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Pages in category "Folk festivals in the United Kingdom" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Glastonbury Festival, England, 2016 There are many notable music festivals in the United Kingdom, covering a wide variety of genres, which are usually run from late May to early September. Some are world-renowned and have been held for many years, including the world's largest greenfield festival, Glastonbury, which has been held since the 1970s. History This section needs expansion. You can ...
England A Albion Fairs Aldeburgh Festival, Suffolk All Points East Appleby Jazz Festival Arundel Festival B Bolton food festival Barnes Film Festival Bath Fringe Festival Bath International Music Festival Bath Literature Festival Beached Festival in Scarborough Bedford Fringe Festival - 2023 will be 16th year Bedford River Festival Big Chill Festival in Eastnor Birmingham: ArtsFest, Book ...
Harvest festival is traditionally held on the Sunday near or of the Harvest Moon. This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox (22 or 23 September). The celebrations on this day usually include singing hymns, praying, and decorating churches with baskets of fruit and food in the festival known as Harvest Festival.
This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods. Handicrafting has long been exhibited at such events and festival-like gatherings, as it has its roots in the rural crafts .
The Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual music festival, established in 1965, held in the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages subsumed by the city of Cambridge, England. The festival is known for its eclectic mix of music and a wide definition of what might be considered folk.
Leigh Folk Festival is an annual music and arts festival, established in 1992 as part of National Music Day (UK), and is held at indoor and outdoor venues in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. The festival is known for being the largest free folk festival in the United Kingdom [ 1 ] and it takes place on the last weekend in June.
Between 1981 and 1999, the festival was a two-day event. From 2000, it was expanded to three days—Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The festival takes place on the second full weekend in August. Originally known as just "the Cropredy reunion", the event was branded Cropredy Festival until 2005 when it was retitled Fairport's Cropredy Convention.