FOLK ON THE DOCK 2020

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NEW DATES ANNOUNCED FOR 2019

Almost 87,000 visitors attended Royal Albert Dock Liverpool’s Folk On The Dock festival over this year’s August Bank Holiday weekend. The third iteration of the event was a great success, with organisers already gearing up for 2019, when Folk On The Dock will move...

MICHAEL HEAD LAUNCHES FOLK ON THE DOCK FESTIVAL IN LIVERPOOL

Folk On The Dock producers Fit The Bill have chosen Liverpool legend Michael Head to launch this year’s folk, roots and acoustic music festival with an exclusive, ticketed performance at the Museum of Liverpool on Friday 24thAugust 2018. Once described by the New...

HEADLINERS ANNOUNCED FOR FOLK ON THE DOCK 2018

In association with Royal Albert Dock Liverpool, Folk On The Dock producers Fit The Bill have announced the first headline acts confirmed for this year’s folk, roots and acoustic music festival that will take place from 25th until the 27th August 2018. Grammy...

TAKE A STAND INITIATIVE

Take A Stand is a joint initiative by Yourope, the association of European music festivals and its partners. They are the creators and distributors of European music and culture and their activities are aimed at bringing people together, with the intention to relate...

KEYCHANGE INITIATIVE

Keychange is an international campaign which invests in emerging female talent whilst encouraging festivals to sign up to a 50:50 gender balance pledge by 2022. Keychange is led by PRS Foundation, supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, in...

RECORD NUMBER OF ARTIST APPLICATIONS

The annual Liverpool music festival Folk On The Dock, has attracted a record number of applicants through the ‘Apply To Play’ section on the festival’s website www.folkonthedock.com Over 600 singer-songwriters have submitted their music, hoping to be included in the...

FOLK ON THE DOCK FULL PROGRAMME 2018

Liverpool’s International Festival of

Folk, Roots and Acoustic Music

24th, 25th, 26th & 27th AUGUST 2018 ALBERT DOCK LIVERPOOL

Folk on The Dock is a folk, roots and acoustic music festival that celebrates the role that Liverpool’s waterways have played in exporting and importing music around the world. Now in its third year, it is continuing to expand from its base at the spectacular Royal Albert Dock Liverpool. With over ten stages and 200 artistes performing annually, this urban festival is attracting music lovers and performers from all over the world. Also incorporating the Liverpool Shanty Festival with music on boats around the water’s edge, the contemporary Dock Stage is hosted by the legendary Janice Long. Previous artists performing at Folk On The Dock include Blair Dunlop, Wildwood Kin, The Christians, Moulettes, Lee Southall, Gilmore & Roberts and Henry Priestman. In 2018 a new venue will be added to the August Bank Holiday festival programme with a fantastic, ticketed launch event with a headline artist on Friday 24th August, in the stunning Museum of Liverpool.