DMP and promoter Kilimanjaro have partnered to bring together the third London Folk & Roots Festival, which will run from October 27 to November 26 2016 across various London venues, including the Union Chapel, Bush Hall and The Shepherds Bush Empire.
Confirmed acts include Newton Faulkner, former Bellowhead star Jon Boden, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Sarah Jarosz, Tony Joe White, Eliza Carthy, Brandi Carlile and Maz O’Connor, amongst others.
David Messer for DMP said: “Now in its third year, the London Folk & Roots Festival is fast becoming an established part of London’s music calendar. It continues to grow in size, with an eclectic mix of UK and international artists. In addition to the bigger names on the bill, our new partners EFDSS (English Folk Dance and Song Society) have helped bring in many new artists, providing them with the platform to play in front of larger audiences.”
Kilimanjaro’s Steve Tilley added: “Kilimanjaro is delighted to be involved with the London Folk and Roots Festival again. All music could arguably be traced back to folk music in whatever country you look at it. Across the pond they call folk music country, and outside of the westernised nations they call it world music. So that’s the point of London’s Folk and Roots Festival; be you a Northumbrian pipes player, an acoustic singer-songwriter, an Americana/country legend, a Balkan balalaika player or a Malian musician, we will welcome you to the capital. We want to celebrate stunning artists and groups united by a love of acoustic and electric instruments, traditional indigenous melodic arrangements and great songs. Enjoy!’’
See below for tour dates.
Thu, 27th Oct: Breabach - Rich Mix
Mon, 31st Oct: Tony Joe White + Jack Broadbent - Union Chapel
Tues, 1st Nov: Brandi Carlile + special guests - Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Tues, 1st Nov: Emerging Talent Night with Emily Mae Winters, Cassie & Maggie, Dietrich Straus & Jack Harris – The Green Note
Wed, 2nd Nov: Jim Causley Trio - Cecil Sharp House
Wed, 2nd Nov: Tall Heights + Guests – The Slaughtered lamb
Wed, 2nd Nov: Rachel Sermani + The Lake Poets – St Pancras Old Church
Thu, 3rd Nov: Newton Faulkner + Tall Heights - Union Chapel
Thu, 3rd Nov: Michael Messer’s Mitra - Bush Hall
Thu, 3rd Nov: Songs for London - Cecil Sharp House
Sat, 5th Nov: Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band + Colm Mac Con Iomaire - Islington Assembly Hall
Mon, 7th Nov: Colm Mac Con Iomaire - The Forge
Tues , 8th Nov: Emerging Talent Night with Brooke Sharkey, Monticule + TBC - The Green Note
Wed, 9th Nov: Oyster Band - Cecil Sharp House
Wed, 9th Nov: Maz O’Connor + Kizzy Crawford - Bush Hall (18yrs + only)
Wed, 9th Nov: Michael McGoldrick – King’s Place
Wed, 9th Nov: Wallis Bird - The Forge
Fri, 10th Nov: Sara Watkins - Bush Hall
Thu, 10th Nov: Oysters 3 - Cecil Sharp House
Fri, 11th Nov: Jon Boden + Blair Dunlop - Union Chapel
Fri, 11th Nov: Mick Flannery + Dermott Kennedy - St Stephens Church
Tue, 15th Nov: Sarah Jarosz + Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage + Michael Baker - Union Chapel
Wed, 16th Nov: Calan - Cecil Sharp House
Sat, 26th Nov: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - The London Palladium
