UK Folk Festivals - Wales

A festival of Celtic Music, song and Dance, ideal for families, involving hundreds of musicians and dancers from many countries.

A weekend of non-stop concerts, dances, workshops and sessions.

Blues festival on a site in Wales specialising in festivals.

Music and traditional springtime Green Man festival, craft fair.

A mixed festival, there is a strong bias for folk music on the Friday.

Web site currently being updated for 2012.

In its 23rd year.
Set up originally as a showcase for traditional dance styles being learned and performed in the South East Wales area, the festival celebrates this traditional craft - as well as traditional music and song - with an emphasis on learning and extending skills.

HowTheLightGetsIn, the world’s largest philosophy and music festival, is back.
Not your average festival, but there is a folk and acoustic theme to the music.

Join us from 31st May – 10th June 2012 for inspirational debates, world-class live music, comedy, cabaret and of course, our legendary parties.

A limited number of Festival Live tickets are now available at EarlyBird prices (big discounts). They give you access to the festivals live music events, and will only be available until the line-up is announced.

In its 13th year.
With concerts, dance displays, workshops, meet the artist events, busking, informal music and song sessions, the town will be filled with colourful displays of dancing, along with tunes, airs, jigs and reels.
Also featuring the popular guided ‘Pirate and Smugglers’ walk. This small, friendly festival is mainly free, and embraces the talents of old and young alike and actively encourages visitors to join in the sessions with the ‘stars’ of the show, everyone is a part of the entertainment - not just a spectator.

The aim of our EVENT is to encourage the playing of acoustic musical instruments across a broad range of ages and abilities.

Vote one of the 10 Best UK Festivals by th eGuardian and the Telegraph.

Fabulous music every June on the stunning Gower peninsula.

The ninth year of the Snowdon Fiddle Festival. The festival started as an offshoot of the local fiddle club Clwb Ffidil yr Wyddfa, with the aim of raising the profile of traditional fiddle playing in the area, giving Welsh fiddle music some well deserved exposure and providing a chance to hear and learn from the foremost exponents of fiddle playing from further afield. Set in the picturesque village of Nant Peris at the foot of Snowdon, the festival has become known for fine music and for its warm and friendly atmosphere.

Includes a lot of folk, roots and world music, so they tell me.

Celebrate 200 years of Grimm´s Fairy Tales with performers from across Europe. Journey with us along the Silk Road and meet epic singers and musicians representing the ancient traditions of Persia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Explore the Myths and Legends of Celtic Britain, including a beautiful new commission of the stories of Welsh warrior princesses and goddesses from storyteller/singer Esyllt Harker.

Bluegrass music, guitars and banjos galore. Appalachian dance teams.
In Wales!

Web site not fully developed yet for 2012.

Folk/Roots on the Lawn, in various guises, as a modest little event, has been running for some years now. It is, perhaps, a little unusual in that it has no budget whatsoever and relies on the good will of those involved - artists, staff, the Abbey Mill Centre, the good folk of Tintern and various other benefactors and supporters, who lend the festival space, equipment, time and, not least, artistic prowess.

Spread over the villages of CWMTWRCH and YSTRADOWEN with the main centre attractions on the Green valley.
The best of IRISH SCOTTISH WELSH and CORNISH, BRITTON and ISLE OF MAN artists come together.
Celebrating music from the Celtic nations.

The BIG one!
The National Eisteddfod of Wales is one of the great festivals of the world, attracting over 160,000 visitors every year. An eclectic mixture of culture, music, visual arts and all kinds of activities for people of all ages, there’s something for everyone on the Maes during the first week of August every year.

The Eisteddfod is a travelling festival which belongs to the people of Wales.

A mixture of styles but a fiar bit of folk and acoutic music.

A festival for women, with all artists being women too.

Web site just being started when we last visited, so not much info yet.

Not much to say yet

A Celebration of All Things Tolkien Inspired.

Not specifically a folk festival, but there are some folk aspects (traditional crafts, Tolkien
inspired music). We thought this one might appeal to those who like something a little bit different.

Web site now being updated.

A mixed festival in Wales, the land of song. Featuring Folk and urban funk. Strange bedfellows perhaps, but reported to be very enjoyable.
For those who like something different.

A celebration of the music of Wales and other small nations.

Here you will find the best of Welsh and International music in all its wonderful variety.

This is a family festival, rather than a folk festival,and it is a green festival too. There are a variety of genres of music here, including acoustic music. Plus crafts and workshops. Winner of the Greener Festival Award, it includes lots of activities for kids, and could appeal to many folkies too.

Set in the Brecon Beacons National Park, a large event, with a wide range of artists playing. The festival site opens for camping at 10am on Thursday 19 August. Food stalls and a bar will be open in the evening.

This festival has now been CANCELLED

A feast of Music, Real Ales Fun and Laughter. The Braich Goch Bunkhouse and Inn provides the Centre of Activities with monumental contributions from the Slaters arms, Corris Institute, Corris Craft Centre, The Corris Village Show, The Corris Railway and many more venues. Most venues are free entry.

From a humble beginning in 2006 the Tenby Blues Festival has grown rapidly and is now firmly established as one of the major events in the UK Blues calendar. This intimate and friendly festival has built its reputation on the strength of its line up that just gets better by the year.

An Arts Festival, covering many themes and genres, includes some quality musicians as well. Check the website for full details.