Tenterden Folk Festival is a four day long festival of folk song, music and dance.  Tenterden, situated in the ancient Weald of Kent, about 12 miles west of Ashford, is an ideal setting for this friendly, family folk festival.  It features one of the widest High Streets in the country lined with historic and listed buildings, numerous friendly pubs and restaurants and green verges. Tenterden, the Jewel of the Weald

Listen to the Wood and Wire, Ashford's own folk music programme on AHBS Community Radio, Wednesdays at 9.00 p.m. on 107.1 fm. 
Click on logo to hear the Tenterden Folk Festival review show on 5th October 2011; music from Pete Castle, Steve O'Kane & Fiona McBain, Marian Button, Sue Watson and a lot more.

Roger Allen and Jan-Clare Side of Thanet Community Radio recorded a live programme at TFF 2010.  You can listen to it on line here.  TFF 2010 on Thanet Community Radio on line

Concerts, sing-a-rounds and music sessions are a popular feature of the festival

Past guests at the festival have included many of the top names on the folk scene from Martin Carthy to Shirley Collins, John Kirkpatrick, Jez Lowe, Ashley Hutchings, Ian Campbell, Pete Coe, Roy Harris and many others.

Tanglefoot Appalachian are regular visitors to the festival where they join around 40 other dance display teams and Morris sides.

A craft fair and street stalls are a regular feature of the festival

Fanfare Ciocarlia a gypsy brass band from Romania are amongst the past overseas guests.  We include groups from overseas where the music is relevant to our traditions or has a local conection.  Guests have come from Romania, Slovakia, Germany, Holland, Gambia, South Africa, Canada and the USA.

Do not forget that we also run a monthly sing-a-round style folk song and music club

Check out what is on at St Mary's Arts Centre, Ashford's arts and music venue, on their website