Taking turns in the limelight across a series of shows in UK and Ireland from September-November, among the headliners are experimental folk-duo Milkweed. Fresh from the release of acclaimed ‘album of the year’ contender Remscéla -   inspired by Irish Epic the Táin Bó Cúailnge - the band are marking themselves as a must-see live act. Their second tour of 2025 follows plaudits from The Guardian, The Times, MOJO, The Quietus, and CRACK.

Also arriving with original material - via a Bob Dylan tribute act that’s hitting the main stage at Green Man Festival this summer - Spitzer Space Telescope (AKA Dan MacDonald) was born and raised in St John, Michigan, spending a decade travelling across America and Europe before settling in England to bellow out his charismatic folk charms, and recalling the classics of The Clancy Brothers and Pete Seeger.

Taking traditional English folk songs that date back as far back as the 17th century, Queer-folk quartet Goblin Band are rewriting the rulebook. Re-contextualising timeless, much-journeyed songs for the travails of contemporary society and the realities of the contemporary queer experience, expect a bulk of boundless, escapist joy too. In the words of folk legend Martin Carthy, “They go back to versions that we were too snotty to touch and they turn them into stomps!".

Also reeling out a singular take on the folk tradition are expansive 11-piece ensemble Brown Wimpenny from South Manchester. Celebrated by The Quietus for the “energy, eccentricity, communion and joy” inherent to their raucous and powerful live shows, this group of young musicians,  elsewhere involved in various, classical, experimental,  contemporary noise, post-punk and electronic projects, have converged on traditional music for its beauty and possibility.

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