Line-up announced for folk festival

Organisers of Shrewsbury's popular Folk Festival have released their list of confirmed acts for this year's eagerly-anticipated event, which takes place from August 28 to 31.

Among them are folk favourite Seth Lakeman, Scottish duo The Proclaimers and New York folk singer Eric Bibb, pictured above.

Old favourites such as Show Of Hands will also make a welcome return to Shrewsbury, as well as a diverse range of artists that have never appeared in the UK before, including the Dust Poets from Canada and Hoven Droven from Sweden.

The list of confirmed acts so far includes:

• The Proclaimers

• Seth Lakeman

• Eric Bibb

• The Dhol Foundation

• Show of Hands

• Hoven Droven

• Spooky Men's Chorale

• Patrick Street

• Chris Wood

• Ollabelle

• Lau

• Jez Lowe

• Megson

• Karine Polwart

• Chris Smither

• Breabach

• Corinne West

• Mark Erelli

• Rachael McShane

• Emily Smith Band

• Krista Detor

• The Dust Poets

• Duncan McFarlane Band

• The Wilsons

• Fran McGillivray & Mike Burke

• All Blacked Up

• Asha

• Old Swan Band

• The Watch

Tickets for the festival are now on sale, and details will be added to the official website as they are confirmed.

For more information visit www.shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk.