Stainsby Festival

Stainsby Festival is a small, annual folk music event held in the Derbyshire village of Stainsby, England. It usually takes place in July over three days.

The festival is one of the oldest folk festivals in the country, with the first being held in 1969. This year (2008) it celebrated it's 40th Anniversary festival - called appropriately enough - "Child of the Sixties", from July 18th to 20th

It is a very family-oriented event, with children's storytelling tents, group rhythm workshops and face painting activities taking place. Camping is available in a field immediately adjoining the main arena.

The festival has two stages. A large marquee constitutes the main stage, and a smaller tent makes up the second, also known as 'The Space'. Each year's lineup is varied, but tends to be predominantly acoustic folk.

Each year, the festival ends with a procession, usually involving the use of fire. In 2005, the procession was centered around a flame, apparently originating from the fires of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped. This coincided with the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

Artists appearing in 2006

Friday 14th July
* Spiers and Boden
* Dragonsfly

Saturday 15th July
* Ember
* The Watchsnatchers
* Chris and Kellie While
* KTB Collective
* The Lee Gordon Trio
* JJ Gilmour
* Rosie Doonan and Ben Murray
* Dougie MacLean
* SilverWheel

Sunday 16th July
* Edwina Hayes
* Uiscedwr
* Pete Morton
* Witchnotes
* Kirsty McGee and Matt Martin
* Boo Hewerdine
* Jiggery Pipery

External links

* [http://www.stainsbyfestival.org.uk/ Stainsby Festival website]