A GREAT WEEKEND WITH OVER 100 HOURS OF
FREE LIVE MUSIC AND DANCE

The 2008 Folkfest is from Friday 29th August to Sunday 31st August, so hopefully you are making plans to visit Burnham-on-Sea for the weekend to join in the fun.

Tickets will be available soon for the Opening Concert with DRAGONSFLY on the Friday Evening at the Ritz Social Club, from GC Music (01278 794434) at only £6. This is the only ticket event for the whole weekend, everything else is FREE.

On Saturday, we have an amazing SEVEN Pub/Club Venues, with live, free Folkfest music in each venue from mid-day until 11.00pm, plus an EIGHTH Pub providing an OPEN Mic and Sessions from 2pm - 9pm (that’s over 90 hours of live music for FREE in ONE DAY), plus Clog and Morris Dancing, a Craft Fair in the middle of the Town, Childrens Entertainment, Workshops and other activities.

On Sunday, the famous “Folk in the Park” event at Manor Gardens, with six hours of FREE music and performance including the fabulous Sheelanagig, Ember, Bag of Rats, Phil King, Tiger Feet Appalachian Dance Side from Cardiff, BeetleCrushers Clog and our own local Morris Side - The Chalice Morris Men in the lovely surroundings of a Victorian Park Garden. Plus Bar, refreshments, Craft Fair, Kids Entertainment.