A hugely popular annual festival by the sea during August around the town of Broadstairs
Broadstairs Folk Week is a hybrid of a greenfield festival in the middle of a town – with a beautiful beach too – making a great family holiday.
This year celebrates the festivals 60th anniversary!
There are around 400 events crammed into one week – including workshops for all abilities in music and song, parade, full programme of dances and ceilidhs, Poets’ Breakfast and Craft and Music Fair. The ever-popular official free pub gig programme takes place in pubs around the town.
This annual festival includes everything from family shows at the Bandstand, featuring Kent’s traditional Hooden Horses, to some of the biggest names in folk music. There are plenty of opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to join in with singing, playing and dancing.
For 2025 the concert programme has been expanded to include even more of the UK’s best-loved folk performers, and there will be a new series of ‘Coffee Concerts’ which will take place during the festival week.
Acts performing include - The Copper Family, Bella Gaffney, Tim Edey, Tin Giants, Something Sleeps, Lizzy Hardingham, Swing The Bridge and many many more
Address
Broadstairs Folk Week 2025
Venues around the town, Broadstairs, Kent
CT10
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