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It’s countdown to the Gate to Southwell Folk Festival with Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra launching the event on Friday 1st June. This opening night will culminate with an amazing outdoor fire dance show by Mr Fox. Tickets can be bought separately for the Jools concert.
The mindboggling line-up for this year’s event is complete, with more than 60 separate artists and dance bands encompassing folk and acoustic music from all over Europe and beyond. Yurts in the adjacent woods will provide a magical new location for workshops, sessions and children’s activities.
The annual dance procession through Southwell town will take place at 10.45 on Saturday 2nd June and 15 dance sides will be performing throughout the weekend including the infamous Hells’ Angels of Morris Dancers – the Witchmen
In Southwell, several pubs will host concerts and sessions, and Sunday 3rd June will see a special French market in King Street with open air concerts in the Market Square.
Family entertainment is also guaranteed throughout the 4 days. Highlights are the return of the spectacular Granny Turismo with their special Olympic Show. Their antics 2 year ago with high-speed shopping trolleys left the crowds truly amazed. Southwell Theatre Club will give 3 early evening performances of their community play – the Thief of Time and on Monday afternoon, 4th June, we celebrate the Jubilee with a Mad Hatter’s Jubilee Tea Party led by the maddest hatter of all, Keith Donnelly. A hat making workshop, stolen tart treasure hunt and a myriad of other activities will unfold prior to the Tea Party. We welcome all residents of Southwell to come and join us.
Residents Tickets are available to purchase at a very attractive price. These allow access to everywhere except the Big Top. Adult day tickets in advance are £10, Youth ( 12-17) £5 and Children under 12 are FREE and are available at Southwell Library, The Hearty Goodfellow, The Wheatsheaf, The Old Coach House and The Final Whistle (or pay on the gate - at an additional charge). These tickets are not available on line
Festival headliners include international names such as Martyn Joseph and Calan, from Wales; Beoga, Tri and the Bonny Men from Ireland ; Dougie MacLean, Breabach, Karine Polwart and Isla Ct Clair from Scotland ; guitarist Jacques Stotzem from Belgium and Grupo de Cordas Seccao do Fado, from Portugal. From ever further afield Le Vent du Nord from Canada, Groanbox from USA and Australian folk/punk from The Go Set
Our English heritage is well represented with Brass Monkey headlining with Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick. With the emphasis very much on youth this year’s BBC Horizon Award winner, Lucy Ward leads the charge. Also Jon Boden ( Bellowhead) & the Remnant Kings, Fay Hield, Melrose Quartet, Blair Dunlop, Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman, The Toy Hearts and the new Morris On ensemble led by Ashley Hutchings.
Several Notts based acts are also booked – Maniere des Bohemiens, Seven Little Sisters, Anna Elias and the Forlorn Hope, The Broom Hill String Band, Northern Monkey , Luke Barton and Georgie Rose How.
Tickets for the four-day festival are available through the festival website
www.southwellfolkfestival.org.uk, by post at PO Box 9149, Newark NG24 9DZ, by phone 01636 812933 or by visiting the Minster Shop or Woodlanders, in Southwell, RST Music, in Cartergate, Newark, Nottingham Tourism Centre and Dave Mann Music, Mansfield Road, Nottingham,
Full details on the website www.southwellfolkfestival.org.uk
It’s countdown to the Gate to Southwell Folk Festival with Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra launching the event on Friday 1st June.
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