2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival

Subject: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Monologue Man
Date: 04 Nov 13 - 02:45 PM

The Moira furnace website has been updated to show details of the 2014 festival.

Tickets are now on sale at Early Bird prices.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Monologue Man
Date: 04 Nov 13 - 02:46 PM

Sorry but I forgot to put the Moira Furnace Folk Festival website address

www.moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: My guru always said
Date: 05 Nov 13 - 02:19 AM

Moira Furnace Folk Festival

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: OlgaJ
Date: 05 Nov 13 - 04:53 AM

Looks like its going to be another great weekend. Nice line-up.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Eris Eric
Date: 05 Nov 13 - 05:24 AM

Am I the only person who is getting completely PXXXED off with having to book these ruddy festival dates so far in advance you need a blood line to Nostradamus, a book of astrology and a life long membership of the golden dawn to go to one?

Folk and festival are MEANT TO BE SPONTANEOUS out pouring of emotion and human spirit not a blandly channelled and corporate procession of the mediocre and tedious! Stuff your damn festival where the sun don't shine (Derbyshire in the summertime a good place to start)

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: WindhoverWeaver
Date: 05 Nov 13 - 05:32 AM

Sorry Eric, could not disagree more.

Moira is one of the best (if not the best) of the small folk festivals around and has, blessedly, decided to stay small. Lots of stuff happens spontaneously there and it has always been a fantastic weekend. If some of us like to ensure we don't miss out by booking early, so what? I, for one, would buy my ticket for the 2015 festival at the 2014 one if that were possible.

If you object to booking early, you can always try booking late, but be prepared for disappointment!

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 05 Nov 13 - 05:38 AM

I shall be there all being well with assorted family and friends - Around 10 of us this time! Daughters went to see Blackbeard's Tea Party on Saturday as they are huge fans so I think they will be there :-)

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Bounty Hound John
Date: 05 Nov 13 - 12:15 PM

GUEST,Eris Eric, I can guarantee you won't find the 'mediocre and tedious' at Moira Furnace!

Looking forward to it, won't be with the Hounds, but doing a spot of MC'ing this time :)

John

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 05 Nov 13 - 01:57 PM

""Folk and festival are MEANT TO BE SPONTANEOUS out pouring of emotion and human spirit not a blandly channelled and corporate procession of the mediocre and tedious!""

If that is what you are expecting to get, I can't see why early booking, late booking, or indeed booking at all, would be of any interest to you.

It's certainly not what I got at Moira 2012 and I also was welcomed at four Leicestershire folk clubs as well, during the week I stayed in the locality.

Incidentally, I booked in March for that one.

Don T.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: OlgaJ
Date: 05 Nov 13 - 02:57 PM

Don't think there is anything bland, mediocre, tedious or anything else dodgy about Moira Furnace FF. If you have ever had anything to do with organising this sort of event you will know that you need a pretty good up-front idea of what the take-up is likely to be unless you have an excess of your own resources you can afford to lose! Early bird tickets are a good way of predicting what the final take-up might be (nothing is ever guaranteed)and regular supporters get a bit of a loyalty bonus by booking early, though this option is open to everyone who wants to take advantage of it. The fact that this year they have Blackbeard's Tea Party + Lucy Ward + the Sunday evening special event means the uptake (early booking or late) is going to be good anyway so getting in early could be a good move, bearing in mind that the festival has sold out in the past. We have supported MFFF both as performers, stewards and committee members ever since the start and will continue to support it as long as it goes on. Long live Moira!

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Banjiman.
Date: 05 Nov 13 - 04:54 PM

"Am I the only person who is getting completely PXXXED off with having to book these ruddy festival dates so far in advance you need a blood line to Nostradamus, a book of astrology and a life long membership of the golden dawn to go to one?

Folk and festival are MEANT TO BE SPONTANEOUS out pouring of emotion and human spirit not a blandly channelled and corporate procession of the mediocre and tedious! Stuff your damn festival where the sun don't shine (Derbyshire in the summertime a good place to start) "

What a truly bizarre post!

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: My guru always said
Date: 05 Nov 13 - 05:46 PM

Quite Trollish really, don't feed them!

For myself, I'm looking forward to Moira 2014! Hoping to run a MudGather and maybe sing a few songs too! Worth waiting all year for *grin*

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: MoorleyMan
Date: 05 Nov 13 - 05:57 PM

Having greatly enjoyed the past few years of Moira FFF, I'm looking forward to next year's event too (and so far it's the only bright spot in an otherwise dismal and curiously empty calendar for 2014).
Live long and prosper...

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Banjiman
Date: 06 Nov 13 - 04:51 AM

Well we'll see you all there anyway.

Looking forward to it - it will be our first time!

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: OlgaJ
Date: 26 Feb 14 - 01:02 PM

Workshops for Moira Furnace will hopefully include 2 Meet the Artist spots (Sunjay Brayne and Will Morgan, 2 ukulele workshops (beginners and improvers), introduction to claw hammer banjo, two song writing sessions, two completely different song workshops, the unmissable story walk, and a big skiffle session on Sunday morning. Hopefully we will have tai-chi again in the mornings to wake everyone up. Could do with just one more instrumental workshop from a performer for Saturday. Looks like being another good one.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Sooz
Date: 27 Feb 14 - 03:55 AM

I hope I can improve in time, Olga!

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: OlgaJ
Date: 03 Mar 14 - 11:36 AM

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Monolgue Man
Date: 03 Mar 14 - 12:08 PM

Reminder that the closing date for Early Bird tickets is 31st March. Book before then and save yourself £5 per person.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: OlgaJ
Date: 18 Jul 14 - 07:59 AM

Workshop programme now complete:

Saturday - Meet Sunjay Braynen, Things to do with a bodhran without using a penknife, Absolulte Beginners Ukelele, Improvers Ukelele, Writing and arranging songs with Two Coats Colder, Scottish songs - letting out your inner Jock with Wendy Arrowsmith, story telling with Kathy Wallis, Raqs Sharqi (Oriental Dance)with Dany Dalleys

Sunday - Skiffle with Bob, Noel & Steve, Meet Will Morgan, Introduction to Claw Hammer Banjo with Zoe Mulford, Song writing with Anna Shannon, singing with Harmony Blue Community Choir, and hopefully spoons with Patti & Ned.

Saturday and Sunday - Tai Chi with Barrie Lonsdale.

See posters for actual times and venues.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Sooz
Date: 18 Jul 14 - 11:13 AM

Sounds good to me.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Mr Red
Date: 18 Jul 14 - 03:38 PM

any ceilidhs by any chance?

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Monologue Man
Date: 19 Jul 14 - 07:42 AM

There is a ceilidh on the Saturday evening. See festival website for details. www.moirafurnacefolkfestival.co.uk

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Stanron
Date: 19 Jul 14 - 11:07 PM

What about tunes sessions?

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Monologue Man
Date: 20 Jul 14 - 04:09 AM

There will be an opportunity to play tunes in the bar area at the festival and there will be tune sessions going on in The Rawdon Arms which is close to the festival site.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Stanron
Date: 20 Jul 14 - 06:50 AM

Sounds good. Cheers.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Mr Red
Date: 21 Jul 14 - 03:47 AM

MFFF blickie

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: WindhoverWeaver
Date: 21 Jul 14 - 07:09 AM

Not too long to go now! Long range weather forecast looks pretty good too.

I presume there will be the usual chocolate-powered mudgather at some point (MGAS?).

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Jul 14 - 08:18 AM

The Mudgather is scheduled for Saturday 4p.m. at the Railway.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Sue the Borderer currently cookieless
Date: 21 Jul 14 - 08:25 PM

And I'm doing Border Morris workshops in the Courtyard on Saturday 2.15 - 3.00 & 5.15 - 6.15 and Sunday 2.00pm - 3.00pm
Anyone can join in including beginners. There will be sticks & jackets for you to borrow.
Sue

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: My guru always said
Date: 22 Jul 14 - 08:29 AM

Thanks Guest! Yes indeed, there shall be a chocolate-driven Mudgather *grin*

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: OlgaJ
Date: 25 Jul 14 - 06:59 AM

Ceilidh with Alterego and caller Bob McLean Saturday 7.30 at the Miner's Welfare.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Sooz
Date: 07 Aug 14 - 02:24 PM

Nasty weather due over the coming weekend - hope it will be well past by next week. Really looking forward to it. The ukes are packed already!

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Aug 14 - 04:47 PM

First concert on Friday starts at 2.30 pm.

Campsite opens at 10 a.m.

Tickets still available for A Day's Work which starts at 8 p.m, on Sunday. Book your tickets by sending an e mail to [e-mail]

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Monologue Man
Date: 07 Aug 14 - 04:48 PM

Previous post was from me.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Monologue Man
Date: 08 Aug 14 - 12:44 PM

Friday
Anna Shannon, Blackbeard's Tea Party, Dragonhead, Garry Stacey, Graham Collins, Kate Akers and Andy Fincham, Kim Lowings and the Greenwood, Lucy Ward, Pamela Ward and Paul Cherrington,
Two Coats Colder, Will Morgan

Saturday
Barlow Cree, Dragonhead, Fake Thackray, Graham Collins, Hilary Ward, Jaywalkers, Kate Akers and Andy Fincham, Kieran Halpin, Lucy Ward, Other Roads, Steve Jackson, Sunjay Brayne, Two Coats Colder,
Wendy Arrowsmith, Zoe Mulford

Sunday
Anna Shannon, Alterego, Barlow Cree, Garry Stacey, Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar, Hilary Ward, Kim Lowings and the Greenwood, Pamela Ward and Paul Cherrington, Something Nasty in the Woodshed,
Wendy Arrowsmith, Will Morgan
A Day's Work Folk Opera starts 8.00pm.

*Day Tickets (very limited) are now available –
Friday £10.00 // Saturday £20.00 (incl: workshops) //
Sunday £15.00 (incl: workshops but not A Day's Work)

To book these*, please [e-mail]

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 09 Aug 14 - 12:33 PM

If only we could be in two places at once!

Kitty

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Monologue Man
Date: 09 Aug 14 - 12:37 PM

Where else would you rather be than Moira Herga Kitty?

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 09 Aug 14 - 08:29 PM

Derek and I are performing at the White Horse Folk Festival, then heading for Whitby on Sunday.

Kitty

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Seaking
Date: 10 Aug 14 - 01:13 AM

Can't make it this year unfortunately, work getting in the way again. Hopefully be back next year..

In the meantime, have a great festival everyone..

Chris

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: My guru always said
Date: 10 Aug 14 - 09:52 AM

Sorry to hear that Kitty & Derek and Chris King won't be joining us!!

I hear that Graham Collins is starting a concert at 2.30pm on Friday so I hope that some Folks will get there early to support him.

We won't get along till Friday tea-time at least, possibly later if traffic is awful. Hopefully we will get there in time to see Two Coats Colder!!

I'll be sharing some songs in the Outbar sage on Saturday at 8.10 and at 12.00 on Sunday and it would be lovely to see some friendly faces & hear your harmonies there!

Don't forget the Mudgather in the Railway on Saturday from 4-6pm, bring chocolate!!

Keeping fingers crossed for good weather!

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: My guru always said
Date: 15 Aug 14 - 04:48 AM

Chocolately stuff ready & prepared, now to pack & go! Safe journeys everyone!

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: OlgaJ
Date: 18 Aug 14 - 02:52 PM

Back home and sorting out the washing and everything. Back to reality after a holiday in the Emerald Isle and then a brilliant weekend at Moira. Thanks to everyone who supported us (Alterego)in the ceilidh and on the Outbar stage. Ceilidh was the best we've done in a long time thanks to the lovely dancers and guest callers. Looking forward to next year already!

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: WindhoverWeaver
Date: 18 Aug 14 - 05:18 PM

Another fabulous weekend at the best small festival around! Good music, good friends, and OK weather. Well done to all the organisers. Next year looks to be shaping up well too.

Thanks to MGAS for the mudgather and the chocolate.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Sooz
Date: 19 Aug 14 - 06:59 AM

A great weekend indeed. Sorry I missed the Mudgather - so hard to be in two places at once!

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: My guru always said
Date: 20 Aug 14 - 04:21 PM

It certainly was another fantastic Moira, I think that they've got the recipe pretty much nailed for this lovely venue & great Festival. Huge thanks to Colin, Olga & all the volunteers, stewards & artists for making it such a fabulous weekend!

Thanks too for allowing me to share some songs again, I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge & I have to say that 'Eddy The Sound' is a Master of his Art!! Please pass on my thanks to him!

We had a lovely MudGather at the Railway once again (Diane is a great Landlady), just enough time to get around twice for those who were there at the start. So, here's the Register:

my guru always said
Windhover Weaver
Splott Man
Dame Patti Smith EPNS
RAT-W
KHNic
Guests Geoff & Pam Hollis
Gazza2
MBS Lynne
ShortyBrenda
Acorn4 & Julia Taylor
Guest Malcolm Goodall
MoorleyMan

Apologies were sent by Cats who was poorly at home (recover well)

Also at Fest:
Monologue Man
OlgaJ
Bounty Hound John
El_punkoid_nouveau
Banjiman
Sooz & Mr Sooz (apologies received)
Sue the Borderer
Moses
Singing Referee
Harmony Angel
Richard Atkins
Dave Earl (apologies received)
Wild Flying Dove
Green Man
Torch
Battery
Dave the Gnome

Now, I know I always manage to miss people out, so go on, who have I missed this time?

Already hoping to be able to get to Moira next year, aren't you???

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Silas
Date: 20 Aug 14 - 05:38 PM

Went for the folk opera. Brilliant.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Dave Earl
Date: 20 Aug 14 - 07:16 PM

Yeah

Was more than a bit good wasn't it

Dave

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: OlgaJ
Date: 21 Aug 14 - 04:23 AM

MGAS - I can only take credit for co-ordinating the workshops and doing a bit of stewarding these days. The real heroes are the committee who start work on next year almost as soon as the festival is over and everyone who spends so much time over the weekend making sure everything is going well. The amount of work to make sure the campsite works, the water works, making sure we aren't infringing any H&S rules etc, is quite amazing. Well done all of you.

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: Sooz
Date: 21 Aug 14 - 07:11 AM

I'll second that!

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: GUEST,Bounty Hound John
Date: 21 Aug 14 - 08:55 AM

Brilliant weekend all round, and a pleasure for me to MC for some wonderful people :)

I can report that MGAS was in fine voice and gave us an excellent set on the Outbar stage. (at risk of making you blush Hils, you might like to know that one of my fellow Bounty Hounds described your set as 'utterly captivating')

Too many other high spots to mention, and a huge thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make it all possible.

If you'll forgive me, two plugs coming up, we're mounting a Suffolk takeover of Moira next year, with Matt Cudby and Erin Brown, The Broadside Boys, Sound Tradition and The Bounty Hounds all on the bill, with The Hounds headlining Friday night.

Second plug, if you're wondering what to do when the festival season is over, come along to The Bury St Edmunds OXJAM Folk Weekend where you'll find Hils sharing more songs, and running a Saturday afternoon singaround, I'm also delighted that at last we've got Chris King (seaking) coming back, and many other great acts including Winter Wilson and John Richards, and a first run out for the new look Bounty Hounds with master squeezer Alex Goldsmith now in the band :) We'd love to see you there.

Bounty Hound John

Subject: RE: 2014 Moira Furnace Folk Festival
From: My guru always said
Date: 22 Aug 14 - 04:03 PM

*blush* LOL!! Thanks for passing that on John!