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Cleckheaton Folk Festival presses on to it’s 32nd festival on 5th, 6th & 7th July 2019. The event seems to go from strength to strength with loyal funding support from local councillors at Kirklees MDC, Kirklees Creative Economy and, with the input from Creative Scene, the festival has this year been successful in funding bids… Read more »
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Now in its seventh year, the Sark Folk Festival is more popular than ever – if you gauge popularity by how quickly the tickets sell out then Sark is surely the most popular festival in the UK – less than an hour currently seems the par for them to be snapped up. We first visited… Read more »
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This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Gate to Southwell Roots and Acoustic Music Festival, or as everyone calls it, the Southwell Festival. This is also the fest’s second year at its new home on the Southwell Racecourse, which brings the benefit of good parking, some real toilets and ample camping space. According to… Read more »
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3 – 5 July 2015, Sark, Channel Islands The Sark Folk Festival takes place on the beautiful island of Sark, the fourth largest of the Channel Islands. Sark is home to 600 people. There are no cars and you must make your way around its dusty roads by bicycle, in a horse-drawn cart or on… Read more »
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4 – 7 June 2015, Southwell, Nottinghamshire From its humble beginnings in 2007 as primarily an English folk music and dance festival, Southwell has evolved into one of the leading and most innovative folk events in the country. Whilst English and Celtic music remain at the core we have now expanded to embrace other roots… Read more »
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29 July – 1 July 2012 | Island of Sark, Channel Islands The third year for the Sark Folk Festival and the organisers have kept its winning formula. It’s small, just 1000 tickets go on sale, yet the calibre of music they attract to the island is way above what you would expect of a… Read more »
