Just an update on the Picturedrome situation.
Anyone local will know that Peter was planning to sell the venue but that hasn't happened yet so he is putting on events as usual, some of which will obviously be over the festival weekend. He has a Nick Drake tribute band and a Johnny Cash tribute band on Friday and Jan Ackerman on Saturday.
The festival committee are quite 'cool' about this and see it as a plus for the festival but want people to know that the ticketing etc is all quite separate to the festival gigs.
We had to go ahead with our plans on the assumption that the
Picturedrome would no longer be available and that Peter would have left and that is what we have done. The circumstances have changed but it is too late for us to revise our programme.
So you have an even bigger choice in Holmfirth from May 11th - 13th than you thought you had!