This annual event is for young performers of all styles of traditional or contemporary folk, roots or world music, whether you play traditional material or write your own. Categories are under 18 and 18-24.

There is no one ‘winner’, but it’s a great day, a chance to get your music heard and loads of great prizes are awarded to the most appropriate acts. The prizes in 2011 were performance opportunities at the following festivals and clubs:
 

Festivals	Clubs and concerts
Warwick	Folk Rising, Cecil Sharp House	Herga
Leigh	Baldock and Letchworth	Chesham
St Albans	Stortfolk	Black Swan, York
Garway Folk Festival Weekend	Loughton	Stockton
Tenterden	Lewes	Norwich
Towersey	Redbourn
Upton-on-Severn Folk Festival	Walthamstow

We will be approaching them and others for 2012

To offer a performance opportunity for New Roots 2012, please complete and return this form.

The final of New Roots 2012 will be on Sunday April 22 2012 from 11am to 5pm at Trestle Arts Base, Russet Drive, St Albans AL4 0JQ. There is no charge for admission. The judges will give feedback and award the prizes.  For enquiries, email Alison.Macfarlane@lineone.net or ring 01727 852111. For further details, click here.