Handley Village Festival

Subject: Handley Village Festival
From: Folkiedave
Date: 01 Jun 07 - 11:23 AM

For some reason this festival seems to have had less publicity than one might expect.

It has one heck of a line up - especially the wonderful Salsa Celtica, and awesome Back of the Moon Band and the amazing Dooonan Family Band. Young local band Kerfuffle are also there, plus loads of other top quality artists including two of my favourites Simon Mayor and Hilary James - please tell the Parrot Joke.

It is dead handy for the M1 and since I originate from Sheffield I can tell you the site is great and very handy transport wise.

The organisers promise hot showers in the school and I think they may be short of stewards - so those of you who do that sort of thing get onto the website.

Interest declaration - there will be a well-known seller of previously cherished folk books plying his trade.

A small added attraction.

Dave

Subject: RE: Handley Village Festival
From: Folkiedave
Date: 02 Jun 07 - 04:58 AM

bump - shall I start a row with Diane - jest to get this thread heaving a bit?

Subject: RE: Handley Village Festival
From: GUEST,Alan - Festival Organiser
Date: 12 Jun 07 - 04:16 AM

Thanks for the encouragment - we think we have a particularly good line up with lots of variety to suit everyone. The site is a school with great facilities in an attracive wooded location on the outskirts of Chesterfield, stage 1 is in a large marquee and stage 2 in the school hall. Campers have the use of Hot Showers! We moved the location of the festival for this year, following the Nimby residents of Handley Village protesting about drugs, traffic problems, crime and disorder that was going to take place at this rock festival and the council believed them!. We hope lots of people will come and have a great time - we will return to the farm site at Handley in future years. A few more stewards would be useful if anyone out there would like a ticket in return for a few hours help.See our website for programme full details at www.handleyvillagefestival.com

Subject: RE: Handley Village Festival
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Jun 07 - 04:51 AM

Subject: RE: Handley Village Festival
From: Folkiedave
Date: 12 Jun 07 - 01:09 PM

Can I suggest if you are short of stewards that you have a chat to the local Lions Club as well. It may be short notice for them - but there were some at Southwell and a good job they do too. Also they have the added advantage of telling their mates that we don't take drugs apart from alcohol and we are well behaved and don't drop litter and things like that.

In thirty years plus of going to folk festivals I have never seen any trouble at all. Shame that some idiots can spoil our reputation.

Subject: RE: Handley Village Festival
From: Lenny's mum (inactive)
Date: 12 Jun 07 - 02:01 PM

ok! When is this festival and where (apart from Handley) is it?

Subject: RE: Handley Village Festival
From: Folkiedave
Date: 12 Jun 07 - 02:10 PM

And I meant that some people who don't want a festival feel the need to obfuscate it.

http://www.handleyvillagefestival.com/

should take you to it.

Subject: RE: Handley Village Festival
From: Rasener
Date: 12 Jun 07 - 04:52 PM

I notice that the website says

"St Peter and St Paul's Scool"

Does that mean its a cool school :-)

as per link "St Peter and St Paul's Scool"

Subject: RE: Handley Village Festival
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Jun 07 - 08:15 AM

The organisers managed to antagonise the locals from day one. The original site was totally unsuitable for a festival, being acoustically close to a number of dwellings, and accessible only by very narrow country lanes. Allegedly there was some sculduggery with both planning permission and licensing laws, and in the end the council saw sense and put their foot down.

Unlike the nearby Stainsby festival the Handley Village Festival (which has nothing to do with the Village incidentally) was a totally profit-making venture by the organisers. Had they done it for charity, as Stainsby does, they would have had a much more sympathetic hearing.