Friday Aug 31st
7.30pm
Northallerton Town Hall
KFA Folk Songwriting Competition
Details from 01287 660200
Entries being taken now
£3/2
Saturday Sept 1st - 2nd
11am til 4pm
Hutton le Hole
Ryedale Folk Museum
FOLK WEEKEND
Music, Workshops, Local Producers, Family Fun
Weekend Guests so far include: John Burge, Jane Williamson
Dragon Theatre Co., John Horsey, Christine Williamson,
Phil DraneNZ (sun), John & Joy Rennie, Iain McNicol,
Steve Dawes & Helen Pitt, Wendy Arrowsmith
& folk duo Lace Wing (sun) Museum admission
Song & musicians Session –All Welcome -afternoon
Saturday Sept 1st
7.30 pm
‘The Moorland Whalers’- a new folk opera by Richard Grainger
The story of how men from this Moorland region became the
Whitby Whalers. Produced in association with malton School and
Ryedale Folk Museum. Featuring Sean Cooney, Richard Grainger
The Endeavour Shantymen and pupils of Malton School.
9.00pm
In Concert – Richard Grainger Band plus Festival Guests inc
The Whitby Community Choir
£6/4
Saturday/Sunday Sept 1-2
10am til 4pm
Hutton le Hole Village Hall
Art on the Moor - an exhibition of local artists from the Moorland area
Free Admission
Sunday Sept 2
10am
Commondale St Peters Church
‘Festival Service’
Monday Sept 3
7.30pm
Glaisdale Robinson Institute
In Concert – Fragile, Landermason & Phil Drane(NZ)
£6/4
Tuesday Sept 4
8.00pm
Swainby Village Hall
In concert Richard Grainger with special guest Jackie Oates
£6/4
Wednesday Sept 5
7.30pm
Botton School Hall
Food & Folk Evening Good Food with the amazing guitar and
voice of Claude Bourbon
£16
Thursday Sept 6
7.30pm
Danby Village Hall
Stan Gee, Wendy Arrowsmith & The Endeavour Shantymen -
- cowboy and country songs, sea shanties and beautiful folk
£6/4
Friday Sept 7
7.30pm
Farndale Village Hall
Four Quarters, Mick West & Frank McGlaughlin(Scot)
Harri Watts Band.
Help us support Farndale Village Hall restoration fund
£6/4
8.00pm
Kirkbymoorside Kings Head Hotel Beer Festival
Steve Dawes & Helen Pitt, Mick West & Frank McGlaughlin,
Suzy Bradley, Hoi Poloi, The North.
Musicians Session in the Bar with Christine Williamson
Saturday Sept 8
Kirkbymoorside Day of Folk
Kings Head Beer Festival from 11am with
John Burge, Suzy Bradley, The Young Uns, John & Joy Rennie
Hoi Polloi, Harri Watts Band, Jane Williamson, Dragon Theatre Co
Memorial Hall
2.00 pm
KFA Song Competition Final Finalists from heats at
Whitby, Scarborough & Northallerton compete for the
1st Klondike Folk Arts Song of the Year Award
£4/3
4.00 pm
Morris dance Workshop – all abilities
£2
8.00 pm
‘Big Night Out’
Michael Marra In Concert Song of the Year Award,
Dragon Theatre Co., Hoi Polloi, Harri Watts Band,
Mick West & Frank McGlaughlin
£8/6
Further details and tickets from 01287 660200
Festival Office, The Old Post Office, Commondale, Whitby YO 21 2HG
Or visit our website at
www.festivalonthemoor.org.uk
| Tickets Available from The Old Post Office, Commondale Or you can reserve them by telephoning 01287 660200 |
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