Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th

Subject: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 13 Oct 08 - 05:32 PM

Just heard today that Peter has booked Eliza Carthy and band with Mark Radcliffe for the Picturedrome on the Friday night (May 8th).
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,glueman
Date: 13 Oct 08 - 06:03 PM

Wasn't the Picturedrome supposed to be hosting a folk club this autumn?

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 14 Oct 08 - 04:04 AM

If I recollect the story it was available but only if someone came forward to organise and run it.
To the best of my knowledge that hasn't happened.
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Ian Hendrie
Date: 14 Oct 08 - 08:20 AM

Do you still have to keep on the move in the Picturedrome to avoid sticking to the floor?

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 14 Oct 08 - 12:23 PM

I haven't been for a while but I suspect so!!
All the old plush cinema seats are gone though so there's nowhere to put your drink when you watch the pictures. I think most music gigs are standing and chairs are put out for the films.
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GerryMc
Date: 14 Oct 08 - 07:17 PM

Coool

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th, 2009
From: Cath
Date: 11 Feb 09 - 05:20 AM

The list of artists for this year's festival is now up and very impressive (if I say so myself) thanks to collaborations with Peter at the Picturedrome and Ged at the Open Mic who have added their gigs to our already super lineup. Take a look at the web site www.holmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk and see for yourself.
Please note that tickets for Picturedrome and CragRats gigs are necessary and available from the contacts listed.
Any aspiring artists please note that we have more than enough for all the venues that we have and I don't keep applications from one year to another as there are so many that they would totally gum up my computer!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Joe G
Date: 11 Feb 09 - 08:33 AM

Looks excellent - good luck!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 11 Feb 09 - 01:23 PM

See you at yours in March!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Joe
Date: 11 Feb 09 - 02:24 PM

Great - look forward to seeing you Cath

I see we have a few artists in common but all well worth seeing at least twice!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 11 Feb 09 - 03:42 PM

Hi Cath here a Blue Click do da for you http://www.holmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk/

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th, 2009
From: GUEST,Cath
Date: 13 Feb 09 - 05:41 AM

The list and the festival gets longer!
Peter has just confirmed that he's booked the Peatbog Faeries for the Picturedrome on Thursday May 7th so it's looking like an even bigger weekend than before.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 13 Feb 09 - 07:59 AM

What does Mark Radcliffe do ?

Dave H

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: r.padgett
Date: 13 Feb 09 - 09:14 AM

Mark Radcliffe is a BBC DJ and certainly has introduced folk acts on BBC TV progs such as Cambridge ff highlights

What style of folk event did Peter envisage happening at Holmfirth Picturedrome in the course of normal time and what "venue" did he have in mind?

Ray

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 13 Feb 09 - 12:16 PM

I'm not sure what you mean Ray!
Peter uses the Picturedrome for gigs on a regular basis and over the weekend of the festival he will have Mark Radcliffe and the Family Mahone with the Eliza Carthy Band on Friday and Ruth Notman, Jeana Leslie and Siobhan Miller, Silver Fall, Bellowhead and Saor Patrol in concert on Saturday. He has just added a concert with Peatbog Faeries on the Thursday before the festival officially starts.
Tickets for these are all booked and paid for separately to the 'official' festival gigs but even if people buy for all three gigs it will still cost less than most other festivals when you consider that pretty much everything else is free.
Hope that helps.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: r.padgett
Date: 14 Feb 09 - 11:35 AM

Good for him Cath!!

I was alluding to the statement that after last year some one was needed to run a folk club!

Folk Clubs come in all styles and varieties I would add and are somewhat different to full scale paying public gigs!

So where and what I was after ~ if the Picturedrome is the answer? isn't it a bit big?

Ray

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 15 Feb 09 - 07:50 AM

Ah now I know what you mean!
There is an upstairs bar with full PA available and I think that is the space Peter was thinking about. He isn't going to run a club but has offered the space for anyone who would like to take it up.
Personally I don't think it is going to happen in the near future as there is already a thriving 'Open Mic' session at Number 11 which fulfils some of the functions of a folk club - not all I admit but you get a wide variety from unaccompanied traditional to pretty loud electric originals.
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: r.padgett
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 04:30 AM

Many thanks Cath

What night is the open night please?

No 11 is in the centre of Holmfirth isn't it?

Ray

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 06:44 AM

It's every other Thursday - this week is the one - and it's on Upperbridge, just past Ashley Jacksons in the Holmbridge direction.
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Rob the Roadie
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 08:41 AM

Taggart and Wright will be making an appearance or two at Holmfirth Festival 2009 whether they are invited or not!
Although they have not been performing for two ot three years they are still "together" if you can call it that. Anne lives in Chester and Angie has moved to Blairgowrie in Perthshire.

They decided that they would get back together for a festival this year and Holmfirth was their choice!
They guested there a few years back and really enjoyed themselves.

One of the Family Mahone plays on both of Angie's solo CDs so they hope to meet up with them for some fun.

So watch out they are about!!!!! You have been warned.

Taggart and Wright Web site is

www.sky-web.net/taggartandwright/

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,glueman
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 06:21 PM

Didn't know about No 11's open mic sessions and I live 5 minutes walk away. It's a shame Peter's offer of a club upstairs at the 'Drome never took off.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 17 Feb 09 - 07:26 AM

Well, Glueman you obviously don't read the new free newspaper - there was an advert in the latest edition last week. Let me know who and where you are and I'll make sure you get to know all about it.
With reference to Rob the Roadie - I'd be interested to know where Taggart and Wright will be playing - as the person who is putting the programme together I know nothing of it!!
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Rob The Roadie
Date: 17 Feb 09 - 07:56 AM

They will be lending their excellent vocal support at as many sessions and singarounds as they can.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,glueman
Date: 17 Feb 09 - 09:44 AM

Cath - I rarely get past the Keep Tesco Out pages in the local free paper - I rather fancy a supermarket with a grass roof. Anyway I shall endeavour to get my backside down to see what's happening.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Lady Nancy
Date: 17 Feb 09 - 10:57 AM

Hiya

The lionk is not working and IE can't display pages directly. Shame. I'd have like to look at the site....

LN

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 19 Feb 09 - 06:52 PM

We have a minor hosting problem which will be sorted in a day or so. I'll post on here when it's back up.
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Rob the Roadie
Date: 21 Feb 09 - 04:25 PM

Oh yes and dont worry Cath,I will be there to keep them out of trouble!!!!!

Rumour has it they, taggart and Wright that is, are actualy going to do some practising, something they have never tried in the past???

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Rob the Roadie
Date: 24 Feb 09 - 08:53 AM

Angie Wright is also appearing as a soloist at :

The Lymm Festival 27th-28th June,
The Lomond Festival 24-26 July
The Isle of Colonsay Festival 17th-20th Sept

But she was invited to those.
Perhaps its because Anne is not with her that they let her in!!!!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 24 Feb 09 - 09:50 AM

The web site is back up - I think Tyke did one of those blue clicky things for it so why not have a look?
Even if I say so myself it's a pretty impressive line up thanks to Peter at the Picturedrome and Ged at the Open Mic. The Peatbog Faeries are still to go on the site - they are at the Picturedrome on Thursday May 7th to set things off for the weekend.
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 24 Feb 09 - 03:30 PM

Hi cath yes I did but here is another blue clicky link http://www.holmfirthfestivaloffolk.co.uk/

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 25 Feb 09 - 04:42 AM

Thanks Tyke.
I think you'll be resident in the Elephant for much of the weekend!
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: r.padgett
Date: 25 Feb 09 - 09:16 AM

Best place for him I reckon Cath !!

Just joking George!

Ray

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Sarah, Barnsley
Date: 25 Feb 09 - 02:03 PM

Ray, is there going to be a wibbly wobbly walking workshop this year?

Sarah

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 25 Feb 09 - 07:15 PM

Well said Sarah. Ray's just remided me of a quote.

"One small step for mankind is a giant leap for Ray Padget"
Just joking Ray!
George

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: r.padgett
Date: 26 Feb 09 - 08:30 AM

thank you Sarah, I will see you Saturday!!

Ray Padgett (with two Ts!)

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 26 Feb 09 - 06:23 PM

Would that be with or without sugar?
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 27 Feb 09 - 12:38 AM

Sorry Ray for cutting you short. I,ll make you a T on the Campsite.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Dame Pattie Smith EPNS
Date: 01 Mar 09 - 04:52 AM

Can I have one too, please?

Splott Man

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 01 Mar 09 - 07:50 AM

Yes bring you own cup and spoon!

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: r.padgett
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 04:43 AM

No sugar I'm diabetic!!

Hope to see you too Patti, bring the spoons!!

Ray

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 05 Mar 09 - 11:56 AM

To anyone reading this thread please note this is a very friendly festival it's one of reasons we all go year after year. If you have never been before you can be sure of a warm welcome. I can only apologise for my friends and myself who forget that when we indulge in our banter we may appear to be excluding those who have never been to the Festival before. You will not be excluded you will be made welcome it's a Great Little Festival.
George Clarke

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 05 Mar 09 - 12:02 PM

PS.
Alegedly Ray Padgett will be serving Bacon Sanwhiches from the back of his camper from 6 am. Please bring your own plate.

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Joe G
Date: 05 Mar 09 - 12:59 PM

I hope to be there on the Saturday - hope to see some of you at Queensbury this weekend (as well as Cath of course)

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Rob the Roadie
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 08:19 AM

just refreshing to bring it up again so up we go........

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Capo da Monty
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 02:24 PM

Great to see me old friend Jim Reynolds on the guest-list. Brilliant guitarist and songwriter.

Very under-exposed on the folk scene imho. (Other Festival/Club organisers please take note!)

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 15 Mar 09 - 08:59 AM

I hadn't seen Jim for years which is one of the reasons for putting him on. All being well he will be the guest in Les Caveaux on Friday night and he'll be doing something on Saturday as well.
All welcome as Tyke says.
There's a change on Friday at the Picturedrome as Mark Radcliffe can no longer make it - I'm told The Men They Couldn't Hang are substitute!
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 15 Mar 09 - 09:05 AM

Joe - I've been looking for your email and I can't find it - can you let me know where you got your Queensbury tee shirts as we are thinking of getting some?
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: GUEST,Joe G
Date: 15 Mar 09 - 01:22 PM

Hi Cath - I will find out & pm you

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Cath
Date: 15 Mar 09 - 01:26 PM

Thanks I'll look out for it.
Cath

Subject: RE: Holmfirth Festival of Folk May 8 - 10th
From: Tyke
Date: 27 Mar 09 - 11:53 AM

Holmfirth Festival of Folk