Local Businesses wanted as Festival Partners

Warwick Folk Festival takes place 26-29 July 2012, creating in the streets of Warwick a showcase of cultural tradition, with music, dance, song, costume and character from across the UK and beyond.

This annual transformation generates an outburst of folk art heritage, attracting visitors to our town, year after year. Families, day trippers, weekenders, musicians, artists, festival-goers; all taking part in a few hours or a few days at Warwick Folk Festival, with tents, caravans, motor homes, guest houses and hotels booked.

It’s a wonderful long weekend. The festival has been running for over 30 years, with world-class artists performing alongside bright young hopefuls; workshops, family activities, craft stalls, al fresco food, the best beer, and always something new to enjoy.

The Festival Board is inviting your company to be involved, from direct hands-on help, to commercial sponsorship, or a small donation. The Festival Programme goes out to 10,000 festival goers and the events attract 20,000 visitors over the festival weekend. It’s a great opportunity for you to be associated with Warwick’s biggest festival event.

Come and have a drink on us

To find out more about how you can be involved, you are invited to meet the Festival Board and speak to some of our existing Festival Partners at the Lord Leycester Hotel on Jury Street. Come and join us for a drink at 6pm on 7 February and we’ll tell you more about the festival.

Please RSVP by 27 January to fiona.henderson@warwickfolkfestival.co.uk or call me on the numbers below:

Fiona Henderson
Business Development Manager
T:01926 424225
M:07811 479747

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Craft Fair Applications Open

We had more stalls then ever last year, and also undertook a survey of the traders. As a result of feedback we have introduced a new application process, and will have an improved craft fair layout.
Thank you to all who took the time to feedback to us!
Applications are now open for the festival site Craft Fair – you can download the forms from the website – and they close on 20th April.
If you have a favourite local craftperson you’d like to see at the festival, let us know!

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Festival Patron Jim Moray releases new album

Jim Moray is one of the most consistently inventive musicians working in traditional folk music today.
His 4th album Skulk was released last week as a download available from http://jimmoray.bandcamp.com/
and is already getting rave reviews.
Skulk follows Jim’s ground-breaking and award-winning albums – 2003’s BBC Radio2 Folk Album of Year ‘Sweet England’, ‘Jim Moray’ in 2006 and fRoots Critics Poll & Mojo Folk Album of the Year winner ‘Low Culture’ in 2008. Jim Moray is at the forefront of a new folk revival in the UK, and hailed as a pivotal influence by a new generation of folk musicians while still only being in his 20s himself.
Don’t miss his concert at the festival this year!Listen here

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Times running out for this year’s tickets at last years prices

Don’t miss out!
Buy tickets at 2011 prices until 15th Jan.
Visit the website to buy tickets now
Happy New Year! Hope you had a lovely festive time, now begins the countdown to summer & the festival season!
Be sure to make room in your diaries for Warwick Folk Festival, we’ll be back at Warwick School from 26th to 29th July to share the very best in traditional and contemporary folk music with you. Once again there will be a heady mix of concerts & ceilidhs, workshops, lectures & singarounds for you to choose from.
Our website has the latest lineup & we’ll keep you updated with these newsletters each month. See you in July!

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In the groove …

After the Peatbog Faeries got us all dancing in the Guy Nelson Hall this year, we’re excited to have another one (or two!) dancing gigs again next year. But what do we call them? It’s not a ceilidh, it’s not a concert, not a session, not a singaround… What do you think?

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Welcome to the Warwick Folk Festival Music News

Here we will post latest news, links, stories and little gems for your folk delectation.

On this page we’ll also give you all the news on the latest guest signings and the food you’ll be chomping on…

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