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Songlines’ recommended festival list for 2013 announced…
Posted on March 7th, 2013 in News, Recent Posts by Songlines.
Our definitive guide to music festivals around the world
The June issue of Songlines (#92) – on sale April 26 – includes this year’s definitive festival guide featuring Songlines Top 10 UK Summer Festivals and Songlines 25 of the Best International Festivals.
Hearing great music in the comfort of your home is one thing, but nothing beats pulling on your mud-caked wellies, slapping on a generous helping of factor 50 and heading out into a field to really experience the music. Therefore we have handpicked the top festivals you should visit to experience the best the world and folk music scenes have to offer.
Here are the Songlines recommendations:
Africa Oyé
Cambridge Folk Festival
Hay Festival
HebCelt Festival
Glastonbury Festival
Larmer Tree Festival
Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Shrewsbury Folk Festival
Towersey Festival
WOMAD Charlton Park
Africa Festival, Germany
Afrikafestival Hertme, The Netherlands
Afro-Pfingsten Festival, Switzerland
Druga Godba, Slovenia
Essaouira Gnawa & World Music Festival, Morocco
Ethno Port, Poland
Fes Festival of Sacred Music, Morocco
FMM Sines, Portugal
Førde Traditional and World Music Folk Festival, Norway
Guca Trumpet Festival, Serbia
Jeonju INT’L Sori Festival, South Korea
Jodhpur RIFF (Rajasthan International Folk Festival), India
Kriol Jazz Festival, Cape Verde
La Grande Rencontre, Canada
Music Meeting, The Netherlands
Musiques Metisses, France
Oslo World Music Festival, Norway
Rainforest World Music Festival, Borneo
Sauti za Busara, Zanzibar
Savannah Music Festival, USA
Sommelo Festival, Finland
Sziget, Hungary
Ulsan World Music Festival, South Korea
Warsaw Cross Culture Festival, Poland
WOMADelaide, Australia
For full profiles of each festival, pick up a copy of the June 2013 (#92), on sale April 26.
Songlines announces the best of the summer festivals
Posted on March 18th, 2011 in News by Songlines.
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
