Shrewsbury Folk Festival - POSTPONED 2020

This festival has been postponed until 2021. Organiser's statement.

Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2021.

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The Shrewsbury Folk Festival is a four day event blending a tradition of folk music and dance and offers musical and cultural diversity in a family friendly format with something for everyone, and a chance to discover new artists from the UK and around the world happening from Friday 28th until Monday 31st August 2020 at the West Mid Showground in Berwick Rd, Shrewsbury.

The festival has four main music stages, a dance tent with a programme including ceilidhs, workshops and dance shows, children and youth festivals, workshops, craft fair, food village, real ale, cocktail and gin bars and on-site camping and glamping. There are also fringe events at local pubs with dance displays in the town centre and a parade through the streets on the Saturday afternoon.

Line-up

Confirmed acts include Carlos Nunez, Show of Hands, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, The Younguns, The Lost Words: Spell Songs, Stephen Fearing & The Sentimentals, Pendevig, The Ballads of Child Migration, Truckstop Honeymoon, Colin Linden, Calan, FOS Brothers, Kabantu, and more, with more to be announced.

For the details as available please see the line-up page.

Tickets

Tickets are on sale, currently priced as follows:-
adult weekend no camping: £150
adult weekend with camping: £177
Family, youth, child, and day tickets are also available.

Facilities

This venue is flat, has tarmac roadways throughout and there is ample free parking. There are also flushing toilets and showers, and buildings for workshops and sessions plus improved access for those with disabilities.

Other additions to the festival include an on-site shop, a shuttle bus service into Shrewsbury town centre, seated marquees, and an increased capacity. There will still be a bar selling real ales and caterers selling a wide variety of food but it is worth noting that ticketing policy.

Camping

Camping is all on-site allowing festival goers access to all venues and activities.

Dogs

Dogs are very welcome at the festival but are not allowed in venues unless they are assistance dogs.

Charity

Every year, it supports its charity partner Hope House Hospice to fund its music therapy sessions for children with life limiting illnesses at the Morda based centre.

Shrewsbury Folk Festival has revealed plans for a £150,000 project called Room For All that will include bringing world dance and music to Shropshire schools. The festival will develop and run a two-year programme of activities for musicians, dancers, schoolchildren and communities across Shropshire under the umbrella of its new All Together Now initiative. A number of refugee musicians involved will premiere at the festival.

More information will be here when available.

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