Folk Festival Listing sites

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: The Sandman
Date: 28 Jan 19 - 04:38 AM

just in case my fetival is not listed www.fastnetmaritime.com

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: Mr Red
Date: 28 Jan 19 - 04:33 AM

I do do a trawl when I feel like it but festivals can be quite late, even with just dates for upcoming year. The links to their websites covers the situation a bit.

Anyway - if you spot me at a festival - say hello.

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: Shezinaussie
Date: 28 Jan 19 - 12:11 AM

The great Mr Red - great to see you are still up and running and doing 'ya thing' - I am planning to come back for a 6 mth 'festival crawl' in 2020, and the search of 'festival sites' took me to your page - you are suitably 'book marked' and will be my reference point - not till 2020 mind you, so will still have to wait till later in the year to get the dates :)

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: Mr Red
Date: 15 Mar 18 - 07:35 AM

all at mister.red festivals (SW England & de Ddywrain Cymru) is as up to date as of March 1st - least ways those that have websites and have updated with 2018 info.

eg there will probably be a Gwyl Ifan in Cardiff but IME their info is usually JIT (just in time)

map.mister.red gives a clearer picture if you are limiting yourself to a locality. Though it includes Clubs and sessions. Click in the area of interest and see what it shows.

As I always say "let me know if you have specific knowledge and can update me"

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 13 Mar 18 - 08:25 PM

Imam reliably informed that fRoots IS showing 2018 festivals in the paper version just published.

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 13 Mar 18 - 08:22 PM

The Scottish TMSA one only includes those who have paid to advertise in it, so does not cover absolutely all festivals.

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 13 Mar 18 - 07:51 PM

Having looked at all those above, and more, I concur with jojofolkagogo - 
"www.ukfolkfestivals.co.uk"
gives the most festivals and is easiest to follow.
http://www.ukfolkfestivals.co.uk/england.php#May 
the "Big List" gives everything but you can filter that by
\ Scotland \ England \ Ireland \ Wales

Living Tradition
gives nearly as many but I found harder to read
- the whole UK, by date
http://www.livingtradition.co.uk/festivals/festival-listing  

This year fRoots is linking to the Spiral Earth site which hasn't been updated from 2017.
http://www.frootsmag.com/content/festivals/ 


The Festival Calendar
lists about 25%
https://www.thefestivalcalendar.co.uk/country-folk-festivals.ph 


efdss
has about 50% but might be better focused for some?
https://www.efdss.org/whats-on/folk-festivals-2018 

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Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: Jack Campin
Date: 26 Jun 17 - 11:23 AM

For Scotland, http://www.tmsa.org.uk and download the festival listings.

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: jojofolkagogo
Date: 26 Jun 17 - 10:51 AM

Well, I go to "www.ukfolkfestivals.co.uk"
then click on "The Big List" - works for me.

Very up to date so far as I can see

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: Mr Red
Date: 25 Jun 17 - 11:10 AM

Mr Red's Festival listings a couple of updates, Minehead Musicians Festival - have asked in March and just but have no firm answers. Anything else that isn't listed as this year probably isn't running this year.

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: Jack Campin
Date: 24 Jun 17 - 07:35 PM

Folk events in Hungary:

http://folkradio.hu/naptar/

and in France (not a well designed page):

https://www.facebook.com/groups/135792646473461/

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: Mr Red
Date: 24 Jun 17 - 05:40 PM

Mr Red's map will find festivals wherever you click on the map, providing there is a purple dot near enough. Moving out of my chosen domain there are lists that pop-up relevant to the location of the cursor. Some of those listers may include, or even run, Festivals. My festival page is chronological. The info is the same.

And yes it is up to date if the dates are this year. If not - the festival may have rested or not survived or late in posting. I put dates I find because some webmeisters are so neat they put dates in their filenames - links don't work next year (or month yet!). mutter, mutter..............

If there is any doubt about Trowbridge - there is definitely a "Priming the Pump" festival in that area. Perhaps more modest but it looks to be run by some of the same willing.

I use the one linked from fRoots on occasions, but their concept of what is (say) East or West Midlands may differ from yours, you end up opening multiple tabs to cover the divisions. Hence my map/radius solution.

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: JHW
Date: 24 Jun 17 - 05:55 AM

Well here's a thing UK Folk Festivals is coming up again. Looks like the robots sorted themselves out. Thanks all.

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 23 Jun 17 - 02:58 PM

others I've seen

Worldwide Club & Festival map by Chris Rust 
www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zFcKphOvGxXU.kaygq-TxL-oI&z=8&ll=52.8%2C-2.1  
(if it gives you the option, open it in the browser, not 'maps')
You'll need to change the layer displayed from clubs to festivals.

+ info about it
https://folkmusicmap.wordpress.com/about-2/  


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Living Tradition - Festivals List
/www.livingtradition.co.uk


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  Mudcat's Mr Red's  ... focused on the southwest but I bet it's bang up to date          
http://mister.red/fest.html 

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: Stanron
Date: 23 Jun 17 - 07:50 AM

I put Folk Festivals into a search engine and found the one you mentioned. I also found an EFDSS site

https://www.efdss.org/whats-on/folk-festivals-2017

which seems ok but does not have links to some actual festival web sites.

Subject: RE: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: Will Fly
Date: 23 Jun 17 - 07:43 AM

I also got that authentication message. The link below it on my Google page appears to work:

https://www.thefestivalcalendar.co.uk/

Subject: Folk Festival Listing sites
From: JHW
Date: 23 Jun 17 - 05:48 AM

Who's Festival listing would you recommend.
I long had a Folk and Roots button on my browser but that refused one day so I've been using UK Folk Festivals. Now that's barred (Couldn't connect to server becauseThe server requested authentication method unknown to the client)

People are forever telling me they've been to festivals I've not heard of. Who does the best list