Full-line up for Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2025 announced with Holy Moly & The Crackers and Oysterband
The Shrewsbury Folk Festival is back - and its full line-up is bringing the best in the industry together for a long weekend of music and celebration.
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The popular festival will be taking place on August Bank Holiday weekend (August 23 - 25) promising four music stages, a dedicated dance tent with an extensive line-up of ceilidhs, dances, workshops and shows.
Organisers had previously announced headliners Levellers, Oysterband, who will be playing their final UK festival, Skerryvore, Martha Wainwright and a special Scottish focus featuring artists such as Dougie MacLean and Blazin’ Fiddles.
Now joining them are Newcastle folk rockers Holy Moly & The Crackers, who are coming out of their hiatus for a one-off festival exclusive show on Saturday, August 23.
The festival will also host two performances of This Flight Tonight – The Songs of Joni Mitchell on Friday, August 22 and Saturday. August 23.
Completing the 2025 bill are world music trio Touki and Sam Kelly & Jamie Francis, both appearing on Monday, August 25.
Festival director Sandra Surtees said the festival was bucking the nationwide downturn being experienced by many events and experiencing an unprecedented demand for tickets this year.
Sandra said: “We haven’t seen tickets selling at this rate since before the covid pandemic, which is reassuring for us at a time when many other festivals taking a year out or folding due to the financial challenges our industry is facing
“We’re not immune to those challenges but our reputation for delivering a world class music event, albeit with a relaxed and friendly vibe, seems to be standing us in good stead.
“People know that they can come for the whole weekend and our ticket price covers everything bar food and drink so it’s exceptional value for money for four days. We also introduced a monthly payment plan this year so it’s really helped audiences to commit and buy tickets early.”
The Shrewsbury Folk Festival has been a beloved calendar event for Shropshire since it first launched in 2006. It combines a fantastic line-up of folk, world music and Americana and slick production for a long weekend like no other.
Day and weekend tickets are now on sale via the official Shrewsbury Folk Festival website, starting from just £47.
