The Stray Birds have been one of the busiest in USA this summer, appearing at most of the country’s biggest outdoor events including MerleFest. It’s a pattern that is about to be repeated in Europe too as they dash over the Atlantic twice in the space of a month for a main stage appearance at Cambridge Folk Festival on Saturday, August 1 followed by a return to Denmark’s big Tønder Festival (August 28 – 30). In between, as well as a London show at Cecil Sharp House (August 19), they play Norwich Arts centre (August 20), Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford, Black Box, Belfast, have a late show lined up at The Famous Spiegeltent during Edinburgh Fringe (August 23) and also return to Glasgow’s St Andrews In The Square, scene of their sold-out Celtic Connections show last year (August 25). (Photo by Doug Seymour)
