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« Reply #680 on: July 15, 2024, 09:55:41 PM » |
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Last year for Underneath The Stars festival apparently after 10 years.
The latest email from Ms Rusby suggests they are having a year off next year and that it will return in 2026, but may look very different. |
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« Reply #681 on: July 15, 2024, 10:28:02 PM » |
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Last year for Underneath The Stars festival apparently after 10 years.
The latest email from Ms Rusby suggests they are having a year off next year and that it will return in 2026, but may look very different. It will be 'Amongst The Stars' The first intergalactic folk fest! |
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« Reply #682 on: July 15, 2024, 11:20:05 PM » |
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Last year for Underneath The Stars festival apparently after 10 years.
The latest email from Ms Rusby suggests they are having a year off next year and that it will return in 2026, but may look very different. It will be 'Amongst The Stars' The first intergalactic folk fest! First act will be The Imagined Village with Eliza Carthy singing Space Girl! |
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« Reply #683 on: July 15, 2024, 11:56:39 PM » |
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Last year for Underneath The Stars festival apparently after 10 years.
The latest email from Ms Rusby suggests they are having a year off next year and that it will return in 2026, but may look very different. It will be 'Amongst The Stars' The first intergalactic folk fest! First act will be The Imagined Village with Eliza Carthy singing Space Girl! 😂😂 |
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« Reply #684 on: July 20, 2024, 09:51:53 AM » |
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Warwick Folk Fest still advertising with a week to go…..,this is unusual…..
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« Reply #685 on: July 21, 2024, 08:36:35 PM » |
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anyone going to Trowbridge festival next weekend ? (July 26-28)
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« Reply #686 on: July 22, 2024, 04:05:00 PM » |
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Change of venue for the warm-ups confirmed in the newsletter. Now Woodgreen Leisure Centre.
Not that I am attending, just noticed it in the email.
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« Reply #688 on: August 02, 2024, 03:58:06 PM » |
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Eliza Carthy has contributed an article to the latest Songlines magazine on the state of folk festivals with particular mention of Towersey and Underneath the Stars. She suggests that the current crop of cancellations is temporary and says "hopefully the financial tide will turn again for these lovely things as we hope it will do for the admittedly rough touring circuit just now."
I don't often buy Songlines but it's their 200th issue and they've replaced the free cd with a free download. There's an interview with Joe Boyd and an interesting article on folk music in the Channel Islands.
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« Reply #689 on: August 28, 2024, 11:18:09 PM » |
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Just been reading that Weyfest have announced their demise... Grim times indeed.
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« Reply #690 on: August 29, 2024, 08:23:55 AM » |
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Just been reading that Weyfest have announced their demise... Grim times indeed.
That's partly/mainly due to the site they use (Rural Life Centre in Tilford) are having issues with funds and may close, they are currently have a fund raiser on and are about 1/3 of the way to their target of 150k which will allow them to stay open. I have not been for a few years but its about 10 miles from home, and have enjoyed a number of weyfests in the past. |
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« Reply #691 on: September 09, 2024, 02:34:07 PM » |
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Apparently Towersey is relaunching next year as Found Festival - 2000 capacity. Promotional email says "smaller more exclusive but completely inclusive" ?? I'm sure they know what they mean.
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« Reply #692 on: September 09, 2024, 07:07:08 PM » |
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Apparently Towersey is relaunching next year as Found Festival - 2000 capacity. Promotional email says "smaller more exclusive but completely inclusive" ?? I'm sure they know what they mean.
It's a little bit 'clever clever' but I think we all know what they mean, don't we? |
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« Reply #693 on: September 09, 2024, 07:46:01 PM » |
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Apparently Towersey is relaunching next year as Found Festival - 2000 capacity. Promotional email says "smaller more exclusive but completely inclusive" ?? I'm sure they know what they mean.
Stupidly expensive for what they are proposing! £30 booking fees! Are they kidding! £100 for campervan!! 2000 capacity will not mean mega line-up. Make Cropredy very affordable in value for money terms! |
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« Reply #694 on: September 09, 2024, 08:32:18 PM » |
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Apparently Towersey is relaunching next year as Found Festival - 2000 capacity. Promotional email says "smaller more exclusive but completely inclusive" ?? I'm sure they know what they mean.
Stupidly expensive for what they are proposing! £30 booking fees! Are they kidding! £100 for campervan!! 2000 capacity will not mean mega line-up. Make Cropredy very affordable in value for money terms! It was the £35 for access to hot showers all weekend that got me swearing in an empty room. |
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« Reply #695 on: September 10, 2024, 10:26:50 AM » |
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2000 capacity will not mean mega line-up.
Make Cropredy very affordable in value for money terms!
The trouble is that they were struggling to break even with this year's line-up so they need to come up with some sort of alternative. It'll be interesting to see who they book for next year. And I think making it 3 days instead of 4 is a good move. Numbers were definitely down on the final day despite it being a bank holiday Monday. |
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« Reply #696 on: November 07, 2024, 10:02:59 AM » |
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Shrewsbury 2025...
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« Reply #697 on: Today at 07:10:28 AM » |
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Following Fairports announcement it would seem to endorse the view that it is the small , eclectic festivals with unique selling points that are surviving , or in some cases thriving.
No huge headliners , perhaps a couple of well known names in a specific genre but then an audience who are prepared to discover new material.
I see few of a younger demographic at folk clubs and gigs but niche festivals seem to attract them.
Cropredy may initially try to shrink back to one of these but the relationship with the fringe will be interesting.
There now seem to be a myriad of small or very small fests seeking to a niche audience.
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