The Line Up Is Growing

The Line Up for the 2007 Shrewsbury Folk Festival is expanding by the day. Recent notables include Crooked Still (USA) and the Wailin’ Jennys (Canada) but there are many more, please see list below.

PAUL BRADY
KATE RUSBY
SALSA CELTICA
SHOW OF HANDS
BELLOWHEAD
PEATBOG FAERIES
KATHRYN TICKELL
STEVE TILSTON
CROOKED STILL (pictured right)
WAILIN’ JENNYS
RICHARD SHINDELL
ACOUSTIC STRAWBS
PETE COE
THE WILSONS
LES BARKER
CHRIS WOOD
KEITH DONNELLY
KIMBER’S MEN
KERFUFFLE
ROD PICOTT
CRUCIBLE
IDIOT & FRIEND
ROLAND CHADWICK
COCKERSDALE
MARY HUMPHREYS & ANAHATA
LOCTUP TOGETHER
JIM MOLYNEUX (2006 OPEN MIC WINNER)

Dance Bands include:-

ALL BLACKED UP
STEAMCHICKEN
ENGLISH REBELLION
CYSER (European dance)
TOKEN WOMEN
THIS WAY UP
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Richard Shindell

When planning the line-up for the 2007 festival, Richard Shindell was one of the names at the top of our list. He's one of the finest singer/songwriters and guitar players around, but also a very rare visitor to the UK (the last time was as support for Joan Baez around 10 years ago), and we were unsure whether he would be able to fit a UK visit into his diary (although American, he lives in Argentina and his US tour schedule take up much of his available time).

After a month or so of negotiation and discussions we were thrilled to get Richard for our festival, it's a real coup and he will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of the whole weekend


If you don't know his work, check out some samples on the web, he's a superb writer and a massive talent.

Festival preparations & initial line-up

Preparations for the 2007 Shrewsbury Folk Festival are now in full swing. Tickets will go on sale on the 1st December. Details on acts booked so far are now available on the festival web site, but just to whet your appetite they include:-

PAUL BRADY
KATE RUSBY
SALSA CELTICA
SHOW OF HANDS
BELLOWHEAD
PEATBOG FAERIES
KATHRYN TICKELL
STEVE TILSTON
RICHARD SHINDELL
ACOUSTIC STRAWBS
ROD PICOTT
CHRIS WOOD
LES BARKER
PETE COE
ROLAND CHADWICK
COCKERSDALE
MARY HUMPHREYS & ANAHATA

Loads more to come. Keep an eye on the web site for further details.