Folk Dranouter


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 is organised in De Panne on the beach near the end of April.

History

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 and singer-songwriters, 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

In the wake of the festival, a museum of folk music also opened in Dranouter.

Artists

Famous artists who performed in Dranouter over the years include:

1975–1987

  • Derroll Adams
  • Wannes Van de Velde
  • Dick Gaughan
  • Paddy Glackin
  • Fairport Convention
  • The Chieftains
  • Alan Stivell
  • The Dubliners
  • Brenda Wootton
  • Ossian
  • Zachary Richard
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle
  • Flaco Jiménez
  • John Prine
  • Steeleye Span

    1988

  • Mary Coughlan & Band
  • Ralph McTell
  • Billy Bragg
  • Malicorne
  • Rory McLeod & Kathryn Tickell
  • Dónal Lunny & Liam O'Flynn

    1989

  • Miriam Makeba
  • Richard Thompson
  • Alan Stivell
  • Soldat Louis
  • Värttinä

    1990

  • Donovan
  • Johannes Kerkorrel
  • June Tabor
  • Luka Bloom
  • Rory Block

    1991

  • Dan Ar Braz
  • Melanie
  • Suzanne Vega

    1992

  • Christy Moore
  • Geoffrey Oryema
  • Kirsty MacColl
  • Les Négresses Vertes
  • Marianne Faithfull
  • Pentangle
  • Värttinä
  • Zap Mama

    1993

  • Altan
  • Cesária Évora
  • Indigo Girls
  • Loreena McKennitt
  • Michelle Shocked
  • Mikis Theodorakis
  • The Pogues

    1994

  • Lloyd Cole
  • Joan Baez
  • Guo Yue
  • Eleanor McEvoy
  • Angelo Branduardi
  • Khaled

    1995

Sources:
  • Ry Cooder & David Lindley
  • Los Lobos
  • Kate & Anna McGarrigle
  • Melanie
  • Zap Mama
  • Mary Black
  • Shawn Colvin
  • Songhai
  • Giora Feidman
  • Gabriel Yacoub
  • Shane MacGowan and The Popes
  • Taraf de Haïdouks
  • Khadja Nin
  • Jo Lemaire
  • The Equation
  • Cordelia's Dad
  • JPP

    1996

  • Elvis Costello
  • Emmylou Harris
  • Yannis Markopoulos
  • Clannad
  • Cowboy Junkies
  • Maria McKee
  • Janis Ian
  • Huun-Huur-Tu
  • Cassandra Wilson
  • The Corrs
  • Ani di Franco

    1997

  • Sinéad O'Connor
  • The Levellers
  • Noa
  • Axelle Red
  • Mari Boine
  • Hedningarna
  • Davy Spillane
  • Afro Celt Sound System
  • Beth Orton

    1998

  • Ali Farka Touré
  • Kodo
  • Heather Nova
  • Patti Smith
  • Dulce Pontes
  • Van Morrison
  • Martha Wainwright
  • Donal Lunny
  • Lunasa
  • The Nits

    1999

  • I Muvrini
  • Nick Cave
  • Baaba Maal
  • Rubén González
  • James Taylor
  • John Hiatt
  • Värttinä
  • Kepa Junkera
  • Afro Celt Sound System
  • Shooglenifty

    2000

  • Mediæval Bæbes
  • 16 Horsepower
  • Lou Reed
  • Robert Plant

    2001

  • Novastar
  • Paul Weller
  • Youssou N'Dour
  • Capercaillie
  • The Waterboys
  • Neil Finn
  • Luar na Lubre
  • Admiral Freebee
  • Flip Kowlier
  • Maddy Prior

    2002

  • Patti Smith
  • Ray Davies
  • Buena Vista Social Club
  • Femi Kuti
  • Hothouse Flowers

    2003

  • Hooverphonic
  • Gotan Project
  • Linda Thompson
  • Daniel Lanois
  • Arno
  • Elliott Murphy
  • Gabriel Ríos

    2004

  • Starsailor
  • Calexico
  • Goran Bregović
  • Moya Brennan
  • The Skatalites
  • Under byen
  • Daan

    2005

  • Yann Tiersen
  • Jah Wobble
  • The Proclaimers
  • Lou Reed

    2006

  • Ed Harcourt
  • John Cale
  • Lambchop
  • Jamie Cullum
  • John Parish

    2007

  • Isobel Campbell
  • Mark Lanegan
  • Lisa Germano

    2008

  • Tori Amos
  • Howe Gelb

    2009

  • K's Choice
  • Travis
  • CocoRosie
  • Flogging Molly
  • Milow
  • Iva Bittová

    2010

  • 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