Bristol Folk Festival returns across May Bank Holiday weekend with a stellar lineup
Posted on: 28 Feb 2024With three days of stunning folk sets taking place across some of Bristol’s most beautiful concert venues, this year’s festival looks set to be as special as ever.
Bristol Folk Festival returns to various Bristol venues from Friday 3 until Sunday 5 May 2024.
This year’s lineup features such luminaries as The Breath, Spiers & Boden, Sheelanagig, Lady Nade, Frankie Archer, Ranagri and many others with plenty of dance events, sing-arounds and sessions taking place throughout the weekend. Both weekend tickets and individual session tickets are available for this special event.
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Friday 3 May will see two events kick off Bristol Folk Festival 2024, with the grand opening taking place at Bristol Cathedral with The Breath, made up of singer/flautist Ríoghnach Connolly and guitarist Stuart McCallum. There will also be a set at Bristol Folk House from the exquisitely talented Bristol-based quintet, Hedera.
There will be a St George’s Bristol takeover on Saturday 4 May with sets from critically acclaimed headliners Ranagri who will be blending harp, guitar, bouzouki, flutes, vocals and bodhran; Chicago-born, Nashville-based bluegrass and folk artist Rachel Baiman; and Dusk, who will take audiences on a magical journey through European Folk.
Saturday night at St George’s will see a headline set from much loved BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards winners Spiers & Boden and unique Bristol artist Frankie Archer who blends synths, samples, earthy fiddle and vocals.
The day programme on Sunday 5 May will take place at St George’s Bristol with a headline set from one of the UK’s most distinctive voices and a true Bristol legend in Lady Nade as well as support slots from Stockport-born accordion virtuoso, clog dancer and composer Heather Ferrier Trio and humorous and absorbing singer-songwriter Chris Fox.
Sunday's night-time programme at St George’s will feature sets from foot-stomping South-West folk outfit Sheelanagig, distinctive 14-piece supergroup Filkin’s Ensemble, and Bristol dream folk trio Hands of the Heron – who will be playing a special intimate gig in the glass studio.
Bristol Folk Festival returns various Bristol venues from Friday 3 until Sunday 5 May 2024, find out more and secure your tickets HERE.
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Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.
