Ely Folk Festival
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Ely Folk Festival is a perfectly formed festival in Cambridgeshire with great music on a family friendly site with camping facilities.
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http://www.elyfolkfestival.co.uk 12-01-2011 21:05:00
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Here's a reminder of just how lovely our little festival is in the sun in our little 60 second video: youtube.com/watch?v=dT907u… Eddi Reader News Morganway O'Hooley & Tidow Peatbog Faeries Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage Breabach Boo Hewerdine Brooks Williams Rusty Shackle Nick Parker
A podcast from Sue Marchant Sue Marchant with one of our patrons, ace guitarist/singer-songwriter Brooks Williams, talking about the festival and giving a few hints on the Patrons Concert that he and our other patron Boo Hewerdine are putting on this year. shows.acast.com/spotted-in-ely…
For young festivallers this year we have tales from marion leeper and Malcolm Busby, singing and percussion workshops with Faradena Afifi, magic from Sammy Magic Magic, recycled crafts with Ruth Marley from the Re-Imagine Resource Centre and Cary Outis's carnival arts workshops.
Details of our Nightingale competition. The winner opens Peregrine stage on Sunday evening as Isla Mae Music (below) did in 2023. Sign-up (a ten minute entry - two songs) is from mid-day Saturday in the bar, competition is in the Nightingale tent from 5pm Saturday. Good luck!
Today we have a podcast with our Saturday Peregrine stage headliners Peatbog Faeries interviewed by Sue Marchant. Sue is a folk champion, one of the festival organisers and known for her work with the BBC, local radio and festival compering.
shows.acast.com/spotted-in-ely…
We have a songwriting circle hosted by Jess Morgan, tunes w/David Savage, John Kirkpatrick on Playing for Dancing, a Brooks Williams guitar workshop, whistle and bodhran workshops, tune & song sessions and a ukelele for children workshop w/Nick Parker. And lots of singarounds
A great time last night with Boo Hewerdine , Brooks Williams (aka State of the Union), Tu-kay & Ryan, Rich Young and Myke Clifford at The Portland Arms . Awesome music, much hilarity, much beer, good times! Photos from official photographer and committee member Nikki Geast.