There is a new Folk Festival starting this year in Edale (in the Peak District National Park), running from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th May.
Acts include:
The Destroyers
Bella Hardy Trio
Kris Drever & Eamonn Coyne
The Old Dance School
Joe Broughton's Conservatoire Folk Ensemble
Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts
Jack McNeill & Charlie Heys
David Gibb & Elly Lucas
The Top Shelalas
Plus lots more
There will also be a ceilidh, art & craft workshops and writing workshops. There will also be readings from local writers such as former Derbyshire Poet Laureate River Wolton, Kathy Towers (winner of the 2011 Seamus Heaney Poetry prize), and Mark Wallington who will be reading from his new book about his ukelele tour of Britain's 'open mic' events.