News of the 2024 Northgate Folk Festival.

Northgate Folk Festival, the North West’s new experimental and contemporary folk all-dayer, makes its much anticipated return.

Presented by Choir of Outsiders, Northgate Folk Festival champions forward-thinking artists forging their own paths in traditional music. From haunting originals to full-blooded reworkings of centuries-old work-songs; the event will once again showcase the new wave of acts who embody the genre’s ever-evolving nature.

Stick In The Wheel ✶ Nick Hart ✶ Frankie Archer ✶ Goblin Band ✶ Mary Elizabeth Remington
✶ Craven ✶ Brown Wimpenny ✶ Caitlin Gilligan ✶ Seb Stone ✶ Rosie Brownhill ✶ Stone Club DJs
Plus Dance Displays from Molly No-Mates ✶ Kinnerton Morris Men ✶ Clerical Error

East London outfit Stick In The Wheel speak of contemporary issues of class, using multi-layered sonic palettes to deeply reflect hidden histories, told with a razor-sharp authenticity. Another act who is quickly becoming known for shaking up genres and traditions, challenging perspectives and calling for a fairer future is Frankie Archer – the rising electrofolk iconoclast has been featured on ‘Later… With Jools Holland’ and recently supported The Last Dinner Party. Nick Hart is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist who recalls “the very best English roots singers” (Mike Harding) of yesteryear.

Mary Elizabeth Remington from Massachusettswill play compositions from her “startling folk debut” (MOJO), which features contributions from Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker & James Krivchenia. Goblin Band are like no one else on the scene, they strive to make a space for new audiences to experience traditional music in a manner which is both riotously joyful and deeply sincere.

Eleven-piece Brown Wimpenny appear alongside Cardiff/Stroud based queer folk band Craven, who effortlessly mine ancient ballads for contemporary meanings. Elsewhere, Scottish folk musician Caitlin Gilligan will bring her bare-boned, poetically-crafted songs to proceedings; master piper, whistle player and performer Seb Stone is sure to “engage his audience with the air of a storyteller far past his early twenties” (Tradfolk); and multi-instrumentalist Rosie Brownhill will open with her gorgeous pastoral compositions. Stone Club are widely known for celebrating the “enigmatic relationship between ancient stone monuments, folklore and music” (Shindig!) and we’re absolutely delighted to have them soundtracking the festival.

Nestled within the city’s ancient Roman Walls, last year’s lineup included Brìghde Chaimbeul, Shovel Dance
Collective, The Gentle Good, Milkweed, Jennifer Reid and more, and the second edition boasts an equally
unmissable bill of exploratory talent.

Ticket link here

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