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Delighted to announce that Jo Gregor, Soul Centred and Sue Szymanski will be returning to the festival with their amazing Sound Bath. It's the perfect way to ease yourself into Festival Sunday but get there early as the tent was completely full last year! Festival...

More wonderful music to tell you about as in July we will have serious celtic rock from Gaelforce, beautiful harmonies and songs from Honey & The Bear, acoustic magic with Sound of the Sirens and lively traditional folk with Erin Brown & Barry Watson. Tickets...

We wish all our friends & supporters a very merry Christmas & prosperous new year. We're also delighted to announce the results of our Christmas competition. Congratulations to Sandra Calcraft and Michele Humphreys who each win a pair of tickets to next year's...

Would you like to be involved in making Ely Folk Festival 2025 be a success? If so, read on....as applications for volunteer stewards are now being invited. All the information you need including application forms is available here:...

What a wonderful time we had last night at our sold out gig with Heidi Talbot and Boo Hewerdine. Thanks to everyone who came, hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

Dhol Foundation, Oysterband, Blackbeard’s Tea Party and Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys will headline the 2025 Ely Folk Festival showcasing a wealth of talent celebrating folk, roots and acoustic music. Leading the way are the mighty Dhol Foundation bringing their...

Our gig with Heidi Talbot and Boo Hewerdine on 18 November is now sold out. There will be NO tickets available on the door. Many thanks to those of you who bought tickets and we'll see you on Monday evening. For those arriving by car, we recommend you use the carpark...

We now have only limited tickets left for our gig with Heidi Talbot and Boo Hewerdine on the 18th. When they're gone that's it so if you want one best to get in quick. Available here: https://www.tickettailor.com/.../elyfolkfestivalcic/1430652 Also (tease time!) on...

We've now opened trader applications for the 2025 festival. All the information is here https://elyfolkfestival.co.uk/traders-2/ and the closing date is 31 December. If you're not a trader but you saw a great one at another festival then do please point them at us.

Ely Folk Festival is delighted to present an evening of great music with Heidi Talbot & Boo Hewerdine on Monday 18 November at City of Ely Bowls Club. Heidi Talbot (“Simply vocal heaven” The Sunday Times) effortlessly blends Celtic & Americana influences and...

We're entered in the UK Festival Awards this year in the Best Small Festival and the Grassroots Festival categories. We'd really appreciate it if you would take a minute to vote for us here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/UKFA24 Voting is open now and closes on...

We set the challenge. We set the theme 'All the fun of the festival'. You responded in droves and we're delighted to announce that the winners of the 2024 Festival Photo Competition are Ewan Logan and Lee Colwill. We loved Ewan's energetic picture of a young visitor...