Summary
Folk Dranouter is a yearly folk festival spanning four days at the beginning of August in the Belgian village Dranouter. Since 2005, a second, smaller festival, Dranouter aan zee (Dranouter at sea) is organised in De Panne on the beach near the end of April.
| Folkfestival Dranouter | |
|---|---|
 Stilt walker at Folk Dranouter 2007 | |
| Genre | Folk, pop, world music |
| Dates | Early August |
| Location(s) | Dranouter, Belgium |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Website | http://www.folkdranouter.be/ |
History edit
Created in 1975 by the people of the youth club "De Zon", the first festival showed eight groups on one day with the Albion Morris Men as headliners, and had some 300 visitors. By 1977, the festival had specialized in folk music and got some 1,000 visitors. After a few more years of growth, the festival reached a stable audience of three- to five thousand visitors throughout the 1980s.
From the end of the 1980s on, the festival started programming other genres like world music (with Miriam Makeba in 1989) and singer-songwriters (with Billy Bragg in 1988), and included some more well-known names. The audience increased to some 45,000 people in 1995 and 65,000 in 1997.
In 1997 and 1998, Dranouter won the ZAMU award for best musical event.
Folk museum edit
In the wake of the festival, a museum of folk music also opened in Dranouter.[1]
Artists edit
Famous artists who performed in Dranouter over the years include:[2]
1975–1987 edit
- Derroll Adams (1976, 1981, 1991)
- Wannes Van de Velde (1977, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1996)
- Dick Gaughan (1979)
- Paddy Glackin (1982)
- Fairport Convention (1983, 1993, 2000)
- The Chieftains (1983, 1997, 2000, 2009)
- Alan Stivell (1983, 1989, 1994, 2000, 2004)
- The Dubliners (1984, 1991)
- Brenda Wootton (1985)
- Ossian (1985)
- Zachary Richard (1985)
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1986, 1995)
- Flaco Jiménez (1986)
- John Prine (1987)
- Steeleye Span (1987, 1994, 1999)
1988 edit
- Mary Coughlan & Band
- Ralph McTell
- Billy Bragg (also 1993, 2008, 2014)
- Malicorne
- Rory McLeod (also 1994) & Kathryn Tickell
- Dónal Lunny (also 1998) & Liam O'Flynn
1989 edit
- Miriam Makeba
- Richard Thompson (also 1992, 2000, 2009, 2014)
- Alan Stivell
- Soldat Louis
- Värttinä
1990 edit
- Donovan
- Johannes Kerkorrel (also 1997, 2002)
- June Tabor
- Luka Bloom (also 1994, 2006, 2011)
- Rory Block
1991 edit
- Dan Ar Braz
- Melanie (also 1995)
- Suzanne Vega (also 1997, 2002, 2008)
1992 edit
- Christy Moore (also 1994, 2005)
- Geoffrey Oryema
- Kirsty MacColl
- Les Négresses Vertes (also 2007)
- Marianne Faithfull (also 2005)
- Pentangle
- Värttinä (also 1997, 2002, 2008)
- Zap Mama (also 1995, 2006)
1993 edit
- Altan (also 1997, 2007)
- Cesária Évora
- Indigo Girls (also 2002)
- Loreena McKennitt (also 2008)
- Michelle Shocked
- Mikis Theodorakis
- The Pogues (also 2010)
1994 edit
1995 edit
- Ry Cooder & David Lindley (with Joachim Cooder and Rosanna Lindley) (USA)
- Los Lobos (USA)
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Canada)
- Melanie (USA)
- Zap Mama (Zaire)
- Mary Black (Ireland)
- Shawn Colvin (USA)
- Songhai (Mali/Spain/Great Britain)
- Giora Feidman (USA)
- Gabriel Yacoub (France)
- Shane MacGowan and The Popes (Great Britain)
- Taraf de Haïdouks (Romania)
- Khadja Nin (Burundi)
- Jo Lemaire (Belgium)
- The Equation (Great Britain)
- Cordelia's Dad (USA)
- JPP (Finland)
1996 edit
- Elvis Costello
- Emmylou Harris (also 2006)
- Yannis Markopoulos (also 2004)
- Clannad
- Cowboy Junkies
- Maria McKee
- Janis Ian
- Huun-Huur-Tu (also 2003)
- Cassandra Wilson
- The Corrs
- Ani di Franco
1997 edit
- Sinéad O'Connor (also 2007)
- The Levellers (also 1999, 2003, 2007)
- Noa
- Axelle Red (also 2000, 2007)
- Mari Boine
- Hedningarna
- Davy Spillane
- Afro Celt Sound System (also 1999)
- Beth Orton (also 1998, 2003)
1998 edit
- Ali Farka Touré
- Kodo
- Heather Nova
- Patti Smith
- Dulce Pontes
- Van Morrison
- Martha Wainwright (also 2008)
- Donal Lunny
- Lunasa
- The Nits
1999 edit
- I Muvrini
- Nick Cave
- Baaba Maal
- Rubén González
- James Taylor
- John Hiatt
- Värttinä
- Kepa Junkera
- Afro Celt Sound System
- Shooglenifty
2000 edit
- Mediæval Bæbes
- 16 Horsepower
- Lou Reed (also 2005)
- Robert Plant
2001 edit
- Novastar (also 2005, 2009, 2014)
- Paul Weller
- Youssou N'Dour
- Capercaillie
- The Waterboys
- Neil Finn
- Luar na Lubre
- Admiral Freebee (also 2003, 2007)
- Flip Kowlier (also 2003, 2005, 2009, 2014)
- Maddy Prior
2002 edit
2003 edit
- Hooverphonic (also 2006)
- Gotan Project
- Linda Thompson
- Daniel Lanois
- Arno (also 2007)
- Elliott Murphy
- Gabriel Ríos (also 2006, 2008, 2014)
2004 edit
- Starsailor (also 2007)
- Calexico
- Goran Bregović
- Moya Brennan
- The Skatalites
- Under byen
- Daan (also 2006, 2010)
2005 edit
2006 edit
2007 edit
2008 edit
2009 edit
2010 edit
- Tom McRae
- Nouvelle Vague
- Paolo Conte
- Absynthe Minded
- Staff Benda Bilili
- Vaya Con Dios
- La Bottine Souriante
- James Walsh
- Anouk
- Tindersticks
- dEUS
- Joan as Police Woman
- Carolina Chocolate Drops
- Harper Simon
- Solomon Burke & The Souls Alive Orchestra with Special Guest Joss Stone
References edit
- ^ Jardine, Cassandra (23 June 2006). "Too young for war?". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
- ^ "Palmares" (in Dutch). Folkfestival Dranouter. Retrieved 26 May 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Kate & Anna McGarrigle – A concert chronology". ghostsontheroad.co.uk. 12 April 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- ^ "Dranouter 1995 poster". loslobos.setlist.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
External links edit
- Official website
- Folk music centre Dranouter