THE headliners have been revealed and tickets are being snapped up for an annual celebration of folk music in Bury.

The Met’s Homegrown Festival of finest English folk music returns from October 15 to 17.

The Unthanks and Seth Lakeman will headline the weekend and there will also be performances from Merrymouth, Belshazzers Feast, the Emily Portman Trio and False Lights.

David Agnew, artistic director of The Met, said: “Homegrown is a great festival for Bury and audiences of live music from throughout the North West, as we open venues throughout the town for three days of the very best in English folk music.”

Now in its fourth year, Homegrown is a who’s who of folk artists from across the country.

It takes place at venues across Bury town centre, from the intimate Studio at The Met to the large atmospheric Castle Armoury Drill Hall.

Homegrown will also feature David Gibb, Sam Carter, Stick in the Wheel, Fay Hield, Moore Moss Rutter, Keston Cobblers' Club and the Andy May Trio with more acts to be announced later in the year.

Homegrown has enjoyed large audiences since its inaugural year thanks to the dramatic revival of and increased public and media interest in English folk music.

Partnered with the English Folk Expo, it also brings more than 50 music industry delegates from around the world to Bury to witness the high quality of folk music England has to offer.

The Unthanks

The Mercury Prize-nominated Geordie band have established themselves as the most innovative and critically-acclaimed English folk band in modern history, known for their timeless, unsentimental tales of loss, fear, booze and sorrow.

Seth Lakeman

West Country folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Seth Lakeman has successfully steered English folk into the mainstream with high-energy performances and a series of best-selling albums including Word of Mouth which entered the charts at number 20 in February 2014 to rave reviews.

Belshazzers Feast

In 1995, accordion player Paul Hutchinson and Paul Sartin, on oboe, violin and vocals, discovered they shared a musical passion. Their musicianship coupled with wry humour has stunned audiences around Europe and America ever since.

David Gibb

David Gibb is an award-winning songwriter and storyteller on a mission to create great music for children and families. His new musical children's piece Letters Through Your Door is packed full of catchy and toe tapping numbers perfect for age three years plus and their families.

Stick in the Wheel

A raw uncompromising London folk band brought up in the thriving culture of the East End working class. They have recently been nominated for Best Emerging Act (Horizon Award) and Best Traditional Track (Bedlam) for the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015.

Fay Hield and the Hurricane Party

Her debut solo album, Looking Glass, was released in September 2010 by prestigious folk label, Topic Records, and quickly earned Fay many accolades, as well as a nomination for the Horizon Award at the 2010 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Her second album Orfeo saw the launch of a new line-up including the Hurricane Party, made up of Jon Boden, Rob Harbron, Sam Sweeney and Andy Cutting.

Moore Moss Rutter

Since 2009, Moore Moss Rutter have been playing as a trio, meticulously reworking English tunes and compositions into sets and songs. Often praised for musical maturity, it is their aim to carefully create soundscapes of mellow and precisely engineered beauty.

Tickets for Homegrown are available now. For more information or to buy, phone The Met’s box office on 0161 761 2216 or visit homegrownfestival.co.uk