Bristol Folk Festival was brought back to the city for the first time in 32 years in 2011. It takes place inside Bristol's largest concert hall, Colston Hall and is spread across 3 days with up to 40 acts performing as well as Morris dancers, mummers and maypoles, ceilidhs, workshops, singalong sessions and a market. Those wanting to camp for the festival will be able to stay just a minute’s walk from the venue at the impressive St Mary-on-the-Quay church.
News
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Bristol Folk Festival Announce National Music Award Finalists
The finalists are bands Evening Chorus (from Cardiff) and London-based Common Tongues and Mishaped Pearls plus duos Solarference (Devon/Bristol) and Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker (London/Worcestershire).
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Bristol Folk Festival Finalises Bumper Line-up
The festival - which returned with aplomb last year after an incredible 32 year absence - is jam-packed with some of the leading acoustic roots acts from the West Country and all over the UK
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Bristol Folk Festival To Present Newton Faulkner
Bristol Folk Festival is to present Brit-nominated singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner at the city’s O2 Academy.
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Bristols Basement Ghosts Are Back In The City!
The 2012 Bristol Folk Festival will conjure up 'ghosts' from the city’s Seventies cult music scene when it returns next May Bank Holiday.
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Bristol Folk Festival Relaunches Nationwide Music Award Contest
Bristol Folk Festival has relaunched its popular Isambard nationwide music award which will give one winner a high profile platform at the event this May - and much more!
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WIN Weekend Tickets to Bristol Folk Festival 2012
Bristol Folk Festival have teamed up with UK Festival Guides to bring you the chance to get your hands on the fantastic prize of a pair of Weekend Tickets for you and a friend.
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Bristol Folk Festival add Lucy Ward, Ahab and Blair Dunlop to line up
Three of the hottest young acoustic roots acts in England will be heading to Bristol Folk Festival over the early May Bank Holiday (May 5-7)-a guaranteed “rain free” event as it returns to one of the city’s flagship venues, the Colston Hall.
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Bristol Folk Festival secure Afro Celt Sound System on Line up
Bristol Folk Festival has scored a coup, securing the supergroup Afro Celt Sound System as its May Bank Holiday Monday headliner in what is likely to be the band’s only UK summer festival appearance this year.
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Bristol Folk Festival confirms Rua Macmillan and more on 2012 line up
Scottish fiddling sensation Rua Macmillan, Cornwall’s exuberantly quirky 3 Daft Monkeys are among a raft of new names announced for the much anticipated 2nd Bristol Folk Festival next May.
Past & Future Events
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Bristol Folk Festival
3 May - 05 May 2019 -
Bristol Folk Festival
29 April - 30 April 2017 -
Bristol Folk Festival
30 April - 01 May 2016 -
Bristol Folk Festival
2 May - 03 May 2015 -
Bristol Folk Festival
2 May - 04 May 2014 -
Bristol Folk Festival
4 May - 06 May 2013 -
Bristol Folk Festival
5 May - 07 May 2012