Folk by the Oak
Folk and roots music in the grounds of a Jacobean country house. The setting does most of the work; the line-up does the rest.
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"Pun-loving villagers craft dozens of scarecrows like Builder's Bum and The Crow Bar along a trail that funds the future-proofing of St Leonard's church."
Flamstead Scarecrow Festival
"On the first of October in this small Hertfordshire village, the leaves from Church Lane are swept onto the road so that an elderly man from the parish can roll down the lane and the children can shout after him, a custom so old and so eccentric that even the villagers are not entirely sure what it commemorates."
Braughing Old Man's Day
✦ Weird and Wonderful"The Hertfordshire Agricultural Competitions Association's annual ploughing match takes competitors to the chalk downland north of Royston each autumn, farming country that has been intensively worked for centuries but where the ploughing match keeps the older skills in regular use."
Hertfordshire Ploughing Match
"A Hertfordshire market town's CAMRA festival at the Rugby Club: three days, dozens of ales and ciders, and a town that always seemed like it ought to have a good beer festival."
Hitchin Beer and Cider Festival
"A long-running city folk weekend that fills the pubs with song, and by Saturday evening spills, quietly, into the streets."
St Albans Folk Festival
"A boutique one-day festival that turns a Hertfordshire village green, church and memorial hall into stages, hailed by the BBC Radio 2 Folk Show as one of the best little festivals in the country."
Kimpton Folk Festival
"Three days of music, ale, art and family on a Suffolk estate, famed for its premieres and firsts and a reputation as one of the best-loved folk weekends in the country."
FolkEast
"A whole Suffolk market town turns its churches, pubs and castle bailey into stages for a long weekend of folk where most of the music is free and open to all."
Bungay Folk Festival
"Sea shanty crews from across Britain take over five coastal venues, turning the harbour lanes of a tiny North Norfolk village into a roving maritime singalong all weekend."
Brancaster Staithe Sea Shanty Festival
"A small but perfectly formed music festival with a heart of folk spread across barns and an orchard on a working farm on the wild North Norfolk coast."
Deepdale Festival
"The whole of the old seaport town rings with hearty singing as shanty crews from around the world fill pubs, boats and historic buildings with songs of the sea."
Harwich International Shanty Festival
"Set in the antiques-village backdrop of Battlesbridge, this community bonfire night includes a Guy Fawkes-making workshop, giant bonfire lighting ceremony, and a professional fireworks display with free sparklers on entry."
Battlesbridge Annual Firework Spectacular