Your essential directory of the UK and Ireland’s live music sector

As part of the HORIZONS programme at WOMEX 2024, this extensive database has been created to help musicians and their music industry networks navigate and connect with the best venues and festivals in England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. You can search entries by name and location (town/city/country).

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Cambridge Folk Festival

Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge

https://www.cambridgelive.org.uk/folk-festival
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Camp Bestival Dorset

Lulworth, Dorset

https://dorset.campbestival.net/
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Wilderness Festival

Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire

https://www.wildernessfestival.com/
Festival

Y Not Festival

Pikehall, Derbyshire

https://ynotfestival.com/
Festival

https://thegoodlifesociety.co.uk

Piercefield Park, Chepstow, Monmouthshire

https://greengathering.org.uk
Festival

All Together Now Festival

Curraghmore Estate, Co. Waterford

https://alltogethernow.ie
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Ballyshannon Folk & Traditional Music Festival

The Marquee, Market Yard, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal

https://ballyshannonfolkfestival.com
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Summer Camp

Hawardan Estate, North East Wales

https://thegoodlifesociety.co.uk
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Mull Of Kintyre Music Festival

Campbeltown, Argyll & Bute

https://mokfest.com
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Kendal Calling

Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, Kendal, Cumbria

https://kendalcalling.co.uk/
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Supernormal Festival

Braziers Park, Oxfordshire

https://www.supernormalfestival.co.uk/
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Endorset

Cerne Abbas, Dorset

https://endorset.co.uk/
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Sidmouth Folk Week

Sidmouth, Devon

https://sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/
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Edinburgh International Festiva

eif.co.uk
Festival

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Various Venues, Edinburgh

https://edfringe.com
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Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann

Various Venues, Wexford Town, Co. Wexford

https://fleadhcheoil.ie
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Lakefest

Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire

https://lakefest.co.uk/
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Feakle Festival

Various Venues, Feakle, Co. Clare

https://feaklefestival.ie
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Wickham Festival

Wickham, Hampshire

https://wickhamfestival.co.uk/
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Kilkenny Arts Festival

Various Venues, Kilkenny City

https://kilkennyarts.ie
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Fresh Ayr Fest

Ayr Town Hall, Ayr

https://freshayrfolkfest.com
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Howth Roots & Blues Festival

Various Venues, Howth

https://howthrootsandblues.com
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Broadstairs Folk Week

Broadstairs, Kent

https://broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk/
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Tangled Up In Blues

Radford Mill Farm, Timsbury, Somerset

https://tangledrootsblues.com/
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Billingham International Folklore Festival of World Dance

63 Queensway, Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham

https://billinghamfestival.com/
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Piping Live! – Glasgow International Piping Festival

pipinglive.co.uk
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Piping Live! – Glasgow International Piping Festival

The National Piping Centre & Various Venues, Glasgow

https://pipinglive.co.uk
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Purbeck Valley Folk Festival

Purbeck Valley Farm, near Corfe Castle, Dorset

purbeckvalleyfolkfestival.co.uk
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We Out Here

Wimborne St Giles, Dorset

https://weoutherefestival.com/
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Green Man

Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, Crickhowell, Powys

https://greenman.net
Festival

Folk East

Suffolk

https://folkeast.co.uk/
Festival

Whitby Folk Week

Whitby, North Yorkshire

https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/
Festival

Masters of Tradition

Various Venues, Bantry, West Cork

https://westcorkmusic.ie/masters-of-tradition
Festival

Between The Trees

Candleston, Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend

https://betweenthetrees.co.uk
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Cornwall Folk Festival

Wadebridge, North Cornwall

https://cornwallfolkfestival.com/wp/
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Solfest

North Lakes Country Park, Aspatria, Cumbria

https://solfest.co.uk/
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Shrewsbury Folk Festival

West Midlands Showground, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

https://shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/
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End Of The Road Festival

Blandford Forum, Dorset

https://endoftheroadfestival.com/
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Lindisfarne Festival

Beal Farm, Beal

https://lindisfarnefestival.com/
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Moseley Folk & Arts Festival

Moseley Park, Birmingham

https://moseleyfolk.co.uk/
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Smugglers Festival

Deal, Kent

https://smugglersfestival.com/
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Electric Picnic

Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois

https://electricpicnic.ie
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Blas

Various Venues, Highlands & Islands

https://www.blas.scot/events
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Queensferry Folk Festival

Priory Church, South Queensferry

https://queensferrymusic.com/
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Cork Folk Festival

Various Venues, Cork

https://corkfolkfestival.com
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BAAFest

Bellingham, Northumberland

https://baafest.com/
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Kelso Folk Festival

Old Parish Church, Cross Keys Hotel & Various Venues, Kelso

https://kelsofolkfest.org/
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TMSA Kirriemuir (Kirrie) Festival

https://wbinfo.prositehosting.co.uk/underconstruction/
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