Songlines announces the best of the summer festivals

Posted on March 18th, 2011 in News by .

The June issue of Songlines (#76) – on sale April 29 – sees this year’s Festival Supplement featuring Songlines Top 10 UK Summer Festivals and Songlines 25 of the Best International Festivals.

Get your sunhats, tents and wellies at the ready for another year of festivals full of the most legendary names and the freshest talent on the world music scene. Here are the Songlines recommendations:

Songlines Top 10 UK Summer Festivals

Africa Oyé, Liverpool

Blaze Festival, London

Cambridge Folk Festival

Glastonbury Festival

Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye

Hebridean Celtic Festival 

Larmer Tree Festival

Norfolk & Norwich Festival

Shrewsbury Folk Festival

WOMAD Charlton Park

Songlines 25 of the Best International Festivals

Africa Festival, Germany

Chicago World Music Festival, USA

Druga Godba, Slovenia

ESP Afrika/Cape Town International Jazz Festival, South Africa

Essaouira Gnawa & World Music Festival, Morocco

Fes Festival of Sacred Music, Morocco

Festival in the Desert, Mali

Festival Interceltique de Lorient, France

FMM Sines, Portugal

Forde Folk Festival, Norway

Guča Trumpet Festival, Serbia

Jodhpur RIFF (Rajasthan International Folk Festival), India

La Grande Rencontre, Canada

Lake of Stars, Malawi

Musiques Metisses, France

Oslo World Music Festival, Norway

Rainforest Festival, Sarawak

Sauti za Busara, Zanzibar

Savannah Music Festival, USA

Sfinks Festival, Belgium

Sommelo Festival, Finland

Sziget, Hungary 

Ulsan World Music Festival, South Korea

Warsaw Cross Cultural, Poland

WOMADelaide, Australia

 

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