Cheltenham Folk Festival

The Cheltenham Folk Festival 2011 is set to storm Gloucestershire, with folk fans from around the world snapping-up tickets for what promises to be another highlight in the county’s musical calendar.

Cheltenham Folk Festival 2011 is a anticipated fixture on the south west music calendar, with some of the biggest names in the folk music scene gathering in Cheltenham from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 February 2011.

In 1996 Cheltenham Folk Club organiser John Shorter came up with the idea for a mid-winter folk event to banish the winter the blues, wanting to produce an event that preserved the roots of folk tradition, showcased budding new talent and created a family atmosphere all at the same time.

More than a decade on and the Cheltenham Folk Festival has not only become an institution in Gloucestershire’s event calendar, but a folk extravaganza known around the world.

Highlights from Cheltenham Folk Festival 2011 include young performers such as The Askew Sisters, Pilgrims’ Way and the Melrose Quartet; headliners Jon Boden and The Remnant Kings, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan; and a rare festival appearance from Irish supergroup Lúnasa.