Fishguard Folk Festival

Since 1999, the seaport town of Fishguard has been host to one of Wales’ best traditional music festivals, and, with the rising popularity of folk music, Fishguard Folk Festival is now one of the country’s best small festivals. The festival grew from a group of friends having a casual weekend long session when it was suggested, "I know, why don’t we do this again next year, hic!"

Held over the late May Spring Bank Holiday week-end, one of the festival’s best features is the blur between audience and performers, creating an opportunity to meet the artists, engage in the workshops and master-classes, and soak up an atmosphere which is unique in West Wales. The daytime performances are ideal for families and quiet enjoyment, while the most unusual and frenetic music and dance is to be discovered in the late night pub sessions.

International interest in Celtic roots has seen the festival introduce, and attract, Breton, Cornish and Scottish artists alongside the now regular Welsh, Irish and English groups.

Organised by volunteers from the Tuesday night Royal Oak Fishguard Folk session, the festival is non-profit making, financed mainly by grants, ticket sales and donations, and as long as they break even, or …(more usually)… run at a small loss, everybody is happy.

References

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/sites/fishguard/pages/fishguard_folk07.shtml Fishguard Folk Festival]

External links

* [http://www.pembrokeshire-folk-music.co.uk/Festival.htm Fishguard Folk Festival]