Na fir bolg

Na fir bolg
Na Fir Bolg
Na fir bolg group.jpg
Location(s) Vorselaar, Belgium
Years active 1995 - present
Founded by Luc Janssens
Date(s) Friday-Sunday around the beginning of July
Genre Rock, folk
Website http://www.folkfestival.be
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Na Fir Bolg is a folk music festival, held annually in Vorselaar, Belgium. The festival always takes place on the first weekend of July.

The festival started in 1995 and has grown from a single evening to a three-day festival. It is now the biggest festival in Antwerp (6000 visitors in 2009[1])

A few known groups who have played at Na Fir Bolg are: The Albion Band, John Kirkpatrick, Robb Johnson, Yevgueni, Bram Vermeulen, Mira, De Mens, The Popes and Anam.


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The round men

"Na Fir Bolg", what means "The round men" in Gaelic, was an Gaelic tribe. This was mentioned by one of the crew of Na Fir Bolg in a pub in '95. Because of the fact that all persons who thought of organising the festival were a bit fat, they called them self "the round men". "Na Fir Bolg" quickly became the name for the Folk festival.


Non-profit festival

Na Fir Bolg is an non-profit festival, every year a good purpose is chosen to support. In 2009 and 2010 they supported catapa, an emerging volunteer movement in Belgium who are active in the fields of globalization (and how to change it) and sustainable development in Latin America.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.gva.be/antwerpen/vorselaar/zesduizend-folkliefhebbers-trekken-naar-na-fir-bolg.aspx
  2. ^ http://www.catapa.be/en

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