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Furness Tradition

Website https://furnesstradition.org.uk/

Furness Tradition was formed in 1997/8 to put on a festival. Furness Tradition is run entirely by volunteers who aim to promote awareness of, and participation in the folk music traditions of Cumbria, especially Furness. As well as running workshops in schools and the community, and organising an annual festival in mid-July each year, a core part of our aims is to collect items from our cultural heritage, oral or written. New members and friends are always welcome.

Categories: Entertainment, Voluntary

Events from this organiser

Today

  • Rachael McShane

    Rachael McShane and the Cartographers

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    Urswick Recreation Hall 15 Church Road, Great Urswick, Ulverston, Cumbria, United Kingdom

    Rachael McShane is a renowned folk singer, cellist, fiddle & viola player and an original member of the award-winning folk big band Bellowhead. Together with the exceptional talents of guitarist Ian Stephenson (Kan, Baltic Crossing), and melodeon player Julian Sutton (Kathryn Tickell, Sting) they are The Cartographers. Their music is a powerful blend of traditional ... Read more

  • Raving rock

    Mike Willoughby’s Raving Rock “Contact Rock”

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    Aldingham Parish Hall Scales, Ulverston, Cumbria, United Kingdom

    Fund raiser for Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team. Raving Rock members Mike Willoughby (lead vocals and guitar) Rick Middleton (bass guitar and vocals) and Ben McCabe (drums and vocals) have played together for well over two decades in the popular Cumbrian roots band Striding Edge. They make music together as tight as a bowline ... Read more

  • The long way home

    Dave Camlin and Jessie McMeekin

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    Ford Park Ford Park, Ulverston, Cumbria, United Kingdom

    “The Long Way Home” A journey in story and song around Cumbria’s Celtic connections. "Where do you come from? Yes, but where do you really come from?" Join Jessie McMeekin and Dave Camlin for an evening of stories and songs exploring the enduring power of place. They’ll weave a magical odyssey uniting Cumbria’s neolithic heritage ... Read more

  • Winter gathering

    Winter Gathering

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    Ulverston Sports Club Priory Road, Ulverston

    Free Winter Gathering, sharing music, song and dance. Supper provided. Donations welcome. Welcome to Furness Tradition, we are an organisation promoting folk music and related arts and crafts in South Cumbria. Part of our mission is to keep local music and traditions alive but we also play and promote a wide range of music across ... Read more

  • Tony & Julia

    Tony McManus & Julia Toaspern

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    Ulverston Sports Club Priory Road, Ulverston

    DOORS OPEN 7:00 PM FOR A 7:30 PM START We are delighted to welcome back Tony McManus & Julia Toaspern. A duo whose musical artistry will leave you breathless. “…breathtaking duets…” Folker Magazine ….and actually, several duos in one: from powerful, interwoven guitar duets to traditional, classical and self-penned songs and soaring fiddle sets – ... Read more

    £16

  • Dave Tonge

    Dave Tonge Storyteller

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    Shed One Ulverston Auction Mart, Ulverston, Cumbria, United Kingdom

    Beguiling for Beginners Being a celebration of cunning men, cunning women, coney catching, and all manner of counterfeit craftiness. A lone trickster wanders the road, from town to town, village to village, and house to house, wearing many different disguises. Sometimes a priest, sometimes a potter, and sometimes a pedlar of wares. From pots to ... Read more

    £12
  • Alcove

    Alcove

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    Ford Park Ford Park, Ulverston, Cumbria, United Kingdom

    SOLD OUT Alcove are an indie folk band from Ulverston, Cumbria, with Americana influences, formed in 2023 by local musicians Chris Butler, Rachel Clark, and Laurence McKenna, and recently joined by Heather Ord. With a diverse background in folk, classical, indie, and rock, the band blends thoughtful originals and carefully chosen covers, featuring rich harmonies ... Read more

    £10

  • Furness Tradition

    Featured Furness Tradition
    Ulverston Town Centre Ulverston, Cumbria

    Once again, Furness Tradition brings you a packed program for our annual folk festival. Saturday has plenty to do and see. In the town centre we will have the Makers Market, with stalls from local crafts people. Around town you should be able to catch one of our nine dance teams who are coming to ... Read more

  • Furness Tradition

    Featured Furness Tradition
    Ulverston Town Centre Ulverston, Cumbria

    Once again, Furness Tradition brings you a packed program for our annual folk festival. Saturday has plenty to do and see. In the town centre we will have the Makers Market, with stalls from local crafts people. Around town you should be able to catch one of our nine dance teams who are coming to ... Read more

  • Coro craft market July 2026

    Coro Craft Market

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    The Coro County Square, Ulverston, England, United Kingdom

    Craft Market featuring local makers selling high quality handmade crafts, and demonstrations from Furness Spinners and Weavers. There will be musical and dance performances, in partnership with Furness Tradition Folk Festival. Refreshments available.

    Free
  • storyfair 2026

    Storyfair

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    The Coro County Square, Ulverston, England, United Kingdom

    On Saturday morning, Storyfair 2026 rolls up the stairs and into the library in The Coro with Dominic Kelly, Performance Storyteller, and our company of fantastic young storytellers from years three and five at Sir John Barrow School, as part of Furness Tradition folk festival. We had a great in-school show on Wednesday, and Saturday ... Read more

  • Furness Free Folk Fest

    Furness Free Folk Fest

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    The Sun Inn 6-14 Market Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, United Kingdom

    A new addition to the Furness Tradition weekend. Seven hours of folk, world and roots music. FREE entry. In the Sun beer garden.

    Free

  • Furness Tradition

    Featured Furness Tradition
    Ulverston Town Centre Ulverston, Cumbria

    Once again, Furness Tradition brings you a packed program for our annual folk festival. Saturday has plenty to do and see. In the town centre we will have the Makers Market, with stalls from local crafts people. Around town you should be able to catch one of our nine dance teams who are coming to ... Read more

  • FT Dan Walsh

    Dan Walsh

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    Malt Kiln Village Hall Main Street, Bardsea, Cumbria, United Kingdom

    Furness Tradition is pleased to present this concert in partnership with "Live To Your Living Room". If you can’t make the concert itself, you could choose to stream it at home, or watch anytime in the following 72 hours. When Dan Walsh first picked up the banjo, he did so with the passion and enthusiasm ... Read more

    £15

  • Anger and Molsky

    Darol Anger & Bruce Molsky

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    Malt Kiln Village Hall Main Street, Bardsea, Cumbria, United Kingdom

    Concert tickets: Book here Streaming tickets: Book here Presented in partnership with Live To Your Living Room. If you buy a streaming ticket, the show is available to watch for 72 hours after the concert. You need one streaming ticket per device/household. Darol and Bruce have been musical explorers together for years, sharing a creative ... Read more

    £20

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