Walton on the Naze Folk Festival

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: billybob
Date: 25 Aug 11 - 07:57 AM

We are having a " brainstorming day" on September 25th, marquee in the garden, Bar b q and a guest from Canada in the afternoon, lots of singing and good ideas for next year . please let me know if you are coming as BB needs to know how many burgers to get! :-)

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: billybob
Date: 26 Aug 11 - 04:59 AM

and if the marquee is big enough :-)

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: Alan Day
Date: 26 Aug 11 - 09:30 AM

Your proposed date sounds very near to the Stowmarket one. A week after however some campers might make a fortnight of it. Worth checking with Kate Howson so ensure you are not clashing.
Al

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: billybob
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 06:49 AM

Thanks Al, how can I contact Kate?

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: Alan Day
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 08:51 AM

Easily through the East Anglian FS and Dance Soc or if you get problems
come back to me and I will Email it to you.
Sorry I missed your House Concert (my Wife knows your address well )
I have a virus type cough which you and your guests would not have appreciated.
Al

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 09:01 AM

when you get a website up I would be happy to exchange links.https://sites.google.com/site/thefastnetmaritimeandfolkfest/

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 28 Aug 11 - 09:09 AM

Stowmarket Traditional Music Day is 3 September this year as is Knockholt. Sigh. There are not enough of me.

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 28 Aug 11 - 09:12 AM

My mistake. Knockholt is second weekend September.

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Pug
Date: 02 Sep 11 - 10:30 AM

We're never going to find a date that is both appropriate for, and beneficial to the Town (it is the council who have suggested running it) and which doesn't clash with some other event. There are folk events every single weekend. Oh, hang on, I think I've spotted a vacant slot. Around the fourth weekend in December!

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: billybob
Date: 02 Sep 11 - 10:36 AM

It used to be the weekend after the schools go back to add an extra weekend onto the summer for the local traders, also after the holiday makers have gone leaving the town free and ready for the folkies.Also the Festival started in 1986 and there were not any clashes that we knew of!
Looking forward to our get together on Sept 25th ( marquee goes up on the Friday evening....any helpers?)
Wendy

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: billybob
Date: 22 Sep 11 - 06:52 AM

House concert this Sunday, do come along! See House concert at Billbobs thread!Or if you know me phone me !!
Wendy

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 22 Sep 11 - 07:02 AM

There are folk events every single weekend.

That may be true nationally or internationally - but not in this particular corner of the world. And folk music is perhaps at its best when it is locally made and locally supported.

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: Essex Girl
Date: 22 Sep 11 - 11:41 AM

Wendy, as per my PM we'd love to be involved, it will be like old times! I'm sure Gongs would like to be there if it doesn't clash with Faversham.

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: billybob
Date: 24 Sep 11 - 05:30 AM

Marquee going up, Concert tomorrow my house!!

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: banjoman
Date: 24 Sep 11 - 06:23 AM

Basingclog were a guest side at one of the earlier WON Festivals. Suggest the organisers get in touch as they may be available for next year (basingclog.org..

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: billybob
Date: 24 Sep 11 - 08:07 AM

Thanks Banjoman, I will put that on the list of "to do" tomorrow, that is why we are getting together to swop ideas, I am getting all the old programmes out of the attic, and old photos , to stir the memories of who was there!!

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: billybob
Date: 27 Sep 11 - 05:51 AM

Thanks to everyone who came to the concert on Sunday, we certainly saw some faces that we had not seen for years! And some good ground work for next year was forthcoming.
Special thanks to Terry, hope the evening was worth the horrendous drive from London, A huge thank you to My Sweet Patootie who were fantastic, if you can catch them before they go back to Canada next week go see them!

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: My guru always said
Date: 27 Sep 11 - 08:25 AM

Glad it all went well Wendy!! Do let us all know your proposed dates for 2012 as soon as its decided. Will keep a lookout...

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Eleanor and Phoebe from Between the Tides
Date: 11 Jul 24 - 11:30 AM

Hi! We are involved in organising a festival in Walton-on-the-Naze in September 2024. It’s called Between the Tides Walton Art Festival. This is the link to our website waltonartsfestival.com . It’s not only a folk festival but follows in the footsteps of the past festivals held in Walton. We are planning an exhibition about the Walton folk festival and there will be local folk bands, shanty workshops and singers from local choirs during the weekend. This is our pilot year for the festival and we are just testing out ideas. We have been reading through all of these comments and are taking them all on board! If you have any more ideas please feel free to email us at [e-mail]?From Eleanor and Phoebe at The Nose Bookshop

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 11 Jul 24 - 11:48 AM

all the best with the festival.
harwich for the continent
clacton for the incontinent
Walton for the supercontinent

Subject: RE: Walton on the Naze Folk Festival
From: The Sandman
Date: 18 Jul 24 - 02:05 PM

re