Vieux Farka Toure, Natty, Mokoomba, & more for Musicport 2018

first acts announced for October's indoor world music festival

By Neil Greenway | Published: Mon 19th Mar 2018

Musicport 2018

Friday 19th to Sunday 21st October 2018
Whitby Pavilion, The Spa, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 3EN, England MAP
adult weekend £125

Daily capacity: 1,000

The first acts have been revealed for the annual autumn indoor world music event Musicport Festival takes place with around 50 acts on 5 stages at Whitby Pavilion, North Yorkshire, from Friday 19th until Sunday 21st October 2018.

From around the world and the UK the confirmed acts are Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Natty (UK), Mokoomba (Zimbabwe), Dobet Gnahore (Ivory Coast), Destyn Maloya Band (Reunion), Erna Chimu (Namibia), Kolonien (Sweden), Leveret (UK), The Whiskey Priests, O'Hooley & Tidow, Andreas Tophoj & Rune Barslund (Denmark), Ye Vagabonds (Ireland), Blackbeard's Tea Party, The Angel Brothers, Edwina Hayes, Rikki & Dalila Thomas-Martinez (Spain/UK), Kitty & Jack (USA), and Paddy Garrigan & The Stroller Priests.

Tickets for Musicport are on sale for £105 ...

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... or Musicport are offering a bargain ticket for the October festival together with a ticket for their new and much more intimate 4-day festival Musicport On The Moors Festival at Goathland (4th -7th May ‘18 - tickets £100) for £170 - a saving of £35.

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