Shrewsbury Folk Festival

[Guest]

A long time since I passed by this way - tend to get my music conversations on Facebook nowadays - but thought you may like to know that Shrewsbury Folk Festival live feed replay from last weekend is still running - excellent band Blackie & the Rodeo Kings on now and Seth Lakeman, Jim Moray, the Moulettes, Full English and Bellowhead to follow overnight for any insomniacs! More over the weekend too - some great stuff - I know I was there - was anyone else - sorry if I've missed an earlier post I didn't trawl back very far!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

http://live.shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk/

[teamsaint]

Looks like a great festival Joe. anybody having a listen to that lot would get a good taste of how vibrant British folk and roots music is these days.
I spent a great weekend seeing many of those acts at Wickham recently.

Wonderful to see good music being enjoyed by enthusiastic all age audiences.

[JoeG]

Thanks for posting the link I forgot to add ferney!

Yes it is a superb festival - we have been going since it moved from Bridgnorth - well organised, friendly and with an excellent range of music - as well as the British folk there is always a good selection of Canadian / US music. European bands are often featured and this year they had the Dhol Foundation mixing folk & bhangra. Facilities are excellent and there is even a bus the short distance into the city centre on Sat & Sun. I can also of course recommend Musicport my other favourite (and somewhat more eclectic) festival! Often fancy Wickham but a bit too far for us - always an tempting line up! Do try Shrewsbury - its tremendous value for what you get to see!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

No problem, JoeG - thoroughly enjoying this.

[JoeG]

Glad to hear - I am hoping to catch much of what I haven't already seen tomorrow! Its really quite special to watch a concert you were at so soon after the event - sometimes the sound is even better as well - as it was during the Lau set which was plagued at the event by over dominant bass which muddied everything :-( A rare blip though as usually the sound is excellent - maybe the main man had gone for his tea!

[teamsaint]

Thanks for posting the link I forgot to add ferney!

Yes it is a superb festival - we have been going since it moved from Bridgnorth - well organised, friendly and with an excellent range of music - as well as the British folk there is always a good selection of Canadian / US music. European bands are often featured and this year they had the Dhol Foundation mixing folk & bhangra. Facilities are excellent and there is even a bus the short distance into the city centre on Sat & Sun. I can also of course recommend Musicport my other favourite (and somewhat more eclectic) festival! Often fancy Wickham but a bit too far for us - always an tempting line up! Do try Shrewsbury - its tremendous value for what you get to see!

Thanks for the tip on Musicport. Sounds great...and I have never visited Whitby.

actually, my one criticism of Wickham might be that it could do with having a touch more in the way of world music, as it always goes down really well.
Unfortunately this year , although Wickham had the Dhols, they were in a small second tent, and were impossible to see for latecomers.

Shrewsbury sounds fab, I'd love to go back for the festival. One problem is that in a given year, lots of the headliners, (because they are doing the circuit that year) appear at several festivals, and thus you might go a long way to see several of the same bands you have already seen. Nontheless, I'll put shrewsbury on my wishlist.

Do consider Wickham. Highly civilised, and great lineups .

Headliners aside,for me, much of the joy of festivals like this is discovering musicians you never knew existed, and reveling in the wealth of talent that there is.

[JoeG]

That is one of the nice things about Musicport you get to see people who aren't on anywhere else - and you are in the dry and warm :-) All held in the Whitby Spa complex (except a few concerts & maybe workshops in a nearby hotel). Three stages and an informal cafe stage. It has returned to Whitby after 4 years in Bridlington at their bigger Spa but the venue kept messing the dates around and they didn't get the audiences they needed. There was a 'make or break' year a couple of years ago and fortunately - thanks to the generosity of the audience I think in buying loads of raffle tickets - I know I did! - it was make and things are well back on track - it would be great to see you there - and Whitby is beautiful!! http://www.musicportfestival.com/fes...info/2014.html