Kate Rusby, and Jon Boden lead first acts for Gate To Southwell Festival

plus Le Vent du Nord, The East Pointers, The Ooks of Hazzard, Megson, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Mon 17th Oct 2016

Gate To Southwell Festival 2017

Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th June 2017
Southwell Racecourse, Racecourse Road, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, NG25 0TS, England MAP
£125 including camping on Thursday + booking fee

Daily capacity: 3,000

Headliners Kate Rusby, and former Bellowhead frontman Jon Boden lead the first acts announced for the line-up for the 10th Southwell Folk Festival which takes place from Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th June 2017 in and around the Minster town of Southwell.

The line-up next year will also include Le Vent du Nord, The East Pointers, The Ooks of Hazzard, Megson, Mallorcan band BOC, Chris Smither, and Whitley Bay female collective She Shanties.

Following the great success of this year’s on-stage gathering to mark Bob Dylan’s 75th birthday – Jim Moray will return to curate a flower-powered 50th anniversary celebration of 1967’s Summer Of Love, the original blooming of the American underground hippy movement.

These are just the first of over 50 artists booked for 2017 with negotiations underway to book more major acts soon.

For the line-up details as available see the Southwell Folk Festival line-up page.

Weekend tickets (Friday to Sunday), Weekend Extra (to include Thursday) are available now, and Day tickets will be available at a later date.

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An adult weekend ticket is priced at £85 plus camping or weekend extra (to inc Thurs) £100. A youth weekend (aged 12 - 18 years) no camping ticket is priced at £47. Youth camping is an additional £10. A family (2 Adults and 2 Youths) weekend extra ticket including Thursday camping is priced at £255.

A campervan pass is priced at £5.

Prices do not include booking fees.

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