Following the demise of the Railway as a live music venue, we are pleased to announce that Martin at the Pier Tavern has stepped in, and through his generosity will be hosting the now famous Easter Sunday Folkfest Fundraiser, which this year will be taking place on 8th April 2012. The event as always will run from lunchtime until midnight, with a mixture of local acts and Folkfest favourites from outside the area. Entrance to the pub for the event will be just £5 for the whole day, and wristbands can be purchased on the door from lunchtime. Once you have bought your wristbands you can come and go as you please, but there will be restrictions on late entrance.
The list of acts appearing will be announced in February 2012

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life, for us and we’re feeling good! Christmas out of the way, a new Chairman in the shape of Dominic Wills, who has been the vice-chairman for many years and lots of new ideas to make the festival better than ever. Bands and acts are being booked as we speak, plans are in place to add a new venue for the Saturday to replace the Railway Inn, which has now changed from a live music pub venue to a more food-style pub. We are going to offer more spots for youngsters and have-a-go acoustic acts, and for the first time we are launching the Folkfest “Acoustic Battle of the Bands”, with a place for the winners on both the Saturday and the Sunday stages, plus recording time in the studio. Details of the heats, which will be held during April/May, and the Final which will be held on June 8th at the Princess Theatre and Arts Centre in Burnham-on-Sea, will be announced shortly both on this website and other local news websites. Applications can be made via this website, once we have the final details in place, so check back soon.

If you are an experienced sound engineer with a lot of experience in providing live sound to “acoustic” acts, then we would love you to join our team who work tirelessly throughout the Saturday (1st Sept) at the seven Folkfest Venues. As you are aware this is a free Folkfest and therefore we have very limited funds, however we are prepared to pay expenses to ensure that you can eat and drink, and cover travelling costs. Each venue will have a minimum of two people running the sound, and typical systems are analogue mixers, with 1k/2k FOH, monitors, mics etc. Please email us if you are interested. Thanks.

Wow what a weekend, a massive thanks to all who made it possible and we now have to start planning for next year. We welcome your comments on this year’s festival, so please send us a quick email or comment on the post below.
There is a good write-up and photographs on Burnham-on-Sea.com, and there will be more pictures from our official photographer Mike Price as soon as I can get them up on the site, so check back for those. Thanks to the committee, the helpers, the musicians, the sound engineers, the traders, the stewards, the people of Burnham-on-Sea and the many visitors who came. The date for 2012 will be 30th Aug - 2nd Sept. We hope to see you there.

Photos from our official Folkfest Photographic Volunteer- Mike Price
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Vibrant young folk trio Uiscedwr (pronounced Ish-ca-door!) played at our Grand Opening Concert at the Princess Theatre in 2011 supported by Coracle,

while the awesome 3 Daft Monkeys headlined in the Manor Gardens outdoor event on the Sunday.

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Uiscedwr
Exmouth Shanty Men
3 Daft Monkeys
Sur Les Docks
FOS Brothers
Carrivick Sisters
Bag Of Rats
Three Sheets T’Wind
Seas Of Mirth
Phil King
One String Loose
James Findlay
Coracle
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin
Foxpockets
The Ceili
Swans In Flight
The Sail Pattern
Green Children Of Wolfpit
Dan Walsh
Boxcar Aldous Huxley
Vagrants Crew
A Murder Of Rooks
Rosie Eade’s Hedgepig
Combyne Arvester
Mississippi MacDonald
y’Strel’s Band
Rosie Eade
Dub Liberators
Mireille Mathlener
The Ely Plains
Juey
Elliot Hall
Cole Stacey
Green & Bushell
Lobby Lud & The Luddites
Davey Malone
Lazibyrd
Richard Craine
Lara Conley
Gollywhoppers
Scattered Few
Vela
The Trisexual Winkers
Vermin
Sun Dog Days
Megarat
David Chave
Kyotie
Venezuela
Mr & Mrs Russell
Tim Fardon & Rowan Ensoll
Bouncing Biscuit
The Mudlarks Community Choir
Andrew’s Half Sister
Dave Gibbon
Sally Pritchard & Kathy King
Nick Elswood & Friends
Steve Brown
Monkey Flush
Debbie Beckett
Scratch
Rob Carey
Bruce Hudson
James Crenol
Bright’n'High
Nutty Noah

A Big thank you to Mike Ham of G H Tyres, Adam St. Burnham-on-Sea, who arranged and organised the fundraising concert on Friday August 20th, bringing to Burnham-on-Sea the Championship Section Portishead Brass Band. A great evening was had by all, and through your generosity and good spirit, we managed to raise £450 of much needed money towards the cost of the Folkfest this year. Thanks also to Committe members Harry, Caroline and Dom who gave up their time to help with the organisation.

A Big Thank you to all who supported and played at this year’s annual Easter Sunday Folkfest Fundraiser at the Railway Hotel, Burnham-on-Sea which took place on Sunday 24th April 2011. The event raised a total of £1,033. Thanks to the following musicians who played, and to the members of the committee who helped on the door, selling raffle tickets etc. Also a big thanks to Danny Pearce of the Railway for providing both the venue and donating funds towards the running costs.

Click here for a few pictures of the event courtesy of Mike Price