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Warwick Folk Festival

About Me

Warwick Folk Festival 2009 will be the 30th to be held in the historic county town of Warwick. As well as bringing outstanding contemporary and traditional performers to the festival site, the town centre is brought to life with concerts, dancers, street performers and music sessions.To give you just a taste of what is on offer, we've put together a slideshow of images from the 2008 Festival. Thanks to photographers Chris Young, Chele Willow, Chris John, Jacqueline Daniels and Faye Chambers. You can find pictures and reviews of recent festivals here .If you have any photos or videos of Warwick Folk Festival you'd like to share, please contact our webmaster for more information - we'd be glad to host them for you!Remember - you can keep in touch with us throughout the year by signing up for regular Festival e-updates here.

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Music:

Member Since: 5/27/2007
Band Website: www.warwickfolkfestival.co.uk
Band Members: Sign up for regular e-updates about the Festival here: Festival e-update
Influences: Artists booked for 2009 include: Kate Rusby/Eric Bogle/Jim Moray/The Spooky Men's Chorale/Kerr, Fagan, Harbron/Le Vent Du Nord/Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson/Damien O'Kane & Shona Kipling/The Old Dance School/Wheeler Street/Rosie Doonan & The Snapdragons/Mabon and many more.For full details of all our artists, visit our website here .
Sounds Like: A fantastic line-up for our 30th Anniversary includes Kate Rusby, The Spooky Men's Chorale, Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson and Wheeler Street - take a look!
Record Label: none

My Blog

2007 Photos/Videos Wanted

If you have video or photos which you feel capture the great atmosphere, the characters or the artists/dancers who made Warwick wonderful last weekend, please share them with us.Contact us through MyS...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:14:00 GMT

Lost Property

Details of property left behind at the festival (and how to claim it) may be found at: http://www.warwickfolkfestival.co.uk/news.shtml
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:11:00 GMT

It all went off rather well...

In fact. it went even better than we expected!In spite of the preceding six weeks' weather (rain) and the weather predicted for the weekend (more rain), we got everyone onto the campsite safely. For t...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:10:00 GMT

Zombie Stompin with Glorystrokes

Those fine, upstanding gentlemen of Glorystrokes would like us to announce that the theme for the Saturday night ceilidh at Warwick Folk Festival will be a Zombie Stomp! So get searching through your ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:11:00 GMT

Warwick Folk Festival is ON!

As we are receiving a number of enquiries about whether we are going ahead with the Festival - something to do with the slightly unseasonal weather we've been having - I can confirm that the Festival ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:08:00 GMT

So, you dressing up for the Glorystrokes ceilidh then?

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Posted by on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:12:00 GMT

Pre-festival Warm-Up Thu 26.07.07

In Warwick Thursday 26.07.07? Like to get into the Festival spirit a day earlier than everyone else? Then read on... Festival artists STEAMCHICKEN & THE QUARTER POUNDERS are hosting a ceilidh &...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:05:00 GMT

Festival Programme Available Online

The provisional programme for this year's Warwick Folk Festival is now available online at: http://www.warwickfolkfestival.co.uk/programme.shtml You might find this useful in planning your visit to Wa...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:17:00 GMT

Open Mic Slots Available at Warwick FF!

Fancy performing as part of Warwick Folk Festival this year? We're introducing an Open Mic stage at one of the Festival's town centre venues, and are looking for performers to use it! We'll provide a ...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:21:00 GMT

Award for Dick Dixon, Warwick FF Director

We're very proud to announce that our Festival Director, Dick Dixon, won one of 75 Anniversary Awards from the English Folk Dance and Song Society on Monday.The Awards were presented to mark the 75th ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:06:00 GMT