Sam Sweeney (born 27 February 1989 in Nottingham) is a multi-instrumental English folk musician.

Sweeney was introduced to folk music as a child via his parents' record collection and taught himself to play traditional pieces by ear.

[2] From 2002 to 2010, he was part of the East Midlands-based folk band Kerfuffle, playing fiddle, viola, and cajon, and singing.

Together with Andy Cutting and Rob Harbron, he formed English folk supergroup Leveret in 2015.

[11] In 2007 he won one of five BBC Performing Arts Fund bursaries to help him start his musical career.