We’ll be back again on the May Bank Holiday in 2018 for more music and merriment. 4th-6th May.  

We’ve now got very limited camping space available on Todmorden Cricket Club, 5 minutes from the centre of town and no more than 10 minutes walk from any of the festival venues! You can bring your own tent, or we can even provide you with a Vango tent and put it up for you to… Continue reading Camping available – we’ll even provide you with a tent, AND put it up for you!!

Here it is, not even hot off the press yet!!

take an adventure in to the park and find an old local tale lost in the woods. Discover a world where you can change yourself into any animal, track the signs of our local witch magic and connect with your natural surroundings. Join us for a guided sound walk with storytelling, music and hidden noises… Continue reading First commission announced! Tod Festival Folklore Explore.

We’ve now got tickets onsale for all of the individual events over the festival weekend. Just go to our tickets page. You’ll find the artists for each event listed there too and more details on almost all of them on our line-up page. Keep an eye on the Dance Teams page to as we add… Continue reading Individual event tickets now online!

We are pleased to announce that the winner of our battle of the bands competition was local singer songwriter Magdalen Bath. Magdalen will join us to open the Saturday night concert of the 2017 festival alongside Lady Maisery. Congratulations Magdalen! Thanks to Isaac Hayes-Dennis and Chasen (Nicole Caddick and Holly Smith) for also performing on… Continue reading Magdalen Bath – Battle of the Bands winner!

Todmorden Folk Festival is looking for young talented musicians to perform at the headline concert of our 2017 festival. MC EDWINA HAYES!! Applications have now closed and we are excited to announce that the performers will be Isaac (Isaac Hughes-Dennis) Chasen (Holly Smith and Nicole Caddick) Magdalen Bath The evening will also feature a support… Continue reading Battle of the Bands

We’ve started bookings for 2017 and they are all on our line-up page. We’ve had some great acts over last 2 years and looking forward to the next one!