Bristol Folk Festival 2024 arrives next weekend
Posted on: 26 Apr 2024Running across the Early May Bank Holiday weekend, the beloved festival will treat folk fans to three days of stunning sets at some of Bristol’s most beautiful concert venues.
Bristol Folk Festival runs across Bristol from Friday 3 until Sunday 5 May 2025.
This year, the programme features exciting acts such as The Breath, Spiers & Boden, Sheelanagig, Lady Nade, Frankie Archer, Ranagri and more with plenty of dance events, sing-arounds and sessions running across the weekend – don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate the wonders of folk music!
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On Friday 3 May, Bristol Folk Festival 2024 will kick off with a grand opening at Bristol Cathedral with The Breath, a folk duo made up of singer/flautist Ríoghnach Connolly and guitarist Stuart McCallum. Beautifully talented Bristol quintet Hedera will also be playing Bristol Folk House.
Saturday 4 May will see the festival take over St George’s Bristol with sets from acclaimed headliners Ranagri armed with harp, guitar, bouzouki, flute, bodhran and vocals; Chicago-born, Nashville-bassed bluegrass artist Rachel Baiman; and Dusk, who will take the audience on a magical journey through European folk.
Moving into the evening, St George’s will host a headline set from the celebrated BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winners Spiers & Boden as well as distinctive local singer-songwriter Frankie Archer, who utilises synths, samples, earthy fiddle and vocals.
The day programme on Sunday 5 May will once more be based at St George’s and headlined by one of the UK’s most distinctive voices and a true Bristolian legend in Lady Nade. Support comes from Stockport-born accordion virtuoso, clog dancer and composer Heather Ferrier Trio and humorous singer-songwriter Chris Fox.
Sunday evening at St George’s will see a foot-stomping set from South West folk band Sheelanagig, alongside appearances from distinctive 14-piece supergroup Filkin’s Ensemble, and Bristol’s dream folk trio Hands of the Heron, playing a special intimate show in the glass studio.
Bristol Folk Festival runs across various Bristol venues from Friday 3 until Sunday 5 May 2025, browse the full lineup on the festival website.
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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.
