After a successful first outing, the Cottingham Folk Festival returns in summer 2016, taking place across the August Bank Holiday Weekend in the picturesque East Yorkshire village of Cottingham, near Hull.
An exciting addition to the region’s already blossoming music calendar, this three-day extravaganza will see an incredible line-up of artists descend on what is thought to be the largest village in the UK.
Joining the previously announced Wilko Johnson and Chas & Dave as headliners, we are very pleased to announce the return of The Shires. The country duo headlined the inaugural event last year.
Since then the act, made up of Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes, have had an amazing twelve months completing a fourth sell out UK tour, becoming the first ever UK act to play the legendary Grand Ole Orpy in Nashville, going Gold with their debut album “Brave”, and most recently joining The Corrs on their huge arena comeback shows.
Festival organiser, Martyn Rudd, said he was “delighted” to welcome the band back to the village for a very intimate concert at The Civic Hall. More used to playing to crowds of thousands these days, The Shires will perform to just a few hundred lucky fans on Sunday August 28th.
Published on 12 February 2016 by Ben Robinson
