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Folk legend Judy Collins tops artist list for Shrewsbury Folk Festival 2021

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Shrewsbury Folk
Festival has made its first major line-up announcement for 2021 after
managing to secure the majority of its performers from this year’s festival
that was postponed due to coronavirus.

Judy Collins

American folk legend, Judy Collins, globally acclaimed Galician piper Carlos Núñez, Lindisfarne, Show of Hands, Oysterband, The Lost Words: Spell Songs with Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis, Seckou Keita, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter, Jim Molyneux and illustrator Jackie Morris, Canadian folk rockers Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and The Young’uns are among the first names to be announced.

Also signed up so far are Stephen Fearing and The Sentimentals, the Seckou Keita Quartet, Moonlight Benjamin, Welsh super group Pendevig, sitar maestro Sheema Mukherjee (Imagined Village, Transglobal Underground), Zimbabwean group Black Umfolosi, American duo Truckstop Honeymoon, Colin Linden, Calan, The John Martyn Project – a musical tribute to the legendary singer songwriter and guitarist, The Trials of Cato, FOS Brothers, Kabantu, Will Pound’s A Day Will Come, Sisters of Elva Hill folk ballet, The Jellyman’s Daughter, The Boxwood Chessmen, Sherburn-Bartley-Sanders, Benji Kirkpatrick & The Excess, Sheelanagig, Tom Wilson, and Yorkston Thorne Khan.

Tickets
are already on sale for 2021 with music fans warned to book well in advance to
secure their tickets for the four-day festival from
August 27 to 30 at the West Mid Showground in Shrewsbury.

The festival
was awarded £93,000 as part of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund to
help with the on-going running costs as it plans its 2021 event and to
implement any necessary measures to ensure the safety of festivalgoers next
year.

Festival
Director Sandra Surtees said: “Being able to reveal such an exciting line-up
for 2021 is a huge milestone for us in what has been a very challenging year.
It’s giving us positivity for the future and something to look forward to. As
ever, there’s something for everyone including household names like Judy
Collins and Lindisfarne, alongside top folk and roots acts from the UK and some
brilliant world musicians too.

“We’re making plans to deliver a covid-secure
event where our festival family can enjoy the same fabulous Shrewsbury atmosphere
and be safe. It’s too early to predict what, if any, changes may be
necessary, but the size and flexibility of our site gives us lots of options.”

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