Media Centre

Welcome to the Swaledale Festival Media Page. Please find here copies of our press releases and photos of this year’s artists for use in the media. If you wish to speak with our marketing team, please contact the Festival office at: enquiries@swalefest.org or telephone 01748 880018.

Download images for press and publicity here 

Festival information

  • The Swaledale Festival has a history of over 40 years bringing music and other arts to Swaledale, Wensleydale and Arkengarthdale.
  • Approximately 50% of Festival audiences come to the area on holiday from all over the UK and other parts of the world, in many cases especially for the Festival.
  • The Swaledale Festival also has a highly regarded programme of education and community events. In 2014 it was awarded the Prime Minister’s ‘Big Society Award' for its work with local schools on a music and art project over the autumn/winter of 2013-14

Poetry call celebrating the seasons

  • 23 July 2025
Poetry call celebrating the seasons

Be part of Swaledale Festival’s celebration of the seasons with an exciting new poetry call!

Journeying back through the 2025 Festival

  • 24 June 2025
Journeying back through the 2025 Festival

Swaledale Festival 2025 finished on 7 June after fifteen days filled with 60+ music, arts and walking events.

Swaledale Festival starts on Saturday 24 May!

  • 13 May 2025
Swaledale Festival starts on Saturday 24 May!

The meadows are blooming, the evenings are lengthening - and the wait is nearly over for Swaledale Festival 2025!

Sarod Grandmaster Amjad Ali Khan to Perform at Swaledale Festival

  • 1 May 2025
Sarod Grandmaster Amjad Ali Khan to Perform at Swaledale Festival

We are thrilled to welcome the legendary Indian classical musician and sarod grandmaster Amjad Ali Khan for a special concert with his two sons Ayaan Ali Bangash and Amaan Ali Bangash.

🎶 The Latimer Hinks Collaborative Playlist Competition

  • 25 April 2025
🎶 The Latimer Hinks Collaborative Playlist Competition

Win a pair of tickets to experience the Jervaulx Singers performing at St Andrew's Church in Aysgarth on Saturday 31 May!

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