FOLKEAST has a growing reputation for its ‘firsts’ and this year folk musician and writer Jon Wilks will bring an exclusive event to the festival’s new Sotterley Estate home – a magical celebration of a London music venue that became known as one of the most influential rooms in British music history. Jon will curate the ‘Second Cousins’ stage, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the iconic Les Cousins folk and blues club, a ‘spawning ground’ for musical talent, which opened...| FolkEast
Constantly on a quest to seek out ‘exclusives’, Suffolk’s FolkEast will play host to a very special ‘trio’ premiere this August at its new Sotterley Estate home. Harmonica and melodeon genius Will Pound and classical percussion magician Delia Stevens (already a duo) will join forces with celebrated nature writer Robert Macfarlane (The Old Ways, Landmarks, The Lost Words, Underland) . The surprise performance – still in the melting pot – is entitled Earth: The Silent Plane...| FolkEast
February 2025 Press Release England’s most easterly folk festival – Suffolk’s FolkEast – has officially revealed the site of its new home. The perennially popular festival, founded and organised by husband-and-wife team Becky and John Marshall-Potter, began in 2012 at Somerleyton Hall, close to Lowestoft but had taken place at Glemham Hall, near Woodbridge for the past 11 years. But pastures new had to be found when the Glemham estate was put up for sale last year. Now the organise...| FolkEast
“It’s been a privilege to stage FolkEast at the great Glemham Hall estate for the last 11 years and to be part of its history. We have had many musical stars heading to Suffolk for the festival over the years but perhaps Glemham has been the biggest star of all providing us with a perfect site which has proved part and parcel of the event’s popularity. Rest assured FolkEast 2024 will go ahead at Glemham this August and we hope […] The post FolkEast 2024 Glemham Hall statement appeared...| FolkEast
~FolkEast announces first crop of names for 2024 festival~ ~‘Peterloo’ anniversary FolkEast exclusive from The Young’uns master songwriter Sean Cooney~ Recognised as one of the UK’s favourite folk festivals – by both audience and artists – FolkEast returns to Suffolk this summer with four heady days of the best of British folk and added Spanish and French flavour! Between August 15-18 England’s most easterly folk festival will celebrate its 12th year with a melting pot of eclect...| FolkEast
The former controller of BBC Radio 1 and presenter of Radio 4’s weekly Last Word programme will start his trek at the Wickham Festival in Hampshire on Friday, August 4 and finish two weeks later at the FolkEast Festival in Suffolk which runs from August 18-20. Matthew, who launched Folk on Foot in 2018, has invited myriad folk musicians to join him at pubs where he is staying along the trail each evening for informal, morale-boosting gatherings of songs and […] The post FolkEast Festival ...| FolkEast
“In a world where there are hundreds of festivals, FolkEast prospers by doing something unique and doing it brilliantly” – RnR Magazine “This weekend has become one of the folk scene’s most highly rated destinations” – i newspaper “I loved FolkEast. Relaxed, friendly, in a great location with masses of space and a really strong line-up. A great weekend that really lifted the soul.” Robin Denselow, Guardian journalist/broadcaster To see the full lineup, head to our FolkEast...| FolkEast
FolkEast 2025- Weekend, Day and Camping Tickets available on line. Children 11 years & under are free.| FolkEast
