Festivals in Europe

updated for 2009 - please send in your dates for 2010!!!

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
Apr 2010 5-9th Sore Fingers Week Kingham UK www.sorefingers.co.uk one week of learning music, jaming andgood times, great international teachers all bluegrass instruments and vocals
Apr 2009 6-11th International Workshop of Acoustic Music Virton B www.hamawe.be  
Apr 2009 24-26th Orwell Bluegrass Festival Orwell Crossing UK www.orwellbluegrass.co.uk  
May 2009 22nd-24th Karl May Festival Radebeul Radebeul D www.karl-may-fest.de celebrating bluegrass while celebrating Germany´s famous wild west author
May 2009 1nd-4th Kilkenny Rhythm 'n' Roots Festival Kilkenny IRL www.kilkennyroots.com roots music, strong Irish and oldtime flavor
May 2009 1+2nd 7th International Bühl Bluegrass Festival Bühl D www.buehl.de established 2002, city sponsorship
May 2009 1st-3rd Banjoree, European 5-String Banjo Meeting Hagen D www.banjoree.com gettogether of banjopickers, also with guitar and mandolin workshops!
May 2009 8-10th Venner Folk Frühling Venne D +49 (0) 5476 - 911310 /
www.folkfruehling.de		 accent on folk
May 2009 8-10th 11th Oldtime Music Meeting Wippenhausen Kirchdorf D www.oldtimemusic.de musicians only registration mandatory
May 2009 9th Spring Bluegrass Festival Willisau CH www.bluegrass-willisau.ch  
May 2009 14th Bluegrass in Basel Basel CH www.bluegrassinbasel.ch  
May 2009 21st-23rd EWOB Festival Voorthuizen NL www.ewob.eu about 50 bands, on 3 days, international lineup
May 2009 22-25th Spring Camp (Friends of American Oldtime Music and Dance) Gainsborough UK www.foaotmad.org.uk  
May 2009 24-26th Boe't n Deure Odoorn NL www.boetndeure.nl neat cafe with intimate bluegrass concerts
May 2009 27-28th Hoofddorp Bluegrass Festival Hoofddorp Oude Raadhuis NL +31 23 556 37 07  
May 2009 27th Midwob Mini Bluegrass Festival Zoeterwoude, De Meester NL mastergrass@scharpff.nl  
May 2009 29th Bluegrass Night Fredericia DK www.bruunskepakhus.dk  
May 2009 29th - 1st June FBMA Spring Weekend Mézière sur Couesnon (Ille et Vilaine) F www.france-bluegrass.org  
May 2009 31st Hamavé Roots Festival Ethe/Virton B www.musiqueacoustique.org, www.hamave.be, decoseb@swing.be on the Farm Roiseux
May 2009 29-30th Jamboree Strakonice CZ www.jamboree-cz.com  
May 2009 30-31st Greven Grass Festival Greven D www.grevengrass.de  
June 2009 1st Big Bear Festival Zuidlaren NL www.strictlycountry.nl highclass international festival in fine theater atmosphere
June 2009 1st-14th Ruotsinpyhtää Rendevous 2009 Helsinki FI rootsinpyhtaa.fi/rende2009/index.php /
matti.lehtola( at )gmail.com		 Finnland´s oldest since 1988
June 2009 5-7th Coastline Bluegrass Music Event Plas U Chaf Farm, Wales UK www.coastlinebluegrass.co.uk  
June 2009 13-14 Annual La Grange Rouge Bluegrass and French Folk Weekend La Grange Rouge F www.bluegrass-france.org  
June 2009 12-13th Internationales Kötzer Country Music Festival Kötz D www.cwf-koetz.de  
June 2009 19-20th Col-des-Roches Bluegrass Festival Col-des-Roches CH www.countrycoldesroches.ch  
June 2009 19-21st East Anglian Bluegrass Festival Steeple Morden UK www.eastanglianbluegrass.com  
June 2009 19-20th Banjo Jamboree Caslav CZ www.banjojamboree.cz/banjojamboree.php oldest running European bluegrass festival. Extremly hospitable, free camping international lineup,
June 2009 not in 2009 Dobrofest Trnava Trnava SK www.dobrofest.sk all about the dobro, birthplace of the Doyperas, international lineup
June 2009 26-27th Bath Banjo Festival Bath UK little( at )picturehouses.co.uk  
June 2009 26-27th Lida Country Festival Lida S www.lidacountryfestival.se  
June 2009 25-28th Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival Westport, Co. Mayo IRL www.myspace.com/westportfolkbluegrassfestival est. 2007, international lineup
June 2009 26-27th Festival sur la Route de Tulins Isere F www.tullinsfestival.com  
June 2009 26-29th Haapavesi Folk Festival Haapavesi FI www.haapavesifolk.com  
July 2009 4th Torsaker Bluegrass Festival Torsaker S www.bluegrass.nu  
July 2009 2-5th North Wales Bluegrass Festival Conwy UK www.northwalesbluegrass.co.uk established 1989
July 2009 3-5th TFF Rudolstadt (Thüringer Folk Festival) Rudolstadt D www.tff-rudolstadt.de/index.htm city organized
July 2009 4th Bluegrass Festival Gunderinseli Thun CH www.avcc.ch  
July 2009 9-11th Lonesome Pine Festival Canis-Lysvik S www.lonesomepine.nu  
July 2009 10-11th Nääsville Bluegrass Festival Frölunda S www.naasville.se Thorsten Jakobsson, Ljungklämmev. 10, 448 31 Floda, Sweden, thorstenj (at) swipnet.se
July 2009 9-12th Athy Bluegrass Festival Athy IRL www.athy-bluegrass.com Irelands oldest annual Bluegrass event, established 1991
July 2009 10-12th Americana Festival Newark UK www.americana-international.co.uk  
July 2009 11th Pijnackerplein Bluegrass en Country Festival Rotterdam NL www.bluegrassfestival.nl  
July 2009 16-18th Risor Bluegrass Festival Risor N www.bluegrass.no music on stage and workshops
July 2009 16-19th American Style Music Festival Cerexhe B www.countrycerexhe.be  
July 2009 24-26th Country Rendez-Vouz Craponne sur Arzon F perso.orange.fr/country.rendez-vous.festival/ 20th anniversary in 2007 (Haute Loire)
July/Aug 2009 31st-3rd Guildtown Bluegrass Festival Guildtown UK www.scottishbluegrass.com  
July/Aug 2009 28-2nd Totaalfestival Bladel NL www.totaalfestival.nl  
July/Aug 2009 30th-2nd Cambridge Folk Festival Cambridge UK www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk  
July/Aug 2009 30th-2nd Festival Européen Bluegrass Music La Roche-sur-Foron F www.larochebluegrass.fr  
July/Aug 2009 31st-2nd VII. 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 2009 1-3rd UTV Country Fest The Kings Hall, Belfast IRL www.jwpromos.com  
Aug 2009 1-2nd Surrey Mini Bluegrass Festival Mickleham Village Hall UK www.surreybluegrass.com  
Aug 2009 7-16th Summer Camp (Friends O American Oldtime Music And Dance) Gainsborough UK www.foaotmad.org.uk  
Aug 2009 8-9th Floralia Festival Oosterhout NL www.floraliacountry.nl  
Aug 2009 15th Bluegrass Family Festival Stetten CH www.bluegrassfamily.ch family operated festival a major mainstay in the Swiss bluegrass community
Aug 2009 15th Gränna Bluegrass Festival Gränna S www.grennamusik.com 30th anniversary in 2007, not yet confirmed
Aug 2009 28-30th Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival Dunmore East IRL www.waterford-dunmore.com established 1995
Aug 2009 22nd Choteborsky Dzem Letna 255, 583 01 Chotebor
+420776311290 		CZ www.choteborskydzem.cz 3rd. edition of bluegrass festival. Guest: Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams & Stillwaters
Aug 2009 27-30th Tonder Folk Festival Tonder DK www.tf.dk international folk class bluegrass acts
Aug 2009 29-30th 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. 2009 29th Bluegrassfestival Grabenmühle Sigriswil CH www.grabenmuehle.ch  
Sept 2009 4-6th Appalachian and Bluegrass Music Festival Omagh IRL www.bluegrassomagh.com/www.folkpark.com situated in a historic folk park established 1992 international lineup
Sept 2009 4-6th Didmarton Bluegrass Festival Didmarton UK www.didmarton-bluegrass.co.uk located on Kemble Airfield, international lineup
Sept 2009 4-6th Picnic Festival Namur B www.picnicfestival.be  
Sept 2009 5th Sunny Mountain Bluegrass Festival Stettfurt CH www.sunnymountaingrass.ch  
Sept 2009 11-13th Sweet Sunny South Festival Hastings UK www.sweetsunnysouth.co.uk  
Sept 2009 18-20th Cornish Bluegrass Festival Newquay UK www.cornishbluegrass.co.uk since 2004
Sept 2009 24-27th Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival Longford IRL www.johnnykeenan.com international lineup
Sept 2009 23-27th Open House Festival Belfast IRL www.openhousefestival.com  
Oct 2009 23rd-25th Sore Fingers Weekend Kingham UK www.sorefingers.co.uk learning music and jamming
             
Nov. 2009 7th Al Raz Bluegrass & Oldtime Festival Mollet de Valles E www.myspace.com/festivalalras
www.sitekreator.com/alras/index.html		 since 2000
             
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  
    Midlands Music Festival Mullingar IRL www.midlandsmusicfestival.ie hopefully in 2009
    Blues, Schmus und Apfelmus Laubach D www.laubach-online.de/veranstaltungen/blues/index.htm there was bluegrass in 2007
    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