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 (Dranouter at sea) 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 (with Miriam Makeba in 1989) and singer-songwriters (with Billy Bragg in 1988), 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 (1976, 1981, 1991) Wannes Van de Velde (1977, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1996) Dick Gaughan (1979) Paddy Glackin (1982) Fairport Convention (1983, 1993, 2000) The Chieftains (1983, 1997, 2000, 2009) Alan Stivell (1983, 1989, 1994, 2000, 2004) The Dubliners (1984, 1991) Brenda Wootton (1985) Ossian (1985) Zachary Richard (1985) Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1986, 1995) Flaco Jiménez (1986) John Prine (1987) Steeleye Span (1987, 1994, 1999)
1988 Mary Coughlan & Band Ralph McTell Billy Bragg (also 1993, 2008, 2014) Malicorne Rory McLeod (also 1994) & Kathryn Tickell Dónal Lunny (also 1998) & Liam O'Flynn
1989 Miriam Makeba Richard Thompson (also 1992, 2000, 2009, 2014) Alan Stivell Soldat Louis Värttinä
1990 Donovan Johannes Kerkorrel (also 1997, 2002) June Tabor Luka Bloom (also 1994, 2006, 2011) Rory Block
1991 Dan Ar Braz Melanie (also 1995) Suzanne Vega (also 1997, 2002, 2008)
1992 Christy Moore (also 1994, 2005) Geoffrey Oryema Kirsty MacColl Les Négresses Vertes (also 2007) Marianne Faithfull (also 2005) Pentangle Värttinä (also 1997, 2002, 2008) Zap Mama (also 1995, 2006)
1993 Altan (also 1997, 2007) Cesária Évora Indigo Girls (also 2002) Loreena McKennitt (also 2008) Michelle Shocked Mikis Theodorakis The Pogues (also 2010)
1994 Lloyd Cole Joan Baez Guo Yue Eleanor McEvoy Angelo Branduardi Khaled
1995
Sources:
Ry Cooder & David Lindley (with Joachim Cooder and Rosanna Lindley) (USA) Los Lobos (USA) Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Canada) Melanie (USA) Zap Mama (Zaire) Mary Black (Ireland) Shawn Colvin (USA) Songhai (Mali/Spain/Great Britain) Giora Feidman (USA) Gabriel Yacoub (France) Shane MacGowan and The Popes (Great Britain) Taraf de Haïdouks (Romania) Khadja Nin (Burundi) Jo Lemaire (Belgium) The Equation (Great Britain) Cordelia's Dad (USA) JPP (Finland)
1996 Elvis Costello Emmylou Harris (also 2006) Yannis Markopoulos (also 2004) Clannad Cowboy Junkies Maria McKee Janis Ian Huun-Huur-Tu (also 2003) Cassandra Wilson The Corrs Ani di Franco
1997 Sinéad O'Connor (also 2007) The Levellers (also 1999, 2003, 2007) Noa Axelle Red (also 2000, 2007) Mari Boine Hedningarna Davy Spillane Afro Celt Sound System (also 1999) Beth Orton (also 1998, 2003)
1998 Ali Farka Touré Kodo Heather Nova Patti Smith Dulce Pontes Van Morrison Martha Wainwright (also 2008) 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 (also 2005) Robert Plant
2001 Novastar (also 2005, 2009, 2014) Paul Weller Youssou N'Dour Capercaillie The Waterboys Neil Finn Luar na Lubre Admiral Freebee (also 2003, 2007) Flip Kowlier (also 2003, 2005, 2009, 2014) Maddy Prior
2002 Patti Smith Ray Davies Buena Vista Social Club (also 2005) Femi Kuti Hothouse Flowers
2003 Hooverphonic (also 2006) Gotan Project Linda Thompson Daniel Lanois Arno (also 2007) Elliott Murphy Gabriel Ríos (also 2006, 2008, 2014)
2004 Starsailor (also 2007) Calexico Goran Bregović Moya Brennan The Skatalites Under byen Daan (also 2006, 2010)
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
References
External links
Folk music centre Dranouter