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Dates for 2017
It's the 27th -30th April 2017, you know what we're talking about, and you get them in your diary now for the 37th Shetland Folk Festival. So many people are e-mailing and messaging and already making plans for next years festival. It is indeed very heartening for a volunteer committee to know it is such a major thing in peoples calendar's. And I guess that's all we need to say about that....xx
ReadLast Minute Addition to Visiting Acts
The committee have announced an exciting last minute addition to their visiting acts for the 36th Shetland Folk Festival with the seven-piece Tsuumi Sound System from Finland. They will attend as a replacement act for Huun-Huur-Tu, who unfortunately had to withdraw from the Festival last week due to unforeseen circumstances.
ReadAdditional Visiting Act and Local Line-up Announced
It will soon be time to start planning your Shetland Folk Festival weekend of music and sleep-deprivation as the committee has just announced a vast and varied selection of local bands performing at the 36th annual event. To complete their visiting artiste line-up, the committee is also announcing the addition of one final act from Scandinavia.
Read36th Shetland Folk Festival dates :-)
We hope you’re still enjoying happy memories from the 35th Shetland Folk Festival. The committee have just about recovered now and we’re already starting to plan the 36th Festival in 2016 (dates 28th April to 1st May).
ReadEarly Members' Ticket Sales - 2015
Online ticket sales for the 35th Shetland Folk Festival will open to early members on Tuesday 17th March at 6pm, and will be open until 4pm on Wednesday 29th April.
ReadVisiting Artiste Line Up Announced
The organisers of the award-winning and world-renowned Shetland Folk Festival have announced the visiting artiste line-up of fifteen acts for this year’s four-day folk extravaganza of concerts, sessions and late, late nights!
ReadLocal Artiste Applications Open - November 2014
How exciting, it's that time of year again and we here at the Shetland Folk Festival are looking for the Local Shetland based groups interested in playing at the forthcoming 35th !! festival in 2015.
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