Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th May

Featuring over 20 artists and numerous DJs, playing new folk, old folk and folk-inspired pop on the late May Bank Holiday weekend at Sheffield's new live music venue 'The Shakespeare'. The music ranges from the political stance of Paul Simmonds (of 'The Men They Couldn't Hang') to the deranged charm of loop-meister David Thomas Broughton to the beautiful balladry of James Yorkston.

Also including:

Phil “Swill” Odgers - (from The Men They Couldn’t Hang - “a world class career … influencing generations of bands with their own brand of folk punk.” - Brightonlife.com)

Leon Rosselson - “The man is a songwriting colossus” - fRoots

HMS Ginafore - “cited by the band St Etienne as their favourite singer” - The Guardian

Benjamin Wetherill - “Bonkers … totally original” - Artrocker

Neil McSweeney - “has a regional following big enough to cause congestion issues in the fabled pub where the Arctic Monkeys were signed” - The Guardian