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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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
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Folk East

Suffolk

https://folkeast.co.uk/
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Whitby Folk Week

Whitby, North Yorkshire

https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/
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Masters of Tradition

Various Venues, Bantry, West Cork

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

Bromyard, Hertfordshire

https://bromyardfolkfestival.co.uk/
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St Ives September Festival

St Ives, Cornwall

https://www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk/
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Fuinneamh Music, Art & Culture Festival

Bellurgan Park, Co. Louth

https://fuinneamh.ie
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Southdowns Music Festival

Bognor Regis, West Sussex

https://southdownsfolkfest.co.uk/
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Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

Various Venues, Cork City

https://guinnesscorkjazz.com
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Dunbar Music Festival

Various Venues, Dunbar

https://www.dunbarmusicfestival.co.uk/
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Kavanagh Weekend

Various Venues, Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan

https://patrickkavanaghcentre.com
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Royal National Mòd

Fort William, Lochaber

https://ancomunn.co.uk/
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The Wee Fife Folk Festival

Various Venues, Dunfermline

http://weefifefolkfest.co.uk/
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Shetland Accordion & Fiddle Festival

Various Venues, Lerwick, Shetland

https://www.shetlandaccordionandfiddle.com/
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Harwich Shanty Festival

Harwich, Essex

https://harwichshantyfestival.co.uk/
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Glasgow Shanty Festival

Tall Ship, Glenlee/Riverside Museum, Glasgow

https://glasgowshanty.weebly.com/
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Sligo Live Festival

Various Venues, Sligo

https://sligolive.ie
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