Folk Music Festivals

Welcome to 2camels' special take on Folk Music Festivals from around the world. We've got a ton of info on 52 Folk Music Festivals in articles, snippets, videos, photo galleries and links to festival websites.

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Folk Music Festivals

Apollo Bay Music Festival (Apollo Bay, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Music - Rock, Music - Folk
Month: March

Apple Hollow Music Fest (Franklin, Canada)
Festival Types: Music - Guitar, Agricultural, Music - Folk
Month: July

Arran Folk Festival (Isle of Arran, Ireland)
Festival Types: Celtic, Folk, Music - Folk
Month: June

Bali Spirit Festival (Ubud, Indonesia)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Dance - Folk
Month: March

Ballyshannon Folk and Traditional Music Festival (Ballyshannon, Ireland)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Celtic, Music - Traditional
Month: August

Ballyshannon Folk and Traditional Music Festival Website

Billingham International Folklore Festival (Billingham, England)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Music - Folk, Dance - Folk
Month: August

Billingham International Folklore Festival Website

Blue Mountains Festival of Folk, Roots and Blues (Katoomba, NSW, Australia)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - Country, Music - Blues
Month: March

Blue Mountains Festival of Folk, Roots and Blues Website

Cambridge Folk Festival (Cambridge, England)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Folk, Family
Month: July

Celtic Colours International Festival (Cape Breton Island, Canada)
Festival Types: Celtic, Music - Traditional, Music - Folk
Month: October

Celtic Colours International Festival Article

Celtic Colours International Festival Website

Celtic Connections (Glasgow, Scotland)
Festival Types: Celtic, Music - Folk, Music - Traditional
Month: January

Cobargo Folk Festival (Cobargo, NSW, Australia)
Festival Types: Folk, Music - Folk
Month: February

Cygnet Folk Festival (Cygnet, TAS, Australia)
Festival Types: Folk, Music - Folk
Month: January

Earagail Arts Festival (County Donegal, Ireland)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Music - Varied, Music - Folk
Month: July

Edmonton Folk Music Festival (Edmonton, Canada)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - Traditional
Month: August

Estonia Song and Dance Celebration - Laulupidu (Tallinn, Estonia)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, National, Traditional
Month: July

Estonia Song and Dance Celebration - Laulupidu Video

Faces Etnofestival (Billnäs, Finland)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - World, Folk
Month: July

Folk Festival Dranouter (Dranouter, Belgium)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Folk
Month: August

Forde Folk Music Festival (Forde, Norway)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - World, Family
Month: July

Frances Folk Gathering (Frances, SA, Australia)
Festival Types: Folk, Music - Folk, Family
Month: February

Great Southern Blues and Rockabilly Festival (Narooma, NSW, Australia)
Festival Types: Music - Blues, Music - Country, Music - Folk
Month: October

Great Southern Blues and Rockabilly Festival Website

Green Man Festival (Hay, Wales)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Folk
Month: August

Haapavesi Folk Music Festival (Haapavesi, Finland)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Dance - Folk, Theatre
Month: June

Helsinki World Village Festival (Helsinki, Finland)
Festival Types: Music - World, Music - African, Music - Folk
Month: May

Illawarra Folk Festival (Illawara, NSW, Australia)
Festival Types: Folk, Music - Folk, Music - World
Month: January

International East Coast Blues and Roots Music Festival (Byron Bay, NSW, Australia)
Festival Types: Music - Blues, Music - Country, Music - Folk
Month: April

International East Coast Blues and Roots Music Festival Website

International Festival of Klapas (Perast, Montenegro)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Music - Folk
Month: July

International Festival of Klapas Website

International Old-Time Fiddlers Contest (Dunseith, ND, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - Country
Month: June

International Old-Time Fiddlers Contest Snippet

Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Kaustinen, Finland)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - Traditional, Music - World
Month: July

Latvian Song and Dance Festival (Riga, Latvia)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: July

Panigiri Lagada (Ikaria, Greece)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Food and Wine, Music - Folk
Month: July

Philadelphia Folk Festival (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Folk, Family
Month: August

Port Fairy Folk Festival (Port Fairy, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - World, Folk
Month: March

Rainbow Gathering (Somewhere In, ID, USA)
Festival Types: Folk, Music - Folk
Month: July

Rainforest Aid (Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica)
Festival Types: Environmental, Music - World, Music - Folk
Month: June

Rainforest World Music Festival (Sarawak, Malaysia)
Festival Types: Music - World, Music - Folk, Community
Month: July

Sark Folk Festival (Sark, Guernsey)
Festival Types: Folk, Music - Folk, Music - Traditional
Month: July

Shetland Folk Festival (Shetland Islands, Scotland)
Festival Types: Folk, Music - Folk, Family
Month: May

Sligo Live Festival (Sligo, Ireland)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Music - Folk, Music - Varied
Month: October

Sounds of Eurasia (Ulan-Ude, Russia)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Music - Folk
Month: September

The Big Session Festival (Leicester, England)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - Rock
Month: June

Tonder Festival (Tonder, Denmark)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - World
Month: August

Top Half Folk Festival (Northern Territory, NT, Australia)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Folk
Month: June

Trout Forest Music Festival (Ear Falls, Canada)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Music - Traditional, Music - Blues
Month: August

Ullapool Guitar Festival (Ullapool, Scotland)
Festival Types: Music - Guitar, Music - Folk
Month: October

Vancouver Folk Music Festival (Vancouver, Canada)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Folk, Performing Art
Month: July

Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival (Wirral, England)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Folk
Month: June

Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival Website

Woodford Folk Festival (Woodford, QLD, Australia)
Festival Types: Folk, Music - Folk, Music - World
Month: December

World Festival of Folklore (Schoten, Belgium)
Festival Types: Folk, Music - Folk, Music - World
Month: July

World Rythm Festival (Seattle, WA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - World, Music - Varied, Music - Folk
Month: May

Yungaburra Folk Festival (Yungaburra, QLD, Australia)
Festival Types: Folk, Music - Folk
Month: October

Zagreb International Folklore Festival (Zagreb, Croatia)
Festival Types: Music - Folk, Performing Art, Dance - Folk
Month: July

Zagreb International Folklore Festival Website

Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival (Zihuatanejo, Mexico)
Festival Types: Music - Guitar, Music - Traditional, Music - Folk
Month: March

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