Atlantic Sessions
Four free days of folk, bluegrass, americana and indie spread across the bars, coffee shops and hotels of two North Coast towns, now in its 16th year as Northern Ireland's most beloved winter music weekend.
Cottages, B&Bs and hotels near Portstewart, County Londonderry.
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"Northern Ireland's longest-running independent outdoor music and arts festival on a Causeway Coast farm, where eight stages in woodland and meadow give equal billing to grassroots acts and headline names at Chapter 16."
Stendhal Festival
"A classic Roe Valley agricultural show that packs cattle, sheep, equestrian rings, home industries and artisan food into a summer Saturday in one of Londonderry's most picturesque settings."
Limavady Show
"Nine days of ceilis, sheepdog trials, treasure hunts and the legendary Lurig Challenge Run in the Glens of Antrim, entirely community-run and ending with a full-street Irish dance finale."
Heart of the Glens Festival
"A week of traditional music and song under the Mourne Mountains by Carlingford Lough."
Fiddler's Green International Festival
"The original. Outdoor stages, Cherry Hinton Hall, world-class folk since 1965. The standard everything else is quietly measured against."
Cambridge Folk Festival
"Four days of roots, folk and rock music on a Hampshire farm near a medieval village, with headliners alongside comedy, theatre, storytelling and workshops in a festival that has won Best UK Festival for its relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere."
Wickham Festival
"A solar-powered green gathering in the woodlands of a West Norfolk estate, small enough that you know your campsite neighbours by Saturday night."
Harlequin Fayre
"A week of folk music, dance and song fills this Regency seaside town and its clifftop arena."
Sidmouth Folk Festival