2016 Bluegrass Calendar

Here is a list of 2016 festivals that we’ve been notified of:

4-5^th March. Bristol Bluegrass & Americana Festival, BS1 5JG.    07779 111569

28^th March – 1^st April. Sorefingers. Kingham School, Gloucs. http://www.sorefingers.co.uk

6-8^th May. Orwell, Ipswich. orwellbluegrass.co.uk/

14-15^th May. Battlefield Bluegrass Festival, Naseby.  07931 307039

20-22^nd May. The Wharf Bluegrass Weekend. Worcester, WR6 6TB. http://www.wharfbluegrass.com/

16^th April. Somerset Bluegrass Day. Wellington

30^th May Bluegrass in Bloom – St Julians, Sevenoaks https://www.facebook.com/stjuliansclub/posts/817409851676895

3-5^th June. Coastline Bluegrass Festival, Llangollen. http://www.coastlinebluegrass.co.uk/

9-13^th June. Tamworth, B77 3LH, Staffordshire. www.tamworthbluegrass.co.uk

10th-12th June, Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland. http://westportfolkandbluegrass.com/

17-19^th June. Steeple Morden, East Anglia. http://www.eabg.co.uk/

24 – 26 June Bluegrass picking weekend at Clyro Court ( http://www.clyrocourt.co.uk/ ) just outside Hay-on-Wye

24 to 26 June British Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Federation’s summer school – Bluegrass workshop by Mike Pryor and Richard Holland http://www.banjomandolinguitar.org/summer%20school.htm

30^thJune–3^rdJuly. North Wales Bluegrass Festival, Conwy. www.northwalesbluegrass.co.uk

8-10^th July.  Holford Arms picking w/e at Knockdown near Didmarton. www.theholfordarms.co.uk

14-17^th July. South Essex Bluegrass Festival. http://southessexbluegrass.co.uk/

22-23^rd July. Beer & Bluegrass, Poole. http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Poole/St-Aldhelms-Hall-/Beer-and-Bluegrass-2016/12587716/

28th July. Bluegrass night at Cairncastle, Larne, Co Antrim. https://www.facebook.com/Cairncastle-Ulster-Scots-136932219707793/?fref=nf

5-7^th August. Surrey Mini Bluegrass Festival. http://www.surreybluegrass.com/

11-14^th August. Pick Your Own Festival, Cheshire. http://pickyourown.org.uk/wp/

25-28th August. Dunmore East festival, Co Waterford, Ireland

25-28^th August. Purbeck Valley Folk Festival. http://www.purbeckvalleyfolkfestival.co.uk/

2-4^th September. Didmarton, Gloucs. http://didmarton-bluegrass.co.uk/

2-4th September Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Co Tyrone. http://nmni.com/bluegrass

9-11^th September. Gower Bluegrass Festival, South Wales. http://gowerbluegrass.co.uk/

16-18^th September. Cornish Bluegrass Festival, Newquay. www.cornishbluegrass.co.uk/

23-25^th September. Moniaive Bluegrass Festival, Scotland. www.moniaivebluegrass.co.uk/

Details as notified at time of publication. No guarantee is given for accuracy