A belated ‘Happy New Year’ to you and yours and we hope you have a brilliant 2026. Thanks to everyone who came to Hedgehog’s Skin’s New Year’s Eve Party at Allendale Village Hall and thanks to Joey and David and all the members of Hedgehog’s Skin, Hadrian Clog, Ollie, our piper and all the village hall volunteers for making the evening such a success. THANK YOU! Photo of the Tar Bar’ls celebrations in Allendale on New Year’s Eve by James Little Photography.

Wishing a Happy Christmas to you and your family. Enjoy the festive cheer! Here’s to 2026 and a fantastic year ahead, filled with great music and unforgettable performances. Thanks and all the best, Craig, Kate, Caitlin,  Phillip, Nick, Oran, Tim, Sue, Peter, Glynn, Hollie, Bryony and Kerry The Allen Valleys Folk Festival

Thanks to everyone who joined us for mulled wine, mince pies and a lovely evening of music and song. It was lovely to see so many familiar faces in the audience. And a special thanks to Janice and Jon and the Dale Singers. You were brilliant!

Join us for mulled wine, mince pies and a lovely evening of music and song. The Allen Valleys Folk Festival’s Christmas Concert with Janice Burns and Jon Doran and the Dale Singers takes place at Allendale Village Hall on the evening of Saturday 6th December. Tickets are now available locally at the Allendale Co-op and online . We hope to see you next Saturday!

All of us at the Allen Valleys Folk Festival are so so saddened to learn of the death of Archie Fisher. Archie was a Folk legend. He was a singer, songwriter and guitarist and had presented BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk. He was also a musical mentor to many and a huge cultural icon in Scotland. We have such fond memories of Archie playing on the Sunday afternoon of our 2023 festival. Our thoughts are with Archie’s family and all of his friends at this very sad time. Re

Our Christmas Concert with Janice Burns and Jon Doran and the Dale Singers takes place at Allendale Village Hall on the evening of Saturday 6th December. Join us for mulled wine, mince pies and a lovely evening of music and song. Tickets are now available locally at the Allendale Co-op and online. The link for the Christmas Concert is below: https://www.gigantic.com/christmas-concert-with-janice-burns-and-jon-doran-and-the-dale-singers-tickets/allendale-allendale-village-hall

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We’re a bit ‘taken aback’ by the speed that our New Year’s Eve Ceilidh sold out at our local sale of tickets at St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall yesterday morning. All tickets for the ceilidh were sold just after an hour of going on sale. We apologise again to those that travelled to Allendale only to find that all the tickets had gone and for those that were hoping for an online sale of remaining tickets. Sorry. https://www.allenvalleysfolkfestival.co.uk/newyearseveveilidh

Our Christmas Concert with Janice Burns and Jon Doran and the Dale Singers takes place at Allendale Village Hall on the evening of Saturday 6th December and Hedgehog’s Skin’s New Year’s Eve Party, our New Year’s Eve Ceilidh, takes place at the same venue on the evening of Wednesday 31st December. You will be able to buy tickets for both events at a local sale on Saturday between 10:00am and 12:00noon at St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall in Allendale. Any remaining tickets not sold a

Our Christmas Concert with Janice Burns and Jon Doran and the Dale Singers takes place at Allendale Village Hall on the evening of Saturday 6th December and Hedgehog’s Skin’s New Year’s Eve Party, our new year’s eve ceilidh takes place at the same venue on the evening of Wednesday 31st December. You will be able to buy tickets for both events at a local sale on the morning of Saturday 1st November between 10:00am and 12:00noon at St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall in Allendale. Any r

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