The Festival at the Edge 2016

The Festival at the Edge 2016

Friday 15th to Sunday 17th July 2016
Stokes Barn, Much Wenlock, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, TF13 6DB, England MAP
early bird £96 for the weekend

Last updated: Thu 19th May 2016

The Festival at the Edge is an annual international storytelling festival, and the oldest one of its kind in England, the 25th edition takes place from Friday15th until Sunday 17th July 2016 at Stokes Barn, Much Wenlock, in Shropshire.

Line-up

Giles Abbott, Biscuithead & the Biscuit Badgers, Jan Blake, Peter Chand, Amy Douglas, Ange Hardy and Lukas Drinkwater, Phil Hare, Harpotunities, Katrice Horsley, Kaleidoscope, Tom Kitching and Jon Loomes, Lady Maisery, Daniel Morden, Clare Muireann Murphy, Na-Mara, Raphael Rodan, Sahand Sahebdivani, Shonaleigh, Dovie Thomason, The Roving Crows, Three Legg'd Mare, Seth Townsend, and Alex Ultradish.

There are practical workshops, story rounds and informal music sessions.

Tickets

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Early bird tickets are priced at £96 for a full weekend ticket. Day tickets are also available from £57 to £24, camping is priced at £10 per adult. A junior (aged 8 - 17 years) weekend ticket is priced at £48. Children 7 years and under are free admission..

More info

The festival always takes place over the third full weekend in July (Fri - Sun) on a greenfield site on Wenlock Edge, just outside the historic town of Much Wenlock. The programme begins on Friday evening at 7pm and closes at 5pm Sunday afternoon. The site offers a craft fair, on-site catering and a CAMRA real-ale bar.

Camping

There is on-site camping for Weekend, Sat/Sun and All Day Saturday ticket holders. The site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest - unfortunately this means that the only fires allowed on site are the storytelling bonfires.

More information will be here when available.