The Moira Furnace Folk Festival

last updated: Mon 22nd Apr 2019

The Moira Furnace Folk Festival, started in 2009, and takes place annually in the National Forest at Moira Furnace in Derbyshire each August. The festival features some well known and talented main acts, plus local and national, up and coming artists.

Events take place on the green site of Moira Furnace as well as the Miners Welfare a few hundred metres from the main site. Sing arounds and Sessions take place at local pubs some 10 minutes walk from the main site.

Many tourist attractions are close to Moira including Conkers, the National Forest centre for recreation and hands on eco science as well as numerous country walks - dogs are allowed on site. There are tractor rides to various locations at the Festival as well as canal boat rides with musical entertainment on the picturesque Ashby Canal.