Folk Dranouter
| Folkfestival Dranouter | |
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 Stilt walker at Folk Dranouter 2007 | |
| Genre | Folk, pop, world music |
| Dates | Early August |
| Locations | Dranouter, Belgium |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Website | http://www.folkdranouter.be/ |
Folk Dranouter is a yearly folk festival spanning four days at the beginning of August in the Belgian village of 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.
History
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]In the wake of the festival, a museum of folk music also opened in Dranouter.[1]
Artists
[edit | edit source]Famous artists who performed in Dranouter over the years include:[2]
1975–1987
[edit | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- Miriam Makeba
- Richard Thompson (also 1992, 2000, 2009, 2014)
- Alan Stivell
- Soldat Louis
- Värttinä
1990
[edit | edit source]- Donovan
- Johannes Kerkorrel (also 1997, 2002)
- June Tabor
- Luka Bloom (also 1994, 2006, 2011)
- Rory Block
1991
[edit | edit source]- Dan Ar Braz
- Melanie (also 1995)
- Suzanne Vega (also 1997, 2002, 2008)
1992
[edit | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- Altan (also 1997, 2007)
- Cesária Évora
- Indigo Girls (also 2002)
- Loreena McKennitt (also 2008)
- Michelle Shocked
- Mikis Theodorakis
- The Pogues (also 2010)
1994
[edit | edit source]1995
[edit | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- 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 | edit source]- Ali Farka Touré
- Kodo
- Heather Nova
- Patti Smith
- Dulce Pontes
- Van Morrison
- Martha Wainwright (also 2008)
- Donal Lunny
- Lunasa
- The Nits
1999
[edit | edit source]- I Muvrini
- Nick Cave
- Baaba Maal
- Rubén González
- James Taylor
- John Hiatt
- Värttinä
- Kepa Junkera
- Afro Celt Sound System
- Shooglenifty
2000
[edit | edit source]- Mediæval Bæbes
- 16 Horsepower
- Lou Reed (also 2005)
- Robert Plant
2001
[edit | edit source]- 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 | edit source]2003
[edit | edit source]- Hooverphonic (also 2006)
- Gotan Project
- Linda Thompson
- Daniel Lanois
- Arno (also 2007)
- Elliott Murphy
- Gabriel Ríos (also 2006, 2008, 2014)
2004
[edit | edit source]- Starsailor (also 2007)
- Calexico
- Goran Bregović
- Moya Brennan
- The Skatalites
- Under byen
- Daan (also 2006, 2010)
2005
[edit | edit source]2006
[edit | edit source]2007
[edit | edit source]2008
[edit | edit source]2009
[edit | edit source]2010
[edit | edit source]- 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
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