Ireland   
Baltimore Fiddle Fair  Baltimore, Co. Cork 7.5.09 – 10.5.09  
Ceardlann Earraigh  Celbridge, Co.Kildare 4.4.09  ceardlannearraigh.com
Ceiliúradh an Earraigh  Coleman Music Centre, Gurteen, Co. Sligo  1.5.09 – 4.5.09  colemanirishmusic.com
Cup of Tae Festival  Ardara, Co. Donegal 1.5.09 – 4.5.09   cupoftaefestival.com
Dublin Handel Festival  Temple Bar, Dublin 13.4.09  templebar.ie
Ergodos Festival Dublin 17.4.09 – 25.4.09 ergodos.ie
Féile Átha Dá Chab  Ballydehob, Co. Cork 17.4.09  feileathadachab.blogspot.com
Féile na nDéise  Dungarvan, Co. Waterford  30.4.09 – 4.5.09  feilenandeise.com
Fleadh Nua  Ennis, Co. Clare  17.5.09 – 25.5.09  comhaltas.ie/events/detail/fleadh_nua_2009
Folk in the Park Festival  Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh, Co. Tyrone 16.5.09 – 17.5.09  folkpark.com
Galway Early Music Festival: ‘Islands and the Waters Between’  Galway, Co. Galway  15.5.09 - 17.5.09  galwayearlymusic.com
Imagine-Create Festival  Derry, Co. Derry  2.4.09 – 4.4.09  creativetechnologies.info
Kilcar Folk, Blues and Bluegrass Festival  Kilcar, Co. Donegal 1.5.09 – 3.5.09  cill-chartha-kilcar.com
Skerries Traditional Music Weekend  Skerries, Co. Dublin 15.5.09 – 17.5.09  skerriestraditionalmusic.com
The Edward Bunting Harp Festival  Armagh, Co. Armagh 29.5.09 – 31.5.09  edwardbuntingharpfestival.com
The Melting Pot Festival  Ardara, Co. Donegal  29.5.09 – 31.5.09  ardarafestivals.com
The Mike, Miceál and Pat Carr Memorial Traditional Music Weekend  Meenaneary, Co. Donegal  29.5.09 – 1.6.09  
Vogler Spring Festival St. Columba’s Church, Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo  1.5.09  sligoarts.ie

England   
Acoustic Festival of Britain  Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, South Derbyshire 22.5.09 – 25.5.09  acousticfestival.co.uk
All Tomorrows Parties Butlins Resort, Minehead, Somerset 8.5.09 – 11.5.09 atpfestival.com
Bath International Music Festival Bath, Somerset 22.5.09 – 6.6.09 bathmusicfest.org.uk
Beverley and East Riding Early Music Festival The National Centre for Early Music, York 21.5.09 – 23.5.09 ncem.co.uk
Cheltenham Jazz Festival  Cheltenham  28.4.09 – 4.5.09  cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazz
Chester Folk Festival Kelsall, nr. Chester, Cheshire 22.5.09 – 25.5.09  chesterfolk.org.uk
Chester Folk Festival  Kelsall Chester 22.5.09 – 25.5.09  chesterfolk.org.uk
Chippenham Folk Festival Chippenham, Wiltshire 23.5.09 – 26.5.09 Chippenham, Wiltshire
Clennell Hall Folk Festival Clennell Hall Hotel, Clennell Hall, Alwinton, Northumberland 8.5.09 – 10.5.09 clennellhallhotel.com
Clun Green Man Festival Clun Castle, Clun, Shropshire 2.5.09 – 4.5.09 clungreenman.org.uk
Cosmic Puffin Festival Mersea Outdoors, Mersea Island, Essex 10.4.09 – 12.4.09 cosmicpuffin.co.uk
Coventry Jazz Festival Coventry, Warwickshire 21.5.09 – 25.5.09 coventryjazzfestival.com
Crediton Folk Weekend Cheriton Fitzpaine, Crediton, Devon 24.4.09 – 26.4.09 poppyrecords.co.uk/crediton/cred.htm
Dart Music Festival Dartmouth, South Devon 8.5.09 – 10.5.09 dartmusicfestival.co.uk
Dorchester Festival Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire 1.5.09 – 10.5.09 dorchesterfestival.com
Dot to Dot Festival Bristol and Nottingham 23.5.09 – 24.5.09 dottodotfestival.co.uk
Eastbourne Festival Winter Gardens, Eastbourne Seafront, Eastbourne, East Sussex 11.4.09 – 25.4.09 eastbournefestival.co.uk
ETHER Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London 18.4.09  southbankcentre.co.uk/festivals-series/ether
FuseLeeds Leeds, West Yorkshire 25.4.09 – 2.5.09  fuseleeds.org.uk
Futuresonic  Manchester  13.5.09 – 16.5.09  futuresonic.com
Futuresonic Urban Festival of Electronic Music and Ideas  Manchester and Salford 13.5.09 – 16.5.09  futuresonic.com
Glyndebourne Opera Festival  Glyndebourne, East Sussex  21.5.09 – 28.8.09 glyndebourne.com
Gosport and Fareham Easter Festival Ferneham Halls & Ashcroft Arts Centre, Osborn Road, Fareham, Hampshire 9.4.09 – 12.4.09 gosportfestival.co.uk
Holmfirth Festival of Folk Holmfirth, West Yorkshire 8.5.09 – 10.5.09 olmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk
Ireby Music Festival Ireby, Cumbria  22.5.09 – 23.5.09 musicinireby.co.uk
Isle of Wight Jazz Festival  Isle of Wight  17.4.09 – 19.4.09  iowjazzfestival.co.uk
Land Of Kings East End, London 16.4.09 – 17.4.09 landofkings.co.uk
Live At Leeds Leeds, West Yorkshire 1.5.09 – 3.5.09 liveatleeds.com
Liverpool Sound City Liverpool, Merseyside 20.5.09 – 23.5.09 liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk
Moor and Coast Festival Whitby Community College, Prospect Hill, Whitby, North Yorkshire 1.5.09 – 3.5.09 moorandcoast.co.uk
Nailsworth Festival Nailsworth, Gloucestershire 24.4.09 – 4.5.09 nailsworthfestival.org.uk
Nantwich Jazz, Blues and Music Festival Nantwich, Cheshire 9.4.09 – 13.4.09 nantwichjazz.com
Norfolk & Norwich Festival  Norwich, Norfolk 1.5.09 – 16.5.09 nnfestival.org.uk
Norwich and Norfolk Festival  Norwich  1.5.09 – 16.5.09  nnfestival.org.uk
Ryedale Folk Weekend Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton le Hole, North Yorskhire 22.5.09 – 25.5.09  ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk
Salisbury International Arts Festival Salisbury, Wiltshire 22.5.09 – 6.6.09 salisburyfestival.co.uk
Sensoria Sheffield, Yorkshire 24.4.09 – 30.4.09 sensoria.org.uk
Shepley Spring Festival Shepley Village, nr. Huddersfield, West Yorkshire 15.5.09 – 17.5.09 shepleyspringfestival.com
Short Circuit Roundhouse Theatre, Chalk Farm Road, Camden, London 13.5.09 – 17.5.09 roundhouse.org.uk
Sounds New Canterbury  23.4.09 – 3.5.09 soundsnew.org.uk
Stag And Dagger London 21.5.09 staganddagger.com
Stag And Dagger Leeds, West Yorkshire 22.5.09 staganddagger.com
Stortford Music and Dance Festival  St Mary’s School, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire 2.5.09 – 3.5.09 stortfordmusicfestival.org.uk
Swaledale Festival  Yorkshire 23.5.09 v 16.6.09  swaledale-festival.org.uk
The Black Horse Festival The Black Horse, Telham, East Sussex 22.5.09 – 25.5.09  blackhorsemusicfestival.org.uk
The English Music Festival  Dorchester 22.5.09 – 25.5.09  englishmusicfestival.org.uk
The Firegathering Festival  nr. Horsham, West Sussex 22.5.09 – 24.5.09 firegathering.co.uk
The Gathering Tapeley Park, Instow, North Devon 2.5.09 – 3.5.09 anticearthworks.co.uk/thegathering.htm
The Great Escape Brighton, East Sussex 14.5.09 - 16.5.09 escapegreat.com
The Island 50 Festival The Shepherds Bush Empire, London 26.5.09 – 31.5.09  island50.com
The Red Festival Birmingham Barfly, Birmingham, West Midlands 19.4.09 barflyclub.com
The Third Degree Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Liverpool, Merseyside 20.4.09 – 2.5.09 lipa.ac.uk
Upton upon Severn Folk Festival Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire 1.5.09 – 4.5.09 uptonuponsevern.net
Wath Festival Montgomery Hall, Wath-Upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire 29.4.09 – 4.5.09 wathfestival.org.uk
Wood Braziers Park, Oxfordshire 15.5.09 – 17.5.09 tinyurl.com/wood09
Wychwood Music Festival  Cheltenham Racecourse 29.5.09 – 31.5.09  wychwoodfestival.com

Wales   
Berwyn Festival of Music Art and Food Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Llangollen 15.5.09 – 16.5.09 berwynfestival.co.uk
Fishguard Folk Festival Fishguard, Pembrokeshire 22.5.09 – 25.5.09  pembrokeshire-folk-music.co.uk
Llantilio Crossenny Festival of Music and Drama Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire 9.5.09 – 17.5.09 llantiliocrossenny.com
Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival The Mumbles, Swansea, Gower 1.5.09 – 4.5.09 mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

Scotland   
Big in Falkirk Festival  Callendar Park, Falkirk, Stirlingshire 2.5.09 – 3.5.09  biginfalkirk.com
Boat of Garten Summer Festival Boat of Garten, Inverness-shire 1.5.09 – 4.5.09 boatofgarten.com
Burns an’ a that! Ayr and Ayrshire 16.5.09 – 24.5.09 burns.visitscotland.com/festival/
Darvel ‘Homecoming’ Music Festival Darvel Town Hall, 10-12 West Main Street, Darvel 1.5.09 – 10.5.09 darvelmusicfestival.org
Fomecoming Irvine Beach Park, Ayrshire 2.5.09 – 3.5.09  tinyurl.com/homecomingirvinebeachpark
Hinterland  Glasgow 30.4.09 – 1.5.09 hinterlandfestival.com
Homegame  Anstruther, Fife 17.4.09 – 19.4.09  tinyurl.com/homegame09
Knockengorroch Festival  Knockengorroch Farm, Castle Douglas 21.5.09 – 23.5.09  knockengorroch.org.uk
Knockengorroch World Ceilidh Knockengorroch farm, Carsphairn, Kirkubrightshire 21.5.09 – 24.5.09 tinyurl.com/knockengorroch
Northern Roots Festival Bogbain Heather Farm, Inshes, Inverness-shire  3.5.09 – 5.4.09 bogbain.blogspot.com
Shetland Folk Festival  Shetland 30.4.09 – 3.5.09  shetlandfolkfestival.com
Stag And Dagger  Glasgow  23.5.09  
staganddagger.com