Conwy Bluegrass Festival

Subject: Conwy Bluegrass Festival
From: BanjoRay
Date: 03 Jul 01 - 08:24 PM

Is anyone going to the Conwy Bluegrass Festival this weekend? Its a fine affair with lots of BG and Old Time sessions, squaredancing, UK and US guest artists and dance teams. Just turn up with a tent on friday night, and camp in the festival field. If you play banjo, guitar, fiddle, bass, mandolin, autoharp, dulcimer etc, your fingers will be totally knackered by Sunday afternoon, and you'll have had a great time. Details are HERE

Cheers
Ray

Subject: RE: BS: Conway Bluegrass Festival
From: 53
Date: 03 Jul 01 - 08:30 PM

Conway ? Where? There are lots of Conways I know about, live near one. We often have bluegrass festivals here but I don't know of one coming up right away. Fill me in.

53

Subject: RE: BS: Conway Bluegrass Festival
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 03 Jul 01 - 09:01 PM

The festival Banjoray is referring to is the North Wales Blue Grass Festival which has been held in Conwy for the last few years.

Jon

Subject: Conwy Bluegrass Festival
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 31 May 03 - 07:18 AM

I tried the clickable link, but all I got at http://members.lycos.co.uk/NorthWalesBluegrass/Index.htm was a blank page

Anybody here have information on this year's festival?

Subject: RE: BS: Conwy Bluegrass Festival
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 31 May 03 - 07:34 AM

Try http://www.tony-franks.co.uk/nwb/Index.htm.

Subject: RE: BS: Conway Bluegrass Festival
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 31 May 03 - 07:38 AM

would you believe, I just did and came back to post the URL?
thanks
first weekend in July

Subject: RE: BS: Conway Bluegrass Festival
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 31 May 03 - 08:04 AM

Oh, and a request if Joe or the "clones" read this thread. Please change the spelling to Conwy.

Subject: RE: Conwy Bluegrass Festival
From: Felipa
Date: 10 Jul 03 - 07:37 PM

getting to Dublin was the hardest part, then just a ferry and a 50 min train journey to Conwy
This was the 15th year of the festival
We were very lucky with the weather this year and there was loads of informal music making at the campsite. I didn't think there were so many 5 string banjo players in Britain. Even if it had rained, we would have been able to play in the pickers tents that were helpfully provided
for info on other events, look up the British Bluegrass Music Association. They also list events in Ireland.

Subject: RE: BS: Conway Bluegrass Festival
From: GUEST,Felipa
Date: 24 May 05 - 07:43 AM

it's on again this year, same website for info:
http://www.tony-franks.co.uk/nwb/Index.htm

Subject: RE: Conwy Bluegrass Festival
From: GUEST,from where the grass is green
Date: 06 Jun 06 - 09:36 AM

what about this year

Subject: RE: Conwy Bluegrass Festival
From: jojofolkagogo
Date: 06 Jun 06 - 11:48 AM

I for one would like to know about this

6 June 06 (06.06.06. ooh err missess )

Jo-Jo

Subject: RE: Conwy Bluegrass Festival
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 06 Jun 06 - 12:26 PM

Jon's link from a few years back still gets there...
http://www.tony-franks.co.uk/nwb/Index.htm
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: Conwy Bluegrass Festival
From: jojofolkagogo
Date: 09 Jun 06 - 11:20 AM

Many thanks Geoff Duck

Have now booked my space on the campsite and well looking forward
to being there !!

JO-JO

Subject: RE: Conwy Bluegrass Festival
From: GUEST,I. M. Pecunious
Date: 09 Jun 06 - 01:33 PM

There's a BG festival in Llandudno this weekend - bloody expensive and no day tickets - so i'm giving it a miss.

Subject: RE: Conwy Bluegrass Festival
From: GUEST,nickp (cookieless)
Date: 10 Jun 06 - 09:45 AM

Hmm,

Well Mr I.M.Pecunious, it's not cheap but then again compared with various other festivals it's not too expensive either. There's a certain amount of 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' when it comes to that sort of things. I had been led to believe that it was originally planned as just a picking weekend but it has obviously grown.

But... if you were at a loose end in February (16th-18th) there is an American Old Time Music festival run by the Friends of American Old Time Music and Dance FOAOTMAD held in the wilds of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire featuring none other than the Orpheus Supertones (led by the legendary Walt Koken). Non- members price is still (for you) expensive at £35 (including camping - indoor or outdoor) but for members I can announce that it will be a only £25 for a weekend ticket.

OK it's an unashamed 'plug' taking advantage of a related thread but can blame our Chairman Ray for starting it...   

And good luck to John, Gill & co at Conwy and the team at Llandudno... it's a thankless task.

Nick

Subject: RE: Conwy Bluegrass Festival
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Jun 06 - 01:06 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Conwy Bluegrass Festival
From: GUEST,Coastline Bluegrass Music Event
Date: 09 Jan 07 - 04:13 PM

See you all at CBME...www.coastlinebluegrass.co.uk