NEW FOREST FOLK FESTIVAL 2025

Hi Paul Johnson here……well….

THAT WARM, FAMILIAR, COMFY, FRIENDLY SUMMERTIME FEELING…. IS HERE AGAIN THE SUN IS OUT
THE FLOWERS ARE OUT
THE FIELDS ARE GREEN AND LUSH
THE ACTS ALL BOOKED AND RARING TO GO

SO DO YOU FANCY A MUSIC WEEKEND AWAY IN THE BEAUTIFUL NEW FOREST?

THE NEW FOREST FOLK FESTIVAL REACHES ITS 13th YEAR 2 – 6 JULY 2025

The New Forest Folk Festival – is brill so what’s not to like?

In this ever more worrying and changing world we live in – it’s so nice, and equally very important to have some stability. Some familiarity a sort of ‘safe zone’ a place, an event or a gathering where you know there will be no changes, no dramas just a relaxing gathering. Somewhere to enjoys others company, with some wonderful music to boot…. and that’s not just the main stage acts – there’s so much more going on around the New Forest Folk Festival site.

That’s what’s lovely about The New Forest Folk Festival isn’t it surely?

I think so – I’ve been going to this delightful little festival for a number of years now and I love the familiarity of it, I like its style, its atmosphere and its friendliness.

It really is the little festival with the big names!
To quote a great song writer (Justin Sullivan) “Nothing changes round here very much” … and that’s what people love about the New Forest Folk Festival.

All the wheels just ’work’ it just ‘runs’ that’s all down to the brilliant Curtis family and the excellent team around them who organise this calm friendly laid back festival every year… so if you haven’t sampled this yet and you want a sense of ‘belonging’ a warm fuzzy welcoming feel then I can only suggest you get yourself some tickets and join the people in the know who know.. and me from folking.com at this years New Forest Folk Festival.

 

But don’t just take my word for it.. here I caught up with the lovely and probably busiest working multi instrumentalist… in the world ever – Marion Fleetwood
where we sing the festivals praises and get a little insight in to the ‘Marion Fleetwood world’ and what a delightful world that is…. 

I also got to talk to Tom Chapman of the stunning ‘Urban Folk Quartet’ otherwise known as UFQ to hear his views of this forthcoming summer season of music…..and the legend that is… Rod Clements from Lindisfarne…

Listen here…

Marion Fleetwood

Rod Clements – Lindisfarne

Tom Chapman – Urban Folk Quartet

Thank you for listening and reading my feature on The New Forest Folk Festival

Me.. in action with my band ‘Shanakee’. [Never one to miss an opportunity, eh, Paul?  – Ed]

Cheers

See ya down the road.. Paul Johnson …

The rest of the line up the Line up speaks for itself……

https://www.newforestfolkfestival.co.uk/index.html

Lindisfarne – Skipinnish – Ralph McTell
Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Folk Ensemble
TRADarrr – Deborah Bonham Band – Track Dogs
The Longest Johns – The Young’uns – Ruth Angel Trio
Phil Beer Solo – Reg Meuross – Mad Dog Mcrea
Jim Cregan Acoustic – Chris Leslie – Honey & The Bear
Joshua Burnell Band –  Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies Banter – UFQ Ken Nicol & Wendy Ross Matt Black – Southampton Ukulele Jam

Beer Tent from 6.30pm Wednesday
18.30 Barbeque
19.30 King Johns Morris Men
20.00 King Johns Morris Men
20.30 Session run by King Johns

Woodland Fringe Workshops
Thursday – Sunday.  Start daily 8.30am
Woodland Fringe
Singarounds & Poetry

Thursday – Sunday.  Start daily 10am

MAIN STAGE – Thurs / Fri / Sat / Sun
Approximate Times

THURSDAY

11.00 Mortlake
12.00 Graham Bushell & Mo Thomas
13.00 Still Standing
14.00 Ribble
15.00 Katie Grace Harris
16.00  Break for 75 minutes
17.15 Lost Post
18.15 Murphy’s Lore Trio
19.15 Flaxen Hill
20.15 The Curst Sons
21.30 Matt Black

FRIDAY

12.00 Ken Nicol & Wendy Ross
12.55 Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies
13.50 Jim Cregan Acoustic
15.00 Mad Dog Mcrea
16.00  Break for 90 minutes
17.30 Phil Beer Solo
18.45 Ruth Angel Trio
20.05 TRADarrr
21.45 Skipinnish

SATURDAY

12.00 Southampton Ukulele Jam
12.55 Chris Leslie
13.50 Banter
15.00 Joshua Burnell Band
16.00  Break for 90 minutes
17.30 Reg Meuross
18.50 The Young’uns
20.10 The Longest Johns
21.30 Lindisfarne

SUNDAY

12.00 Matt Black
12.55 Honey & The Bear
13.50 UFQ
15.00 Deborah Bonham Band
16.00  Break for 90 minutes
17.30 Ralph McTell
18.50 Track Dogs
20.30 Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Folk Ensemble

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