Beverley Folk Festival
Located at Beverley Racecourse, adjacent to Beverley Westwood where the countryside meets the town, Beverley Folk Festival promises 3 nights & 2 days of breathtaking music, dance, comedy, spoken word, events & workshops for all, craft stalls, Real Ale, camping and more.
For over 30 years the Beverley Folk Festival has been creating annual weekends to be remembered, and the setting is completely family friendly. Some of the best new performers play, alongside some of the most established acts. So it's a unique chance to spot some of tomorrow's potential stars.
News
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Beverley’s big weekend of music and fun for all the family
The 34th annual event will be held on the 16th, 17th and 18th of June when the Beverley Racecourse will once again be transformed into a fantastic family friendly festival site.
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Big Tops at Beverley Folk Festival
In 2016 the festival introduced a ‘Big Top’ style marquee for their popular Concert Stage and now in 2017 they plan to introduce another Big Top for their Main Stage as well.
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Beverley Festival announce their Saturday Main Stage Headliner!
Beverley Festival are delighted to announce their Saturday Main Stage Headliner - the exquisite and multi award winning band Lau.
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Americana Boost at Beverley Folk Festival
With three bands from the USA and another half dozen home-grown exponents of Americana, it looks like ‘The Westwood Stage’ will be arriving in force at Beverley Folk Festival this year.
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2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Nominees To Perform Beverly Folk Fest
The 2015 Beverley Folk Festival has a stellar line-up of award winning artists, with 10, several of which are multi-award winners over the past years, as well as two nominated in this year’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
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Trio Lau Confirmed for Beverley Folk Festival 2014
Award-winning trio Lau, are the latest act to be confirmed for Beverley Folk Festival 2014. They enhance an exciting bill of music, comedy and literature which already includes headline performances from Billy Bragg, Home Service and Chas & Dave.
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Time for a laugh at Beverley Festival
It’s not that Beverley Festival shouldn’t be taken seriously, but there again we should all learn to let our hair down at some stage – so this year the festival has made sure it has only the best for its Comedy Nights in June.
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Missed out on Glastonbury tickets – come to Beverley Folk
The festival with its great family friendly atmosphere, at its new site on Beverley Racecourse in the heart of the beautiful East Yorkshire, and on the edge of the historic market town of Beverley...
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Beverley Festival celebrates a host of leading English artists
As part of the celebrations for its 30th Anniversary, the Beverley Folk Festival is giving an emphasis to some of the great English artists that are on the music and comedy scene today.
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Families receive Award Winning Treatment at Beverley Festival
Having been nominated twice by the UK Festival Awards for the Family Friendly Festival, this year’s Beverley Festival – Folk, Acoustic, Roots, has an even bigger programme of events for children than ever before.
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Joe Brown to Close the Sunday at Beverley Festival
Once again, the Beverley Festival (Folk, Acoustic, Roots) manages to scoop up one of the top names on the British music scene.
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Beverley Folk Festival have announced more acts on the line-up
The Beverley Festival have announced more new acts performing this year including The Mighty Doonans along with a new festival patron, BBCR2’s Mike Harding.
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Beverley Festival prepares for a Summer party and The Peatbog Faeries
One of the most popular Celtic party bands will be heading to Beverley Festival on Saturday 16th June to celebrate in the Mid-Summer Party and Dance night
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Peter Robinson will be making an appearance at Beverley Festival
Once again, the festival welcomes back international best selling author, Peter Robinson, the author of the DCI Banks novels, the most recent of which is Bad Boy
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Beverley Folk Festival Announce Joe Brown to close the Sunday
The headline acts for the prestigious Beverley Folk Festival (Folk, Acoustic, Roots) have now been announced, revealing some of the top names from the British folk, and mainstream music scene.
Past & Future Events
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Beverley Folk Festival
15 June - 17 June 2018 -
Beverley Folk Festival
17 June - 19 June 2017 -
Beverley Folk Festival
17 June - 19 June 2016 -
Beverley Folk Festival
19 June - 21 June 2015 -
Beverley Folk Festival
20 June - 22 June 2014 -
Beverley Folk Festival
21 June - 23 June 2013 -
Beverley Festival Folk Acoustic Roots
15 June - 17 June 2012