Welcome to Music Festival Photos, concert and festival photography by Alan Cole.
I supply my stock images to various artists, bands (including official gig photographer for Bellowhead) and record companies for their own promotional use as well as magazines, festivals (several as official festival photographer) and websites, of which I am the house photographer for www.brightyoungfolk.com. This has included requests to cover Glastonbury festival for The Imagined Village, Womad for the Afro Celt Sound System and Bellowhead at the BBC Folk Proms at the Royal Albert Hall and Abbey Road for the recording of their third album. My work can also be found on several albums including the highly acclaimed second album 'Matachin' from Bellowhead and the 30th anniversary album from Oysterband 'The Oxford Girl & Other Stories'. Magazines include a front cover for 'efdss' and a two page (tweleve photo) spread for 'fRoots'. Internationally, my images have been used in 'Sing Out!' (United States) as well as press articles in Germany and Sweden.

New for 2011: Folk Festival Photos, supporting several of the major UK folk festivals. Oxford, Bristol, Priddy, Sidmouth and Shrewsbury.

Please remember all images are copyright and remain the property of Alan Cole / Music Festival Photos. They may not be reproduced, copied or used without written permission. Images on the website are watermarked for security. All purchased and downloaded images will have them removed.

For publishing rates and other enquiries I can be contacted at alan@musicfestivalphotos.co.uk

LINKS:
Keeping track of the gigging and related projects of the members of the bright young British folk scene: www.brightyoungfolk.com
Folk Against Fascism: www.folkagainstfascism.com
UK Folk Festival listings: http://www.ukfolkfestivals.co.uk/
All things Folk in the UK: www.ukfolkmusic.co.uk


A Folk Song A Day
www.afolksongaday.com
Listen to Jon Boden's 'A Folk Song A Day'. You can also subscribe via iTunes to ensure that you never miss a new track. (Please mute sound on this page before following the link)

Guide Cats For the Blind (BCAB)
http://www.bcab.org.uk/guide-cats-cds
The result of one man's extraordinary idea and the incredible generosity of many others. British Computer Association of the Blind member Clive Lever is the man with the idea and the driving force behind this outstanding fund raising initiative. Comic genius and folk poet Les Barker, has donated all of the materials for the Guide Cats CDs. It was the name of an early poem of Les', Guide Cats for the Blind, that captured the imagination and set the scene for everything else that was to come.