UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011

Subject: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: Ian Hendrie
Date: 30 Dec 10 - 03:32 PM

I started a thread with a similar title for 2010 and I hope the contributions from Mudcatters helped others as well as myself. I have updated the folk festival information for 2011 as follows :

Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival Friday 17th - Sunday 19th June 11
http://www.midfest.org/

Lymm Festival (Bridgewater Canal) from June 23rd to July 3rd
http://www.lymmfestival.org.uk/

Bromsgrove Folk Festival July 8th, 9th & 10th 2011
http://www.bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk/festival2011.html

Warwick Festival 29-31 July 2011
http://www.warwickfolkfestival.co.uk/localinfo.shtml

Fairport's Cropredy Convention 11-13 August 2011
http://www.fairportconvention.com/

Wallingford Bunkfest Friday Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th September 2011
http://www.bunkfest.co.uk/

Banbury Festival 7th - 9th October 2011
http://www.banburyfolkfestival.co.uk/

If anyone knows of folk related events, regular or one-offs, which can be accessed on foot from a moored up canal boat please let me know and I'll add them to this list.

Ian

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: Gillie
Date: 30 Dec 10 - 04:25 PM

Retford, Nottinghamshire - 2nd Thursday of every month - the Packet Inn music & song session. Local real ales, 24 hr moorings beside the pub. Bridge 57, Chesterfield Canal.

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: greg stephens
Date: 30 Dec 10 - 04:52 PM

Boat Band at the Glebe, Glebe St, Stoke town centre, Stoke on Trent. Tues Jan 4. 3 mins walk from the Trent and Mersey (nearest point the old junction with the now defunct Newcastle Canal).
Still a bit icy but thawing fast!

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: GUEST,SteveG
Date: 30 Dec 10 - 05:51 PM

Watch this space!

Yorkshire Waterways Museum

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: Mr Happy
Date: 01 Jan 11 - 12:14 PM

Shady Oak, Tiverton, Nr. Beeston, Cheshire.
On Shropshire Union canal

music & song sesh, last Friday of month.


Dusty Miller,Wrenbury, Nr Nantwich, Cheshire.

Llangollen branch of Shropshire Union canal.

Music & song sesh - lots English tunes!!

Also last Friday of month.

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: autoharpbob
Date: 01 Jan 11 - 03:48 PM

Moira Furnace Folk Festival - not sure what canal it is but it runs right through the site - August 19th-21st

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: Mo the caller
Date: 01 Jan 11 - 04:03 PM

Bedworth festival. End of November usually.

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: Ian Hendrie
Date: 01 Jan 11 - 06:03 PM

"Moira Furnace Folk Festival - not sure what canal it is but it runs right through the site - August 19th-21st"

As I research this from a distance, and may therefore not be correct, the Moira Furnace Folk Festival takes place beside part of the Ashby Canal. Unfortunately this newly restored section will need to be connected to the rest of the canal network before I can visit it on my boat. Somebody, please tell me I'm wrong!

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: Bernard
Date: 01 Jan 11 - 06:13 PM

Lymm Folk Club meets every Thursday, not just during Lymm Festival...!

A printable RTF listing of all our events, updated weekly, can be downloaded here.

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: Sir Roger de Beverley
Date: 02 Jan 11 - 04:43 AM

Beverley festival in June. The Beverley Beck is a canal that runs from the River Hull into the town and ends within a few hundred yards of the festival campsite.

Roger

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: Ian Hendrie
Date: 05 Jan 11 - 02:48 PM

I'm going to assume that most of these Sessions in Chester will be pretty close to the canal which gets very close to the town centre. Hope the clicky to another thread works!

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: Paul Reade
Date: 06 Jan 11 - 09:12 AM

Skipton Folk Club meets every Monday in the town centre at the Narrowboat Inn, whch as you may imagine is close to the canal (near the junction of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the Springs Branch). We always like to welcome visiting boaters. See http://www.skiptonfolkclub.co.uk/

Arthur Wakefield's Folk Club in Bollington, Cheshire is near the Macclesfield Canal at the Dog and Partridge every Friday - see http://www.whitenancy.freeserve.co.uk/

Sale Folk Club is only a few minutes walk from the Bridgwater Canal - http://www.salefolkclub.co.uk/index.html

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: GUEST,Neovo
Date: 06 Jan 11 - 09:40 AM

Quite right - the section of canal at Moira is not connected to the system and so this festival is not accessible by boat.

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: Mr Red
Date: 06 Jan 11 - 10:00 AM

Upton Upon Severn        29 -2(BH) Apr-May 2011
You just can't get closer to the venues!

Somers TFC near Diglis Basin Worcester every Fri.

Woodman FC Kingswinford in the Marina Fri

Oxford FC Fri

Bath FC close to the canal. Various dates and they have a Festival

In fact in my area you can surf to geographical (found here) filter - choose a town you know has a canal/river and find things within 20 (plus 20) Km radius or better still notch the area down to 10km (6 miles). You can even guess at some (not all) alt week data by clicking the right buttons. Grid refs, Post codes and Multimap all available.

Let me know how it works for you.

TIA

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: Mr Red
Date: 06 Jan 11 - 10:14 AM

Bristol has several possibilities like the Nova Scotia FC in Cumberland Basin. see here

Subject: RE: UK Canal Accessible Folk Events 2011
From: GUEST,Ian
Date: 06 Jan 11 - 11:46 AM

Mr Red's listings and geographical filter are certainly comprehensive. I found it a little confusing at first but got it working after a little experimentation. A very useful resources. Thanks. I'll give it another try when I have more time.