Sandra Surtees is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Shrewsbury Folk Festival, one of the UK’s top folk events. In her role, she oversees overall programming across the festival’s four music stages, dance, workshop and children and youth programmes. The festival has a reputation for diverse, high-quality line-ups of folk, world music and Americana music and championing emerging talent. It also has a strong tradition of programming Canadian artists. The 30th edition of the legendary Shrewsbury Folk Festival will take place from August 28-31, 2026.