The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #121653 Message #2703183
Posted By: Steve Gardham
18-Aug-09 - 12:22 PM
Thread Name: whitby folk festival 2009
Subject: RE: whitby folk festival 2009
Apologies, RT.
Back to the point.
Whitby has always had a great reputation and policy for booking traditional/source performers, and that apart it is arguably the only weeklong festival in the north that has a very strong traditional theme. Having said that, like any other festival it has to pay its way and there is enough diversity amongst its hundreds of events to please just about anybody. The inclusion of the now traditional (at least 20 years) 'Bob till you Drop' on the Wednesday night only adds to that variety and diversity. Because it is a weeklong festival and because it has such diversity it can easily afford to encompass a wide variety of unusual events you wouldn't normally find at say a weekend festival. Punters and performers come from all over the world to be at Whitby Festival. They must be doing something right!!