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Cheltenham Folk Festival
February

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Cheltenham International Jazz Festival
End of April, beginning of May
Cheltenham

Barbican International Jazz and Blues Festival
Plymouth
Early May
www.barbicanjazzandbluesfestival.com
+The B-bar The Barbican theatre cafe bar

Wychwood Music Festival
Cheltenham
May
Folk

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Upton Upon Severn Riverside Folk Festival
Upton Upon Severn
South Worcestershire
Traditional mainly

Bath International Music Festival
Usual location on calendar.
Middle of May and into early June.
Classical, jazz and world music

Bath Fringe Festival
End of May/into June

Chippenhan Folk Festival
Calendar position. Late May

Salisbury International Arts Festival
Latter end of May and into June.
Annual Arts Festival
mainly classical and 'world' music

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Wimborne Folk Festival
Wimborne, Dorset
Early June event
Traditional bias

The North Devon Festival
Arts type of festival with folk, roots, classical, jazz etc
June

Sunrise Celebration
Near Yeovil, South Somerset
Roots, world, folk etc
Mid June

Teignmouth Folk Festival
Teignmouth, Devon
Mid/late June event

Golowan Festival
Celtic, roots, traditional, etc
Penzance, Cornwall

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Saul Canal Festival
& Folk on the Water Weekend
Roots, folk, celtic and tradition music and dance
Early July event
Saul Junction, near Frampton-On-Severn

Gillingham Festival
Gillingham Festival
An arts and community festival with an eclectic mix of music
Early July

Nibley Music Festival
July
featuring a range of music
Nibley, Dursley, Gloucestershire

Cheltenham International Festival of Music
Classical, world, roots, arts festival
Early / mid July.

Two Rivers Folk Festival
The Two Rivers Folk Festival
Chepstow
early in July usually

Priddy Folk Festival
Priddy, Mendips, Somerset
Early / mid July
a wide range of quality folk music concerts

The Newt Beer Festival
North Newton, Somerset
Rock, blues, folk rock etc
Early / mid July event

Chalford Hill Music Festival
Mid July usually
The King's Head, Chalford Hill
Soul, Skiffle, Acoustic etc

The Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival
Mid July Event
near Dorchester, Dorset

Upton Blues Festival
Upton Blues Festival

Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire

Larmer Tree Music Festival
Larmer Tree Gardens, Salisbury, Wiltshire
World, folk and other music
Mid July.

Trowbridge Festival
Wiltshire
Mid/late July
Roots, folk, blues, country etc etc

Budleigh Salterton Festival of Music and Drama
Devon
Late July / early August
Classical, Folk, Swing, etc

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Sidmouth Folk Week
Early August
A wide range of great contemporary folk and traditional folk music

Bristol Harbour Festival
Early August
music dance circus ships fireworks

The Big Green Gathering
The Big Green Gathering
in the Mendip Hills of Somerset
A celebration of our natural world and our place within it
Early August usually
From traditional folk, to welldread stylie reggae, hip hop, and Carnival to eastern European and full on tribal dance with a cultural exchange
from as far a field as Australia and Scotland and as near a field as Bristol, Cheddar and Glastonbury!

Dartmoor Folk Festival
Calendar position. Early/mid August.
Traditional music mainly

Bideford Folk Festival
North Devon
Traditional and contemporary folk  music song and dance.
A mid August event

Greenbelt Festival
Gloucestershire
Mid/late August
A very wide variety of music inc world

Cornwall Folk Festival
Wadebridge
Calendar position. Late August
Contemporary folk music, song, dance and street entertainment
set in the lovely riverside town of Wadebridge

Bude Jazz Festival
Held in late August

Shrewsbury Folk Festival
(previously Bridgnorth Folk Festival)
Shropshire
Late August event
A wide range of great folk music

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Teignmouth Jazz Festival
(South Devon's Jazz Festival)
November Event
Concerts featuring national and international artists in all styles of jazz
from New Orleans to Contemporary

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