For those of you who haven't already decided that you are going to Lancaster and who don't already have fixed where they are to be at over Easter weekend, here are some of the artists who will be performing over the weekend:

Baggyrinkle, Bitter End, Johnny Colins, John Conolly, Debra Cowan, Steve Dawes and Helen Pitt, Jim Eldon, Geoff Higginbottom, Richard Grainger, John Horsey, Hughie Jones, The Endeavour Shantymen, Keith Kendrick, Andy Kenna, Liverpool Packet, Louis Killen, Sid Kipper, Graeme Knights, Tom Lewis, LocTup Together, Three Sheets to the Wind, Danny & Joyce McLeod, Four 'n' Aft, Dick Miles, Monkeys Fist, The New Scorpion Band, Portsmouth Shantymen, Red Duster, Shanty Crew, Tim & Gabriel Laycock, Shellback Chorus, Sheafknot, Paul Sirman, Derek Gifford, Barrie & Ingrid Temple, Th'Antique Roadshow, Trim Rig & A Doxy, Dave Webber & Anni Fentiman, Scold's Bridle, Roaring Forties....and the line-up is not yet complete.

No Festival tickets - just daily admission charge to the Maritime Museum of £2 / £1 concessions - other venues are free of charge - the only other ticketed event is the 'Last Night Do' which is £7.50 per person. Excellent value, I hope you'll agree.

For further info - or to be placed on the Festival mailing list, to receive a free detailed programme (out approx 2 weeks before event) tel. 01524 - 582810 or email vsimpkin(AT)lancaster.gov.uk - please leave name and postal address - if you could mention where you heard about the event, that would be appreciated. If you want info on accommodation, please ring Lancaster TIC 01524-32878.

Many thanks and hope some of you will be able to get along!