Mercury Prize nominated Sam Lee has been confirmed to headline at Bristol Folk Festival on Sunday the 3rd May 2015. Sam Lee heads to BFF 2015 riding the wave of his latest album, The Fade In Time. It is the hotly anticipated follow-up to his Mercury Music Prize-nominated effort, Ground Of Its Own.

Appealing to young and old audiences alike, Sam is an outstanding contemporary performer, song collector and cultural motivator. Amongst his critically acclaimed albums and tours, as well as other varied projects, he is the driving force behind the eclectic, award-winning folk club The Nest Collective, which has brought traditional music to all kinds of new stages and venues, breathing new life into the folk scene.

Artists booked to appear include: Full English, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Heg & The Wolf Chorus, Home Service, Leveret (Sam Sweeney, Rob Harbron, Andy Cutting), Andy Irvine, Three Cane Whale, Roving Crows, Granny’s Attic, Beth Porter, Road Not Taken, Gentlemen Of Few, Matt Woosey, Skelad, Chris Cleverley, FolkLaw, Brakeman, Maz O’Connor, John Adams, Harry Jones & Matthew Falloon