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Manchester Folk Festival 2017 at HOME Manchester, Manchester, 19–21 October 2017, from £16.00 - Book now
New for 2017, Manchester Folk Festival offers a taster of the best of English folk and acoustic roots music.
For its debut outing, the three-day event takes over HOME, Gorilla, The Ritz and the Anthony Burgess Foundation, featuring workshops and sing-arounds – as well as headline performances from the likes of Jon Boden and the Remnant Kings, Afro Celt Sound System, The Young ‘Uns, Tom Robinson, Kathryn Tickell & The Side and False Lights.
With at least 10 more concerts to be announced, featuring over 30 folk artists in total, playing both indoors and outdoors, the festival promises to highlight the best of the current English folk and acoustic music scene.
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