Notes for Editors
Bromyard Folk Festival - background
The first Bromyard Folk Festival was a 'ceilidh' (or social dance) that took place in 1968 although the Herefordshire town has a much longer tradition of folk music and morris dancing.
Rounding off a packed programme of folk festivals across the UK, Bromyard Folk Festival usually takes place in the second weekend of September and attracts over 2000 visitors each year.
Most of the ticketed events take place on the main festival site in the BroadBridge field on the A4023 Stourbridge Road, sharing an entrance with Bromyard Town Football Club. There is also a choice of events in the Town Centre throughout the weekend, including a Saturday evening open air concert in Town Green next to the Public Hall.
Tickets are selling quickly. In fact tickets sold out at last year's Festival.
For further details and background, please visit the Festival Website on www.bromyard-folk-festival.org.uk.
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Click here for downloadable photo of Dervish (3.14Mb).
Click here for downloadable photo of Martin Simpson (1.41Mb).
Click here for downloadable photo of Calan (1.11Mb).
Click here for downloadable photo of Hannah James and Sam Sweeney (126kb).
Click here for downloadable photo of Kirsty Bromley (4.52Mb).
Click here for downloadable photo of Bromyard Folk Festival - Main Site, taken during one of the Festival evenings in 2009. Photo by Chele Willow (2.59Mb).
Click here for downloadable photo of Bromyard Folk Festival - Sunset, taken during the Festival at sunset in 2009. Photo by Chele Willow (4.61Mb).
Click here for downloadable photo of Bromyard Folk Festival - young folk fans: aspiring morris dancers at last year's Bromyard Folk Festival. Photo by Chele Willow (2.4Mb).
Click here for downloadable photo of Bromyard Folk Festival - ceilidh: lively social dancing at last year's Bromyard Folk Festival. (3.68Mb).
Click here for downloadable photo of Bromyard Folk Festival - ceilidh dancers (detail) at last year's Bromyard Folk Festival. (4.32Mb).
Click here for downloadable photo of Bromyard Folk Festival - main stage audience at last year's Bromyard Folk Festival. (5.29Mb).
Click here for downloadable photo of Earlsdon Morris Men from Coventry, dancing at last year's Bromyard Folk Festival. (3.01Mb).
Click here for the Bromyard Folk Festival website with link to guest details
Contact details:
For interviews and further information about
Bromyard Folk Festival, contact:
Lynne Barker (Festival Director) on 07772 831860. Email
Lynne@bromyard-folk-festival.org.uk
Dick Dixon (Festival Director) on 07831 890905. Email
dickdixon@warwickfolkfest.demon.co.uk
Pete Willow (PCWillow) on 07887 552896. Email
pete@pcwillow.com
Visit the Bromyard Folk Festival press release archive
here.