Festivals in Europe

now updating for 2010 - please send in your dates!

Europe has numerous festivals in about every country. If you have a festival, please check the data given below and let us know if something needs correction or update. Thank you for your contribution.

Month Date Festival Name Where Country Information Remarks
             
2010            
Jan. 2010 29-30th Lonesome Pine Indoor Country Festival Sunne Värmland S www.lonesomepine.nu  
Feb 2010 12-14th Gainsborough Old Time Festival Gainsborough UK www.foaotmad.org.uk  
Apr 2010 5-9th Sore Fingers Week Kingham UK www.sorefingers.co.uk one week of learning music, jamming and good times, great international teachers all bluegrass instruments and vocals
Apr 2010 5-10th International Workshop of Acoustic Music Virton B www.hamawe.be, www.musiqueacoustique.org/joomla_fr/  
Apr 2010 23-25th Orwell Bluegrass Festival Orwell Crossing UK www.orwellbluegrass.co.uk  
Apr/May 2010 30-3rd Kilkenny Rhythm 'n' Roots Festival Kilkenny IRL www.kilkennyroots.com roots music, strong Irish and oldtime flavor
May 2010 7-9th Venner Folk Frühling Venne D +49 (0) 5476 - 911310 /
www.folkfruehling.de
accent on folk
May 2010 7-9th 12th Oldtime Music Meeting Wippenhausen Kirchdorf D www.oldtimemusic.de musicians only registration mandatory
May 2010 8th Spring Bluegrass Festival Willisau CH www.bluegrass-willisau.ch  
May 2010 13-15th EWOB Festival Voorthuizen NL www.ewob.eu about 50 bands, on 3 days, international lineup
May 2010 14-15th 8th International Bühl Bluegrass Festival Bühl D www.bluegrass-buehl.de established 2002, city sponsorship
May 2010 14-16th Karl May Festival Radebeul Radebeul D www.karl-may-fest.de celebrating bluegrass while celebrating Germany´s famous wild west author
May 2010 16-18th Boe't n Deure Odoorn NL www.boetndeure.nl neat cafe with intimate bluegrass concerts
May   Spring Camp (Friends of American Oldtime Music and Dance) Gainsborough UK www.foaotmad.org.uk  
May   Hoofddorp Bluegrass Festival Hoofddorp Oude Raadhuis NL +31 23 556 37 07  
May   Midwob Mini Bluegrass Festival Zoeterwoude, De Meester NL mastergrass@scharpff.nl  
May   Bluegrass Night Fredericia DK www.bruunskepakhus.dk  
May   FBMA Spring Weekend Mézière sur Couesnon (Ille et Vilaine) F www.france-bluegrass.org  
May   Hamawé Roots Festival Ethe/Virton B www.musiqueacoustique.org, www.hamawe.be, decoseb@swing.be on the Farm Roiseux
May   Jamboree Strakonice CZ www.jamboree-cz.com  
May 2010 22-23rd Greven Grass Festival Greven D www.grevengrass.de  
May 2010 24th Big Bear Festival Zuidlaren NL www.strictlycountry.nl highclass international festival in fine theater atmosphere
June   Ruotsinpyhtää Rendevous 2009 Helsinki FI rootsinpyhtaa.fi/rende2009/index.php /
matti.lehtola(at)gmail.com
Finnland´s oldest since 1988
June 2010 4-6th Coastline Bluegrass Music Event Plas U Chaf Farm, Wales UK www.coastlinebluegrass.co.uk  
June   Annual La Grange Rouge Bluegrass and French Folk Weekend La Grange Rouge F www.bluegrass-france.org  
June   Internationales Kötzer Country Music Festival Kötz D www.cwf-koetz.de  
June 2010 18-19th Col-des-Roches Bluegrass Festival Col-des-Roches CH www.countrycoldesroches.ch  
June 2010 25-27th East Anglian Bluegrass Festival Steeple Morden UK www.eastanglianbluegrass.com  
June   Banjo Jamboree Caslav CZ www.banjojamboree.cz/banjojamboree.php oldest running European bluegrass festival. Extremly hospitable, free camping international lineup,
June   Dobrofest Trnava Trnava SK www.dobrofest.sk all about the dobro, birthplace of the Doyperas, international lineup
June   Bath Banjo Festival Bath UK little( at )picturehouses.co.uk  
June   Lida Country Festival Lida S www.lidacountryfestival.se  
June 2010 25-27th Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival Westport, Co. Mayo IRL www.myspace.com/westportfolkbluegrassfestival est. 2007, international lineup
June 2010 25-26th Festival sur la Route de Tulins Isere F www.tullinsfestival.com  
June   Haapavesi Folk Festival Haapavesi FI www.haapavesifolk.com  
July 2010 3rd Torsaker Bluegrass Festival Torsaker S www.myspace.com/torsakerbluegrassfestival  
July 2010 2nd-4th North Wales Bluegrass Festival Conwy UK www.northwalesbluegrass.co.uk established 1989
July   TFF Rudolstadt (Thüringer Folk Festival) Rudolstadt D www.tff-rudolstadt.de/index.htm city organized
July 2010 3rd Bluegrass Festival Gunderinseli Thun CH www.avcc.ch  
July 2010 10-11th Munich BlueGrass Festival Munich DE www.munichbluegrassfestival.de Music at the farm
July   Lonesome Pine Festival Canis-Lysvik S www.lonesomepine.nu  
July   Nääsville Bluegrass Festival Frölunda S www.naasville.se Thorsten Jakobsson, Ljungklämmev. 10, 448 31 Floda, Sweden, thorstenj (at) swipnet.se
July 2010 8-11th Athy Bluegrass Festival Athy IRL www.athy-bluegrass.com Irelands oldest annual Bluegrass event, established 1991
July 2010 8-11th Americana Festival Newark UK www.americana-international.co.uk  
July   Pijnackerplein Bluegrass en Country Festival Rotterdam NL www.bluegrassfestival.nl  
July 2010 15-17th Risor Bluegrass Festival Risor N www.bluegrass.no music on stage and workshops - with workshops the week preceeding the festival!
July   American Style Music Festival Cerexhe B www.countrycerexhe.be  
July 2010 23-25th Country Rendez-Vouz Craponne sur Arzon F perso.orange.fr/country.rendez-vous.festival/ Haute Loire
July/Aug 2010 30th-1st Guildtown Bluegrass Festival Guildtown UK www.scottishbluegrass.com  
July/Aug 27th-1st Totaalfestival Bladel NL www.totaalfestival.nl  
July/Aug 2010 29th-1st Cambridge Folk Festival Cambridge UK www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk  
July/Aug 2010 29th-1st Festival Européen Bluegrass Music La Roche-sur-Foron F www.larochebluegrass.fr  
July/Aug   VIII. International Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival, Abaliget Székesfehérvár, Hungary F vazze.hu Three days of bluegrass and acoustic music on a lakeside in the Hungarian countryside.
Aug   UTV Country Fest The Kings Hall, Belfast IRL www.jwpromos.com  
Aug 2010 7-8th Surrey Mini Bluegrass Festival Mickleham Village Hall UK www.surreybluegrass.com  
Aug   Summer Camp (Friends Of American Oldtime Music And Dance) Gainsborough UK www.foaotmad.org.uk  
Aug   Floralia Festival Oosterhout NL www.floraliacountry.nl  
Aug 2010 14th Bluegrass Family Festival Stetten CH www.bluegrassfamily.ch family operated festival a major mainstay in the Swiss bluegrass community
Aug   Gränna Bluegrass Festival Gränna S www.grennamusik.com 30th anniversary in 2007, not yet confirmed
Aug 2010 25-29th Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival Dunmore East IRL www.waterford-dunmore.com established 1995
Aug   Choteborsky Dzem Letna 255, 583 01 Chotebor
+420776311290
CZ www.choteborskydzem.cz 3rd. edition of bluegrass festival. Guest: Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams & Stillwaters
Aug 2010 26-29th Tonder Folk Festival Tonder DK www.tf.dk international folk class bluegrass acts
Aug   Intl. Mandolin Festival 42657 Solingen D www.n-a-g.info 1. edition in 2009! located in the New Acoustic Gallery, Neuenhofer Str. 122, Solingen
Aug. 2010 28th Bluegrassfestival Grabenmühle Sigriswil CH www.grabenmuehle.ch  
Sept 2010 3-5th Appalachian and Bluegrass Music Festival Omagh NI www.bluegrassomagh.com/www.folkpark.com situated in a historic folk park established 1992 international lineup
Sept 2010 3-5th Didmarton Bluegrass Festival Didmarton UK www.didmarton-bluegrass.co.uk located on Kemble Airfield, international lineup
Sept 2010 3-5th Picnic Festival Namur B www.picnicfestival.be  
Sept 2010 3-5th Int. Bluegrass Meeting Kulturgewächshaus Birkenried Gundelfingen DE www.cwf-koetz.de Music in the Greenhouse
Sept 2010 4th Sunny Mountain Bluegrass Festival Stettfurt CH www.sunnymountaingrass.ch  
Sept   Galway Americana Festival 29 Monivea Park, Galway Ireland www.galwayamericanafestival.com Music and culture festival, featuring Bluegrass, Country, Cajun, Blues, Old-Time etc
Sept 2010 10-12th Gower Bluegrass Festival Parkmill, Gower, near Swansea, Wales UK www.gowerbluegrass.co.uk  
Sept   Sweet Sunny South Festival Hastings UK www.sweetsunnysouth.co.uk  
Sept 2010 17th-19th Cornish Bluegrass Festival Newquay UK www.cornishbluegrass.co.uk since 2004
Sept 2010 23rd-29th Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival Longford IRL www.johnnykeenan.com international lineup
Sept 2010 8-12th Open House Festival Belfast NI www.openhousefestival.com  
Sept 2010 23-25th Moniaive Michaelmas Bluegrass Festival Moniaive, Dumfries, Scotland UK www.moniaive.org.uk/moniaive-michealmas-bluegrass-festival  
Oct   Sore Fingers Weekend Kingham UK www.sorefingers.co.uk learning music and jamming
Oct 2010 30th Old Time Country Festival Breitisaal, 8185 Winkel CH www.big-stone.ch made by american folk club Rocking Chair
Nov 2010 6th Al Ras Old-Time & Bluegrass Festival Mollet del Valles, Barcelona E www.myspace.com/festivalalras  
             
2011            
2011   Banjoree, European 5-String Banjo Meeting Hagen D www.banjoree.com gettogether of banjopickers, also with guitar and mandolin workshops! every 2nd year!
             
festivals not confirmed for 2009            
    Oldtime And Bluegrass Konvent Silkeborg DK mail( at )stefancolind.dk will possibly be held as part of the Fredericia Bluegrass Festiva not confirmed
    Looping Brothers Festival Bramsche D mmalcher( at )gmx.de exquisite venue: old cinema no festival in 2009 exclusive house concert
    Culture House Zrkadlovy Haj Bratislava SK www.bluegrassfest.sk  
    Navacerrada Bluegrass Festival Navacerrada/Madrid E www.autopista6.km6.net click on "Where We Play"
    Sulinger Resonator Festival Sulingen D www.sauer-sulingen.de/resofest  
    Northeim Goes Country Northeim D www.northeim.de  
    Bluegrass Marathon Borovany CZ sweb.cz//bgmarathon/ established 1979
    Go-Fest Swansea UK www.gowerbluegrass.co.uk  
    Bluegrass Fest Bratislava Bratislava SK www.bluegrassfest.sk  

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