Tamsin Elliott and Tarek Elazhary at the Allen Valleys Folk Festival

Another fantastic booking for the Allen Valleys Folk Festival is confirmed.

Tamsin Elliott and Tarek Elazhary are taking to our stage on the Saturday afternoon our festival.

Tamsin’s critically-acclaimed collaboration with Egyptian oud player Tarek Elazhary explores the parallels and celebrates the idiosyncrasies of Egyptian Maqam music and English folk traditions.

Their friendship and resulting duo album So Far We Have Come is a testament to the unifying power of music, and won them a place in The Guardian’s Top Ten Folk Albums of 2023, as well as a nomination for Best Group at the Songlines Music Awards.

We are very excited to be welcoming them to the stage.

Don't forget to set your reminders for our ticket sale! Saturday 21 March, in person at St Cuthbert's Church Hall from 10am and online on Sunday evening at 7pm. Link to be announced.