Whitby Folk Week August 2025

Subject: Whitby FF 2025
From: Jack Campin
Date: 13 Apr 25 - 01:22 PM

Haven't been to Whitby for a few years - hotel booked this year. Who's going from here? I've posted in the Eurosession group in FB, if you want to be part of that let me know.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 14 Apr 25 - 02:39 AM

I'm hoping to be there Mon-Fri

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Fred
Date: 14 Apr 25 - 07:43 AM

We'll be there.

One of our daughters lives in Whitby, and we'll be at her place from 7-14 August.

Fred

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Raggytash
Date: 14 Apr 25 - 07:45 AM

That's no go Fred Whitby Folk Week doesn't start till the 16th

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Apr 25 - 08:09 AM

www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/book/

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 14 Apr 25 - 09:06 AM

I've had to give Whitby up unfortunately, as I find the hills just too much to cope with nowadays. Sad, it's my favourite English festival.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Fred
Date: 14 Apr 25 - 09:10 AM

Raggy,

No problem - we’ll just alter out dates.

Thanks for that mate,

Fred

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Fred
Date: 14 Apr 25 - 09:24 AM

Guest,

Thanks for the link.

Fred

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: r.padgett
Date: 14 Apr 25 - 10:10 AM

Not going this year ~ probably after 50 years ~ last 2 years at WFW have been bad for me and no longer has the magic of olde

Anything can happen and I do hope newcomers find what they are looking for ~

Be Good

Ray

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: cujimmy
Date: 14 Apr 25 - 03:21 PM

Im planning to come along with Bridie, also my friends Andrew Wilde and Kate.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 14 Apr 25 - 03:40 PM

That's a shame, Ray.
We will be showcasing the new Yorkshire Song Book and you are mentioned in despatches.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: r.padgett
Date: 15 Apr 25 - 04:24 AM

Good to know Steve and well done

~ let me know when if possible thanks

Ray

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Fred
Date: 15 Apr 25 - 05:43 AM

This will be my first time there, so educate me please.

Am I allowed to get on the stage and do a couple of songs?

Cheers
Fred

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Raggytash
Date: 15 Apr 25 - 06:31 AM

Whoa Fred, Whitby Folk Week is fabulous and is basically split into two parts. One the organised festival in spread across the town in about 25 venues, about 700-800 individual events totalling well over 1000 hours of entertainment.

In addition is the fringe which in itself it brilliant, different bars have their different followers, one bar will be mainly tunes, another mainly trad, another mainly Americana etc etc

There is something for everybody !

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Fred
Date: 15 Apr 25 - 07:33 AM

Raggy,

I'll bring my D-18 then. Should be a good week :) Thanks for the info.

Fred

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Nick Dow
Date: 16 Apr 25 - 09:53 AM

We are organising two concerts on Weds and Thursday. We are waiting for details of which day for what. The Yorkshire Songster will be launched by Steve, Ruairidh Greig Alice and Bryony, Pip and Will Noble, Cohen and maybe a song from me. MC will be Clive Boutle. The Marrowbones concert will celebrate the entire series of books, and will have a number of singers including Matt Quinn, Cohen, Mossy Christian, Steve, and myself plus maybe one or two other singers. Full details when I have them.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Jack Campin
Date: 17 Apr 25 - 03:45 AM

That looks wonderful. I hope you've booked a big enough venue for it.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 17 Apr 25 - 08:15 AM

Sadly not going this year, nor to Sidmouth, which were always my big two festivals along with many other smaller ones. Hearing gone is my excuse: wearing 2 powerful hearing aids, but music all sounds out of tune, so it's tricky to sing or play any more.
But have just had a nice week's holiday which took in both Sidmouth and Whitby - nice to see them as they are out of festival time.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 17 Apr 25 - 03:50 PM

Hope to see you there, Nick, if not before.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Mo the caller
Date: 20 Apr 25 - 02:22 PM

Whitby is the highlight of my year. There are concerts for those who want to sit down and be entertained but a lot of the organised festival as well as the fringe is based on participation, dances, sing-arounds, tunes sessions, workshops. There are so many folk legends who are there to share their expertise.
The hills and the spread of events through the town are a problem, it pays to study the programme, mark a 'must' for each day then plan around it. The year I wanted to go to 2 piano accordion workshops which had 10 minutes between them, one on the West Cliff, the other across the harbour was fun. Cliff running / weightlifting and a swung bridge.
And parking is a problem, so the car isn't much help.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Mo the caller
Date: 20 Apr 25 - 02:40 PM

And usually Shape note and West Gallery workshops

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 21 Apr 25 - 05:01 AM

^ Shape Note & West Gallery
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=14533#4221296

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btw Mo
Best place to create a link to mudcat pages is DaveRo's linkifier.
It sorts out all the quirks that confuse the official mudcat blue clicky machine ;)
https://revad.github.io/linkifier.html

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 21 Apr 25 - 05:10 AM

The last time my friend and I were there, we were lucky to get a B&B close to the Leisure Centre, with parking available. She was hampered by foot/ankle problems, so we divided our time between the Conservative and Rifle Clubs , the Metropole and Spa. I think we only got across the bridge once in the whole week.

Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week August 2025
From: Fred
Date: 21 Apr 25 - 06:23 AM

I'm lucky, in that one of our daughters lives in Whitby.

I'm a bit concerned though as with talk of cliff running and weightlifting, Mo made it sound like an heptathlon :)

Fred