This August Bank Holiday immerse yourself in an exciting mix of top national and regional contemporary folk music artists at the Cornwall Folk Festival in Wadebridge.
In the evenings enjoy double-bill indoor concerts. Daytime relax at the outdoor FAR Stage with back-to-back Cornish and Southwest acts.
Headliners include Bristol’s bubbling Tarren, gutsy vocals from Daphne’s Flight, exquisite harmony from Lady Maisery and powerful songs of struggle and hope from Reg Meuross. Plus Cornwall’s Americana duo True Foxes, two award-winning Cornish language songwriters Richard Trethewey and Annie Baylis share a bill, compelling tales of Merlin and Cornish identity from bard Mike O’Connor and two Nos Lowen dances.
Acts at the FAR Stage include get-up-on-your-feet groups like Du Glas, The Stowes, and Smokin’ Pilchards and folk-rock bands River Blue and Annown. There’s shanty groups and solo acts including young rising talents Finley Bray, Toby Webb and Martha Woods. With a low-cost entry and a fixed fee for families the FAR Stage is the place to hang out daytime.
With these plus free sessions in local pubs music and morris dancers in the street and town centre bars and morning workshops the festival is a fun long weekend that brings the best of folk to Cornwall and showcases Cornwall to the world all in an intimate mud-free town centre setting.
As several locals said after the 50th outing last year – “it was like being on holiday in your own town!”
Tickets and more details: www.cornwallfolkfestival.com.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Various locations, Wadebridge, United Kingdom
