Folk Festivals UK

Subject: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 01:23 PM

How many festivals do you average in a year?.I do about 5 in a year due to my disabilities and finances.



Scooby.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 03:11 PM

5! I'm lucky if I can get to 2:-(

Dave

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Captain Ginger
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 03:31 PM

Usually one a year. I'm amazed people have the time and money to go to more than a couple.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 03:37 PM

Why is this below the line - it's a folk festival thread...?

Scooby - how do you define "festival"?

I go to the Middle Bar reunion, Pennymoor and the Wareham Wail, which are all unaccompanied song events, but also to Chippenham, Wimborne, Alcester, Sidmouth, Whitby, Swanage, Bedworth, Haddenham...

Kitty

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Sorcha
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 03:47 PM

IMO, there's just too damn many of them! (*BG*)

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: nutty
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 03:56 PM

My total this year will be 7 proper festivals and 6 singers weekends.

What a wonderful way to spend a retirement.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: skipy
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 04:18 PM

6, but pre kids & in the days of advertising Stanford in the Vale we managed 32 per year! That often meant 2 per weekend!
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: sapper82
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 04:58 PM

3, Wheaton Saton, Saltburn and Burntwood

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 05:04 PM

Maybe half a dozen, but that's because on the one hand I get to a few free by playing the nasty mandolin for a morris side, and on the other I need to get a dogsitter for each day away....

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Rasener
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 05:44 PM

One this year and then I was stewarding.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Folkiedave
Date: 14 Aug 07 - 06:21 PM

Shepley Spring Festival; Gate to Southwell; Furness Traditions; Handley Village Festival; Warwick FF; and Bradfield Traditional Music Festival.

Trader at all of them but managed to find time to do some things!!

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: GUEST,Bruce Michael Baillie
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 01:47 AM

Cleckheaton (of course) Saddleworth, maybe Fylde and Otley occasionally...

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 04:49 AM

Kitty i was not sure where to put so its underneath.My definition is anything that means you leave home and have to travel too.




Scooby.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: GUEST,padgett
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 05:24 AM

Barnsley, Chester or Cleethorpes, Cleckheaton, Saddleworth, Sheffield, Saltburn, Warwick, Whitby, Holmfirth, half day at Shepley
Doncaster for a session

Didnt make Banbury or Bedworth (last year)

Anywhere that will have me and I dont have to pay for a ticket/camping/expenses in exchange for MC work or singaround or little spot! or a Workshop on Yorkshire Songs or aspects of Folk Club ettiquette or business and song collecting particularly now that I am retiring from the day job!

Plug? you bet!

Ray

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 05:46 AM

I went to loads last year, but I've been ill. so I've only been to four so far. I hope to get to at least another four before the end of the season. just watching stuff for the main part.

well someones got to be the audience.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Cats
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 05:56 AM

Fox & Hounds, Chppenham or Bude, Sidmouth, Dartmoor, Bideford, Cornwall [Wadebridge], Voice Tour, Wareham and Jon goes to a couple of other Song and Ales as well. Every couple of years we head north to Whitby as well.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: The PA
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 06:18 AM

Work, family, horses, etc etc = None, unfortunately, from what I read from you guys they sound wonderful - megga jealous. Maybe one day when I've retired, the family can look after themselves and Red is too old to compete any more.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: LesB
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 07:44 AM

"Why is this below the line - it's a folk festival thread...?"

I agree.
This year I will have done, Alcester, Saddleworth, Whitby & Fylde. That's probably average for me.
Cheers
Les

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: The Barden of England
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 08:30 AM

Now let me see, this year it'll be:-

Fareham (would have been Miskin but cancelled), Rochester Sweeps, Pigs'Ear weekend, Ely, Sidmouth, Fylde, Deal and finally Tenterden. That's without the beer festivals that tend to have music too. Such fun
John Barden

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Phot
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 08:49 AM

John, try Wareham this year, its not expensive, and only two weeks away!

Wassail!! Chris.

Subject: RE: BS: Folk Festivals UK
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 10:32 AM

Thank you for moving my thread to the top.



Scooby

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: muppitz
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 11:05 AM

Last year I clocked up 17, I couldn't name them without having last year's diary in front of me though, this year I think I'm on about 10 with 5 or 6 to go.
Most of these involve me working with Moor & Coast, some I actually get to on my own!

muppitz
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Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: vectis
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 11:32 AM

Only 10 this year, very poor for me. Illness and family stuff has taken loads of time up. Maybe next year.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: sapper82
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 12:31 PM

Hey Muppitz, you and your mum were missed at Saltburn this weekend!
How was Broadstairs? Friend of mine said it was excellent!

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: Lenny's mum (inactive)
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 02:11 PM

I average about 12 or 13 per year. Usually by stewarding. Its great fun and you get to see people (bands etc) whom you may not go to see if you had the choice but actually enjoy, once you are there (if you see what I mean). This is how we met Hissyfit at Saddleworth and recommended that they came to Cleckheaton for the 2007 festival.
Meeting other festivalgoers is fun too. The folk festival scene is one big happy family, usually.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 02:14 PM

That is very true a big happy folk scene family.



Scooby

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: Drumshanty
Date: 15 Aug 07 - 07:21 PM

Last year it was 16; this year it will be about 13 because of clashing dates. All bar two in Scotland, but because we've had such grand times south of the border, we'll be doing more English ones next year.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: Folkie
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 06:48 AM

I buy a ticket for Sidmouth, perform at Upton and steward at Cheltenham, Oxford, Chippenham, Alcester, Warwick, Shrewsbury, Fylde, Bromyard and Banbury

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: brassy sharman
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 07:04 AM

Middle Bar reunion

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: brassy sharman
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 07:08 AM

Middle Bar Reunion, Wath FF, CleethorpesFF, Beverly FF, Warwick FF, Whitby FF, Gainsborough FF. Plus any we get asked to perform at as a Morris Group with Grimsby Morris Men.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: Splott Man
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 10:22 AM

9 down 7 to go this year.

Starting tomorrow we're doing 4 in a row with Pontardawe, Whitby and Bladnoch before returning home for Wheatstock, our local pub's festival for local bands of all types.

(That's in the Wheatsheaf, just up the hill from you, Scooby).

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: Carol
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 11:35 AM

Now that we're retired and have a campervan - 15 so far this year and leaving home tomorrow for a whole week at Whitby - first time ever for a whole week! Then proably 4 more, mainly song and music weekends where I can find them or where I don't have to buy season tickets to go into the singarounds!

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: Hoygirl
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 02:34 PM

Just got back from Broadstairs on Monday night, I have booked for Bromyard (last time I was there was in the 70's!) and Perranporth in October. Wish I could do more, must try harder next year!

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: Fidjit
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 04:02 PM

I'm doing my bit Scooby.

Last year (2006) I managed 6 in Britain. "Straw Bear", Whitlsey, "Miskin", "Broadstairs", "White Horse", "Towersy" and "Wallingford".
Plus a concertina workshop at Stowmarket, Suffolk.

However, only time for 3 in Sweden, where, I as one of the English folk roots that have spread to Scandinavia now live.
"Åmål Blues". "Uddelvalla" -Eddie Reader was there - and "Lydkjöping".(Which is mostly dance).

This year, I've been poorly and broke, so have had to cancel most. or had them cancelled on me. 5 so far, but it's early yet.

A local ""Ukelele" festival. Managed the, "Mudcat Euro Gather" in Kiel, Germany. "Skagen, Denmark. Our own local "Musicians Gathering" and Uddevalla again.

Be over in England for, "Melodeons at Witney" workshop in November.

Chas

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 05:07 AM

Sorry to hear you have been unwell Chas.Hope to see you next year somewhere on our travels around the UK.


Scooby.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals UK
From: GUEST,Mad Jock
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 08:35 AM

Usually Middlewich Folk and Boat (guesting on the Fringe) Chester, one in Yorkshire , a different one each year. One a long way away for a total change of whose on. Last year Bideford in Devon, Great and before that Loch Lomond and Glen Farg.

We try to squeeze in Celtic Connections for a day or two

And The Taybank Songwriters Festival on September 1st as it is very local and is FREE.