The End of Wimborne Folk Festival

19/08/2012

After a lot of thought and a degree of sadness we, the festival organisers, have decided that we are unable to continue organising the festival and as such, there will be no more Wimborne Folk Festival.

There are several issues that make it difficult to continue but the main reason is the lack of financial support from those people and businesses that make a lot of money on the back of our year round hours of voluntary hard work but give nothing in return. We are convinced this is the right time before it all gets too frustrating and we stop enjoying it.

We would like to thank all those who have made a contribution to the festival expenses over the years and, obviously, our main supporters EDDC, Wimborne Town Council, Mankiewicz UK, Travis Perkins, EuroPower Groundworks plus also this year JD Wetherspoon and Andrew David Associates without whom we would not have been able to survive this long.

There are a huge number of volunteers and stewards who work very hard to help the weekend run smoothly and in particular the following people are a major part of our team: Lillian & Arthur Connor, Chris Moore, Dick Williams, Lynn Cutler, Sue Sears, Steve Brown, Alan Williamson, Andy Stone, Sue Pugh, Terry Cutler, the Proctor family and this year Richard Quayle. Our grateful thanks go to them all; we could not have done it without them.

We have had an incredible 32 years and have always managed to put on a professionally run event bringing some of the best traditional English & Celtic musicians and dancers to the area. Wimborne Folk Festival has become one of the most highly regarded and respected events on the folk music scene and is one of the biggest events in Wimborne Minster.

It will be missed and we will miss it.

Brian, Maria, Linda & Les

Watch this Great Video to see some of the Festival Highlights of 2012. The quality of both video and audio are excellent. We are indebted to Phil Hardy for producing such an professional record of the 2012 Festival.

Sensational Line-up of Musicians

2012 Concert Artists Headliners....

.....at the Allendale Centre:

Friday Night - Rua Macmillan Trio

Saturday Night - Cara and Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies

Sunday Night - Lunasa

Many more artists !

On Offer is....

.....a weekend of Concerts, Workshops, Ceilidhs and Dance Displays - Morris, Appalachian, Irish, Scottish, Clog and more plus the procession of Dance Sides Friday evening and Saturday afternoon.

Saturday and Sunday we have wonderful Children’s Entertainment, lunchtime Open Stages and Morning Workshops.