Bromsgrove Folk Festivals first started in 1992 at the Hop Pole Inn with the first 3 years festivals being at the end of August over a Sunday/Monday. In 1995 they moved to running in mid July over  Fri, Sat & Sun and stayed at the Hop Pole until 1997, when they moved to the Dodford Inn. This remained their venue for 7 years, running in tandem with a beer festival at the pub.. In 2004 they moved to The bowling green where the festival had it's home for 15 years until 2019. Then along came Covid and 2 years of a virtual online festival.. As soon as was possible  the festival restarted in 2023 at Avoncroft Museum and in 2024 it ran at Bromsgrove Rugby Club. Some of the posters for the festivals can be seen below.