dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: GUEST,albascot
Date: 26 Jul 10 - 04:58 PM

Hi

I ended up at Dent festival by fortunate accident;- Was to go to Sedbergh and needed camping for one night.found myself in Dent on the thursday night.

Ended up staying on at DENT [despite having paid for Sedbergh!].

Brilliant wee festival guys;- well organised and friendly;- Deffo going to try come back next year :-)

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: GUEST,Muppett
Date: 29 Jun 10 - 05:28 AM

Well I'm back from Dent, by eck it was another cracking weekend, didn't think last year could have been surpassed but it proved to be an equal to it.
Fantasic, music, Fantastic company, fantastic food & drink and in a fantastic setting.

Went for a walk Saturday morning before things got started and according to me pedometer I'd clocked up 2 miles, when I check it in the Sun Inn after the Music had finished later in the evening I'd clocked up a further 10 miles !!!!!!!!!.

Snoz, I'll pass your comments onto the committe. The beer situation though was difficult to judge, last year, they stoped open and ran out by Saturday afternoon, but yeah Having the local ale at both bars would have helped the jams.

Cheers

Muppett

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: GUEST,Snozz
Date: 28 Jun 10 - 12:06 PM

Just a request, but could you please arrange for the real ale bar to stay open all day next year. I can appreciate that you can only hold so much beer, but to advertise as a Music and Beer festival, have details of all the beers in the program then shut the bar due to 'unexpected demand' and saving it for later put a real dampner on an otherwise great weekend.

Closing the real ale bar also doubled the amount of people at the other bar. How about having some of the local beers on handpull at the real ale bar to cope once it had shut?

Apart from that, a great weekend! Thanks

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: Emma B
Date: 28 Jun 10 - 11:55 AM

Was blown away by the playing of Johnny Dickinson on Saturday - check him out on youtube folks

As well as thanks to everyone who made the weekend the very popular event it was, it should also be noted that last year the festival gave the following donations from sales and fundraisng etc to the local community

Dent Primary School £3,000.00
Dent Church Bells £400.00
Dent Pre-School £300.00
Dentdale Show £200.00   Dent Playing Field Committee £150.00    Playground Equipment £150.00
Dent Youth Club £50.00
Dent Choir £50.00
Crazy Club £50.00
Over 60's £50.00

Well done folks!

sigh - still got bitten and sunburnt again

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: Emma B
Date: 24 Jun 10 - 07:24 AM

Just packing the camping gear ready for tomorrow AND the battery operated midge zapper!

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: Mr Happy
Date: 24 Jun 10 - 07:21 AM

'eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!'

Hope that's the Yorkshire key - not a mozzie!

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: ossonflags
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 05:45 PM

We will be there on't thursday sumetime Muppett; gizza bell and that.

"but we had to go there ----------- nay!!!!!!!!!!!! and then we wos there!" be do dum be do dum be do dum ;......and then we wos there!!

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: GUEST,muppett
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 10:11 AM

Only a few days to go and the weather is holding out eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: Mr Happy
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 10:10 AM

Long range weather predicts scorchio!

Just like last year, hope the midgies don't swarm too much!!

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: GUEST,muppett
Date: 18 Jun 10 - 05:16 AM

That's a pity Chris, but yep hoping to be at Clecky so catch up with you there.

Look forward to meeting up with you again Banjo Ray and any one else who can make it, though due to work commitments, won't be up till Friday dinner time.

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: Soldier boy
Date: 17 Jun 10 - 05:55 PM

Can't make Dent Muppett but hope to see you at Cleckheaton the week after if you are going.

Chris

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: BanjoRay
Date: 17 Jun 10 - 01:20 PM

Last year I spent Thursday night in Dent and had a very nice session in the Sun with Muppett, Ossonflags etc then joined a bunch of Old Time playing mates at the Sedbergh "Dent" festival.
This year I'm not bothering with Sedbergh - the midges were a lot worse than I've ever had them in Dent, the festival was expensive and the walk to the nearest pub was totally knackering and very midge-bitey.
Looking forward to Dent!

Ray

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 17 Jun 10 - 11:19 AM

It's OK Muppett - Already been explained. Thanks anyway.

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: GUEST,muppett
Date: 17 Jun 10 - 11:16 AM

Nay David,
          Basically it's down to local politics, when I've got a moment or 2 I'll let you know about it.

Cheers

Muppett

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival 25-27 June 2010 (UK)
From: GUEST,dozy rozy
Date: 17 Jun 10 - 09:55 AM

It has to be Dent for me.I dont like those pseudo prison camp festivals.

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 16 Jun 10 - 09:51 AM

Does anyone else find it quite astounding that there are 2 weekend festivals just over 5 miles apart from each other on the same weekend? Doesn't make any odds to me as I am at a wedding elsewhere but I would have thought a bit of co-operation could have resulted in either two seperate festivals not interfering with each other at all or one king size festival covering the whole area.

Probably just me...

DeG

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival
From: Mr Happy
Date: 16 Jun 10 - 09:05 AM

Last year, we went here http://www.dentmusicandbeer.com/ - a nice village was Dent, but only 2 pubs & a beer fest happening simultaneously, 1000's of folk descended on the place from all over, so you couldn't hardly get in a pub to stand, never mind try for a session.

This year, we're going here http://www.sedberghfolkfest.co.uk/, everything on the same site so should be ok for seshes etc.

Also, Sedburgh town's within walking distance & has more pubs.

May venture into Dent for a looksee during the weakend

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival
From: GUEST,Muppett
Date: 14 Jun 10 - 04:59 AM

Just under 2 weeks to go, enough time for me to get my voice back, so come on start packing.
Going up there this weekend to see how the preperations are going on and to have session in the sun, with out of the sun.

Look forward to meeting up with folk again.

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival
From: Emma B
Date: 27 May 10 - 11:47 AM

can you keep the midges away this year please? :)

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival
From: GUEST,muppett
Date: 27 May 10 - 10:51 AM

Anyone fancy coming then?

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival
From: GUEST,muppett
Date: 25 May 10 - 06:30 AM

Hiya,
      Some of the guests appearing this year include; The Urban Folk Quartet, Johnny Dickinson, Little Johnny England, Sarah Gillespie, Nancy Kent.

The Conspirators and the Dog Roses, who went down a storm last year are back.

And on the beer front the following breweries will be providing a selection of their brands, From Cumbria; Bitterend Brewery, Dent Brewery, Derwent Brewery, Gelside Brewery, Hesket Newmarket Brewery, Loweswater brewery, And watermill brewery.
There will also be brews from; Saltaire brewery Morehouse, Ossett, Kelham Island and several more.

For more info. look up there website, which is http://www.dentmusicandbeer.com/

If it's half as good as last year, it'll be a craker of an event.

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival
From: GUEST,Muppett
Date: 09 Apr 10 - 04:10 AM

Will Fly, members of Out of the Sun, the local band and organisers of the festival, jam in the Sun, most Saturday nights, from around 9.00 and they welcome folk to join them. They're there sometimes on a Tues. eve as well

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival
From: Will Fly
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 11:50 AM

Well what a bugger! I'm spending two days in Dent (staying at the George & Dragon) the fortnight after that. I shall have to find out if there's any other music on in the village when I'm there...

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 11:16 AM

We treated a friend from Morley to about 6 pints of draught Old Tom (8%) at our club one night. He has bever forgiven us but never called Lancashire beer since :-) Allthough to be fair Robbies is brewed in Stockport which could well be Cheshire...

DeG

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 11:11 AM

This is outrageous, checkpoints and custom must be re-established immediately.

Mind you it is understandable given the state of Lancashire beer.

Dave H

Subject: RE: dent beer & music festival
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 10:51 AM

Looks a good do, Muppett. I am working Saturday or I would seriously consider it. Amazing how many of us Lancastrians sneak across the border nowadays...

:D

Subject: dent beer & music festival
From: GUEST,muppett
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 10:46 AM

Hiya see the following link for info. on this year's festival http://www.dentmusicandbeer.com/

Cheers

Muppett