Wadebridge Folk Festival have a children's festival and a youth festival, the children's being for the pre school to about 10 and the youth being about 10 to early 20s, There may be things there for you, but I agree with Auldtimer, Ron and Phil. I was recently involved in a project funded by the National Foundation for Youth Music, at the Final evaluation meeting we all agreed that the hardest area to get participation in a youth project is the mid to late teens. Perhaps what organisers need is to listen to what you younger people would like - I stumbled into folk music in my youth because the folk club served me under age and I could get to dance with every guy in the room! Now of course I still go to dance with every guy in the room, though I tend to go for the slower numbers!!!!!!(LOL)
SERIUOSLY THOUGH, PLEASE YOUNG FOLKIES OUT THERE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AT FESTIVALS? WHAT WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO? HELP US TO HELP YOU! (Damn Caps Lock!)
Cheers, Lucy