Beyond the Border 2012

Now in it's 18th year, Beyond the Border takes place from Friday 29th June until Sunday 1st July at St Donats Castle, Vale of Glamorgan, in South Wales.

The family friendly Wales International Storytelling Festival is one of the leading storytelling festivals in the world. In the grounds of a fairytale castle by the sea, the event also offers music from Wales and the World, with storytellers, epic singers, musicians, circus performers, puppeteers, street theatre artists, films, fire shows and dancing.

Line-up

The Line Up at Beyond the Border Festival will be under the following themes this year:

Celebrating 200 years of Grimm´s Fairy Tales.
Journeying along the Silk Road to the delights of Persia and Central Asia
Exploring the Myths and Legends of Celtic Britain
Following Tales to Sustain and Stories for Health
Honouring the 100th anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic

Acts include The Vahdat Ensemble (via satellite), Arash Moradi, Ben Haggarty, Brian Katz, Cat Weatherill, Dan Yashinsky, Daniel Morden, Dylan Fowler And Gillian Stevens, Esyllt Harker, Fernhill, Glowglobes, Guto Dafis, Hedwig Rost & Jörg Baesecke (Die Kleinste Buhne Der Welt), Hugh Lupton, Jamie Crawford, Jo Blake Cave, La Compagnie Nicole & Martin, Lotte Reiniger, Malcolm Green, Nick Hennessey, Pam Faro, Sally Pomme Clayton, She'koyokh, Suse Weisse, Taffy Thomas, The Company Of Storytellers, Transglobal Underground, Vahdat Ensemble, Xanthe Gresham, Michael Harvey, Dominic Kelly, Salley Vickers, Niall Griffiths, Megan Lloyd, Ramshacklicious, Jo Glanville, Oli Wilson-Dickson, Gerry Gold, Mikey Price, and Cath Little.

Tickets

Tickets are priced from £25. A weekend ticket including free camping is priced at £100, a weekend concession ticket is priced at £90, a child weekend ticket is priced at £50, and a family weekend ticket is priced at £250. A campervan ticket is priced at £35.

There was an eFestivals offer (Valid til May 10th) of full weekend tickets for £85 including camping use discount code: festlink at the Box Office.

To buy tickets, click here.

More information will be here when available.

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