The Songlines Annual Festival Guide 2015

• Africa Oyé
  
• Cambridge Folk Festival.
  
• Glastonbury
• HebCelt Festival
• Larmer Tree Festival
• Norfolk & Norwich Festival
• Shambala
• Shrewsbury Folk Festival
• Towersey Festival
• WOMAD Charlton Park

• Africa Festival, Germany
• Afrikafestival Hertme, The Netherlands
• Cross-Culture Festival, Poland
• Druga Godba, Slovenia
• Essaouira Gnawa & World Music Festival, Morocco
• Ethno Port, Poland
• Fes Festival of Sacred Music, Morocco
• Festival Interceltique de Lorient, France
• Fiesta Des Suds, France
• FMM Sines, Portugal
• Forde Traditional and World Music Festival, Norway
• Guca Trumpet Festival, Serbia
• Jeonju International Sori Festival, South Korea
• Jodhpur RIFF (Rajasthan International Folk Festival), India
• Konya Mystic Music Festival, Turkey
• La Grande Rencontre, Canada
• Les Suds à Arles, France
• Oslo World Music Festival, Norway
• Rainforest World Music Festival, Borneo
• Sauti za Busara, Zanzibar
• Savannah Music Festival, USA
• Sommelo Festival, Finland
• Sziget Festival, Hungary
• Timitar Festival, Morocco
• WOMAD: Australia & New Zealand

via Songlines World Music News

Agenda de Festivais folk / world 2015 (Portugal) [actualizada a 24MAR15]

Há já várias datas anunciadas para 2015 pelos principais festivais
nacionais que incluem sonoridades folk, trad, world, no seu cardápio
musical.

• Entrudanças, de 13 a 15 Fevereiro, em Entradas, Castro verde
  com Peut-être Jeanne, LA Forcelle, A Batalha do Modesto Camelo Amarelo, Duo Parmenter & de La Fuente

• Ciclo Exploratório de Música Tradicional, 31 de Março e 1 de Abril, no Jardim de Inverno do Teatro São Luiz (Lisboa)
  com Tanira, Luís Peixoto, Charanga, OrBlua, Pé na Terra, DJ António Pires

• Gouveia Art Rock, 1 e 2 de Maio, Cine-Teatro de Gouveia

Com California Guitar Trio, Renaissance, Bobo Stenson, Uxu Kalhus, Curved Air, Magma, Guy Prat, Syndone

• Festival Islâmico de Mértola, na zona histórica local, de 21 a 24 de Maio

• Festim – Festival Intermunicipal de Músicas do Mundo, de 13 de Junho a 25 de Julho, em Águeda e municípios vizinhos (ainda por confirmar).

• Festival Med de Loulé, na zona histórica local, de 25 a 27 de Junho

artistas confirmados: Cumbia All Stars, Batida, Nneka, Balkan Beat Box, Carminho, Raquel Tavares, Tiago Bettencourt, DJ Marfox.

• FMM Sines, de 17 a 25 Julho, em Porto Covo e em Sines

artistas confirmados: Ana
Tijoux, Chancha Vía Circuito, Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra, Ibibio
Sound Machine, La 33, Orlando Julius & The Heliocentrics, Soema
Montenegro, Songhoy Blues, Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté, Troker, Vaudou
Game.

• Festival Folk Celta, de 24 a 25 de Julho, Ponte da Barca

• XVII Festival do Lavre, de 24 a 27 de Julho, em Lavre (Montemor-o-Novo)
  já confirmado: Fanfare Ciocarlia

• Byonritmos, de 30 de Julho a 1 de Agosto,  na Casa da Juventude de Baião

• Intercéltico Sendim, de 30 Julho, a 1 de Agosto, em Miranda do Douro (primeiro dia) e Sendim (restantes dias)

• Andanças, de 3 a 9 de Agosto, na Barragem Póvoa e Neadas, em Castelo de Vide

• Sons do Atlântico, de 13 a 15 de Agosto, na Nossa Sra da Rocha, Lagoa

• Bons Sons, de 13 a 16 Agosto, na aldeia de Cem Soldos (Tomar)

artistas confirmados: Tó Trips, Retimbrar, Nice Weather for Ducks, Trêsporcento, OCO, Eduardo Raon, Walter Benjamin, Salto

• Maré de Agosto, de 20 a 22 Agosto, na Praia Formosa, da Ilha de Santa Maria (Açores)

• Arredas Folk Fest, de 29 a 30 de Agosto, em Tregosa, Barcelos 

• Festa do Avante, de 4 a 6 Setembro, na Quinta da Atalaia, Amora – Seixal

Maia Folk, Fora do Lugar, Flaviae Fest, Raízes do Atlântico, entre outros, ainda sem datas anunciadas.

Conhece algum festival que já tenha data (e cartaz) anunciado e que ainda não tenha sido aqui referenciado?

Nota: esta entrada estará sujeita a constantes alterações, de acordo com o anunciar dos respectivos cartazes / artistas.

via  RCFM Radio Crónica Folk Musical

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1. Buffer

Buffer’s blog is one of the best in the social media space. Its comprehensive content is helpful to beginners as well as advanced social media marketers.

2. Rebekah Radice

Rebekah Radice’s award-winning blog helps small business owners and entrepreneurs make radical shifts within social media and online marketing.

3. Simply Measured

The Simply Measured blog contains lots of well-written content, useful data, and many case studies that will help you succeed.

4. Social Time’s Facebook Blog (formerly AllFacebook)

Social Time’s Facebook Blog offers comprehensive coverage and analysis of everything going on in the Facebook marketing community, including best practices and case studies.

5. Ignite Social Media Marketing Blog

Ignite Social has helped some of the world’s top brands develop effective social media marketing campaigns and programs. Their blog covers current ideas and tried-and-true approaches you can add to your toolbox.

6. Quicksprout

Neil Patel’s Quicksprout blog posts rus the gamut from how social signals influence search engine rankings to how you can build your blog audience.

7. Gary Vaynerchuck

Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO and co-founder of Vayner Media, shares what has worked for himself and others when it comes to social media marketing and how you can put social media to work for you.

8. Social Media Examiner

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9. Social Media Explorer

Social Media Explorer is a leading source for insights, opinion, and learning in the world of digital and social media marketing. Primarily authored by founder Jason Falls and social media specialist Nichole Kelly, it also features articles by thought leaders in the field.

10. Social Media B2B

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11. Danny Brown’s Blog

Danny Brown’s blog isn’t just another marketing blog that recycles content that marketers are talking about — his great perspectives on marketing trends, social media, and influence will help you succeed.

12. Convince and Convert

Convince and Convert by Jay Baer has been named the #1 content marketing blog in the world by the Content Marketing Institute and the #3 social media blog in the world by Social Media Examiner. It offers a wealth of information about social media marketing, from novice to more advanced topics.

13. Social Mouths

Social Mouths by Francisco Rosales has some of the best social media content and advice you’ll find on the Web. Packed with how-tos, helpful advice, and strategies, it’s a go-to resource for social media marketers at all levels of experience.

14. Social Fresh

Social Fresh is packed with articles from industry leaders on social media that will inform your social media marketing strategy.

15. Hubspot Marketing Blog

Hubspot’s Marketing Blog is a first-rate source for information about inbound and social media marketing, with thousands of tips and strategies for attracting visitors to your content.

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