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16 Jun 07 - 03:48 AM (#2078461) Subject: Moseley Folk Festival 2007 From: Lizzie Cornish 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 |
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16 Jun 07 - 07:25 AM (#2078549) Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007 From: nutty No Camping is a definite minus point .. makes for a very expensive weekend if you have to pay for accommodation. |
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16 Jun 07 - 07:50 AM (#2078555) Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007 From: Lizzie Cornish 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... |
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17 Jun 07 - 01:50 AM (#2079057) Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007 From: CharleyO'Neill 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 ! |
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19 Jun 07 - 08:43 AM (#2080958) Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007 From: Snuffy 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. |
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19 Jun 07 - 09:43 AM (#2081002) Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007 From: Folkiedave 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. |
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19 Jun 07 - 04:25 PM (#2081400) Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007 From: GUEST,Mrs. Brummie Moseley Park Where The Festival Is Held |
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19 Jun 07 - 04:29 PM (#2081403) Subject: RE: Moseley Festival 2007 From: countrylife 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 |