August Bank Holiday events, England?

Subject: August Bank Holiday events, England?
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Aug 19 - 05:04 AM

Hi all,

Other than Towersey and Shrewsbury festivals this weekend, does anyone know of any smaller (and cheaper!) events on this weekend - ideally around NW England / West Midlands?

Thanks!

Subject: RE: August Bank Holiday events, England?
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 19 Aug 19 - 06:13 AM

I don't know any of these personally but
http://www.ukfolkfestivals.co.uk/festivals-this-month.php
gives pretty comprehensive cover of all folk festivals :

Mull of Kintyre Music Festival - 21st Aug 2019 - Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute

Cornwall Folk Festival - 22nd Aug 2019 - Wadebridge, Cornwall

Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival - 22nd Aug 2019 - Dunmore East, County Watford

Shambala Festival - 22nd Aug 2019 - Secret, Northamptonshire

Cottingham Folk Festival - 23rd Aug 2019 - Cottingham, Yorkshire

Greenbelt - 23rd Aug 2019 - Boughton Estate, Kettering,NN14 1BJ, Northamptonshire

Marymass Folk Festival - 23rd Aug 2019 - Irvine, Ayrshire

Maui Waui - 23rd Aug 2019 - Theberton, Suffolk

Shrewsbury Folk Festival - 23rd Aug 2019 - Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Solfest - 23rd Aug 2019 - Tarnside Farm, Tarns,CA7 4NQ, Cumbria

Stroud Fringe - 23rd Aug 2019 - Stroud, Gloucestershire

Towersey Festival - 23rd Aug 2019 - Thame, Oxfordshire

Watchet LIVE Music Festival - 23rd Aug 2019 - Watchet, Somerset

England's Medieval Festival - 24th Aug 2019 - Herstmonceux Castle, BN27 1RN, East Sussex

Subject: RE: August Bank Holiday events, England?
From: John J
Date: 19 Aug 19 - 07:49 AM

Whoops, 'Guest' was me - inadvertantly logged off.

Thanks for the link, I checked earlier but there's nothing listed that suits - they're either too far away (for a Bank Holiday weekend) or too expensive....I'll just have to keep looking, I'm sure that *something* will be on somewhere.

Thanks again!

Subject: RE: August Bank Holiday events, England?
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 19 Aug 19 - 08:09 AM

Hope this is of some use to you.

Subject: RE: August Bank Holiday events, England?
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 19 Aug 19 - 10:42 AM

Shrewsbury is a pretty tough one for a festival organiser to pitch themselves against... If you find one not listed on UKfolkfestivals
please let them know on their contacts page.

For non folk you might find something on Ents24
https://www.ents24.com/whatson/near/290413/radius/55/genres/festival/order/date

For local knowledge, could post the question on a local Facebook page.
Theres a series ".....shire Folk Musicians" just edit the '....shire' to suit.
https://m.facebook.com/search/top/?q=shire%20folk%20musicians&ref=content_filter&tsid=0.4377949951740523&source=typeahead

Maybe you'll find a beer festival or something with some music.

Subject: RE: August Bank Holiday events, England?
From: John J
Date: 21 Aug 19 - 04:40 AM

Thanks! I'm considering camping near to Shrewsbury and then spending Saturday wandering around the town in search of a pub sing or session.

Subject: RE: August Bank Holiday events, England?
From: Noreen
Date: 21 Aug 19 - 06:28 PM

Should be plenty going on around town in Shrewsbury on the Saturday JJ, as well as the morris procssion there's a
free street ceili this year

I haven't been to Shrewsbury festival for a few years now but the pubs are great. Some are used as venues though so don't know which are sessionable.

Happy memories of the Three Fishes, the first year the festival was held in Shrewsbury. We didn't know the town so had to find our way round by visiting as many of the pubs as possible. The local were so welcoming- I hope it's still as good.

I'd be tempted to do what you're planning to do if I didn't have to work on Saturday.