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Big World Festival – Andrew Cronshaw & Tigran Aleksanyan

Wednesday 30th Sep 2026, 6:30 pm
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7:30 pm
Location: Kollectiv
19:30 – Andrew Cronshaw (multi instrumentalist) with Tigran Aleksanyan (duduk) Andrew Cronshaw’s main instruments are his spacious-sounding 74-stringed electrified zither, chiming 44-stringed marovantele (his own invention, a double-sided Finnish kantele/Malagasy marovany hybrid), the soft-toned brass-reeded Chinese ba-wu, and the rippling harmonics of a huge Slovak fujara whistle. Tigran Aleksanyan is one of the world’s leading masters of Armenia’s exquisitely soft-toned Read more…
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Big World Festival – Suntou Susso 

Wednesday 30th Sep 2026, 8:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Location: Kollectiv
Suntou is from The Gambia and was born a Griot. His primary instrument, the kora is a harp-lute with 22 strings and is unique to the Griots of the Mandinka people. Coming from a 700-year-old tradition, Griots play an important cultural role as peacekeepers and oral historians, transmitting and preserving a people’s culture through the generations using song, music and Read more…
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Big World Festival – Wild Women are Wonderful

Thursday 1st Oct 2026, 6:30 pm
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7:15 pm
Location: Quarterhouse
Wild Women Katie Bradley, Sarah Quist, Alison Jones and Alice Phelps join forces to tell their stories through a shared love of music, and storytelling, creating a compelling collaboration of music, song and poetry that celebrates the powerful voices of women across cultures and four generations. These four dynamic women met in the beating heart of Folkestone’’s vibrant music scene Read more…
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Big World Festival – Baka Beyond

Thursday 1st Oct 2026, 7:30 pm
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8:45 pm
Location: Quarterhouse
For over 30 years, Baka Beyond has been blending African and Celtic music into an electrifying mix that gets everyone dancing. Their music transcends mere beats, focusing on bridging cultures and spreading joy. Inspired by the Baka Pygmies of Cameroon, founders Martin Cradick and Su Hart were deeply moved by the Baka’s spirit during their first visit to the Cameroon Read more…
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Big World Festival – The London Bulgarian Choir

Friday 2nd Oct 2026, 6:30 pm
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8:30 pm
Location: St Mary and St Eanswythe’s Church
With the award-winning London Bulgarian Choir, you can count on asymmetric rhythms and diaphonic dissonances woven into powerful tales of love and loss, fighting and celebration. Founded in 2000 by Dessislava Stefanova, a former singer with the legendary Philip Koutev Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble in Sofia, the Choir is now 40-strong, and their playful and passionate performances transcend language barriers Read more…
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Big World Festival – The Tango Terra Quartet

Saturday 3rd Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
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7:00 pm
Location: The Southcliff Hotel
The Tango Terra Quartet is a highly acclaimed, London-based Argentine Tango live music ensemble. From Golden-era composers to Astor Piazzola and beyond, they bring fresh elements to the already dramatic journey of tango signature sounds. Dancer and multi-instrumentalist, Alfredo Martin Espindola, has been nurturing these fields from a very early age and has studied both classic and new style tango Read more…
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FOLKESOUND – The Autumn Ball

Saturday 10th Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
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Sunday 11th Oct 2026, 12:00 am
Location: The Grand Burstin Hotel
CANCELLED FOLKESOUND: THE AUTUMN BALL Tickets are now live for our next Folkesound night at the Grand Burstin Ballroom, Folkestone on Saturday 10th October. Four acts. One ballroom. £8 advance. We have been amazed by the number of acts who applied to be part of this one. Thank you to everyone who got in touch, and we’ve kept everyone on Read more…
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