Folk Festivals UK

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: Mr Happy
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 06:34 PM

go aS MANY AS U CAN!

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: *Laura*
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 05:58 PM

Towersey! Refresh! Towersey! (Sidders - if done properly) - but... TOWERSEY! Yeah!

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: Cllr
Date: 12 Feb 05 - 07:22 AM

There is a thread called UK folk festivals this was my post to it
I mainly go for singarounds and meeting my friends


Ok this not an exsuastive list but ones that I go to if I can. I like to go to a festival a month but it tends to be all out over August,
I did manage 17 year before last but I was completly knackered and not all were great. Most of the these have good singing sessions as that what I do nowadays.

February I go to Middlebar reunion, Portaferrry ok these arnt festvals but we sing alot
march/april Miskin at easter
May{ fox and hounds, Chippenham
june Bishops castle (ok this is one I havn't been to but it sounds good) Iwas at the sangfrancisco folk festivel instead
July Warwick Ely
August Sidmouth, (YEAH FOR 2005)
dartmoor, Grove,
Bridgenorth or towersey
September Wareham Bromyard Song and ale October banbury
November bedworth,

I would like to got to more mudcat reunions but most festival seem like that these days.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: Emma B
Date: 12 Feb 05 - 07:08 AM

I "would" have to say Chester - late May Bank Holiday but I'll second Col's suggestion - Alcester in Arden, a charming, small friendly festival with some great singers and great beer too!

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Feb 05 - 06:31 AM

Ely hasn't been mentioned. 2nd weekend in July. Great weekend is guaranteed.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: GUEST,Guest at Cheltenham Festival
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 11:46 PM

I hear the new Eastleigh Festival in Hampshire may have a special Rendezvous Bar where Mudcatters know they can meet up with others from this community.

Would be nice if other festivals considered the same.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: Leadfingers
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 10:08 PM

Gaia - There are festivals all through from Easter till October with several on each weekend . Towersey is indeed a good festival IF you are going to be in UK at the end of August , Chippenham at the end of may is also worth a look , Cleckheaton in July , ALL slightly different and all different prices ! White Horse Festival in mid August is a nice Small Festival , Caversham in June is a 'free' (that
means LOTS of collecting tins) festival . Have a look at the Froots
listings , then you pays your money and takes your chances !
If you send a PM to Badger he can make you a Mudcat Badge , then any Catters you meet will know that you are part of the family .
Best of luck , whatever you decide .

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: Col K
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 07:58 PM

Alcester in Arden near to Stratford is in June and has some excellent singing

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: GUEST,Tom Catt
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 06:25 PM

Towersey is great. Trowbridge, Wimborne, Gosport & Fareham at Easter, Warwick, Cambridge and Womad late July all worthy of a mention... and I like the look of the new Eastleigh festival in early August as well as Bromyard to end the season.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 06:14 PM

Towersey!....the singing in the Barn is Grand and there are a lot of mudcatters there too!

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 05:44 PM

Well I, for one, think the Broadstairs Folk Festival is the best. They're the only ones to hire me to perform this summer. The others I applied to either told me I wasn't "traditional" enough or didn't bother to answer me at all. So my vote goes to Broadstairs.

Mike

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: The Unicorn Man
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 05:40 PM

Towersey festival and I am not biased. It is just the best. It has sessions in the pub, singaround in the shed, both with bbq and real, real ale. Big concerts to see big names, folk club to see smaller names and to play floorspots. Competitons for any acoustic act. Beer tents, good food, arts and crafts, music stalls (intruments as well as sheet music) nice camping sites. ETC ETC.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: GUEST,Richard Davies
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 05:22 PM

For early in the season, try Gosport & Fareham Easter Festival in Hampshire. Comfortable indoor venues, some 70 miles south of London. Very friendly crowd. See www.gosportfestival.co.uk

Rich

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 04:38 PM

Warwick and Whitby

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: *Laura*
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 04:12 PM

Towersey!

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: GUEST,*****
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 04:10 PM

There is a little festival that wants to host a whelk & spatula workshop in Aug. 2005.

Later!

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 03:51 PM

Towersey, August Bank Holiday. Some great sessions and a large amount of Mudcatters from the UK.


But I'm biased!

LTS

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 03:48 PM

Okay we will go for singers and music festivals within 200 miles radius of London?.

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 03:45 PM

It depends entirely on what you like doing. There are singers festivals, dancers festivals, audience festivals and musicians festivals.. each has a slightly different orientation. Each festival puts on a similar style programme, but the 'fringe' sessions are what can define the festival. Towersey is great for singers, but that isn't to say the music session in the pub is bad... it's just not as good as the music sessions in Chippenham.

For a comprehensive list of festivals,
courtesy of fRoots
should be useful.

For additional info, a search on 'folk festivals' in most search engines will give you other listings.

LTS

Subject: RE: Folk Festivals
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 03:19 PM

Chester

Subject: Folk Festivals
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 11 Feb 05 - 03:08 PM

Over the years which festival weekend would you suggest people to go too in the UK?