Folk Gigs from August 2026

Featuring the tubs, mind enterprises, fatboy slim, soulwax, groove armada, tricky, ninajirachi, swedish house mafia and more.

Folk rock elements appear in The Tubs’ sets, especially their acoustic-inflected material.

Warsaw Village Band’s Polish folk roots give the Polish Jazz Festival 2026 a strong folk thread in both London shows.

Folk-centred interest comes from @ bringing their folk-pop material to Lending Room Leeds in November 2026.

Folk rock colours The Tubs’ Brudenell Social Club set, adding a folk thread to ROO ROK.

Van Morrison’s British Airways Arc residency focuses on his contemporary and chamber folk songwriting across five nights.

Irish folk trio Amble bring contemporary folk songs to UK venues on the AMBLE UK 2026 tour.

Folk at O2 Academy Brixton comes from Amble’s Irish folk set and The Hu’s folk metal and folk rock show.

James Blake’s singer-songwriter side threads through his electronic shows at O2 Academy Brixton and SWG3 Galvanizers.

Rhiannon Giddens brings contemporary folk alongside americana and bluegrass to Albert Hall Manchester.

Folk and contemporary folk feature as Jim Ghedi plays a singer-songwriter set at The Attic.

Folk fans can catch Jim Ghedi’s contemporary folk and singer-songwriter set at The Attic Leeds in September 2026.

Folk at The Attic centres on Jim Ghedi’s contemporary folk date and Wendy Eisenberg’s experimental folk show.

Rhiannon Giddens brings contemporary folk alongside Americana, bluegrass and blues to Vicar St.

Cory Hanson brings folk pop and psychedelic folk to Brudenell Social Club Leeds.