Holmfirth festival of folk.

[astasinim]

Well its that time of year again, and what better way to kick it off, than with a visit to the Holmfirth folk festival.

Welcome to the Holmfirth Festival of Folk

Where the heck is Holmfirth I hear you ask. Well its a small town south of Huddersfield, nestled at the foot of the pennines in the peak district. Some of you may be more familiar with the place if I were to mention "Last of the summer wine" (the worlds longest running sitcom).



Whats it all about this ere festival then?
Well its set over a weekend in may, and varying groups of artists come from all over the country to show us different kinds of folk music, from traditional to contemporary, to just plain bizarre. I suppose its really just about having a good time and damn good piss up. Anyway enough of me babbling on, let me show some footage from this year.





















A folk festival wouldnt be a folk festival without some morris dancing.

[TSR2]

spent a week there one night

[Happyman]

My ex used to run a couple of folk clubs in the Wolverhampton area ( think she still runs one of them ) - Thanks for those clips - really enjoyed them !

[astasinim]

Although the folk scene isnt really my thing, its always a good weekend whatever the weather, and this year the weather was superb, so lots of drinking outside.

[TSR2]

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should have spent my night/week at this time, shit

[astasinim]

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Why? What went wrong? Where did you stay?

[TSR2]

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Not where. When , wrong time of year. year 1980

[astasinim]

Ah righto. Back when winters were winters, and we still used carrier pigeons for a postal service.

[TSR2]

we still used carrier pigeons for a postal service.

I knew a man who knew a man who had seen a Charabanq

[Angela43]

I always heard about this. But saw these videos first time. Pretty cool......thanks for sharing man