Acoustic stages, traditional sounds, and beautiful countryside settings. The UK has one of the world's richest folk festival traditions — from intimate gatherings in village greens to multi-stage celebrations drawing thousands. Whether you're after trad sessions and sea shanties, Celtic fiddle and step-dancing, or contemporary acoustic singer-songwriters, there's a festival that fits. Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival brings folk to the canals of Cheshire every summer. Beverley Folk Festival fills a market town with music across pubs, churches and main stages. Speyfest celebrates Scottish music in the heart of Speyside. Filter by month, region and size to find your perfect folk weekend.
Fezzy tracks 48 folk and world music festivals across the UK in 2026, from Celtic Connections in Glasgow in January through to September. Cambridge Folk Festival in Suffolk and Whitby Folk Week in Yorkshire anchor the busy August window. Fairport's Cropredy Convention in Oxfordshire runs the same month. HebCelt Festival covers the Celtic end in July, and Shetland Folk Festival brings the season to the Northern Isles in April. Use the month and region filters to find your folk weekend.
The next folk & country festivals are Middlewich Folk And Boat Festival (11-13 Sept), Ardersier Folk Fest (18-20 Sept).
Notting Hill Carnival is the biggest of the folk & country festivals in our directory, with a capacity of around 2,000,000.
Fezzy lists 48 folk & country festivals for 2026, running January to September 2026. New events are added as they are announced.