I asked Melinda to compile a list of Cornwall Festivals and musicians for this year's Celtic Invasion of Cornwall. Here's what she pulled together.
Festivals and Events
Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival
June 17 – 19 – Falmouth Cornwall
3 Wishes Faery Festival
June 17 – 19 – Mount Edgcumbe House & Country Park
Hawker House Festival
Dates – TBD – London
Street Food Vendors / Bars / DJs take over an abandoned warehouse each year
Stonehenge Summer Solstice
June 21
Will be VERY crowded
Glastonbury Festival
June 22 – 26 – Somerset
Music festival, all types of music and performances
Golowan Festival
June 23-28 – Cornwall, Penzance (really, most everywhere)
Summer Solstice celebrations
List of Artists to keep Eyes open for performances:
Accordionist Cailin
Based in London – traditional accordionist
Lord Strange
Based in London – traditional folk band
Oneills Hootenanny
Based in London – Ceilidh / Irish Folk Band
Reels on Wheels
Based in London – Ceilidh / Irish Folk Band
Sandragon
Based in London – Cailidh / Irish Folk Band
North London Cailidh and Barn Dance Band
Based in London – Cailidh / Irish Folk Band
The Banjo Guy
Based in Penzance, Cornwall – Cailidh / Irish Folk Band
Britains SouthEast Bagpiper
Based in London – Bagpiper
Kernow Pipe and Drums Society
Based in Kernow, Cornwall – Bagpipes – not yet booked for 2016
Julian Goodacre – Bagpipe Maker
Based in Cornwall – Makes Bagpipes and performs, no future engagements listed at this point
Fun Stuff:
Listing of Local Bands from Cornwall and all of Britain
Booking UK Bands
Listing of Falmouth Musicians
Bagpipe Society – sadly, the bagpipe blowout is the 3-5 June
