NEW acts have been added to the line-up of Bury’s biggest folk festival.

Tickets are on sale for Homegrown, The Met’s annual festival of English folk music, and joining the October event are well-known names such as Holy Moly & The Crackers and Rheingan Sisters as well as three bands from this year’s associate country, the Flanders region of Belgium.

Artists already announced to appear include headliners Steeleye Span, Turin Brakes and the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain along with Michael McGoldrick, Nancy Kerr, the Moulettes and O’Hooley & Tidow.

Joining Turin Brakes will be award-winning singer-songwriter Megan Henwood while “young generation” folkies from Flanders, Surpluz, will appear with BBC Folk Award nominees O’Hooley & Tidow.

The duo are known for putting their own modern twist on traditional Flemish folk songs performed with traditional instruments.

Also being added to the line-up are Flemish band WÖR, acapella foursome The Teacups, and fiddle-singers Rowan and Anna, also known as The Rheingans Sisters.

Rowan is well known on the English folk scene as part of hugely popular trio Lady Maisery and Anna lives in Toulouse, where she is a much sought-after fiddle player.

Saturday night features headliners Steeleye Span plus Marry Waterson and David A Jaycock. They will be joined by Trio Dhoore, a new instrumental Flemish folk band who collect stories and encounters with fascinating people to create upbeat grooves and swinging melodies.

The final addition are seven-piece ‘gypsy folk’n’roll’ band Holy Moly & The Crackers who play festivals throughout the UK.

Appearing alongside them are Flats and Sharps who mix original songs with bluegrass classics.

This year’s festival will take place over the weekend of Thursday, October 13, to Saturday, October 15, with events at The Castle Armoury Drill Hall, The Elizabethan Suite and The Fusilier Museum in Bury town centre while The Met’s refurbishment is being completed.

The full line-up and tickets are available from www.themet.biz/homegrown, or book by visiting our temporary box office at Tourist Information Centre or by calling The Met box office on 0161 761 2216.