Difficult to keep track of what folkies are going to be on where, there are so many stages, many of which are not in the official programme. Would be really grateful if anybody would put on this thread any details of bands they'd like to draw other people's attention to. So if you're playing, or you've just heard about a good gig, dig in.
    I'll start the ball rolling with a little letter I've just sent out to a few muso and journo peoples.

Hi Everybody
This letter is going to various people I am hoping to meet up with at Glastonbury, and various others who may or may not be interested.
It's difficult to find out what is going on there, it is such a huge festival with so many stages, not all in the programme, so here are a few hints Nor everyone knows about Sheelanagig, well worth a look and a listen. A newish band from Bristol, to be found on the Avalon Stage at the rather unearthly hour of 11.30AM on Saturday morning. They have a very eclectic kind of sound, not really a standard folk act but in that territory.A very unusual sound, not at all like the products of courses at well-known north-eastern universities. Fiddly, Irishy, Kletzmery, Jazzy, etc etc. Lots of different stuff in there.Good pub band I would say. Definitely merits a detour.
   My other hot tips are all in the Croissant-Neuf marquee(Green Fields site) on Sunday afternoon.
Biggles Wartime Band at 1PM Spectaularly funny, ridiculous, loads of cultural influences, best traditions of British eccentricity.
2.30PM is the Boat Band, what can you say? Be there or be square.Get in touch if you want to sit in, we have a longstanding tradition(could be our tenth appearance?) at Glastonbury of people joining us on stage. Come and find us for a chat in the camp behind the marquee, we generally have a nice fire and a a bit of music. Or give us a ring.
5.30PM I haven't actually seen this band, but I am really looking forward to. I know Rachael Gladwin's singing and harp playing well, and she is now with a harp trio, called, rather daringly, the Harp Trio. This is their first Glastonbury, and what nicer chillout than three harps on Sunday afternoon? Not sure what they play, jazzy stuff I think, and some trad perhaps? I am looking forward to finding out, very much. And, by the way, the harps are those wooden things with strings, not the ones Sonny Terry sticks in his mouth.
   Now, judging by the times, there's probably someone else on at 4PM, but I don't know who.
   Have a nice festival(if you are going). I shall have a good wander round and hopefully find the usual range of aural and visual treats, and I am sure you will too.
Cheers
Greg Stephens