I hope they caught the Durham Streets Of Folk - free outdoor concerts all over Durham City, on Sunday just gone. I'd have been there, but I was at Shrewsbury Folk Festival. The annual Brass festival often has a folky element, too - I've caught Bellowhead and La Bottine Souriante as part of it in previous years. The Davy Lamp at Washington Arts Centre on a Saturday usually has a strong line-up. But it's also worth checking the Gala Theatre in Durham. There's often a heavy folk element to its programme. I see Sam Carter's there on September 19, Ralph McTell on November 4, Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow on November 6, Drever McCusker Woomble on November 11, and John Kirkpatrick on November 27.
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