The Orkney Folk Festival
24 May - 27 May 2018
The Orkney Folk Festival was first held in 1982 and has become a celebration of traditional Orkney music, dance and culture, for one weekend each May. It brings together musicians, storytellers, poets, dramatists, dancers and of course their audiences. The festival is held in Stromness and attracts many visitors as well as local.
The 36th festival will take place between May 24-27, 2018, with the first names expected to be announced around December this year.
No line-up has been announced yet.
Stromness Town Hall
Stromness Academy
Stromness Hotel’s Function Room
- Auld Hats New Heids
- Banyan
| Auld Hats New Heids | unknown stage |
| Banyan | unknown stage |
| Craig Paton Dance Band | unknown stage |
| Dougie MacLean | unknown stage |
| Duncan Chisholm | unknown stage |
| Edinburgh University Folk Society Ceilidh Band | unknown stage |
| Fara | unknown stage |
| Findlay Napier | unknown stage |
| Gnoss | unknown stage |
| Graham Low | unknown stage |
| Hadhirgaan | unknown stage |
| Hullion | unknown stage |
| Imar | unknown stage |
| Jenny Keldie and Brian Cromarty | unknown stage |
| Jo Philby | unknown stage |
| Kabantu | unknown stage |
| Kansas | unknown stage |
| Kate Fletcher and Corwen Broch | unknown stage |
| Le Vent du Nord | unknown stage |
| Login's Well | unknown stage |
| Lyra | unknown stage |
| Orkney Accordion and Fiddle Club | unknown stage |
| Orkney Folk Festival Choir | unknown stage |
| Orkney Heritage Fiddle Project | unknown stage |
| Orkney Mandolin Band | unknown stage |
| Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society | unknown stage |
| Orkney Traditional Music Project | unknown stage |
| Robin Nicolson | unknown stage |
| Saltfishforty | unknown stage |
| Sarah Jane Gibbon and Emma Grieve | unknown stage |
| Scott Gardiner | unknown stage |
| Skeldro | unknown stage |
| Sophie Stephenson | unknown stage |
| Stengle | unknown stage |
| String Sisters | unknown stage |
| Stromness Academy Traditional Pupils | unknown stage |
| Stromness RBL Pipe Band | unknown stage |
| Teebro | unknown stage |
| The Brewers | unknown stage |
| The Chair | unknown stage |
| The Driftwood Cowboys | unknown stage |
| The Kirk Belles | unknown stage |
| The Maes | unknown stage |
| The Once | unknown stage |
| The Whisky River Boat Band | unknown stage |
| The Wrigley Sisters | unknown stage |
| Thea and Laurence Wilson | unknown stage |
| Trip | unknown stage |
| West Mainland Strathspey & Reel Society | unknown stage |
| Artist | Stage | Day |
| Auld Hats New Heids | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Banyan | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Craig Paton Dance Band | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Dougie MacLean | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Duncan Chisholm | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Edinburgh University Folk Society Ceilidh Band | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Fara | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Findlay Napier | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Gnoss | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Graham Low | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Hadhirgaan | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Hullion | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Imar | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Jenny Keldie and Brian Cromarty | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Jo Philby | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Kabantu | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Kansas | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Kate Fletcher and Corwen Broch | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Le Vent du Nord | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Login's Well | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Lyra | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Orkney Accordion and Fiddle Club | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Orkney Folk Festival Choir | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Orkney Heritage Fiddle Project | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Orkney Mandolin Band | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Orkney Traditional Music Project | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Robin Nicolson | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Saltfishforty | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Sarah Jane Gibbon and Emma Grieve | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Scott Gardiner | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Skeldro | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Sophie Stephenson | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Stengle | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| String Sisters | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Stromness Academy Traditional Pupils | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Stromness RBL Pipe Band | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Teebro | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| The Brewers | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| The Chair | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| The Driftwood Cowboys | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| The Kirk Belles | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| The Maes | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| The Once | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| The Whisky River Boat Band | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| The Wrigley Sisters | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Thea and Laurence Wilson | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| Trip | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
| West Mainland Strathspey & Reel Society | unknown stage | Unknown Day |
Venues, Stromness, KW163AA
