. lichfieldfolkfestival.co.uk
17–19 June Teignmouth Folk Festival
Teignmouth, South Devon. teignmouthfolk.co.uk
16–19 June 2019 Beardy Folk Festival
Wickham, Hampshire. beardyfolkfestival.co.uk
17–19 June Moor & Coast Whitby Spring Session
Whitby, Yorkshire. moorandcoast.co.uk
18 June Rockhampton Folk Festival
Rockhampton, Gloucestershire rockhamptonfolkfest.org.uk
21–23 June Teignmouth Folk Festival
Teignmouth, South Devon. teignmouthfolk.co.uk
23–26 June Leigh Folk Festival
Leigh on Sea, Essex leighfolkfestival.com
24–26 June St Albans Folk Festival
St Albans, Herts. stalbansfolkmusic.org.uk
24–26 June English Country Music Weekend
Croston, West Lancashire. englishcountrymusicweekend.org.uk
24–26 June West Somerset Folk Festival
Carhampton, Somerset. westsomersetfolkfestival.co.uk
25 June Bakewell International Day of Dance
Bakewell, Derbyshire. bakewelldayofdance.co.uk
25 June Folk in the Field
Shiptonthorpe, East Yorkshire. folkinthefield.co.uk
25 & 26 June Folk on the Quay
Poole, Dorset. folkonthequay.co.uk
27 June to 3 July Sandwich Folk & Ale Festival
Sandwich, Kent. sandwichevents.org.uk/folkandalefestival
1 & 2 July Moonbeams Folk Festival
Hunmanby, East Yorkshire. moonbeamsevents.co.uk
1 & 2 July Folk at the Hall (FATH)
Trelawnyd, Flintshire. therecordjournal.co.uk
1–3 July Cleckheaton Folk Festival
Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire. cleckheatonfolkfestival.org
1–3 July Yorkshire Folk Dance Weekend
Drax, North Yorkshire. yfdw.org.uk
1–3 July Mad Hatters Festival
Ely, Cambridgeshire. madhattersfestival.co.uk
3 July Clovelly Maritime Festival
Clovelly, North Devon clovelly.co.uk
6–10 July New Forest Folk Festival
Romsey, Hants. newforestfolkfestival.co.uk
7–10 July Bromsgrove Folk Festival
Bromsgrove, Worcs. bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk/festival.html
8–10 July Priddy Folk Festival
Priddy, Somerset. priddyfolk.org
8–10 July Ely Folk Festival
Ely, Cambs. elyfolkfestival.co.uk
8–10 July Furness Tradition
Ulverston, Cumbria. furnesstradition.org.uk
14–17 July Gate to Southwell Folk Festival
Southwell, Notts. gtsf.uk
14–17 July Bradfield Traditional Music Weekend
Bradfield and Dungworth, South Yorkshire. facebook.com/groups/148942859110958
15–17 July Stainsby Folk Festival
Stainsby, Derbyshire. stainsbyfestival.org.uk
15–17 July Festival at the Edge
Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire. festivalattheedge.org
15–17 July Rothbury Traditional Music Festival
Rothbury, Northumberland. rothburymusicfestival.co.uk
15–17 July Mitcheldean Festival
Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire. mitcheldeanfestival.fod.uk
17 July Folk by the Oak
Hatfield House, Herts. folkbytheoak.com
21–24 July Warwick Folk Festival
Warwick. warwickfolkfestival.co.uk
28–31 July WOMAD UK
Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wilts. womad.co.uk
28–31 July Cambridge Folk Festival
Cambridge. cambridgelive.org.uk
29–31 July Underneath the Stars Festival
Cawthorne, South Yorkshire. underthestarsfest.co.uk
29 July – 5 August Sidmouth Folk Festival
Sidmouth, Devon. sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk
30 & 31 July Whitby Ahoy!
Whitby, Yorkshire. greatnorthfolk.com
1 August Yorkshire Day of Music
Whitby, Yorkshire. greatnorthfolk.com
4–7 August Wickham Festival
Wickham, Hants. wickhamfestival.co.uk
5–7 August Dartmoor Folk Festival
South Zeal, Devon. dartmoorfolkfestival.org.uk
5–7 August Lake District Folk Weekend
Staveley, Cumbria. thelakedistrictfolkweekend.com
5–12 August Broadstairs Folk Week
Broadstairs, Kent. broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk
11–13 August Fairport’s Cropredy Convention
Cropredy, Oxon. fairportconvention.com
11–14 August Saltburn Folk Festival
Saltburn–by–the–Sea, North Yorkshire. saltburnfolkfestival.com
12–14 August The Magpies Festival
York. themagpiesfestival.co.uk
12–14 August White Horse Folk Festival
Wantage, Oxfordshire. whitehorsefolkfestival.co.uk
18–21 August Purbeck Valley Folk Festival
Wareham, Dorset. purbeckvalleyfolkfestival.co.uk
19–21 August Moira Furnace Folk Festival
Moira, Leicestershire. moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk
19–21 August FolkEast
Glemham Hall, Suffolk. folkeast.co.uk
20–26 August Whitby Folk Week
Whitby, North Yorkshire. whitbyfolk.co.uk
26–29 August Cornwall Folk Festival
Wadebridge, Cornwall. cornwallfolkfestival.com
26–29 August Towersey Festival
Middle Claydon, Bucks. towerseyfestival.com
26–29 August Shrewsbury Folk Festival
Shrewsbury, Shropshire. shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk
And extending the date-range just a little:
3 September Indoor Festival of Folk
Cecil Sharp House, London efdss.org/whats-on/26-gigs/11312-indoor-festival-of-folk
8–11 September Bromyard Folk Festival
Bromyard, Herefordshire bromyardfolkfestival.co.uk
9–11 September Hull Folk and Maritime Festival
In and around Hull Pier and Marina hullfolkmaritime.org
30 September – 2 October Derby Folk Festival
Derby derbyfolkfestival.co.uk
29 September – 2nd October Tenterden Folk Festival
tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk
Have we missed your favourite event? Please let us know by emailing [email protected].
Please check before travelling! We have compiled these listings in good faith and to the best of our ablities, but we cannot accept responsibility for any errors. If you spot anything that needs to change, do please let us know by emailing [email protected].
For events outside England, we recommend The Living Tradition’s Festival listings.