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Following the fantastic success of the 2016 festival, Derby Folk Festival returns to take over the city once again in 2017 with another exciting list of performers.
This will be the 11th year that the festival has been held right in the centre of Derby.
The 11th Derby Folk Festival takes place from Friday 6 to Sun 8 Oct 2017.
Events will run in the City Marquee on the Market Place, in the Guildhall Theatre, The Old Bell Hotel and Derby Cathedral throughout the weekend. As well as ticketed concerts and events, there will be dance displays throughout the streets, and free music performances during Saturday and Sunday as part of the ever-expanding fringe.
See www.derbyfolkfestival.co.uk/ for further information.
- Oysterband
- Martin Simpson
- The Hut People
- Dreaming the Night Field
- Swamptrash
- False Lights
- Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman
- The Rheingans Sisters
- Bob Fox
- Leveret
- Kim Lowings & The Greenwood
- Treacle City Band
- Narthen
Oysterband
Renowned hard touring band with songs that make you want to dance, laugh, cry or even just jump for joy. It could be classed as folk music, it could…
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Show Of Hands
Steve Knightley and Phil Beer are widely acknowledged as the finest acoustic roots duo in England. Knightley, who writes most of their inspired…
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False Lights
This project is the brainchild of finger-style guitar genius and singer-songwriter Sam Carter and folk revolutionary Jim Moray. They’ve never stepped…
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Martin Simpson
Widely acknowledged as one of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world, Martin Simpson's interpretations of traditional songs are…
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The Hut People
One of the hottest acts to come out of the Yorkshire folk scene, they take the audience on a voyage across the globe with their material. They perform…
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Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
A young and exciting folk duo, performing a wide variety of traditional and modern songs and tunes, many of them self-penned, and playing fiddle and…
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