http://www.folkfest.co.uk Burnham-On-Sea's Annual Free Acoustic Festival Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:41:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We still have tickets available, but they are going fast so get yours now! After five years of trying, we are delighted to announce that we have managed to book the amazing Show of Hands (plus Myranda Sykes) for our Opening Concert at the Princess Hall, Burnham-on-Sea on Friday 3rd September ... http://www.folkfest.co.uk/2010/07/13/new-friday-night-opening-concert/ To help us promote the Fifth Free Annual Burnham-on-Sea Folkfest, download a poster and stick it up in a prominent (and legal) place. By all means, send us a photo of yourselves with the poster and where you have displayed it, and we may just put your photo up ... http://www.folkfest.co.uk/2010/07/05/download-a-poster-2/ Check out the very wonderful acts we've already booked. Looking good! The Who's Who and the 2010 schedule, which details where and when acts are playing, will be published soon so keep checking back for more details. Most of acts below have websites which can be accessed by clicking on their names, ... http://www.folkfest.co.uk/2010/07/04/now-booking-for-folkfest-2010/ Congratulations to committee member Linda Bond, who led The newly formed Coastal Cloggers to their first public performance at the recent Ritz Acoustic Club Open Mic Night on Thursday 3rd June 2010. We are really proud to support Linda, her clogging side and the fabulous musicians, who are demonstrating ... http://www.folkfest.co.uk/2010/06/08/coastal-cloggers-first-outing/ The Folkfest committee are pleased to announce that we have now received two grants; one from the Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge Town Council totalling £1,100 and a further grant from the Somerset Community Foundation totalling £750 towards the running of the Folkfest. We would like to publically thank both organisations ... http://www.folkfest.co.uk/2010/05/18/fundraising-update/ Thanks to the generosity of landlord Danny Pearce , the many acts who played for nothing or basic expenses, and the 250 people who paid £5 to come and enjoy the event, we managed to raise over £1,000 towards the running of this years Folkfest. It really was a great day, ... http://www.folkfest.co.uk/2010/04/08/fundraiser-on-april-4th-at-the-railway/ We keep information on this website from previous festivals and all posts below this one relate to last year's and previous years' festivals. You can access previous posts also via the "ARCHIVES" on the right hand side of your screen. http://www.folkfest.co.uk/2010/01/05/information-from-last-years-and-previous-festivals-below/ On Friday, December 18th, FolkFest favourites Three Sheets T'Wind will perform at an aftershow party following the Pogues gig at Brixton Academy. The party will take place at Brixton Jamm, about three minutes walk from the Academy, and will feature a performance by Shane MacGowan himself. The fun will last ... http://www.folkfest.co.uk/2009/11/19/folkfest-favourites-play-pogues-party/ Thank you to the many emailers, phonecallers and passers-by who have congratulated us on the best Folkfest ever. We are feeling a little jaded this morning (Mon. 7th Sept.) yet still buzzing from the adrenalin that fuelled the committee through what is an incredibly demanding schedule of events crammed ... http://www.folkfest.co.uk/2009/09/07/fourth-phenominal-folkfest-weekend-a-success/ Download a list of who was who at Folkfest 2009 Download a 2009 Folkfest Who's who http://www.folkfest.co.uk/2009/08/28/whos-who-for-the-folkfest-now-available/