Martin and Eliza Carthy to headline Brighton and Hove Folk Festival 2022

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If you haven’t got your tickets yet for Brighton and Hove Folk Festival now might be the time!

We’re excited to announce that Martin and Eliza Carthy, each an icon of English folk music in their own right, will headline this year’s festival, which will take place at the beach-front venue Patterns, in Brighton on September 10th 2022.

The father and daughter duo are two of the most established names in folk music, and between them have won no less than nine BBC Folk Awards. Rising to prominence in the early 1960s, Martin Carthy played a pivotal role in the English folk revival as well as famously influencing the likes of Bob Dylan and Paul Simon.

As daughter of both Martin and the much-missed folk singer (and pillar of the folk community) Norma Waterson, Eliza Carthy had an incredible legacy of music already behind her – and has somehow managed to surpass even that. Twice nominated for the Mercury Prize, Eliza is a vital voice in bridging traditional and contemporary folk and sharing it with new generations.

It’s the second year for our friendly day festival, which last year sold out its inaugural event. Martin and Eliza are just the first announced of many exciting artists who will be playing the festival. We’ll be exploring every corner of folk music this year, with fifteen acts appearing across two stages we’re keen to really show off everything that’s great in folk music right now.

We’re so thrilled to have Martin and Eliza Carthy joining us – I think they are going to show just what this festival is about. Both Martin and Eliza have had a near immeasurable impact on folk music in the UK, and we can’t wait for them to share a stage at our festival, and round off what is shaping up to be a very exciting line-up. More to come on that!

Tickets are on sale now at http://folkroom.co.uk/bhff/. We’ll see you there!

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