BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
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The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music, with the aim of raising the profile of folk and acoustic music. The awards have b
Event hosts, Mark Radcliffe and Julie Fowlis
Sam Sweeney at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015
2016 Best original track: The Rheingans Sisters
2015 Best group: The Young'Uns
Celtic Connections
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The Celtic Connections festival started in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has since been held every January. Featuring over 300 concerts, ceilidhs, talks, free events, late night sessions and workshop
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
…different regions of the United Kingdom, including The Brewery in London, The Lowry theatre in Salford, the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall during the 2013 Celtic Connections festival, the Bridgewater Hall during the 2019 Manchester Folk Festival, the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff in 2015, and the Belfast Waterfront in…
Celtic Connections logo
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
This figure of Danny Kyle is usually installed next to the Open Stage during the Celtic Connections festival.