Balfolk events

April 2025
Thu 10 4:00 pm–Sun 13 4:00 pm Balfolk Ratisbonne €120-€160 Regensburg, Germany W balfolk
Dragon Flowers Feather and Fox GrandLoup Ormuz Trio Wolski
Fri 11 6:00 pm–Sun 13 11:59 pm Funambals €63-€69 Lyon, France W balfolk
Platane Talec Noguet Quartet La Chimère La Malène Duo Cavez-Paulson Hot Griselda Trencadit Poolidor Femti Fem Sorgues Ma Petite Tref
Fri 11 7:00 pm–Sun 13 6:30 pm Oxford Folk Festival £36 Oxford, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh
Banter Chaotic Good Trinculo Confluence Sheena Masson Charlotte Rich-Griffin Alison Rowley
Sat 12 10:00 am–Sun 13 8:00 pm Elfia Haarzuilens Haarzuilens, Netherlands W balfolk
Laouen Marie Paulette
Fri 18 6:30 pm–Mon 21 2:00 am ComSiBal Festival Boutersem, Belgium W balfolk
Tref Beat Bouet Trio JAM PT Feather and Fox Bal O'Gadjo Oraj La Sylva Tom & Aurélie Zlabya Dragon Flowers
Fri 25–Sun 27 Hadleigh French Weekend £70 Hadleigh, UK W balfolk
Bargainatt Tonik BOF! Tom & Emma Hardy
Fri 25 6:00 pm–Sun 27 6:00 pm Folkarria Eco Festi-bal €90-€125 Madrid, Spain W balfolk
Cosmos Chocolat Zlabya Delameseta Duo Niepold-Cutting Bal O'Gadjo L'air Inconnu
Fri 25 6:00 pm–Sun 27 5:00 pm New England Folk Festival (NEFFA) $85-$120 Marlborough, MA, USA W balfolk contra ECD scandi SCD
Roaring Jelly Joy Factor Kingfisher Torrent Confluence Festival Orchestra Not Enough Fiddles Live Wire Rum & Onions The Orphans Dogtown The Moving Violations Einstein's Little Homunculus Jump Start Sugar River Band Zarkadelphia Tabbies' Delight Chimney Swift Cojiro Melanie Axel-Lute Donna Hunt Maia McCormick Dereck Kalish Hannah Johlas Michael Karcher Lisa Greenleaf Chris Page Darlene Underwood Sue Rosen Ben Sachs-Hamilton Alex Deis-Lauby Jacob Bloom Bev Bernbaum Sue Gola Carl Levine Steve Zakon-Anderson Julian Blechner Harris Lapiroff Qwill Duvall
Wed 30 6:00 pm–Sun 4 May 6:00 pm Sofia (bal)Folk Weekend €90-€200 Sofia, Bulgaria W balfolk
Trio Divlya Arme de l'Etre Balfolkariya House Band
May 2025
Thu 1–Sun 4 BalSoleil 185 CHF Mogelsberg, Switzerland W balfolk
Biskaya Luca Fiorini La Bonne Soupe Livadari Dîjga Sol Do Zéphyr Combo Duo l'Hêtre Heureux GrandLoup Seelengesang
Fri 2–Mon 5 May Heydays at Evesham Evesham, UK W contra ECD balfolk
Box of Frogs Dampier's Round Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson Folkus Pocus Nicky McConkey Old Time Contra Band Knotted Chord Mollie & Dave Keeping Thyme The Twangtown Paramours Confluence Ygra Andrew Swaine Brian Stanton Burt Hunter Colin Hume Ivan Aitken Kathryn Wright David Wright Mark Elvins Mike Courthold Nicola Scott Nigel Close Rhodri Davies Seth Tepfer Ted Morse
Fri 9 10:00 am–Sun 11 11:59 pm BalMostFolk 450 PLN Kraków, Poland W balfolk
Le P'tit bal de Camille Valentin Barray Stefano Baldan Augustas Černiauskas Lucas Thébaut Le Driadi Kapela Odloty Oraj La Grosse Réveilleuse
Fri 9 7:30 pm–Sun 11 3:00 pm Holmfirth Festival of Folk £6-£10 Holmfirth, UK W balfolk English ceilidh
Wanton String Band John Brown
Fri 23 12:00 pm–Mon 26 11:55 pm Chippenham Folk Festival Chippenham, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh Irish céilí Irish set ECD
WillPower Hoik! Bruce Rosen Pair of Shears Double Dichotomy Sawney White Bird Momentum Bluejay Sarah Matthews & Doug Eunson Crowdy-Kit Definitely Contraband Vic Smith & Friends Audrey Jaber Ali Messer Portmanteau Hinny & Joe Wass Sue Rosen Brooke Friendly Andrew Swaine Charlie Turner Bob Morgan Mark Elvins Emily Bidgood Bernie Culkin Rhi Davies Frances Oates Carol Monaghan Kevin Monaghan Geoff Cubitt John Stewart Susannah Diamond
Wed 28–Sun 1 June Tanz und Verbindung €90-€130 Waldheim, Germany W balfolk
Thu 29 2:00 pm–Sun 1 June 4:00 am Festival Balilas Janzé, France W balfolk
Accordzéâm Cocanha La Bachule Zef Clica Drona L'Équipe Le Grand Barouf Eris Ducasse Skavidra Masca Son Arquèthi Mamouette L'air Inconnu Escarteen Sisters
Fri 30 12:00 pm–Sun 1 June 3:00 pm Musik- und Tanzfest Krebsow, Germany W balfolk
Fri 30 1:00 pm–Sun 1 June 4:00 pm Dafodil Diest, Belgium W balfolk
Fyndus Aïe Mon Pied! Tralala Lovers Duo De Schepper-Sanczuk Zéphyr Combo Feather and Fox Thalas Maarten Decombel & Toon Van Mierlo Akleja Rudemà Naragonia
June 2025
Fri 6 7:00 pm–Sun 8 10:00 pm Les Trad'Yvresses Le Mans, France W balfolk
Fri 6 6:00 pm–Sun 8 6:00 pm Bal-Curious Burneside, UK W balfolk
Fri 6 9:00 pm–Mon 9 9:00 pm RenoFolk Festival Bologna, Italy W balfolk Italian
Karamaus Ududu Le Mange Bal Jam.PT Matrioske Terroir Collapse Nasyikat Musicanti d'la Bása Tref Duo Vargoz Baìa Trio Ormuz
Wed 18 6:00 pm–Sun 22 4:30 pm Folk Weekend Mattstedt Apolda, Germany W balfolk
Thu 19 12:00 pm–Sun 22 11:45 pm Numinosum Festival: Midsummer Night Liw, Poland W balfolk Polish
Sat 21–Sun 22 Midzomer Fair Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands W balfolk
Fri 27 4:00 pm–Mon 30 4:00 pm Dañserlà Erlangen, Germany W balfolk
Fri 27 8:00 pm–Sun 29 8:00 pm Bals et Roses €50-€70 Florenville, Belgium W balfolk
Hartwin Dhoore Trio The Crew Oraj Solia Stoemp La Voivrelle La Vielha Topette Boulas Rio Quartet Emily & The Simons Noiranomis Threo Duo Niepold-Cutting
July 2025
Fri 4–Sun 6 Gooikoorts Gooik, Belgium balfolk
Embrun Warmoes
Sun 6 8:00 pm–Sun 13 1:00 pm Folk dance summer school @AKDT €315 Grandvoir, Belgium W balfolk
Mon 7–Fri 12 Gran Bal Trad (Vialfre) Vialfre, Italy W balfolk Irish set Italian ECD scandi
August 2025
Fri 1–Fri 8 Sidmouth Folk Festival £320-£495 Sidmouth, UK W English ceilidh contra ECD SCD balfolk scandi Irish set Irish céilí
Alex Cumming & Audrey Jaber Box of Frogs Confluence Contrasaurus Paul Hutchinson & Matt Norman Oscina WillPower Brian Stanton Carol Monaghan Kevin Monaghan Louise Siddons Rachel Shapiro-Wallace Rhodri Davies
Mon 11–Sun 17 Family Week $850-$1500 Poland, ME, USA W balfolk contra ECD
Wed 13–Sun 17 Bal Focus 2900-3700 CZK Šumperk, Czechia W balfolk
Thu 14 4:35 pm–Sat 16 11:59 pm FESTI'FOLK free Lambesc, France W balfolk
Coriandre La Talvera Castanha e Vinovel Tchachao Folk You Bodegam bal Sors le mains d'tes poches
Wed 20 8:00 pm–Mon 25 12:00 am Boombalfestival Lovendegem, Belgium W balfolk
Topette
Fri 22 2:00 pm–Mon 25 6:00 pm Shrewsbury Folk Festival £199.24-£246.85 Shrewsbury, UK W balfolk contra English ceilidh
Demon Barbers Emily & The Simons Frog on a Bike GloryStrokes Hoik Lasair Naragonia Quartet National Youth Folk Ensemble Oysterband PolkaWorks Queer Folk Ross Grant & Hartwin Dhoore
September 2025
Thu 4 4:00 pm–Sun 7 2:00 am Simmelfolk €99-€150 Simmelsdorf, Germany W balfolk
Fri 5–Sun 7 South Folk Festival Balingen, Germany W balfolk
Fri 12 6:00 pm–Sun 14 11:45 pm 32e Folk Festival Marsinne Marsinne, Belgium W balfolk
Fri 19 6:00 pm–Sun 21 6:00 pm 5ème Festival des Bals Combiers Lausanne, Switzerland W balfolk
Fri 26–Sun 28 Adirondack Dance Weekend Silver Bay, NY, USA W balfolk contra ECD
River Road Lighthouse Eloise & Co. Gaye Fifer Will Mentor
Fri 26 12:00 pm–Sun 28 12:00 am Infinitumbal Vilnius, Lithuania W balfolk
Sat 27–Sun 28 Kurs: Tänze aus Frankreich Kirchheim, Germany W balfolk
October 2025
Fri 10 4:30 pm–Sun 12 7:30 pm NAIF Balfolk Festival Sorrento, Italy W balfolk Italian
Thu 23 6:00 pm–Sun 26 7:00 pm CaDansa Steenwijk, Netherlands W balfolk
November 2025
Fri 7 5:00 pm–Sun 9 5:00 pm Skint £23-£53 Ashover, UK W balfolk scandi
Fri 7 7:00 pm–Sun 9 5:30 pm 11e Nuit Trad'Actuelle Troyes, France balfolk
Fri 14 3:00 pm–Mon 17 10:00 am Balfolk weekend Intensive 2025 €275-€350 Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk
December 2025
Sat 6–Sun 7 Midwinter Fair Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands W balfolk
January 2026
Fri 9 4:00 pm–Mon 12 10:00 am What the Trad?! - Weekender Nijmegen, Netherlands W balfolk
October 2026
Fri 9–Sun 11 Electric Folk Dance Party Hope, UK balfolk contra English ceilidh
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