Alpentöne (Switzerland) Altdorf (August) www.alpentoene.ch

Atlantic Waves (UK) London (November) www.atlanticwaves.org.uk

Awesome Africa (South Africa) Durban (September) www.music.org.za

Bath International Music Festival (UK) Bath, Somerset (May/June) www.efestivals.co.uk

Brighton Festival (UK) Brighton, Sussex (May)
www.brighton-festival.org

Cambridge Folk Festival (UK) Cambridge (July) www.cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk

Celtic Connections (UK) Glasgow (January) www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/music/celticconnections/

Falun Folkmusik Festival (Sweden) Falun (July) www.falufolk.com

Fes Festival (Morocco) Fes (June) www.fesfestival.com

Festival of the Desert (Mali) Essakane, near Timbuktu (January) www.festival-au-desert.org

Førde Folk Music Festival (Norway) Førde (July) www.fordefestival.no

Glastonbury Festival (UK) Glastonbury, Somerset (June, next festival 2007) www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

Gnawa World Music Festival (Morocco) Essaouira (June) www.festival-gnaoua.co.ma

Kaustinen Festival (Finland) Kaustinen (July) www.kaustinen.net

La Linea (UK) London (April) www.comono.co.uk

La Mar de Músicas (Spain) Cartagena (July) www.lamardemusicas.com

La Zampogna Festival (Italy) Maranola (January) www.finisterre.it

Larmer Tree Festival (UK) Cranbourne Chase, Wiltshire (July) www.larmertreefestival.co.uk

Les Méditerranéennes Festival (France) Argelès-sur-Mer (August) www.lesmediterraneennes.fr

London African Music Festival (UK) South Bank, London (March/April) www.londonafricanmusicfestival.com

Musicport (UK) Pavilion Complex, Whitby (October) www.whitbymusicport.com

Musiques Métisses (France) Angoulême (June) www.musiques-metisses.com

Rhythm Sticks (UK) South Bank Centre, London (July) www.rfh.org.uk/rhythmsticks

Sarawak Rainforest World Music Festval (Borneo) Santubong Peninsula (July) www.sarawaktourism.com

Sauti za Busara (Tanzania) Zanzibar (February) www.zanzibar.net/zanzibar/sauti_za_busara

Sfinks (Belgium) Boechout (July) www.sfinks.be

TFF Rudolstadt (Germany) Rudolstadt (July) www.rudolstadt.de/tff

The Big Chill (UK) Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire (August) www.bigchill.net

The Garma Festival (Australia) Galuka, Northern Territory (August) www.garma.telstra.com

WOMAD (UK) Rivermead, Reading (July) www.womad.org

WOMADelaide (Australia) Botanic Park, Adelaide (March) www.womadelaide.com.au

Wychwood Music Festival (UK) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (June) www.wychwoodfestival.com