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Last 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.
ReadA peerie note fae Da Committee...
On Saturday 1st February 2014, the Shetland Folk Festival Committee, the whole community of Shetland and many friends and family from near and far will say goodbye to Davie Henderson who has served on our committee for nearly 25 years.
ReadLocal Artiste Applications 2014 - OPEN
Shetland Folk Festival is open to applications from Shetland based Local Artistes for 2014. E-mail [email protected] for an application form and tell us about your group.
ReadThe Dates for the 34th Festival 2014
Dates for your diary!! Yes we are already thinking about 2014 so the dates are: 1st May-4th May 2014.
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