Kimpton Folk Festival 2027

11/08/2026

A quick mash up of some of the good bits from this year’s festival, to the sound track of Joe Broughton’s Folk Ensemble. They were such a fabulous highlight, people are still talking about them!

15/07/2026

05/07/2026

What an absolutely fabulous day of music and dance! And yummy food, drink, sunshine and shiny happy people having the best day! Please add your photos here, and let us know what you enjoyed the most! Here are some photos that I took yesterday, I was in the Memorial Hall all day but popped out to the Green for a break and a burger, so saw the end of Joe Broughton’s Conservatoire Ensemble, absolutely brilliant! Then I saw the start of the Thumping Tommy’s set and they were going down very well. And the evening concert in the Memorial Hall with Culverake, Honey and the Bear and Merry Hell went on until gone 12.30am! Thank you to everyone who came and helped make the day such a success. I will share pics of the other areas of the festival when I gather them from others. Right, how can we top this for next year…..??

04/07/2026

Two terrific acts opening the Festival on the Di King stage ❤️ in the Memorial Hall. Michell Pfeiffer and Kulesh, followed by Granny’s Attic, playing to a packed audience. Oh the joy of live music!!!!

03/07/2026

On line ticket sales have now closed for tomorrow’s festival.there are a handful of tickets left, go to the festival desk on The Green to check availability. Please, please allow plenty of time to get to the village, parked up and down to the ticket office. There are road closures popping up everywhere! The road into Wheathampstead from St Albans is closed. There may be others! If you are delayed in the morning and have tickets for the 11am church concert, then go straight to the church, and collect your wristband later on. It’s going to be a great day, see you there!

02/07/2026

There are fewer than 10 tickets left for the Festival! On line sales will cease tomorrow. Remember there are plenty of free activities around the village, including the Green Stage, workshops etc. if there is any spare capacity on the day, tickets may be available on the door, it will be pot luck! The weather is set fair, and if you can, join us for our Pre Festival party on The Green tomorrow evening, when there will be local musicians to seance us while we sample the bar and food offerings! 6.30pm onwards…see you there!

Tickets and programme info available on our website…

Having formed as a trio when barely out of short trousers, Granny’s Attic have grown into one of most exciting and accomplished acts on the British folk scene. Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne (melodeon, concertina,), George Sansome (guitar) and Lewis Wood (violin) have carved out success...

01/07/2026

01/07/2026

Happy Wednesday! We at Kimpton Towers HQ are very happy as we have only a handful of tickets left, and that means we will most likely sell out before Saturday, as we have the last two years. The last few tickets are the ones that ensure we break even! Is if you are a Last Minute ticket buyer, this is your Last Minute warning!

Of course in addition to the indoor ticketed concerts, if you just turn up on the day, you can enjoy the sunshine (specially ordered), the real ale, the food stalls, the morris dancing and of course a full day's programme on the outdoor Green Stage, including the incredible Joe Broughton's Conservatoire Folk Ensemble! and the late afternoon Ceilidh is not to be missed.

Tomorrow I will post all about the activities in the Family Area, so your children can start getting excited too!

Tickets for the indoor concerts are available here..but not for long...

Having formed as a trio when barely out of short trousers, Granny’s Attic have grown into one of most exciting and accomplished acts on the British folk scene.  Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne (melodeon, concertina,), George Sansome (guitar) and Lewis Wood (violin)  have carved out success...

29/06/2026

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Good morning! Here is the link to the digital programme…appear copies will be available at the festival, but this sneak preview allows you to on your day! To get to a concert, a workshop, a food stall, see a band on the village green, watch the Living Theatre show in the Family Area…dance at the ceilidh and listen to some buskers while having a b**r at the Boot! So much to fit in to your day!

Some important notices….the road into Kimpton from Codicote is closed, so please allow extra time for driving into the village. It is a short walk from the car park (£5 charge for all day, please do not block the village high street trying to park!). Allow plenty of time to visit the festival desk on the Green to exchange your ticket for a wrist band, if you are seeing Edwina Hayes playing the opening set at the 11am church concert, I suggest you arrive by 10.30am latest.

All other important information is in the programme, sit down with a coffee and have a read!