Moseley Festival 2007

Subject: Moseley Folk Festival 2007
From: Lizzie Cornish
Date: 16 Jun 07 - 03:48 AM

It's only their second year and they seem to be going from strength to strength.....They've an excellent line up this year


MOSELEY FOLK FESTIVAL 2007

Below is taken for their site:

>>>>Moseley Folk Festival 2007 Line Up
As you can see we've brought you another stunning programme featuring some of the UK's folk legends alongside some of its best contemporary artists.

We're opening a little earlier this year with our opening ceremony at 11am and our first act at 11.30 and our last act will end at 10.00pm each day.

Our second stage is bigger and better, you'll see many more up and coming artists perform during the changeovers on the main stage. We are pleased to welcome back Janice Long who will be your compere for the weekend.

SAT 1st SEPT 2007

MAIN STAGE
FAIRPORT CONVENTION
DAVY GRAHAM
TUNNG
SIMON FOWLER
SWARBRICKS LAZARUS
MARTHA TILSTON
ANDY VOTEL
VOICE OF THE 7 WOODS
ANDREW HOCKEY
JANE WEAVER

SUN 2nd SEPT 2007

MAIN STAGE
RORY McLEOD
KATE RUSBY
ALASDAIR ROBERTS
FINDLAY BROWN
ADEM
JIM MORAY
JOHN SMITH
CLIVE PALMER
MEN AN TOL
THE OLD DANCE SCHOOL
BILTONE

Times & Days may change

LUNAR STAGE
STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK
MICHAEL WESTON KING
DANIEL RACHEL
SHARRON KRAUS
MICKEY GREANEY
BEN CALVERT
RICHARD BURKE
EDDY MORTON
GARY NOCK
ROBERT JESSE
CHRIS TYE
LUCIE WREN
THE SMERKIN MERKINS
EMIL BRYNGE
DOMINIC CRANE

Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007
From: nutty
Date: 16 Jun 07 - 07:25 AM

No Camping is a definite minus point .. makes for a very expensive weekend if you have to pay for accommodation.

Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007
From: Lizzie Cornish
Date: 16 Jun 07 - 07:50 AM

I'm sure they'll find a solution eventually Nutty....

Mind you, Beautiful Days has loads of camping, but this year they've stopped doing Day Tickets, so we can't afford to go and we only live about 15 minutes away. How frustrating is that!

I hope they'll reconsider that daft idea...

Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007
From: CharleyO'Neill
Date: 17 Jun 07 - 01:50 AM

What a great vibe Mosseley was last year ! Yep, the no camping thing is a negative point, hope they work something out for next year. It is a lovely festival with a great atmosphere. As with last year I have not previously come across a lot of the acts, but festival website has loads of links and further investigation makes me feel that Mosseley is again a weekend to look forward to !

Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007
From: Snuffy
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 08:43 AM

With huge wodges of public money thrown at it (Birmingham City Council, European Community, etc) it would have no excuse for being anything less than brilliant. Most festival organisers in the area would give their eye teeth for a tenth of that funding.

NOTE: the above is the Moseley FOLK Festival in September- I don't know why the title was changed to Moseley Festival. The actual, original, home-grown Moseley Festival starts this Friday and runs for a week. Moseley's annual festival, organised by and for people who live, work and visit the lovely, lively suburb of Moseley, Birmingham.

Could a Mudelf change the title back to what it originally was.

Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007
From: Folkiedave
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 09:43 AM

With huge wodges of public money thrown at it (Birmingham City Council, European Community, etc) it would have no excuse for being anything less than brilliant. Most festival organisers in the area would give their eye teeth for a tenth of that funding.

Without wishing to drift the thread - that does seem the way festivals in general are going and as the parent of a festival organiser who does it full-time, I know her biggest skill is accessing the various sorts of funding.

I reckon we are a long way behind our European neighbours in this respect. Even as a morris dancer I have been flown to festivals (twice) fed and watered like a king (no more lobster for me) and when I asked the organisers where the money came from the answer was invariably some obscure EC project.

I am not knocking it - I believe we spend far too much on what is sometimes referred to as "high art" and not enough on traditional culture and it is good to see a festival getting cash like that one apparently has done.

Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007
From: GUEST,Mrs. Brummie
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 04:25 PM

Moseley Park Where The Festival Is Held

Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007
From: countrylife
Date: 19 Jun 07 - 04:29 PM

The thing with Moseley Park, where The Festival is held, is that it's a private park, it costs about thirty quid a year for a private key that allows you access at anytime...this is probably a factor in the no camping policy

Moseley Park