The Sixth Dent Folk Festival takes place from the 27th to the 29th of
June in an outstanding setting on the edge of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales village of Dent.

Weekend Tickets are £50.00, individual event tickets are also available. Alongside the main concerts are a whole host of free events for all the family from street theatre to craft workshops.

This year's Dent Folk Festival will feature more than 20 musical acts performing on two stages. Among the artists playing at this annual event are Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, The Michael McGoldrick Quartet, Shooglenifty, John Tams and Barry Coope, Chumbawamba, Kris
Drever, Rory McLeod, Ruth Notman, Bellevue Rendezvous, and The TimEdey Trio.

A truly outstanding line up that reads like a who's who of British folk music!

Alongside the phenomenal music, there will be real ale from The Black
Sheep Brewery, great food from Johnny Baghdad, storytelling, street theatre, puppet shows, informal, music sessions, dance displays, stalls and the legendary late night ceilidh!

There are some new additions to the festival this year. A free stage in The Black Sheep beer tent featuring music from friends of the festival and children's craftsin a fantastic Native American Tipi care of 4 Winds Lakeland Tipis.

Full details of the festival are available at www.dentfolkfestival.co.uk. Tickets are available on-line or from the box office on 01524 582803.

The Dent Folk Festival 2008 is a not for profit organisation funded and supported by Kendal College, Lyon Equipment, Black Sheep Brewery, Cumbria County Council, South Lakeland District Council, Dent Parish Council, Sound Support, Folkus, Killington Marquees, Stramongate Press, Nationwide Fire Training, Hobgoblin Music, imageacoustic.com and Sedbergh & District Lookaround.