Kate Rusby, Afro Celt Sound System, Seth Lakeman, & more for Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2021
plans for a Covid-safe festival including a refreshed line up
published: Today, 10:08am
daily capacity: 6500
Shrewsbury Folk Festival which takes place from
Friday 27th until Monday 30th August 2021 at the
West Mid Showground, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Organisers have elected for outside stages and more outdoor activities to ensure it can meet any possible Covid related regulations that might be in place by August Bank Holiday when the four-day festival takes place.
It has meant some revision to the line-up with the previously confirmed The John Martyn Project, Benji Kirkpatrick & The Excess, Calan, FOS Brothers, Kabantu, Lindisfarne, Oysterband, Pendevig, Sheelanagig, Sheema Mukherjee, Chris Sherburn, Denny Bartley & Emily Sanders, Show of Hands, Sisters of Elva Hill folk ballet, The Boxwood Chessmen, The Jellyman s Daughter, The Trials of Cato, The Young uns, Truckstop Honeymoon
WOMAD make first line-up announcement
including Anoushka Shankar, Jordan Rakei, The Comet is Coming, Nitin Sawhney, and more
published: Yesterday, 06:15pm
daily capacity: 40000
The first line-up announcement has been made by
WOMAD, the festival for World of Music, Arts and Dance, held at picturesque site at
Charlton Park, near Malmesbury in Wiltshire from
Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th July 2021.
The announced acts are:
Tickets
adult 3 days: £185
Campervan: £85
Global village
WOMAD offers festie fodder from around the globe and a Real Ale Bar, a Cider Bar, and the Taste the World tent where some of the artists will show off their cooking, and usually stage an impromptu gig.