Manchester Folk Festival is now in it’s second year, celebrating the best of English folk and acoustic roots music. It is an urban festival. A gathering of all kinds of folk. The festival takes place in one area of the city over one weekend. HOME will be at the heart of the festival. Gorilla, The Ritz and Great Northern Warehouse also host gigs and you can get involved too, with workshops and sing-arounds nearby. It will have the spirit of a festival in a field, right in the core of the city. From true folk tradition to contemporary unions, protest songs to haunting ballads, the festival will present familiar names alongside exciting new voices. Contemporary folk straddles genres, embraces different cultures and absorbs new influences. With over 13 concerts, workshops and more, Manchester Folk Festival is dedicated to bringing you new discoveries and profiling the incredible range of music that the current English folk and acoustic scene has to offer.
Manchester Folk Festival is the legacy of the successful Homegrown Festival in Bury. The festival is produced by David Agnew, Artistic Director of The Met and Ramsbottom Festival. Manchester Folk Festival works in collaboration with the music industry event English Folk Expo. English Folk Expo is the music industry showcase for English folk, roots and acoustic music attracting around two hundred festival and venue representatives from across the world.
Previously in this Festival
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Tunng
tunng are an English folk band known for their experimental electronic production, dark lyrical song-writing and kaleidoscopic live shows.
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Spoon carving with Vic Phillips
Join Vic Phillips of SingleMaltTeapot and discover the creative wonders of hand carving a wooden utensil.
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Macramé plant hanger workshop with Clare Locker
Macramé is seeing a surging revival in its popularity. Discover this fabulously versatile craft with Manchester textile artist Clare Locker. This inexpensive craft requires few…
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Sacred Harp Singing Workshop
Manchester’s Sacred Harp hosts an open session for all to take part in this uplifting American choral tradition. Suitable for singers of all abilities, with…
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Sam Lee
Since bursting on to the folk scene at the end of the Noughties, Sam Lee has blazed a trail as an outstanding singer and song…
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita are joined by with Rachel McShane and the Cartographers.
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: The Wilson Family
Teesside folk harmony legends The Wilson Family are joined by Dan Walsh Trio at HOME as part of Manchester Folk Festival 2018.
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Melrose Quartet
Melrose Quartet are truly an all-round folk act, with both tight a capella harmony and energy-packed instrumentals joined by Emily and Hazel Askew one of…
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Macramé wall hanging workshop with Clare Locker
In this 2 hour workshop you will learn a range of macramé knots and be guided to use them to create a unique wall hanging.
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Coven
Coven are joined by ALAW at HOME as part of Manchester Folk Festival 2018.
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band
Festival favorites Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band are joined by the award-winning British singer, songwriter and guitarist Blair Dunlop.
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: 9Bach With Spiro
9Bach and Spiro are at HOME as part of Manchester Folk Festival 2018.
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Billy Bragg
Governments rise and fall, fashions come and go, pop stars are built up and knocked down by a fickle media, and Billy Bragg adapts to…
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: This Is Now Agency Showcase
Will Varley is joined by Skinny Lister and Beans on Toast.
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: This Is The Kit
This Is The Kit is joined by Gwyneth Glyn.
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Lady Maisery
English folk vocal harmony trio Lady Maisery come to HOME as part of Manchester Folk Festival 2018.
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Lindisfarne
LINDISFARNE are joined by multi award winning folk duo Ben Savage and Hannah Saunders.
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Manchester Folk Festival 2018: Punch needle workshop with Clare Locker
In this 2 hour workshop, you will learn a how to use a punch needle with a variety of yarn to create your own unique…