Folk Gigs from September 2026
Featuring mind enterprises, fatboy slim, soulwax, groove armada, tricky, ninajirachi, swedish house mafia, zara larsson and more.
Sun, Sep 27 - Union Chapel London
Polish Jazz Festival 2026 London
Warsaw Village Band’s Polish folk roots give the Polish Jazz Festival 2026 a strong folk thread in both London shows.
Sun, Sep 27 - Brudenell Social Club Leeds
NEW RELEASES
Folk-centred interest comes from @ bringing their folk-pop material to Lending Room Leeds in November 2026.
Sun, Sep 27 - Brudenell Social Club Leeds
ROO ROK NEW RELEASES OUT THIS WEEK
Folk rock colours The Tubs’ Brudenell Social Club set, adding a folk thread to ROO ROK.
Sun, Sep 27 - De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill-on-Sea
death cab for cutie - I Built You A Tower Tour
Indie folk elements in Death Cab For Cutie’s songs thread through these I Built You A Tower UK shows.
Sun, Sep 27 - Brudenell Social Club Leeds
BOO DOO NEW RELEASES
Folk strands run through Jake Xerxes Fussell and Shovel Dance Collective within BOO DOO NEW RELEASES.
Sun, Sep 27, Mon, Sep 28 - THE ACADEMY Dublin 1
Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey Holy Holy featuring Glenn Gregory The Final Tour A Celebration of Bowie
Holy Holy bring folk-inflected indie rock to Dublin’s Academy and Belfast’s Limelight 1 in September 2026.
Sun, Sep 27 - Brudenell Social Club Leeds
ROOR New Releases
Folk and indie folk run through Nadia Reid’s NCEM date and Shovel Dance Collective’s Brudenell Social Leeds finale.
Sun, Sep 27 - The Wedgewood Rooms Southsea
The Songs Of Joni Mitchell
Indie folk elements from Jesca Hoop frame The Songs Of Joni Mitchell show in Portsmouth.
Mon, Sep 28 - British Airways Arc
Van Morrison 5 Night Residency
Van Morrison’s British Airways Arc residency focuses on his contemporary and chamber folk songwriting across five nights.
Mon, Sep 28 - Octagon Sheffield
AMBLE UK 2026
Mon, Sep 28 - Octagon Sheffield
AMBLE UK 2026
Irish folk trio Amble bring contemporary folk songs to UK venues on the AMBLE UK 2026 tour.
Mon, Sep 28 - O2 Academy Brixton London
O2 Academy Brixton
Folk at O2 Academy Brixton comes from Amble’s Irish folk set and The Hu’s folk metal and folk rock show.
Mon, Sep 28 - O2 Academy Brixton London
O2 Academy Brixton
Folk at O2 Academy Brixton comes via Amble’s Irish folk show and The Hu’s folk metal and folk rock in October 2026.
Mon, Sep 28 - Octagon Sheffield
AMBLE - Love And All Its Wares
Irish folk trio Amble headline all dates on the Love And All Its Wares UK tour from 2026 to 2027.
Mon, Sep 28 - Exchange Bristol
Francis Of Delirium
Francis Of Delirium blend alternative folk and indie rock at Exchange Bristol on 28 September 2026.
Mon, Sep 28 - YES (The Basement) Manchester
Cory Hanson
Cory Hanson brings his folk pop and psychedelic folk songwriting to YES (The Basement) in Manchester.
Tue, Sep 29 - O2 Academy Brixton London
james blake
James Blake’s singer-songwriter side threads through his electronic shows at O2 Academy Brixton and SWG3 Galvanizers.
Tue, Sep 29 - Albert Hall Manchester
RHIANNON GIDDENS
Rhiannon Giddens brings contemporary folk alongside americana and bluegrass to Albert Hall Manchester.