Folk — live concerts

54 upcoming concerts · 400 past

🎤 Upcoming concerts

Oct 12, 2026

20:00

Jack Savoretti — Le Trianon

Le Trianon
Paris, France

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Oct 15, 2026

21:00

Leo Middea — Monk Club

Monk Club
Rome, Italy

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Oct 16, 2026

20:00

Kasalla — Lanxess Arena

Lanxess Arena
Cologne, Germany

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Oct 16, 2026

21:00

Jorge Drexler — Roig Arena

Roig Arena
Valencia, Spain

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Oct 17, 2026

20:00

Kasalla — Lanxess Arena

Lanxess Arena
Cologne, Germany

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Oct 21, 2026

18:00

Lake Street Dive — O2 Academy Leeds

O2 Academy Leeds
Leeds, UK

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Oct 21, 2026

18:30

Brandi Carlile — The O2

The O2
London, UK

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Oct 22, 2026

18:00

Chris Williamson — Eventim Apollo

Eventim Apollo
London, UK

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Oct 23, 2026

19:00

Lake Street Dive — Eventim Apollo

Eventim Apollo
London, UK

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Oct 23, 2026

20:00

Yaelokre — Razzmatazz 2

Razzmatazz 2
Barcelona, Spain

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Oct 24, 2026

13:00

Sant Rocs — La Copa

La Copa
Girona, Spain

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Oct 24, 2026

19:00

Ed Sheeran — AT&T Stadium

AT&T Stadium
Arlington, USA

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Oct 24, 2026

19:00

Lao Dan — B10现场 B10 Live

B10现场 B10 Live
Shenzhen, China

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Oct 25, 2026

18:30

Cavetown — Brooklyn Paramount

Brooklyn Paramount
New York City, USA

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Oct 27, 2026

19:00

Brandi Carlile — AFAS Live

AFAS Live
Amsterdam, Netherland

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Oct 27, 2026

21:00

Fink — Magazzini Generali

Magazzini Generali
Milan, Italy

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Oct 28, 2026

20:30

José González — Paral·lel 62

Paral·lel 62
Barcelona, Spain

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Oct 30, 2026

21:00

Valeria Castro — Palau Sant Jordi

Palau Sant Jordi
Barcelona, Spain

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Oct 31, 2026

19:00

Cat Power — Salle Pleyel

Salle Pleyel
Paris, France

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Oct 31, 2026

21:00

Jorge Drexler — Palau Sant Jordi

Palau Sant Jordi
Barcelona, Spain

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Nov 4, 2026

21:00

Bratia — Ocaña

Ocaña
Barcelona, Spain

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Nov 4, 2026

21:30

Clara Cantore — Harlem Jazz Club

Harlem Jazz Club
Barcelona, Spain

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Nov 5, 2026

19:30

Kastelruther Spatzen — Jahrhunderthalle

Jahrhunderthalle
Frankfurt, Germany

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Nov 7, 2026

19:00

Ed Sheeran — Raymond James Stadium

Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, USA

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Nov 9, 2026

19:00

Cat Power — Salle Pleyel

Salle Pleyel
Paris, France

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Nov 13, 2026

18:30

Noah Kahan — The O2

The O2
London, UK

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Nov 14, 2026

18:30

Noah Kahan — The O2

The O2
London, UK

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Nov 17, 2026

18:30

Noah Kahan — The O2

The O2
London, UK

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Nov 19, 2026

21:00

Anna Tatangelo — Magazzini Generali

Magazzini Generali
Milan, Italy

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Nov 20, 2026

20:00

EMMA — Le Trianon

Le Trianon
Paris, France

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Nov 20, 2026

20:00

Драгана Миркович (Dragana Mirković), Софи Маринова (Sofi Marinova) — Arena 8888

Arena 8888
Sofia, Bulgaria

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Nov 21, 2026

19:00

Levellers — Eventim Apollo

Eventim Apollo
London, UK

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Nov 21, 2026

20:00

Peter Loveday — Harlem Jazz Club

Harlem Jazz Club
Barcelona, Spain

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Nov 22, 2026

21:00

Temples — Paral·lel 62

Paral·lel 62
Barcelona, Spain

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Nov 24, 2026

18:30

José González — Le Trianon

Le Trianon
Paris, France

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Nov 27, 2026

20:00

Lilly Wood and the Prick — Le Trianon

Le Trianon
Paris, France

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Nov 28, 2026

20:00

Lilly Wood and the Prick — Le Trianon

Le Trianon
Paris, France

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Nov 28, 2026

20:00

Анелия (Anelia) — Arena 8888

Arena 8888
Sofia, Bulgaria

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Nov 29, 2026

20:00

The Dublin Legends — Jahrhunderthalle

Jahrhunderthalle
Frankfurt, Germany

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Dec 2, 2026

19:30

BAP — Hallenstadion Zürich

Hallenstadion Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland

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Dec 3, 2026

19:00

Keren Ann — Salle Pleyel

Salle Pleyel
Paris, France

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Dec 10, 2026

19:30

Meritxell Rodés — Casa de Rússia a Barcelona

Casa de Rússia a Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

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Dec 12, 2026

19:00

La Sra. Tomasa — Razzmatazz 1

Razzmatazz 1
Barcelona, Spain

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Dec 12, 2026

21:00

Sofía Ellar — Roig Arena

Roig Arena
Valencia, Spain

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Dec 12, 2026

22:00

Tarta Relena — La Capsa

La Capsa
El Prat de Llobregat, Spain

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Dec 13, 2026

20:00

Sofía Ellar — Paral·lel 62

Paral·lel 62
Barcelona, Spain

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Dec 15, 2026

20:00

Деси Слава (Desi Slava) — Arena 8888

Arena 8888
Sofia, Bulgaria

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Dec 18, 2026

19:30

BAP — Lanxess Arena

Lanxess Arena
Cologne, Germany

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Feb 2, 2027

20:00

Tanxugueiras — Paral·lel 62

Paral·lel 62
Barcelona, Spain

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Mar 2, 2027

19:30

Riverdance — Hallenstadion Zürich

Hallenstadion Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland

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Mar 4, 2027

19:30

Maite Kelly — Lanxess Arena

Lanxess Arena
Cologne, Germany

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Mar 11, 2027

19:30

Riverdance — Lanxess Arena

Lanxess Arena
Cologne, Germany

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Oct 17, 2027

19:00

Andrea Berg — Hallenstadion Zürich

Hallenstadion Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland

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Nov 6, 2027

19:30

Andrea Berg — Lanxess Arena

Lanxess Arena
Cologne, Germany

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About Folk

Folk: Songs That Remember Where We Come From

Folk music begins before the stage, before the studio, before the idea of an audience. It begins as shared memory. As songs passed from one voice to another, shaped by work, travel, loss, celebration, and time. Folk is not defined by a specific sound or era, but by function: it is music made by people and for people, often without concern for authorship, fame, or permanence. Folk songs exist to be remembered, altered, and carried forward.

At its core, folk music is storytelling set to melody. The arrangements are usually simple—acoustic guitars, fiddles, banjos, voices—but the simplicity is intentional. Folk strips music down to what matters: words, emotion, and connection. These songs speak about everyday life, injustice, love, exile, labor, and identity. They do not dramatize experience; they document it.

Traditional folk music developed independently across cultures, but its modern identity took shape in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when collectors began preserving songs that had previously lived only in oral tradition. In the United States, folk drew heavily from British and Irish ballads, African American spirituals, work songs, and blues. These streams converged into a music rooted in place and class rather than industry.

One of the defining figures of American folk was Woody Guthrie, who transformed folk into a vehicle for social conscience. His songs weren’t meant for concert halls; they were meant for roads, picket lines, and shared hardship. This Land Is Your Land remains one of the clearest expressions of folk’s democratic spirit—a song that belongs to everyone and questions ownership at the same time.

The folk revival of the late 1950s and 1960s brought this tradition into the public spotlight. Young musicians rediscovered old songs and wrote new ones that addressed civil rights, war, and generational change. Bob Dylan emerged from this movement, reshaping folk by pushing its lyrical boundaries. Songs like Blowin' in the Wind used folk’s simple structure to ask complex moral questions, proving that accessibility and depth were not opposites.

At the same time, artists such as Joan Baez embodied folk’s clarity and emotional directness. Her interpretations of traditional songs and contemporary protest material reinforced folk’s role as moral witness. Folk music, in this era, became inseparable from activism—not because it shouted slogans, but because it humanized issues through voice and narrative.

Folk has always evolved by absorbing context. In the late 1960s, the boundaries between folk and rock blurred. Electric instruments entered the picture, sparking controversy but also expansion. What mattered was not instrumentation, but intent. Folk survived this shift because its essence—authorship, honesty, and storytelling—remained intact.

Beyond the United States, folk traditions flourished worldwide, each shaped by local history. British folk, Celtic music, Latin American nueva canción, and countless regional styles share a common principle: music as cultural memory. These traditions prove that folk is not nostalgic by default—it is responsive. It changes as communities change.

In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, folk experienced renewed relevance. Artists revisited acoustic textures and narrative songwriting as an antidote to digital excess. Figures like Nick Drake—once overlooked—became touchstones for introspective folk, with songs like Pink Moon resonating deeply with modern listeners seeking quiet intensity.

What distinguishes folk from other styles is its relationship with time. Folk songs are not fixed artifacts; they are living documents. Lyrics change, melodies shift, meanings evolve. A folk song belongs less to its author than to its listeners. Each generation inherits it and decides what it means now.

Folk endures because it answers a fundamental human need: to be heard without amplification, to share stories without spectacle, to remember where we come from while figuring out where we’re going. In a culture obsessed with novelty, folk insists on continuity. It reminds us that music doesn’t have to be loud to be powerful—it just has to be true.