Holmfirth Festival of Folk 2026

Friday, May 8th to Sunday May 10th

Why come to Holmfirth Festival of Folk?

Holmfirth is a small pennine town which comes to life during the Festival of Folk. There has been a folk festival in Holmfirth for more than 40 years. 2026 will be the 48th! We pride ourselves on producing a community based festival involving schools, local talent, most businesses in the town and, of course, a small band of volunteers. Our income is tiny compared to most festivals on the circuit and comes mainly from sponsorship, grants, public collections and ticket sales.

The Festival isn’t just about concerts (DETAILS OF WHICH ARE BELOW), it’s also about Community involvement and fun. We will have a wonderful Schools concert , street theatre, lots of dancing and performances by local groups. The Parish and the Methodist Churches are important venues who, kindly, host events and activities.

​Other parts of Holmfirth festival of Folk are our fringes. We have our Family Fringe of street theatre, family friendly events and activities,  and, of course, our Musical Fringe where town centre venues such as The Nook, O’Briens Bottle Shop, Taphouse, The Elephant and Castle, The PostCard, The Old Bridge, Ten-14 and Cooper’s Yard host artistes.  For a free Family Fringe Timetable, click HERE

Fingers crossed that we have our Fringe artist line-up finalised ! Expect to see; a great variety of talent 

Once again, we demonstrate that “Folk” is a broad church to be enjoyed by everyone. You will be able to listen to gypsy jass, blues, rockabilly, acappella, indie, country, english folk, irish folk, punk folk – you name it and it’s very likely covered.

Best not to try to compartmentalise

Best just to enjoy !​

Holmfirth Festival of Folk offers a wide variety of workshops and opportunities to get involved for children and adults alike. Come and try your hand at something new or get the opportunity to develop skills you already have. Join in with everything from ukuleles to morris dancing or come and join in one of our folk clubs and have a sing around. Find out some of the ways you can get involved.  check out the “Spoken Word” event in Sids Cafe on Saturday (early) evening.

Tickets are available from our website https://holmfirth-festival-of-folk.sumupstore.com/    (+
£1 booking fee)  or via Wegottickets (+ 10% booking fee)– links below

Weekend tickets https://wegottickets.com/f/16032

Friday 8th May

Eurobal Jo Veal and Anna Pack https://wegottickets.com/event/690556
Heisk https://wegottickets.com/event/690553

Saturday 9th May
Jaywalkers https://wegottickets.com/event/690558
Clive Gregson and the Hayes Sisters https://wegottickets.com/event/690584
Teatime – Reuben & the Bridge, Greg Brice, Atlas Bridge https://wegottickets.com/event/690822
Ceilidh with Powerhouse https://wegottickets.com/event/690560

Sunday 10th May
Christina Alden & Alex Patterson https://wegottickets.com/event/690565
Old Man Pie https://wegottickets.com/event/690567