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Shrewsbury Folk Festival is an annual festival of folk and world music and traditional dance held in the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. It takes place over four days on and around the UK Late Summer bank holiday weekend (usually the last weekend in August). The first Shrewsbury festival was held in 2006, but it was a direct successor to the Bridgnorth Folk Festival, which was first held in 1997. The 2006 Shrewsbury event was staged at The Quarry, but in 2007 a move was made to the larger West Midlands Showground, where all subsequent festivals have been held. The festival is headed by festival directors Alan Surtees and Sandra Surtees who both started the Bridgnorth Folk Festival in 1997; the festival, projects and events that come under the 'Shrewsbury Folk Festival' banner are organised by Alan, Sandra and the small team who make up the committee. The festival's patrons are John Jones of Oysterband and Steve Knightley of Show of Hands (since 2011).〔Shrewsbury Folk Festival website, sourced 27 August 2013〕 Both Oysterband and Show of Hands have performed at the festival on more than one occasion. ==Artists who have appeared at Shrewsbury== Artists booked for the first Shrewsbury Folk Festival in 2006 included Seth Lakeman and the Doonan Family Band. The 2007 festival featured Paul Brady, Bellowhead, Show of Hands, Kate Rusby, Kerfuffle and 4Square.〔2007 Shrewsbury Folk Festival T-shirt and information from following years' programmes〕 Headline acts at the 2008 festival were Richard Thompson, The Duhks, Bellowhead, Oysterband, Lunasa and the Demon Barber Roadshow.〔2008 Shrewsbury Folk Festival official programme〕 The 2009 festival was notable for featuring artists who contributed to the Darwin Song Project, both collectively and individually, along with headlining acts Seth Lakeman, Eric Bibb, Show of Hands (supported by the Spooky Men's Chorale), the Dhol Foundation and The Proclaimers.〔2009 Shrewsbury Folk Festival official programme〕 2010 saw headlining appearances by Afro Celt Sound System, Bellowhead, Billy Bragg, Adrian Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds, Dervish, and the Michael McGoldrick Big Band.〔2010 Shrewsbury Folk Festival official programme〕 (Cara Dillon, although booked to play at the 2010 festival and featured in festival publicity, was unable to appear.) Headlining acts at the festivals since 2010 have been: 2011: The Imagined Village, Oysterband and special guests, Bellowhead, Show of Hands, Cara Dillon, 17 Hippies, Kepa Junkera Band and the Cecil Sharp Project.〔2011 Shrewsbury Folk Festival advance publicity leaflet〕 2012: Richard Thompson, Kate Rusby, Show of Hands, Dervish and Blowzabella.〔2012 Shrewsbury Folk Festival official programme〕 KT Tunstall, although booked, was unable to appear. Instead Stage 2 headliners The Treacherous Orchestra were promoted to headline the main stage on the final day and the festival was concluded by a "Folk Slam" organised at short notice by Jim Moray and featuring various artists and surprise guests, including Maddy Prior. The experiment was repeated at the 2013 festival and featured reprise performances by artists who had already played at the event. 2013: Afro Celt Sound System, Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Be Good Tanyas, Oysterband, Eddi Reader, Capercaillie, Nidi d'Arac, Heidi Talbot and special guests, and the Tim O'Brien Band.〔2013 Shrewsbury Folk Festival official programme〕 The festival was concluded by a special "Patrons' Set" featuring John Jones and Steve Knightley with special guests. 2014: Seth Lakeman, Dhol Foundation, Bellowhead, The Full English, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings and Steve Knightley`s Wake The Union, a special performance playing Show Of Hands` Wake The Union album featuring Lenny Podolak, Matt Gordan, Rex Preston & Miranda Sykes and Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin.〔http://shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/line-up/〕 The 2015 festival will include Kate Rusby, Oysterband, La Bottine Souriante and Sharon Shannon among others.〔nativemonster.com/music/top-names-for-shrewsbury-folk-festival〕 Other artists to have appeared at the festival since 2006 (some more than once) include: Crooked Still, Loudon Wainwright III, The Wailin' Jennys, Patrick Street, Kathryn Tickell Band, Rory McLeod, Steve Tilston, Richard Shindell, Lucy Kaplansky, Breabach, Genticorum, Jim Moray, Pete Morton, Karine Polwart, Megson, Mark Erelli, Caroline Herring, Jackie Oates, Lau, Chris Wood, Andy Cutting, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, Boo Hewerdine, Calan, John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett, Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Bella Hardy, Salsa Celtica, Peatbog Faeries, Les Barker, Sam Carter, Jon Boden and the Remnant Kings, Nic Jones and Martyn Joseph. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shrewsbury Folk Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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