The Chester Folk Festival takes place annually over the spring Bank Holiday weekend in the village of Kelsall, about eight miles from Chester).

The 2016 event featured The Melrose Quartet, Blackbeard's Tea Party, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, The Wilson Family, Pete Coe & Alice Jones, Les Barker, Richard & Jess Arrowsmith, Dave Burland, Kelly Oliver, Bill Caddick, Sean Cannon, Hekety, All Blacked Up, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, Miriam Backhouse-Erasmus, Jeff Warner, Gavin Davenport & Tom Kitching, Dan Walsh, Tom Browne & Ian Goodier, Kim Lowings & the Greenwood and many more.

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