Loading Events

Upcoming Events

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

August 2024

Full Festival Tickets — Full, Day Tickets, FAR Stage and Workshops

Thursday Aug 22 - Monday Aug 26
£37.5 – £90

Top: The Trials Of Cato; Daphne's Flight; Lady Maisery Bottom: Tarren; Suthering; James Dixon You have the option to purchase a full festival ticket, which grants access to all events, or you can choose from our selection of evening and afternoon concerts. Full festival tickets are above. For tickets for the individual concerts, please click the links below. In Wadebridge Town Hall: Thu 22nd Aug: Nos Lowen with Bagas Fellyon Fri 23rd Aug: The Trials of Cato + Tarren Sat…

Find out more »

Nos Lowen with Bagas Fellyon

Thursday Aug 22 @ 7:30 pm Town Hall, Wadebridge
Town Hall, Wadebridge, The Platt
Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7AQ
+ Google Map
£6 – £12

This year we open and close the festival with a Nos Lowen, the Cornish for 'Happy Night' and the latest dance night craze, starting with Bagas Fellyon. The Nos Lowen itself is something between a ceilidh and the Breton Fest Noz. The dances are simple enough that they can be picked up by following along with a few strategically placed dance leaders among the crowd. This removes the need for a caller and leads to an evening that can flow…

Find out more »

Prophecy of Merlin

Friday Aug 23 @ 2:30 pm Goods Shed
Goods Shed, Southern Way
Wadebridge, PL27 7BX
£6 – £12

Welcome to an hour of fast-moving oral storytelling and achingly beautiful music, an epic adventure story by Mike O’Connor and Barbara Griggs. The year is 936. The Dargan a Verdhin (Prophecy of Merlin), an ancient and precious Cornish book, traces the lineage of the kings of Cornwall, and is an icon of Cornish nationhood. Stolen by Saxons, its message suppressed, it lies in a monastery at Exeter. But then Saxon King Athelstan, hungry for land, forced the Cornish to retreat…

Find out more »

Betjeman Multi-Session Tickets

Friday Aug 23 @ 7:30 pm - Sunday Aug 25 @ 11:00 pm The Betjeman Centre, Wadebridge
The Betjeman Centre, Wadebridge, Southern Way
Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7BX United Kingdom
+ Google Map
£10 – £20

Buy tickets for both the 2024 Cornwall Folk Festival Betjeman Sessions! Get access to the two Betjeman session gigs in the intimate location of the John Betjeman Centre, Southern Way, Wadebridge, at the Cornwall Folk Festival this August bank holiday.  Buy this two-in-one ticket for a 17% discount. £20 for both; £10 for under 16s. Click links below for tickets for individual Betjeman Sessions:  An Evening with Richard Trethewey and Annie Baylis Reg Meuross + Detta Kenzie    

Find out more »

The Trials Of Cato

Friday Aug 23 @ 7:30 pm Town Hall, Wadebridge
Town Hall, Wadebridge, The Platt
Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7AQ
+ Google Map
£12.5 – £25

Deep in the wintry woods of Gog Magog Hill something stirred. New sounds tangled with woodsmoke as The Trials of Cato fused their usual flashing Celtic instrumental interplay with striking new compositions to bring us the follow up to their award-winning debut. Gog Magog is The Trials of Cato’s hugely anticipated second album, released in the winter of 2022. The remarkable rise of BBC Radio 2 award winning trio The Trials of Cato on the UK folk-scene has been the…

Find out more »

Tarren

Friday Aug 23 @ 7:30 pm Town Hall, Wadebridge
Town Hall, Wadebridge, The Platt
Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7AQ
+ Google Map

Tarren is a collaboration between three forward thinking interpreters and writers of English folk music: Bristol-based artists Sid Goldsmith (Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith, Awake Arise), Alex Garden (The Drystones, Harriet Riley & Alex Garden) and Danny Pedler (Pedler // Russell). They combine cittern and concertina, fiddle, and accordion to create new, dynamic folk music. The trio are producing rich, joyous music that draws the listener in, weaving intricate themes throughout tunes and songs that have the pulse of traditional…

Find out more »

An Evening with Richard Trethewey and Annie Baylis

Friday Aug 23 @ 7:30 pm The Betjeman Centre, Wadebridge
The Betjeman Centre, Wadebridge, Southern Way
Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7BX United Kingdom
+ Google Map
£6 – £12

With our opening Betjeman Session gig, we bring you two great Cornish songwriters and performers, Cornish bard Richard Trethewey and the 2023 International Pan Celtic Song Contest Winner Annie Baylis, each here with their trios. Born in Cornwall’s Clay Country, Richard Trethewey is a singer, fiddle and cittern player delivering his distinct take on Cornish music, giving Cornwall a truly authentic voice. Passionate about unearthing near-forgotten gems of Cornish history, Richard breathes life and emotion into what might otherwise be…

Find out more »

Suthering

Saturday Aug 24 @ 7:30 pm Town Hall, Wadebridge
Town Hall, Wadebridge, The Platt
Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7AQ
+ Google Map

Evocative and distinctive, folk duo Suthering (Julu Irvine & Heg Brignall) transport audiences with their exquisite vocal harmonies and their message of hope during hard times. Soaring above the cascading piano and delicate, fingerstyle guitar, it’s the duo’s beautifully matched voices and their fresh approach to folk which make their traditional and self-penned songs stand out. Known for their chemistry and humour on stage, they effortlessly intertwine their important messages about the state of our climate, social conscience, and the…

Find out more »

Daphne’s Flight

Saturday Aug 24 @ 7:30 pm Town Hall, Wadebridge
Town Hall, Wadebridge, The Platt
Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7AQ
+ Google Map
£12.5 – £25

Five strong women, five outstanding singing talents, five best friends. Daphne’s Flight are an exceptional force in British music. Chris While, Helen Watson, Julie Matthews, Melanie Harrold and Miranda Sykes are among the UK’s most-loved and respected artists individually, but when they join forces on stage something magical happens. Imagine, if you can, the instrumental sparkle and songwriting creds of The Traveling Wilburys combined with the striking vocal prowess of Sweet Honey In The Rock. Then add the warmth and…

Find out more »

Detta Kenzie

Sunday Aug 25 @ 7:30 pm The Betjeman Centre, Wadebridge
The Betjeman Centre, Wadebridge, Southern Way
Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7BX United Kingdom
+ Google Map

When Detta was just soundchecking at the festival last year, her voice just blew us away! So we booked her again! She's a Devon based folk singer creating original songs alongside reworking ancient Celtic music. A deep connection to the natural world is ever present in Detta's work. References to Teignmouth, Shaldon, Dawlish, Dartmoor and the wider landscape of England’s beautiful Southwest bring a local strength to her creations. Once a Secondary English Teacher, Detta’s love of language and storytelling…

Find out more »
+ Export Events